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PSADecember 04, 2005
Public Service Announcement: if you're planning on going to SXSWi in March, book your hotel now. A bunch of them are already sold out, as I learned the hard way this week. No Hampton Inn for me this year.
D'Oh, thanks for warning!
So what is your choice then?
Booked @ the omni - they were filling fast too.
I think sxswi is going to be big this year. HUGE even
cu there
Yeah, I booked on the 18th and was already too late for the Hampton.
I ended up at the Radisson on Congress/Caeser Chavez. Close enough to the conference centre and reasonably priced (the Canadian dollar is way improved over the past two years, but still a liability), though I have no idea what the facilities are like. Bit of a crapshoot. We'll see.
I've got an apartment on Riverside (about 10 minute drive from downtown Austin) if anybody's interested in crashing here for a few days…
I'm something like 6 miles away, but my trip is going to be $600 less than ANY of the hotels listed on the recommended list. That pays for a lot of cab rides.
A coworker and I are splitting the hotel cost, and luckily he already took care of it. Hampton I think, a few blocks from the Hilton where it's being hosted.
It's *crazy* this year, I wonder if there's a non-SXSW event taking up rooms or if this will just be the biggest attendance SXSWi has ever had.
I was disappointed the Hampton was sold out too - my wife's coming this year, though, so we sprang for the Hilton.
Ah, dang nabbit. Looks like I'll be cabbing it or enjoying a nice walk back and forth to the hotel. Should've booked earlier…
Rats! The Hampton was pretty hoppin' last year. I'll never forget running into Jeremy Keith at the end of the first day and having him tell me, wild-eyed, that it was time to go get drunk.
I think I'll be attending this year. It's right during our spring break. But I'd better hurry up and book my hotel and flight or I'll be outta luck.
I highly recommend the Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel. It's right off of 6th, very comfortable, and has a great restaurant at the base of it.
Thanks for reminding me to book!
Conferences usually pre-reserve a block of rooms, so when those are all gone the hotel may still have rooms available even though the conference organizers claim it's sold out.
When I attempted to book at the Hampton several weeks ago it was already "full" according to the SXSW website, but I managed to snag a room by booking directly with the hotel. The downside is that I lost the conference group discount and the room is costing me an extra $30 or so per night. I intend to recoup that at the breakfast buffet.
I agree Mike I stayed at Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel last year and it was fabolous and I just booked another room right after I read your post. Thanks for the reminder see you guys there.
@Craig C. - Good detective work, I'm glad you managed to get in…and…sounds like you've got a good strategy for recouping your cost!
@Dave - Glad you ended up with a room not too far away…I hope it turns out to be a good experience. You would think these hotels would try to have there best game on for a conference like this.
Luckily I booked mine in advance; I'll be in the Hampton. This is my first conference of this caliber and I'm looking forward to seeing and meeting many of you there.
I was hoping for the Hampton as well, but I'll probably book the Hilton or Radisson if my approval comes through this week. Last year was great, so the word must have gotten out.
Thanks for warning! I think I'll be attending this year.
The Hampton sold out a while ago, unforunately. I missed it by one day. Managed to get in at the Crowne Plaza however, which according to this map ( http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/745 ) is pretty close….
We'll miss you at the Hampton, Dave. But you can come visit :-)
What the problem! :) Some sleep begs and clean ground, and all problems with accomidation are solved :)
For those who have jetblue in their city. They will have a route to Austin Starting Jan 19, 2006.
Yup. I tried booking a hotel room at the Hampton for myself and my buddy in the middle of November and was told that I got the (literally) last room available. Very crazy - apparently 2006 is some kind of anniversary year for SXSW and conference sales are *way* up. Should be a blast!
I just won myself a comp ticket and scrambled to put together the hotel and the flight. Anyone looking to share a room a few miles out of town - looks like I've got some extra space…


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So here's the thing
Pretty much every day for the last week and a half, I've composed mental blog posts... mostly in the car ... or under the shower.
They were witty and polished.
Moving even.
They would have really made you want to jump on a bus/train/plane and get yourself up/down/over here ... if I had, in point of fact, actually got as far as the keyboard,
but alack
and alas even
there was just sooooo much going on, that just didn't happen.
as you may have noticed
there was:
mass dancing in the streets at the Opening Ceremony
marvelous pieces of theatre to be seen/heard/enjoyed in venues both traditional and decidedly not.*
wonderful exhibitions by just about every practising artist in the area
fabulous concerts [ the standout for Nadie and I had to be Toronto-based Klezmer band ' Beyond The Pale' and their Beyond Mozart concert
... the divine Wolfgang Amadeus played on electric mandolin, violin, clarinet, piano accordion and bass ... some of it in Balkan 7/8 time !!!! ]
singing ... in the street outside the Castlemaine Fruit & Veg with the Peace Choir
singing ... at the railway station [ at 6 am ] with the Chat Warblers
singing ... with a cast of what seemed like thousands in the IGA Supermarket [ and apparently we were on ABC Radio too but I missed it ]
some seriously frocked-up** singing ... with soloists from Victorian opera conducted by Richard Gill in a sing-your-own Mozart to Mayhem concert.
Surprisingly, I have almost no voice left, and and seriously need to buy shares in whichever pharmaceutical company makes Strepsils.
Oh, and I mustn't forget that David got involved too
and then there was the all-day closing party yesterday
but I'm all tuckered out so I'm going to leave that for tomorrow
* down a Goldmine
**frocked up: the condition of being very, very dressed up for an occasion such as The Opera or The Ballet.
In the case of my friend Janey, it meant swapping her habitual checked-work-shirt-and -jeans for a pristine white-shirt-and-jeans.
Some of us who did frock up as directed, scored double pass tickets to a Victorian Opera production in Melbourne later in the year.
Monday, April 11, 2011
3 comments:
- Lynne said...
Sounds exhausting and a whole lot of fun at the same.
- 9:45 am
- gayle said...
Love that mask!
Sounds like a glorious time for all - the singers and the listeners.
(But how can you possible top it for next year?)
- 1:36 am
- busygnomes said...
The kiddo's and I loved the festival, we've been living in guildford for about 9 months.
I'm always amazed of what talent there is in your little town.
And community......... that deserves a whole blog post.
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Actress and comedienne Doris Singleton Isaacs, who recurred on "I Love Lucy" as Lucy's near-sighted neighbor and sometimes nemesis Carolyn Appleby, died Tuesday. She was 92. Singleton guested in a large number of both comedies and dramas during her 30-plus career in television. After performing as a featured dancer with the American Ballet Theater in her teens, the Brooklyn-born Dorthea Singleton began in showbiz as a vocalist with Art Jarrett's orchestra in the late 1930s. Her distinctive voice led to a career in radio, where she was an actress on "The Whistler" and other shows during WWII, performing at times with the likes of George Burns & Gracie Allens, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. Singleton met Lucille Ball in the late 1940s during a performance of the radio show "My Favorite Husband"; a few years later, Ball invited Singleton to join the cast of TV's "I Love Lucy" as Carolyn Appleby. Singleton appeared on 10 episodes of the show from 1953 to 1957. By the mid-1950s the actress was busy with TV guest appearances on programs including "Adventures of Superman," "The Loretta Young Show," "The Great Gildersleeve," "The Bob Hope Show" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Singleton also appeared in a few feature films during the 1950s: "Terror at Midnight," "Affair in Reno" and "Voice in the Mirror." She was a series regular on the brief 1960 series "Angel," recurred on "My Three Sons" as Margaret Williams and guested on "The Munsters," "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." during the decade; she also returned to work with Ball on episodes of "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" as well as the 1980 telepic "Lucy Moves to NBC," and she made appearances on dramas including "Gunsmoke," "Twilight Zone," "The Fugitive" and "The F.B.I." Her credits during the 1970s included "All in the Family," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Phyllis" and the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives." Singleton made one of her last appearances in a 1982 episode of "Dynasty." Singleton also appeared as an interviewee in the "American Masters" documentary "Finding Lucy" in 2000 and in an "E! True Hollywood Story" episode devoted to "I Love Lucy" in 2005. Singleton's husband Charles Isaacs, a comedy writer, director and producer to whom she was married for 61 years, died in 2002.
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Bananas were devoured, shoe sole and skin met asphalt and some bananas came back up during the first leg of the Tour de Pain Extreme on March 29 at the Jacksonville Landing.
This was only the beginning.
About 500 racers turned up on the rainy morning by the river and stretched out for the 10k run. It was particularly important to avoid injury for this race, because there was also a same-day 5k race at 6 p.m., followed by a half-marathon the next morning, all part of the Tour De Pain Extreme.
Of the 500 participating runners, about 300 were registered for all three races, according to Doug Alred, who organized the events.
The cobbled-brick intersection at Bay and Laura St. rolled a few ankles and nicked knees as runners strode through the urban core following a police motorcade.
For some of the racers running the entire weekend, preparation for the next two events involved plenty of food and some good old R&R.
"I'll probably get some breakfast ... go to the Maple Street Biscuit Co.," Dana Heley said after finishing the 10k. "Maybe watch a movie — I'm running three races, I've earned it."
Racers came from as far as Wisconsin and Massachusetts for the event, but Floridians took the lead times. Mark Burget, Jeff Wight and Brian Keno, from Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach and Fort Lauderdale, respectively, clocked in at the finish line between 34-36 minutes.


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Sioux Falls Police Still Searching For Suspect Who Ran Over a Woman Sunday. Twice.
Sioux Falls police are still searching for the suspect in a hit and run incident Sunday that hospitalized a woman with a broken leg.
The suspect is described as a white man in his 50s. Witnesses believe there were passengers in the car at the time of the incident.
A 29-year old woman is hospitalized with a broken leg, after being backed over near 12th and Summit. Witnesses say the car then drove forward over the woman's legs again and say they believe the act was intentional.
The victim was uncooperative with police during interviews following an argument with the driver. The car is described as a light blue Oldsmobile.
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[Verse 1]
Here we are all alone
You and me, privacy
And we can do anything
Your fantasy
I wanna make your dreams come true
Can you hear?
She's calling me
Between your legs
Loud and clear
I wanna talk back to her
Make love to her
I wanna hear you scream my name
We can make love in the bedroom floor
Floatin' on top of my waterbed
I'm kissing you
Running my fingers through your hair
In the hallway making our way beside the stairs
We can do it anywhere
I can love you in the shower
Both of our bodies dripping wet
On the patio we can make a night you won't forget
On the kitchen floor
As I softly pull your hair
We can do it anywhere, anywhere
[Verse 2]
I love the way your body feels
On top of mine so take your time
We got a night
Girl, you know
I like it slow
And I know you like it too, baby
Please don't stop I feel it now
You feel it, too
You're shivering
Ooh, you put me close to you
Just let it flow
There's no other place to go
[Chorus x2]
Z too hot to stop
So we goin' from the bedroom to the floor
Let you know a nigga miss you when out on tour
When our tongues touch
Have a playboy sing it much
Roll a Dutch, let me tell you it turns me on
When 112 sing to you
What kinda feeling do it bring to you?
I bump hard till you say I'm being mean to you
I know the ice Roley gleam to you
A true player's what I seem to you
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Wit' the top down
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You got me goin', I don't think I wanna stop now
Z feinin' like a criminal on lockdown
So let's get a way to get away
You gettin' hot baby, please don't melt away
I got a crib on the beach in Palmetto-way
And here's your personal key to see me everyday
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Much is and has been changing in the Middle East. Syria is a holdout against the Arab Spring, but, in the first free, democratic elections in decades, Tunisians are voting today. Of course, one problem is we—the US—may not like the outcome of the election.
Second to depose its despot, former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has not made any substantial progress toward elections. Libya became the third Arab state to win its freedom with the killing of Muammar Gaddafi a few days ago. In a bizarre twist, Amnesty International and the United Nations Human Rights Office called for inquiries into the manner of Gaddafi's death.
Despite public diplomacy in support of the Arab Spring uprisings, the US gained substantial benefits from close ties with authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. In Bahraini ports, the US has headquarters for its Fifth Fleet. Last month's killing of Anwar al-Awlaki had Yemeni complicity, if not outright support. Despite these cozy relationships, Pres. Obama warned the oppressers their time was short:
Across the Arab world, citizens have stood up to claim their rights. Youth are delivering a powerful rebuke to dictatorship, and those leaders that try to deny their dignity will not succeed.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz al Saud, 83, died at a New York hospital. Al Saud served as his country's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Aviation. He was Saudi King Abdullah's half-brother. While Saudi Arabia will likely remain a close US ally in the region, uncertainty of Saudi succession and other key governmental changes leave the future at least somewhat unpredictable. On top of that, on Friday Pres. Obama announced all but a couple hundred US troops will leave Iraq by year's end. Those remaining will provide security and other diplomatic-related services as US missions, a common practice around the world.
New Year's 2012 will usher in a Middle East vastly different from what the US is accustomed to. That's new, and unpredictable, territory for the presidential candidates.


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Connex Credit Union announced it has selected a Connecticut college student to serve as the $400 million cooperative's new Gen Y ambassador.
Jaslyn Scribner, a media studies major at Quinnipiac University, is the latest college intern tapped by Connex to serve as vice president of unbanking, a marketing and public relations internship designed to help communicate credit union benefits to younger target markets.
"The vice president of unbanking position is an opportunity for a young, dynamic college student to gain real world work experience and help Connex connect with a younger audience and community," said Louise Nestor, marketing director at the New Haven, Conn.-based credit union. "Jaslyn's primary charge will be to help educate a younger audience about financial literacy, the benefits of credit unions and gain experience working within our marketing department."
In addition to working with Connex's marketing team and assisting with daily marketing functions, Scribner will be an integral part of Connex's social media programs and will also assist in developing marketing programs and with various projects, such as special events and grass-roots marketing efforts.
This is the fourth year for the student internship. It is part of Connex's unbank campaign, which highlights the fundamental differences between credit unions and banks to help address the public's frustration with traditional banking.
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The title of "vice president of unbanking" was chosen to help participating interns in the future, the credit union said.
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Hi Rose,Great to hear from you. I haven't seen you on the boards in a while. I too have a robin's egg blue bowl. Except mine is in a different shape as yours but same color and same effect (I have seen several of these types of bowls in many colors, shapes & sizes). Here it is:http://www.fossilfly.com/Forums/album.php?albumid=21&pictureid=1882I found a similar ashtray that is the same shape as mine on Ebay this morning and guess what... with a label from Weil Ceramics. http://cgi.ebay.com/Mid-Century-BARBINI-MURANO-Glass-lighter-bowl-ashtray-/290526457881?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a4b9f019I would say date wise circa 1960's. tam bam
i had 1 of these,darker blue than yours, no eggshell effect.It had a blue foil Tosso label.luck :chky:
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SoulCalibur 2 HD Online Trailer: The Legend Launches Again
The tale of souls and swords will be refreshed in SoulCalibur 2 HD Online, which has just received a nifty new launch trailer.
Relive the magic of SoulCalibur 2, now with HD visuals and online play. See your favorites like Talim, Mitsurugi and Ivy before the series got all crazy with Jedi Knights and Assassins.
That doesn't mean that SoulCalibur 2 HD Online will be devoid of guest fighters, as Spawn and Heihachi will be available for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. If only they could have squeezed Link in there too. But hey, at least this isn't a bad way to celebrate the game's 10-year anniversary.
Brush up on your moves and join the fight when SoulCalibur 2 HD Online is released on Xbox Live on Nov. 20 and the PlayStation Network on Nov. 19.


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Editor's note: Information for this article was compiled from the Marion County Record archives, and additional sources as cited.
She stares straight ahead, expressionless and silent. She is an artist's best guess in pencil, a sculptor's conjecture in clay. No one knows how she smiled, how she laughed.
No one knows how she looked and sounded the day she was murdered 25 years ago, or the day her naked, bound body was hidden behind hay bales and underneath a hedge row along the Durham-Lincolnville road.
A quarter-century later, still no one knows who she was.
On Sept. 21, 1987, a county Road and Bridge Department crew was doing routine repairs to the Durham-Lincolnville road. Garry Klose of Marion was a member of the crew.
"We were blade-patching. They'd shoot a stretch of oil over a swag in the road and we'd dump blacktop on it, and a blade man would come along and smooth that out," Klose said.
The crew was working both sides of the Pilsen road intersection at about 2 p.m. when Klose got a call on his radio from another crew member, Kenneth Jost.
"He said 'I need for you to come down here,'" Klose said. He had pulled up on the west side, so I drove the truck down there."
Jost had stopped his oil truck a half-mile west of the intersection, near a hedge row and large round hay bales on the north side of the road. He was in the ditch scooping up some dirt to shovel on a spot of oil when he saw a skull underneath the trees.
Klose arrived to find Jost and another man (Klose was uncertain who the man was) standing down by the hedge row, approximately 20 feet off the blacktop.
"As soon as I looked to where they were standing I saw the skeleton laying there, and you could see part of a rope around the wrist," Klose said. The woman's ankles and wrists were bound with rope.
Klose radioed the county dispatcher, and soon Sheriff Mike Childs and his deputies were combing the scene for clues.
"They got on their hands and knees and went through the dirt looking for evidence," Klose said.
Kansas state troopers joined the search, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation was brought into the case. Kansas State University anthropologist Michael Finnegan analyzed the remains to develop a profile of the victim.
Finnegan estimated the age of the woman to be between 22 and 30 years old. She was white, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and weighed between 115 and 130 pounds. She had brown hair. Her left forearm had a cross-shaped tattoo with four marks radiating from the axis of the cross. Based on the decomposition of the body, Finnegan believed the homicide occurred sometime between June 21 and Aug. 10.
Childs said the woman likely was killed outside the county and brought here to conceal the crime.
Armed with this information and dental records, investigators went to work paring down a list of 350 missing person reports compiled by KBI that were similar to the victim. In less than two weeks, they eliminated 285 of them.
One possible match was extremely close, but additional analysis by Marion dentist D.K. Schroeder ruled it out. No matches were found in the KBI list, but the sheriff's department and KBI continued to receive missing person inquiries from law enforcement agencies around the country.
Childs hired Topeka forensic artist Edna Armstrong to draw a frontal sketch and profile of the woman based on skull measurements and other evidence from the scene. The Record published the sketches Nov. 11.
Armstrong, consulting with Finnegan, used clay to create a three-dimensional model of the woman's head, which she completed in mid-December. Photographs of the model were distributed to law enforcement agencies.
Nothing ever happened. The woman has never been identified.
No information about the killer was discovered, but Klose related one possibility.
"I was told years ago by (former sheriff) Ed Davies that they thought the guy that did it was in prison," Klose said. "Whether that's fact or not, I don't know. That might've just been to stop the questions."
The question of the woman's identity remains, and has generated interest in recent years. In 2009, posts on a message board at Websleuths.com noted similarities between the unknown woman and Rita Mae Hughes, a woman from Houston, Texas, who went missing in December 1986.
The clay model picture and woman's profile, as well as case number and KBI contact information, are posted on several different missing persons websites.


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April 19, 2000
By Chic Perkins
Santa Barbara News-Press
SANTA BARBARA - Third base is called "the hot corner" in baseball for good reason.
UCSB's Dave Molidor found that out the hard way a year-and-a-half ago.
Molidor, just a sophomore, had been asked early in the 1998 season by Gaucho head coach Bob Brontsema to make the switch from first base to third.
But in one tough road loss to Loyola Marymount, things got a little too hot for the young man. He made a couple critical errors, marking rock bottom for a player who already had "started questioning myself," as Molidor put it.
"After the game I told the team we needed to play better defense," Brontsema recalled. "He took affront to that, as if I was talking directly to him. I wasn't, I was talking about the team."
The following Monday a player-coach meeting took place that had fortuitous consequences for Gaucho baseball.
"He said he felt he had let the team down, and he was hurt . . . " Brontsema said. "He also said maybe he should move back to first base because it'd be better for the team.
"I told him he was the best player for that position, and that I had the upmost confidence in his ability to play there, or else I wouldn't have made the switch.
"That seemed to change him. He became a diffferent person, and different player. At the end of the year, he was as good, if not the best, third baseman in the league. That statement still stands today."
It's a tall statement for a tall player. Molidor stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 228 pounds.
Molidor points to his meeting with Brontsema as a turnaround point in his college career. "I'll never forget that talk," he said. "I wasn't believing it myself. He kept telling me I could do it.
"He believed in me, and I developed confidence after Coach and I had that talk."
That confidence showed not only in his play on the field, but at the plate as well. Molidor finished his sophomore season hitting .361and earned honorable mention on the All-Big West Conference team.
"The power of his mind is very strong," Brontsema reflected. "He can really direct his mind into positive things."
Those positives have flourished this year. Heading into a crucial three-game series at home starting Thursday against first-place Long Beach State, Molidor's carrying a team-high .391 average, fourth highest in the Big West. As the Gauchos' cleanup hitter, he's also delivered in the clutch with 40 RBIs, tied with Chad Peshke for the team high.
The transformation of the big guy to a college third baseman took some time to develop. Molidor played shortstop at Cardinal Newman High in Santa Rosa, but even he conceded, "My shortstop days pretty much ended in high school."
Molidor, a communications major from Cardinal Newman High in Santa Rosa, enrolled in the fall of 1996 at UCSB for academic reasons. By his own admission he was better at basketball than baseball in high school, and he wasn't even considering going out for the Gaucho baseball team until a friend goaded him into trying out.
"He was a walk-on in a true sense," Brontsema said, "and we kept him only because he was big and somewhat athletic. He threw well, he had a good arm, and that was his only redeeming value, other than he was big."
Molidor reminded Brontsema of another big walk-on freshman, David Willis, who went on to set the school career record with 41 home runs over the 1994-97 seasons.
"Both were walk-ons, both are big guys, both are good players," Brontsema said. "It's a bit of a natural comparison."
Willis' position, first base, was the position the Gaucho coaching staff had in mind for Molidor, who redshirted his first year in the program.
"He really didn't have good hands initially," said Brontsema, who considered converting Molidor into a pitcher during his redshirt season.
"But he wasn't too up on it," the coach said.
Early in his freshman year, an attitude adjustment was also in order. "I don't remember what he did exactly," Brontsema said, "but one day we sent him home.
"When we called him back, he came back as a different guy, on a maturity level. He was a little more serious, a little more dedicated."
All seriousness aside, there's a flip side to Molidor's nature. "There's a closet comedian in there," Brontsema disclosed. "I don't see it too much. I understand he does a mean Coach Brontsema impression. He doesn't do it too often. Rumor has it he's a Rich Little in the making.
"He's a soft-spoken guy on the one hand, and he's somewhat a jokester on the other. Must be the Leo in him."
Brontsema and Molidor share the same astrological sign -- and same birthdate, August 9.
Brontsema takes it all in good fun. "I think that's great baseball stuff," he said. "Imitation in good humor is good humor."
Molidor is no laughing matter for opposing pitchers, though. He hit for a .301 average his freshman year over 38 starts at first base and designated hitter. Hitting's never been a problem.
Going into Molidor's sophomore year, Brontsema thought Justin Gemoll was going to be his starting third baseman, until Gemoll transferred to USC. So Bryan LaCour was set to play there, but the senior struggled at the position.
So one day Brontsema asked Molidor, who had played shortstop in high school, to take some ground balls at third. "I didn't think he was serous," Molidor said.
"He was starting to develop some good soft hands," Brontsema noted. "There was some ability there.
"I knew Molidor had much better potential than we were getting out of Bryan LaCour. And LaCour was a great player for us."
"I think (LaCour) was more comfortable at first," Molidor said in reflecting back. "He was a better first baseman than third baseman. I think it was a good switch."
Last summer, Molidor sharpened his fielding skills playing a whole season at third base for a team at Front Royal, Va. "I played pretty good defense out there," he said.
That has carried on into this season, which put Brontsema in a bit of a dilemma. Redshirt freshman Jon Stephens, who Brontsema considers the team's third baseman of the future, has been "pushed by Dave into a DH role, a spot player here and there," the coach said. "Jon needs to get in there and play next year."
Next year for Molidor may depend on what happens in this year's major league draft.
"We think he wouldn't be hurt with another year of ball in college," Brontsema said. "We'd love to have him back.
"He's one of the guys we're pushing to scouts, and there's some interest in him. He has a chance to be drafted much like Willis. Willis came back in his fifth year, and did a little bit better in the draft than the year before."
Unlike Willis, Molidor has not shown much proclivity for the long ball. He hit only four homers his freshman year, eight last year, and has cleared the fence only four times so far this year, unbecoming of a player his size.
"I'm kind of disappointed I haven't hit more homers," Molidor admitted. "The (batting) average is fine, doubles (14) are okay.
"I'm not playing for the scouts or anybody. But, when scouts call me, the first thing they ask me is how many home runs have I hit."
"He's hit for average more than for power, and that may be a source of frustration for him," Brontsema acknowledged.
"But I think he's got a pro future because of how much he's improved, how far he's come, how much futher he can go. He needs to make some adjustments in his swing, a little more lift in his swing, something the pros will want to see from him. But I think he's a good pro prospect, based on the fact he's a real hard worker, and we haven't seen the best of his game yet."
Molidor, who grew up as an Oakland A's fan, probably wouldn't mind following his friend and former Gaucho pitcher Barry Zito as an A's draft pick. But he says he'll worry about the draft after this season is over.
If pro baseball is not in his future, Molidor has other plans.
"Dave is going to graduate, he's a very good student," Brontsema noted.
Last fall Molidor did a daily 15-minute sports show on KCSB, the school radio stadion. "I had a lot of fun with that," he said."
I like doing radio, doing voice-overs.
"If baseball doesn't work, I'd like to go to a broadcast school in Arizona, go there for eight months, and get a pretty good job out of that afterwards," Molidor said.
There's no telling what Molidor could do if he puts his mind to it.


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Missouri State University (MSU) welcomes transfer students and endorses the "Joint Statement on Transfer and Award of Academic Credit" approved by the American Council on Education, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Many of the principles of that statement are inherent to this policy.
Determination of transferability
MSU awards credit in transfer for undergraduate courses completed at colleges and universities accredited by regional accrediting associations recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE). Review the CHEA regional accrediting organizations.
To be accepted, coursework must have been completed at an institution after it received accreditation or during the time it was granted candidacy status for accreditation from one of the above accrediting associations
In addition, transfer credit is:
- awarded for regular academic courses taken at institutions accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). Courses such as mission, theology, doctrine, homiletics, and religious education courses are not accepted. A limited number of Bible courses (e.g., Old Testament, New Testament, Life of Christ, and Life of Paul) that are substantially similar to courses offered at MSU may be accepted. Education courses transfer only as general electives.
- awarded for courses completed at colleges and universities outside of the United States that are accredited or approved by the Ministry of Education (or other appropriate governmental agency) of the country in which they are located. Credit and placement decisions are based on recommendations of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and selected other professional organizations and agencies that evaluate foreign educational institutions.
- generally not awarded for courses completed at institutions not accredited or approved as indicated above. Exceptions may be approved on a course-by-course basis by the head of the department through which each similar course is offered. In the case of courses that may be applicable to general education requirements at MSU but that do not have specific equivalents, exceptions must be approved by the Provost or designated Associate Provost. Students should contact the Office of Admissions for information on the procedure.
- not awarded for remedial courses.
- awarded for graduate credit at another institution only if approved by the head of the appropriate academic department at MSU.
- not awarded for courses in vocational-technical programs or programs not offered at MSU (e.g., fire science). Exceptions may be approved for specific programs and degrees, including (but not limited to) the MSU or a Bachelor of Science with a major in Health Services, Respiratory Therapy, or Radiography. In such cases, course equivalencies and degree applicability are determined by the department head of the major
- awarded and posted to transcripts only for students who enroll at MSU subsequent to completing coursework at other institutions.
Course equivalencies
Transfer equivalencies are based on current policies and generally reflect course numbers from the MSU catalog at the time the evaluation is conducted. MSU courses and course numbers are subject to change; thus, transfer equivalencies are subject to change as well. MSU maintains a transfer course equivalency website. Established course equivalencies for most Missouri and many out-of-state institutions are included. Current MSU students who plan to take courses at other institutions are encouraged to consult with their advisors and to confirm transferability of such courses prior to enrolling.
Initial determination of course equivalencies
Initial determinations of transfer credit equivalencies are made by the MSU Office of Admissions through a comparison of course descriptions and/or course titles. If substantial similarity exists between a course taken at another institution and a MSU course, transfer credit will be awarded for the MSU course. If substantial similarity does not exist, but the course is in a subject matter taught at MSU under a specific subject code, elective credit will be awarded under that subject code (e.g., MTH electives for a mathematics course).
If the content of a course includes subject matter offered in more than one MSU department or if the course description does not provide sufficient information to assign the credit to a specific prefix, general elective credit will be awarded. In some such cases, the course may be designated as applicable to a specific category of the MSU general education requirements. Elective credits awarded for upper-division courses taken at four-year colleges and universities will be designated as upper-division for transfer purposes (i.e., will apply to the upper-division credit hour requirement for graduation at MSU).
Appeal of transferability or course equivalencies
The ultimate authority for transfer of credit rests with the head of the department through which similar courses are offered at MSU. Students who wish to appeal the initial evaluation or transferability of a course may do so through the online "Transfer Credit Reevaluation and Preapproval" system on My Missouri State through which requests are routed to the appropriate department head. This process is available only to admitted students who have conferred with an academic advisor and received an initial advisor release to register. When making an appeal, students must be prepared to provide supporting documentation (e.g., a course syllabus, course description from the other institution's catalog, examples of work).
Students who have taken courses that do not have specific equivalencies at MSU but that appear to be substantially similar to courses in the MSU general education program may appeal through the Transfer Credit Reevaluation and Preapproval system to have those courses applied to the general education program. Such appeals will be routed to the appropriate designee of the Provost for review. Students should be prepared to provide supporting documentation as indicated above.
Credit hour equivalencies
Credit is converted to semester hour equivalents. In converting quarter hours to semester hours, a conversion factor of two-thirds is used.
If a course at another institution is offered for fewer credit hours than an equivalent course at MSU (e.g., if a three credit hour course at another institution is substantially similar in content to a four credit hour course at MSU), the student will be given transfer credit for the equivalent course at MSU but only for the number of credit hours earned at the other institution. In such cases, the student may need to take an additional course to fulfill MSU credit hour requirements.
Grade equivalencies
Transfer grade equivalents will be determined and recorded with the student's transfer credit. Credit will be awarded for courses in which a passing grade was earned. Grades of "F" are included in the calculation of the transfer grade point average. In all cases, transfer grades are preceded by a T (e.g., TA) on a student's MSU transcript.
Transfer grades are assigned on the basis of the MSU grading policy. Through the 2009 summer semester, MSU used a straight A, B, C, D, F grading scale. Effective with the fall 2009 semester, a plus/minus scale was implemented. For this reason, plus and minus grades are not transferred for courses taken prior to fall 2009 (so, for example, a B+ is converted to a B in calculating transfer grade point average); however, for courses taken at other institutions during or after the fall 2009 semester, +'s and -'s will be used in determining transfer grade point average. For courses taken at institutions that use combined grades (e.g., "AB"), the lower grade will be used. Courses taken at institutions that use a grading system not comparable to the MSU grading system will be evaluated with the transfer grade equivalents of Pass or Not Pass. "Withdraw failing" grades are calculated in a student's transfer grade point average as "F" grades. Failing grades assigned as a result of academic dishonesty will be so noted in transfer and treated as "F" grades.
Courses for which transfer credit is awarded that are taken at colleges and universities not accredited by a USDE approved regional accrediting agency or the ABHE will be treated as "Pass/Not Pass" courses for grading purposes. This includes courses taken through colleges or universities in other countries.
A student's grade point average at MSU is based only on courses completed at MSU. A transfer grade point average is carried as part of the student's total record. The MSU and transfer grade point average are combined into a combined grade point average. Refer to the MSU undergraduate catalog for details on how MSU and combined grade point averages are used (e.g. to determine eligibility for admission to programs, academic status, and graduation honors).
Repeating courses
The MSU repeat policy applies to transfer credit as well as MSU credit.
Transfer of general education requirements
MSU adheres to the guidelines set forth in Credit Transfer: Guidelines for Student Transfer and Articulation among Missouri Colleges and Universities, approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) in June 2000 and revised in April 2013. Under these guidelines, students who transfer from Missouri public colleges and universities and Missouri private institutions that adhere to these guidelines will be considered as having met the MSU general education requirements if they complete:
- an Associate of Arts (AA) or an Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree; or,
- the Missouri 42 semester-hour block of general education credit; or,
- the designated general education program at the other institution, provided that the institution certifies the student's completion of that program.
MSU will also honor an AA or AAT degree from any college or university accredited by a USDE-recognized regional accrediting agency. Students with an AA or AAT degree from such an institution will be exempt from the MSU general education requirements. This is a policy of MSU and may not be recognized by other institutions to which a student may subsequently transfer.
Students with a two-year degree other than an AA or AAT (for example, an Associate of Science or an Associate of Applied Science) are not exempt from MSU general education requirements on the basis of their degrees unless approved for an exception by the Provost or designee. Such students will receive a course-by-course evaluation of their transfer credit that will indicate applicability of their courses to MSU general education requirements.
Students who have a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a USDE-recognized regional accrediting agency or by the ABHE and who wish to pursue an additional undergraduate degree will be exempt from all general education requirements at MSU.
Students who have completed or been exempted from the general education requirements by any of the provisions listed above are not exempt from specific course requirements for their majors, even if those courses may be used to satisfy general education requirements at MSU.
Special provisions regarding transfer of credit from two-year institutions
Students are generally awarded only lower division credit for courses completed at two-year institutions. Departments may approve individual courses for upper division credit on an individual basis and may require that a student complete a validation examination or course at MSU.
Professional education courses at Missouri community colleges must be approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to be acceptable in transfer as specific equivalencies for MSU professional education courses required for the Bachelor of Science in Education or Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Such courses that are not approved by DESE may transfer as elective credit. Professional education courses from non-Missouri two-year institutions transfer as elective credit.
If a direct equivalency is not given by an academic department, but the College of Education decides that substantial similarity exists between a course taken at the community college with the DESE approved education program and a MSU course with respect to Missouri Standards for the Preparation of Educators (MoSPE) standards, a code will be assigned to the transfer credit associated with the community college course that will allow it to substitute for the MSU course in a given undergraduate education degree program. Such credit is at the lower-division level unless otherwise specified.
The MSU Professional Education Certification office maintains additional information on its website.
Transfer credit limit
No limit exists on the number of credits that may be transferred from other institutions; however, students must meet the minimum residence and upper division requirements in effect at MSU to receive a degree, as described in the MSU catalog.
Transfer of dual credit courses
Courses taken for dual credit (courses for which students receive both high school and college credit) are evaluated in the same manner as traditional courses offered by the institution through which they are taken. No limit exists on the number of transfer credit hours that will be awarded for dual credit courses.
Credit for experiential learning
Credit is not awarded for experiential learning unless validated through Prior Learning Assessment (see below).
Credit for military education and experience
MSU maintains a separate policy regarding credit for military education and experience.
Prior learning assessment
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Edgar Degas, life and work
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Contains reproductions of the artist's work, extracts from his correspondence, and a study of the artist's personality and work.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Kobe Bryant's back, finally and officially. The Indiana Pacers have drawn first blood in this season's renewal of their rivalry with the Miami Heat. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on a mission. And Hall of Famer Reggie Miller and the NBA's former Dean of Discipline, Stu Jackson, make their debut.
You get all that and more on Episode 141 of the Hang Time Podcast featuring Brad Graham, the author and designer of the The Backpack Baller: The Fantastical Basketball Voyage of Kevin Durant.
According to Graham's Kickstarter page the book "will be a 250 page magnum opus taking a forensic and satellite view of K.D's on-court conquests as well as his off-court challenges. The book will explore his devotion, brilliance and cultural standing, and much like the player on which it's based, The Backpack Baller is non-traditional."
We also introduce Miller and Jackson as the stars of our new segment, "Are You Kidding Me?" The TNT analyst and Hall of Famer squares off against the new NBA TV analyst and former NBA executive crossfire-style in our new debate segment named after Miller's signature phrase.
Dive in here for Episode 141 of The Hang Time Podcast featuring Brad Graham, Reggie Miller and Stu Jackson:
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Caring for and maintaining the appearance of your truck or SUV is just as important to the overall impression your vehicle makes as the custom accessories you buy. When your paint sparkles, your wheels glisten and your interior is spotless and clutter-free; people WILL notice. In fact, (listen up guys) according to a recent survey, one in six women admitted that they would hesitate to make a follow-up date with a man who picked them up for a first date in a dirty vehicle.
A messy, dirty vehicle can give people a bad impression of you; and it goes beyond picking up empty food wrappers and pop bottles. Stale smelling interior, carpet stains and dull or faded paint have all been cited as contributing factors to the negative vibe a dirty vehicle can give off.
The Value of Keeping It Clean
In addition to enhancing your image, keeping your truck clean will also help maintain the resale value or trade-in allowance of the vehicle. For example, if you look at automobile trade-in value experts such as Kelly Blue Books, vehicles in excellent mechanical condition and appearance can easily fetch up to $1,500 more than the same vehicle in good or fair condition.
Okay, so now you're probably wondering, "where do I begin?" Well, the first step is to select the right cleaner for the job. But, with the endless variety of products available, this can be a real challenge. That's when we decided to turn to some of our experts here at Stylin' who sent us their top products for detailing at home.
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First up was Stoner's complete vehicle care kit, which includes 12 specially formulated cleaning solutions designed to polish and protect virtually every visible surface of your vehicle – both interior and exterior. Basically, you get all the hardcore detergents and cleaners you'll need to send dirt and stains packing and you get professional cleaning results right at home. In fact, professional detailing shops charge as much as $200 for the same level of clean you get from the Stoner complete vehicle care kit, which sells for under $55.
As for the wash, Stylin' recommends the Wash & Shine combo kit from D.A. Motorsports. This kit includes a wash and wax detergent and spray wax for future touch-ups.
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Pregnancy and AML
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I received a stem cell transplant for Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) two years ago. I was told I'd never be able to have children and -- lo and behold -- I'm pregnant! I of course will be seeing a specialist who can monitor the baby, but I have a friend who has heard that pregnancy can cause a relapse of some cancers. Does my pregnancy put me in any danger?
Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Although there are some concerns about pregnancy in some cancers, there is no evidence that pregnancy has any effect on the risk of relapse/recurrence in AML. Although the chemotherapy used for standard bone marrow transplantation almost always results in sterility, there have been a few patients (men and women) who have successfully had children after transplant. I get a family photo every year from a patient of mine who had a daughter after his transplant 10 years ago. Good luck with your pregnancy!


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WESTMINSTER -- A local woman with Down syndrome is having her song lyrics published this week in an anthology just in time for World Down Syndrome Day on Thursday.
"A Room of Golden Shells" collects the visual and written artwork of 100 people with Down syndrome in the United States and Canada. The book is intended to show the talented things people with Down syndrome often achieve that may go unrecognized.
Jillian Berube, 23, of Westminster has her piece, "My Life," printed in the book. The lyrics deal with the difference between what life as a young woman with Down syndrome is and what people expect it to be.
"It comes from my heart," Berube said.
Berube said her older brother, Tyler, helped her develop her writing skills.
One of her lyrics in the published song is, "I am the kind of person that I was meant to be."
Berube said her lyrics reflect her innermost feelings and that all her lyrics are filled with her true emotions.
"For Mother's Day, for Father's Day, she writes everyone a song," said her mother, Ann Berube.
Ann Berube saw a call for submissions for the book in December and encouraged her daughter to enter.
Jillian Berube works at a clothing store and volunteers with children in the extended-day program at J.R.
She also serves on the Self-Advocate Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, and has performed in plays at Oakmont Regional High School and Theatre at the Mount. She lives in Westminster with her parents and brother, Ethan.
Berube was given two physical copies of "A Room of Golden Shells" and a small stipend. The book goes on sale Thursday and is available online, including major book sellers and Woodbinehouse.com.
World Down Syndrome Day is observed each year on March 21 because Down syndrome is caused by having a third copy of the 21st chromosome.
Follow Michael Hartwell at facebook.com/michaelhartwell or on Twitter @Sehartwell.
"My Life"
By Jillian Berube
My life can be special, it can be anything I want it to be.
I want to express who I am inside.
Everything is changing in front of me.
When I was younger in my life, I would have never known I would be where I am.
My life is a lot different than I thought it would be.
I am changing.
When I was younger I made memories that I keep with me.
I am not as different as people thought I would be.
Yeah, this is me.
Letting my past go is hard, I always carry it with me.
I sometimes feel like I am the only one with a disability.
I am the kind of person that I was meant to be.
My voice can be heard from my story.
I am who I am meant to be!


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March 13, 2011
Long Beach, Calif. - The fifth-ranked Gauchos played in their last non-conference match of the regular on Saturday night, defeating the No. 14 Lewis Flyers in straight sets. Game scores were 25-21, 25-22, and 25-17. With the win, the Gauchos record improved to 12-9, still 9-7 in the MPSF. Lewis dropped to 13-6.
The Gauchos played well despite coming off a disheartening loss against Penn State just the night before. But as has been the case all season, the Gauchos responded well to the adversity- UCSB is now 7-2 this season in matches following a loss.
The Gauchos were led by a trio of hitters. Senior outside hitter Jeff Menzel has a match-high 12 kills, the only player to reach 10 or more kills, on a .391 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Trey Valbuena had nine kills and just one error for a .500 hitting percentage. Trey has recorded back-to-back .500+ hitting percentages for the first time all season. In a rare start, senior outside hitter Todd Travis racked up a season-high nine kills.
In his first start of the season, freshman libero Evan Mottram had a career high nine digs. Sophomore middle blocker Dylan Davis led the match with a .636 hitting percentage on eight kills.
The Gauchos will now be on an extended break in order for the team to focus on final exams this next week. They won't play until Mar. 24 at California Baptist, and do not play at UCSB until Mar. 31 against UC San Diego.
A donation to the Gaucho Fund - regardless of the sport it supports - will be part of the One Donation is Gold system. This allows donors to purchase priority/premium seating and parking at UCSB games across several sports in addition to other benefits.
GKids is the official kids club of UCSB Athletics. Members receive a free GKids t-shirt, free admittance to tons of Gaucho games, opportunities to be ball boys and girls at games, a special birthday greeting from Olie (the GKids mascot) and much, much more! For more information on GKids, or to become a member, please click here.


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Today, Curse and YouTube veteran producer and World of Warcraft personality Athene partner up to bring innovation and freedom to YouTube channels, big and small. Together, Curse and Athene are proud to unveil the Union for Gamers project, an innovative and open way for YouTube producers to get fair partnerships that focus on letting the producer keep their rights and get the best possible deal.
Unlike the majority of current partner offerings that put all the rights and benefits in the hands of the large organizations, Union for Gamers will allow YouTube producers, directors and content creators to get the best possible deal when partnering up. This is very different from the previous contracts, and the focus has been put on making a user-friendly, honest and fair agreement:
- No exclusivity - Your content stays yours, and you're not bound to Curse or YouTube in any exclusive agreement. Your creative freedom stays yours.
- No confidentiality - The contract is open and honest, and you're free to share the contract terms with others and discuss it. The contract is available to everyone to look at at the Union for Gamers site.
- No lock-in - Unlike most current contracts, you're free to leave at any time. You're no longer tied in for an absurd lengths of time with a single organization.
- $3 CPM - This is one of the highest pay scales you can possibly get, higher than what many top YouTube channels get paid now.
Curse and Athene are excited to change the way YouTube partnerships work and encourage anyone who is a YouTube partner or a fan of any YouTube channel to visit http://www.unionforgamers.com/ to learn all about this initiative.
Curse Weekly Roundup
This week, Pico brings us news on things such as Minecraft's 1.2 update, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3 Beta coming to Europe, Assassins Creed 3 taking place in the American Revolutionary War, Bioshock: Infinite's release date, and more. Make sure to check it out!
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What happened at Fall Ride 2005
Stories, gripes, accidents, praise ???? Bigger than last year? Smaller?
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Re: What happened at Fall Ride 2005
After spending most of Fri. and all of Sat. at SARA park, my guess is that it was smaller. Fri. there were very few at the park compared to past years. Sat. was busy but I have seen bigger crowds there. I also noticed that there seemed to be fewer venders. Could be that with the extra fee many moved elsewhere and took some of the people with them so that the crowd was more spread out.
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Hello there!!!!! Another wonderful year at Colorama. Stayed at Vicky Johnson's again. Year 11. Got to take Vicky riding this year. Spent Friday and Saturday on the road. What a beautiful weekend. Saw mama and baby bear and a few deer.
Brought 50 pounds of pop tabs to the school for the Ronald McDonald house. Got to meet Taylor's(Vicky's daughter)teachers. Awesome school you have there. You should be proud!! See, us bikers aren't all that bad.
Thank You Tomahawk for this wonderful event. Please let it continue!!!! See ya next year.
The gang from South Chase.
Brought 50 pounds of pop tabs to the school for the Ronald McDonald house. Got to meet Taylor's(Vicky's daughter)teachers. Awesome school you have there. You should be proud!! See, us bikers aren't all that bad.
Thank You Tomahawk for this wonderful event. Please let it continue!!!! See ya next year.
The gang from South Chase.
Re: What happened at Fall Ride 2005
The Speedway bands were fantastic. While "FOGHAT" was the headliner and great fun to watch, nothing should be taken from the regional and local bands I saw there. Namely, "5 Mile Scream", "Elmer Twitch" and last but not least, our own "Storm". If you just blew in from Kansas and didn't know who these bands were you would think any one of these bands were headliners. Each of them had the stage charisma and antics the big national bands have. These bands have been doing their homework and have the confidence to act and play like Stars. Hats off to you boys, you really rocked. The Speedway staff did an excellant job. The bathrooms were cleaned every hour and always stocked. Actually the first time at a big event like that I wasn't grossed out and gagged at the bathrooms. By Monday afternoon the cleanup crew had the place looking like no-one had been there. The place was packed and no problems. The only time an ambulance came thru, was for a diabetic needing assistance. Smooth runnings and props to the Midwest Biker.
Re: What happened at Fall Ride 2005
What happened??...had a great time again. the cops do a really good job of letting people alone as long as their acting safe.Saw one dumbass on main street Friday night trying to do a burnout when leaving. This is where we have to police ourselves if he would have lost control and hurt someone (maybe a kid) that would be the end of this event as we know it. I did go over to him and tell him how impressed I was with his display of stupidity. Thanks again to the people of Tomahawk for putting on this great event.
Re: What happened at Fall Ride 2005
Attended this years fall ride as I have for the past four years. I think its an event that Tomahawk can be proud of. My hats off to the police and the promoters for keeping it a safe event for all. Fom my observations it looked like all the venders did very well this year. By saturday I know the pickings were getting slim at a lot of the booths. Can anyone give me what the pedicted number in attendace was ? I know it had to be a lot more than last year. My only complaint of the whole event was the band down by the bowling alley. The last two years its been pretty bad. Even my son ,whos into that type of music said it was bad ,last year. Bands at the east end were fantastic and by the numbers of people at that end it showed.
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Had a great time at the Tomahawk Fall Ride this year. Arrived on Thursday at the Tomahawk Speeway and stayed till Sunday. The bands were fantastic. The only gripe I have is that some idiot was reving his bike non stop from 2am till 4am every morning and we couldn't find the showers. Luckily my family lives in Tomahawk, so we had a place to go for showers.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Isaac became a tropical depression over northern Louisiana Thursday but forecasters said flooding rains persisted in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi.
The storm has taken at least one life, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Pearl River County said a falling tree struck and killed a tow truck driver who was clearing debris at midnight in Picayune, Miss., CNN reported.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 5 p.m. EDT advisory Isaac's center was about 35 miles west-northwest of Monroe, La., and about 40 miles south-southeast of El Dorado, Ark. Top sustained winds were 35 mph and the storm was moving north-northwest at 12 mph.
Isaac was expected to turn toward the north by late Thursday or early Friday. On its forecast track, the storm was expected to move out of Louisiana Thursday, into Arkansas Friday and over southern Missouri Friday night.
All coastal warning have been discontinued.
Storm surge will cause water levels to remain high in southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi through Thursday night, with levels gradually receding Friday.
A storm surge of more than 5 feet was observed Thursday afternoon at New Canal Station, La. A storm surge of more than 5 feet was still present along the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain and a surge of nearly 5 feet was occurring at Waveland, Miss.
National Weather Service meteorologist Danielle Manning said Thursday the Baton Rouge area "is out of the worst of it and is seeing the light at the end of a very short tunnel." Manning said the area will likely remain under a tropical storm warning until Isaac weakens to tropical-depression strength, probably Thursday evening, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate reported.
A flash flood watch is to remain in effect until 7 p.m. for southeast Louisiana. Officials in Ascension Parish said they were preparing for flooding from the Amite River this weekend.
Forecasters said Isaac may have spawned at least three tornadoes overnight in Gulfport and Jackson, Miss., and Geneva, Ala., CNN reported.
Mississippi and Louisiana have ordered evacuations in all low-lying areas along the Tangipahoa River, which was observed early Thursday at 17 feet -- 4 foot above flood level -- CNN said. The National Weather Service said the river was expect to rise to as high as 19.5 feet by Friday.
Residents of Washington Parish have been warned the Bogue Chitto River along the Louisiana-Mississippi line, was expected to rise by 14 feet overnight.
The office of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said a controlled release of water began during the afternoon at Lake Tangipahoa to prevent the collapse of a dam that was "badly damaged by heavy rains." Jindal said a planned controlled-breach would send water mostly into a forested area, and not into populated areas, but Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess urged mandatory evacuation as a precaution.
Jindal said Thursday thousands of people are in shelters and thousands more are under evacuation orders in Louisiana.
At least 14 people were arrested overnight in East Baton Rouge Parish for violating an overnight curfew, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate said.
In the aftermath of the storm, Olde Towne Slidell, La., was covered in thigh-deep water, and officials were conducting rescues of people trapped in their homes, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported.
Sgt. Robert Crowell, a reserve officer with Slidell police, told The Times-Picayune it was unclear how many might need help, but when officers see people on porches, they ask them whether they want to be evacuated.
St. John the Baptist Parish officials said more than 3,200 people had been rescued or evacuated in neighborhoods flooded by a tidal surge from Lake Pontchartrain Wednesday, The Times-Picayune reported.
In Washington Parish, along the Mississippi state line, police went door to door to warn residents of possible flooding from the Bogue Chitto River, which was expected to rise 14 feet overnight.
Curfews were in place from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
About 840,000 people were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas.
Utility companies said power was being restored Thursday to some of the 700,000 homes and businesses affect by Isaac in southern Louisiana, the Times Picayune reported. Entergy Corp. of New Orleans said it had called about 7,000 additional line crews and contractors in to restore service in Louisiana and Mississippi and power had been restored by mid-morning to about 4,000 customers in Orleans Parish.
Rain was expected to continue to be heavy, with Isaac dropping an average 7 to 14 inches.
Isaac hit the Gulf Coast on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The center of Isaac bypassed New Orleans but hit Plaquemines Parish south of the city on the flood protection system that protected New Orleans.
The locally built gulf-side levee of Plaquemines Parish was overtopped by Isaac's massive surge, deluging the area with as much as 14 feet of water, officials said.
Dozens of people had to be pulled to safety by rescue workers and neighbors. Officials went door to door early Thursday to evacuate additional people as the water crept up the west bank.


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I will tell you why I have blind faith in free trade. It's because any alternative to free trade requires coercion. Coercion requires threats and acts of violence. I am a pacifist. I believe that all violence which is not directly engaged in reducing even worse violence (that is, I believe that a police are necessary) is evil, and counter to God's will. I think that violence is the worst injustice. Thus, I think that violence cannot be used to counter injustice. Thus, I am philosophically opposed to most laws which interfere with trade, e.g. a minimum wage law.
You can see that my faith isn't so blind as some would say. There's a train of logic which only requires one assumption: that violence is the worst injustice. I would say instead that some people close their eyes when it comes to regulations.