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who are these skaters in the video performing there this week, and is that Elvis Stojko at 2:16??
just wondering
who are these skaters in the video performing there this week, and is that Elvis Stojko at 2:16??
just wondering
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oh goodie, it's time for our annual skaters-who-dare-show-support-for-North Korea thread!
Thanks for posting the link, Sugar! Yup, that's Elvis. Anyone recognize the 3(?) non-Asian couples and singles lady? (That little North Korean girl who played the violin while swizzling is cute. ) I wonder if that is a North Korean synchro team and, if so, do they compete internationally?
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Lady - I think it's Elena Glebova.
Lol! I was all "time for the debate about skaters skating in north Korea!" Is it supporting wherever it is, is it legitimizing dictators, is it skater greed, so many things.
There are so few opportunities for skaters to earn money nowadays and this sport is so damn expensive to train that I really can't blame them.
And come on, they get a chance to see North Korea before the regime collapses! Who wouldn't want to do that? It's number 1 thing on my dream list. And yes, I will be supporting the regime doing that but...
Interesting. Didn't Elvis Stojko say that athletes should boycott the Olympics when they were in China?
Why are skating appearances in North Korea such a thing these days? Does the PRK have envy about Yu Na or the 2018 Olympics? I wonder if water should be frozen for Elvis when the the people may not have enough.
Last edited by TheIronLady; 02-17-2013 at 04:41 AM.
Why don't the skaters never learn?
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
I only recognised Stojko, Glebova, Pushkash/Guerreiro. was the first ice dance couple the Hermanns?
well, their choice...
When the U.S. table tennis team visited China back in the 70's, it was not to support the repressive host regime. Neither was the intention of the NY Philharmonic when it visited North Korea in 2008. One can say these events were different because they were "well thought-out and pre-negotiated by the respective governments." But, I would say the participation of the Western and East European skaters in North Korean events is no less encouraging, since it was obviously done with the basic pre-agreed travel exchange programs and commercial (appearance fees) arrangements. It tells that if the governments (U.S., Chinese, South and North Korean) can negotiate their priorities and grant North Korea security in terms of a peace treaty, it could open up whole new opportunities for North Korean people to exchange with the world and work on their paths out of misery with the help of the developed countries.
In 1980 there was a U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In retaliation, Soviet-bloc countries boycotted 1984 L.A. Games. But, when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, there was no boycott of athletic events related to that event in the following years, even with the better facilitated exchange of ideas, facts, etc., with the help of internet. It could have been just the U.S. being the only superpower in the era, but I think the world has changed. Some people, like Stojko, could say the west should boycott such and such events, but IMO majority of people are now better educated, and practical, to know that such action is neither supported by the examples nor beneficial to the athletes/performers or to the people of the host countries.
that whole video just looked scary.. I hope those performers got paid a lot!
You can't even compare this kind of show to competitions. This show's only purpose is to entertain the government and the high elite = entertain people supporting the dictatorship.
Sport is one of the best ways for countries to come together. If these skaters can show a North Korean audience that not all Westerners are pure demonic monsters, isn't that a good thing? Baby steps.
It wasn't that long ago that the thought of Americans going to China or USSR/Russia was incomprehensible. Sport help changed opinions and helped break down walls (pun intended).
Here's another article about Stojko's views on an Olympic boycott back in 2008: It's Time to Demand Rights in China, Says Olympian Stojko
I suppose he could say he wasn't representing anyone else, just lining his own pockets."With the Olympic Games coming up, there's a chance to show China, 'You have to move forward. It's not the Dark Ages anymore,'" Stojko told a rally at Queen's Park in Toronto on Saturday.
"We don't want to sit back and two years from now say, 'We should have done something; we could have done something,'" said Stojko....
He condemned the Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong, Tibetans, and human rights defenders in China....
Stojko called on governments and individuals speak up for human rights while attention is focused on China in the lead-up to the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
"It is our business, regardless of what anyone says. And [we should] stop worrying about what other people think and stand up and make a stand."
Does that mean he'd boycott the Games were he competing?
"It's obviously easy for me to say I would boycott because I'm not an active athlete. But I believe the athletes have a choice to make for themselves. Because they're representing all of us," Stojko said.
They are sending political messages. All North Korean events open to its public (via their TV coverage, which I believe this event was also subject to) or to the world (in the case of this thread, by Youtube footage) bear political meanings of some sort. The event is not primarily for the "entertainment" for their chosen few.


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I sat in the half-light of my old desk lamp a few nights ago, a chilly wind blowing in from the northwest that made me appreciative of my long-sleeved shirt and purring heater. I had come to my cabin for a little quiet, not really much of a departure from the usual state of our house, for our kids are grown and gone, and my wife and I live in a comfortable and mutually imposed peacefulness that is rarely broken by sounds we don't invite inside.
I just wanted to sit amidst my books and papers and accumulated odds and ends to think and listen to nothing in particular, and that I accomplished. It was after only a few minutes of solitude that I spied a bit of red glass sitting on a window ledge that runs from west to east alongside my desk. With it resides an arrowhead and a chunk of fossilized wood that I found in childhood adventures so long ago that even the memories of them have been worn smooth by time.
There's a ceramic jar, decorated with green dragonflies, on the ledge too. In it are a hodgepodge of pens and pencils, a few of which I never use, but since they look nice in their repose in the jar, I've decided to just leave them where they are.
The talisman in question is polished and nearly oval, and it's as colorful as the handmade glass cardinal I keep perched on the ledge too. It's as if it has spent time in a rock tumbler, turned over and over until there's no hint of a sharp edge. It holds only recent memories, for it was given to me by Carmen Palma, a proper little lady with whom we attend church. Calling it a "Thankful Stone," Carmen passed a small wicker basket of the glass baubles from pew to pew a few years back, telling those of us at that Sunday morning devotion to pick one of the color and size we wanted. She told us that we should put the "stone" somewhere close at hand so that when we see it we'll be reminded to be thankful, to be grateful for what and who we have in our lives. I did so, and more than a few times I have looked at that little piece of glass catching the sunlight, and I've remembered Carmen's words, for like most of us, I'm not as appreciative as I should be.
My wife took a red stone too. She placed it on the oak ledge that runs under our kitchen greenhouse window, and she has told me that on occasion, as she washed a pot or pan at the sink, or sliced a bowl of apples or onions, that she noticed the glass sparkling in the sun, and she's tried to think of something or someone for which she was grateful, a tough chore if you knew just how tired she often is, and how late she works at that spot.
I know that this story comes to you a week or so before Thanksgiving, but I couldn't help but spread Carmen's message today, not because I heed it daily myself, but because I so often forget to, grumbling and mumbling about what I don't own, or where I can't go, or what I can't do. I have had a week filled with such frumpiness, prompted, I suppose, by long hours at work and endless chores, a congested head, and cool, cloudy November days that have draped themselves over me like a wet wool blanket.
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|Jen's and my haul
|Coburg Trash and Treasure - at the drive in!
|the daisy chandelier, hanging around on the veranda
|picked up for a song at a home-wrecking sale
|the first lilac bloom from the garden
|Kate Spade note pad and pen - photo taken on my iphone with the Cross Process app.
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RAYMOND — An 18-year-old Raymond woman died after being ejected from her Ford Explorer in a rollover crash on Route 27 early yesterday.
Town police said they found alcohol inside the wrecked SUV and continue to investigate whether alcohol and speed contributed to the accident.
Police identified the victim as Leeann Bergeron, a recent Raymond High School graduate. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to investigators.
Another 18-year-old passenger remains in the hospital. A third passenger fled the scene prior to police arriving. Police said both passengers were also ejected from the SUV
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— Rasmussen College froze tuition three years ago in light of the stagnant economy, and now the college has gone a step further.
The college has cut tuition prices 18 percent for full-time Minnesota students.
The cost per credit for associate's degree candidates is $395, and the cost for bachelor's degree candidates is $310. Beginning in February for new students, the cost will be $299 for both degree options, a 24 percent reduction for associate's and about 4 percent for bachelor's. (For students already enrolled, prices will go into effect in the fall.)
For an associate's candidate taking 12 credits, that's a savings of $1,152. Chief academic officer Trenda Boyum-Breen estimates that for a full-time student who remains enrolled at the college, he or she will save about $10,000 over the course of the degree program.
In addition, the tuition prices will be locked for the duration of the students' Rasmussen career as long as they remain continuously enrolled until graduation.
Boyum-Breen said the across-the-board reduction in tuition cost is about 18 percent overall, a cost savings for students that the college has made possible with a reduction in operating expenses.
Boyum-Breen said Rasmussen has been monitoring the national student-debt problem and also analyzing the job market, including the average salary of graduates of certain Rasmussen programs, such as early childhood education and medical assisting. In response, the college already has cut tuition to certain programs in the past several years to help ease the financial burden on students, Boyum-Breen said.
For example, in 2011 Rasmussen cut the cost of its Medical Assisting programs by 26 percent, and followed with an 11 percent tuition reduction in its Medical Administration program in early 2012.
"We really need to take a profound approach to showing that Rasmussen College really wants the communities in which we serve, and the nation, that we are very serious about offering a stellar learning experience that produces a great outcome for our students at an affordable cost," she said.
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Updated Feb 20, 2013 - 4:47 pm
Suns president Lon Babby addresses NBA trade deadline
Originally published: Feb 20, 2013 - 4:35 pm
Some believe that Phoenix could be in the mix for Atlanta forward Josh Smith, while others have refuted that notion.
The fact is, the Suns have some tradeable pieces and own the worst record in the Western Conference, so the rumors will fly whether there's credence to them or not.
Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby joined Doug and Wolf on Arizona Sports 620 for his weekly visit and pinpointed what the team would be looking for if they choose to participate in any deals.
"The standard for us has to be that we need to be looking long-term, not short-term, we cannot do anything that will only help us in the short-term," Babby said. "It has to be long-term and we have to be extremely cautious about giving up picks, especially first round picks -- that's going to be our lifeblood for getting better.
"Any trade we make is going to have be a trade that advances our cause in the long-term either by getting a young asset or getting more picks or something of that nature."
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has reported that the Suns are one of three teams with an inside track to acquire Smith from Atlanta, along with the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks.
Other rumors involving Suns players have included the Toronto Raptors having interest in reserve point guard Sebastian Telfair, the Knicks sniffing around center Jermaine O'Neal and reports that the Suns are dangling center Marcin Gortat and swingman Jared Dudley in potential deals.
Babby threw cold water on most of the existing rumors.
"The high likelihood is we don't do anything," he said.
The Suns president did say, however, that he's been involved in the game long enough to realize that things can change quickly.
"Everything can change with one phone call," he said. "I don't know whether that phone call is going to come.
"But I would say this: I would not be in the least bit disappointed if our team is exactly the same at this point (Thursday) as it is right now, because it means we have not gotten a deal that meets our very stringent criteria of what we're trying to do."
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Original recipe yields 1 12-inch cake
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 12-inch cast iron skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar, pineapple juice, and dark rum. Cook over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is bubbling, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and spread pineapple slices in a layer over the brown sugar mixture, completely covering the mixture. Set skillet aside.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter in small skillet over low heat until the butter begins to brown and release a nutty fragrance, about 5 minutes. Watch carefully, butter burns easily. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together flour, cardamom, salt, baking powder, and white sugar in a large bowl. Whisk in egg and cold milk until just combined. Pour in melted butter and stir to mix thoroughly.
- Pour batter over the pineapple slices in the skillet; spread evenly to cover.
- Bake in preheated oven until the cake begins to bubble around the edges, the top is browned, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in the skillet for 10 minutes.
- Loosen the cake from the skillet by running a knife around the inside edge of the cake. Invert a large plate over the top of the skillet and flip over, releasing the cake to show the pineapple slices on top.
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UNBELIEVABLE!! This cake is absolutely amazing and so easy to make. It was gone in 10 minutes at my house. Very earthy and fulfilling. I'll be making this again and again...It is "The perfect desert"
So I watched the video of this recipe that was posted on the home page, and decided to try it...Had to improvise a bit (apologies to you review purists) used Capt. Morgans spiced rum and had no pineapple juice since I used pre-sliced fresh pineapple in a plastic container and it had a little sponge on the bottom which stole all the juice. Subbed OJ. Subbed a few dashes of cinnamon and nutmeg for cardamom (personal preference). My skillet was a bit larger than 12 inches, so my batter just barely covered the pineapple and cooked up in about 20-25 minutes. Very tasty - very buttery
Sorry- I thought the cake was dry. There are other recipes I find much more moist and have more flavour. The cardamom did not add the "special" element I thought it would.
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
- Calories
- 263 cal
- 13%
- Fat
- 12.3 g
- 19%
- Carbs
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- 12%
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- 5%
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- 49 mg
- 16%
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- 11%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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This was one of the most disgusting movies I've ever seen. Too much spitting and in one scene I'm not sure but i thought i saw a chick spit in another chicks mouth. It could've been my imagination but i didn't want to rewind to see it again if it did happen. This movie was so extremely disappointing and i would not recommend spending ur money on this!
Boring movie, not very stimulating, was not turned on the least bit. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy this movie.
I didn't like this movie for one, the actors were not loud enough and the movie looks bootlegged. The first scene is ok but other than that it doesn't do much for me.
I really don't want to give it a rating because it was so not good...it was boring and i didn't get the least bit aroused by the movie.
Very boring to me, the last scene was ok. Returned the movie the same day it arrived!


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I write about reason, risk, and regulation.
Last May, Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer-winning science writer and a professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin, published a column pleading with the New York Times' opinion columnist Nick Kristof to stop writing about chemical risk:
"…if we, as journalists, are going to demand meticulous standards for the study and oversight of chemical compounds then we should try to be meticulous ourselves in making the case. And much as I would like it to be otherwise, I don't see enough of that in Kristof's chemical columns. They tend instead to be sloppy in their use of language, less than thorough, and chemophobic enough to undermine his legitimate points."
Blum's column got a lot of positive coverage, with many commenters further "fisking" Kristof's apocalyptic claims and the politics behind them. It made, alas, not a blind bit of difference. At the bookend of summer, Kristof is at it again, beating his favorite chemical conspiracy theory – "Big Chem" is preventing the Federal Government from protecting Americans from dangerous, endocrine disrupting chemicals. Growing numbers of scientists are increasingly concerned and so on and so forth.
But even though Kristof claims to be reading the "peer-reviewed" research, it appears that he only reads that produced by a very, very small group of scientists – all on the farthest reaches of the environmental left. He applies no statistical or experimental criticism to these studies: they always "really" find what they claim to have found; and he seems unaware of the many non-industry funded studies or regulatory agency assessments that contradict them. There is no mention, for instance, of the 15-page point-by-point rebuttal written by the Food and Drug Administration to the Natural Resources Defense Council's petition to ban BPA, a rebuttal which relies, primarily, on non-industry funded research.
Moreover, readers of Kristof would have no idea that the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) is presiding over a $30-million dollar evaluation of BPA, which will result in, arguably, one of the most comprehensive characterizations of the properties and the pharmacokinetics of any chemical in the history of mankind. (This is on top of the millions spent by the FDA and EPA). The NCTR is doing so in conjunction with all the federal agencies, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which has funded much of the "BPA is dangerous" research in the past.
Notably, the scientists who conducted this controversial research (controversial because other regulatory agencies in the US and around the world couldn't replicate it) now have to repeat their experiments according to higher standards of reporting, statistical power, and experimental control. The studies are also being blinded so the researchers won't know whether the lab animals they are analyzing are from the control or dose group, and the final results will be interpreted by the NCTR. Results will begin to trickle out soon.
Asking for proof of replication is not a devious, anti-science tactic on the part of what Kristof call's "Big Chem;" it is the only way to establish validity in science. Remember – according to the much-cited work of medical mathematician John Ionnaidis, the probability that most basic research findings are wrong is surprisingly high.
I have interviewed many scientists who work with regulatory agencies around the world on BPA and other chemical issues. There is a consensus that the cluelessness of journalists like Kristof has not just wildly distorted the actual scientific evidence on BPA, it is contributing to a more general and broader assault on scientific integrity.
The outcome of this will be terrible: regulation by politics - and not by a disinterested enthusiasm for best experimental methods and the best data. This, of course, would suit Kristof's sources just fine, because the kind of science they are doing doesn't have anywhere close to the funding priorities, say, of cancer or AIDS. But the more alarming the message that they can put out about the low dose risks of chemicals, the more funding from the dwindling federal pot of research money they are likely to pull in, thus keeping them in academic employment. Unfortunately, an academic conflict of interest doesn't make as good a media conspiracy story as that of "Big Chem."
The point is that we need good regulation. We need quantified risk – not hypothetical risk. We need agencies that pursue the best possible scientific research without fear of unemployment or favor to industry or politics. Which is why Kristof's ongoing, studied refusal to talk to the FDA on BPA is unconscionably bad opinion journalism. It is doing to the agency for Democrats what right-wing criticism is doing to the Environmental Protection Agency for Republicans: stripping both of scientific legitimacy. The public needs to know what the FDA is doing, because it is doing a lot and doing it well. And for evidence of that,don't just take it from me, take it from NPR.
When Kristof writes incorrect stuff about science, he's still much, much closer to the truth than Todd Akin about pregnancy, Stephen Milloy and Tom Coburn about DDT, Anthony Watts about global warming, and a host of others on similar topics.
Wait, so malaria rates are not higher in tropical countries that don't use DDT?
Someone should tell the World Health Organization that their data are wrong.
Regardless, you don't seem to be making much of a point on the article at hand. Unless you are a very clever troll, illustrating the type of non-science that permeates political thought.
and that means what? "closer to the truth" is acceptable scientific method, since it's better than other overt examples of people talking out of their rears? maybe "introduction to logic" at the local community college should be in your future. as for "the truth", we're all so happy and grateful that you've divined it, on so many important topics. puh-lease…
kristof, like so many of the times vaunted columnists, is long on ego and self-aggrandizement, short on discipline, method, and rigorous analysis. like all of his ilk, when you have an ideological point to make, why bother with the little things. kristof has already decided what's true, now to just find "facts" to support his ordained opinion.
Wow. I thought drawing to an inside straight was a stretch, but you've added a whole new layer to the term "analogy." Nothing like taking an entire article pointing out what a poor journalist Mr. Kristof is and working in totally unrelated topics such as Akin's idiotic comments about rape, DDT and Global Warming (or is it "Climate Change"?). I'm surprised Mr. Butterworth took the time to answer your comment, however I was glad he pointed out your obvious faulty "logic" in a polite way. I guess my question for you Mr. Darrell is what exactly does it mean to be "much, much closer to the truth"? A is A. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that saying C is A is much, much closer to the truth than D is A isn't the answer, no matter how much the "C" answer lines up with our own philosophy …no matter how much volume we put behind it. Your type of argument is killing scientific truth in this country. I'm grateful for people like Mr. Butterworth who is willing to call out the purveyor's of such so called "research."
Now I worry that you were not just wrong, but intentionally so. Stephen Milloy's politics — does he have some? — have nothing to do with it. It's his splendid, fantastic inaccuracy, and the way he ignores completely 98% of science and carefully edits what he does allow to make it appear that it supports his claim. ("Politics" implies that one understands others must come aboard, or at least agree not to filibuster, in order to get something done; I don't see that in Milloy at all). Milloy uses data the way most people use Kleenex.
WHO is quite clear that the science on DDT calls for its demise, as the National Academy of Sciences said in 1970. Oh, but if you're reading Milloy and not checking his footnotes, you may believe NAS said the opposite. There are two problems with DDT that the scientists in WHO have always recognized (as opposed to the politicians who rail against WHO policy): DDT prompts pest insects to evolve around it, and abuse of the stuff causes that evolution to proceed faster; and it is an indiscriminate killer with a long life once released in the wild, killing more beneficial organisms than harmful ones. I am not persuaded to your side when you mischaracterize WHO's careful application of science as "politics."
Kristof may not be so careful as Rachel Carson — another punching bag of Milloy — whose footnotes still withstand all assaults 50 years later, but he's still on the right track. We should be wary of chemical use. We should not willy-nilly assume chemicals are inert in contact with humans.
Should I be suspicious that Milloy also denies the endocrine disruptive characteristics of DDT, and that is your focus on BPA? Who is your source for science on these issues, and are they in the employ of chemical manufacturers who have an axe to grind?
You really should read what the WHO actually says about the usage of DDT, especially regarding Indoor Residual Spraying(IRS). Less than 5 minutes to look up.
"WHO gives indoor use of DDT a clean bill of health for controlling malaria"
From their FAQ "Frequently asked questions on DDT use for disease vector control":
"There are also fears that DDT may have a long-term impact on human health. Although there is currently no direct link between DDT and any negative human health effect, there is growing evidence that it may disrupt reproductive and endocrine function. Opponents of DDT use for vector control argue that its use should be curtailed on these grounds.
Advocates of the continuing use of DDT as an insecticide for disease vector control base their argument on various factors: the unacceptably high levels of mortality and morbidity caused by malaria, the proven effectiveness of DDT in significantly reducing malaria transmission, the relatively low cost of DDT interventions, and the lack of any sustainable alternative in many endemic countries. They argue that the negative environmental and other effects associated with DDT use in the past reflect the massive uptake and bioaccumulation arising from the high amounts used as general agricultural pesticide. The amount of DDT used for disease vector control is negligible compared with that used in agriculture. The advocates also argue that when strictly used indoors, as recommended by WHO, DDT poses very little if any environmental threat."
The world is full of trade offs at the margin. Does DDT usage in disease vector control applications like IRS have downsides? Possibly. Does DDT usage in disease vector control applications like IRS have upsides? Clearly; millions not dying of malaria.


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Led by that charismatic crooner of an international sports enthusiast John Sharkey III (Clockcleaner, Puerto Rico Flowers) and backed by Andrew Mackie Nelson (Ceremony, Paint it Black, Puerto Rico Flowers) and Mike Sneeringer (formerly from Purling Hiss, Puerto Rico Flowers), the Philadelphian super group Dark Blue serve up two fistfuls of velvet lined vitriol for the terrace chanting masses on their debut single for the Jade Tree label. The A Side, Just Another Night With The Boys - an ode to an evening of soccer hooliganism - sonically harkens back to a time in the early 80s when U.K. boot boy bands such as Blitz and Angelic Upstarts shied away from their rough 'n' tumble comfort zone to cover Joy Division and Bowie tunes. The flip is a somewhat faithful rendering of 'Hungry for Love', the opener from John Cale's confounding and obscure-as-hell 1984 'beach pop' album Caribbean Sunset. These two tracks recorded by noted Philadelphian producer Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs, Purling Hiss) are here to whet your appetite for the forthcoming Jade Tree full length. Bon appetit!


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Panthers optimistic about Kelvin Benjamin's MRI
Losing Kelvin Benjamin would be a potential disaster for the Panthers.
So the fact they're not freaking out about his "precautionary MRI" is probably a good sign.
Benjamin was sent back to Charlotte for tests after banging knees with a teammate Sunday afternoon. He finished practice and signed autographs afterward, so there was no early sign of panic.
"It could just be one of those things where if he had iced it right away and not finished [Sunday's] practice, maybe it would have been better," Panthers coach Ron Rivera said, via Black and Blue Review. "If it's negative we'll just keep on rolling. I'm optimistic that is what it's going to be."
There's also some video of Benjamin riding around campus on a comically small minibike (or maybe he's just so big it looks like something a clown would ride in the circus).
"We want to be smart with it," Rivera said. "He came in this morning and [head trainer Ryan Vermillion] just wanted to be careful with him."
They need to be, since he's got the most potential to become a big-play threat of any of the Panthers' odd lot of receivers.
Giants want Eli Manning to complete 70 percent of his passes
The Giants are setting a high goal for Eli Manning's completion percentage this season. A very high goal.
Giants quarterbacks coach Danny Langsdorf told reporters today that he wants Manning to reach a 70 percent completion rate this season.
Frankly, that's preposterous. Manning completed just 57.5 percent of his passes last season, and his career completion percentage is 58.5 percent. The highest rate he's ever had in any season was 2010, when he completed 62.9 percent of his passes. Unless the Giants are planning an offense that consists of nothing more than dump-offs to running backs, the idea that a career 58.5 percent passer is suddenly going to become a 70 percent passer is silly.
A 70 percent completion rate has only been reached five times in NFL history: Twice by Drew Brees and once each by Ken Anderson, Steve Young and Joe Montana. It's less common than a 5,000-yard passing season or a 2,000-yard rushing season.
Maybe the Giants also have a goal for Rashad Jennings to rush for 2,000 yards this year. But that goal wouldn't be any more unrealistic than Manning completing 70 percent of his passes.
PFT Live: Jets talk with Manish Mehta, PFT Planet calls and tweets
PFT Live is back this Monday with your daily dose of football news and information and we'll be kicking things off with a look at Jets training camp.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News will join Mike Florio for a discussion of how things are shaping up for Rex Ryan's sixth season as the team's head coach. Mehta will give us the latest on the Geno Smith/Michael Vick competition for the quarterback job, first-round pick Calvin Pryor's concussion and the other notable developments from the first few days of practice.
All 32 teams are in camp, so there's plenty to talk about around the rest of the league as well. PFT Planet can let us know which areas are of the most interest by sending in questions for Florio on Twitter — @ProFootballTalk — or by giving a call to 888-237-5269 during the show.
It all gets started at noon ET and you can watch it all live by clicking right here.
Lions activate Golden Tate from PUP list
The Lions opened up training camp without wide receiver Golden Tate on the practice field as a result of a shoulder injury that he suffered during the spring, but Tate was sure that he'd be an active participant before too much more of the summer was gone.
Tate was proven correct on Monday. The Lions have activated him from the Physically Unable to Perform list and the team's biggest free agent addition is expected to take part in his first camp practice as a member of the Lions.
Tate's return to practice will allow him to speed up the process of familiarizing himself with the offense being installed by offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi this offseason. Coach Jim Caldwell said, via the Detroit Free Press, that quarterback Matthew Stafford has shown good command of the offense and getting the guys catching his passes on the same page will be an important next step of the process in Detroit.
Defensive end Ziggy Ansah and rookie wide receiver T.J. Jones remain on the PUP list as the Lions open up their first full week of camp.
Chip Kelly: Draft hype is worst thing about the NFL
There's no question that the NFL loves the draft and all they hype that goes along with it.
They've added days to the process, moved it to prime time and pushed it further back in the calendar to expand the amount of eyes taking in the move from college to the pros for the top prospects in the land. They spend plenty of time and money to promote the event each year and get even more free publicity from around the country as mock drafts and draftniks help whet everyone's appetite for the selections, a hyperbolic process that inevitably leads to huge expectations for players a few years removed from high school.
Eagles coach Chip Kelly has gone through the process twice on the NFL side and he doesn't share the league's fondness for the event.
"What's the worst thing about the league? I said the draft. I mean, the hype that goes into the draft is insane. Totally insane," Kelly said, via Peter King of TheMMQB.com. "The biggest thing for me is that everybody thinks whoever you drafted or whoever you signed is now gonna be a savior. They come in just like me and you come in as freshmen in high school or freshmen in college, or your first year on the job at Sports Illustrated – you're not telling people what to do, you're just trying to figure out what room to go to."
"I think a lot of times the hype turns into really, really hard times for the individual who got picked, because there's so many expectations of everyone building them up to be Superman because they had three months to write about them and talk about them. Then when they get picked, they're a very, very good prospect, but there's a learning curve when you go from any job out of college into a company. If you take a job at Wells Fargo when you get out of college, your first day of the job they don't say, 'He's our first-round draft pick, he's the savior to the company!'"
Kelly went on to add the NFLPA's Rookie Premiere event, post-draft grades and just about everything short of the food in the Eagles' war room onto the list of things he doesn't like about the draft process. Kelly's either going to have to grin and bear it or find somewhere else to coach, though.
While the draft came into existence as a way for teams to add young players to their rosters, it has gradually become a television show devoted to promoting the league and a new crop of future stars. That creates an industry for people trying to make it seem like there's a science, rather than educated guessing, to picking 21-year-olds who will become great 26-year-old football players and a message that the moves made over seven rounds in the spring can profoundly change the fortunes of a team in the fall.
With those conditions in place, hype is an unavoidable byproduct and it is one that isn't going anywhere.
Buccaneers sweating it out this training camp
Most of the other teams in the steamy part of the country are going early or late (or to West Virginia) to avoid the heat.
But the Buccaneers are charging right into the teeth of it, practicing in the swelter of the afternoon.
According to JoeBucsFan.com, the heat index for today's 1 p.m. practice is scheduled to hit 100 degrees.
Stephen A. Smith apologizes for his "provocation" remarks
On Friday's edition of First Take, Stephen A. Smith embraced something far more than debate by suggesting in connection with the Ray Rice suspension that female victims of domestic abuse need to be careful to avoid provoking the men in their lives to commit violence. The comments drew a very strong reaction, including pointed comments on Twitter from ESPN's Michelle Beadle, who said among other things after watching Friday's show, "I'll never feel clean again" and "I'm now aware that I can provoke my own beating."
Smith responded by clumsily attempting to explain himself on Twitter, but in reality digging in deep enough that he eventually deleted the stream of tweets and posted a lengthy apology.
To launch Monday's edition of First Take, Smith delivered what seemed to be a heartfelt apology, apology while reading from a teleprompter.
"Good morning," Smith began. "On Friday, speaking right here on First Take on the subject of domestic violence, I made what can only amount to the most egregious error of my career. While elaborating on thoughts concerning the NFL's ruling versus Ray Rice, following a domestic dispute with his then fiancee, I ventured beyond the scope of our discussion by alluding to a woman's role in such heinous matters, going so far as to use the word 'provoke' in my diatribe. My words came across that it is somehow a woman's fault. This was not my intent. It is not what I was trying to say. Yet the failure to clearly articulate something different lies squarely on my shoulders. To say what I actually said was foolish is an understatement. To say I was wrong is obvious. To apologize, to say I'm sorry, doesn't do the matter its proper justice to be quite honest."
Based on his grave delivery of that line, I actually wondered whether the next comment would be that he's stepping down, for a week or a month or forever. That's not the case.
"But I do sincerely apologize," Smith continued. "As a man raised by the greatest mother in the world and four older sisters, I've religiously spoken out against domestic violence all of my life. I've done so repeatedly over 20 years in this business, as well as over these very airwaves. Right here on First Take. My primary reason for doing so is because I've experienced and dealt with the matter within my own family. Unfortunately, I did an incredibly poor job of asserting my point of view last Friday. For that, again, I am truly, truly sorry. Particularly to victims of domestic abuse and to my female family members and loved ones I've disappointed and who know I know better, you all deserved a better professional and quite frankly a better man last Friday sitting on this very set, in this very chair. My heartfelt apologies to each and every one of you."
Smith paused and looked down for dramatic effect before saying "in this very chair," which made me think of another guy who said something stupid about Donovan McNabb in one of the various chairs at ESPN roughly 11 years ago. That guy was dumped. Smith wasn't.
While the situations may be distinguishable in many ways, ESPN has shown a hair trigger in the past when it comes to suspending on-air talent for a week or two. Smith apparently won't be suspended or otherwise disciplined.
"We will continue to have constructive dialogue on this important topic," ESPN said in a statement released after Smith's on-air apology. "Stephen's comments last Friday do not reflect our company's point of view. As his apology demonstrates, he recognizes his mistakes and has a deeper appreciation of our company values."
We'll leave it for others to argue whether Smith should or shouldn't be fired or suspended. But his remarks were clearly wrong. When it comes to domestic violence, there's no "last straw" that justifies an attack. Disengage from the argument. Run away, to a stream of insults if need be. Assume a defensive posture as a last resort. But find a way out before it ever gets to the point where anyone could even begin to think that the actions of another justify something like an uppercut to the chin.
NFL V.P. Adolpho Birch struggles to justify Ray Rice suspension
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has not yet spoken publicly on the controversial two-game suspension given to Ravens running back Ray Rice for assaulting his wife. But one of Goodell's top deputies, NFL V.P. of labor policy and government affairs Adolpho Birch, went on the radio this morning in an attempt to explain. It did not go well.
Birch's appearance on this morning's Mike & Mike was so bad — so totally incapable of justifying the relatively light punishment handed to Rice — that host Mike Greenberg felt the need after the interview to address the listeners who had contacted the show to express their frustration with Birch's evasions. Greenberg said he was frustrated by Birch's evasions, too.
"I'm a little taken aback by the conversation, to be honest with you. The reaction is overwhelming and no one seems to think that he did a particularly good job of answering the questions," Greenberg said minutes after the interview with Birch ended. "I do not feel that most people listening to that discussion feel they got an adequate explanation of how they arrived at two games."
So how did the NFL arrive at two games for Rice? Well, Birch didn't really have much of an answer. At one point he said the NFL was "bound in large part by precedent in prior cases." But Birch said that just moments after insisting that prior cases — particularly the suspension of Ben Roethlisberger after he was accused of (but not criminally charged with) sexual assault — couldn't be compared to the Rice case.
Birch also refused to answer whether the NFL is aware of information that isn't available to the general public, such as surveillance camera footage beyond what has been widely distributed showing Rice dragging his unconscious then-fiancee out of an elevator. But Birch insisted that a two-game suspension without pay isn't a minor punishment.
"It is multiple games and hundreds of thousands of dollars. I think it's fair to say that doesn't reflect that you condone the behavior," Birch said.
But the question isn't whether the NFL condones a player beating up his wife. The question is whether the NFL is willing to take severe disciplinary actions against a player who beats up his wife. And the answer to that question is a resounding, "No." The NFL hands out longer suspensions for everything from getting caught smoking pot repeatedly, to taking Adderall without filling out the necessary paperwork to — in the case of Roethlisberger — being accused of crimes without any arrests or charges. For the NFL to come down harder on pot smokers, Adderall users and players who weren't evan arrested than it came down on Rice is baffling and requires an explanation.
Birch may have been trying to explain, but he failed. Greenberg said that in the minutes after the interview, the show got thousands of reactions via Twitter and email and that, "I can't find a single one of them that said, 'Well, that explained it for me.' Literally not a single one."
After Birch's unsuccessful attempt to to explain the suspension, it's time for Goodell to step up. NFL fans want to know why Ray Rice got off easy, and they want to hear it from Goodell.
Ray Rice doesn't appeal suspension, fine
There are plenty of people who felt that the league did not impose the proper discipline on Ravens running back Ray Rice last week when they suspended him for two games and fined him an additional game check from the 2013 season in response to Rice's February arrest for assaulting his wife and subsequent entry into a pre-trial diversion program.
The reaction of those people, most of whom saw the footage of Rice dragging an unconscious Janay Palmer out of an elevator, has been that Rice was not punished severely enough by a league that they feel has imposed harsher discipline on others for less egregious offenses.
Rice is not among the displeased. He had three days to appeal the penalty, but Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that window closed without Rice making any attempt to plead his case for a lighter penalty. Given the overwhelmingly negative response to the league's initial decision and their actions in comparable situations, Rice probably didn't have much chance of getting the penalty reduced and reacted accordingly.
That means he'll miss the first two games of the season, but will be able to participate in training camp and preseason games before the suspension kicks in.
Kelvin Benjamin getting a "precautionary MRI"
The Panthers added a bunch of guys to their receiving corps this offseason, pinning much of the hope on first-rounder Kelvin Benjamin.
Now, they have to hope he's well.
The Panthers announced this morning that Benjamin was "getting a precautionary MRI" after banging knees with a teammate in practice yesterday.
Benjamin wasn't going to replace veteran Steve Smith immediately anyway, but if he's out any amount of time, they could be in real trouble throwing the ball.
Though they'll go two-tight end more (or maybe three), their next-best options at wide receiver are Jason Avant and Jerricho Cotchery.
Redskins sign Everette Brown
Everette Brown has landed with yet another NFC East club.
According to ESPN's John Keim, the Redskins have reached a deal with the 26-year-old Brown, who likely will play outside linebacker in Washington's 3-4 scheme.
Brown (6-1, 263) appeared in seven games for Dallas in 2013, recording 10 tackles and one sack. The Cowboys released him earlier in the offseason. Brown has also spent time with Carolina (2009-2011), San Diego (2011-2012), Detroit (2012) and Philadelphia (2013). Overall, Brown has played in 38 regular season games, notching seven sacks.
A Florida State product, the Panthers selected Brown in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft, trading a 2010 first-round selection to San Francisco in the process.
Panthers offensive lineman Travelle Wharton to retire
Longtime Panthers guard Travelle Wharton might not have shrunk quite like his old teammate Jordan Gross, but he's going to have the opportunity.
According to Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer, Wharton will announce his retirement Tuesday at a press conference at Panthers training camp.
The 2004 third-round pick spent most of his 10 years in the NFL with the Panthers, coming back last year as an injury replacement and playing fairly well.
But he ultimately decided not to try that route again, and will likely join Gross on the sidelines, getting skinny.
PFT on NBCSN, PFT Live return today
Now that that Tour de France thing is over, Pro Football Talk returns to NBCSN. We're back on the air at 5:30 p.m. ET, with Kevin Gilbride and Brian Westbrook in studio, along with today's co-host, Dave Briggs.
Before that, I'll get back on the non-Tour de France thing bike with PFT Live, the web show that streams right here (click the box in the right rail), featuring a visit from Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News and your Twitter questions at phone calls.
PFT Live starts at noon ET. Which means I have to shower and shave a lot earlier than I have at any time during the last three weeks, when frankly there hasn't been much showering and/or shaving.
The best news is that I should be able to sleep inside the house tonight.
Steven Jackson bought into his own hype last season
Steven Jackson was used to carrying a bad Rams team, so it's perhaps natural he thought he'd be the thing that pushed an already good Falcons team over the top.
Instead, the season was as much of a disaster for him as for them, with his streak of 1,000-yard seasons ending at eight, and the Falcons falling miserably to 4-12.
"There were quite a few of the years in St. Louis when I shouldered a large burden, and I knew going into every season what I was going into," Jackson said, via Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "When I came here last year, I kind of believed my own hype. The team was so close to going to the Super Bowl, and I thought I was going to be the missing link. Then reality slaps you. It's still a team sport.
"This year I know I don't have to shoulder the burden of carrying the franchise. I'm not the missing piece, I'm just one piece. I feel comfortable knowing that I can still compete at a high level. But all of the unnecessary stress is gone."
The Falcons actually need Jackson to be a bigger piece this year. With tight end Tony Gonzalez retired, there's a big offensive void that someone needs to fill.
Being well would be a good first step, since Jackson's career-low numbers last year were attributed to a hamstring problem that bothered him throughout. But the Falcons also fixed their disaster of an offensive line, so the cumulative result should be a better chance for Jackson to get back to being himself.
Chris Rainey cut for disciplinary reasons, not football reasons
For the second time in his brief NFL career, running back Chris Rainey has been cut for off-field reasons.
Rainey was cut by the Colts today for violating team rules, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Stephen Holder of the Indianapolis Star adds that the release is conduct related and that head coach Chuck Pagano plans to provide more details.
What's clear is that the decision was not about Rainey's performance on the football field at training camp, which is consistent with what Pagano has been saying about Rainey: Pagano raved over the weekend about how much he likes Rainey, and when running back Vick Ballard was lost for the season with a knee injury, it appeared that Rainey would play an important role on the team as a backup running back as well as a kick returner.
Instead, Rainey has been released for something he did off the field. We don't know exactly what that "something" was, but we do know that this has happened to Rainey before: The Steelers cut him shortly after his rookie year ended following an arrest on a charge of battery against his girlfriend. Now that Rainey has blown his second chance with the Colts, he'll have to hope some team is willing to give him a third chance.


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Stephen Hesse
Asia has limitless opportunities for law-related work and research."
Professor of Law and Director of the Chuo International Center, Chuo University
Twenty years in Japan have made Steve Hesse, as he says, "a consummate generalist." He is a member of the law faculty at one of Japan's oldest and most prestigious universities, Chuo University in Tokyo; he directs the Chuo International Center, which hosts programs for foreign students; he also writes an environmental column, "Our Planet Earth" for The Japan Times, consults with NGOs, and enjoys all of it.
Postcollegiate travels first brought Steve to Japan, where he taught English for two years before returning to the U.S. for law school. "At the time I entered VLS I wanted to work for the UN Environmental Programme, drafting international environmental agreements," he recalls. "But a three-month Semester in Practice externship at the UNEP in Nairobi convinced me that UN work wasn't for me." He felt that teaching was, though, and he was right. He's still involved in the Semester in Practice program, advising students with Pacific-based externships.
American-style graduate law schools are just catching on in Japan, he says-about 70 have recently been built, in part due to pressure from the Japan Bar Association to provide greater public access to civil rights and human rights representation. Steve notes that Japan's hybridized legal system combines civil and common law, with civil law the focus of study for bar exams. Most of Steve's own students are undergraduates with an eye on working in business, law firms, NGOs, or international organizations. He teaches primarily in English, but switches to Japanese when needed and includes among his courses Law and Society, Legal and Social Issues in Contemporary Japan, Debate, and several environmental classes: International Environmental Policy and Law, and a three-year Environmental Studies seminar.
When it comes to his own legal training, Steve readily names a whole cadre of formative VLS teachers: David Firestone, Jack McCrory, Kathy Nelson, Susan Apel, Stephanie Willbanks, and Liz Ryan Cole. He's kept in contact over the years and distance, for example hosting Firestone during travels through Tokyo. Not shown on his transcript are the many lessons from "Lawn Review"-working with John Delemarre and Will Hastings on the buildings and grounds crew. "It was one of my best experiences at VLS," he recalls, "having a chance to balance law study with manual labor and down-to-earth philosophies."


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OKG7 things to do
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Steer yourself to the annual OKC Auto Show, running Thursday through Sunday at State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing. Highlights include an indoor obstacle course for Jeeps, a scavenger hunt and Route 66 classic cars. The kids can meet cartoon stars Dora the Explorer and Diego. Admission is $5-$10. Visit okcautoshow.org.


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Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: 2013 Big Board November '11 Update. Looking at Julius Randle, Jabari Parker, Nerlens Noel, the Harrison Twins, Derek Willis, Kasey Hill and more.
Interesting to see Kentucky offer two of the top 2013 players in Florida, Malik Price-Martin & Kasey Hill.Via Alex Kline (@TheRecruitScoop). Interesting on a couple angles: 1. Calipari is clearly throwing a flag in Billy Donovan's Florida recruiting territory. 2013 PF Chris Walker, another Floridian, is also drawing major interest from UK. Take that, Alligator Army! 2. As Kentucky fans know, the PG position has been the offensive key for Calipari's teams. Kasey Hill, a combo guard with PG size, gets the coveted first PG offer from Calipari. That's over highly regarded Andrew Harrison (who also has a five star SG brother, Aaron) who has drawn interest from UK.
Projecting out two years into the future is a heady task. The dust hasn't even fully settled on the 2011 class, so why talk about high school phenoms that are currently just sophomores and...
Evan Daniels and the Scout.com team have been on the ball recently. It's still extremely early, but here's the updated list of 2013 prospects. Per Scout, Kentucky targets are: Jabari Parker (#1 overall), Julius Randle (#2), Nerlens Noel (#3 - offered), Chris Walker (#4), Kuran Iverson (#8), Jonathan Williams (#9), Solomon Poole (#24), Isaiah Lewis (#39), Tyler Ennis (#50).
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Rod Lott
While I'm glad to see that the horror cable channel Chiller is now making original movies, its first offering, the sci-fi "comedy" Alien Opponent, was nearly unwatchable. That film's director and writer, Colin Theys and John Doolan, return to helm the outlet's second, Steve Niles' Remains. Springing from rosier pastures — Niles' original comics — it's automatically better, rising to the level of mediocre. Perhaps their third time at bat, October's Dead Souls, will prove the proverbial charm?