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Osgood Remains Perfect Against Lightning, Wings Win 4-2
Goaltender Chris Osgood improved his career record against the Tampa Bay Lighting to 16-0 Thursday night, helping his Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win to remain in first place in the National Hockey League.
The Red Wings earned the win without forwards Kirk Maltby or Kris Draper. Draper is expected to miss two weeks with a sprained knee while Maltby – nursing a sore back – sat out for the first time in 189 games.
Detroit got on the board early and never let up, scoring just 3:24 into the game.
Jiri Hudler opened the scoring, jumping off the left-wing boards to redirect a Chris Chelios slap-pass from the blue line past goalie Marc Denis.
The Lighting survived being outshot 17-1 in the first period down by only a goal but they would fall further behind in the second.
Pavel Datsyuk scored a power play goal at 4:04 to put the Red Wings up by a pair. Nicklas Lidstrom fired a shot from the blue line that was knocked down as Denis fought off a screen by Tomas Holmstrom. Datsyuk grabbed the loose puck from the side of the net and put it in.
Tomas Kopecky, playing in his first game back from a shoulder injury, made it 3-0 3:35 later. Andreas Lilja sprung Kopecky with a long outlet pass to the Tampa Bay blue line. Kopecky broke in on Denis down the right wing and froze him with a shoulder fake before putting the puck into the top of the net.
Brad Richards put the Lightning on the board with 7:57 left in the second. Andreas Lilja couldn't control a dump in behind Osgood's net and the Lightning recovered, working the puck out front to Richards to put into the top corner of the net.
Dan Cleary scored another early-period goal to re-extend the Wings' lead. Just 2:05 into the third, Brett Lebda put a shot from the blue line on Denis. At the top of the crease, Denis kicked it aside, straight to Cleary on the right wing for a shot back into the open net.
Mathieu Darche scored the game's final goal with 3:06 remaining, tipping a Shane O'Brien shot past Osgood from inside the crease.
Osgood stopped 21 of 23 shots to earn his twelfth win of the season. Denis made 35 saves on 39 Detroit shots.
Detroit went one-for-two on the power play and the Lightning did not score on any of their three tries with the extra attacker.
Mark Hartigan was called up from Grand Rapids replace the injured Maltby. He was sent back to the Griffins after the game.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 30, 2007 Categories General NewsTags Andreas Lilja, Brad Richards, Brett Lebda, Chris Chelios, Chris Osgood, Daniel Cleary, Gameday: 11/29/2007, Jiri Hudler, Kirk Maltby, Kris Draper, Marc Denis, Mark Hartigan, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Shane O'Brien, Tomas Holmstrom, Tomas Kopecky
More Tampa Bay Pre-Game Notes
More injuries for the Tampa game. Mark Hartigan has been called from from Grand Rapids to cover for Kirk Maltby, who's out with a shoulder injury.
MacLeod has the lines from the morning skate. Hartigan was centering Kopecky (previously mentioned as returning to the lineup and Downey.
This is Maltby's first missed game since before the lockout.
No word on who was placed on the IR to make room for Hartigan's call-up. My guess would be Draper since his injury timeline is more defined than those of Maltby or Ellis.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 29, 2007 Categories Blog Post, MisconductTags Gameday: 11/29/2007, Kirk Maltby, Mark Hartigan
MacLeod's Practice Notes
MacLeod has his notes from today's practice up. Important things related to the game against Tampa:
Wings' #1 goalie Chris Osgood will get the start yet again
Draper is out, expected to miss 10-14 days with a sprained knee, Maltby could be out, Ellis could still be out, and Kopecky will be back in the lineup
Yeah, you read that first note right. I'm changing my position. There is no controversy, Osgood is the #1 and that's that.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 28, 2007 Categories Blog Post, MisconductTags Chris Osgood, Gameday: 11/29/2007
Datsyuk Leads Red Wings over Flames
Pavel Datsyuk scored two highlight-reel goals Tuesday night, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the visiting Calgary Flames.
Datsyuk finished the game with three points, adding an assist on a Tomas Holmstrom goal to his two goals. Holmstrom and Nicklas Lidstrom contributed to a pair of goals.
Robyn Regehr put Calgary on the board first putting a quick wrister through a screen and past Detroit goalie Chris Osgood with 8:59 remaining in the first.
Datsyuk responded for the Red Wings with 4:11 remaining in the period. Datsyuk took a Holmstrom pass while cutting across the Calgary blue line, then stepped around defenseman Cory Sarich and ripped a shot into the top of the net.
The Wings took the lead just 23 seconds later when Kris Draper scored a rebound goal. The goal came just minutes before Draper would leave the game with a leg injury, suffered after fighting for the puck along the boards with Owen Nolan.
At 4:36 of the second and with Detroit on a five-on-three, Holmstrom scored to put the Red Wings up by a pair. Datsyuk got the puck in the left faceoff circle and Holmstrom moved out from his usual spot at the top of the crease into the slow. Datsyuk got him the puck and Holmstrom threw it through Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.
Rookie Curtis McElhinney replaced Kiprusoff in the Calgary net after the Holmstrom goal. Moments earlier, Kiprusoff blocked a shot with the side of his mask and complained of jaw soreness.
Dion Phaneuf pulled the Flames to back within a goal on a five-on-three with 5:57 remaining in the second, blasting a shot from the high slot past Osgood.
The teams traded goals early in the third period, with Datsyuk adding his second and Alex Tanguay closing the gap for the Flames.
Only 37 seconds into the period, Datsyuk carried the puck from the Detroit blue line and into the Calgary zone. He skated through a group of three Flames and picked the puck back up on the other side before roofing a backhander over McElhinney.
Tanguay's goal came at 3:02 on a two-on-one with Jarome Iginla. Andreas Lilja was caught up-ice, leaving Lidstrom back to cover Iginla and Tanguay. Both Lidstrom and Osgood moved to face Iginla coming down the right wing and he passed off to Tanguay to score into the open side of the net.
Valtteri Filppula wrapped up the game's scoring 3:10 later. A Phaneuf giveaway sprung Mikael Samuelsson down the right wing. Samuelsson gained the Calgary zone and passed up top to Jiri Hudler, who faked a shot and dropped the puck to the trailing Filppula to put past McElhinney.
With just over seven minutes left in the game, Phaneuf laid out Hudler with a high open-ice hit. Hudler remained on the ice for a few seconds but went off under his own power and later returned. Lilja fought Phaneuf in retaliation.
Osgood finished the night with 19 saves on 22 shots against. Kiprusoff stopped 12 of 15 shots while McElhinney stopped 18 of 20.
Each team scored once on the power play, both goals coming on five-on-threes. Detroit had seven power play chances and the Flames had five.
The Red Wings will be back in action on Thursday when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit Joe Louis Arena.
Draper drove himself to the Detroit Medical Center for an MRI on his injured leg. The results are expected to be known on Wednesday.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 28, 2007 Categories General NewsTags Andreas Lilja, Chris Osgood, Curtis McElhinney, Dion Phaneuf, Gameday: 11/27/2007, Jarome Iginla, Jiri Hudler, Kris Draper, Miikka Kiprusoff, Mikael Samuelsson, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom, Valtteri Filppula
Game Thread: Flames at Red Wings – 11/27
Open Game Thread
Calgary Flames at Detroit Red Wings
TV: Versus
Author DH.N BotPosted on November 26, 2007 Categories Game ThreadTags Gameday: 11/27/20079 Comments on Game Thread: Flames at Red Wings – 11/27
Thoughts on the Columbus Experience
Since I was at tonight's game in Columbus and won't make it back home to check out replays, I decided not to do a game recap just yet (if at all) and just to a comparison of the Nationwide Arena in-game experience to that of Joe Louis Arena.
The fact that Nationwide Arena is 20 years newer than the Joe is hard to miss. It still has a cleanliness that has long left JLA. The main concourse may actually be narrower than that at Joe Louis but they have at least four concourses to spread out the traffic. While the Joe has one for the "normal people" in the main bowl and one for the suites, Nationwide has one for the lower bowl, one for the club seats, one for the lower suites, and one for the upper bowl. There could be more above it, I don't know.
Before the game they run an actual pre-game show on the scoreboard. It recaps Columbus' last game, their opponent's last game, yesterday around the NHL, and gives a preview of the coming game. Detroit doesn't even try this. How hard would it be?
Exiting the arena after the game is much easier because there are doors specifically reserved for exiting. They're not open before the game so they're not a security concern but they are opened afterwards so when you have 20,000 all trying to leave, they're not being channelled to two sets of doors.
There are at least five restaurants within a two-minute walk from the Arena. Those are just the ones I counted between there and my hotel during a pre-game walk. Nothing is within two minutes of Joe Louis Arena.
Now, I'll argue forever that none of this is required. I love the Joe because it's a great place to watch hockey. That's all it's good for, though. Casual fans want more. Casual fans want food. Casual fans want to be able to get in and out. How would it hurt the hockey-watching experience to have more doors in the next Detroit arena? How would it hurt to have more concourses?
If the Wings are trying to attract casual fans now, that pre-game show must be implemented immediately. It's a brilliant idea to get the fans who haven't been watching every game up to speed on what to expect in the game they're about to watch. But the Wings will never do it because it takes effort, the same reason why the Steve Yzerman jersey retirement ceremony wasn't released on DVD.
Just some thoughts from here in Columbus. More on the game later.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 25, 2007 Categories Blog Post, MisconductTags Gameday: 11/24/2007, Steve Yzerman
Game Thread: Red Wings at Predators – 11/22
Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators
TV: FSN
Author DH.N BotPosted on November 23, 2007 Categories Game ThreadTags Gameday: 11/22/200712 Comments on Game Thread: Red Wings at Predators – 11/22
Red Wings Fail to Finish, Fall to Predators
The Detroit Red Wings led the Nashville Predators twice on Thursday night but failed to finish them off, leaving room for the Predators to pick up a 3-2 win.
The Red Wings led in the first and second periods on power play goals by Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg.
Franzen's goal came just 2:49 into the game. After barely holding the puck in at the Nashville blue line, the Wings worked it down low to Franzen. He backed up to the side of the net and backhanded a shot under goalie Chris Mason's arm for his first point of the season.
Zetterberg scored with 1:24 remaining in the second period to give Detroit their second lead. Pavel Datsyuk carried the puck into the Nashville zone and sent a centering pass to Zetterberg in the high slot. Zetterberg faked out defenseman Greg Zanon and rifled a shot past Mason.
Both times the Predators rebouned. Jason Arnott scored from right in front of Dominik Hasek with 7:40 remaining in the first period and Martin Erat evened things up just 32 seconds after Zetterberg's goal, putting a rebound over the sprawling Hasek.
Radek Bonk scored the game-winner on a Nashville power play just 2:22 into the third. A blocked shot stopped right at Bonk's feet in front of the Detroit goal and he roofed a shot over Hasek.
Detroit's power play went two-for-eight in a night that saw the teams combine for 44 penalty minutes. Nashville was one-for-seven with the extra attacker.
Hasek stopped 26 of 29 shots in his first start in three games. Mason made 28 stops on 30 Detroit shots.
The Red Wings return to the ice on Saturday when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets to close out a stretch of nine-straight games against Central Division opponents.
Matt Ellis left the game with what the Red Wings' PR staff described as a headache.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 23, 2007 Categories General NewsTags Chris Mason, Dominik Hasek, Gameday: 11/22/2007, Greg Zanon, Henrik Zetterberg, Jason Arnott, Johan Franzen, Martin Erat, Matt Ellis, Pavel Datsyuk, Radek Bonk
Game Thread: Red Wings at Blue Jackets – 11/24
Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets
Author DH.N BotPosted on November 23, 2007 Categories Game ThreadTags Gameday: 11/24/200715 Comments on Game Thread: Red Wings at Blue Jackets – 11/24
More on the Goalie Controversy
Back from a brief hiatus, Bill over at Abel to Yzerman runs with the ball I've been carrying for the last couple weeks, that Chris Osgood is outplaying Dominik Hasek.
Chris Osgood's your starter. He has to be. 17-1-5 his last 23 starts. 10-1 this year. And a team that plays differently in front of him than they do in front of Hasek.
I've said before that Osgood's play this year reminds me of the end of the first Matrix movie, when Neo is fending off Agent Smith using only one arm and yawning. Osgood is in that kind of zone right now, like the rest of the world is moving slower.
Of course, I should attach the disclaimer that I've always been an Osgood fan. He didn't deserve the blame he got in 2001, that was an awful series all around and the Kings got extremely lucky on one reviewed goal in particular.
But Bill admits to having picked on Osgood for years, so maybe his words carry more weight.
And, try this: what have we seen over the last year that proves Dominik Hasek is actually a better goalie than Chris Osgood? If Hasek is the unquestioned starter, it's due to reputation and the possibility of success rather than anything he's proven since he signed last summer.
Bottom line: Hasek's the number one in name only right now. If he turns it around, great, but if not then the Wings have got to be ready to make Osgood their playoff goalie.
Author Clark RasmussenPosted on November 22, 2007 Categories Blog Post, MisconductTags Chris Osgood, Dominik Hasek


My DD13 was recently diagnosed with PA this summer, so we are starting a new school year with a new allergy. She's not a big breakfast eater and gets nauseous easily; eggs before 10am, too sugary(ie cereal, donuts, pastries), eating too early, eating too late, not eating, eating too much, etc.). Last year I would make her a (1/4cup) meal replacement shake (It's a MLM,so I won't mention the company name), however upon reading the label it is manufactured on equipment that also processes peanuts. This was about the only thing she could get down so early and not feel nauseous. This shake actually tastes good, I've tried some others and they taste terrible. The shake we were using had 33% of most vitamins and minerals for the daily requirement and it was sugar free. It did have just a tiny bit of splenda, which I would prefer not to have. However, it was a minute amount. She doesn't seem to have a problem with splenda or other artificial sweeteners, I just prefer to stay away if at all possible. She must have protein, between the milk and the shake I think she was getting about 5-8 grams. Any ideas?
Well, I had to (eventually) just let go of my 13yo actually eating something that I considered a reasonable breakfast at about this age.
It just doesn't work for her (and she has many of the same problems with nausea if she eats 'wrong' or not at all).
Fruit smoothies work for her. I use frozen fruit and half-and-half for calories. I can also add powdered mineral supplements to it if I'm truly concerned, say, about her calcium intake.
I also make "breakfast cookies" that are basically "Monster" cookies made with sunbutter, orange juice concentrate (fortified with calcium) or pumpkin, flax seeds, oats and other grains, and craisins or raisins. Sometimes she likes those, and being home-made, they don't have the added sweeteners that make things "too sweet" like commercial breakfast bars do.
Sometimes she just grabs a snack about 10:30 once she's had a chance to be awake for a bit longer. Teens often switch their eating habits and sleep needs anyway-- just something to think about there.
I'd also invite HER to come up with some alternatives-- I've found that my DD is much more willing to try HER ideas than mine.
I've asked her if she has any ideas, but she hasn't come up with any. However, she knows she needs to eat something, even if it's just a bite or two. She prefers a smoothie/shake, what do you put in yours? I think those cookies sound marvelous, but I think they would be too much for her. She's mostly an afternoon/early evening eater. I'm not worried so much about her nutrition as much as getting something in her so she's not nauseous first thing in the morning.
Maybe you could bake some mini-muffins. That way she can have only one or two if not hungry, more if she feels like it.
Also, there is nothing wrong with non-breakfast foods for breakfast. My childhood best friend did not like any traditional breakfast foods, so she usually ate either a sandwuch, or something like beef stew or chili in the morning. Hey, whatever works.
Um... my DD's "usual" breakfast?
A few sips of chocolate milk. A tiny serving of mandarin orange segments, or a few bites of sliced peaches.
Sometimes she'll make herself a mini-sandwich out of a King's Hawaiian roll and a slice of turkey-- sometimes even with some cheese. This makes a slider-sized "sandwich" of sorts.
1/4 of half-and-half with 1/2c of frozen fruit (peaches or mixed berries are DD's favorites-- she doesn't like bananas). For smoothies, a mini-blender that will handle frozen fruit is a must for small quantities like this.
She eats well otherwise, so I don't worry about this too much. Honestly, if I want her to eat breakfast, she has to get out of bed at least an hour beforehand. That is my real trick with her. She gets up at the same time (roughly) each morning, and runs, then comes back and has breakfast (such as it is) before showering.
DS doesn't sit for breakfast. He's 16. PA only. And vegetarian.
•Nuker cheat quesadilla (instead of a quesadilla on the panini maker, slap some cheese in the flour tortilla, gold it over and nuke for 20 secs.
•Bagel (we use Lender's) with cream cheese. To make things faster, we keep them in the fridge, not freezer.
•Eggo waffle on the go (so not with syrup on a school morning).
•leftover pancake frozen and warmed in oven. Also without syrup. DH usually adds bananas.
Yogurt or Kefir. I can't eat early in the morning. I eat a yogurt (lactose free for me) and sometime mid morning I eat a protein or fiber bar. That is when I seem to actually be hungry.
I am all for skipping the breakfast food because it is just gross to me. I head for last night's leftovers (and yes, I cook with those thoughts in mind).
I have also been bad at doing the whole breakfast thing for the last 10+ years but I have been working out in the morning and have come to the conclusion unless I want to face plant in front of my trainer, I should probably eat something Now I just have to worry about tooting.
I generally don't do 'breakfast food' either. There aren't a whole lot of convenience breakfast options for someone with my allergies, and I typically need something relatively quick because I tend to be pretty tired in the morning, but if I take all my meds without food, bad things will happen.
I don't know if it is nut safe (not an allergen of mine) but I occasionally will use the Atkins meal replacement shakes when I'm not feeling well - I like the strawberry banana morning ones.
For breakfast foods, I do a lot of sandwiches - my typical breakfast is a ham and cheese sandwich. Sometimes I do chicken sandwiches or grilled sandwiches. I like to have pasta for breakfast. Sometimes I'll do a bagel with cream cheese, and occasionally I will have grits.
My kids weren't breakfast eaters with they were in Middle and HS either - just too early for them. It really became a problem for younger DS b/c he had numerous low blood sugar episodes, one which resulted in passing out and a concussion from smacking his head upon landing. I hope you can find a good solution for her.
I love breakfast, but can't do carbs in the morning. I need serious protein; if I don't have at least one egg I'm a mess all day. I also find that my stomach responds best to routine in the AM; if you can find something that works for her stick with it. Sensitive tummy types tend to need routine and repetition, especially first thing in the AM when the stomach is empty.
And I second not limiting the choices to "breakfast" type foods - a rolled up piece of turkey or ham with cheese may work well for her.
does she like oatmeal? Not the packet-flavored kind, but plain quick oats w/ some berries thrown in.
I also like to do the high-protein homemade "energy bar". You control the sugar and add-ins, so something won't get too sweet. You can cut 'em in smaller pieces, maybe she just wants a bite or two or keep a ziploc baggie in the backpack to hit a few bites again mid-morning.
I've been cutting the brown sugar completely out and using maple syrup or honey (and less than the recipe requires). You can really do it to taste and then just keep mind of the moisture in the recipe. I use unsweetened applesauce for all the oil, so that helps when I cut the syrup/honey.
I use whole wheat flour and the wheat germ, add in crushed flax seeds, and you can add in protein powder too.
From there - it's the add-ins you want. I like to do sunbutter (I'll cut a little of the applesauce) and chocolate chip, or I'll do unsweetened coconut and cocoa nibs. Another yummy combo is pumpkin (again, cut the applesauce a bit) and craisins and then top with toasted pepitas (inside of pumpkin seed).
Depending how you play with the recipe you'll have to figure out the moisture ratio to get a cakey or crisper/denser bar.
DS has a similar issue. He has hypoglycemic tendencies so if he doesn't eat as soon as he gets up, his low sugar makes him nauseous and then he can't eat anything until it passes.
Turkey bacon is a favorite I have ready for him. I think the brand we have is Oscar Meyer Select, which has no nitrates. The bacon is really quite good.
Another favorite: Turn broiler on high. Put a piece of bread on the rack an watch it for just 3 minutes or so. When dark-to-taste, take out, flip it over and top the uncooked side with a slice of cheese. Watch it for another 3 minutes or so and watch the cheese bubble. Take out whenever you like. DD2 likes the cheese just melted. DS likes the cheese browned and bubbled. I love it either way. I grew up on this.
Other that than and bagel/egg sandwiches, DD isn't a fan if breakfast foods. So what do I give her? Anything she wants. Leftover steak, pasta, salad, meatballs...anything we have in the fridge. Pastina is a favorite - a pasta of tiny little balls boiled, drained with a beaten raw egg added just after cooking and butter/salt to taste. The pasta is so hot it cooks the egg immediately. Because the pasta is so tiny, it is easy on the stomach. I grew up on this too - especially recovering from a stomach bug.
Could you please post the type of breakfast drink you purchased? Looking for a protein option for myself to keep at work.
DS (PA) drinks the Kellogg's To Go mix drink.
A few years ago when he was on a liquid only drink he used Ensure I think. I will need to dig up that thread but is elsewhere. I will never forget that another member here, YKW, called the company for me. I wasn't able to do it myself because of what was going on with ds. It was a beautiful and thoughtful thing for her to do for me.
Ha--I grew up with the cheese bubble, too. I haven't found that my Ds has taken to it or that it works well with the cheese we buy. Glad someone else enjoys watching it!


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THE INVOICE by Jonas Karlsson
Jonas Karlsson, author of the international bestseller The Room, brings us a brilliant, new laugh-out-loud novel about cherishing simple pleasures in our modern world—and the price we put on happiness
The Invoice
Imprint: Hogarth
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JONAS KARLSSON writes plays and short fiction. An acclaimed Swedish actor, Karlsson has performed on Sweden's premier stage and in several acclaimed feature films and television series. In 2005, Karlsson made his debut as a playwright, earning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. Spurred by the joy of writing for the stage, Karlsson began writing fiction.
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You might be able to get both a larger than normal raise and a year-end bonus (or larger bonus, if your company already gives something). However, the preparation and negotiation is different for each so I would pick one to focus on. If your role has substantively changed (your responsibilities have increased, your clients are more high-profile) you may want to target a raise since your ongoing contribution will be greater. If you had a breakout year (you proposed a new idea that was implemented, you finished a project that met with unexpectedly high success) you may want to target a bonus to reflect the special circumstances. A bonus is typically more palatable for a company because it's a one-time hit, rather than something baked into all future costs. You also want to see if the company has more history giving one or the other – bumps in pay along with increased responsibilities or one-time spot bonuses – and select based on what the company is more likely to agree to.
In the above examples, the main argument is around the business results you specifically contribute. You always need to be able to point to results you contribute. However, your main argument may be less about you specifically and more about the market – you might have salary data that shows your company is below market, or you might have anecdotal evidence showing multiple competitors routinely paying bonuses. The company may give you (and even your colleagues) more money to stay competitive. Another line of argument focuses on the company -- perhaps it's been a particularly challenging year or an unusually profitable year. You can build your case around having to navigate the company's circumstances and how it calls for more compensation. Keep in mind that if more than one type of argument supports your case, you should prepare to bring up all arguments as needed. Start with the one you think will be most compelling to your boss, not your personal favorite.
Once you've picked your main argument or arguments, brainstorm why your boss will still say no. If s/he disputes your results, do you have customer or colleague testimonials or hard revenue or cost numbers to back up what you say? If s/he disputes your market data, can you point to published sources or share more details in the anecdotal examples to give more heft to your argument? If s/he blames the company and insists s/he would say yes, can you provide a plan to continue moving the process forward? You can ask for more detail on the constraints and then develop the plan along with your boss on how to proceed. You can work with your boss to draft a counter-argument for whomever might say no. You can make an alternative request that is just as valuable (e.g., if you targeted a raise, see if you can get a bonus instead, if you targeted more money, see if you can get a benefit you would have spent money on anyway such as tuition reimbursement).
It's already November so you have to get on the calendar quickly, but pick the right time of day if you have a choice. Schedule for when you are at your best and for when your boss is least likely to get interrupted or cancel your meeting. You want to block off at least a half hour because you will be making a business case for your request, and you want to save time for some back and forth. If you have a standing meeting already on the calendar and it's otherwise difficult to get additional time, then you can put your request on that weekly agenda. However, a separate meeting is better because you don't want your request to get pushed off.
You will probably not get a definitive answer after one request. Your goal for the first meeting is to get your boss to verbally agree or to advocate for you in future discussions. You want to define a specific next step – e.g., your boss will contact HR to process the raise effective X pay period, your boss will include your raise in the next year's budget. You also want to set a specific deadline – for when your boss will notify HR, for when the budget meeting will be held. You need to know the timing because you will keep asking – you will check in to make sure next steps are actually followed and not forgotten in the busyness of year-end.
This five-step systematic process takes the guesswork out of how to ask for more money. Of course, another option altogether is to leave for another job that pays more. If your request for more money isn't approved, keep asking. Assume No just means Not Now. Repeat the process at a different time. Try a different argument. Try different counter-arguments. If your later requests for more money still fall short, you still have the option to look elsewhere!


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Kristen Tracy
What need does matter have to be witnessed by anyone?Levi Bryant
When I was a childthe Teton Dam broke.Everyone lost their carpet.The mildew wouldn't stop blossoming. Over time, everything got better.People bought more dogs.I loved the yippy ones most.Tiny and fierce and shitting everywhere. My closet was so small.I had almost no clothes.We were rich in other ways.My grandparents owned a speedboat. And here I am today, timidaround water, but enduring.Responsibly burying everyone I loveinto that dry earth.
Copyright © 2019 by Kristen Tracy.
Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission.
Kristen Tracy grew up in a small Mormon farming community in Idaho. Tracy earned an MA in American Literature from Brigham Young University, an MFA from Vermont College, and a PhD in English from Western Michigan University. Her poems have appeared in over two dozen literary journals.
Tracy won the 2017 Emily Dickinson First Book Award for her manuscript Half-Hazard, which was previously a finalist for the Yale Younger Poets Prize and a semi-finalist for the Walt Whitman Award.
On the Seawall
Founder: Ron Slate
On The Seawall is a community gallery for new writing and commentary during a time of emergency. (There always is, and there always has been, an emergency.)
I launched On The Seawall in 2007 as a site for my personal page and occasional comment, but as my involvement with commentary grew along with the size of the site's readership, On The Seawall soon evolved into a regularly refreshed book review site. In the spring of 2018, as the old and unfixable code underlying the site began to break down, I considered three options: shut down, rebuild On The Seawall as it stands, or apply the resource and direct the site's audience to a broader purpose. After discussing the potential with my friends, I decided to relaunch On The Seawall to accommodate diverse commentary, new writing across genres, and art. In particular, the site ]presents and discusses poetry, lyrical and speculative fiction, literature in translation, and cultural expression via essays and reviews.
We are living in a time of emergency during which our art may act as performances of intervention. Back in 2007, I titled this site On The Seawall for a reason — because there is always an emergency, communal and/or personal, requiring a stay against the flood.
Joining me in this effort are several contributing editors:
Daisy Fried, Tarfia Faizullah, Dean Rader, Kyle Dargan, Elaine Sexton, Mark Athitakis, Lisa Russ Spaar, Andrew Epstein, Victoria Chang, Kimberly Grey, Philip Metres, Laura Marris, David Roderick, Airea Matthews, Jonathan Farmer. and Michael Lindgren.
—Ron Slate


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U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.1 at 39 (2004).
Communication addressed to the Government on 13 February 2004.
Concerning: Mohammad Shahadeh, Hassan Qi Kurdi, Bashshar Madamani, Haytham Al Hamoui, Yahia Shurbaji, Tarek Shurbaji, Mou' taz Mourad, Abdel Akram Al-Sakka, Ahmad Kuretem, Mohammed Hafez and Moustafa Abou Zeid.
2. The Working Group regrets that the Government did not reply within the 90-day time limit.
4. In the light of the allegations made, the Working Group would have welcomed the cooperation of the Government. In the absence of any information from the Government, the Working Group believes that it is in a position to render an opinion on the facts and circumstances of the cases, especially since the facts and allegations contained in the communication have not been challenged by the Government.
(k) Moustafa Abou Zeid, a factory worker, born in 1967 in Yabroud, a Syrian citizen living in Darayya, was arrested on 3 May 2003 in Darayya by members of the Intelligence Service of the army.
6. According to the information received, these 11 persons were arrested solely for their political and social convictions. They had agreed to start a programme to "clean up�? Darayya, encouraging local civil servants to refrain from accepting bribes and the townspeople to stop smoking.
7. The source adds that these persons were exposed to physical and psychological pressure after their arrests and during the interrogation period and were held in incommunicado detention for long periods in Sednaya prison. They were reportedly compelled to sign pledges to give up their political and religious activities as a condition of their release. Later, they were accused of membership in a non-authorized organization. They were not allowed to contact their relatives, medical doctors or defence lawyers.
8. Some months later, they were tried before a military court and sentenced to terms of three and four years' imprisonment. According to the source, it was the first time since 1984 that civilians were tried before a military court for their social activities. During their trial, they were not allowed to be assisted by defence lawyers. No family members were permitted to attend the trial. There was no possibility of appealing the sentences since they were issued by a military court.
9. The Government has not contested the allegations made by the source, despite having had an opportunity to do so.
10. The fact that these persons have been prevented from consulting lawyers, and the fact that the subsequent proceedings were also held without the presence of lawyers, in a military court and with no possibility of appeal, constitute very serious breaches of the right to due process and the right to a fair trial recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
11. The grounds for their arrest, and the fact that they were tried and sentenced to prison terms of three or four years for the simple act of exercising their civil liberties, also constitute serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion, expression and association.
Moustafa Abou Zeid is arbitrary, being in contravention of articles 9, 10, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 9, 14, 19 and 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and falls within categories II and III of the categories applicable to the consideration of cases submitted to the Working Group.
13. The Working Group, having rendered this opinion, requests the Government to take the necessary steps to remedy the situation, which could have irreparable consequences, in order to bring it into conformity with the standards and principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.


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Harvard Law Review elects 131st president
ImeIme Umana '18
The Harvard Law Review has elected ImeIme Umana '18 as its 131st president. Umana succeeds Michael Zuckerman '17.
"ImeIme is one of the most brilliant, thoughtful, and dedicated people I've ever met, and the Law Review is in phenomenally good hands," said Zuckerman. "Like many others around campus, I've been blown away by ImeIme since she was an undergraduate in Harvard's Lowell House, and it has been thrilling to watch the Law Review's membership recognize so heartily what a special human being she is. I am excited for all of the amazing work that she will do for our institution in the year ahead."
Umana graduated from Harvard College in 2014 with an A.B. in African American Studies and Government. She is a joint degree candidate with Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Last summer, she interned at the Bronx Defenders and will be interning at the Public Defender Service for D.C. this upcoming summer.
"Mike and his volume have done an exceptional job," said Umana. "Mike has led the Law Review with formidable intellect, tremendous empathy, and a tireless work ethic. The Law Review community has benefited immensely from his leadership. Though he is a tough act to follow, it is a great privilege to be able to serve and work with the remarkably talented and committed group of editors on the Law Review."
The Law Review, founded in 1887 by future Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, LL.B. 1887, is an entirely student-edited journal with the largest circulation of any law journal in the world. It is published monthly from November through June.
WBUR, "Harvard Law Review Elects Its First Black Woman President," January 30, 2017
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Aid hopes evaporate as Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
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U.S. President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5, 2020. (AFP Photo)
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U.S. President Donald Trump, still being treated for COVID-19, on Tuesday called an abrupt end to negotiations with Democrats over additional COVID-19 relief, delaying action until after the election despite ominous warnings from his own Federal Reserve (Fed) chairman about the deteriorating conditions in the economy.
Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was "not negotiating in good faith" and said he's asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
His tweet ending talks for a new round of stimulus spooked Wall Street, sending stocks down as much as 2% from their session highs, a serious hit at one of the metrics that the Republican president has held up as a sign of success.
"I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump tweeted.
Hours later, Trump appeared to edge back a bit from his call to end negotiations. He took to Twitter again and called on Congress to send him a "Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200)" – a reference to a pre-election batch of direct payments to most Americans that had been a central piece of negotiations between Pelosi and the White House. Pelosi has generally rejected taking a piecemeal approach to COVID relief.
"I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?" Trump said in a flurry of tweets Tuesday evening. He also called on Congress to immediately approve $25 billion for airlines and $135 billion the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses.
The unexpected turn could be a blow to Trump's reelection prospects and comes as his administration and campaign are in turmoil. Trump is quarantining in the White House with a case of COVID-19, and the latest batch of opinion polls shows him significantly behind former Vice President Joe Biden with the election four weeks away.
The collapse means that Trump and down-ballot Republicans will face reelection without delivering aid to voters – such as the $1,200 direct payments, or "Trump checks," to most individuals – even as the national jobless rate is about 8% with millions facing the threat of eviction.
"Today, once again, President Trump showed his true colors: putting himself first at the expense of the country," Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said, adding: "The White House is in complete disarray."
In a call with fellow Democrats, Pelosi suggested Trump's judgment had been affected by one of the drugs he was taking, the steroid dexamethasone, which is normally used in the most severe cases of COVID-19.
"There are people who thought, who think, that steroids have an impact on your thinking," Pelosi said, according to a person who had been on the call.
McConnell, who had been cool to a large new aid package, told reporters he supported Trump's move. He said he thought the Republican president believed that a deal with Democrats was not in the offing and that "we need to concentrate on the achievable."
But Republican Rep. John Katko, who is from a New York district that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election, urged Trump to reverse his decision.
"With lives at stake, we cannot afford to stop negotiations on a relief package," Katko wrote in a tweet.
Another Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, who is in a tough reelection race in Maine, said Trump's move was a "huge mistake."
Biden slammed Trump's move.
"Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child's school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that – none of it – matters to him," Biden said in a statement released by his campaign.
Trump's move came immediately after he spoke with the top GOP leaders in Congress, who had been warily watching talks between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi. Many Senate Republicans had signaled they would not be willing to go along with any stimulus legislation that topped $1 trillion, and GOP aides had been privately dismissive of the prospects for a deal.
Just on Saturday, tweeting from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Trump said, "OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE." But any Pelosi-sponsored agreement of close to $2 trillion raised the potential of a GOP revolt if it came to a vote.
Last week, the White House said it was backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and dangled the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion. But that offer was rejected by Pelosi, who continued to take a hard line in the talks, including insisting on the repeal of a $254 billion GOP business tax break passed in the March package as a way to finance additional relief.
Pelosi had spoken with Mnuchin earlier Tuesday. After Trump's tweets spiking the negotiations, Pelosi said Trump was "unwilling to crush the virus" and "refuses to give real help to poor children, the unemployed and America's hard-working families."
Trump broke off talks after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned earlier Tuesday that the economic recovery remains fragile seven months into the coronavirus pandemic without further economic stimulus.
Following Trump's announcement breaking off negotiations, U.S. stocks reversed course to close lower. Shares of major airlines also fell.
Powell, in remarks before the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), made clear that too little support "would lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses."
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester told CNBC that "the recovery will continue without it, I think, but it's going to be a much slower recovery and it's disappointing that we didn't get a package done."
In recent days, financial markets had been hopeful that progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and another round of economic stimulus from Congress would boost the U.S. economy, which has been showing signs of renewed weakness.
Trump tested positive for coronavirus last week after months of playing down the deadly infection, and he stood by that message on Tuesday.
"Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!" Trump wrote on Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter Inc responded by putting a warning label on the post, saying it included potentially misleading information. Facebook Inc removed the Trump post for breaking its rules on COVID-19 misinformation, according to CNN.
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said the threat from COVID-19 was "very, very much different" than influenza's reach.
The United States has the world's highest death toll from the pandemic, with more than 210,000 deaths. By comparison, influenza typically kills between some 22,000 and 64,000 people a year in the United States, U.S. government statistics show.
Trump had no public events listed for Tuesday and it was unclear when he would resume a full schedule of presidential duties and campaigning ahead of Election Day, Nov. 3. He has not been seen in public since Monday night but tweeted that he was looking forward to a scheduled second debate with Democratic election opponent Joe Biden on Oct. 15
Many Trump aides and confidants have been diagnosed with the disease since he revealed Friday that he had tested positive, intensifying scrutiny and criticism of the administration's handling of the pandemic.
The top U.S. military leaders are isolating after the Coast Guard's No. 2 tested positive for the coronavirus, Pentagon officials said.
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This is the second of three interview posts with Blake Andrews. The first part can be found here. The third part will be published next Thursday, May 24th.
f: Alec Soth started off a recent article he wrote on Martin Parr in the Minneapolis StarTribune by calling him the Jay-Z of documentary photography.
BA: I think what Soth was referring to is a sort of hyper-contemporary vibe. Both Parr and Jay-Z seem to have a hand in many cultural outlets nowadays. They almost define contemporary. But also both have a loose experimental quality. Always moving into new territory. And the fascination with bling. Truth is I'm not a huge fan of Jay-Z. I'll take MF Doom over Jay-Z.
f: In respect to your plea for more interactive posts - discussed last week in the first part of this interview - complete the following photographer-musician analogy. Martin Parr is to Jay-Z as Blake Andrews is to Woody Guthrie.
BA: I'm guessing this relates to my survey from several months back comparing Dylan and Frank. Guthrie for a few reasons. First of all, he was absolutely prolific. Many photographers make a point of never going somewhere without a camera. I suspect Guthrie was like that with his guitar. He carried it everywhere. If he couldn't fit the guitar he at least had a pen and notebook. I doubt there were many days when he wasn't writing songs or lyrics. Second, he was fiercely independent and had a deep suspicion of institutions which I share. I am deeply cynical about corporations, government, and general group-think. Third, he was a bit of a renaissance man. He wasn't just a songwriter. He was an artist, a dad, a writer. And just a good spirit in general. So I admire the guy. I wish he'd written a blog.
I've had a tickertape message on the bottom of my camera for years. It says "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" A direct homage to Guthrie.
f: And as a way to push towards interactive posts, I would like to invite you to make a creative competition for other photographers with me, the results of which we can publish both here and on B.
BA: One competition that I've been curious to try is based on predicted outcomes. You set out 20 well-known photos by famous photographers from a wide variety of types and eras. Then people rank them from most favorite to least favorite, 1 to 20. Then collate, average, and form a general ranking based on all voters. That's the simple part. The second layer is to have people guess at the overall rankings before they're revealed. Perhaps this would happen during the initial voting, or shortly after. Then collate predictions. The person who predicts favorites most accurately is the winner. This would only work with a large enough pool of voters. At least 100 or so.
f: You have actively explored the medium itself, working with panoramas, color and black and white, a range of formats and cameras. You have published your images as playing cards and are working on a faux-postcard project. What drives you to expand the range of approaches to photography in this way? Is there something you feel you can do with these explorations that 35mm black and white cannot do?
BA: My camera experiments have typically been winter flings. When the days get shorter and the rains set it, it's not as easy to roam outside with a camera. But I still need to make photos. So I've explored a variety of ways to shoot inside using flash or slow shutter speed or combination of the two. I've toyed with Noblex, Diana, Holga, digital point 'n shoot, Fuji Instax, etc. The only common denominator is that they're all hand held. They're quick 'n dirty cameras, no tripod, no fuss. Typically I go on a serious bender with a camera and shoot the crap out of it for a few months before the buzz gradually wears off.
That's fine for winter. But during nice weather I kick into high gear and that's basically 35 mm black and white. That's been the core of my work for the past 20 years. It feels right because it rewards experimentation and multiple frames. There's very little penalty for pressing the shutter, as opposed to say 4 x 5. I know that for most people 35 mm is a dead form. It's seen as anachronistic and passe but I can't help it. It's just how I see. If I want my photos to get any attention it probably has to be in another format. So I've tinkered with many methods, but 35 black and white still gives me the most satisfaction. I shoot a few rolls every day from about May through October.
I think whatever you use you need to commit fully to it. You can't be fiddling around wondering what camera to use. It has to be one or the other, and ideally just one lens too. You have to see and think like a camera, and that's hard to do if you're shuffling between several. At least that's my experience.
f: A related question: you have said in a previous interview that as a child, you thought photography was a mere recording of a scene and because of this you weren't interested in it. It's interesting, then, that despite expanding the range of approaches to photography as mentioned above in the previous question, that one of the few lines you do not cross is that line between "straight" and "constructed" photography. What keeps you on this side of that line? Have you ever tried constructing a scene for an image?
BA: I have constructed images for the blog. The postcards, for example, are constructed. I substituted blue skies for grey. For applications like that or for commercial applications I think constructing images is fine. But for examining the world, which I think photography does very well, constructed images aren't very interesting to me. They don't show the world so much as they show what's in someone's mind. Nothing wrong with that. I'm just more interested in the world. And that applies to other forms too. I only read nonfiction. I generally prefer documentaries to fictional films. I guess I have my quirks.
f: In a Wired article on photobloggers, you also mentioned what you'd like to see less of in the photography world: "Less 6 x 7 aspect ratio color photos of the human-nature interface delicately composed, with everything in focus; less portraiture with desaturated colors; less perfectionism; less constructed images and more found images; less commercial advertising on blogs; and less equipment talk." Building from this previous list, please list the 10 most painful trends in contemporary photography in 2012, in reverse order from 10 to 1 with 1 being the most painful.
BA: I will probably get in trouble here. First of all, everyone is totally free to do what they want. As with any Top Ten list, please take these with a grain of salt.
10. The widespread inability among practitioners to differentiate an average print from a great one.
9. Thought before seeing. It should be the other way. Shoot first, ask questions later.
8. Conscious perfectionism and unconscious imperfections.
7. Film growing more expensive as it gradually phases out.
6. The planned obsolescence of most cameras in use now, and the correlating obsolescence of work being made with them.
5. Neo-pictorialism. I am all for shooting Holga / Diana / Instagram, as long as the material isn't sappy. But when blurriness combines with an overly sentimental vibe, it feels like something that was done, and better, 100 years ago.
4. Photos without credits attached. Every photo printed or online should include some reference to the creator's name. I'd guess that less than half actually do.
3. The idea that everyone's a photographer. Everyone has a thermometer in their medicine cabinet. That doesn't mean we're all doctors.
2. The conflation of a photographer's life story with their images in assessing aesthetic merit.
1. Homogenization. In photography as well as in the broader culture, homogenization is the most powerful, evil force we face. All 7 billion of us are unique. Be yourself.
f: And what gives you optimism for the photography world today?
BA: 10. The ocean of photographic archives currently being put online by various public entities. A very powerful resource in all sorts of ways, some not even thought of yet.
9. Street photography's apparent revival. Possibly a reaction to photography's hyper-conceptual direction.
7. General improvements in color printing over the past decade. 40 years ago good color prints were generally inaccessible. Now they can be made by anyone.
6. Looking forward to the return of Jesus Christ my lord and savior. I'm expecting him to help me fine tune my portfolio.
5. The decreased environmental impact of picturemaking. The marginal cost to the environment of taking a digital snapshot is virtually zero compared to the age of paper and chemicals. Of course the planet is already fucked anyway so I'm not sure it matters much in the end.
4. The decline of matting in galleries. It's about time we phased out this Victorian relic. Maybe glazing will be next.
3. The idea that everyone's a photographer. Never has photography been more accessible to all. Moholy-Nagy said "the illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the camera as well as the pen." I think we have finally, only quite recently, arrived at that future.
2. The photobook renaissance. These are the glory days of photobook publishing.
1. Every time I press the shutter I'm an optimist. The idea that the next image will be special is what keeps me going.


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Bigg Boss 11 winner Shilpa Shinde talks about Anup Jalota-Jasleen Matharu's Relationship
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The 65-year-old ghazal singer, Anup Jalota has taken the internet by storm right from his entry in Big Boss 12 with 28-year-old girlfriend Jasleen Matharu.
Recently, Bigg Boss 11 winner Shilpa Shinde and 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' star, Karan Patel entered the Big Boss house to play with the 2nd installment of the first task with the housemates. A section of the media got in touch with former winner and asked her about the much-talked Anup and Jasleen controversy.
It was great fun to be on the same set #biggboss12 #bb12
A post shared by Shilpa Shinde (@shilpa_shinde_official) on Sep 16, 2018 at 1:21am PDT
Shilpa defended the couple and said, "Anup ji is not an isolated example of such relationships to feel weird about it. I don't think it is wrong if two people are compatible and have developed a bond after staying together. Earlier, it was said that female should be younger than men but today the definitions have changed so if the society can accept that then why not this? Also, to target him for his profession is not correct. People should keep professional and personal different. A lot of people do a lot of things in closed doors, to accept a relationship in public is not easy."
Aisi laagi lagan meera ho gayi magan?????? @jalotaanup Anup Jalota ji and Matharu family having a good time ????????
A post shared by Jasleen Matharu???????????? (@jasleenmatharu) on May 23, 2018 at 12:47am PDT
Anup and Jasleen's relationship has become been making headlines. The latter's father, Kesar Matharu, who's a film director by profession, issued a statement which read, "I am not at all disturbed by the online bashing. She is a trained singer and had done various stage shows with many popular Bollywood singers. We belong to a very reputed family and my daughter is already a prominent figure in the industry and there is no point of seeking cheap publicity. This news was a shocker for me as well as for my family. However, I don't want to comment anything on her personal life till I meet her. She is on the Bigg Boss 12 house and want her to stay positive and emerge as the winner of the show."


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Crown of Asbury Park: Shadow of The City 2016
By M.J. Rawls @murjanirawls · On June 22, 2016
The 2016 festival season is in full swing – one can almost liken it to a sports season. Each lineup and setting are just grabbing for your attention and hard-earned dollars. This past weekend saw the return of Jack Antonoff's personally curated festival, Shadow of The City. Antonoff, who was born in Bergenfield, New Jersey, did not want his home state to get left out of the festival mix. A successful inaugural 2015 year warranted the return for something that the Garden State can call its own. Oh, the smell of the sand and ocean along the Asbury Park beach. For how beautiful a day it was, the Stone Pony outdoor stage was the perfect setting. While some festivals went for the grandiose spectacles and acquisitions , Shadow of The City felt right at home with a minimalist approach on a comfortable Saturday.
Given the recent shock wave of the Orlando tragedy, one of the main takeaways from the festival that it was all-encompassing – free of titles and judgement. The dunk booth in which Antonoff also partook in added all the donations to Orlando LGBTQ shelters. The Stone Pony was mostly populated by younger kids in their mid twenties – of all walks of life. Throughout the walls of Stone Pony's summer stage, there were signs that discouraged any type of bigotry or hatred. As you rebuild, you look for the little microcosm of hope. Musical festivals serve as that blissful period where you can be free of worries for hours at a time.
The musical lineup consisted of some up and coming acts mixed in with some well established talent. London, England born Bishop Briggs was one of the early standouts of the day. Energetic and wielding a powerful voice, Briggs brought her own unique personification on soul with her biggest song thus far, "River". Homegrown talent was front and center as well. frnkiero andthe cellabration brought the edgier, louder half of rock music while the reuniting Steel Train brought back their indie/folk rock flavor. Both bands were met with enthusiasm by fans and showed the diverse pool of different New Jersey born acts that have originated from the state itself.
As the sun set, the energy levels grew with Carly Rae Jepsen's performance. The 2015 release E•MO•TION saw Jepsen put her own spin on 80's style pop music. There was not a moment where the crowd stood still as Jepsen went through songs like "Run Away With Me" and "I Really Like You". "Look at that sun set, its kind of romantic," Jepsen said to the crowd. This was the perfect lead in to the headlining set of The 1975.
If you've seen The 1975 live, you will be enamored by their stage presence and aesthetic. I like it when you sleep… which was released earlier this year has songs that lend kind to their stage setup complete with pink lighting and a silhouette of colors and buildings. Lead singer Matthew Healy shuffled across the state in an almost James Brown-like matter during the opening seconds of "Love Me". We are aware of the hits of their 2013 self-titled album, but newer cuts like "Loving Someone" and "A Change of Heart" will also be concert favorites through the band's rigorous touring schedule.
With the neighboring state of New York having upwards to five major festivals this year, its good to have one for the little guys. As many will anticipate it's return next summer, one has to wonder what tricks it may have up it's sleeve for next year.
Check out the full gallery over on Flickr
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M.J. Rawls
Journalist, Self-published author, and photographer since 2014, Murjani "MJ" Rawls is always looking to stretch his capabilities of his creativity and passions, Rawls has as a portfolio spanning through many mediums including music, television, movies, and more. Operating out of the New York area, Rawls has photographed artists spanning many genres from Slipknot, Kendrick Lamar, Marc Anthony, Zac Brown Band to name a few.
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our understanding that this sad poem is titled "Death of an Innocent" or "Mom".
Told me that I should.
As everyone drove out of sight.
Now I'm the one to pay.
My life bursted like a balloon.
He's going to live while I die.
Just like a burning knife.
While all he does is stare.
Write my name upon my grave.
'Cause when I needed you, you were there.
So why am I the one to die.
I LOVE YOU & GOOD-BYE.
still is). To the person who wrote it, we thank you!
See another drunk driving poem.
I am a person who drank and drove and killed a person. She was a mother, wife, daughter and had many friends. I am still here on this Earth. This woman and those that cared about her never got a chance to say goodbye. So many memories not to be created.
Be sure to tell those you care about that you love them and why you are grateful they are in your life. You never know what tomorrow may bring.
My sister Lynnette Maples wrote this in the 9th grade many many years ago.
This is the best most inspiring poem ive ever read. Plz dont drink and drive its usually someone else who pays before u do. I love to drink but ive been really responsible about my drinking i dont drive while under the influence. To the person who wrote this poem ur awesome thank u so so much.


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Here's Kenneth as your professional friend documenting down your wedding day. Your 75 years old self will thank you for this.
The character of your present self will remind that old couple about their younger self as newly weds.
This is the best version of yourself well kept and preserved.
Disclaimer: The following video is very boring to watch.
Only the couple themselves will find it interesting.
This is for the crowd of two, not a crowd pleaser.
Pure raw footages from the weddings we've done thus far.


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The United Nations Global Compact is set to hold a High Level Meeting on Ocean as part of Nor-Shipping 2019, gathering leading politicians, maritime and ocean industry executives, UN representatives, NGOs and other key stakeholders in Oslo. Co-hosted by the Norwegian Government and the UN Global Compact, the meeting, taking place on June 3, will be followed by a further group meeting on June 4 to discuss progress with the UN Global Compact Action Platform for Sustainable Ocean Business. It is, the organisers note, a key opportunity to help build consensus on ocean governance and growth for future generations.
Monday's meeting will be led by Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, and Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Norwegian Minister of Trade, with the discussion moderated by Sturla Henriksen, Special Advisor on Ocean, UN Global Compact. CEOs and high-level executives from businesses spanning sectors including maritime, aquaculture, energy production, and seabed resources, to name a few key segments, will share expertise with representatives from regulatory authorities, international politics, campaigning organizations and more.
The objective, says Erik Giercksky, Head, Sustainable Ocean Business at the UN Global Compact, is clear. "The ocean is vital to humanity's well being and prosperity, but it faces serious challenges," says Giercksky. "To safeguard and improve its health — while producing more food, more energy, increasing transportation and accessing new raw materials — we need shared principles and a universal approach. We need to collaborate to build effective global governance — that, in essence, is what this meeting is about."
Ocean ambition
Nor-Shipping 2019 will also see the UN Global Compact launch its new report, Global Goals, Ocean Opportunities, which explores a multi-stakeholder approach to how ocean industries can deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while enabling sustainable business growth. With the Goals set to expire in 2030, the report outlines clear ambitions, encompassing eradicating waste entering the ocean environment, enabling low emission transport, providing clean, affordable energy, mapping the ocean, delivering healthy ocean nutrition, and establishing a strong system of governance.
"The report and the meetings form critical milestones on our journey to creating a sustainable ocean business reality," comments Nor-Shipping Director Per Martin Tanggaard. "We're committed to supporting the UN Global Compact in their efforts to promote the Action Platform for Sustainable Ocean Business and effect positive change."
Nor-Shipping 2019 takes place in venues across Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway, between 3 and 7 June. Now in its 52nd year, Nor-Shipping attracts around 35,000 delegates, from over 75 countries, with close to 1,000 exhibiting companies from across the entire maritime and ocean industry value chain.
Alongside Hall A's focus on Blue Economy, the other halls will feature:
IT & Navigation in Hall B
Safety & Rescue in Hall C
Shipbuilding & Repair in Hall D
Maritime Services & Logistics in Hall E
Propulsion & Machinery in Hall E
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LaClare Farms has appointed an industry expert to manage cheese efforts.
MALONE – LaClare Farms, a Fond du Lac County producer of dairy goat products, has expanded its processing operation and added an industry expert to its staff.
The expansion and renovation of the farm's headquarters at W2994 County HH in Malone, allow the farm to bring production of its Chankoda goat cheese, which is aged in cave-like conditions, to the site, which houses a goat farm, restaurant and retail space. Previously, the cheese was produced elsewhere, said Jessica Mayer, retail manager for LaClare.
Chandoka, a mild fruity cheese with a smack of cheddar, is made from goat and cow milk. Overseeing the addition is David Rogers, an experienced affineur, or expert that manages aging cheese.
Larry and Clara Hendrich started LaClare Farms in the 1970s, when the couple started a small goat farm near Chilton. Since then, the business has grown to process cheese and introduce customers to its products in its on-site restaurant. LaClare has won numerous national and international honors for its work.


Some feller calling himself Devotional Hooligan has left a comment on an old post of mine about Green Man. Apparently the Robin Hitchcock recordings I made have gone down, and Mr Hooligan has asked for a re-up (I've got to stop watching quite so much of the Wire).Couldn't be happier to oblige, mate, and what's more I found another recording, taken at the same event, of Mr Hitchcock singing Robin Williamson's Chinese White.
The words "breath" and "bated" spring to mind as I continue to post my best of lists. As I said the other day, my record buying habits are such that whether an album is new or not rarely enters into my thinking. In fact I'm very often unaware of a release date until I get round to preparing these sort of lists. Some of the records I've been most excited about in 2009 are already a few years old. I'm a little slow.
Some of these I'm embarrassed to have only just cottoned onto, some I feel that I'm arriving at fashionably late after all the fuss has died down. They're all great records that have enriched my life this year.
But, anyway, what can you do? You can't get them all can you?
Two lovely performances – at Green Man and in Bristol – certainly enhanced this record for me, but even without that, how can you fail to be entranced by those harmonies and complex arrangements?
I've always been keen on Madness and their ability to write a decent pop song, and it's particularly gratifying to see older gentlemen writing mature songs.
Another record that benefited dramatically from my seeing it performed. It's that voice again, obviously, but also his ability to write aching, moving songs that makes him continue to stand out.
Great songs and a punchy restless approach made this record a cut above all the other Americana-style releases of the year. Basically, a jumpy, beaty record pushed on by the busiest drummer of the year.
Another American record, sounding a lot like the Let It Bleed era Stones and embellished by yukes and other old tyme instruments. Some ugly awkward lyrics as well. Fascinating stuff.
And speaking of ugly awkward stuff, my last record makes a virtue of a Seeds-ish lack of virtuosity. An eager, wholehearted record that owes something to Art Brut and which actually pushes Eddie Argos off my list. It's a funny old world, eh?
Eight you say? Ah c'mon, who's counting?
Like I said, I'm getting a bit of a taste for this list-writing mullarkey. So this next one is concerned with what was a characteristic of the year for me – live music. Basically, it's been a stonking year for live music in the West Country, the best I can remember for a good while.
Reminded me why I was so impressed by their previous album and made me go and listen to the new album a bit more closely. A remarkable performance.
Not having really listened to the album properly, wasn't sure how much I was going to enjoy his set. I needn't have worried, an atmospheric and moving performance, all pulled off with genuine humility. With hindsight, my highlight of a great festival. I actually have a recording of the set, and I can't understand why I never posted it. I'll remedy this ASAP.
One of those events that grew and grew in my mind as the days followed on from the gig. From being a complete Turner novice at the start of the month, I felt like a veteran by the end of it. Probably the warmest gig I have ever been to but it didn't stop Frank putting a helluva a session.
A belated rite of passage for me really, and by all accounts up there with some of their better performances. "A glorious racket".
What started out as a bit of an away day in the big (well, medium) smoke, turned into a breath-taking gathering in the company of the ex Lamb singer. A very special feel to the evening altogether.
Overcoming the Guildhall's dodgy electrics and any tendency towards a spreading waistline, as skinny and as white as ever, Bobby Gillespie remains textbook rock'n'roll. Another rattling evening.
Everyone does lists at this time of the year don't they? Best album of the year / decade etc. I don't really like making lists like that partly because it takes a certain amount of prior planning and organization and partly because, as you'll have noticed, I dot around, not really noticing what's new and what's not. After all, if you've not heard it before, it's new right?
My iPhone – getting myself an iPhone in October proved to be every bit as distracting and fascinating as I'd hoped it would be. I love the touch screen and being able to push icons around on the screen, I love the combination of wireless connectivity and playing music, and I love the Apps. I'm sure I've only scratched the surface so far, but I am loving it.
Podcasts – one of the upshots of getting the iPhone was that I have discovered the world of Podcasting. Somehow, I've never quite got into listening to podcasts previously, mainly because I've now gone back to using iTunes, which makes it very easy to keep up with a particular podcast. Current favourites are The Word podcast, The Classic Albums Podcast, Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, The Football Ramble and Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews.
Green Man – What a difference a bit of sunshine makes. Previous years had been characterised by expansive rain falls and too long spent huddled in tents feeling wretched, but this year the sun came out and it was a wonderful experience. Highlights were listening to Jah Wobble and Joe Boyd reminiscing , being berated by David Thomas, meeting a few new friends, the new Chah Wallai tent, great sets by Bon Iver and Grizzly Bear and seeing Roky Erickson in the flesh.
The Wire – actually strike that, 2009 has been chiefly characterised by the obsessive and increasingly impatient wait for the next disk of The Wire to come through my letter box from LoveFilm. It's been a fantastic journey, one that I would heartily recommend to anyone – easily the best thing I have ever seen on TV.
No support band, which I was a bit put out about at the time, but it did allow for a good hour and half set from the Primals (the Screamers?). It was a good set too, full of noisy stompers and classic rockers – ticking all the boxes that Primal Scream do well. Gillespie is as white and as skinny as any rock'n'roller would aspire to be, Mani and the rest of the band as tight (and at the same time loose) as you want.
It's pouring down. I mean … throwing it down, biblical proportions.
The woman sat in the seat next to me is large and seems to want half my seat. She is reading a copy of A Bit on the Side and smells of beans.
Newsflash: Thekla is still as cool as it was last week. And although I've seen a noisy gig there, I'm now convinced that it is even better suited to quieter acoustic evenings. Again the sound was excellent and having gone up to the balcony this time (in reality only a vantage point of about ten feet) the set up and general vibe (there's a good muso word for you) was even better.
Didn't know a whole lot about Lou Rhodes before last night (ex singer with Lamb, apparently, not that I'm much clearer after finding that out, either) but we'd carved out a weekend away and were keen to see some music. Got hold of her first record and, consummate professional that I am, did my homework – turns out Beloved One is an album I can easily endorse with a clear conscience.
She's a frail looking thing but has a clear and striking voice well suited to an evening of delicate songs accompanied carefully by a classic Nick Drake-style format of cello and double bass. Occasionally the pace of her songs got a bit same-y, but the short attention span of this punter was well catered for by the way the arrangements changed from song to song, with the cellist moving to glockenspiel and the double bass player switching to an acoustic bass.
At one point, she introduced one of her songs by saying that if you were one of those people who were too cool to arrive in time for the support act, you'd have missed a real treat. Well (astonishingly) we were one those too cool people and did miss the support, who turned out to have been John Smith.
I've seen and written about John before (here) – he was the best part of our ill-fated Davy Graham evening a couple of years ago – and so I was disappointed to have missed him, but fortunately he was called on to play with Lou Rhodes for one of her songs. He's an astonishing player.
As well as this, there is currently a free download (available here) which I would recommend you getting hold of too.
A beautiful and engaging singer.


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