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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A review into the Australian swimming team's performance at the London Olympics has described a "toxic" environment including misuse of prescription drugs and bullying.
Australia's only swimming gold medal at the London 2012 Games was in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay, with the high-profile men's relay and world champion James Magnussen failing to deliver on the expectations from a country which prides itself on performances in the Olympic pool.
Australia won 10 swimming medals overall, including six silver and three bronze.
It was Australia's worst Olympic swimming performance in two decades.
The problem-filled squad has been the subject of two reviews, including the Bluestone Review released Tuesday which outlined the "culturally toxic incidents" and the "lack of collective leadership" in response.
The independent review noted cases of "getting drunk, misuse of prescription drugs, breaching curfews, deceit, bullying".
The swim team entered the London Games amid reports of pranks at a lead-in camp, with allegations that senior members of the men's 4x100 freestyle relay team devised an initiation ritual involving taking the prescription sleeping pill Stillnox on a bonding night.
The review recommended creating an ethical framework for Australian swimming, among other recommendations for multi-faced leadership development of athletes and coaches.
"Before we look at winning gold medals, we want to win back the admiration of the nation, and we want to engage with our swimming community like never before at every level," Swimming Australia president Barclay Nettlefold said in a statement. "It has been a time of reflection and review and a time to be honest and open about how we can make the right steps toward future success."
Swimming Australia said it would implement a 100-day plan to address the recommendations of both reviews.
"The underlying message from these two reviews is that we all have to be accountable for the future success of swimming in Australia and that starts with discipline and setting the right standards of behavior from the top down," Nettlefold said.


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The Bone Season by author Samantha Shannon is being talked up as the next Hunger Games.
Shannon, 21, and a recent Oxford University graduate is being compared to J.K. Rowling.
"I find that comparison a bit uncomfortable. J.K. Rowling is one of my favorite authors," Shannon told Good Day NY on Tuesday.
The main character of The Bone Season is a clairvoyant. The idea came to Shannon while interning in London in a store that sold a lot of crystal balls and tarot cards.

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In a statement provided to Business Insider, Nadler questioned why the Obama administration would rule out "one of the very few bargaining chips it has" on the debt ceiling if Congressional Republicans do not agree to raise it by sometime next month.
Earlier on Saturday, both the Treasury and White House officially ruled out the trillion-dollar coin option as a means of working around the debt ceiling. The White House has also repeatedly declined to consider another theoretical option — invoking the 14th Amendment.
Here's Nadler's full statement on the situation:
"It's really a shame that the administration is ruling out one of the very few bargaining chips it has with Republican extremists who are intent, once again, on using the debt ceiling as a means of political blackmail. That leaves us just two options of which I'm aware to gain leverage against GOP hostage takers: the 14th amendment and repealing the debt ceiling altogether through legislation I'll soon introduce. We must be prepared to use every weapon within our arsenal to prevent defaulting on our debts and sending our economy into a tailspin."
Nadler was the only member of Congress to explicitly promote the trillion-dollar coin option. The top four Senate Democrats wrote President Barack Obama a letter on Friday urging him to "take any lawful steps" to work around the debt ceiling, but they did not specifically endorse the coin as an option.
Nadler's statement is further evidence that Democrats are somewhat dumbfounded by the administration's decision to rule out the trillion-dollar coin option. Earlier, a Senate Democratic aide told Business Insider that "it's certainly a strange negotiating strategy to go out of your way to decrease your leverage by taking options off the table."
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TORONTO -- Injured catcher J.P. Arencibia is potentially less than one week away from returning to the Major Leagues.
Arencibia, who hasn't played since fracturing his right hand on July 26, made his first rehab appearance for Class A Dunedin on Sunday. He went 1-for-5 with a double and a walk in six plate appearances at designated hitter.
The 26-year-old will continue his rehab in Florida and could return to the Blue Jays on Friday in Boston, or at the conclusion of that upcoming three-game series.
"Talked to him before [batting practice] yesterday, after BP and then after the game, he felt good physically," Blue Jays manager John Farrell told reporters on Monday morning.
"Today's the last day of the regular season, there's typically a day off before playoffs begin. I don't have their playoff schedule, but he could return to us Friday in Boston or it could be when we return from Boston. Both of those are realistic time-frames."
Arencibia is hitting .242 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs in 81 games this season. He has yet to appear behind the plate in the Minors and likely will need at least a couple of starts at catcher before getting the green light to return.
"I was just reviewing his progression, he will catch while in Dunedin in the next day or two," Farrell said. "Most importantly, we're trying to get his timing back at the plate first. He's been catching bullpens. He's been receiving volume work off the pitching machine. Just trying to get his legs back in game shape as quick as possible."
Veterans Jeff Mathis and Yorvit Torrealba have been filling in during Arencibia's absence. It's possible that a fourth catcher -- utilityman Yan Gomes -- also will be added to the Blue Jays' roster when Triple-A Las Vegas' season comes to an end on Monday.
Frasor, Cecil make their return to Blue Jays
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays welcomed back a pair of fresh arms on Monday afternoon, with the return of Jason Frasor and Brett Cecil.
Cecil made his return one day earlier than expected, in part because of a pressing need in Toronto's bullpen. On Sunday, long relievers Chad Jenkins and Aaron Laffey both threw multiple innings in a 9-4 loss to Tampa Bay, which prompted the promotion of Cecil.
The 26-year-old went 4-4 with a 2.95 ERA in 15 starts with Triple-A Las Vegas. He has spent parts of four seasons in the big leagues, with all but one of his 75 appearances coming as a starter.
Cecil will now transition to the bullpen, where he is expected to be used as a lefty specialist and multiple-inning reliever. Despite the lack of relief experience at the big league level, Cecil was a closer in college and is familiar with the new role.
He also has limited lefties to a .230 average and .654 OPS, which could bode well for a spot in the bullpen.
"His splits have always been good," general manager Alex Anthopoulos said this weekend, when asked to explain the new role. "We will never rule out him being able to start again, but right now some other guys have gone ahead of him from the starting rotation standpoint."
Frasor was officially activated from the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, but did not re-join his teammates until Monday. He had been out since July 17 with right forearm tightness, but a period of extended rest meant any type of serious injury was avoided.
The 35-year-old Frasor is 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA in 42 appearances this season. He'll be looking for a strong finish to the year, as the pending free agent is set to hit the open market during the offseason.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There are 28 people killed in car accidents involving drunk drivers every day throughout the United States. Tougher DUI penalties, wider use of sobriety checkpoints and extensive public education campaigns have contributed to a declining number of drunken driving fatalities. Nonetheless, statistics revealed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveal that more than 1.41 million people were arrested in 2010 for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Even more disconcerting, a third of all drivers that are arrested for DUI have prior drunken driving convictions.
While the criminal court system may impose criminal penalties for DUI causing injury or vehicular manslaughter, a civil judgment is required to obtain financial recovery for medical bills, lost wages, vehicle repair, pain and suffering, and other forms of compensatory damages. If the driver that causes a collision drives unsafely or violates a driving safety law because he or she is under the influence of alcohol, the court may also impose punitive damages to punish the drunken driver for his reckless driving. Punitive damages serve both to impose a financial penalty on the driver and to discourage similar unsafe driving behavior in the future.
A bar, restaurant or other retail establishment can also be liable for damages to the victim of a drunk driver, which is referred to as dram shop liability. California law recently changed providing more limited dram shop liability than in many other states. California law does not impose liability on a business establishment that serves alcohol to someone who is obviously intoxicated. The reasoning behind this limitation is that California considers those who drink alcohol rather than those who sell alcohol as the cause of DUI injury accidents. Dram shop liability may still be imposed where a bar or restaurant serves alcohol to an obviously intoxicated minor.
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When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was asked whether he agreed with Rick Perry about Social Security being a Ponzi scheme, it created a firestorm. We took a closer look at what was said.
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PLATTSBURGH — Terry and Deborah Sears announce the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Lee Sears to Jeffrey Tyler Corp, son of Debbie Corp and Mark Groce on May 19, 2012.
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Many athletes who spent their high school years in Fayette County have moved on to play for college or professional teams. Below are the athletes who recently made headlines.
Pictured are youth who recently attended two youth camps offered at Vandalia High School.
Award winners for the Vandalia High School girls track team are pictured.
For the second straight summer, Molly McDowell, a Nokomis High School graduate who has played professional basketball in Holland, instructed a camp for Vandalia's high school team.
The Kaskaskia College soccer program will hold several camps this summer.
The first camp is a co-ed camp for students in grades K-4. The camp will be held on June 9-10 from 9-11 a.m.
Another co-ed camp will be held for students in grades 5-8 on June 11-12 from 9-11 a.m.
A girl's high school camp will be held on June 11-12 from 5-7 p.m.
A high school boys camp will be held on June 16-17 from 5-7 p.m.
Three players from St. Elmo/Brownstown were selected all-conference by coaches in the National Trail Conference.
Freshman Morgan Brown picked up the only first-team nod for the Lady Eagles.
In seven NTC games, Brown had nine hits, eight runs and three RBI. Included were a pair of doubles and two triples.
Senior Danie Austin and junior Darby Moss were both selected honorable mention.
Austin had eight singles, a double, five RBI and three runs in six NTC games, and Moss hit in all but one of the seven games, collecting 10 singles, a double, four RBI and eight runs.
Three seniors ended their careers on six-game hitting streaks, but the Bombers lost their first extra-inning game of the season in last Wednesday's regional semifinal in Altamont.
Seniors Jacob Behrends, Dustin Lawson and Levi Maxey each recorded a hit to extend their season-best hitting streaks, but top-seeded North Clay drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a 3-2 win and Brownstown/St. Elmo's season at 16-10.
North Clay (20-9-1) took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but the Bombers cut that in half in the top of the third.
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•May 26 – Patton, a South Central graduate, earned the win by pitching 1 2/3 innings of relief in a 6-5 win against Round Rock. The Kansas City Royals Triple-A prospect allowed a solo home run and walked one, but struck out a pair of batters. On the season, he is 2-0, with a 1.16 earned-run average and eight saves. He has struck out 26 batters in 23 1/3 innings.
The Vandalia Jr. Vandal volleyball camp will be held from June 2-5.
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Signalling problems at Pitsea delayed trains between London Fenchurch Street and Shoebury during this evening's rush hour.
A loss of power at Basildon caused the issue just after 6pm and some trains were held at stations to prevent them being stuck between stops while the issue was being fixed.
Two coast-bound trains were stopped at Basildon and Laindon and a London-bound train was terminated at Benfleet.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Michael Roos has started every single game for the Titans since being drafted in the second round back in 2005, a streak now in peril of ending at 119 straight.
Hey, even NFL players have to heal after emergency appendectomies.
The left tackle played through discomfort in last week's 35-34 win at Buffalo. He returned home and couldn't sleep before finally heading to the hospital at 4 a.m. Monday where he met a team doctor to have his appendix removed.
Roos says the streak is a source of pride, but he will have to see how he feels day by day before the Titans (3-4) play the Colts (3-3) on Sunday.
If Roos can't play, reserve Mike Otto would start in his first action this season.
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Computational Adequacy Theorem
This states that for any program (a non-function typed term in the typed lambda-calculus with constants) normal order reduction (outermost first) fails to terminate if and only if the standard semantics of the term is bottom. Moreover, if the reduction of program e1 terminates with some head normal form e2 then the standard semantics of e1 and e2 will be equal. This theorem is significant because it relates the operational notion of a reduction sequence and the denotational semantics of the input and output of a reduction sequence.
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Y Not Pita? Really, Why Not?
There's a new eatery in town at a trendy new address to boot. Health-loving foodies can now welcome Y Not Pita to our capital city's ever-expanding culinary landscape. The restaurant — found in the recently opened Lady Musgrave Road shopping complex, The Courtyard 71 — offers a variety of pita wraps to calorie-watching customers.
According to spouses Bassilios and Nancy Hado, the concept for their latest eatery actually sprang from diners' demands at their Chez Maria restaurant. "At Chez Maria, the pitas are actually our best-selling menu items. We wanted to create the same concept with the same ingredients and more, and that's how the idea for this new eatery came about," Nancy Hado told Thursday Food at the soft opening of Y Not Pita last Sunday.
"What we are offering here is healthy food in a pita bread, so basically there is no frying, everything is done on a griddle," she added. Menu options at Y Not Pita include jerk chicken, beef pepper steak, tuna, Mexicana (chicken tenderloin seasoned with fajita spices) and Americana (seasoned beef tenderloin) pitas. Also available are Lebanese desserts made by Bassilios' mum that include an olive bread and low-calorie rice pudding.
How did they come up with the name? Well, the couple told us, "every time, we thought of a name with pita, when we checked, somewhere else already had that name, so we kept on asking 'why not pita?' and it stuck".
Should things proceed well with Y Not Pita, Bassilios foresees a franchise in the future. "It's my target, actually. That's why I make it so small and easy to manage," he pointed out. With its five-person staff and a pita-focused menu, the novelty of Y Not Pita locations may be stretching far and wide beyond Lady Musgrave in the near future.
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NEWPORT County's newest recruit Elliot Parish is hoping to have a similar effect at the Exiles as his close friend Karl Darlow.
In an exclusive interview with Argus Sport, Parish explains how a call to the Darlow family helped convince the Bristol City stopper to switch Ashton Gate for Rodney Parade.
The 23-year old, who has played 26 games in all competitions for the Robins this season, joins the Exiles on a 28-day emergency loan to cover the double-injury to Newport's goalkeepers Lenny Pidgeley and Jamie Stephens.
It's a move that came about due to the friendship between City boss Steve Cotterill and County's director of Football Tim Harris, just as Darlow's did in 2012, Cotterill then the manager of Nottingham Forest.
And Parish is hopeful he can follow in Darlow's footsteps and make his mark at Newport.
"Karl is a good friend of mine and obviously he was a very big hit at Newport, hopefully I can do the same," he said.
"The gaffer (Steve Cotterill) told me about how well Karl did at Newport and I know he really enjoyed the experience.
"I first heard about Newport's interest on Friday and one of the first things we did was my dad rang Karl's dad.
"He talked very highly of Newport, said Karl loved his time here and that was great to hear."
Parish, who began his career at Aston Villa and also played for Cardiff City (without playing for the first team) is making the daily trip over the Severn Bridge for one reason only.
"I need to be playing games," he explained.
"I have played 26 times this season but I've been knocked out of the team recently.
"Some players would probably prefer to be in a higher division, even if it means being on the bench and collecting your wages, but that just isn't for me.
"I am very glad to have the opportunity to get some games."
Parish confesses he's endured a frustrating first week at Rodney Parade, with yet another game being postponed because of the weather.
"It's been frustrating for all the boys, everyone is desperate to play," he explained.
"But despite that, I am enjoying myself here because it's a good dressing room. I've been made to feel very welcome."
And Parish believes Newport have the quality to push for promotion this season.
"You would rather have points than games in hand at this stage of the season, but as they are only one place outside the play-offs, you'd have to say Newport are definite contenders," he said.
"There is no reason with the quality I've seen in training why they can't push for promotion."
Bristol City manager Cotterill believes Parish can be a big hit for Newport and is glad he was able to facilitate the move.
"I'm really pleased for Elliott. Had he stayed here, he would have only played in under-21 games," he said.
"But now he will have the opportunity to play regular first team football and joining Newport keeps him in the Football League."
Justin Edinburgh has already lauded his capture.
"Really, Elliot is a level beyond that which you could reasonably expect to sign on an emergency loan, he's a top goalkeeper," he said.
"We are exceptionally grateful to Bristol City and their manager Steve Cotterill for allowing us to do the deal and I have to thank Tim Harris, because he's got a strong friendship with Steve that made this possible.
"Elliot is keen to play games – and he'll certainly get a chance with us playing so many – and he's delighted to be here and we are equally delighted to have him."
Meanwhile young striker Aaron Holloway has signed on non-contract terms with the club after impressing in training over the past few weeks.
With the paperwork completed, the club is now waiting on the international clearance for the former Wales under-17 and under-19 international.
Holloway grew up in Cardiff before signing with the Bristol City Academy and progressing to earn a full time contract before reaching an agreement to be released by the Robins last month.
He turns 21 next week and is hopeful of breaking into the squad as soon as possible.
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8:24am Thu 13 Feb 14
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CountyValleyboy says...
he s 23!
10:09am Thu 13 Feb 14
countyjim says...
CountyValleyboy wrote:They can play three over age players
"I'm really pleased for Elliott. Had he stayed here, he would have only played in under-21 games," he said
he s 23!
Welcombe Elliott
1:28pm Thu 13 Feb 14
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4:58pm Thu 13 Feb 14
bangorian says...
ohc wrote:because its the argus as usual a day behind with the news
Why is the BBC reporting the signing of A Holloway and the Argus silent?
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Visitation will be today, March 26, 2013, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor. Graveside services will be today, March 25, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Grove Baptist Cemetery in Nauvoo. Levi Sides will officiate.
He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Spain; mother, Minnie Poore Spain; and grandparents, Joe and Myrtle Spain, and Lawyer and Lendy Poore.
He is survived by his sister, Shirley Thornton (Roscoe) of Nauvoo; brother, Daryle Spain; nieces, Katie Bruce (John) and Nicole Spain; great-nieces, Darra Spain and Katelyn Bruce; great-nephew, Trooper Spain; and special friends, Linda and Doris Cabell.
Spain served in the Air Force and National Guard. He retired from the 3M Company.


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'We don't have a strategy yet': Obama stuns Washington by admitting he is clueless about tackling ISIS
President Barack Obama said during a Thursday press conference that his administration doesn't have a plan worked out yet for defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria.
'I don't want to put the cart before the horse,' Obama said at the White House. 'We don't have a strategy yet.'
'We need to make sure we've got clear plans, and we're developing them,' he said. 'At that point I will consult with Congress and make sure their voices are heard.'
'What I've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are,' Obama cautioned.
He mentioned four times his intention to seek advice from Capitol Hill before deploying more military assets in the Middle East, likely in response to concerns from members of the House and Senate that he was unconstitutionally freezing them out.
But 'there's no point in me asking for action on the part of Congress,' Obama told the press corps, 'before I know exactly what it is that is going to be required for us to get the job done.'
The president, clad in a muted tan suit that drew as many comments on Twitter as the content of his remarks, emphasized that he is mainly focused now on pushing back ISIS in Iraq, where American military jets and drones have executed more than 100 airstrikes this month.
But he boasted that America could put down the ISIS threat in Syria – at least in the short-term – at a time of his choosing.


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Lighting industry veteran Jim Smerbeck has joined the StageLight organization, a Houston, TX-based lighting systems, supply, and service company, as general manager of the company's newly incorporated third stocking office, StageLight Tennessee, based in Nashville. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Smerbeck has been working in the lighting industry for 17 years, beginning in 1985 producing and developing training films for the US Army. From 1989 to 1992 he worked for Barbizon Capitol where he was responsible for outside sales in the Washington, DC, area. Smerbeck then joined Colortran's Lee Filters division from 1992 to 1995 first as the Southern regional manager in Orlando, FL, and later as national sales manager based in Burbank, CA. For the last seven years he was national sales director for Bandit Lites.
"StageLight has superior customer and manufacturer relations, which I am only too happy to be associated with," comments Smerbeck. "The company and I have the same focus of selling top-quality service and products. I'm very excited to be part of the StageLight team and look forward to continuing the company's success here in Nashville."
"I am particularly happy to have Jim Smerbeck on our Nashville team," says StageLight founder and owner, Jerome Dunn. "I first met Jim about 10 years ago when he was the rep for Lee Filters, and StageLight was just starting out in the famous 'little house in Montrose.' Looking back, it is interesting to see how our paths have crossed and finally has culminated with us working on the same team!"


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When people are confronted with my ridiculously voluminous music collection, they are most often struck with its distinct lack of commonality. Growing up within 70 miles of Detroit in the '60s will do that; anything you can imagine between and beyond Motown and The Stooges will generally light my sparkler.
In reference to music specifically and to life in general, I have often remarked, "Specialization is for insects," but if Mark Utley would like to borrow the phrase when he's talking about his band, Cincinnati's Magnolia Mountain, he's more than welcome.
From the band's beginnings six years ago, Utley has endeavored to reconcile his Rock past with his fresh love of all things Americana by investing his Magnolia Mountain output with a reverence for the Bluegrass, Folk, Country and Rock forms while investing them with fresh angles, lines and perspectives. Like a sculptor who has immense respect for the permanence of the stone but also implicitly trusts his chisel and creative vision, Utley shapes the raw material of Americana's various stylistic permutations into songs that are comfortably familiar yet blazingly original. That ethic was a hallmark of Magnolia Mountain's last double album, 2010's Redbird Green, and it comes into even sharper focus on the band's third and latest release, the aptly titled Town and Country.
Part of Magnolia Mountain's variance from album to album is at least partially due to the shifts in personnel that have affected the band from the start. At the same time, Magnolia Mountain has always been something of a rotating collective with guests becoming permanent members and members becoming guests. Town and Country follows that template, as Jordan Neff and Amber Nash (who left to devote full attention to their side project, Shiny and the Spoon) and David Rhodes Brown (who has defected from his numerous band affiliations to concentrate on solo/side work) appear sporadically on the album's 18 tracks. And once again, guests abound on Town and Country, including piano master Ricky Nye, Tillers banjo ninja Mike Oberst and Americana chanteuse Lydia Loveless, among others.
Utley's grounding in and love of vinyl forces him to think of his dozen and a half songs in the context of four separate sides (which he also did on Redbird Green; both albums are available in double vinyl format), and the first side is indicative of the broad range of Town and Country. "Black Mollie" kicks things off like a traditional Folk ode, "One Waking Moment" is a classic Appalachian Bluegrass break-up jaunt and "Baby Let's Pretend" is a bopping Country thumper that wouldn't sound out of place in a Rodney Crowell or T Bone Burnett set.
But just when you think you've got Magnolia Mountain pinned down, Utley and company (Jeff Vanover, Melissa English, Renee Frye, Bob Lese, Kathy Woods, Bob Donisi and Todd Drake) blister the paint with the wicked Blues menace of "Set on Fire," with sweet "sugar, sugar" backing vocals, searing slide guitar and thundering rhythm section. That quartet is a mere hint at the broad spectrum of styles and approaches that Magnolia Mountain achieves on Town and Country, from the funky twang soul Blues of "Rainmaker" to the supercharged Roots Rock swing of "Shotgun Divorce" (Utley's duet with Loveless) to the atmospheric swamp boogie of "The Devil We Know," as well as superb covers of Will Johnson's "Just to Know What You've Been Dreaming" and Wussy's "Don't Leave Just Now."
As usual, the brilliance of Utley's songwriting is that he and Magnolia Mountain craft each track as a separate jewel that fits perfectly into the gorgeous crown that is Town and Country.
(Click here for more on Magnolia Mountain)
Electronic Rock duo Pop Empire has released its debut full-length, The Devil's Party, available now for free download via The Recording Label Web site. The "all free!" label is the brainchild of Cameron Cochran, formerly of The Sheds and one half of Pop Empire (along with Henry Wilson). PE and labelmates Sacred Spirits (whose Some Stay was The Recording Label's first offering) co-host a joint release/label launch party this Friday at the Southgate House with guests We Are Hex and The Kickaways.
The National's set was evidently well thought-out, opening with the powerful "Mistaken for Strangers," with the vocals and drums seemingly soaring through the theater. If you haven't had a chance to catch a show at Emery Theatre (my first experience was last week), you should certainly make that a priority. The theater, coupled with a band like the National, truly makes for an unforgettable experience. The venue alone creates a sense of intimacy between audience and act, something that is usually sacrificed to see your favorite bands.
From the very start of
the set, the audience was completely engaged with the boys on stage, bursting
into cheers and applause at the every songs beginning and end (and even during
songs at times). The only drawback for me was the fact that Matt Berninger would
simply not let me forget that the show was political. It seemed as if in
between every song some sort of Democratic rhetoric (not that the other side's
rhetorical strategies are any better) was interjected. Something about the importance of voting, or how
privileged we are, which is somewhat obnoxious at that point. It's highly
doubtful that anybody was suddenly converted by The National, and even more so
that anyone in attendance last night was slightest bit unsure about their vote.
I suppose that's mostly my fault, though — I should expect such from a campaign concert.
All that aside, the audience was left in a state of bliss by
the concert's end, as The National closed out their set with an unplugged
version "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks." Earlier in the night, I had spoken to a
friend who had said the venue was acoustically pure, meaning that even without
any sort of amplification, the sound would still resonate throughout the entire
theater — and he couldn't be more right.
The sound was not hindered in any way (I was a few rows back) and it
carried through the historic site as if I was the only one there. The closer truly unified the entire show into
a ecstatic experience that I will certainly not forget.
Click here for more photos from the concert.
For once, I'm feelin' pretty good on a Monday, because I just got my hands on a little disc full of weird and wonderful tunes, and it's from right here in town.
I've sprained my neck.* I'm taking Vicodin and Thursday night is the first night of MidPoint Music Festival. When my editor told me my review should be first-person and to "think, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," I snorted at just how closely it might come given my current intake of prescription drugs.
No longer stoked for the experience but realizing it's far too late to get out of going, I texted my friend, Rachel, on Wednesday night. Was she going? Could I tag along with her? The buddy system seemed like a good idea this time around. She immediately told me sure and that she had planned to see Andrew Bird, Best Coast & Dirty Projectors on Thursday.
Thursday evening, I stroll toward Washington Park. There aren't tons of people out at 7:45, but it's still early in the week and early in the night. There are still enough people that it's easy to walk mindlessly at the heels of a group of scarf-donning 20-somethings and end up where I need to be to meet my friends.
I glance around, but I don't try too hard to find Rachel. She's one of those people you hear before you see. Instead, I find a spot near the sound booth between two relatively attractive and seemingly girlfriend-less guys, pull out my phone and begin to send texts and emails.
By 8:10, I'm bitching, though.She knows I'm jacked up on painkillers. If I wander off with some heavily bearded rapist in skinny jeans, thinking he's Rach, it's all her fault. Mostly importantly, I'm absolutely distraught that I shaved my legs yesterday. I've always had this strange idea that if I'm about to get raped, I'll just say, "You don't want me. It's a hot mess down there." I think he'll be disgusted by my lack of feminine upkeep leave me alone. Now I'll never know if that line works! Has anyone already tried it? I'll have to Google it later.
It's 8:20 and I still don't see Rachel. I do, however, see a tall, lanky shadow near the ATMs and he's laughing. It's Dan. I text Rach for confirmation and then head over to find him with a few other people I know. (They have names, too, but they're really irrelevant for tonight.)
We make a few bad jokes and then Andrew Bird starts with zero fanfare. He just launches into his music, people applaud in surprise, and he carries on It's a beautiful view. Andrew Bird has these slowly spinning art-installations that look like plumes of smoke and a very cool rotating double-Vitrolla-like thing. Above the roof of the stage glows the pretty, white flora-inspired window of Music Hall. Last time I went to Music Hall for the Opera, I was probably parked just about where my friends and I currently stood.
He's good. His whistles have me staring at him in expectation. Where are the little animated birds fluttering toward him with ribbons for his hair and water for his face? It's all just so pretty. I'm mesmerized.
Until my foot lands on something hard and round. Is it a sprinkler head? Yes. I know this without having to look at it. And yet, drop my head and try to find the small black circle as it hides out in the grass and my shadow. I don't see it. But I feel it, right under my foot. It finally occurs to me that I should lift my foot and I immediately stumbled into Rachel and Dan, who shrug off my apologies. Figuring out how long I've known Dan requires higher math than I'm capable of, but he's used to my stumbling into him.
The stumbling and bumping calls my attention to the fact that Andrew Bird is playing not only an entirely new song but also he's in an entirely different spot. He's near an upright bass, hovering over an old microphone and making music I love oh-so-much. Still, when it's back to the usual stuff, I'm not the only one feeling the weight of his mellow music.
It's decided that we need caffeine. Fast.
As half our group strides through back alleys and around clusters of people, Rachel tries, to no avail, to tell us that Yelp says Coffee Emporium closes at 8 p.m. She's like one of Andrew Bird's birds, she sounds nice in all the chaos, but she's having a hard time rising above it. In the end, it takes standing in front of Coffee Emporium's darkened doors for Dan and I to admit defeat.
Ira's (Iris? I can never remember) is closed, too.
So, we do what any sensible, caffeine depraved people would do: We send Dan to his apartment to make us some while we go stand on Clay and watch Best Coast through a fence.
No one will ever convince me this isn't the best view for their show. Sure, you can't see their faces. But, you can still pick up on all their energy and hear things perfectly. Mostly, though, you also get to see the rest of the crowd dancing like crazy fools, singing along and having an awesome time. Standing outside that fence, I think I enjoyed the energy far more than I would if I were amidst those flying elbows and twitching hips.
Dan and, our friend, Erik are back.
They brought camp chairs and no coffee.
We utilize the chairs and this awesome see-saw for a hot minute before Dan gets a text about Bluegrass at Mr. Pitiful's and then we're off, again. I'm still not entirely sure what our friends were talking about at this point. They came out giddy over the .5 seconds of music they heard that sounded Bluegrass and Irish. (Despite knowing Dan for at least half my life, I'm still surprised by how absolutely stoked he is about this.) They mentioned a name that I don't see anywhere on Mr. Pitiful's Thursday line-up. However, on Friday we're all meeting up at the Midway at 5p, where they are, apparently, playing again.
Despite multiple pleas of, "Are you sure we shouldn't support our friend?" and "We could at least peak in and say 'Hi,'" we don't make it into Mr. Pitiful's to say reassuring things to Young Heirloom's Chris Rob.** For a brief second I contemplate making a stand. I'll stand like Superman and demand we give this musician-man our dues!
Except they're talking about caffeine, again, and if they go too far, I'll never find them. Even not on my best of days, OTR is like that tricked out maze in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. Except Lord Voldemort is played by a skinny, African American guy who comes up to Dan while we're still on Main Street.
"Hey man, have you ever been tazed?" he asks my friend.
A bright light flashes and I'm terrified for my one-time best friend. What's that disarmament spell? But it's just a watch or a flash light or something and Dan, who I think I've only ever seen mad once (at me, of course), just shakes his head and tell the guy it's not cool, he doesn't even know him.
And then we're just not there anymore. We're in 1215 Wine Bar and Coffee Lab.
But, I don't actually like either of those things. All I've wanted all this time was a pop or a chai. They have chai, though. And they'll ice it! And, you know what else? It doesn't taste like my coveted goodness from Fido, in Nashville, but I think it's better than Starbucks. Holy Shit. This place needs a drive-thru.
I'm talked out of seconds by Rachel, who is bound and determined we make it to The Emery for Dirty Projector. I'm ready to give up the ghost. I just want another chai…or 10. There's a cheese plate that looks good, too. Mm, Cheese. But, I remind myself that I'm supposed to be writing about the music. Also, I have no idea which direction I'd go to get back to my car once I've been properly filled with dairy products.
So, off we go, to the Emery.
It's packed. Thank goodness Cincinnati is filled with some seriously sweet people. A bit of rearranging and the seven of us are in one long row in the balcony. We're only forced to sit and hide yawns for a few minutes before the music starts.
I like Dirty Projectors and their quirky, disjointed Pop Rock. It makes me want to dance. Except no one in the balcony dances. I can see hints of movement and excitement below. But the people around me, the ones near the rafters, are zombie-like. No one moves, except to yawn or to leave. It's hot, too, and I swear on anything that it smells like Skyline up there.
They should have played at Washington Park. Out in the cool air and in the open field, where there aren't seats to lull the tired, drunken masses to sleep. That would have been better for everyone.
When I find myself trying to calculate the likelihood of my death if the balcony collapses, I know it's time to go. It's been a short night, but I'm done. If I stay much longer, I'll fall asleep. Or I'll throw up. I pop a Tums for the trip back to my car and duck out.
Once outside, I'm far less concerned than I should be about the fact that I have only a vague idea how to get to my car.
There is one thing I know for certain, though: I'm stopping for Skyline on the way home and I want extra cheese.
*Who knew that was even possible? Not me.
**That's his name with us, whether he likes it or not.
Cincinnati is loaded with Blues talent. Always has been. Yet it is still a rare and noteworthy occasion when a Cincinnati Blues artist releases an album with primarily original music. Brad Hatfield has long been considered one of the area's premier harmonica slingers. With his new release, Uphill From Anywhere, he also establishes himself as one of Cincy's most distinctive Blues voices — both as a singer and as a songwriter.
Richly produced by Jon Justice, who also shares many of the writing/arranging credits, and featuring Hatfield's father, keyboardist Bernie Hatfield, Uphill From Anywhere is an album that will please lovers of standard Blues fare, as well as those who like their Blues flavored with a little gospel and groove.
The album begins with "Witness to My Misery," a straightforward gut-thumping march, and then moves into "Fit to be the Fool," a shuffle that will certainly please the Blues purists. All signs point to pretty standard Blues fare at this point, albeit it with heartfelt lyrics and sultry amplified harp tone.
But with the Justice-penned "One More Night," we're immediately snapped back to attention with percussive stabs, Hammond organ overtones and honeyed slide guitar reminiscent of the best Warren Haynes-era work from the Allman Brothers. Soulful and inventive chord progressions and equally soulful singing elevate this song a notch or two above the first two tracks.
Indeed, the brightest spots on Uphill From Anywhere are the departures from the 1-4-5 12-bar formula that are the bread and butter for so many Blues bands. "Livin' Out the Lie" has a great Robert-Cray minor-key R&B vibe and "End of Time" has an uplifting Gospel feel, reminding us to not fret too much since "they've been talkin' bout the end since the beginning of time." The song makes you want to take the nearest woman by the hand, pull her close and dance like there's gonna be a whole bunch of tomorrows.
Brad Hatfield has paid more dues than many of us have and for a decade he's been widely respected as one of Cincinnati's greatest Blues harmonica players. But the revelation of this album is how Uphill From Anywhere firmly establishes Hatfield as one of our city's most poignant Blues vocalists. In fact, the second to last track, "Too Good to Give Away," features guest harp work from New Jersey's Dennis Gruenling. Harmonica players are a notoriously competitive and territorial lot, but Hatfield yields the instrumental spotlight and lets his voice tell the story with his husky, agile and often moving growl.
Appropriately, the album's final cut is an a capella version of "John the Revelator." Brad Hatfield's voice takes you to church, or the field, or to the mountaintop, and you believe every word he's saying.
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You can catch the Brad Hatfield Band in June at Saturday, June 9 at the Colerain Park Amphitheatre from 5-8 p.m., and Friday, June 22 at Geez'l Petes in Covington starting at 8:30 p.m. Visit www.bhatfieldbluesband.com for more on the album and future shows.
Saturday at the Southgate House's Parlour, area Indie band Fake Hands celebrates the release of its first studio project, the EP Here We Are After Dark, which follows a pair of self-recorded and -released efforts.
The five-track release is an excellent introductory calling card for the relatively new band, which features four core members and a handful of others who add horns and other ornamentation to the band's clever spin on Indie Rock.
Loudon Wainwright III could very easily have slid into the where-are-they-now realm of celebrity obscurity if he had allowed himself to be swallowed up by the one-hit wonderment of "Dead Skunk" in 1972. Although most people at the time only knew him for that ubiquitous single, Wainwright was confident that he had plenty of other weapons in his songwriting arsenal and set about to define the 40-year Folk/Pop career that has brought him certain measures of acclaim, wealth and notoriety as a songwriter, performer, actor and dysfunctional family man, each role woven inextricably into the fabric of the others (remember when he was Captain Spalding, the singing surgeon on M*A*S*H?). Clearly, the two paths that have intersected most often in Wainwright's life are music and family; his itinerant singer/songwriter's existence has been both a positive and a negative in his numerous attempts at familial stability and his parents, wives and children have been an endless source of grist for his songwriting mill.
Chief among Wainwright's influences has been his often larger-than-life father, whose death at 63 left a gaping hole in his 17-year-old son's life and psyche. A great deal of Wainwright's unresolved love and anger issues concerning his father have been worked out in his songs over the past few decades, but his latest uniformly excellent album finds him looking back at his long timeline after reaching the milestone birthday of 65, a momentous and bittersweet benchmark that inspired the album's title; Older Than My Old Man Now.
Like much of his recent work, Wainwright explores the familiar subjects of family, aging, death and lust on Old Man, which he does with typical candor, humor and reflection. Wainwright opens with the jazzy "The Here & the Now," an annotated but honest account of his 65 years ("I took a wife, we had some kids/I screwed that up and went on the skids"), a history that he continues tracing on the contemplative and mournful "In C." In the eloquent spoken word intro to the title track, Wainwright calls his father his "principal ghost" and then launches into a Delta-flavored vamp that addresses the psychic conundrum of having more calendars under his belt than his dad ("Sixty four is awful old, you know what can happen next/Hey, I'm older than my old man ever was, and I'm trying to keep it in context").
Wainwright's broad range is best typified by the ridiculously funny "I Remember Sex," a parlor piano duet with Barry Humphries' female alter ego Dame Edna Everidge, and the sublimely heartbreaking realizations of "The Days That We Die," where Wainwright expounds, in prose and rhyme, on the reality of getting closer to life's finish line without having fully reconciled with his children for his real and imagined sins. Listening to Wainwright and son Rufus trade soul-searching verses about life and change and forgiveness will bring a tear to the most cynical eye.
Over the course of the past few albums, Wainwright has honed his songwriting style to a fine point and narrowed his focus to very personal issues which he has translated into impossibly universal songs. Older Than My Old Man Now finds him in peak form in that regard, and reinforces the idea that he's probably got plenty more to say on every subject as his finite journey heads inexorably toward the infinite horizon.
Ahhhh, MidPoint! I look forward to it every year. September, for this lady, holds promise, romance, intrigue and MPMF. I started my MPMF.13 off right: grabbed a baller parking spot right after work in front of Coffee Emporium, grabbed a baller iced Americano and grabbed my (you thought I was going to say baller? How presumptuous) press pass. I think I did say out loud to myself: Let's GOOOO.
The first band I wanted to see was my pal Molly Sullivan at 8:15 p.m. at Japp's Annex. I had some time to kill, so I hung out on the Midway. Sidewalk Chalk was still grooving; they've got a rocking brass section, shimmery drums and soulful singers. I previously saw them on Fountain Square last year as part of the Indie Summer Series, and really enjoyed everything they had to offer. Great fun way to kick off MPMF.
I wandered around the Midway for a bit, checking out the numerous box trucks that comprise the Box Truck Carnival presented by ArtWorks. The Midway itself is pretty awesome, easily accessible and kind of reminds me of a corral for progressively more intoxicated adults. I don't mean that in a derogatory way; I, too, enjoy consuming beer freely in the open on 12th Street. The Box Trucks this year held a lot of potential — I wrote about the Midway for the MPMF Guide in CityBeat a few weeks back, so I was well-briefed on what to expect. Well, kind of.
The first truck I checked out was the Glam Rock Box Truck. Anyone who knows me is aware of the siren call the word "karaoke" holds, so of course I went in.The premise was great (for karaoke nerds like me), but box trucks just don't do karaoke justice, honestly. There are a number of songs to pick from, but not as many karaoke staples as one might expect. And for being called the Glam Rock truck, I didn't really see any Glam Rock hits on the list. The ladies running the truck seemed to be having a good time, though, so I did my best version of "Semi-Charmed Life" and went off to continue leading mine.
I wandered around the Midway some more, stopping in the Short Order Poetry Box Truck, which was 19 kinds of adorable. You step inside the truck, get paired with a stranger who asks you random questions (hi Adam!) and then they'll create a poem, on a typewriter no less, just for you, ready in just about 10 minutes. Mine had a lot of death and blood and dream imagery, just how I like 'em.
I listened to a few minutes of stand-up in the comedy Box Truck before heading to Lucy Blue's. I notoriously put off eating until I'm ravenous, so I decided to carb-up on pizza in preparation for the long night ahead. I met up with friends at Japp's and we ordered drinks and chatted before wandering to the Annex to hear Molly Sullivan.
Every time I see Molly perform, I'm more and more impressed. She's really fleshed her sound out (the addition of friends on the drums and bass is the perfect complement to her singer/guitarist combo), and lots of people are noticing — she recently won the Last Soloist Standing contest at FBs, grand prize being a large cash sum. Molly's a charming vocalist; her voice is flexible and searching, and she's always been good at melancholy intonation. I heard a fresh version of "So It Goes" from the No No Knots days, and some of her newer material had an almost Jewel-when-she-still-had-a-snaggle-tooth quality to it. I really, really dug it. So did a number of other people — quite a dedicated following was there. I'd say Molly Sullivan's first solo show at MPMF was a great success.
I had been planning all week to see Kurt Vile at Grammer's, but there was about half an hour before he was supposed to go on and I ran into my pal Caitlin, who told me the mythical history of Shuggie Otis. I was intrigued, so I walked with her to Washington Park. I still don't know how I feel about the fact that they've moved the stage to the permanent pavilion instead of in front of Music Hall; there's such a grandiosity to playing in front of that gorgeous building that just isn't matched by the pavilion — and I know there are lots of sad Instagram accounts crying right now — but I understand the convenience. We'll see how I feel about it tonight.
Anyway. Shuggie Otis. Skyrocketed to fame by age 21 and receded into the abyss of obscurity? And then he joins David Byrne's label and comes back? Tell me more. Shuggie had a groovy Soul/Funk sound brought to life by a huge backing band, complete with a stellar saxophonist. Glad I caught a few minutes, but I was on a Kurt Vile MISSION, so I started the trek to Liberty Street and Grammer's.
Well, by way of my car. I grabbed a jacket and was headed north, but as I walked by Below Zero Lounge, I heard a voice too great not to stop. If Ryan Adams and Adam Levine and the bearded lead singer from Maps & Atlases had an Asian baby, it would be St. Lenox. He was just plain awesome. I wanted to hang out with him, I wanted him to sing an album of lullabies, I wanted to stay for his whole set, but I'll be damned if I wasn't going to see Kurt Vile.
I didn't see Kurt Vile. Whoever guessed that two paragraphs ago knows that my ominous overtone was poorly done. I got stopped again walking by MOTR, this time by Fort Shame from Columbus, Ohio. I feel like so many times when a woman is a lead singer of a rock outfit, the instinct is to compare her to another female vocalist, but it has to be one who's personality is somehow perceived as similar, or stylistically akin (and I do mean clothes, not just shredding), so I'm not going to compare Fort Shame's Sue Harshe to anyone, because I don't think that's fair and, honestly, it's a little reductive. I'm just going to say that she does credit to anyone singing Rock. And the band had a star saxophonist, which was super fun.
I did hear via Twitter that Kurt Vile sang the word "yeah" for like fifteen minutes at the beginning of his set, so I said it a bunch to myself as I walked back to the Midway to hear Ha Ha Tonka and didn't feel too bad about it.
The first time I saw Ha Ha Tonka was two (or three? who knows) Midpoints ago at The Drinkery. These guys have all gotten hair cuts since then, but they sound even better. They sound like what folky Rock cut with a raucous night of varying emotions that ends with hanging out with friends and beer staring at the river would sound like. You know the kind of night I'm talking about. They're just the tops. Tight and talented musicality and great stage presence is only topped by their impeccable four-part harmony. Just magnetic. Second or third time's the charm, gentlemen.
I finished my night seeing Bleached at the Know Theatre, which last year held all the buzz bands I wished I'd been able to get inside and see (something about being "at capacity"), and I wasn't disappointed. Punk Rock girls with a guy drummer. Ramones cover. Misfits cover. I thoroughly enjoyed my attempt at head-banging AND the fact that these girls didn't try too hard. I feel like a lot of Punk-esque bands nowadays are all like "I AM PUNK! LOOK, SEE, I AM!" but Bleached was more like, "Fuck Punk. We're just Bleached." Own it, dudes.
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Microsoft last week patched nine vulnerabilities, five marked "critical," in Windows 7, a move that will require users upgrading to the new operating system starting Thursday to download a security update to keep their PCs secure.
The patches were the first for Windows 7's final build, dubbed RTM for "release to manufacturing," that has been in some customers' hands, primarily enterprises with volume licensing agreements, since August.
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Windows 7's patch count, however, was significantly less than either Windows Vista's, its immediate predecessor, or that of Windows XP, the eight-year-old operating system installed on the majority of systems worldwide.
An analysis by Computerworld of the massive Oct. 13 security update -- the largest by Microsoft since it started patching on a regular monthly schedule six year ago -- showed that Windows 7 was affected by nine of the 34 vulnerabilities, or 26 percent of the total. Its count of critical bugs -- the most serious as marked by Microsoft -- was five out of a possible 21, or 24 percent.
Windows Vista, meanwhile, was impacted by 19 of the 34 vulnerabilities, or 56 percent of the total, with 11 pegged critical, or 52 percent of the possible.
Windows XP was affected by the most vulnerabilities of all: 24 out of 34, or 71 percent of the total. Of the two-dozen bugs that needed patching in Windows XP, 18 were tagged as critical, or 86 percent of the total critical count.
The tallies indicated that, at least this month, Windows 7 was afflicted with about half as many vulnerabilities as was Vista, and about a third as many as was Windows XP. Its critical bug count followed the same pattern.
Those flaws that did affect Windows 7 were probably due to recycled code, said security experts. "The Windows 7 vulnerabilities are coming from its legacy code base," said Jason Miller, the security and data team manager for patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies.
In fact, none of the vulnerabilities patched last week were Windows 7-only flaws. Of the five security bulletins that affected the new OS, all five also impacted Vista and XP, and all but one had to be patched in the even-older Windows 2000.
The phenomenon of vulnerabilities in old code isn't new. Just months after Vista's launch, security researchers took Microsoft to task for overlooking a vulnerability in Windows' animated cursor in the brand-new operating system, even though was closely linked to a bug Microsoft had patched more than two years before.
Microsoft has promoted Windows 7 as safer and more secure than its predecessor, something it did two three years ago when it touted Vista as better than XP. But everything is relative.
Even Microsoft's top expert on designing software with security in mind -- a process Microsoft calls Security Development Lifecycle, or SDL -- has admitted that it is virtually impossible to catch some kinds of bugs without tedious line-by-line review of the code, something even Microsoft is hard-pressed to do.


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Last night (Feb. 15, 2014) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweights Ronaldo Souza and Francis Carmont squared off for high stakes in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 36 from Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil.
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Both Souza and Carmont brought impressive win streaks into the bout. "Jacare" had five finishes in a row while Carmont had won 11 straight mixed martial arts (MMA) bouts. Due to a couple of questionable decisions, however, Carmont's win streak wasn't nearly as convincing as Souza's.
Pivotal rankings implications were on the line with the No. 3-ranked "Jacare" a big favorite over No. 8-ranked Carmont. In the end, Souza used his world-class ground skills to teach Carmont a hard lesson in grappling. Let's take a look back at "Jacare's" latest and greatest Octagon win.
The fight began slowly with Carmont looking for some leg kicks. Souza went for a spinning kick and quickly dragged Carmont to the ground, taking his back. Ground master "Jacare" was in his world, softening Carmont up for the rear naked choke. Carmont defended well and Souza pushed the action up against the cage, throwing shots. "Jacare" went for the choke again, this time locking it on tight. For a moment it looked like Carmont would be finished, but he persevered, to actually end the lopsided first round on top.
The second frame saw Carmont come out aggressive, looking for high and low kicks. "Jacare" threw a big shot and missed a takedown. Souza rushed in, throwing heavy punches and a wheel kick. Carmont went for a takedown that was easily avoided. Souza landed his overhand right and clinched against the cage, but Carmont responded well with punches of his own. Carmont was beginning to find his range, landing his jab. "Jacare" went to work with body shots and more clinch work towards the end of the round.
The final round kicked off with Carmont showing a bit of urgency and "Jacare" looking for more big body shots. Souza got a big double leg takedown and took Carmont's back again, landing huge power punches. He couldn't lock up a rear naked choke but held onto dominant position to smother "Limitless" and secure a body triangle. Two choke attempts followed as the final minute wound down, earning the clear-cut unanimous decision for Souza.
"Jacare" put on an impressive display of his top-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills, taking Carmont to the mat and gaining advantageous positions seemingly at will. While he wasn't able to lock up the submission, Souza went for it until the final bell. His striking didn't appear as explosive as it had recent bouts, but Carmont was no doubt a very tough opponent.
Souza should get a huge bout soon; there's not much else for him to prove after dominant showings in all three of his UFC bouts. He stated his desire for the belt in his post-fight interview, but he also noted that he had fragments in his arm that could keep him out for some time. If he's healthy, a bout with the winner of the upcoming Michael Bisping vs. Tim Kennedy bout would make sense for Souza.
For Carmont the loss is a disheartening one, but he showed a ton of resiliency in avoiding multiple choke attempts from an all-world grappling champion. He's the only man to last an entire three rounds with "Jacare" in his last six fights, so he shouldn't drop too far in the rankings.
It was his biggest fight and he was never able to mount any significant offense, meaning Carmont needs to go back to the drawing board with Georges St. Pierre and Firas Zahabi at Montreal's TriStar Gym. With only one loss in his last twelve bouts, Carmont should be poised to bounce back soon with a bout against a low-ranked opponent.
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The Republican candidate was explaining his opposition to abortion in cases of rape or incest when he made the remark.
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, and I realized that life is a gift from God, and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended to happen," Mourdock said, explaining that he would allow for exceptions to an abortion ban when a mother's life is in danger.
In early May, Mourdock defeated longtime GOP Sen. Richard Lugar in a bitterly contested GOP primary vote, and is facing Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly in November's election.
In a statement following the debate, Mourdock wrote that "God creates life, and that was my point."
"God does not want rape, and by no means was I suggesting that He does. Rape is a horrible thing, and for anyone to twist my words otherwise is absurd and sick," he continued.
Donnelly, who campaigns as an anti-abortion candidate, also responded, writing, "I think rape is a heinous and violent crime in every instance. The God I believe in and the God I know most Hoosiers believe in, does not intend for rape to happen-ever. What Mr. Mourdock said is shocking, and it is stunning that he would be so disrespectful to survivors of rape."
At Tuesday's debate, Donnelly said, "The only exceptions I believe in are for rape and incest and life of the mother."
Mourdock has enjoyed support from GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who traveled to Indiana in August to campaign for the tea party-backed candidate alongside former Vice President Dan Quayle and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Romney has also appeared in a television ad for Mourdock.
Andrea Saul, a Romney campaign spokeswoman, said in response to Mourdock's rape comments that "Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views."
Republicans offered mixed responses, with some - such as Romney and one of his surrogates, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, as well as the Republican running for the Indiana governorship - distancing themselves from or repudiating the remarks.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte was to campaign with Mourdock on Wednesday, but canceled those plans. Her spokesman, Jeff Grappone, said in a statement, "She disagrees with Treasurer Mourdock's comments, which do not represent her views."
The GOP candidate for governor in Indiana, Rep. Mike Pence, said in a Wednesday statement, "I strongly disagree with the statement made by Richard Mourdock during last night's Senate debate. I urge him to apologize."
Others, such as Sen. John Cornyn, came out in support of Mourdock. Cornyn is chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
"Richard and I, along with millions of Americans – including even Joe Donnelly – believe that life is a gift from God. To try and construe his words as anything other than a restatement of that belief is irresponsible and ridiculous," Cornyn he said in a statement.
Former President Bill Clinton stumped in Indiana last week for Donnelly. A Howey/DePauw University poll taken September 19-23 showed Donnelly at 40% and Mourdock at 38% among likely Indiana voters.
The Republican Senate candidate's remarks on rape and abortion are the latest flash point on the highly sensitive issue. In August, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri – also running for Senate – ignited a firestorm when he said "legitimate rape" rarely resulted in pregnancy.
Akin, who faced backlash from Democrats as well as from most of his own party, defiantly remained in the race, despite calls from GOP leaders, including Romney, to step aside.
A senior GOP strategist, however, said Mourdock may not face as much pushback from Republican leaders as Akin experienced, given the limited time remaining before Election Day and the importance for the GOP to win the Indiana seat.
"Mourdock said what millions of people believe – that babies are a gift from God," the strategist said. "Akin said something crazy about women's bodies rejecting pregnancy from rape, which no one believes."


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Hod Kosman, Platte Valley Companies President and CEO, along with the Board of Directors, announced Monday that Tammy Hoffman has been selected as Branch Manager for the Gering location.
Hoffman is currently a Personal Banker at the Centennial Location, and has been with Platte Valley Bank since 2007. She has been a part of the banking industry since 1997, working through different financial departments including mortgage and consumer lending.
Kosman said Hoffman is a great fit for the Gering location, noting she has made Gering her home for the past 14 years and is already extremely active with the schools and community groups. The new Platte Valley Bank will be located at 1850 10th Street, across the street from McDonald's, in Gering and plans to open at the end of the summer.
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Montagne Sainte-Victoire is an 18 kilometer long limestone mountain in the south of France, with a 7 kilometer long summit plateau, east of Aix-en-Provence. Resembling a long ridge, the high point is the Pic des mouches at 1,011 metres (3,317 ft). The Croix de Provence is a 19 meter high cross and is a popular hiking destination which looms large on a slightly lower point on the massif.
Climbing season: south facing and fairly protected from the Mistral, the area works for winter but the prime seasons are spring and fall. Summer can be wicked hot.
In 1989, a fire burned at the mountain's south face. Reforestation has been promoted, but, the effects of the fire are still present. Public access is restricted during periods of high fire danger, especially the summer season. Please take care with any spark or flame producing device and respect the restrictions. Current information at:
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Besides climbing, the Saint-Victoire massif is a very popular destination for hiking. There is also paragliding and some caving.
Montagne Sainte Victoire is one of the Grand Sites de France.
Escalade en Pays d'Aix, Daniel Gorgeon and Philippe Légier.
Buying the local guidebook supports equipment maintenance at the crag.
Places to Stay:
There's camping in Puyloubier, Rousset, Peynier, and Beaurecueuil.
Gites available in Puyloubier and St. Antonin.
Hotel in Puyloubier.
Wild camping is prohibited.
Climbing gear, guidebooks:
Les 3 Mousquetons
17 rue Jacques de la Roque
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Some fun climbing source quotes:
"Rising to the west of Aix en Provence, the first sight of the soaring limestone peak of the Montagne de Sainte Victoire, rising to 1011m, should set any climbers pulse racing. The south-facing sheets of limestone look both smooth and huge from a distance, a closer inspection reveals a massive area of compact white rock. Off-vertical face climbing is the name of the game here, often with slightly spicy bolting. The 170+ routes we cover here are about 15 percent of the total routes on offer on the mountain, if you enjoy the place, get the local guide and go off exploring." Chris Craggs from the Rockfax guidebook, France: Côte d'Azur
"The famous great white mountain rising from the Mediterranean plains just E of Aix is perhaps the most revered natural feature in the whole of Provence. The artist Cézanne, painting it repeatedly, brought it to the attention of a wider world. It is easy to see his fascination. The ivory white rock captures and intensifies every light and mood. If the sky is angry then Sainte Victoire is black, if the sky is clear blue, the mountain lives, if the sun sets red then the hillside becomes a wall of flame." Bill Birkett from the Cicerone guidebook, French Rock.
"La Montagne Sainte-Victoire :
Above Aix en Provence, not far from the Mediterranean Sea, this mountain is the home of at least a thousand routes. These are run-out, committing and sequencey climbs that require good footwork. Try the legendary, seldom repeated big routes, OVNI or Hyper Médius, both 6c (5.11b) and you will understand. These climbs require a strong constitution and perfect foot work. It is here that Christian Guyomar and Christian Hautcoeur wrote a page in the history of climbing. Four decades ago, they climbed these routes using hooks and bad pitons. Since then, bolts have replaced these, but the runouts are still there, so you will be stepping into a bygone era of boldness. The strenouous athletics of the average sport route are replaced by precarious footwork. Tight shoes and steel fingers are essential.
Finally, let us emphasize that judgement and mental fortitude play big parts. Sainte-Victoire is the ultimate test for mental weakness. If you climb here enough, your confidence will increase." Stephane Silvestri in Gripped Magazine from the article Traditional Sport Climbing in FRANCE. The Innovative "Old World"
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"substance" itself doesn't seem to mean drugs such as cocaine, marihuana, etc. But does it mean "drugs" when it's used as "substance abuse"?
ex)Renee Amoore has come a long way from her roots in Byrn Mawr, Pennsylvania....She eventually became CEO of Growth Horizons, Inc., an organization that serves people with substance abuse problems.
Yes, it does mean "drugs".
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Or alcohol. Or paint thinner. It's not just limited to "illegal" drugs, it is any problem with abusing any type of chemical, any "substance."