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A winner was selected from 121 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
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We do custom work for designers and homeowners with a design eye. We have the experience but we are also young and ready for the new challenges ahead. We spent a whole weekend picking our name and have had so many compliments on it we love it. We want to have a logo to really show the name and what it means to us.
We are in the DC metro area and we serve all ages but we want ot make sure that those looking for someone who can handle any interior project. Not just a upholsterer, not just pinch pleat drapes, we pride our selves on knowing the old world techniques but also stretching to embrace the new and creative.
We know for sure we want a crest or shield shape for our logo. A simple castle, not too ornate, on the crest. And in the forground a urban scape, again not to involved. It really is about conveying an idea or feeling with the castle and the cityscape - that where ever your home is it is your castle and should personalized for your tastes and comfort. We definately want our name involved. I have always used bold, linear block type for URBAN and Interiors and a legible script type for Castle and Solutions. To incorporate and natural element and to show our "green" side we thought of bamboo shoots on the crest. We want to established and sound but up to date and modern - old word with new
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Multi-car accident shuts down lanes of U.S. 52
Multi-car accident shuts down lanes of U.S. 52
Winston-Salem police say a multi-car accident shut down some lanes of U.S. 52 Monday morning.
Police say the accident is on 52 northbound between exits 117 and 118. The scene was clear by 8:45 a.m., WXII's Arthur Mondale said.
The area of the crash is near the Rural Hall - Bethania exit.
Mondale said a station wagon at the scene had significant front-end damage, and its rear window was also damaged. A pickup truck at the scene was also damaged.
A red pickup and black SUV at the scene weren't damaged, Mondale said.
Stay with WXII 12 and WXII12.com for updates.

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NYC lawsuit: Former imam of mosque planned near ground zero misused donations to his charity
NEW YORK – A donor says an imam who became a lightning rod for heated debate over a planned mosque near ground zero used millions of dollars in contributions to his separate charity for pricey trips, a sports car and other personal expenses.
Robert Deak filed a fraud suit Monday in Manhattan against Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (rah-OOF') and the Cordoba Initiative.
Rauf's lawyer, Paul Knight, says the imam and his groups "emphatically deny the allegations." They have pursued their own fraud claims against Deak in a federal court since 2011.
Rauf co-led efforts to build the lower Manhattan Islamic center for a time in 2010. The proposal became a flashpoint for protests in the lead-up to the Sept. 11 anniversary that year.
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U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Vanceburg) was one of three co-sponsors of the amendment and has filed a bill that would remove hemp from the federal definition of marijuana.
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The number of passengers boarding commercial flights in the city rose by almost 10 percent in 2012, a positive sign for an airport trying to raise its profile, airport manager Thomas Vick said Monday.
NEW BEDFORD — The number of passengers boarding commercial flights in the city rose by almost 10 percent in 2012, a positive sign for an airport trying to raise its profile, airport manager Thomas Vick said Monday.
Cape Air flights to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket drew 12,172 people to the New Bedford Regional Airport in 2012, Vick said. A total of 11,152 people boarded flights at the city-owned airport in 2011, according to Federal Aviation Administration data.
Overall, the FAA numbers show passenger use holding roughly steady after several years of sharp declines.
In 2004, 19,686 passengers boarded flights there, according to FAA data. By 2009, that number had shrunk to 11,680, rising slightly in 2010 to 12,363.
"We went up; we went down," Vick said. "I think we've hit bottom and we're starting to slowly come back."
The city-owned New Bedford airport ranks 328 out of 5,174 total airports in terms of take-offs and 377 out of 545 commercial airports, he said.
"It doesn't seem like a large number when you compare it to Atlanta or Chicago but it's very important for this airport going forward to have that positive building block," he said. "We're certainly encouraged."
The airport, with a fiscal 2013 budget of about $675,000, is self-sustaining. Its budget is about the same as in fiscal 2012 but down since 2009, when it stood at about $745,000.
"I'm not going to say we made money (in 2012), but the airport was financially self-sufficient," Vick said. "That's something that's very important. It allows for the city's tax revenues to go to critical services."
Vick attributed the increase in passengers to a recovering economy, as well as more focus on customer service and marketing.
The airport recently installed new televisions in the waiting area and has plans to buy rocking chairs and install free wireless, Vick said. Last year, it threw a passenger appreciation day and distributed free hats and stickers.
"It's kind of the hidden gem of the SouthCoast. It really is such a great, fun, little airport," said Trish Lorino, the managing director of marketing and public relations for Cape Air, the only airline currently operating at the city's airport.
In the off-season, Cape Air flies four nine-passenger flights inbound and outbound each day, relying largely on local contractors headed to the islands for renovations for business, Lorino said. In the summer, flight frequency increases.
Cape Air is in the middle of preparing an advertising campaign targeting local customers, Lorino said.
"We really just want to let people know that this airport is in their backyard," she said. "It's just such a nice convenience."
Vick said the airport, which also hosts private aircraft and students from Bridgewater State University's aviation program, is focused on increasing its Cape Air passengers, not expanding flight offerings.
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|2012-04-13, 17:15
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ARENA 01: Kirishima Shōko [[Reki]]
ARENA 02: Haqua du Lot Herminium [[Abstained]] Takahara Ayumi
ARENA 03: Konoe Subaru [[Sena Airi]]
ARENA 04: Hotogi Shirayuki [[Nakagawa Kanon]]
ARENA 05: Tsugumi [[Sakura Kyōko]]
ARENA 06: [[Fear Kubrick]] Laura Bodewig
ARENA 07: Gasai Yuno [[Ika-Musume]]
ARENA 08: [[Kaname Madoka]] Kasugano Sora
ARENA 09: Elucia de Lute Irma [[Ueno Kirika]]
ARENA 10: Iwasawa Asami [[Toshinō Kyōko]]
ARENA 11: Matsumae Ohana [[Mine Riko]]
ARENA 12: [[Haruna]] Ayuzawa Misaki
ARENA 13: [[Aragaki Ayase]] Shinonono Hōki
ARENA 14: [[Suzutsuki Kanade]] Shionji Yūko (Alice)
ARENA 15: Shimada Minami [[Tomoe Mami]]
ARENA 16: [[Honma Meiko]] Shinomiya Ayase
ARENA 17: [[Ikaros]] Saten Ruiko
ARENA 18: [[Furude Rika]] Hiiragi Kagami
ARENA 19: [[Sanzen'in Nagi]] Maria
ARENA 20: Kawashima Ami [[Konjiki no Yami]]
ARENA 21: Asahina Mikuru [[Sakurano Kurimu]]
ARENA 22: [[Index L. Prohibitorum]] Yūki Mikan
ARENA 23: [[Fate Testarossa]] Shirai Kuroko
ARENA 24: [[Shiina Mafuyu]] Ibuki Fūko
ARENA 25: Lala Satalin Deviluke [[Izumi Konata]]
ARENA 26: Saginomiya Isumi [[Fujibayashi Kyō]]
ARENA 27: Furukawa Nagisa [[Takamachi Nanoha]]
ARENA 28: [[Hiiragi Tsukasa]] Kotobuki Tsumugi
ARENA 29: Kotegawa Yui [[Nymph]]
ARENA 30: Hirasawa Ui [[Kushieda Minori]]
ARENA 31: [[Okazaki Ushio]] Hecate
ARENA 32: [[Ichinose Kotomi]] Tainaka Ritsu
|2012-04-13, 17:22
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Join Date: Sep 2010
I assume Iwasawa is somewhere between 993-1806 and highly doubt she'll go 0-35 knowing that there are way weaker girls than her that'll make it into the Nova section if Toshinou Kyoko trolled Iwasawa then she has a higher chance of becoming 0-35 compared to Iwasawa.
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|2012-04-13, 22:37
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Looks like Kyouko was the one that got 31. Barely edged out, but at least Homura was not alone. Interesting to see Hecate and Ushio as the second closest match. I thought Hecate would at least do better, but Hecate looks to have a hard time possibly beating someone like Kotomi, whom I was very glad that she had a decisive victory over Ritsu. Mafuyu having a close victory over Fuuko was expected. Again, it does not look like Mayufu is going to have a productive year this year as well. I wonder how her match with Hecate will fare. Menma defeating Ayase by a perfect 180 was truly a 180 flip for me. I thought she could not do it, but this ghost was able to do something. Sadly, her life in Regular season is going to be tough, and I hope she is not the one that is going to go 0-35, but it looks almost likely to be the case. Fate, you were a great competitor and fighter while you lasted. I hope to see you in an exhibition match sometime in the future, maybe challenging a Rozen Maiden girl, but we know you will easily knock them out in an ISML field. I wish you the best of luck; this year and possibly future years of ISML would not be the same without you.
|2012-04-13, 23:10
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
Well, the results are in...
1. Sora beating Madoka. Not like I don't see it coming anyway when Madoka girls in general gets no love...
2. I mean, Kyoko beat Tsugumi by a hair, and Tsugumi, by all measure, is not that strong...
3. Japan going against Madoka is not new. They've been going against Mami-sama for awhile anyway when that's about the only place where Mami was winning...
4. Kanade > Alice...just blah...(Not like Alice would go anywhere, but still...)
5. Meiko edged (Shinomiya) Ayase by 180...boo, one less HanaKana (Although Ayase would be fighting for the 0-35 clown anyway if she got in)
6. Ika-chan gets no love from basically anywhere...Korea & Vietnam went for her, about a 50-50 in Japan but that's about it...
7. Well, still hating on Iwasawa, but then, I expect nothing from Kyoko anyway...
8. So, who'll go 0-35? Iwasawa? (Unlikely, since she'll get 1 or 2 wins against the weaklings) Sora? (No clue...she did beat Madoka to get in...) Or Riko? Meiko?
9. If I'm not wrong, Fate is the only one in Stella that got in last year but didn't this year. But then, it's either her or Kuroko that will get that honor...
10. Probably easier to guess 0-35 in Stella...my bet goes to Hecate, who basically lose all the momentum she got from Shana III.
|2012-04-13, 23:36
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Mostly expected results today and even expected winners despite close matches. Haqua, Ayase and Iwasawa were expected to have easy wins and they won by even more than I expected. Haqua really brought the hammer down on Ayumi with Same Fanbase Factor. Hecate ends up doing much worse than I thought she would but manages to hold off Ushio. Looks like Hecate got just enough strength from Shana 3. Kanon and Shirayuki had some bad luck in having to face each other for advancment. I feel both of them are in the top 36 in Nova but one of them had to leave today and it was Shirayuki. Kyouko manages to just barely avoid choking to Tsugumi. It's going to be a really tough regular season for Kyouko, though. Guilty Crown's strength seems to have faded just a bit too much since Ayase fails to beat Menma. It's too bad Ayase couldn't add another Hanazawa Kana character to the regular season. Fuuko vs Mafuyu was a battle between characters on the very edge of the top 36. I thought Fuuko would take it but I'm happy enough with Mafuyu.
|2012-04-13, 23:38
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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|2012-04-13, 23:47
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User of the "Fast Draw"
Poor Rika . Knew she was in a tough one, but still hoped she could pull something off. Suppose the fact that it wasn't a total blowout should be a comfort...Could have made it against a different opponent, just figures she went up against someone like Kagami...
Otherwise it went fairly well. Didn't lose too many that I was really hoping for. Characters like Nymph and Riko got through their matches so can at least support them in the real thing.
Well in the end this was a good warm-up. Losing Rika gets the feeling of loss in before characters I like get beaten soundly in the real event .
|2012-04-14, 02:15
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Don't Call Me Bro
Kyou got through, all I wanted for this stage. ^^
Most of the Madoka girls getting denied was a bonus. They still have Homura to support, they really shouldn't get that upset. At least their show has a character which will likely reach the playoffs.
Pity about Fear and Menma getting in, oh well. Each to their own.
Hmm, characters I can vote for...27. 14 Stella, 13 Nova. That's enough.
Winless candidates? Stella - between Hecate and Ikaros. Kuroko will be very low too. Nova - Kyouko is my pick. Menma and Iwasawa will struggle.
|2012-04-14, 10:27
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Characters I would vote for
Nova- 11 (Kanon, Inori, Haqua, LC, Mato, Yui-nyan, Tenshi, Iwasawa, Erio, Victorique,Irisviel)
Stella- 11 (Tomoyo, Kyo, C.C., Hinagiku, Nagi, Yuki, Legendary Girl A, Kagamin, Tsumugi, Mafuyu, Holo, Shana)
(Not gonna mention don't cares)
Anti voting every time (Well someone mentioned what their anti-votes are so why the hell not?)
Nova- Charlotte, Aragaki, Yuno, Fear, Kuroneko, Kobato, Niku, Yozora, Yurippe, Kirino
Stella- Mio, Mikuru, Biribiri, Azu-nyan
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|2012-04-14, 11:48
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
Let me count...
Group 0 (Above waifu level): Tenshi, Kuroneko, Homura (3)
Group 1 (Top Tier): Kobato, Aria, Niku, Shiori, Erio, Victorique, Ayase, Charlotte, Elsie, Fear (10)
Group 2 (Above Average): Haqua, Himeji, Shoko, Kirino, Yozora, Kyoko, Minami, Yui-nyan, Inori, Eu-kun (10)
Group 3 (Don't care): Haruna, Meiko, Iris, Sora, Mato, Kurisu, Riko, Kanon (8)
Group 4 (Unlikely to vote for): Yuno, Subaru, Yurippe, (Suzutsuki) Kanade (4)
Group 5 (Anti-voting every time): Iwasawa (1)
Group 0 (Above waifu level): Taiga, Mio, Azu-nyan (3)
Group 1 (Top Tier): Kyou, Kagami, Hina, Louise, Yuki, Nagi, Nadeko, Hitagi, Shana, Mafuyu, Kuroko (11)
Group 2 (Above Average): Gitah, Kotomi, Ikaros, Illya, Konata, Yami, Biribiri, Tomoyo (8)
Group 3 (Don't care): Mikuru, Nagisa, Hecate, Ui, Holo, Index, Mugi, Last Order, Nymph, Shinobu (10)
Group 4 (Unlikely to vote for): Saber, Rin (2)
Group 5 (Anti-voting every time): Haruhi, C.C. (2)
So, basically, counting Tier 0 + Tier 1, 13 for Nova and 14 for Stella.
Of course, it's very likely that I'll vote for those in Tier 2 as well, bumping it up to 23 for Nova and 22 for Stella...looks like it will be fun in main season.
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HP And RIM Produce Similar Device... Don't Freak Out
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From HP:Notice no legal threats. No claims of intellectual property violations. Some might claim this is a "non-story," but in an age when the default so often seems to break out the lawyers, cease-and-desists and threats (if not outright lawsuits), it's nice to see a response like this. In some ways it's more of a story, since it seems so rare.
"It's a fast innovation cycle and a fast imitation cycle in this market, so we just know that we have the creative engine here to continue to build on what we have, and we'll keep innovating, we'll keep honing and those guys hopefully will continue to see the value in it and keep following us by about a year."
RIM (Blackberry) responds.
"Well, when you're trying to optimize user experience that juggles multitasking, multiple apps open at once and on a small screen, you're going to get people landing on similar kinds of designs."


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Communities pitch public work projects
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota communities have plenty of suggestions for how to spend state dollars borrowed for public works projects. In fact, they have too many.
State lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton are working to whittle down more than 150 requests topping $3 billion for trails, civic and community centers, roads and bridges, and many other projects.
"There is a huge need in every single area," said Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, chairwoman of the House Capital Investment Committee.
One state Senate committee heard pitches on more than a dozen proposals Wednesday, and others have been taking testimony and discussing possible bonding projects throughout the session.
Lawmakers and community members have made their cases for projects such as Wade Stadium renovations in Duluth, flood prevention work in Moorhead and Sheldon Theatre fixes in Red Wing.
The state would sell bonds to finance the public works projects.
Hausman plans to lay out her public works borrowing plan in committee Tuesday and said her target is about $800 million. Senate Capital Investment Committee Chairman LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, said his bill likely will have between $700 million and $800 million for projects but does not have a set release date.
"My goal was to wait and see the governor's recommendation," Stumpf said.
A Dayton spokeswoman said he plans to release his plan early next week and is still working out what will be included. The proposal is expected to be for at least $750 million.
"The governor has been very supportive of bonding," Stumpf said. "He is definitely a builder."
Hausman said repairs at the state Capitol likely will be included in her bill. State college and university project funding and money for local roads and bridges, wastewater infrastructure and transportation projects also will be part of the proposal.
"One of the things that's my obligation is that it's fair to everyone," she said.
Hausman said the projects need to be balanced among different sectors and from across the state.
Stumpf said he will meet with fellow senators to find out their priorities, especially if they have multiple requests of their own.
"We'll sort out what needs to be done right now and what can wait a bit," he said.
Infrastructure projects likely will top his list this year, he said. Some projects could be added to a tentative list for 2014.
Some Republican lawmakers have criticized efforts to put forward a sizable bonding bill this year. Typically two-year legislative sessions reserve one year for setting the state budget and the other for a public works borrowing bill. This would be the budget year.
Stumpf said recent bonding bills have not been enough to meet state needs.
"We are doing a little bit of catch-up," he said.
Democrats control the House and Senate but need some Republicans to join them on a bonding bill vote that requires a three-fifths majority to be approved.
Hausman said her challenge is to bring in at least eight Republican members to support her bill if all Democrats back it.
"I need to construct the bill in a way that I can have those votes," she said, adding that she thinks it will be possible.
Stumpf said he is hopeful he can get support from Republicans and Democrats on his plan and will work to make sure he has the votes before bringing the bill forward.
He said public works funding is something that can bring lawmakers together.
"Often there's a lot of good things that are done with our capital investments," Stumpf said. "And I think people in the state see that as a value."
Requests for Duluth, Red Wing
Sen. Roger Reinert, DFL-Duluth, told a Senate committee Wednesday that the city needs about $5.7 million to renovate and repair Wade Stadium, home of the Duluth Huskies baseball team.
"This is a regional facility that we hope to go beyond just baseball," Huskies General Manager Craig Smith said.
About 600 square feet of brick collapsed there last month, upping the request amount.
"I am an advocate of taking care of what we have now rather than spending more on entirely new projects," Reinert said of Wade Stadium.
He also asked for about $4.9 million to renovate the Norshore Theatre and $3.4 million for Spirit Mountain to create a system to take water from the St. Louis River for creating snow rather than drawing from Duluth's water supply.
"The common thread in these three projects is the age of our infrastructure in Duluth," Mayor Don Ness said.
Reinert said all three are equally important.
Sen. Matt Schmit, DFL-Red Wing, also put forward multiple plans for his district.
Red Wing is asking for about $700,000 to repair the Sheldon Theatre and about $1.6 million for projects along the Mississippi riverfront and nearby Levee Road.
"It handles several problems at the same time along the river," Jim Larson of Red Wing Grain said, including separating pedestrians from heavy truck traffic on Levee Road.
"They're two separate bills, but they speak to one vision for Red Wing," Schmit said.
Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, proposed including $4.9 million for a new event building at Giant's Ridge, replacing the ski chalet.
"The facility is aging, infrastructure continues to fail, it's just reached its life expectancy and it's time to set the stage for the next 30 years for this region," Giant's Ridge Managing Director Linda Johnson said.
Moorhead has asked for about $14.7 million to complete flood mitigation projects such as installing barriers. Oakport Township, which Moorhead soon will annex, requested $5.6 million for similar work.
Tomassoni's committee has another list of public works proposals before it today, including Two Harbors marina development, funds for state forest infrastructure work and many public trail projects.


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Here is what my February looked like:
- redecorating the sewing room - you will most likely not see me do that again any time soon!
- lots of paper piecing - which I am bound to do more of this month ;)
- my first pattern - yay!
- dress making - something I really would like to get better at, I love my Tova!
- the beginning of a sampler quilt, a long term project.
This week I have been happily pottering about with my scrappy leaf pattern. First I sewed some small leaves with the intention of making a lovely necklace like Charise did. But I changed my mind and made these two reverse applique coasters instead.
Next I enlarged the pattern by 150% to see what a larger leaf would look like. It measures about 7" tall which fits perfectly in my hand :)
Now hop on over to Lynne's to see what everyone else has been up to!
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Liz Mandeville, Mary Lane & Shirley Johnson join forces with Johnny Drummer & the Starliters. Studio cuts intermixed with live cuts for an album with a distinct Chicago attitude. From start to finish this album is pure power ... blues power, overflowing with emotional power that cuts straight through to the heart. While the band is superb and plays with 100% of their heart and soul, you can throw the technical aspects out the window. The key here is play and sing what you feel, and do it with everything you've got. Earwig records have done it again. There is something about the performers who take the stage age proceed to pour 100% heart and soul into what the produce. I might show my true colors but there is something special about a band that has what it takes to lay themselves open for the world to see and hear. Studio takes and live performances blend seamlessly for an album that is powerful from top to bottom, front to back, side to side and beginning to end. This is Chicago Blues at its best.
The band is in top form and the vocalists, whether male or female put everything they've got into getting their message across. While the album as a whole is immaculate, my favorite track just might be "Angel From Montgomery," which features spectacular vocals from Liz Mandeville, Mary Lane & Shirley Johnson as well as great solos from so many of the participating musicians. This is the real deal, complete with double entendre and some saucy ballads that are hot enough to melt the soles of your shoes. I recommend this one wholeheartedly. This one burns with a passion that is seldom captured on recordings. If you like your music hot and spicy, "Angel's Sing The Blues" certainly fills the bill.
— Bill Wilson, Reflections in Blue
Tommy McCoy is a native of Warren, OH, and was playing guitar in his own band in the sixth grade. By the mid-Seventies, the other band members were bitten by the disco bug, so Tommy bade 'em all a fond adieu and headed south to Florida to pursue his love for blues. Over seven albums recorded since 1992, Michael Frank and Earwig Music has compiled the "25 Year Retrospect" collection, a whopping thirty cuts over two CD's of every shade of blue one can imagine. Tommy's on guitar and vocals throughout, and features him playing with the Double Trouble rhythm section, B-3 master Lucky Peterson, and Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson.
There is so much good music on these two discs that we are going to hit our favorites, and let listeners decide for themselves what they like. A chugging shot of SRV-inspired boogie finds Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums, where every man knows that there's "No Love Without Any Green," and the fellows do a spot-on read of Pink Floyd's "Money," from that same session, with Hall and Oates alum Charlie DeChant on sax.
Switching gears, Tommy gets down with an icy-cool "Blues Thing," where Lucky holds down the B-3 and Tommy name-checks all the greats, Albert Collins included, on this swingin' blues history lesson. They slow that groove down and dig into some deep, slow blues on one of Tommy's originals about a lover who "hurt the only thing you couldn't steal," "A Bitter Soul To Heal."
Tommy joins forces with ole Commander Cody on a cool Sun-kissed rockabilly tune, where the body shop "painted my Black Eldorado Red!" He tells it like it is on his autobiographical story of his "big ole Gibson guitar that Don't Play Nothing But The Blues." For us, tho, the set's most powerful cut led the whole thing off. It is one of three new songs recorded for this compilation. Tommy was in Athens, Greece, in July when he heard of B. B.'s passing, and "The King Is Gone" is a monster tribute. Tommy reworks that classic minor-key riff of "The Thrill Is Gone," and uses the titles of many of King's most revered songs to great effect. And, plaintive harp can be heard in the background, courtesy of Kostas Tenezos."
Thirty songs from a deeply-soulful guitarist and singer makes "25 Year Retrospective" from Tommy McCoy one of the best sets we've had the pleasure of hearing this year! Until next time… — Sheryl and
Don Crow, The Nashville Blues Society.
Les Copeland may not be a household name in Chicago, but Earwig Music's newest CD release of Les' "To Be In Your Company" (TBIYC) is sure to change all that! A native of British Columbia and lifelong musician, Les has spent his career fronting hardcore blues bands, jazz bands, pop music bands and everything in between. However, like so many versatile and talented musicians, Les' first love has always been the blues. He was bitten by the Mississippi John Hurt bug early on, and his affinity for pre-war Piedmont and ragtime styles is very obvious, playing with an authenticity and ease that belie a deep talent. Primarily a solo performance, "TBIYC" reveals Les to be both a gifted vocalist and brilliant instrumentalist. His guitar work combines elements of Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Barbecue Bob, Furry Lewis, the ghost of Robert Johnson and Chuck Berry to name but a few. Combining this rich and colorful instrumentation with a wizened and playful vocal delivery, Les creates an intimate and heartfelt atmosphere that begs the listener to dig deep into the songs and arrangements!
While "TBIYC" is a solo performance, it's certainly not your run of the mill "Man with a Martin" style of guitar strumming. Les appears to be using an archtop jazz guitar for most of the selections, and when combined with his syncopated bouncing bass treble counterpoint picking techniques, it gives the material strong sonic and rhythmic elements that invoke an intimate evening one moment, a crowded juke joint that's a rockin' the next. Don't bother knockin', come on in! The sound and dynamic of his particular guitar set up lends Copeland a distinctive sound that's fresh, fun and familiar!
Copeland's superior guitar playing could easily steal the show were it not for his sublime vocals and storytelling ability. Like the classic prewar stylists he's channeling, Les creates sonic sonnets that relate the struggles and joys of a life lived hard but well. Some of the standout tracks include the title track, "To Be In Your Company," a loving ode to Les' friend and companion, late Delta legend Honeyboy Edwards; "Knucklehead," a playful love song for Sarah, his wife; and "Sunny Afternoon," Les' free and easy interpretation of the Kinks '60s classic. Copeland evokes the ghosts of Ledbelly and BBQ Bob on the 12-string driven "Borderline," "Bessie" and "Crosstown". "Bessie" is notable for its heartfelt account of Honeyboy's adoration for his wife Bessie. Les unwinds a deep cut written by Bob Dylan with "Moonshiner" and owns every lyric and turn in the process!
Les Copeland's "To Be In Your Company" is one of those uncommon recordings that linger with the listener long after initially hearing it. Whether it's the haunting celestial guitar playing or the clever lyrical vocals, it reveals more depth and nuance with every subsequent listening. And while Les Copeland is not widely known beyond his home base of British Columbia, this recent recording on Chicago's Earwig imprint will loom large in increasing his stature and notoriety outside his Canadian base!
"To Be In Your Company" is highly recommended — for both solo performance and prewar ragtime/Piedmont blues, it doesn't get any better.
— Mark Baier, Chicago Blues Guide
Andy Cohen is a fantastic guitar player, storyteller, and all-around keeper of the flame for traditional music. It is not all necessarily blues, but true American music and music from the British Isles. He's a walking encyclopedia of this music, and has spent his whole career "folkin' around with the blues!" His latest set for Earwig reflects his vast knowledge of this music, and is entitled "Road Be Kind," a collection of covers and Andy's originals written in that authentic style.
These cuts pre-date today's tendency to name them as part of a particular genré, and Andy's deft fingerpicking and warm, easy vocals bring them to life. He starts off with his personal favorite, an original, autobiography of sorts, as he classifies himself as a "guitar picker," "sidewinder," and, "bullshitter!" There are classic "character" songs such as "Seldom Seen Slim" and "Mysterious Mose," a song that led to a cartoon that introduced the world to Betty Boop.
Andy's picking skills take center stage on two instrumentals, the Irish-themed "Blarney Pilgrim/Jig McCoy", and John D. Loudermilk's "Windy And Warm."
Songs with a historical bent are well-represented, too. Check out "The Goodnight-Loving Trail," which tells of the route used to deliver meat to the U. S. Army, stretching from San Angelo, Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming. And, Mary Brooksbank, an early proponent of women's rights in Scotland, is immortalized in the tale dealing with her epic struggles, "Ten And Nine."
We had two favorites, too. Andy closes the set with a sweet instrumental read on Lennon and McCartney's "Blackbird," one of the few "popular" songs Andy plays. A laugh-out-loud funny song of growing up is "Talkin' Hard Luck," and, for us, it was like having a front-row seat down at Alice's Restaurant!
Andy Cohen has a keen sense of purpose as he respects and keeps alive the traditions of the music set forth in "Road Be Kind." It is a literal musical history lesson, played at a high level from a consummate troubadour! Until next time … — Sheryl and Don Crow, The Nashville Blues Society
Thessex Johns chose an interesting stage name in Johnny Drummer as drums is one of the instruments he does not play! However, with some 50 years in the business he does lead a big band, writes all the material, sings, plays harp and organ – not a bad list of accomplishments. This is Johnny's fourth Earwig CD and it features a fine array of Chicago sidemen: Anthony Palmer on lead guitar, Sir Walter Scott on rhythm guitar, Kenny Hampton on bass, Jeremiah Thomas and Terrence Williams on drums, Ronnie Hicks on keys, Rodney 'Hot Rod' Brown on sax and Kenny Anderson on trumpet.
The overall sound is funky, urban blues with lyrics which could cause offence if the listener was particularly sensitive. However, most blues fans are quite at home with tales of infidelity, lust and sexual boasting, so will feel right at home here! An example of each of the above will give a flavour of the material. "Star 69" is the dialing code to retrieve the previously dialed phone number. Here Johnny decides to use the code having overheard his lady on the phone, only to discover that she is planning to cheat on him! Johnny reminds her to clear the line in future as the horns push the melody along and Anthony takes a fine solo. Opening track "Is It Love Or Is It Lust?" gives us a clear message about Johnny's thinking about this lady – he simply cannot decide whether he's in love or just overtaken by desire. The music here is funky, the horns accentuating the core riff and 'Hotrod' taking a short but effective solo on tenor. When it comes to sexual boasting "One Size Fit All" is classic stuff: short or tall, petite or full figure, Johnny has "what you need".
Elsewhere Johnny shows a good sense of humour on the comic "Bit Her In The Butt" in which an unfortunate young lady struggles to get past a dog to enter a store, with the inevitable consequence of the song title! Taking a 'standard' blues analogy, "Another Rooster Is Pecking My Hen" also demonstrates some bawdy humour and the title track introduces us to a girl who sleeps "with a straight razor under your pillow". Johnny is also fiercely protective of the things he holds most dear, as he explains in "My Woman, My Money, My Whiskey". He can also be more serious though, as on "Make You Happy", a ballad with some hints of reggae in the rhythm guitar work, in which he states "I'm gonna be good to you, give you the best time you've ever had". In the slow blues "Ain't No Secret In A Small Town" Johnny's words warn of the wagging tongues if you put a foot off the right path and in "Don't Call Me Trash" (possibly the standout track on the album) he sings of the people who don't have a lot of money or fall into financial problems: "I may not have cash to stash, because I live in a trailer, don't call me trash".
With the horns doing a superb job on most of the tracks here this is a solid CD, well recorded and produced, which gives us a flavour of what Johnny's regular shows in Chicago must be like – an entertaining evening of blues with a sense of humor.
— John Mitchell, Blues Blast
Guitarist Tommy McCoy has been playing the blues since the early '60s, and has been a member of the Florida blues scene for over four decades as part of local bands like the Backdoor Blues Band, the Screamin' Bluejays, and the Telephone Kings. He also served as band leader for soul singer Johnny Thunder, and has played on recordings with Levon Helm, Commander Cody, Garth Hudson, Lucky Peterson, and Double Trouble's rhythm section.
McCoy's 7th CD, Late in the Lonely Night (Earwig Records), features a dozen tracks of diverse contemporary blues. He wrote or co-wrote ten of the tracks and the two covers interestingly are sturdy remakes of a pair of '70s R&B hits from fellow Floridians, the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose ("Too Late To Turn Back Now" and "Treat Her Like A Lady"). The originals are uniformly excellent, including the minor key title track that opens the disc, a song puzzling over a love gone wrong. "Angel on my Shoulder, Devil on my Back" tells of a battle between good and bad and features some sizzling slide from Joel Tatangelo. "Never Should Have Listened" is a clever vocal duet between McCoy and Karyn Denham, and "Spacemaster" is sizzling blues/rock. Other highlights include "Cars, Bars, and Guitars," the answer to the question, "where did all my money go?", the introspective "Life's Tides," and the appropriately titled "Dance Your Pants Off." The disc closer is "My Guitar Won't Play Nothin' But The Blues," and gives McCoy an opportunity to display his fretwork.
Late in the "Lonely Night" is a first-rate set of modern blues that features some strong songwriting, seasoned vocals, and amazing guitar work from Tommy McCoy. Though his last couple of efforts have focused more on Americana, this set shows that his roots are firmly in the fertile soil of the blues.
— Bill Mitchell, BLUES BYTES
Whew! Let me catch my breath! Guitar Mikey and the Real Thing's new CD "Out Of The Box" just took it. This is not traditional blues, but screaming in your face new stuff. Mikey can play the heck out of a guitar, and slide as well. Helping out on harmonica is Billy Gibson. Billy is a harp blaster from Memphis. He really unloads on here. Another favorite is David Maxwell on Piano. Some of the finest blues I have ever heard was from David Maxwell and Louisiana Red. Rest in love Red, and thanks for your music. Back to the CD. A more than generous 15 cuts here, and a little of everything. If you are a blues lover it will be played at your house. There is one acoustic cut, in fact the longest one on there called "It's Going' Down." Guitar Mikey shows off his slide work on some great old school sounding stuff and Billy does the same. Very nice. "Blues Head" features Mark Yacavone on organ and Mikey slows it down just right. Love it. This is just straight ahead blues for you. Loud, proud, and moving forward, no holding back.
I would say this is a fabulous live band. Guitar licks, and great vocals, and fine musicians. You need to check it out. On "The Bigger Fool" we have David Maxwell on piano, Bob Margolin on guitar, and Billy on harp. Geez! The title cut "Out of The Box" is a bluesy progressive almost calypso sounding venture that works. Everyone is on it too. We even have a horn and string section on this one, and some accordion. Get out of the way Guitar Mikey McMillan is "Out of The Box," to stay. Give it a listen. Even after several times around the player there are new things I hear. Eventually I'll get it all. Good stuff … — Blue Barry, Smoky Mountain Blues Society
Well-travelled blues and roots musician Albert Bashor's debut, all-originals solo project not only showcases his amazing songwriting talent but his ambitiously panoramic acoustic-guitar chops and rangy, jazz-tinged vocal approach that, at times recalls the soaring intensity of the late Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service. This is one of those albums that you know you are going to enjoy from the first few seconds of the lead-off track – in this case it's the imaginative, name-dropping saga of "Jukin' Down On Johnson Street."
Followed by thirteen other great, often slide guitar-fueled selections, like his chicken-shake, boogie-styled "Rockin' Red Rooster" (with Ron Holloway on sax), a downbeat break-up song "One Last Time" and the lengthy title composition – that relates the north-bound dream of many a 1930s Southern bluesman. Also checked is the spoken-word tall tale "Poodle Ribs Story," that adroitly introduces the next number "Poodle Ribs," and a desperate "Fetch Me" – with bluses-rocker Pat Travers enlivening affairs on electric guitar. Great notes by Bill Dahl. More please. — Gary von Tersh, Big City Blues
Grady Champion,
grew up on a farm in Canton, Mississippi. He released his debut album,
Goin' Back Home in 1998, drawing ever-larger crowds to blues
clubs around Florida and Mississippi before signing with Shanachie
Records, for which he did two albums, in 1999 and 2001.
From the inception
of his career as a blues performer, Champion has sought to tackle new
lyrical themes with his original compositions. He is a charismatic
performer, poised to bust out worldwide, with the international release
on the Earwig Music label, of his cd Back in Mississippi Live.
David Whiteis of
the Chicago Reader had this to say about Grady in 1999,
"…His greatest strength is his voice, a tough, raspy mix
of youthful swagger and wounded weariness …
He's one of
the most eloquent blues songwriters coming up today, making music that
combines emotional depth and unrestrained celebration …"
In January 2010,
Grady won the 26th International Blues Challenge beating out 110 bands
from around the world. As a result, Grady has been booked on high
profile festivals and events, including the Chicago Blues Festival, and
the Ultimate Rhythm & Blues Cruise.
Tim Woods has been
singing and playing acoustic and electric guitar for more than 25
years. This album showcases his distinctive style; he picks using his
thumb, playing both lead and rhythm while interchanging chords and
licks. As a young adult, Tim was immersed in the legendary Macon,
Georgia music scene, which had a profound
impact on him, influencing his appreciation of the blues. Delta
Bluesmen David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Big Jack Johnson, and
Bob Stroger and others are featured guest artists on this debut
release. From the acoustic "Bad Whiskey & Cocaine", to
the rollicking "Clarksdale Boogie", to the scarcely played
(and not recorded since 1942) "Wind Howlin' Blues",
these recordings take you on a celebrated journey that weaves across
diverse fan bases of early Delta, boogie and Chicago-style blues.
Andy Cohen has studied and played old music all his life, wandering
North America as a songster. He lives by playing old songs. On this cd,
Andy plays acoustic guitar, piano, dulceola and sings. On some pieces
he is accompanied by his wife Larkin Bryant, on haunting vocals and
mandolin. Here are unadulterated songs from the early days of the blues
- 2 piano rags done as guitar pieces, 3 blue country songs, 2 piano
boogies, one of which has passed between the piano and guitar for over
seventy years. The rest are a variety of blues numbers, including a
talking blues by Woodie Guthrie, 2 tough ones by Memphis Minnie, 1 each
by Big Bill Broonzy, Teddy Darby, and Henry Spaulding. For Andy, these
songs are some of the central chunks of his troubadour life, especially
"Cairo Blues", the weirdest blues ever composed, by a
barber from central Illinois.
Les Copeland
started his professional career as a country blues guy with a
bottleneck stuck on one finger. From down home Delta to uptown Chicago
blues, Les can improvise anything. Primarily self-taught, his unique
sound has developed out of a rich mixture of influences including
blues, jazz, Spanish flamenco, pop and classical music. This album
marks Les's Earwig Music label debut. It showcases Les'
fine finger picking, melodic sensibility and chordal finesse, and his
wry and ironic lyrical observations about everyday people. Blues legend
Honeyboy Edwards, with whom Les has toured in Canada for 14 years,
guests on guitar on 2 tracks, and Honeyboy's manager Michael
Frank plays harmonica on 3 tracks. This cd is a healthy dose of
Americana roots and blues, done Les's inimitable way.
" … an exceptionally interesting and enjoyable CD. For all the different origins of its songs, one attribute stands out: All of them insist that their listeners start toe-tapping, hand-clapping or finger-snapping, and finally, that they get up and dance."
— Natalie Wainwright, Arts & Life reviewer for the Evanston Round Table
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Plans have been announced to add electronic chips to footballers shirts in a bid to warn of potential medical problems.
The move comes after former Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a heart attack on the pitch at White Hart Lane last year.
A decision by the International Football Association Board is due in March, where they are set to announce whether the system is to get a trial run.
The IFAB, which makes the laws of football, is made up of the FAs of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who get a vote each, and FIFA, who have four.
Under the current rules, any electronic communication between players and staff in the technical area is deemed illegal, but this could be about to change with these fresh ideas being put forward.
Speaking to the BBC, Stewart Regan, the Scottish FA chief executive, said: "We are looking at whether there are medical benefits, such as whether it can warn of problems such as Fabrice Muamba suffered, which would make it a no brainer for this to come in.
"We are trying to consider whether or not things can make a positive difference in the game rather than just another example of technology being brought in.
"There is a chip in the shirt at the back of the player's neck and the data is fed back into a laptop."
The data that the chip will monitor includes heart performance, body temperature and the distance being covered.
The IFAB will open the microchip debate on 3 March in Edinburgh, when the governing body stages its annual meeting.
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The best year of my life
My two Study Abroad experiences in England and Spain
By Caroline F. Braun ('09)
My family and close friends thought I was crazy to want to spend my entire junior year studying abroad. They said it would be hard. I will never regret my decision. I spent the entirety of my junior year learning culture, history and language in England and Spain.It was the best year of my life.
Semester in London
I started in London, where over the next 13 weeks the group and I had more fun and saw more of the world than I ever thought possible. We toured the iconic Westminster Abbey and Parliament and saw the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. We listened to Beefeaters' ghost stories of Henry VIII at the Tower of London and worshipped at evensong at St. Paul's Cathedral. We caught in-person glimpses of all three royal princes (sigh...) and Queen Elizabeth II in her crown jewels. We fought the crowds on Portobello Road and found inimitable treasures in Camden. We strolled the neighborhoods of Notting Hill, and Hyde, St. James and Regent's Parks. We took the tube infinite times daily and watched street performers at Covent Garden. We got a tour of BBC Studios. We rode the London Eye and double-decker buses, watched England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, ate fish and chips, shopped Oxford Street and Harrods at Christmas, and had traditional English tea at Kensington Palace.
I saw 19 plays including five on the West End and one at Shakespeare's Globe. We traveled through Scotland, where we climbed to Arthur's Seat and partied in underground caves with university students and a bartender named Gary. In Paris, we toured Notre Dame and the Louvre, and all of us coincidentally found ourselves under the Eiffel Tower on one of our last nights. We watched the stars and tower lights merge into one.
Semester in Salamanca
Just more than a month after I unwillingly left London, I arrived in Madrid. Two and a half hours northwest of the city, Salamanca became my new home. I spent the next 15 weeks studying Spanish at the second oldest university in Europe: La Universidad de Salamanca. Our 32-person group was divided into pairs and groups of three, and we lived with families who did not speak English. By March, however, the language barrier was almost nonexistent.
You definitely become immersed in Spanish culture and language in this JMU Study Abroad program. In less than 15 weeks, I toured seven of Spain's 17 autonomous communities, 12 of its major cities, and even took a weekend trip to Portugal. My study group had an art overload in Madrid at the Museo del Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art and the Reina Sofia, and we became quite acquainted with our dear friend Pablo Picasso. We toured the Catedral de Toledo, the Roman aqueduct and la Alcazar in Segovia. In Barcelona we marveled at Gaudi's Parc Gueell and Casa Mila and the perpetually unfinished Sagrada Familia. We mistook the decorative oranges in Valencia as delicacies and survived the burning of Las Fallas. On the beaches of Malaga we turned red like tomatoes and witnessed the procession of Semana Santa and an honored bullfight. We were entertained in the caves of Granada by flamenco dancers and saw for ourselves the transculturalization between the musulmanes and the espanoles at la Alhambra. My experience in Spain was (besides long bus rides and bocadillas) 15 weeks of pure cultural immersion.
A lifetime of benefits
An entire year abroad fostered my independence and growth. I left Europe knowing that my life had changed forever. I am a stronger, more independent, confident and happier person because of my Study Abroad. Being on my own, confronting language barriers, and engaging in cultural and ethnic diversity taught me to adapt, change and grow. It also prepared me for life after JMU. I am now pushing myself further than I ever imagined teaching Spanish in low-income communities with Teach For America.
I am ready for new domestic adventures and challenges. But no matter what confronts me in the future, the lessons I learned in Europe will follow me. I will always remember that the people, places and events I encountered and experienced abroad favorably altered my perception of both my world and myself. Neither will ever be the same again.
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Wrestling icon Ric Flair reportedly hospitalized with 'tough medical issues'
Wrestling icon Ric Flair reportedly hospitalized with 'tough medical issues'
Former professional wrestler Ric Flair has reportedly been hospitalized after suffering from some "tough medical issues."
Media reports say Flair is in the intensive care unit for heart related issues. Mike Johnson with PW Insider reports Flair was being hospitalized near his home in Atlanta.
Melinda Morris Zanoni, a rep for Flair, sent out a tweet asking for prayers and positive energy for the wrestling legend. Zanoni had previously tweeted that Flair was hospitalized for routine monitoring, before sending out the more alarming tweet Monday morning.
Flair been a part of professional wrestling for the last 50 years. The 68-year-old has twice been inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame.


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Business telecommunications is a challenge for companies in Woodstock, Illinois. At Prime Telecommunications we believe that we can help organizations, both large and small in Woodstock, Illinois. Since 1993, we have helped Chicago businesses with their technology to improve reliability, avoid obsolescence and unexpected high costs.
Many of the existing phone systems that businesses are currently running have been discontinued and no longer supported by the manufacturer. This basically means that the technology has run its course, stopped being manufactured and is becoming exceedingly difficult to service. In other words, if a business is running its communications infrastructure on obsolete technology, when it breaks down there won't be anyone to help fix it. This is a giant risk that business owners are taking when their customer relationships are on the line. An outdated phone system will ultimately crash. Businesses cannot afford to go down and cut off all contact with their customers.
"Here at A3 Communications, Inc., we are educating companies on the risks associated with manufacturer discontinued phone systems as well as their options for new technology," stated Brian Thomas, VP of Sales of A3 Communications, Inc.. "This is an exciting time in our industry because with the advent of SIP (session initiation protocol) many companies can easily cost justify the adoption of today's technology. Plus, these businesses will benefit from applications and features designed to increase their profitability, enhance their employees' productivity, and give them a competitive advantage, something their outdated phone system cannot do."


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Wisconsin Population
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A new U.S. Census Bureau report says Wisconsin's population is growing. The latest figures show the state's population grew by about 39,000 since the 2010 census to about 5.7 million residents. Dane County experienced strong growth with nearly 40 percent of the state's increase attributed to that county. Brown and Milwaukee counties also posted gains. Brown County added more than 5,000 residents to see 2 percent growth. Milwaukee County added 7,400 people with less than 1 percent growth. The population in St. Croix County, which hugs the Minnesota border, grew about 1 percent, adding 900 people since 2010. The Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/Z5sjfm ) says the population in half of Wisconsin's 72 counties declined since 2010.
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Eugene Sanchez posted season-bests of 22.52 in the 200 meters and 50.05 in the 400 meters at the USC Trojan Quad Meet ... tied for fifth in the 200 and was ninth in the 400 ... ran a season-best of 2:02.07 in the 800 meters at the Aztec Invitational to place 13th ... did not compete during the indoor season.
Sanchez redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Matadors in 2010.
Ran a career-best 49.29 in the 400 meters at the outdoor season-opening Northridge Invitational (Mar. 14) ... also ran a season-best 11.24 in the 100 meters at the same meet ... qualified for the 200 meters at the MPSF Indoor Championships where he ran a season-best 22.67 in the preliminary round and did not advance to the final ... ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay that finished eighth in a season-best time of 3:17.64.
Qualified for the 400 meters at the Big West Outdoor Championships ... finished 12th in the prelims in a lifetime-best 49.76 ... ran the opening leg of the 4x400 meter relay that finished sixth ... also ran the 100 and 200 meters during the outdoor season posting a season-best of 11.18 in the 100 and 22.17 in the 200 ... ran an indoor season-best 50.02 in the 400 meters at the Husky Classic to finish 30th.
Lettered in both cross country and track at James Monroe High School in North Hills,, Calif. ... was named track & field MVP as well as Male Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... took first place in the Mid Valley League the 200 and 400 meters as well as the 4x100 and 4x400 relays ... in addition to track & field championships all four years (2004-07), the Vikings also won the league cross country title from 2004-07 ... graduated in 2007 with a 3.20 grade point average.
Born June 18, 1989 in Panorama City, Calif. ... parents are Ingrid and Jose Sanchez ... has two younger brothers, Alex and Chris and one younger sister, Lauren ... favorite movie is "Nacho Libre" and favorite TV show is "Family Guy" ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "staying in shape" ... says his mom is his greatest hero ... major is Computer Engineering.


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Nothing like a story about pizza to make you hungry. And then we bring you this, our last word in business, which is: Shanghai Golden Monkey. That's the Chinese candy maker that Hershey bought yesterday for almost $600 million.
Hershey is not monkeying around. It may hold the largest share of the U.S. chocolate market, but only a small share of candy sales overseas.
GREENE: Now it gains a whole range of new confections. Shanghai Golden Monkey's big sellers go way beyond Hershey's traditional milk chocolate.
INSKEEP: The Wall Street Journal reports that its Munching Monkey brand dried tofu snacks come in both fragrant numb and spicy flavor.
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The Essex Base Ball Club traveled to Terrapin Station Winery in Elkton Maryland to take on the Diamond State Base Ball Club and Elkton Eclipse this past weekend. On a sweltering day the Essex boys charged out to early leads in both matches but bad defense allowed the locals to take the lead and win both games. The EBBC enjoyed meeting new clubs and thank the Elkton Eclipse for their postgame meal of local crab. We look forward to 2013 when both clubs travel up to Spencer Peirce Little Farm. On Sunday the EBBC traveled to Coney Island to play a demo game against the Brooklyn Atlantics prior to the Brooklyn Cyclones game. In the 6 innings we played the Atlantics were able to "win" 4-0. Good thing Essex doesn't need to wait long to take on the Atlantics…..
Come see the Essex Base Ball Club and Brooklyn Atlantics, two of the best vintage base ball clubs in the country, face off Saturday August 11th at 11am at beautiful Spencer Peirce Little Farm in Newbury, MA. The two clubs will play two games by 1861 rules, which include underhand pitching, an out can be recorded on a bounce, and there will be no gloves. After the two games the Essex Base Ball Organization will host an open try out for a new team that will debut in 2013. Anyone who would like to try their hand at playing 1861 rules baseball is welcome to test it out around 2pm. Food and Ipswich Ale will be available for purchase, so bring a chair or a blanket and come see baseball as it was played during the Civil War. Admission is $5, free for Historic New England members. For more information contact Brian Sheehy at email@example.com or http://www.essexbaseball.wordpress.com
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Child's HIV cure won't mean new treatments immediately
Doctors are thrilled with the cure of a 2½-year-girl infected with HIV at birth but say that extending that success to others will be a challenge.
More than 300,000 babies a year worldwide are born infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
As of this week, doctors appear to have cured exactly one.
And while the Mississippi child's story has generated excitement in the medical community, researchers also note that it will likely take years before they're able to extend that success to a broader community of patients, if ever.
"This is a really groundbreaking report," says Diane Havlir, a professor and AIDS researcher at the University of California-San Francisco, who attended a presentation of the new study Monday at an Atlanta medical conference.
"This tells us a cure is possible," says Havlir, who wasn't involved in the new study, which reported on a 2½-year-old girl who was infected with HIV at birth but apparently cured after 18 months of triple-drug therapy. "That is thrilling news."
Doctors credit the child's cure to early treatment; her physicians began treatment soon after delivery, which is the standard of care for the child of an untreated, HIV-positive mother.
STORY: Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child
Most adults can't benefit from such early therapy, because they typically don't even learn that they're infected for months or years, says Rana Chakraborty, an associate professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. The only adult to have been definitively cured of HIV had a unique situation: He had a bone-marrow transplant to treat his leukemia from a donor with a genetic mutation that provided protection from HIV.
Scientists will first have to learn what exactly allowed the child to be cured before they can apply that knowledge to developing vaccines or new drugs, he says.
And Havlir notes that doctors are unlikely to make any changes to children's care before they can verify the study's results. She notes that, in developed countries, doctors focus far more on prevention than treatment. Giving women anti-HIV therapy while pregnant reduces the risk of mother-to-child transmission by 98%.
But if the results hold up and doctors can identify the best medications, they could start anti-AIDS therapy on high-risk newborns even before getting results of their HIV tests, Havlir says.
That could be important in developing countries, where many women — like the mother of this Mississippi child — don't get recommended care. The girl's mother had no prenatal care, let alone anti-HIV therapy, before delivery. Then, when the girl was 18 months old, the mother stopped bringing her to the doctor, which left the child with no anti-HIV treatment for five months.
While the child's story has been hailed as a victory for science, Chakraborty says the case also illustrates the single greatest challenge in treating AIDS: actually getting care to patients.
Delivering on the promise of scientific breakthroughs has been a challenge not just in developing countries of Africa, but in the USA.
Only 28% of people of the 1.2 million HIV-positive Americans have been diagnosed and treated successfully so that their levels of virus are undetectable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HIV has become entrenched among the poor in the USA. Many patients lack access to health care and grapple with other problems that keep them from getting the care they need, such as homelessness, drug addiction or mental illness, Chakraborty says.
"Many individuals fall out of care, especially in adolescence or young adulthood," Chakraborty says. "Young people think they're invincible."
Yet Havlir says scientists are ready to confront such obstacles.
"There are daunting challenges," Havlir says, "but they are challenges that the field is going to embrace, because many people think they are surmountable."


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Foreign Private Issuers Wishing to File Their Annual Report on Form 20-F before March 4, 2008 and Exclude US GAAP Information Should Consult with the Staff
On December 21, 2007 the SEC adopted as a final rule Securities Act Release No. 8879 Acceptance from Foreign Private Issuers of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards Without Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP. The final rule will become effective on March 4, 2008.
In response to questions, the staff has advised companies that until this new rule is effective that they are subject to the existing rules regarding the inclusion of U.S. GAAP information in filings with the Commission. However, the staff is aware that some foreign private issuers with a fiscal year ending after November 15, 2007 that prepare their financial statements using IFRS, as issued by the IASB, will want to file their annual report on Form 20-F before March 4, 2008. These companies also want to exclude U.S. GAAP information from that filing. The staff does not want to discourage companies from filing their 20-F before March 4, 2008. Accordingly, these companies are encouraged to contact the staff in the Division of Corporation Finance to discuss this issue. These companies can contact either Craig Olinger – Deputy Chief Accountant (202-551-3547) or Wayne Carnall — Chief Accountant (202-551-3107) to discuss their particular facts or circumstances.
The staff also noted that this same release provides similar relief from the requirement to provide U.S. GAAP information if the financial statements are filed under Rules 3-05, 3-09, 3-10 and 3-16. Likewise, companies that intend to file financial statements with a fiscal year ending after November 15, 2007 that are prepared using IFRS, as issued by the IASB, that exclude U.S. GAAP information in a filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 before March 4, 2008 are similarly encouraged to discuss their fact pattern with the staff.
Those companies seeking relief from the existing rules will need to make the request in writing.
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Owning a bed and breakfast has never been a particular dream of mine but the day my husband, James, suggested it something inside me clicked and "yes, that's it!" We were walking together as we so often seem to be when we have life changing discussions, and, not to be trite about it, the way suddenly seemed clear. James and I have lived overseas for most of our adult life and while we enjoyed living and traveling in Europe and Asia the demands and needs of family and children had brought us back the United States. Our years have been thrilling but busy and James traveled extensively for business often missing important dates and events in our lives (through no fault of his own). We were ready for a change!
And here we are, six months later, the proud owners of the Carolina Bed and Breakfast in Asheville, North Carolina. My father's family is from North Carolina and even though I grew up in Connecticut I have always felt a love for this state with its wide range of climate and topography. My children spent their summers playing on the beaches of the barrier islands and we built a summer home just south of Wilmington. Asheville offers much to do both culturally and recreationally. It has a large artist population and the restaurants are wonderful. The Biltmore draws tourists to the region but they also come to enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beautiful countryside. (As I write this, the leaves are beginning to turn, the sun shines in a clear blue sky and the air is crisp.It is the quintessential Autumn day).
James and I are looking forward to exploring Asheville and keeping you posted on what we find as well as, hopefully, keeping you amused with the perils and pitfalls, rewards and laughter of remodeling a 110 year old house and hosting an array of interesting guests. But more about that later.


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A wet spring hasn't slowed the complaints from Wheatfield residents about ATVs.
On Monday, Supervisor Bob Cliffe reported he had contacted North Tonawanda Mayor Robert Ortt and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority about the possibility of putting a gate on property owned by the NFTA in NT. The property is being used as an access point by ATV riders, who drive along the property next to the railroad tracks. The town would have to pay for the gate.
Cliffe explained that as you head toward the river on Witmer Road, on the right just before the tracks are two access roadways.
"One goes to the old Niagara County landfill, and that has a gate on it. The other is right next to the tracks themselves, and goes well back into Wheatfield, turns and becomes an access road for farming as well as maintenance of the southern drainage ditch and two large lakes there. As this is next to Doald's Hill, it is an access point for ATVs on trailers," Cliffe said. "Our next step is to get a price for a fence, and see if it is within our reach."
Cliffe said the gate wouldn't stop ATV traffic, but would prevent riders from bringing ATVs in on trailers and parking there.
Councilman Larry Helwig said some of the ATV riders are second and even third generation riders. As the town has become more developed, areas that used to be open fields, now contain housing developments.
In his discussions with Niagara County resident Jeff Binga, president of the New York State Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Association, he has learned that legal areas to ride ATVs are difficult to find locally.
Binga has volunteered to work with the Town Board and the town's Recreation Focus Group to see if it is possible to have a safe and lawful place for ATV operators to ride.
Meanwhile, Helwig suggested that the town constables park their vehicles at access places along the railroad tracks at peak riding times. North Tonawanda Police already have been asked to be on the lookout for ATV riders in their area.
In other matters:
•The board went into executive session to discuss personnel matters in both the building and recreation departments.
The board decided to temporarily suspend Recreation Director Ed Sturgeon pending a hearing on a Civil Service Article 75 disciplinary hearing.
The other matter involved Building Inspector Joe Caturia, who is resigning to start his own business and is working with the town to ease the transition.
•The board requested its engineers to prepare a professional services proposal for full reconstruction of Craig Drive. Actual construction wouldn't begin until next year.
•The next Town Board meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. June 24 at Town Hall.


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The U.S. Border Patrol Station in Nogales, Arizona, appears to be meeting the basic needs of the hundreds of unaccompanied minors — mostly teenagers — who have been crossing the U.S. border in droves from Central America.
On June 11, Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative, toured the Arizona facility and said he saw rows of refrigerators, shelves of plastic bags containing the children's belongings, portable toilets and a makeshift dining room. A section had been set up for the youths to receive vaccinations or other needed medical treatment. In another area, telephones had been installed for the minors to call their consulates or relatives in the United States.
"Physically, they looked OK, but what's less clear to me is how much access they may have to psychological or spiritual support," said Father Carroll, who told Our Sunday Visitor that he had not been granted permission to speak to the youths.
"We know the critical spiritual needs migrants have. I still have a concern about whether the pastoral needs of these children are adequately being met," Father Carroll added.
The scene in Arizona somewhat resembles the refugee camps seen in war-torn regions in the Middle East and Africa. Immigration advocates say the youths — many of them from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador — are being displaced from their homes and families as drug cartels and violent criminal gangs battle for turf and control of lucrative drug routes into the United States.
"There seems to be more competition now for who is controlling the routes, for what gang controls the neighborhood," said Richard Jones, Catholic Relief Services' deputy regional director for Global Solidarity and Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. Jones has spent the past 24 years in El Salvador and said the violence in the region has reached epidemic proportions in recent years.
In the past month alone, Jones said, four young boys — one as young as 6 years old — were killed and dismembered in Honduras for refusing to be recruited into the cartels.
"The facts on the ground show people are leaving here out of desperation, not because somehow they think they're gonna get major favors when they get to the United States," Jones said, adding that between 100 to 200 minors are returned to El Salvador each week after they are caught by authorities in Mexico. "The numbers are staggering."
President Barack Obama declared the flood of minors crossing the border to be a "humanitarian situation requiring a unified and coordinated federal response." Obama's critics blame his policies for the crisis, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a 2012 directive that federal authorities show prosecutorial discretion for individuals who migrated to the United States as children without legal permission.
Either way, young immigrants are crossing the border in record numbers, and that is prompting a humanitarian response from many Catholic relief agencies and volunteers.
In McAllen, Texas, which is located on the Rio Grande, Sacred Heart Catholic Church has opened its parish hall as a temporary Catholic Charities shelter for migrant mothers of young children and unaccompanied minors. Officials drop the migrants off at a bus station two blocks away from the church.
"They are usually in very poor condition. They need help to eat, to rest, to wash up, to get clothes and provisions," said Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.
Sister Norma told OSV that her agency is helping up to 200 migrant families a day, and added that volunteers are helping round up donations to meet the migrants' physical needs. The unaccompanied minors, Sister Norma said, are often traumatized and scared after a harrowing trip alone through Central America and Mexico.
"We just saw some children today that were crying their eyes out. They just want their mommy," Sister Norma said. "They're so frightened. Their journey here has not been an easy one. Many of them of have had a difficult time finding something to eat or a place to rest. We don't even know the amount of abuse that they endured on their trip north."
"It's not uncommon to have a girl, maybe 13 or 14, who has been the victim of sexual assault by gang members back home. The sexual assault prompts her to come to the United States, and then through that journey, she might get raped twice. Then when she's here, we need a ton of caseworkers to help this little girl overcome the trauma she's been through," said Michelle Mendez, an attorney for Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Washington.
Several Catholic Charities agencies across the country are helping provide the unaccompanied minors with legal representation. While their cases are pending, the minors may be staying with relatives in the United States or at the temporary shelters.
The minors may seek asylum based on fears that they will be killed by gangs in their native countries, but Mendez told OSV that the courts do not tend to approve asylum on those grounds.
"These children are indeed fleeing for their lives and must be looked at through a protection lens, not through an enforcement lens," said Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration. "We must not send them back if they have valid protection claims. It would be akin to sending them back into a burning house."
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, head of the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, told OSV that the "humanitarian crisis" surrounding the unaccompanied minors reminds him of how countries in the Middle East are working to assist "enormous numbers of people" crossing their borders to flee the horrendous conditions caused by the civil war in Syria.
"Nobody wants these millions of people to be coming into the country," Bishop Kicanas said. "Obviously, we have to work to resolve the crises in those countries, but on a humanitarian level, we can't just turn these people away. We have to provide them with a safe environment."
Kevin Appleby, the director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Migration Policy and Public Affairs, told OSV that the crisis is as much a foreign policy issue as it is an immigration matter.
"The United States has ignored Central America for too long," Appleby said. "This is sort of the proverbial chickens coming home to roost."
For decades, Central American children have migrated without parents or adults. Before 2011, about 6,000 to 8,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the border every year. But the numbers have spiked over the last two years. Since October 2013, more than 52,000 child immigrants, traveling alone, have been caught at the border in south Texas along the Rio Grande Valley. The minors sometimes travel in large groups with other youths, and they are overwhelming the region's Border Patrol stations.
"We're seeing hundreds a day. We're seeing some kids, some as young as 4 or 6, traveling alone, or a 15-year-old with a 5-year-old," said Chris Cabrera, a Border Patrol agent in McAllen, Texas, who told OSV that the young migrants often sleep on the Border Patrol station's concrete floors for three days before they are transferred to larger federal detention facilities in Texas, Arizona, California and Oklahoma.
The Border Patrol is supposed to process the unaccompanied minors within 72 hours and hand them over to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, which then links the children with welfare specialists and determines if they have relatives or sponsors in the United States. However, officials said the overwhelming numbers of young migrants are creating a "bottleneck" that results in them staying weeks in Border Patrol stations, which often lack adequate food, beds and sanitary facilities.
"It's straining our system," Cabrera said. "At one Border Patrol facility, we're at four to five times capacity. Our stations are not designed for young kids or mothers with kids. They're built to be more of a jail than a day care."
Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
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Pistorius Is Charged with Murder
Olympian runner and double-amputee Oscar Pistorius has been charged by South African police with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. WSJ's Devon Maylie was in the courtroom. Photo: Associated Press
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