The City of Zilina is 4th largest city in the Slovak republic. Thanks to its location, the city represents one of the largest traffic nodes in the Slovakia and also in Central Europe. A transport importance and position underlines a TEN-T corridor (from the Adriatic sea to the Baltic sea) that is crossing the city.
The city is located in the basin of Vah river and surrounded by mountains what creates various traffic limitations that have to be solved. The municipality is required by law to provide some functions in traffic within the city area, which has, in addition to the center, 12 suburban zones served by joint public transport system. Therefore, the city has to ensure to provide viable structure of transportation forms in terms of safety and also quality.
The City of Zilina mainly focuses on cars transport, pedestrian traffic, bicycle transport and public transport of the inhabitants and visitors. The city endeavour to support all the forms of transportation and at the same time to prepare the most suitable conditions for them. The City of Zilina has also interest in supporting the ecological forms of transportations in the city such as: electric vehicles and buses.
Thanks to these form of sustainable mobility the City of Zilina is planning to reduce CO2 emissions. Therefore, the past experiences in the field of ecological traffic are related to bicycle transportation. The city has already realised three projects that has extended and improved bicycle transport. The city still cooperates and works on analysis and preparation of the documents of a city parking strategy (in the centre and also in periphery areas, mainly in housing development). It intensively strives to make the public transportation more attractive by buying new more ecological vehicles/trolleys, but also by implementation of new services for reaching the higher traffic efficiency.


CEDIA Expo 2018 Tech Talk: With expertise in multiple smart-home subsystems, home-tech pros can dominate emerging 'energy automation' category, encompassing home energy storage, smart-grid integration, renewable energy and home automation.
"Fast forward to today, and how many of you are involved in lighting control and automated shades?" asks Blake Richetta, SVP and U.S. head for Sonnen, a leading provider of home energy storage systems.
Speaking at a CEDIA Expo 2018 Tech Talk, Richetta likened the lighting and shading experience to the hottest new category in the smart-home channel: energy automation.
Phooey on that, Richetta protests.
"In 10 years you're going to look back and say, 'I was part of the beginning, where energy automation hit CEDIA.'"
What is 'Energy Automation'? Like Smart Thermostats?
Home-tech pros have installed "energy management" systems for decades – mostly smart thermostats and motorized shades integrated with home automation systems for comfort, convenience and energy savings.
In Sonnen lingo, "energy automation" encompasses a much broader ecosystem, from the utility-managed electrical grid, to alternative energy sources at the home (mostly solar), to intelligent energy storage and usage via back-up batteries and home automation.
Utilities haven't made it happen – even after three decades of trying really, really diligently – in part because the technology components never quite came together. Even if all the critical hardware, software and infrastructure elements came wrapped in bow, utilities still couldn't deploy end-to-end energy automation because … people.
"Energy people don't know how to make the smart home smart," Richetta says.
So, then, who would make all the energy magic happen? Who could oversee every aspect of the deployment, from installing and integrating the gear at a customer premises, to communicating with the local utility, to optimizing energy utilization at any given household?
Utilities and their smart-meter techs can't do it. The solar-energy providers can't do it. Electricians alone can't do it. It takes a home-automation specialist – the CEDIA pros – to tie everything together, Richetta stressed throughout the Tech Talk session.
Integrator Gordon Van Zuiden from Cybermanor concurs. Joining Richetta on the energy panel, Van Zuiden acknowledged that integrators like himself aren't solar experts or battery experts, but they do know their smart-home platforms and subsystems like nobody else on the planet.
He explains how home-tech pros can take the same systems they're already installing and integrating, and create a "richer experience" by incorporating energy products and intelligence from companies like Sonnen.
Watch the entire 30-minute Tech Talk in the video above, featuring moderator Lisa Montgomery from CE Pro, along with panelists Richetta, van Zuiden, integrator AJ Brunson from Cinegration, Troy Morgan of the Crestron programming firm PanTech Design, and Ron Callis of the industry marketing company One Firefly.
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Right-wing bloggers decry Nightrunner, DC's Muslim 'Batman of Paris'
A conservative blogger who earlier sounded the alarm about the perceived attack on the tea party movement in Captain America and warned of the "anti-American nihilism" of Watchmen has now turned his attention to Bruce Wayne's recruitment of a Muslim to be the Batman of Paris.
But Nightrunner, the parkour-trained crimefighter introduced in this month's Detective Comics Annual #12, isn't just any Muslim — he's a 22-year-old Algerian Muslim living in Clichy-sous-Bois, the poor commune east of Paris best known outside of France as the epicenter of the 2005 riots. And that doesn't sit well with Warner Todd Huston.
"You see, DC Comics has decided that the 'French savior,' the French Batman is to be a Muslim immigrant," Huston writes on his Publis' Forum. "The character's name is Bilal Asselah and he is an Algerian Sunni Muslim and an immigrant that is physically fit and adept at gymnastic sport Parkour. Apparently Batman couldn't find any actual Frenchman to be the 'French savior'." What constitutes an "actual Frenchman" isn't entirely clear, but presumably the writer is referring to one of the "Frenchmen of European stock" he mentions later.
Huston takes aim at David Hine's story, which centers on a series of political assassinations that lead to riots by communist union members and neo-Nazis, describing it as "PCism at its worst": "The whole situation is a misreading of what ails France. The truth is, neither communist Union members nor 'Neo-Nazi' Parties are causing riots in France. Muslims are. Yet DC Comics is absurdly making a Muslim immigrant the 'French savior'?" He accuses the publisher of badly downplaying in Nightrunner's origin "the seriousness of the actual racial tension in France" and oversimplifying the problems "as mere racism as if that is all there is to it ignoring the fact that Islam is the single most important factor in the strife."
He isn't alone in his criticism; he's merely picking up the baton passed by far-right commentators like Avi Green who, writing last week at The Astute Bloggers — a site dedicated to "exposing leftist propaganda," "highlighting under-reported news" and "promoting universal human rights" — said, "How about that, Bruce Wayne goes to France where he hires not a genuine French boy or girl with a real sense of justice, but rather, an 'oppressed' minority who adheres to the Religion of Peace. And this is a guy whose very parents were murdered at the hands of a common street thug!"
So while Huston isn't the only defender of the, I don't know, wounded honor of "actual Frenchmen" in this manufactured controversy, he may be among the most widely distributed. Commentary from his Publis' Forum regularly appears at other conservative outlets, such as Andrew Breitbart's network of websites and Canada Free Press. His Feb. 8 column about Captain America #602 was followed by FoxNews.com's article about the comic's "tea party jab" which, in turn, triggered more widespread coverage.
Huston characterizes DC's decision to make "a Muslim in France a hero when French Muslims are at the center of some of the worst violence in the country's recent memory" as "PCism run amuck." It's apparently part of the "PCing of the American comic book industry" that includes the Captain America-tea party incident, the introduction of gay character Kevin Keller in the pages of Veronica, and … Larfleeze? That's right, Agent Orange.
Andrew Belonsky at Death and Taxes, who was among the first to pick up on the reaction to Nightrunner, views it in light of the recent calls for a boycott of Marvel's Thor movie because black actor Idris Elba was cast as the Norse god Heimdall:
The Nightrunner controversy differs a bit from the Thor scandal seen earlier this week. In the Thor scenario, the Council [of Conservative Citizens] wasn't saying black people can't be heroes, period. They simply don't want to see Idris Elba in a specific role.
"It's not enough that Marvel attacks conservatives values, now mythological Gods must be re-invented with black skin," they said. "It seems that Marvel Studios believes that white people should have nothing that is unique to themselves."
It's a discriminatory, myopic view, yes, but not nearly as narrow as the one The Astute Bloggers trumpet. Green and his colleagues assume Muslims can't be heroic because they're inherently villainous and out to spread "Islamic supremacism."
Nightrunner's introduction continues in Batman Annual #28, in stores this week
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This novel is set in the very center of the time of most difficult combat experienced by a United States Marine Corps rifle company A second lieutenant, only days from training back in the states is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast off Marines, all out in the brutal bloody jungle because of the either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenThis novel is set in the very center of the time of most difficult combat experienced by a United States Marine Corps rifle company A second lieutenant, only days from training back in the states is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast off Marines, all out in the brutal bloody jungle because of the either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenses or infringement The outnumbered and little supported company is at constant war with vicious units of the North Vietnamese Army while at the same time tearing itself apart every night in deadly encounters between its racially mixed elements The enlisted ranks lack all respect for their untested and inexperienced officers, while the officers fight them right back using supporting fires on the enemy as well as their own warring factions All the men are ruled by terror and fear of the end they know they are not likely to avoid They are not going home They are not going to the rear area And they are only to be kept moving through a valley of death called the A Shau, with only the manner of their passing in question That same company so riven by internal strife, however, remains frightfully effective in fighting the enemy This account of the reality of agonizingly brutal guerrilla combat is written from the perspective of the new lieutenant who sends his last will and testament home to his wife after only three days in combat.
Rarely do I read war books. They hurt!However, I could not put this book down. To hear the account of this young man sent to fight a war Americans were protesting while his wife was awaiting his return and their first baby is heart-breaking. This book "Thirty Days Has September: First Ten Days" opened my eyes to reality of the everyday life they lived to exist in this war.Great book!
An excellent work of fiction set in VietNam w/ the Marines in the A Shau Valley. This is one of those rare works that gets better by the page as Strauss draws you into the world of a Marine Company. Not you typical VietNam war story.
Firsthand the 'Nam. An eye opening 10 days living the battle our men endured in the 'Nam. Will change your behind the lines eyesight. Highly recommend.
The author shared this story with me in 1970. Thank goodness his wife saved all of his daily letters home. I encouraged him to outline a manuscript. This gripping, no holds barred, Vietnam sage has been waiting publication fro a long time.On his website it has garnered over 5,500 comments from Veterans who understand the reality of this story.


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Crab shack owner charged in fatal Randallstown shooting
Kresslin Vondez Clark Sr. claims shooting was in self defense, police say
Lowell Melser
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Kresslin Vondez Clark Sr., 44, is charged with second-degree murder for a fatal shooting that took place on Aug. 5 in Randallstown. Police said Clark told them the shooting was in self defense.
The owner of a Randallstown crab shack has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of one of his employees, Baltimore County police said.Kresslin Vondez Clark Sr., 44, was indicted Sept. 7 on second-degree murder charges in the death of Daniel Lyles, 32, of Parkville. Clark was released on $250,000 bail.Police said the shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Fat Daddy's Crabs in the 9000 block of Liberty Road. When officers arrived, they found Lyles suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. He was declared dead at the scene, police said.Police said that Lyles and Clark got into an argument and Clark shot Lyles once."The owner claims that the victim had threatened him and come towards him while reaching into his waistband. We did later find a folding knife, clipped to the front of the victim's belt," Baltimore County police Cpl. John Wachter said.WBAL-TV 11 News tried to contact Clark at his business and at his house, but was told he was not at either location.Clark has a record that includes a handgun violation, and he served 18 months on probation for manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance.Get the WBAL-TV News App
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. —
The owner of a Randallstown crab shack has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of one of his employees, Baltimore County police said.
Kresslin Vondez Clark Sr., 44, was indicted Sept. 7 on second-degree murder charges in the death of Daniel Lyles, 32, of Parkville. Clark was released on $250,000 bail.
Man fatally shot Friday in Randallstown
Police said the shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Fat Daddy's Crabs in the 9000 block of Liberty Road. When officers arrived, they found Lyles suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. He was declared dead at the scene, police said.
Police said that Lyles and Clark got into an argument and Clark shot Lyles once.
"The owner claims that the victim had threatened him and come towards him while reaching into his waistband. We did later find a folding knife, clipped to the front of the victim's belt," Baltimore County police Cpl. John Wachter said.
WBAL-TV 11 News tried to contact Clark at his business and at his house, but was told he was not at either location.
Clark has a record that includes a handgun violation, and he served 18 months on probation for manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance.


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Toothsi Becomes the Official Smile Partner For Bigg Boss Season 15
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toothsi Becomes the Official Smile Partner For Bigg Boss Season 15 On Voot
Mumbai, Dental tech platform that provides at-home smile makeovers, toothsi, has collaborated with India's most loved reality show Bigg Boss on Voot. For the 15th season of Bigg Boss on Voot, toothsi has come on board as the official smile partner. As part of the partnership, Voot will curate exclusive digital interactive content which will be featured on the OTT platform.
As a new age brand, toothsi is known to its viewers for its quirky and fresh content which is what Bigg Boss as a show is appreciated for. As their Smile Partner, toothsi is all geared up to leverage Bigg Boss' vast fan base and engage with a wider set of audience through IPs that captures the essence of both the brands.
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Star Trek: Las Vegas, Day 1 Recap
StarTrek.com Staff
August 10, 2012 1:52 AM PDT
Creation Entertainment's Official Star Trek Convention opened for business yesterday with a Trek zombie invastion, and things were hopping at the Rio in Las Vegas as fans from across the globe gathered together to celebrate Trek together and in style.
Among the earliest events of the day was StarTrek.com Presents One Trek Mind Live, with Jordan Hoffman hosting a debate about Trek's Best Fight Scene. Bobby Clark, the Gorn himself, surprised the hundreds of fans at the panel, when he arrived to announce that he thought the Gorn-Kirk battle from the TOS episode "The Arena" deserved at least a spot in the top three. Holding a Gorn head, Clark joked, "I'm beside myself."
After 45 minutes, the fans finally agreed to the Top 10 Best Fight Scenes.
Fans filled the dealer's room, now officially renamed the Captain Dave Vendors Room, after the late Star Trek fan featured prominently in William Shatner's Get a Life documentary.
Dozens of vendors sold their wares and many Trek actors signed autographs at their respective booths/tables throughout the day, including Bob Picardo, Brent Spiner, Celeste Yarnall, Lois Jewell, Bobby Clark, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Chase Masterson, John de Lancie, Armin Shimerman and Kitty Swink, Max Grodenchik and more.
Meanwhile, Trek guests took to the stage in two rooms, regaling fans with stories. Creation co-CEO Adam Malin, for example, chatted with TNG guest Ben Vereen, then opened the floor to fan questions. At the end of his time on stage, Vereen said "Live long and prosper," and then, smiling broadly, added, "I always wanted to say that!"
Other stage appearances combined talent, as when Martha Hackett, Jeffrey Combs and Casey Biggs joined forces. In other instances, actors didn't hold traditional Q&A sessions. Ethan Phillips and Rene Auberjonois, for example, put on a ribald comedy show. Later, Armin Shimerman, Casey Biggs and Jeffrey Combs performed their most-beloved scenes by Shakespeare.
StarTrek.com offered another panel later: Star Trek Federation Revealed. John Van Citters from CBS Consumer Products and author David A. Goodman previewed the upcoming book. Fans were treated to a trailer, previously unseen images and insider revelations.
Thousands of fans gathered for Nichelle Nichols on the main stage. Asked about Nichols' recent meeting with President Barack Obama, she told about the President entering the room and saying "I've had a crush on Uhura since I was a teen." She also revealed that while it was her idea to do a Vulcan salute photo, that the President loved the idea. Nichols added that President Obama is "a real Trekker".
Nichols also took a few moments to talked about her work with NASA and specifically her efforts in the original recruitment drive to diversify the astronaut program. She told the story about her first meeting with NASA administrators and her concerns about whether they would follow-through with the diversification. Nichols also disclosed that Sally Ride was one of her recruits.
Also, throughout the day, more than 20 Trek figures joined fans for photo opps and autograph sessions. Some of the names included de Lancie, Vereen, Nichols, Picardo, Gregory Itzin, Sirtis, Masterson, Auberjonois and Phillips together and more.
John de Lancie on Stage
Robert Picardo on Stage
Rene Auberjonois and Ethan Phillips on Stage
And on and on it went. Evening events included a sold-out Borg Resistence Is Futile Party & Bingo Game and a Gold Dinner Celebration in the famed Voodoo Lounge.
Today (Friday)'s events include:
10am: The DeForest Kelley Theatre - Brasilia Ballroom
StarTrek.com presents Trek Girls: Who is a Trek Girl and how did she become one?
Join our panel of female Trek fans as they discuss how female fandom has evolved over the years, particularly in the Star Trek universe. Fangirl expert, Ashley Ekstein will get Trek Girls and the audience talking about why they love the series, and why now is the best time to be a woman, and a fan.
Eckstein gives followers a unique point of view, having founded Her Universe, a new merchandise line featuring fashionable, feminine apparel and accessories designed specifically for fangirls. Having an expert in the world of female fandom will make this an event you won't want to miss.
12:10 pm: The DeForest Kelley Theatre - Brasilia Ballroom
StarTrek.com presents Trek Treasures: What's the value of your Trek treasure?
How can you tell what is real Trek treasure or a rip-off? Alec Peters, StarTrek.com guest blogger and CEO of Propworx, an auction house for Hollywood studios, invites fans to bring their Trek treasures to the Las Vegas convention for a free valuation. He will also offer tips to identify a real Trek treasure versus a fake prop.
Alec Peters has been a Star Trek fan since he first watched TOS on TV in the 60's. He started collecting screen-used Star Trek props and costumes at the Christie's Star Trek Auction in 2006 and then turned his passion into a business. His blog, StarTrekProps.com is the leading website for information on collecting Star Trek props & costumes.
7:15 pm: The DeForest Kelley Theatre - Brasilia Ballroom
StarTrek.com presents One Trek Mind LIVE:
StarTrek.com's humor, nostalgia and list-making columnist Jordan Hoffman invites fans to join him for four fan-centric sessions. Together they will debate and determine new "best-of"s for various Trek topics. Todays's topic is: Best Next Generation Episode. With luck, the session will confirm your most closely held beliefs and enrage you with their wrongheadedness – most likely at the same time.
Click HERE to view the full list of scheduled events & check back tomorrow for a recap of day two at Creation Entertainment's Official Star Trek Convention.
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5th Grade Teacher Tells White Students to Bid on Black Classmates in Mock Slave Auction
ByHannah Lifshutz
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In a so-called attempt to teach her fifth-grade students about the history of slavery, a white teacher at a Westchester, New York private school held a mock slave auction. According to the New York Daily News, she instructed the the white students to bid on their black classmates. Administrators at the Chapel School in Bronxville are currently investigating claims that Rebecca Antinozzi mimed putting imaginary chains and shackles around black students' necks and ankles, before revealing them to their white classmates who were playing the role of slave owners.
"I'm shocked and infuriated that this happened to my son," Vernex Harding, the mother of one of the black students, told WPIX. "I'm very shaken." Harding's son reportedly returned home after school and told his mother that Antinozzi took three black students out to the hallway where she allegedly told them to pretend they were chained up.
"The children were encouraged to bid on them," Harding said. "My son was humiliated."
Joshua Kimerling, an attorney representing Antinozzi, challenged the validity of the allegations lodged against his client. "The portrayal of the history lesson that has been reported is inaccurate, out of context, contains false facts, and ignores the overwhelming support of Ms. Antinozzi from dozens of parents at the school," he claimed. "To the extent anyone took offense to a small portion of the overall lesson that day, it certainly was never intended."
The school's principle Michael Schultz, addressed the incident in a school-wide email, calling Antinozzi's actions "racially insensitive and hurtful." The teacher has reportedly been removed from the classroom amid the investigation.
In addition to Chapel School's probe, the incident is also reportedly being closely watched by New York Attorney General Letitia James. "The reports of racist 'lessons' by a teacher at the Chapel School are deeply troubling," James said. "My office is monitoring this matter closely."
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Zerah Colburn
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Zerah Colburn (born Cabot, Vermont, 1804; died 1839) was a child prodigy. He became famous when he was a little boy because he could do unbelievably difficult sums very easily. However, he wasted his talent and never became a useful mathematician.
Zerah's father was a carpenter. He and his wife had six children, and they had very little money.
When he was five he started to go to school. After six weeks his father heard him doing multiplication sums. His father asked him what 13 times 97 was. The boy immediately said "1261".
His father took him to Boston to show him to famous people. They asked the boy questions: what is 1449 times 1449? The boy said "2,099,601". Someone else asked him how many seconds there were in 2000 years. He said "63,072,000,000".
His father looked for rich people who would pay for the boy's education. In Boston $5000 was raised so that he did not have to be shown off in public all the time. Nevertheless, his father took him to Europe. In London people asked him more questions, e.g. is 4,294,967,297 a prime number? The boy said "No, it can be divided by 641".
People wanted the boy to explain how he did these calculations, but he could not say how he did it. He became famous. Napoleon was going to meet him, but he lost the Battle of Waterloo and was not able to make the visit. He went to school in Paris and then in London, but by the time he was 15 people were not interested in helping him any more. He joined a touring group of actors and got the part of Richard III in the play by Shakespeare. He met William Rowan Hamilton who was also a prodigy and who did become a famous mathematician. Zerah soon got fed up with mathematics and became a Methodist minister. He taught languages at Norwich University in Vermont. He wrote an autobiography in which he tried to explain how he did his calculations.
When he died most people had forgotten about him.
His nephew, also named Zerah Colburn, was a famous locomotive designer.
Zerah, like his father, had 12 fingers and 12 toes.
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In looking at J.R. Rotem's accomplishments as a music producer, song writer and record label president, one can't believe just how much this super music man has achieved in the past four years.
In 2005, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Game, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna and most of the other top names in the music industry found a new collaborator in producer songwriter J.R. Rotem.
By 2006, the list grew to include Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Mario, Lil Scrappy, Jojo, Mobb Deep, JLo and Natasha Bedingfield, just to name a few. By the end of the year, J.R. Rotem was named by MTV, along with Timbaland and Swizz Beats, as "Super Producer" of the year. From producing Rihanna's worldwide #1 single "S.O.S." to securing a joint venture label deal with Epic/Sony, J.R. had become an unstoppable producer.


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Departments > Soil and Water Conservation District > Reference Materials
Conservation Plant Material Information & Sheets
Technical data sheets on recommended plant species for erosion control and wildlife management are available that tell how to plant and maintain varieties of grasses, shrubs and trees. The USDA-NRCS Plant Material Program website, also, has valuable information and recommendations on plant species.
Wildlife Management Information & Assistance
Data sheets offer suggestions for attracting and maintaining native wildlife. This office encourages participation in the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) which is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat on private lands. It provides both technical assistance and cost sharing to help establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat.
Educational Materials & Programs
Our Department hosts the annual Long Island Regional Envirothon, which promotes environmental education through encouraging High School Students to participate in this competition, which offers scholarships and other incentives to the students. High School Teachers are notified each year of the competition and asked to create a five-member team to compete. We also have Guides for Teaching Soil and Water Conservation and how to set up an Outdoor Classroom.
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The Velvet Time Machine
By Jim Lange • Oct 29, 2014
Mod Rod Taylor and his rocking smoking jacket in The Time Machine.
Credit WikiCommons
"Let's get the band back together!"
Is this the battle cry of the midlife crisis? The rallying slogan point with those with far more paunch than punch? Is this just grown men, well past middle-age, trying to relive their youth and former glory? Is it a ridiculous idea fraught with potential hazards?
You double betcha.
Yes. But if you never try anything outside of your comfort zone, what good are ye to thyself?
PART 1. Good or bad idea?
During our spring fund drive, I queried our resident wise man, Larry Groce: "What advice would you have about getting a band back together?"
Larry, in his inimitable Larry style, was straight to the point: "Play the easy stuff and don't practice too much." He told me a cautionary tale about one local musician who tried this and soon old band mates were making unreasonable demands; that old wounds and old ways spoiled what might have been a cheerful reunion. His point was clear: "You may be reminded of why you broke up in the first place."
With Larry's advice, caution was the way I proceeded. Still, I was hopeful and had an open spirit. Most certainly, I was ready to play some music with my "Bros."
The Velvet Brothers had disbanded in 1994.
Emails were sent and the general consensus was a positive "yes." In fact, there was no ambivalence or hesitation. With seven out of eight Velvets confirmed, it was now up to Glenn, our drummer, who lives out-of-state, to agree.
Glenn and I had not kept in touch, so I was sure what his reaction might be. Emails sent received no answer and so, I was armed and organized with an elaborate pitch when I called him. Ready to shamelessly draw upon any nostalgia, brotherly love, good memories - any weapon was game to win him over.
After the preliminary catching up on each other's lives, I dropped the big ask. Before I could roll out my spiel, "Yes" came the answer. It was not a tepid affirmation, but a warm and welcome embrace. The kind of warmth that Glenn, or Tito as we called him, is known for.
The Veebs sweating it out at the Empty Glass.
Credit The Velvet Brothers
Part 2. A very brief history.
The Velvet Brothers were active on the Charleston scene from around 1987 to about 1994. What started as a duet became trio to quartet to finally a nine piece group.
We went from playing once a year (Yes, true) to having every weekend filled with bar gigs. We did everything a local band could do in a city of our size: bars, bars and more bars to country clubs, festivals and private dance parties. We were a local band who gained a large and loyal following.
Velvet-the name came from a sense of humor about lounge music, lounge lizards and about ourselves. Plus, we always strove to be smooth, no matter the style. We played a lot of latin, rock, and originals. In fact, our originals came to be our calling card. That, and our wackiness.
We always factored fun and a sense of humor into our shows: we wore smoking jackets and tropical shirts, carried drink parasols with us and even had a plastic palm tree. On occasion, we would have a blender on stage. We even gave it a "solo." Crazy good times.
There you go - the Velvet Brothers in a nutshell.
Part 3. The nitty-gritty.
With everyone on board, there were many things to decide. Around mid-June, seven VBs (one via Skype) gathered to discuss how we should do it.
Where? We threw out several local venues. How? What about money?
Ah, money.
There were ideas to sell tickets, play a concert-like venue with cover charge - all sorts of money making schemes. Personally, I saw money as an impediment to the real goal: play music together, but I was only one vote. Finally, a venue was picked and the bar owner's dictates were simple: $100 to split seven ways, but no cover charge was allowed. That settles the money question, eh?
With Larry's words in mind, I kept waiting for any tension to surface. Not a hint. Nothing but good vibes here. Should I believe it?
Money, although at times a source of tension, was never a major problem for us. We had plenty of gigs-even ones that paid decently. A little thing called life interfered - growing up, maturing - that's what made the music stop.
The Velvet Brothers broke up with little acrimony among the members, but certain things were not (I speak for myself here.) handled very well. If money, jealousy and power struggles don't create a crack in a band's solidarity, then maturity certainly will. In our case, my best mate Craig no longer had an interest in the band, but was in love and wanting to get married. I hated that and it caused a real schism in our friendship for a while. It sounds absurd now, but a man in his thirties is still a bit immature and foolish.
We limped along until we all realized that it was over. The good times, the fun, the music were all overshadowed by this loss of friendship. Craig and I didn't talk for a number of years. That was so stupid.
I played in two more groups post Velvet, but my spirit was lacking. Eventually, I dropped out of the playing scene completely. I was toasted and everything about the bar life and playing in a band was a huge turnoff.
Part 4. The elephant not in the room.
There was one question remaining: what to do about the band member who, for lack of any other way of saying it, got booted out of the band?
Without dropping a name or listing long-ago injustices, I put it to each person to express precisely how they felt about said individual to join us in this reunion. Sum and substance: his presence would not a difference make.
All that was left was to fish through old set-lists and start working on them.
This was right after our first meeting. Perhaps the saying, "There's no fool like an old fool" is apt, but we proceeded from joy. Aches and pains be perished, we are young! Well...
Credit VB
Part 5. Why are you practicing so much?
This is the question my wife kept asking me. We were having so much fun.
This is where some readers want schadenfreude.
This is the part where I'm supposed to tell you of the horrors, the missteps, the arguments, the slamming of doors and the bitter disputes that made the Velvet reunion grind to a halt or be very big mistake.
None of the negative happened. We loved it.
If maturity broke up the Velvets, it was maturity that made this whole reunion a joy from every perspective.
It was clearly evident from the first practice that we were almost ecstatic to play this music. After all this time, we still have a lot of respect and affection for one another. It was also apparent that old men like to get out of the house and have some time away from their responsibilities. To be kids again.
All of us are better musicians now, more accomplished, with nothing to prove. Certainly more careful with our choice of words, knowing when to kid and when to not, and realizing the value of the contributions of each musician. Web stuff - that's Al's expertise. Marketing? That's Bryon.
Things change, but musician's habits don't. A chord progression might be clarified only to be unconsciously changed later. An elaborate form to a song is just begging for a derailment. Song tempos will be sluggish (Low Rider by War is a classic case for us.) unless acted upon (Read: play original to group after sleepy performance.) by an unbalanced force (me).
Part 6. Out of the basement to the gig.
Rehearsal is the time to try new things, to learn new starts of old songs, to learn new tunes. It's a safe zone for riotous mistakes - everyone makes them and therefore is an open target of good natured ridicule. However, as much as fun as rehearsal is, a band still has to deliver the goods on stage. That's the terror (if the band has a bad night) or the joy when the music flows without struggle. It all comes down to the gig in the end.
The absolute enthusiasm we shared when tearing through these old songs was so obvious to the crowd - or so I was told later. Originals or covers, each got a firm Velvet workout.
September 13, 2014. The first time in 20 years for a public appearance.
Credit Eric Douglas
Overall, I don't think I've played a recent gig that went so well and produced so much happiness. I seriously doubt we can ever top that one. It was a special, magical night and we were rewarded beyond perhaps what we deserved.
Part 7. What did we learn, kids?
Every once in a while, the universe cuts you a break and gives you a great one. This was one of those ultra rare moments when the numbers, stars and biochemical elements align to grant you a perfect evening. The audience was more than generous. The place was packed to capacity, we sounded good, even great at times and there was a smile on everyone's face.
We all have matured and now realize that what we had (and have still ) a great musical chemistry. You take away one of those seven guys and the whole dynamic shifts. It's a feel, an undefinable x factor that musicians cannot explain, but when I'm playing music with these guys, I am home again. No other configuration makes me feel like a Velvet Brother. I love these guys. They are my brothers.
And being a Velvet has been one of the best things I have ever been.
To conclude, we are lucky that we still can stand to be in the same room with each other, let alone lay into a crispy groove with smiles all around. So, a word to you working bands: enjoy your time together, get your ego out of the way and stop and look around the room.
"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happens to them all," to paraphrase the Good Book. If you're really lucky, one day your band will get all nostalgic for time long since past and you will drag your aged body to a friend's basement and play music that hasn't been under your fingers for two decades.
And if you're really, really lucky, you might discover that time travel is possible.
With a lot of luck and a little Velvet.
The Velvet Brothers
Velvet Brothers
Johnny Velvet
Nick Winters
Bil Murray
Mind-Body Connection, Pt. 5 - Melita Mollohan
It is estimated that 40 million Americans now practice yoga. If that isn't a cultural mind-shift, I don't know what is.
Beginning with the counterculture of the '60's, slowly, ever so slowly, concepts like organic, vegetarianism, vegan, and meditation have taken hold in our commercial American culture. I have cynically said of my country that if Americans can't place a dollar amount on something, we are mystified. And spiritualism, in any form outside of the go-to-church-on-Sunday variety, is often dismissed.
Mind-Body Connection, Pt. 4 - Merely Present
By Jim Lange • Sep 10, 2014
I am a dreamer.
Far worse when I was young when just about everything jolted me or made me fearful. To counterbalance, I developed a strong imagination. My mother told me that I never needed entertaining; that hours spent with clay, comics, TV or outside activities largely kept me engaged.
But my dreaming nature created a mind that easily left the room. In short, being truly present, controlling or crawling out of that dream state, was an issue that followed me through adolescence and well into my adult years.


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Williams Companies Raises Dividend by 2.5% After a Robust Q4
https://www.dividend.com/news/2021/03/08/williams-companies-raises-dividend/
Justin Kuepper
The Williams Companies Inc. (WMB) is a leading provider of natural gas infrastructure across the United States, connecting about 30% of the nation's supply.
The company generated 44% of its modified EBITDA from Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, 33% from Northeast G&P and 26% from the West with a loss from Other during the fourth quarter of 2020. In terms of revenue type, the company generated 77% of its revenue from services and 22% of its revenue from product sales during the quarter.
Higher Dividends Despite Risks
The Williams Companies recently reported fourth-quarter revenue that fell by 5.9% to $7.72 billion, beating consensus estimates by $200 million, with non-GAAP earnings of $1.10 per share, beating consensus estimates by three cents. Despite the drop in revenue and its lofty valuation, analysts see an improving natural gas macro backdrop and fewer relative risks.
The Biden administration's environmental policies are already having some effects on pipeline operators, including the Keystone XL pipeline, but those changes are largely aimed at new builds. Existing midstream companies could have a brighter outlook with less competition from new builds and support for their tax-advantaged business models in a higher tax environment.
The company raised its quarterly dividend by 2.5% to $0.41 per share, which represents a 6.8% forward yield. The dividend is payable on March 29, 2021 to shareholders on record as of March 12, 2021.
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Attorneys & Judges
Construction company alleges homeowners owe them $30K for home elevation
By Louisiana Record reports | Apr 17, 2015
GRETNA – A construction company is suing a Metairie couple for allegedly not paying $30,000 for a home elevation job.
Roubion Construction Company LLC filed suit against Bernadine Malone and Roosevelt Malone Jr. in the 24th Judicial District Court on March 2.
Roubion Construction Company alleges it entered into a contract with the Malones to elevate their home located at 4033 Chicory Place in Harvey. The plaintiff contends the contract was partially funded by a grant funding provided after Hurricane Katrina by the State of Louisiana OCD-Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. However, Roubion Construction Company asserts despite its completion of the home elevation the company is still owed $30,000.
The defendant is accused of breach of contract.
Damages in the amount of $30,000 plus attorney's fees are sought by the plaintiff.
Roubion Construction Company is represented by Raymond B. Landry of Metairie-based Mollere Flanagan & Landry LLC and attorney Rachel C. Schmidt of Metairie.
The case has been assigned to Division D Judge Scott U. Schlegel.
Case no. 747-258.
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July 8: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana docket for "labor" cases
By The Louisiana Record | Jul 16, 2019
July 8: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana docket for "personal injury" cases
July 8: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana docket for "320 assault libel & slander" cases
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Reports of FBI probe involving Supreme Court justice brings call for transparency from Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch
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LABD: 'Romance' with client's persona leads to Winnfield attorney's possible disbarment
In wake of Hughes controversy, more transparency regarding judges' backgrounds 'always a good thing,' professor says
No guarantee awards from coastal lawsuits would be used to protect the coast, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch says
Tensions between Iran, U.S. likely to impact state's oil industry, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association says
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The market leading iDrive® LED driver range now includes the 1000W iDrive® White Knight 36. The White Knight 36 is the world's first LED driver to integrate an advanced control system alongside a powerful 1000W driver stage, capable of controlling up to 36 independent output channels with the widest ever range of dimming control protocols.
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