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By Alan Guebert, Farm and Food File
Enid News & Eagle
ENID, Okla. —
Last October, several University of Illinois alums sent a letter "to encourage (me) to … join (them) by making a contribution to a scholarship fund that has a personal meaning to you."
What, I toss a pebble-sized check into the Big U's pond and that "C" in Math 111 40 years ago morphs into a "B"? No, but the numbers meant to motivate me became a pebble in my shoe.
"When we were freshmen," my contemporaries wrote, "our in-state tuition was just $248 a semester" because "(a)t that time, the State provided 49 percent of funding to (the university)."
"Over the years," however, "the University has had to rely on raising tuition to offset the declining level of State support, now only 12 percent."
States play the same shrinking role in their public universities' ag research budgets. A generation ago, most spent generously on their land grant universities and ag experiment stations, a nationally integrated system of research and education that was founded, hand-in-glove, with the Department of Agriculture in 1862.
Today, however, the funding level is embarrassing small. For example, 30 years ago two-thirds of all funding for the University of California's Ag Experiment Station came from the state; today California pays but 15 percent.
Federal spending for U.S. ag research and development, while not falling, has stagnated in the last decade even as private ag research funding has exploded.
According to a December 2012 report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the feds spent $3.8 billion on ag research in 2009 while industry spent a staggering $8.7 billion.
Private R&D is important, the report notes, but the bulk of the money is "dedicated to commodity and high-value crop production … specifically to the development of improved seeds and crop protection chemicals for the most lucrative global markets …"
In fact, "In 2011, the six largest multinational companies with significant agriculture focus invested nearly $6 billion globally in R&D for these two product categories" out of $14 billion spent on all American-sourced ag R&D.
That narrow focus leaves a shrinking pool of available dollars for public institutions to address an expanding list of problems facing farmers and ranchers, according to a White House report.
Some of these "new challenges" include the need to boost the efficiency of shrinking water supplies while "reducing (ag's) environmental footprint."
Other basic R&D is needed to address "challenges" not even mentioned in the report like small farm ecology, perennial plant development and rural infrastructure, key elements to efficient, effective food production 10, 20 and 30 years from now.
"But … these challenges," explains the report, "… require a strong public commitment to agricultural research ..."
How much? The report recommends another $700 million in federal spending, or an 18 percent increase in today's federal ag research budget.
That's a lot of money but it's a pittance to help secure the future of the $2.25 trillion enterprise owned and operated by today's farmers and ranchers.
In fact, it's just 12 percent of what the expanded federal crop insurance program would have cost if Big Ag's 2012 farm bill had passed.
So, what do you want, fatter crop insurance subsidies for one farm bill cycle or ag assurance for another 150 years? To Abraham Lincoln, a visionary genius, the answer was simple. It still is.
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In order to preview this series against the Senators, we figured that it was high time we did more than just antagonize Silver Seven Sens from afar. So here is their resident degenerate to answer...
For the first time since the city of Ottawa was granted an expansion franchise in 1990, and they joined the NHL in 1992, the Senators will face off against the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs.
In an unusual turn of events, we'll be covering the final game of the NHL season even though it doesn't involve the Habs directly.
That game sucked really bad and there's really no point in you watching this, but you might as well.
Ottawa is off to a fine start to their 2013 campaign and are the first un-ambigiously good 5 on 5 team the Habs have faced this season. However, they are missing their top forward which may swing...
Tons of penalties, and the worst 40 minutes the Habs have played this season have the Senators up 4-1.
While I was writing this thread, every single player on both teams were given minor penalties.
A 4 game winning streak is on the line as a split crowd in Ottawa will likely boo the Senators out of their own building. Can the Habs overtake the Sens for 2nd in the Northeast?
In just their second road game of the season, the Montreal Canadiens take on their toughest opponent yet, the Ottawa Senators. Can they keep the winning streak alive?
The Montreal Canadiens outscored the Ottawa Senators 19-11 last year over 6 games, let's relive those 19 goals.
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[Omnicat] <Nyaa> We will of course be playing Star Citizen. If you have a game package with alpha access, you can join our subversion efforts right here. See you in the 'verse!
[07-28, 09:26] <OniichanDaisuki> Guilty Crown nostalgia anyone? #580816 :)
[07-28, 08:47] <Nyaa> http://internetpulse.com/
[07-28, 08:32] <WastedMeerkat> jhon1988, what do you mean? Does it load slowly for you?
[07-28, 08:29] <4iDragon> HI
[07-28, 08:26] <jhon1988> Response of the site is very bad! in japan.
[07-28, 08:04] <jofs> Can someone recommend a show that's similar to "Working!!" and "Servant x Service". I'm in the mood for some office/restaurant/workplace comedy
[07-28, 07:09] <matteroll> @WZ1 .... Netflix has pre-emptively and exclusively licensed for streaming as a Netflix Original Series. So they are allowed to do that lol.
[07-28, 07:02] <pky> Oh, God... please...
[07-28, 07:02] <pky> >monogatari = ecchi
[07-28, 06:13] <TheM4gicMan> @NIFTeam Refer to the IRC tab.
[07-28, 06:03] <NIFTeam> Sorry where i can find a support tab or contact somebody of nyaa's staff?
[07-28, 05:50] <Abunja> both got*
[07-28, 05:49] <Abunja> there's actually nothing wrong in the toothbrush scene, Imouto6969. except that they seem both sexually aroused o_0
[07-28, 05:48] <WZ1> I check Netflix's progress in acquiring good anime to stream at a friends house and what do i see? Sidonia labeled as a Netflix original. My fucking sides. They hurt
[07-28, 05:26] <Imouto6969> Lol Kips, clearly you haven't witnessed the greatness of the toothbrush scene
[07-28, 05:09] <Abunja> @Fait, watch Panty & Stocking
[07-28, 05:03] <Artemix> Wow Tokyo ESP is so bad...
[07-28, 04:48] <Kips> monogatari isnt ecchi last i checked i thought it was all just interesting dialouge but like no action
[07-28, 03:57] <darkash> ...
[07-28, 02:51] <Global Tornado> Chrome Shelled Regios, the show within the show they would watch on TV was in glorious Engrish. "I'ma fuckin kill yru!"
[07-28, 02:26] <Abunja> oh, sorry. i badly phrased what i said before. i mean, if they want to fap then they don't need to watch ecchi
[07-28, 02:24] <Abunja> uhm, something that you can fap on, i guess.
[07-28, 02:22] <WZ1> what even do you think is in that section dumbass?
[07-28, 01:41] <Abunja> why watch ecchi? if you want to fap on it, there is a section in this site for that
[07-28, 00:52] <FaiT> The year is After Colony 195......
[07-27, 23:17] <Sethanye> Murr ill try finding DxD then, i dont mind if its a smaller sub group since well the dialog in an ecchi is hardly the strongest point anyway, unless youre watching the monogatari series lol. Thanks tho ill see if i can dig it up ^^
[07-27, 23:00] <BakaYuusha> Well everything released this year isn't all the way out on BD unfortunately. Maken-Ki Two I'm waiting to see uncensored cuz it got hit hard. High School DxD New is your best bet cuz it's recent but even that the main sub groups quit putting out the BD releases for some reason even though they're all out.
[07-27, 22:44] <Sethanye> Hey guys, can anyone recommend a recently released ecchi anime, like this year ish without all the censorship, since i refuse to watch penguins, teddies and bats covering half of the screen lol.
[07-27, 22:39] <OneCrazyRussian> #488386 bump
[07-27, 22:38] <sarachikorita> SneakiestNEG++. Also, US stations generally run a CM break every 5-7 minutes.
[07-27, 22:35] <OneCrazyRussian> KSO
[07-27, 22:33] <FaiT> Whoa, Ive never heard an anime character say "Fuck" before....
[07-27, 22:29] <OneCrazyRussian> >Not watching Beverly Dandy, 90210
[07-27, 22:28] <OneCrazyRussian> >using >
[07-27, 22:28] <OneCrazyRussian> >liking Cowboy Bebop dub
[07-27, 22:25] <SneakiestNEG> The only dub I ever liked was cowboy bebop.
[07-27, 22:23] <SneakiestNEG> Did someone say censorhip? I remember the days of Escaflowne. The internet has truly saved us all. Not to mention that American cable companies have commercials every 10 minutes. No exaggeration.
[07-27, 22:15] <SneakiestNEG> I will never complain about something that is free. I hate people who insult uploaders or whine about seeding. Unless there is a virus I am always grateful
[07-27, 22:06] <[TRVE]> Not the right place, you say?
[07-27, 22:04] <BakaYuusha> @CTRL FEAR Check out [CBM]. He releases all the new dual audio BDs.
[07-27, 21:56] <Eskimo> Hello, which fansub its recommended for Kill la kill? Is censored the tv version?
[07-27, 21:53] <DmonHiro> Go to BakaBT and look for dual-audio shows.
[07-27, 21:47] <[TRVE]> You might want to add "dual" as a search term as well.
[07-27, 21:37] <DmonHiro> This really isn't the place to look for dubs.
[07-27, 21:29] <CTRL FEAR> Thanks ^^
[07-27, 21:25] <Abunja> if you want to screw that badly with your subs, use notepad
[07-27, 21:24] <Dat Size> http://www.nyaa.se/?page=search&cats=1_37&filter=0&term=dub
[07-27, 21:20] <CTRL FEAR> is there a way to just search for dub only?
[07-27, 21:19] <BakaYuusha> Didn't they try to drop a colony or something on Earth in every Gundam series?
[07-27, 19:58] <FaiT> Its basically reverse GundamWing
[07-27, 19:53] <FaiT> Aldnoah.Zero = colony drop
[07-27, 19:47] <Akaneon> Download some DUWANG and use their entire format
[07-27, 19:39] <DmonHiro> Make the primary color black and the outline red, if you want the subs to REALLY suck. You could also go with all caps.
[07-27, 19:38] <BakaYuusha> Thank you.
[07-27, 19:37] <herkz> it means "stop using shitty trackers"
[07-27, 19:34] <DmonHiro> Comic sans, no vertical padding.
[07-27, 19:33] <anime90> Why " Status unknown " somtimes comes instead of Seed/Leech ? Dose it mean the tracker is not correct?
[07-27, 19:32] <[TRVE]> Aegisub.
[07-27, 19:30] <BakaYuusha> What does everyone use if you wanna screw with subtitles?
[07-27, 19:09] <Akaneon> This episode of Space Dandy lol
[07-27, 18:54] <herkz> yeah too bad 選手 makes no fucking sense there so it's obviously not that
[07-27, 18:51] <BakaYuusha> You're absolutely right then. I was mishearing what she said is all. Thought she was saying senshu.
[07-27, 18:50] <DmonHiro> If I recall correctly, that can mean "youth", but not as a person, as the time period.
[07-27, 18:49] <[TRVE]> There is no other possible translation.
[07-27, 18:48] <herkz> seishun, which is an extremely common word
[07-27, 18:43] <BakaYuusha> @herkz Can you tell me what that first thing she is saying in romaji then please cuz I know what bakayarou is but I can't really make out what she said before that.
[07-27, 18:42] <BakaYuusha> @pky Episode 4 is censored a little bit as well. CrunchyRoll's isn't.
[07-27, 18:38] <addityo> because the other altenative is watakushi
[07-27, 18:37] <fnord> HS doesn't get A+.
[07-27, 18:36] <pky> It was only one panty shot in the first episode. I went through the rest quickly and didn't find anything else censored (I may have missed something though).
[07-27, 18:27] <herkz> ...
[07-27, 18:26] <DmonHiro> No offense to anyone, honestly. But how come FFFs release for Rail Wars got the blue, even though it's censored. Just curious...
[07-27, 18:20] <herkz> p.s. cr's tl for that line is completely accurate (perhaps even a little too literal if you ask me)
[07-27, 18:19] <herkz> you are so wrong that it shows how little japanese you even know, bakayuusha
[07-27, 18:15] <[TRVE]> brb redownloading
[07-27, 18:06] <Gin-san> cursing own youth maybe
[07-27, 18:04] <ShirouAmada> Take a ride on the meaning here :P
[07-27, 18:03] <ShirouAmada> iirc "Goodbye, my youth!"
[07-27, 18:02] <BakaYuusha> Just for reference the line sounds like "senshu no bakayarou" so correct me if I'm wrong please.
[07-27, 17:59] <BakaYuusha> @[TRVE] Barakamon 03 11:56 either translation
[07-27, 17:53] <ShirouAmada> Forget Akame ga Kill and watch Aldnoah.Zero!
[07-27, 17:50] <[TRVE]> Now I'm curious. Which line?
[07-27, 17:49] <Gin-san> Can't get enough of Akame ga Kill
[07-27, 17:49] <KilluaSoIMBA> YOOOOO
[07-27, 17:48] <Gin-san> Yo.
[07-27, 17:47] <Kaga404> Hi
[07-27, 17:40] <BakaYuusha> Just picking at an example recently but Barakamon 3 there was a line that was completely wrong and Anime-Koi followed suit.
[07-27, 17:37] <BakaYuusha> I can understand CrunchyRoll not taking a literal translation to make it more favorable and understandable for a western audience but they just straight up screw up translations sometimes.
[07-27, 17:26] <FaiT> I liked DatteBayo, but then they died....
[07-27, 17:25] <SenketsuSubs> Seeing the discussion about quality of subs CR/Funi, it's one of the reasons I entered in "scene" now. Usually I trust in fansubs, but I prefer the "official" ones like CR/Funi.
[07-27, 17:05] <qashairy> [commie] & [HS] delaying Yama no Susume 2. Well, that's something "new".
[07-27, 16:58] <herkz> because they're stupid, obviously.
[07-27, 16:58] <herkz> no, you're basically 100% correct. most people who watch anime have no idea how right or wrong subs are. they tend to conflate stuff like english errors and non-literal translations that they can recognize with TL accuracy/quality.
[07-27, 16:46] <[TRVE]> Or maybe I simply don't watch enough shit to notice.
[07-27, 16:44] <[TRVE]> See, and this is just what I can't get behind. I myself don't know enough Japanese to be able to compare translations - and I doubt the majority of you does, either. What you do notice is awkward phrasing, wrong idioms etc. For that the editor is to blame (if there is one), not the translator.
[07-27, 16:42] <herkz> yes, i loved how good funi's subs were for nourin, personally


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If you recall, three months ago in this space we posted a pretty cool commercial Teemu Selanne made for Finnish milk company Valio Suomi. The commercial had its own "making of" video to accompany it, but the Ducks video crew also shot some footage during the filming of the commercial and have their own look behind the scenes:
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The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced on Thursday, July 24 that they have signed defensemen Barry Goers to a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract for the 2014-15 season. Goers split the 2013-14 season between the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL and the WBS Penguins of the AHL before signing an AHL contract with the Penguins on March 19. In 25 games with the Nailers, ...Read More »
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According to multiple reports, Dmitry Sinitsyn has opted to sign a two-year, two-way deal with Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Russia. Sinitsyn's deal will start with the 2014-15 season and is a two-way deal, which allows him to play at the KHL level with Dynamo Moscow or in the Russian equivalent to the American Hockey League (AHL), the ...Read More »
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There are many "firsts" in our lives— our first word, our first step, our first day of school, and our first date. Even in advanced age we encounter firsts. Earlier this year, I tasted kudzu— in the form of jelly prepared from the kudzu blossom— for the first time.
Most firsts occur organically over the course of a lifetime. One has to begin with a single word before he or she can eventually form sentences. One step is taken and then the next, before a series of steps begin to take us where we want to go.
I remember changing my child's first diaper but I don't remember the first time I fed my children.
Feeding babies is a routine procedure and each child is unique. My daughter, our firstborn, was a dainty eater— neat, measured, and refined. At 18-months old she sat in Commander's Palace in New Orleans and was perfectly behaved as she ate. At the end of our meal, there wasn't a crumb on the floor, nothing on the table, and not even a smidge of pureed carrot on her face.
My son, however, was a messy eater. He ate fast, he ate aggressively, and he ate a lot. Food was scattered and splattered within a six-foot radius of his high chair. At the end of a feeding session (they were much too barbaric to be called "meals") he was covered in food— hair, cheeks, hands, and clothes— and whoever was doing the shoveling was usually covered in food as well. I am sure there was a first time he ate neatly, but I don't remember it.
Inherent in firsts is that they are ultimately finite. Once a first is over that's it. Forever.
There is one first that is on my mind today and it is one of the most wonderfully entertaining and heart-warming firsts a parent will ever witness. I don't remember my first in this category, but I will be eternally grateful that I was there to witness the first time my daughter ever tasted chocolate.
Yesterday I saw a photograph of my great niece, Chandler St. John, taken immediately after sampling her first taste of chocolate. It was an expression that I remember well.
Chocolate is a beautiful thing— rich, creamy, sweet, with a melt-in-you-mouth consistency not offered by any other food. Chocolate is unique. Therefore it is a monumental event the first time a baby ever eats chocolate.
In December of 1998 my daughter was 18-months old. Her mother and I had been typical overprotective and older parents of a first child. She had spent the first year and a half of her life eating a perfect diet.
One Sunday afternoon we were making brownies in the kitchen and, instead of keeping the bowl of remaining chocolate batter for myself, I placed it in the lap of my daughter who was sitting on the butcher block in the middle of the kitchen. She picked up the wooden spoon, took a taste, and her world became a better place to live, instantly.
There are many adjectives I could use to describe her expression and demeanor in that moment. She was immediately surprised, then ecstatic, then overcome by a feeling of— what can only be described as— pure joy.
She licked the spoon. She licked the bowl. She ran her tiny hands and fingers around the inside of the bowl capturing all of the remaining chocolate. The perfect, neat eater was gone. In her place a new child, one who had just discovered chocolate, obviously the most amazing creation on the planet.
The chocolate was in her hair, on her cheeks, and smeared on her clothes, though most was making its way to her mouth. In a split second, fueled by sugar and cocoa, she raised the wooden spoon high in the air in a triumphant celebration of this new discovery. All hail chocolate! In that instant I snapped a photograph and it became our Christmas card that year. Joy to the world? Absolutely.
Over the years our family has continued to encounter firsts. Yet as we all grow older they are few and far between. She attended her first homecoming dance a few weeks ago. Gone was the chubby cheeked toddler in red pajamas covered in chocolate. In her place a beautiful, smart, and charming young lady in an evening gown— breathtakingly stunning.
Do I miss the toddler? Some days I do. Though I am trying to soak in every moment at every stage of my children's lives. This weekend I think I will make brownies. She and I will sit and talk about the beauty of chocolate and life ahead. Maybe I will even let her lick the bowl.
The first taste of chocolate
There are many "firsts" in our lives— our first word, our first step, our first day of school, and our first date. Even in advanced age we encounter firsts. Earlier this year, I tasted kudzu— in the form of jelly prepared from the kudzu blossom— for the first time.
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CASTLETON — Thomas Cinelli, DDS, 76, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, after a long illness from metastatic prostate cancer and dementia at Riverside (Resurrection) Center.
Dr. Cinelli was the son of the late Jenny and Pasquale Cinelli of Schaghicoke.
He was the cherished husband of Patrica All Cinelli.
Dr. Cinelli graduated from Siena College in 1957, and in 1961, from New Jersey College of Dentistry (Seton Hall).
He served as a Dental Officer in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps from 1961 to 1963, and was awarded a commendation as the top Dental Officer of 45 Dentists assigned to the detachment at Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
He worked as an associate in the general practice of Dr. Robert Dunning in Amsterdam from 1963 to 1964. He began his own practice of General Dentistry February 1964 in Castleton where he continued to practice for 42 years.
Dr. Cinelli was an active participant in various community organizations including the Castleton Kiwanis Club (30 years), the Schodack Business Association, the Waterfront Advisory Committee (chairman), and the Esquatak Historical Society.
In 2004, he received the Castleton Community Appreciation Award. He was also a lifetime member of the Third District Dental Society.
In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by his children, Victoria A. Callagan, Amy (Daniel) Mahoney, Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Josh T (Lis) Cinelli. He is also survived by his stepchildren, Michael (Jocelyn) Adair and Robin (Emil) Ronchi. He was the loving grandfather to Nicole (Andrew) Osterhout, Ryan Callagan, Brendan Thomas Mahoney, Maria and Emilia Rochi, Lily Adair and Jason Bator. He is also survived by two brothers, James Cinelli and Pasquale (Patricia) Cinelli; and several nieces and nephews.
There will be a Mass of Christian burial at Sacred Heart Church in Castleton at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2013.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 1, 2013, at the Ray Funeral Home in Castleton. His final resting place will be in the National Cemetery in Saratoga.
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Where does all this stuff come from? Its the question I always ask during a spring cleaning frenzy.
I think I do a fairly good job of keeping the nonessentials to a minimum. I dont have any problem donating or tossing what we dont use. But we still have a lot of stuff.
The other weekend, I rolled up my sleeves and tackled the file cabinets. Those cabinets have been essential to my keeping track of the mounds of paperwork that go with having a couple of serious medical conditions in the house. Its the one area that Ive been hesitant to declutter. You just never know when you might need that particular doctors letter or therapy assessment. On one single dog-eared piece of paper is the two-lined report from a Pennsylvania lab confirming Kevins diagnosis. I wanted nothing more than to trash it the minute it arrived, but I have needed that paper countless times over the years to prove his disability.
And although my files are neatly organized, some of them had far outlived their usefulness. It was time.
Some were easier to go through than others. Fifteen years of correspondence with the Wake County Public School System. Some of it matter-of-fact: the annual reviews, progress reports. Some of it a reflection of the frustrations we have encountered: letters to administrators sent as a last resort, reports evidencing our push for needed services.
On the way to the shredder, I looked at nearly every paper in the files, reliving what it took to provide our children the education they deserved. Overall, a good experience with a few pull-our-hair-out situations thrown in to keep us awake. Documentation from the year a schools brand-new elevator repeatedly didnt work and I had a school board members number on speed dial. (The day Kevin turned 13 he was trapped on the second floor at the end of the school day. It took five firefighters to rescue him while I gave a play-by-play to the aforementioned school board member.)
Stuffed at the back of the oldest cabinet, behind newspaper clippings and assorted brochures, was a manila folder titled SMA. I didnt even remember it was there. That particular folder slowed me down by more than an hour.
As I flipped through the papers, I realized I was holding the very first collection of information we had amassed after Kevin was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy in 1995. A thick file that contained woefully little useful information.
Back then, we were on the cusp of a technology explosion but we hadnt quite gotten there yet. It would be two more years before we had a computer in our home a monster of a Mac now probably worthy of a museum display.
The doctor who handed us the verdict didnt give us much beyond a diagnosis and a death sentence. We needed facts. And hope.
We were fortunate. My former colleagues at The N&O were quick to use their resources at the newspaper and pass along to us all that they found. Much in that folder was the fruit of my friends research. Another friend was a graduate student at UNC and arranged for us to access the medical library on campus. What was found there was also in that folder.
It sure wasnt much.
So little was known about SMA. So little information for grieving parents grasping at straws to save their child. The isolation was suffocating.
Today, parents are able to connect with families around the world in an instant, forging virtual friendships with those walking the same path. The loneliness is not quite as acute. Research has advanced, and while there is still not a cure, methods of managing the disease have improved dramatically.
With that progress has come access to services and equipment once denied to families like ours. No longer can an insurer deny physical therapy to a patient who wont make measurable progress because hes going to die anyway. Those were the words I heard when I questioned the decision. Expensive machines that we had to buy on our own are now routinely covered for young patients.
I try to gently counsel families new to this life to not look too far into the future. My files show the reason: The science of a disability is constantly changing, and with it, our lives do, too. How far we have come.
And how far we still have to go.
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Desperados - Heineken Nederland B.V.
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Ratings: 126 | Reviews: 44 | Display Reviews Only:
2.25/5 rDev -1.3%
08-01-2014 15:11:44 | More by Istur
2.25/5 rDev -1.3%
07-29-2014 17:25:48 | More by Monochrome
2.5/5 rDev +9.6%
07-23-2014 22:40:33 | More by beerpirates
Alberta (Canada)
1.75/5 rDev -23.2%
07-18-2014 10:01:05 | More by RandyFlameThrower
1.5/5 rDev -34.2%
07-12-2014 01:35:38 | More by Kallenovsky
3/5 rDev +31.6%
07-10-2014 01:06:27 | More by WardOfAKind
1/5 rDev -56.1%
07-10-2014 01:01:40 | More by KerryCummins1977
1/5 rDev -56.1%
06-25-2014 01:31:15 | More by SplitsAtoms
1.25/5 rDev -45.2%
06-24-2014 23:18:29 | More by desint
4.39/5 rDev +92.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Desperados is the reason why I try so many different beers - whether it's IPAs, PAs, lagers, wheat beers, fruit beers, or whatever - the anticipation that that next bottle getting cracked open is *the* beer is one of the reasons why I love beer. Desperados brought me that joy.
Appearance-wise it wasn't anything that started out overly impressive to me. Decent head, but no staying power. The smell though was the first hint that this was special. The perfectly mixed odor of tequila with the barley and malt was so sweet to the nose. The mouthfeel accentuated the smell - thick, crisp, and bold. The taste was what really blew me away - the lager flavor mixed oh so well with the tequila - I wish I had thought of this idea myself. Overall, it's a great beer - I am so glad I still quite a few of these left.
Serving type: bottle
06-23-2014 00:35:35 | More by jjamadorphd
Newfoundland (Canada)
2/5 rDev -12.3%
06-19-2014 01:18:49 | More by cam477
2.75/5 rDev +20.6%
06-15-2014 22:25:36 | More by DonDonLongJohn
3/5 rDev +31.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Found a stray little 15cl bottle at the grocery store down the street. Probably fell out of some kind of extinct party pack that they were selling for the World Cup, but I couldn't find an obvious source. No bar code on it, but the cashier charged me 40 cents and we were both happy.
From a 15cl clear bottle into a snifter.
APPEARANCE: Clear yellow with a small, foamy white head that quickly fades to a faint wisp and ring. Perfectly clear golden yellow with medium amounts of carbonation. Slight ring remains but leaves no lacing.
SMELL: Some grainy malts, lemon, and the signature tequila aromas on the nose. It doesn't smell like beer of course, but it's not all that bad.
TASTE: Follows the nose really. Mild up front with some grainy malts, then lemon and tequila at the swallow. Some wood flavors with lemon and lime in there, as well as some sweetness from the grain. Tequila is present and lends more sweetness but isn't off-putting. It's a bit sweet for my current palate, but it's still alright.
PALATE: Medium body and carbonation. Not all that creamy, a bit foamy perhaps, goes down fine and finishes a touch dry.
OVERALL: When I first moved to Germany in 2002, a mate of mine and myself drank this stuff by the boatload. It was everywhere in the north, and people in their late teens and early twenties drank it at bars and clubs quite regularly. It still is quite popular in Europe among young people, and I see why. It's much more palatable than some of the grainy lagers that are readily available at bars, and for a young person just wanting to get a buzz without having to choke something nasty down, this is a fine option. It doesn't exactly taste like beer per se, but it's not trying to either. Most people just rate it into the ground because it's easy and accepted. However, it's certainly decent for what it is, and brings back some fun memories...
Serving type: bottle
06-15-2014 13:39:37 | More by Jeffo
1.25/5 rDev -45.2%
06-12-2014 18:15:54 | More by Golden32
South Carolina
3/5 rDev +31.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Picked this up, as well as others, while grabbing a La Familiar at a tiny Hispanic store. Probably in the minority here, but I thought this was ok. In fact, better than Tequiza. To me, it almost tasted like ginger ale beer, with a very slight hint of woodiness. Not saying I would regularly pick up a 6er or deucey duce of it, but it was palatable.
Serving type: can
06-08-2014 12:55:48 | More by JISurfer
2.25/5 rDev -1.3%
06-07-2014 18:59:07 | More by dsreeves
North Carolina
3/5 rDev +31.6%
06-05-2014 04:40:38 | More by MichaelProcton
1/5 rDev -56.1%
06-04-2014 00:04:44 | More by soulcougher
1.75/5 rDev -23.2%
06-01-2014 17:15:48 | More by leitmotif
United Kingdom (England)
2.5/5 rDev +9.6%
05-31-2014 18:41:21 | More by endless1408
Quebec (Canada)
3/5 rDev +31.6%
05-30-2014 19:22:15 | More by Socialiste
1.25/5 rDev -45.2%
05-25-2014 14:20:56 | More by sephyrott
1/5 rDev -56.1%
05-24-2014 14:36:43 | More by Rabae6
2.5/5 rDev +9.6%
05-24-2014 01:50:11 | More by PatrickKlopfenstein
North Carolina
3/5 rDev +31.6%
05-16-2014 20:30:53 | More by tdm168
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Newburyport Daily News
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Cheers to the City of Amesbury for its progressive thinking and successful development of a recovery and restoration plan for the Lower Millyard waterfront. Last Monday's front-page article regarding the plan to create a waterfront heritage park for its citizens should be a real eye-opener for Newburyporters. Amesbury's actions serve as an excellent model for the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority and the mayor as to what they could accomplish if they were more open-minded, forward thinking and had the best interests of the citizenry in mind when determining the fate of their city's downtown waterfront.
Amesbury's park will be developed on the banks of the Powow River in an area that has been historically more industrialized. The city's old DPW garage will be torn down, the area cleaned up, Water Street will be straightened and new sidewalks, light posts, and trees will be installed. The Amesbury waterfront will also include a canoe and kayak launch, a relocated Carriage Museum and Chamber of Commerce building, a bandstand area and connections to the Riverwalk.
Amesbury expects this all to happen by the summer of 2014. And how is Amesbury paying for all of this? City money for sure, but also with monies from state and federal grants. The state has awarded Amesbury $400,000 of the estimated $1.5 million cost and the city has also signed an agreement with the state for an additional $250,000 to build a canoe and kayak launching area on the river. The Environmental Protectio Agency is kicking in an additional $400,000 for the soil remediation.
In comparison, what plans have the NRA and the mayor of Newburyport cooked up for the waterfront, with its magnificent open spaces, viewpoints and historical relevance, as well as its potential for educational and recreational opportunities? The NRA, with the mayor's support, plans on selling (or leasing) large portions of the public waterfront to private developers, who will build new storefronts and condominiums for a privileged few in our community. These building complexes will be over three stories high and likely 40 to 50 feet wide or more. The open vistas in the waterfront park will be gone, and so will the parking spaces that the building complexes displace.
And why is there a plan to put $20 million of new condo and business complexes on the waterfront ... to pay for fixing up the existing "dusty old parking lots" and slightly expand the existing park? It makes no sense, not when grants and donations could probably pay for the bulk of the park and parking lot improvements.
The NRA and the mayor should be ashamed of themselves for putting forward the proposal to sell our open waterfront to the highest bidder and to build expensive private condominium complexes and new shops to complete with our already stressed downtown businesses. The Committee for an Open Waterfront is preparing an alternative concept for the waterfront that does not include selling off our historic public lands and they are offering their support to the NRA and the city to see this concept, or something like it, implemented without sacrificing our public lands.
Lon Hachmeister
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STOCKBRIDGE — An Air Force bomb squad was called to a Stockbridge home Thursday after a cleaning crew discovered a World War I explosive device underneath a vacant house, police said.
Henry County Police Sgt. S. Lyle said authorities were called to the scene in the 300 block of Edna Drive about 4 p.m. after the cleaning crew made the find.
He said the device, which he described as a 75 mm Howitzer shell, was probably a dud because of its age, but still, precautions had to be taken.
The Clayton County Police Department's bomb squad was initially called to the scene, since Henry County does not have its own explosives crew, but the team quickly identified the device and called an explosives squad at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Lyle said.
"Basically, it was out of Clayton County's area of expertise," the sergeant explained at the scene. "They're required to call the military for anything they find that's military-related."
The Air Force crew was dispatched to the scene and was expected to transport the device to an undisclosed location, where it would be disposed of.
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Playa Preservation Tips
Our man Dave X, who manages the Fire Art Safety Team (FAST) and all the awesome pyro stuff you see on playa (yay fireworks) wrote up a great post about taking care of the playa, and what you can do to help … a lot of stuff you are likely not aware of that makes a big difference. Take it to heart, and your planning process! Dave X says:
When I first came to the Black Rock Desert (in 1992) for Burning Man I was amazed at the place. "NOTHING" in any direction: no plants, no rocks, no people and no rules. The place seemed indestructible and the perfect place for all kinds of jack-assery.
Well, over the years (as I returned over and over) I started to notice (when I got there early before anyone else) that I could find here and there old Burning Man trash: a piece of firework cardboard, some odd, burned gravel, or something shiny…
I also learned that a slow leak of RV juice or fuel made small spots on the Playa that can, like the tip of an iceberg, represent a huge area that is soaked just below the surface and that is hard to dig out. Read more »


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The Maryland Public Service Commission wants to hear people's experiences dealing with Pepco after thousands were left powerless for more than a week in the wake of the violent June 29 storm.
A public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Council Office Building in Rockville, the first of eight hearings the PSC has planned statewide in order to assess the response of power companies following the derecho.
At its peak, the storm caused power loss to more than 483,639 Pepco customers, . The utility company took nearly 10 days to fully restore power to all its customers, sparking public criticism from government leaders and lawmakers throughout the DC-metro region.
"We need to hear from the customers, from the rate payers, from the citizens about what their experience was," Doug Nazarian, chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission, told council members during a special council session on July 19. "For all the things companies can tell us, they can't impart that to us and we need to have it."
Full broadcast of the council's special session is available on the County Council's website.
Pepco's recently released self-assessment largely defended its response to the outages.
"Did Pepco use maximum effort to restore power as quickly and safely as possible? Yes we did," Thomas H. Graham, Pepco's regional president said during the council's special session in July, before the self-assessment was submitted to the PSC.
According to Graham, Pepco officials thought it was reasonable for customers to be frustrated, but said the company did the best it could.
"Is it possible to restore 483,000 in under a week? No utility that I'm aware of can recover that quickly from a catastrophic event of that magnitude," Graham told council members.
As for the next step, Nazarian said the PSC will host legislative-style hearings on Sept. 13 and Sept. 14 in Baltimore and will also review storm reports submitted by the utility companies, testimony from hearings and written comments submitted to the PSC.
"What happens next depends on what we find," Nazarian said.
If you go …
WHAT: Maryland Public Service Commission hosts public hearing on Pepco's performance after the June 29 derecho storm
WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7
WHERE: Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. Third floor Council Hearing Room
MORE: The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM—Cable Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, Channel 30 on Verizon). The broadcast also will be available via streaming through the county website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov.


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It wasn't even 15 years ago when apps were nothing more than restaurant slang for appetizers. These apps can make you a more efficient and informed athlete whether you're putting in track or road work for a variety of sports training needs. To aid in your fitness, calorie tracking, and to allow you the freedom of exploration without feeling like you could easily get lost while on a run in a new environment, consider these top five running companion applications for your iPhone or Android smartphone.
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Run Keeper Pro is considered the elite running companion app that is available for both iPhone and Android. This program offers a slice of everything to the fitness runner or the competitive runner including caloric output, distance pace and speed. Run Keeper Pro can be applied to a variety of activities: running, cycling, skiing and more. The app is easy to use, and with the Pro version, the Run Keeper site is available as a database and public display. There is a free version of Run Keeper that will introduce you to the apps features. Run Keeper Pro costs $9.99 to load the full version.
Map My Run App
Often referred to as iMap My Run, or just Map My Run, this affordable app will allow for many premium features without incurring a cost. Monitor calories, pace and enjoy GPS tracking capability using Google Maps. Map My Run+ is also available at a cost of $4.99, yet for the individual who is just embarking on a runner's lifestyle, the free version is quite sufficient.
Ghost Race App
When you serve as your own greatest rival, who else to race against but yourself? Ghost Race is an excellent tracking app, offering route tracking and calorie tracking, while monitoring speed and pace. The best part is that it then takes past runs and allows you to compete against yourself on present ones. Simply run the same "course" whether on the track or on the road and enjoy a competitive push from your greatest rival – yourself. This fun app is only $0.99.
Interval Run App
This popular app is for sprinters and other athletes who enjoy getting in a variety of running work. For $1.99, you get an app with a variety of programs that offers a voice recording that tells you what to do, and when to do it. For those from track or cross-country backgrounds, this app is pretty fun, and reminiscent of the varied road/track work that you'd get daily from a coach.
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The third album from Chicago melodic punk quartet, Allister, Before the Blackout, is a triumphant shout from the back of the bar, a euphoric realization that, in a world overrun with despair, mediocrity and compromise, honest, energized rock music can still electrify and invigorate the soul.
It isn't just the band's shout-along choruses, foot-stomping beats or fist-in-the-air riffs. And it's not the yearning vocals, which are driven by pain, but motivated by the urge to persevere. The secret of Before the Blackout has more to do with the intangibles - the way a certain passage can leave a smile on your face and an ache in your heart; and how the right combination of notes can generate more power than an industrial generator.
And maybe more than anything, the disc is a defiant declaration from a veteran batch of road warriors who refuse to conform to trends and remain dedicated to touring endlessly and writing songs that remind them of the great rock they grew up on, be it the Ramones, Screeching Weasel or Green Day.
To achieve such an impacting sound on Before the Blackout, Allister shuffled their formula a little, adding elements of power pop and album rock into their punk-pop foundation. "So many bands right now sound the same," says singer and guitarist Tim Rogner. "We grew up on pop-punk, and that's what we love to write, but we also want to do something different, so we tried to incorporate more straight-up rock n' roll stuff like Foo Fighters and Marvelous 3 because I think a lot of that is missing from this kind of music."
The results are stunning, injecting dimension to the group's songs without detracting from their primal appeal. "Blackout" is dark and menacing, laden with sharp, tinny guitars, echoing atmospherics and tribal drums before bursting into the kind of chorus meant to be blasted from car stereos. "From the Ground Up" is a bouncy blend of upbeat riffs, speedy beats and harmony-tinged vocals, "Easy Answers" starts with a stealthy power chord riff, then segues into a driving rocker and "2 a.m." is a slower, more plaintive number driven by ringing guitars, longing vocals and dynamic musical phrasing.
Before Allister could unleash their latest triumph upon an unsuspecting public, the band had to overcome some serious personal and personnel problems. Shortly after touring for their 2002 disc, Last Stop Suburbia, Tim's brother and guitarist Chris Rogner left the band to devote more time to his other group, and drummer Dave [last name TK] left because he was sick of touring and wanted to go back to school. "For a while it was just [bassist] Scotty [Murphy] and I, and we were like, should we just end the band?" remembers Rogner. "But we decided to try to keep it going and slowly worked out way back up to where we are now."
First, Rogner called his friend, drummer Mike Leverence, who had played with him in college in a band called The Conways. "He was the first one I thought of," Rogner says. "And fortunately he wanted to join, so that was easy."
The addition of guitarist Kyle Lewis was slightly more complicated. The band got along well with him when they toured with his former band Show Off, and liked his aggressive playing style. However, Show Off were still together when Allister first tried to recruit Lewis, and Rogner was forced to audition several other players. "We had a guy we thought might work out, then at the very last minute Kyle called and said, 'Hey, my band broke up. Are you still looking for a guitar player?' And we knew instantly that if he wanted to join, he was in."
"It was a pretty natural fit for me because I knew the guys, so the chemistry was great right off the bat," Lewis says. "And my playing style is pretty suited to the music they play, so it didn't feel like that much of an adjustment."
Even after Allister secured their lineup, Rogner still had to sort out some personal demons, involving damaging relationships and various types of overindulgence. The album title, Before the Blackout, is a reference to the many drinking binges the singer underwent before entering the studio.
"It has to do with that period right before you black out where you're in this weird zone and you're not really sure what's going on and everything around you seems really surreal," Rogner says. "There were about seven to eight months where I was drinking a lot of alcohol and not really knowing what I was doing and blacking out every day. It wasn't a period I was very proud of. There were just so many things going on in my life that all I wanted to do was get drunk and not remember what was happening."
While drinking provided a temporary escape, Rogner found that the most effective way to cope with his problems was to write songs about them, converting painful and negative energy into something cathartic and positive. "Blackout," is about the frustrations that drove him to drink, "Potential Suicide" recalls an ex-girlfriend who was trying to kick booze and drugs while they were dating and "Alotta Nerve" addresses a girl he was in a serious relationship with for two years, who left him in favor of a drug habit. "I kind of gave her the three strikes and you're out treatment and she struck out," Rogner says. "And me being such a sucker for this girl, I was like, 'Well, maybe I'll give you one more shot,' and she said, 'You know what, I'd rather have the drugs.' Needless to say, I was a little disappointed."
Rogner started writing songs for Before the Blackout in 2003, but was delayed because Allister was constantly on the road. Then in February 2004, the band was between tours, so the members rented a house in the Chicago suburbs and worked on new material. "We wrote nine or 10 songs while we were there," Lewis says. "A lot of the main songs were written after that, but it really got the gears going and after we left, we wrote the rest of the songs in the beginning of 2005."
In March, Allister entered The Vault Studios in Southern California for five weeks with producer Dennis Hill, who helped fine-tune the songs. But while the sessions were extremely productive, the band was under a tight deadline to finish, and wound up working long strenuous hours. "We were in the studio for 14 hours a day, seven days a week, so it was pretty grueling," says Lewis. "But we had a good time."
For Allister, who use music as a vehicle to escape work as well as cope with their problems, enjoying the ride is crucial. The seeds for the band were planted in 1995 by Rogner and guitarist Johnny [TK], classmates and jokesters who hooked up to play their high school talent show. The next year, they became a trio when bassist Skippy [TK] met Johnny [TK] at a University of Illinois math class. In 1997, they changed their name from Phineas Gage to Allister -- after Alasdair Gillis, the host of the zany Nickelodeon children's show "You Can't Do That on Television. By the end of that year, they were playing shows and in 1998 Drive Thru records released their first seven-inch "You Can't Do That on Vinyl."
The next year, Allister released their full-length debut, Dead Ends and Girlfriends for a cost-effective $700. Catchy and fast-paced, the disc was laced with humor, and included a cover of the Backstreet Boys' "I Want it That Way." In 2002, Allister put out their second disc, Last Stop Suburbia, which featured tighter songs that mirrored their love for Screeching Weasel, Green Day and the Queers. The record sold 80,000 copies and Allister supported the disc on tours with Sum-41, Less Than Jake, the Starting Line and others.
With Before the Blackout, Allister have paradoxically matured as artists and proven that energetic, enthusiastic rock is ageless. More importantly, they've illustrated how raging, confessional songs are the best way to treat depression and dependency since electric shock therapy. Or, as Rogner sings in "Alotta Never," "Was there a hint of honesty in anything you said to me? Yeah. I wrote it all down so I could scream it out loud." - From Allisterrock.com
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Let's get it out here front and center: Especially since he changed goalies in midstream, I think Dave Cameron (left in red tie) has done a pretty good job navigating the minefield that is being the head coach in the pressure cooker of the Canadian national team. All that said, I'm pretty sick of dealing with Cameron and so are plenty of other reporters at the World Junior Championship.
Cameron, who coaches Mississauga in the Ontario Hockey League and has directed the AHL's Binghamton Senators, is condescending at times. He likes one-word answers at times. He's downright boring at times.
Even basic inquiries can be shot down. He rarely makes eye contact and has clearly tired of certain inquiries, like the fans or Zack Kassian and Marcus Foligno playing in Buffalo. Too bad. You're here. Deal with it. I reached the breaking point today when I asked Cameron for his thoughts on the storied history of the Canada-Russia rivalry, and his refusal to offer a real answer created a somewhat silly back-and-forth between the two of us that amused plenty of others gathered around.
Someone asked Cameron his memories of the rivalry and the coach scoffed, "Doesn't mean nothing to me. It's winning the gold medal. I don't care if it's Russia or who it is."
I couldn't resist. It was go time. So I shot back, "So you have no real thoughts? Your kids don't know what Canada-Russia is but you have no real thoughts of all the history that's involved?"
"Do I?" (emphasis on the "I")
"No, not really. Not as it pertains to this game coming forward."
"In general, do you have any thoughts on it?"
"I think it's going to be a heck of a hockey game. I mean, it's two great hockey nations."
"No, I mean just on the history of the whole thing. You're the coach of the Canadian national team. You have no thought on the history of the rivalry?"
"Oh I do but I'm not going to share it now because it's nothing to do with my preparation for the game tomorrow. If you want to talk history after, come on over, I'll gladly discuss it and tell you what I think. But it has nothing to do with my team and getting ready. A lot of these guys, you can't go back five, six years and mention hockey. They don't know. So I'm not going to give them the history lesson now."
Grrrrr. We would have wasted less time if Cameron had simply said where he was the afternoon of Paul Henderson's famous Summit Series goal in 1972, which is something a major Toronto columnist told me afterward that every Canadian who was alive that September day remembers. Cameron, a Prince Edward Island native, would have been around age 13.
Click below for the audio of today's session with Cameron. Apologies for the volume. It was a huge scrum I was trying to get forward through and Cameron is a bit of a low-talker. The exchange above is after about 4 1/2 minutes.
---Mike Harrington
Photo: Cameron instructs his players Sunday against Switzerland/John Hickey-Buffalo News.


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by argghh, Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 04:38:34 PM EST
I thought I'd share this email I sent out to my family and friends at 2:30am last night when I got back from Tracy, California. A little context: My family has a long tradition of radical politics, communists, sixties revolutionaries, etc...This is my coming out email for going "mainstream"... :) also, much of what follows goes ditto for the netroots in a virtual sorta way...
"Dear family and friends...
Spent all day today working out in Tracy at the Mcnerney campaign to unseat Richard Pombo (with my cousin Katie and friend Eric!) and I must say this was one of the more wonderful days of my life. It's hard to describe the feeling of tromping around all day in the beautiful weather, surrounded by SUVs, quiet neighborhoods, streets that are all named either Sycamore Way or Weeping Willow Lane, huge lines at the polling station, the ragtag band of rebels gathering at the home of Martha Gamez, perhaps my greatest hero of all time--a woman in her sixties who hasn't slept more than 2 hours a night for a week organizing this vast army of eager but entirely clueless Bay Areans into an eager, happy bunch of door-knockers and still managing to give out hugs and laughs and wow Americans sure can be decent wonderful people sometimes. Today was the day the last smoldering coals of cynicism died in my Election-2000-encrusted-heart. As the sun went down on the vast flat aquamarine skies of the valley, and we stood at the poll watching a huge line of happy, talkative voters wait patiently for their turn and a little posse of sleazy-looking Republicans started snooping around and looking ominous and I thought "No, today, you are not going to do anything. Because we are here. For the first time, I am not watching you fuck this up on the news afterwards anymore. I am here, and so are thousands upon thousands like me. There's Jeb who sat (mostly stood) all day at the poll, that's 12 hours if you're counting, watching for problems. There's Lee who I became best friends with for a day as we got lost in the spiraling suburbs over and over, there's Carolyn who's been traveling across the country with her husband in their RV and they decided to stop here in Tracy for a month and get this election won. And more..."
From now on, anytime you hear me say anything bitter or angry about the American people, you remind me of this day. You remind of the folks in their seventies and the college kids who patiently knocked at doors and worked like their lives depended on it and shocked those little worms. The operatives who were flown in from DC by Pombo and the RNC were defeated by a mob of smiling seniors and housewives and berkeley students and painters and laborers. And then while I was standing there as the poll wrapped up and talked to my friend Eric who said it sounded like they were projecting a 30 seat pickup for Dems a chill went through me. I thought, everywhere around the country in small towns in Nebraska and Colorado and New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, there were people just like me doing this very thing and it meant something. The Democrats hardly even matter in this equation, and they will probably do their best to squander this. But it's too late. People know that working hard enough and watching enough and caring enough actually do make the little guy win every once in a while. That's a very dangerous feeling to have. I've never worked a campaign before on the street, and I will never let one go by again without knocking on some doors. I saw this short, balding, rather quiet, decent older alternative-energy consultant start with a write-in campaign and finish by defeating one of the most powerful, corrupt and poisonous people in congress. And all we did was go door to door and talk to folks. I know I'm not the only one who's gone all-in on this process now. I live here, my beautiful niece and nephew live here, my wonderful parents live here, all my amazing cousins and uncles and the spirits of our grandparents and we honor them in this work. I'm tired of being angry at this place. Time to make some things grow that (my nieces and nephews) Orion and Ivy and Sebastian and the generation before them can tend when they get old.
If you ever want to see where this war is going to be won, walk out on those streets with these people some day. You might never be able to curse or generalize again."
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BRANSON, Mo. —
At the beginning of each weekly installment of "Larry's Country Diner" on RDF-TV, Larry Black is introduced the same way.
"It's time to chow down at Larry's Country Diner," the announcer says. "The coffee is hot and the gossip flows like a river. We are going to have a good time. And now, here's the Chief Kahuna, the big guy, Larry."
The same will happen during the live version of "Larry's Country Diner" this season at Starlite Theater. Rob McCormick is ready for a fun season with the show's cast of well-seasoned veterans.
"We couldn't be more excited to have Larry back with the quality of stars that he's bringing into town," said McCormick, marketing manager for Starlite. "We're so excited to have original stars and original songs performed at our theater."
In its second live season at Starlite, McCormick said interest in the homespun show has exceeded his expectations.
"The reaction has been unbelievable," McCormick said. "We're looking at selling out the first four shows, and May is looking really good as well. Larry's show has become so popular. He's been on RFD-TV for several years and reaches about a million and a half people a month."
Regulars, surprises
Hot coffee, country-fried comedy and American music are served up each time the rural diner's doors open, and the audience is welcomed in for a taste.
"It's a country diner, and it has a cast of regular characters," McCormick said of the fictional spot. "Larry is the host and owner, of course. There's Nadine, the church lady, and Renae, the waitress. The sheriff is Jimmy Caps, who is a real-life guitarist around Nashville."
McCormick said the live version of "Country Diner" is as funny and star-studded as the televised version. They will perform on the original diner set and feature special guests.
Musical variety and surprise guests are keys to Larry's success. The first three televised seasons of "Country Diner" are now available on DVD.
"The fun thing about the diner is that you never know who will drop in," said McCormick. "We have scheduled musical guests such as Joey and Rory, and Gary Morris, and we've got some big names for this season that we haven't released."
During last season's run at Starlite, Bill Medley from The Righteous Brothers dropped in and all the Gatlin Brothers came to a show. Several Oak Ridge Boys appeared for a Rhonda Vincent performance, and country legend Mel Tillis came by for a show and served up an impromptu song.
"'Larry's Country Diner' has given us an opportunity to reach out to some of these Nashville legends that, in the past, would never have performed in Branson," he said. "Con Hunley, T.G. Sheppard, T. Graham Brown. A lot of these guys normally wouldn't perform in Branson, but because they perform on Larry's show they see this as a great opportunity to expand that audience. The response has been overwhelming."
While the cast of musical guest stars is always changing at Larry's, the diner's crew of regular cast members keeps the audience laughing. Nadine, the church lady, is one of McCormick and the audience's favorites.
"Nadine is a cantankerous character," he said of the nosey busybody. "If you have been to church at any time in your life you will recognize her when you see her."
McCormick said the live show and all of the ad-lib banter keeps the show fresh.
"There is no scripting," he said. "You never know what might come out of their mouths. Nadine is a fan favorite."
Even given the shows freewheeling feel, the comedy and humor is always family friendly.
"There is no blue comedy at all," he said, laughing. "Nadine wouldn't tolerate that one bit."
Want to go?
"Larry's Country Diner" at Starlite Theatre in Branson, 3115 West Highway 76 on the Strip, runs selected dates throughout the Branson season. Call 417-335-6323 or go to www.StarLiteTheatre.com for show and ticket information.
The televised version of "Larry's Country Diner" can be found on FamilyNet and a growing number of Nexstar television affiliates. Nexstar operates KSNF and KODE TV stations in the Joplin area.


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John Lee Hall, 79, of Mont Belvieu, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Born December 4, 1933 in Rapids City, Wisconsin to his late parents, Stanley Clifford Hall and Bina Leslie Hall, he moved to Orange, Texas as a young boy and was a Texan most of his life. Mr. Hall attended Sam Houston State University after serving in the Army and was known by Jackie to his close friends and relatives.
Jackie was a proud longtime resident of Mont Belvieu, where he was a member of the First Baptist Church. He cherished his relationships with family and friends that he cultivated over the years and left this world with no regrets. His good natured demeanor and frequent candor made him an excellent conversationalist. Most of all he enjoyed supporting his grandchildren and attending their activities.
Jackie invested many years as a teacher and principal for the Barbers Hill Independent School District where his wife also worked and his daughters attended. His many years of labor and advocacy on behalf of Barbers Hill Homecoming and Scholarship Association that he helped found reflected his conviction in the value of education. Through his leadership, students learned to love competition, sportsmanship and teamwork. From his passion for teaching, they learned to dream and to expect to achieve great things.
Jackie was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Frances Buchanan Hall and sister, Ellen Hall DeShazo. He is survived by his daughters, Gay Lynne Carameros and her husband Carl, Kellee Hamlin and her husband Glynn, and Pennee Hall; grandchildren, Jessica Rensimer and her husband Andrew, Alan Carameros, Jared Carameros, Reid Carameros, Phillip Carameros, Ian Hamlin, Stuart Hamlin and Conlee Hamlin; great-grandchild, Emma Rensimer; sisters and brother, Patricia Thibodeaux, Stanley Hall and his wife Martha, and Audre Miller and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Navarre Funeral Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2013 at the funeral home with Rev. Jake Porter and Mr. Lee Gill officiating. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 24, 2013 at the Farris Cemetery in Richards, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to: Barbers Hill Homecoming and Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 904 Mont Belvieu, Texas 77580-0904.
To view his online obituary, or post a tribute to his family, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Drive, Baytown, Texas 77521, (281) 422-8111.
own, Texas 77521, (281) 422-8111.