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I know that these do not com out for another week or two but do we even have a chance at getting any compensatory picks?
The only people we signed that I would think would qualify are Kyle Vanden Bosch and Nate Burleson and it is hard for me to remember who we lost as Free Agents last year vs. those who were traded/ released, etc. I know that there has been in the past a blog that has been pretty accurate at predicting the picks but so far I cannot find it.
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Walt says Chapman in pen for all of 2012
"Clearly, they can't see it, they can't hit it, they can't even find it, because Chapman is heading for the most dominating season by any relief pitcher in the history of relief pitching..."It's almost become second nature now, I've heard it discussed so often," Reds GM Walt Jocketty told Rumblings. "But I like it. It creates interest in our club, and that's all good. Everybody has a theory on it. Everybody has an opinion." That "everybody" includes the general manager, of course, not to mention Chapman himself. And their unanimous opinion is that some day -- very likely as soon as next season -- Chapman is going to morph into a starter. "It won't be this year, obviously," Jocketty said. "But he would like to start. His preference has always been to start."


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Albany -- Albany Firefighters are using new reflective road markers to pinpoint their fire hydrants.
Firefighters started installing the reflectors Monday near each of the 45-hundred hydrants in Dougherty County. They'll also go up at intersections to point out hydrant locations.
Albany Fire Chief James Carswell said the reflectors will speed response time to fires. "It becomes more and more difficult to see a hydrant at night. This will actually be in the street so our headlights will actually reflect the blue back to us, and we'll know exactly where the hydrant is based on the location of the reflector is."
5000 reflectors cost $15,000, and will be installed by six teams of firefighters in the next weeks. New home developers in Dougherty County will be required to install the blue reflectors when new hydrants are installed.
Firefighters are putting out the reflectors while they conduct their annual hydrant checks.
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Dai Nippon Printing probably isn't a company you're terribly familiar with, but you might feel inclined to keep closer tabs on the Japanese outfit. With help from the University of Tokyo, Dai Nippon has created a book scanner that can plow through texts at up to 250 pages each minute. A mechanism flips through pages at lightning speeds while a pair of cameras overhead snap detailed images of each sheet as it flies by. Special software then flattens out the photos and turns the picture into a machine readable, 400 pixel-per-inch scan that can easily be converted to PDF, EPUB or other format. Read the full story at Engadget.
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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).
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Members of the U.S. Park Police horse mounted unit recently visited Union Mill Elementary in Clifton with their horses, Delilah and Sparky, to talk to first grade students about the police work that they do every day in Washington, D.C. The students got to meet the horses and took turns petting them and feeding them.
The students got to meet the horses and took turns petting them and feeding them. Officer Gordon demonstrated with Sparky how he rides the horse and the different ways that Sparky walks and trots.
Officer Gordon and his colleague Officer West explained the work that they do, including crowd and traffic management for parades, demonstrations, and festivals in Washington.
They explained how it is important for the horses to be comfortable with noises and around people, cars, and buses. Delilah was donated to the Park Police by Union Mill parent David Hill. Both officers rode Sparky and Delilah in the 2013 presidential inaugural parade.


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The Mothership was playing with the SBN photo tool, and decided to share some of the 2,200 photos that are tagged "hit by pitch". Though the author's baseball story is similar to my own (quit at the coach pitch level after having my nose smashed by a ground ball that skipped off of a rock) I couldn't help but share the story. I mean, just look at this photo:
Anyway, here's your Wednesday night thread. Michigan is currently attempting to avoid THE HUSKERING (and doing just fine), also NBA, and NHL somewhere.


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"Capoeira Arte Antiga for the second year has organized an event to reward its dedicated students with a new belt. This year is the second time we order T-shirts from CustomInk.com. Its great working with you guys. "


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She participated in three different Olympics and became known for having a defiant attitude. She won the French National title nine times and the European title five times. She placed second at the world championships three times.
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Twenty-four year old RHP Terrell Young was relinquiched into the Red's organization once more on October 27th, 2009 from the Washington Nationals. The initial transaction occurred when the Reds left him unprotected to a Rule 5 Draft in 2008, at which time Washington promptly offered him a one year contract. The likely cause for the Nationals change of heart is centered around shoulder inflammation issues from the 09 pre-season. In fact from my search, it seems he played a few innings of exhibition baseball for the Nats before being injured.
This is a move that was previously denied on May 13, 2009. After much debacle, it seems as if Cincinnati has accepted him back into the organization. It appears that the higher ups believe that full recovery might be in the workings for Terrell. Recently, they have even extended an invitation to spring training. Bear in mind that nothing is ever proof positive in baseball, But it would be excellent if he at the very least picked up where he left off with us, making solid strides toward bullpen support.
After some tutoring from Tom Browning and Mario Soto on fastball location and a change-up respectively, Terrell was excelling quite rapidly before his departure from Sarasota. In 2008 he posted career high numbers in middle relief for Dayton and Sarasota, which combined look like (2-5 2.88) over 59.1 innings. He had serious consideration to pad out the National's bullpen, and now he has serious consideration for a spot in ours. Perhaps he could fill a void left by Coco Departing?


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With the NFL draft coming, i thought we could do something I got from BGN (Bleeding Grean Nation). It was a pretty fun game and everyone who did it enjoyed it a lot, and i felt it would be fun to bring over here.
The premise is simple, you draft CURRENT NFL Players AND Coaches and try and make the best team possible. You pick your team name and i enter you into the draft, and make a completely random order Snake draft. When you draft, you post a picture of your player, what position you will have him playing (Any player can play any position, but it wouldn't help to put, say, Matt Ryan at Wide Receiver) and you explain why you choose him and what role he will play on your team. If you are going to do this try and be as active as possible, so don't miss picks, and I will be letting people E-mail me their draft board so if they are not able to make their pick, i will take the top player available on their board.
Now its first come first serve and I'm debating whether to have 15 or 16 teams. Also if not enough people wanna play, thats fine and i'll scratch it, no biggie. Any questions you can ask me in the comments and if you want in, just state that you want in and tell me your team name. I thought it would be fun, i hope you guys like the idea!
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - When Pennsylvania's attorney general filed criminal charges against a gas drilling company last week, some business groups cried foul and suggested it was an abuse of legal power, since XTO Energy had previously settled the same 2010 case with federal authorities by paying fines.
Now, legal and environmental experts say it's clear Pennsylvania made a broader statement by filing criminal charges, and XTO is also making a statement by fighting them.
George Jugovic, an environmental lawyer with the group Penn Future, says it's hard to judge whether criminal charges are warranted without more information.
Kathryn Klaber, CEO of the industry Marcellus Shale Coalition, says the criminal charges set a bad precedent that may impact the whole industry
The shale formation also extends under Ohio, West Virginia and New York.
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Fed up with KPFA Infighting? Vote No on the Recall
The current campaign to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the KPFA and Pacifica boards takes the cake for unbridled factionalism and sheer vindictiveness - not to mention the waste of some $25,000 at a time when the station again faces a severe financial shortfall and the likelihood of more staff cuts.
In my five and a half years on KPFA's Local Station Board, I've lived through more nasty bickering than at any other time in a half century of progressive activism (and believe me, that's saying something!). But in my book the current campaign to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the local and national boards takes the cake for unbridled factionalism and sheer vindictiveness - not to mention the waste of some $25,000 at a time when the station again faces a severe financial shortfall and the likelihood of more staff cuts.
If you care about KPFA's survival, please take my advice and vote "No" on the recall ballot listener-subscribers should - finally! - be getting in the mail this week. It's the best way you can send a message to all of the powers that be at the station and its parent Pacifica Foundation - local and national board members, station and foundation managers, and the paid staff's union local - that you want us to cut out the craziness and concentrate on pulling the operation back from the brink of financial abyss, reinvigorating programming, expanding the audience, and catching up with 21st-century technology and tastes.
Who is Tracy Rosenberg? In addition to her work with KPFA and Pacifica, she is executive director of the Oakland-based Media Alliance; in that capacity she's a nationally recognized leader in the grassroots movement to resist the corporate media behemoths and preserve and extend alternative people's media. From my personal observations I can attest that she is incredibly dedicated and hardworking: for years now, not only as a member of the local and national boards but also as chair of Pacifica's National Finance Committee - always a critical role, but especially in a time of severe financial stress - she has devoted countless hours every month to interminable meetings and grueling conference calls. Sure, she can be abrasive at times, and no one agrees with her about every decision she's been part of - I certainly don't. But overall she's the kind of qualified and caring person Pacifica needs in its governance structures. Instead of a smear campaign and recall attempt over policy differences, we should thank her for service to the station and the network.
As for the charges against Tracy, go to http://www.StopTheKPFARecall.org, especially the page devoted to "Deconstructing the Recall Petition," if you want details. Just a few points here:
• The main charges against Tracy involve her role (real and imagined) in the budget cuts Pacifica required KPFA to make in the fall of 2010, which resulted in, among other effects, the cancellation of the Morning Show. It wasn't Tracy, though, who caused the cuts - they had to happen because the station, after losing $1.4 million over the previous three years and completely burning through its reserves, could no longer meet its payroll. Tracy's contribution, when she and others at KPFA were consulted by Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt, was simply to point out the obvious: there was no short-term alternative but to reduce expenses and, since most of the station's budget goes for salaries and benefits and most other expenses are fixed, cutting expenses required, regrettably, trimming the paid staff. Tracy is accused of drawing up a list of staff to "purge from the station." In fact, what that list was was simply the staff seniority list, and the National Labor Relations Board has repeatedly ruled that the cuts were made in accordance with the seniority provisions in the paid staff's union contract.
• The second allegation on the recall petition, under the inflammatory heading "Election Fraud," actually involves a disagreement over the interpretation of Pacifica's bylaws. Those rules, adopted in reaction to the near takeover of Pacifica in the 1990s by forces deeply involved in electoral politics, include a provision that any member of a Pacifica board who accepts "a political appointment" is automatically removed from that board. In January 2010 attorney Dan Siegel, a member of the LSB who had just been elected also to the national board, accepted an appointment as legal adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. A majority of the Pacifica National Board - including Tracy - voted that, in accordance with the bylaws, that move made him ineligible to stay on the local or national boards. (His position in the Quan administration was unpaid, but the bylaws make no distinction between paid and unpaid appointments.)
Whatever you think of Siegel - I happen to admire him for much of his work, in particular his principled resignation from Quan's administration to protest its handling of the Occupy movement - the board's position was at the very least a plausible interpretation of an important element of the bylaws. A local judge eventually ruled in Siegel's favor and he remains on the local and national boards. But should disagreement on such a debatable issue be grounds for recall?
• The third count in the recall petition - "Email Theft and Misrepresentation" would be laughable if it were not so defamatory and destructive. Just go read the e-mail in question for yourself - it's at http://www.StopTheKPFARecall.org/?p=367. As you can see, all it does is promote the programming scheduled to air on KPFA's Morning Mix program during the week of March 7, 2011 - and, of course, plead for donations. There's not a syllable in it about internal Pacifica politics or anything else controversial among KPFA listeners. The backstory is that the unpaid crew putting together the Morning Mix, which was then in its first months and, admittedly, still struggling to find its groove, decided to try to encourage listenership by announcing upcoming programming via e-mail. You'd think that would be a routine approach to marketing in 2011, but believe it or not, KPFA lacked the capability to put out promotional e-mail. The Mix crew learned that Tracy had an account with a service that does e-mails blasts to lists provided by the customer - an account she frequently makes available to various progressive causes - so they asked her to send the message out, using a list of addresses provided by Pacifica.
That, in a nutshell, is the case against Tracy Rosenberg. Only in Pacificaland, I'm afraid, could one imagine that such charges could be the basis for initiating a recall. It's especially tragic considering that the recall proponents claim at every opportunity that they're defending KPFA's workers, yet the process they've imposed will probably end up costing the station close to $25,000 for printing, postage, and administration - money desperately needed to forestall additional staff cuts.
If this recall effort succeeds, it will undoubtedly encourage others in the future, and still more money and energy that could go improving the station will instead go down the tubes in factional infighting. If you think that's nuts, join me, Grey Brechin, Peter Franck, Jack Heyman, Cynthia Johnson, Barbara Lubin, Michael Parenti, Andrea Pritchett, the late Les Radke, Sally Sommer, Carol Spooner, and scores of other longtime listeners, plus Mary Berg, Dennis Bernstein, Davey D, Anthony Fest, Robbie Osman, Peter Phillips, Kate Raphael, Nina Serrano and many other KPFA staff members (see more names at http://www.StopTheKPFARecall.org) in voting an emphatic "No" when you get your recall ballot.
Henry Norr, a retired journalist and Berkeley resident, will finish his second term as an elected listener representative on KPFA's Local Station Board in December. He can be reached at henry [at] norr.com.
Having voted No already and mailed my ballot which was picked up at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, I am now calm enough to look at the second hate piece from the well-funded Hate Pacifica Gang, the first having arrived on 12/31/11. What strikes me most is how out of touch they are with the world we live in.
Pacifica Foundation is a very poor charity, the legal term being a non-profit corporation. Both the 1st and 2d slick mailer describe Pacifica as a "corporation," implying that it is the usual profit-making business we associate with the term "corporation." This is from a gang that claims to holier than thou when it comes to supporting labor, although the reality is the opposite.
The ever-changing figure paid to the law firms Pacifica was forced to hire by the Hate Pacifica Gang to defend itself against lawsuits and NLRB charges they filed, including a lawsuit brought by a Republican Party law firm, Dhillon & Smith, whose partner Ms. Harmeet Dhillon is SF Republican Party chairperson, should be a sign that this is all completely contrived, which it is. On the 1st slick mailer, they claim they cost Pacifica $80,000; on the second, $115,000 and on the hit piece on the reverse side of Tracy Rosenberg's excellent statement inside the envelope with the ballot, $30,000. They blame these various amounts on Tracy when it is they who cost Pacifica money and when it comes to all the issues, Tracy is just one member of the Pacifica National Board; the decisions are always collective.
The biggest lack of understanding of the real world comes in terms of organized labor, which is only 10% organized in the US. KPFA has over 200 workers, of whom some 20 or so are paid; the rest are VOLUNTEERS. That is a point that should be stressed everywhere. MOST OF US ARE NOT UNION MEMBERS and MOST OF US HAVE NO PENSION; we depend on our savings and Social Security for retirement. The 10% paid staff at KPFA are no better nor more deserving than anyone else. All of this whining about all kinds of fancy benefits this 10% paid staff expect to receive from this very poor charity courtesy its poor subscribers is insulting to us who do not have these benefits. WE ARE NOT IMPRESSED THAT WE ARE PAYING PENSIONS TO PART-TIME STAFF especially when we have just enough to survive ourselves, and no pension. The unions have no one to blame but themselves for not doing the labor organizing that needs to be done but instead they give the union dues to the anti-labor Democratic Party. Thus, all of their hysterics and histronics over benefits they expect the poor listeners to pay falls on very deaf ears among most of the listeners.
It is clear that ALL OF THE RECALL PROVISIONS MUST BE REPEALED as we have almost annual expensive Local Station Board elections and thus there is never any reason for any recall.
Dan Siegel, a lawyer, obviously found this recall provision in the bylaws and realized that it could be used against Pacifica, so he came up with the excuse that because he was not seated on the Pacifica Board for a short time due to the clear provision in the bylaws that he could not sit there while advising Oakland Mayor Quan, he and his fellow Hate Pacifica Gang members would cost us poor workers money by having this recall. LET US REMEMBER THAT DAN SIEGEL PROMOTED POLICE IN OAKLAND SCHOOLS. Dan Siegel uses various causes, like the Occupy movement, as publicity for his law firm. Any member of the Hate Pacifica Gang, of which he is a proud member, listing himself on both slick mailers for the recall, is to be avoided.
The 22,000 listener-subscribers must now act to defeat this recall if we are to have a radio station at all. I am so glad to see Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party highlighted on the anti-recall mailer. The rest of the honor roll is found at the end of this article. WE ARE LUCKY TO GET 6,000 VOTERS IN A REGULAR ELECTION. PLEASE VOTE, VOTE NO, AND MAIL YOUR BALLOT TODAY. Further clarity on what is going on can be found in the fact that the leading light of the Hate Pacifica Gang, aka SaveKPFA, is Larry Bensky, a former programmer at KPFA proudly listed on both SaveKPFA slick mailers, and a former editor of the CIA's Paris Review. See and read the links below:
1. His attacks to callers on air:
2. Supporters of Pat Scott Gang and union busters American Consulting:
3. More horrors of supporting Concerned Listeners gang:
4. His opposition to Peace & Freedom and Green Parties:
5. His use of name lists in violation of Pacifica election rules:
6. His opposition to the 9/11 Truth Movement
7. His anti-labor outlook on labor programming:
8. His contempt for free speech:
9. His attack on William Blum's book exposing the CIA and a reminder that Bensky was editor of the CIA front, the Paris Review, at
10. His ridicule of the fact of history that Nazis influenced the anti-Communist witchhunts of the 1940s-1950s as of course they were first and foremost anti-communist:
Join the honor roll, vote No on the recall and Mail your ballot today. From:
Shahram Aghamir – Co-Producer, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa.
Nick Alexander - longtime reporter, producer; member of API (Asian Pacific Islander) Specials radio collective.
Teresa J. Allen – Current KPFT Houston Local Station Board, Pacifica National Board member both current and from 2002-2005.
Joseph Anderson - KPFA Listener.
Austin Airwaves – Jim Ellinger, Austin, TX.
David Barsamian – Founder, director, host, Alternative Radio. His latest books are How the World Works and What We Say Goes (both with Noam Chomsky) and Targeting Iran. David's interviews and articles appear in The Progressive, Z and other publications.
Richard Becker - Western Region Coordinator, ANSWER Coalition – Act Now to Stop War & End Racism.
Khalil Bendib - political cartoonist and co-host of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa.
Mary Berg – Producer & Host, A Musical Offering, former Secretary of the PNB and KPFA LSB, and member of the Program Council, among many other things.
Rivian Berlin - former producer Women's Magazine, Listener.
Dennis Bernstein – Executive Producer of Flashpoints.
Carolyn Birden - WBAI LSB and Pacifica National Board Member; former plaintiff in the "listeners' lawsuit" to remove the old Pacifica Board in 1999-2001.
Max J. Blanchet – Former KPFA Local Advisory Board (LAB) and Local Station Board (LSB) Member.
Jeff Blankfort - co-founder of the original SaveKPFA in 1993 and of Take Back KPFA in 1995.
Gail Blasie - former KPFA LSB member.
Bonnie Bone – Early Morning Music Host, programmer, engineer.
Joseph Bolden – Poor News Network, Morning Mix.
Daniel Borgstrom – KPFA Listener, blogger at Daniel's Free Speech Zone.
Tanya Brannan - KPFA Listener.
Gray Brechin - University of California Geographer.
Jean E. Brechan - KPFA (and Pacifica) Listener
Eric Brooks – Environmental, social justice, consumer, and global justice movement activist since 1985; currently Sustainability Chair – San Francisco Green Party.
Carol Brouillet – Community Currency.org, and Co-Founder, International Media Project.
Virginia Browning – KPFA Listener.
Donna Carter - KPFA Listener.
Linda Champagne – KPFA Listener.
Richard Clifford – KPFA Listener.
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George Coates – Producer, Twit Wit Radio.
Mitchel Cohen – Chair, WBAI Local Station Board, Brooklyn Greens.
Michael Costello – North Bay for KPFA Folio in Exile 2000.
Vicente R. Cruz II – Oakland Green Party Outreach Committee.
Gavin Dahl – KPFA Listener/supporter, Board Member community radio advocate and activist engineering outfit Common Frequency, News Director of Pacifica Affiliate Station KYRS in Spokane.
Susan da Silva - Former Chair KPFA LSB.
Justine Daniel - Social Justice Center of Marin.
Todd Davies – KPFA listener.
Afrikahn Jamal Dayvs - Ear Thyme.
Lisa Dettmer – Women's Magazine KPFA.
Barbara and Barry Deutsch – KPFA/Pacifica subscribers since 1963.
Ivar Diehl – KPFA Listener, Occupier, Business Owner.
Ariel Dougherty - KPFA Listener.
Neil Dunaetz - KPFA Listener.
Laurie Edwards – KPFA Listener, Educator.
Bob English – Pacfica/KPFA Listener from the '60s, active in the Coalition for a democratic Pacifica (CdP), Peoples' Radio, KPFA Election Committee. UFW San Francisco Support Committee, SEIU 790 elected chapter rep/negotiation team, Public Employees for a Democratic Union 2006.
Carolyn Epple - Retired Professor, Sonoma State University.
Joseph Estrada - Full Circle.
Shawn Ewald - Co-Founder A-Infos Radio Project; one of the early activists in the original Free Pacifica movement in the '90s.
Bonnie Faulkner - Producer, Guns & Butter.
Jane Fehlberg – KPFA Listener.
Denise Ferry – KPFA Listener since 1982.
Anthony Fest – Producer, KPFA Weekend News, KPFA Local Station Board Staff Representative.
Vickie M. Fouts – KFCF board member.
Peter Franck – Former President of the Pacifica Foundation (1980-1984).
Ann Garrison - Reporter KPFA Weekend News and Host, producer, WBAI Afrobeat Radio.
James P. Geraghty - Marin Peace and Justice Coalition.
Maria Gilardin - Producer, TUC Radio.
Pam Gill – KPFA Listener.
Steve Gilmartin - KPFA Listener.
Terry Goodman – KPFK Listener/former LSB Member.
Lisa Gray-Garcia – Poor News Network, Morning Mix.
David Greene – First KPFA Elections Coordinator.
Noelle Hanrahan – Producer, Prison Radio.
Michael Hardesty – KPFA Listener
Roger D. Harris – Vice President, Task Force on the Americas.
Carol Harvey – KPFA Listener.
John Harwayne – KPFA Member.
Rose Hauer – KPFA Listener.
Chandra Hauptman – Former KPFA LSB and Pacifica National Board listener-representative.
Dave Heller - KPFA Listener.
Dolores Helman - KPFA Listener.
Jack Heyman – Former Executive Board Member ILWU Local 10, longtime labor activist.
Linda Hewitt – KPFA/Pacifica Listener since 1968; active in Coalition for a democratic Pacifica (CdP) and Peoples' Radio.
Kane Hoffman – KPFA Listener.
Valerie Hood - KPFA Listener and phone room volunteer.
Mickey Huff – Associate Professor of History at Diablo Valley College, director of Project Censored, Co-Host with Dr. Peter Phillips of the Project Censored Show.
April Hurley – Listener, MD for the uninsured in Santa Rosa.
Mesha Irizarry - Executive Director, Idriss Stelley Foundation to Combat Police Violene, Co-Director, Education Not Incarceration, and Online Admin, Occupy Da' Hood SF.
Jon Jackson – KPFA Listener.
Cynthia Johnson – KPFA Local Station Board member, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Ecumenical Peace Institute.
Xan Joi – Bay Area Codepink.
Kahlil Karn - KPFA listener.
Jena Katz – KPFA Listener, left activist.
Kim Kaufman – KPFK Local Station Board Treasurer, member Pacifica National Finance Committee.
Carolyn Keddy – KPFA Listener.
Dorothy Kidd - Professor, Dept of Media Studies, University of San Francisco, and long-time community radio producer and advocate.
Alice Diane Kisch – KPFA Listener.
Robert Knight – Anchor, Five O'Clock Shadow investigative newsmagazine on WBAI; Correspondent, "The Knight Report" on Flashpoints.
Janet Kobren – KPFA LSB Listener Member, activist around the Occupy movement, Palestine, democratic media, election integrity, environment, housing justice, and other issues.
Monique Koller - KPFA Listener.
Marilyn Langlois - KPFA Listener, Richmond Progressive Alliance Steering Committee, Haiti Action Committee.
David Landau – KPFA Weekend News.
Adrienne Lauby - Host/producer, Pushing Limits, KPFA unpaid staff.
Clay Leander – Unpaid Staff Program Council Representative.
Sandy LeonVest – Editor & Publisher of Solar Times; Radio Host-Producer for the Progressive Radio Network.
Kenya Lewis – Save KUSF volunteer.
Barbara Lubin – Executive Director, Middle East Children's Alliance; Friends of Free Speech Radio (1999-2001).
Laura MacDougall – KPFA Listener from the South Bay.
Jeff Mackler - Director, Mobilization to Free Mumia abu Jamal; West Coast Coordinator, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee; Member, Administrative Council, UNAC (United National Antiwar Committee).
Neil Maclean – KPFA Listener.
Neal Madnick - KPFA Listener.
Abby Martin – Founder & Editor in Chief of Media Roots.
Signe Mattson – KPFA Listener since 1957, former outreach and frequent phone volunteer.
Cynthia McKinney – Green Party Candidate for President (2008); 6-term member of the US House of Representatives.
Jim McWilliams – KPFA Listener.
Barbara Michel – KPFA Listener since 1972.
Adam David Miller - African-American poet, writer, publisher, and radio programmer and producer.
Jenny Miller – KPFA Listener.
Nicole Milner – KPFA Listener, Coalition for a democratic Pacifica.
Evangeline Mix – KPFA Volunteer receptionist for the past 4 months.
Stephanie K. Miyashiro - KPFA Listener.
Miguel Gavilan Molina - Producer/Host La Onda Bajita; Flashpoints Roving Producer & Producer of Flashpoints En Espanol.
Joy Moore – Full Circle, About Health.
Aimee Murray - KPFA Listener.
Jonathan Nack – Veteran activist and journalist based in Oakland.
Attila Nagy – North Bay for KPFA, Santa Rosa Occupy, former KPFA Local Station Board member.
Marilyn Naparst - Long-time listener.
Henry Norr – Retired journalist, member of the KPFA LSB since 2006, activist around Palestine, torture, ending wars, labor solidarity, and other issues.
Oakland Greens – See statement.
Lucienne O'Keefe – Long-time Listener and supporter.
Robbie Osman - Host, Across the Great Divide.
Michael Parenti – Author & Lecturer.
Jean Pauline - KPFA activist listener since 1959. Bound Together Bookstore
Collective member.
Peace and Freedom Party of Alameda County
Peace and Freedom Party of California
Ed Pearl - Founder/Operator of the Ash Grove in LA, organizer with the "Take Back KPFK" Campaign, served two terms on KPFK's first elected board.
Gail Penso, RN – KPFA Listener, BFUU, Bach, Earth.
David Peterson - Writer, Chicago.
Richard Phelps – Chair, KPFA LSB 2005-2006.
Peter Phillips - Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, former Director of Project Censored, Co-Producer of Project Censored heard Friday mornings on The Morning Mix.
Thomas Plagemann – Save KUSF, Plagemann Design & Building.
Paul Platt – SF Green Party County Council, long-time KPFA listener/supporter.
Stevyn Polk – KUSF in Exile Program Director.
Emmit Powell - Producer & Host The Gospel Experience.
Andrea Prichett – LSB Current Listener Representative, teacher and co-founder of Berkeley Copwatch.
Mary Prophet - Listener, Steering Committee USLAW, member Alameda Co. Central Labor Council, & co-chair California Teachers Assoc, Peace & Justice Caucus.
Fran Rachel - KPFA Listener.
Les Radke – Co-Host Bill Mandel's Soviet Union Program, Vice President Richmond Federation of Teachers for several years, Member of the Contra Costa Labor Council for several years, Co-Founder of Coalition for a democratic Pacifica, Education Chair of KPFA's former Education Collective, Member of Californians for Electoral Reform for 10 years, KPFA Local Election Supervisor for 2003, Pacifica National Election Supervisor for 2006 & 2009.
Kate Raphael – Women's Magazine.
Mary Ratcliff – Listener and San Francisco Bayview Editor.
Willie Ratcliff – Publisher, San Francisco Bayview, Former member for six years of the KPFA Local Advisory Board and Local Station Board.
Malihe Razazan – Co-host & Producer, Voices of the Middle East & North Africa, and Producer of Your Call on KALW.
Aaron Reaven – KPFA Listener.
Mara Rivera – KPFA Listener-supporter since 1962.
Lillith Rogers – KPFA Listener.
Colleeen Rose - Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas.
Jamie Ross – Chair of the Pacifica board's national finance committee before Tracy.
San Francisco Green Party
Jan Santos – KPFA listener, former Pushing Limits collective member.
Marc Sapir, MD, MPH, public sector primary care doc and "Mad as Hell Doctors for Medicare for All" activist.
Oriana Saportas – Community Organizer with ACCE in Oakland, former KPFA Local Election Supervisor (2010).
Michael-David Sasson – Union Steward, CUE-IBT Local 2010 (former president of the Berkeley chapter).
Art Sato – Host, In Your Ear.
Doyle Saylor – KPFA Listener, former host & producer, Pushing Limits.
David Schonbrunn - Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund (TRANSDEF).
Wendy Schroell — Pacifica National Board Member 2004-2005, 2007-2009; KPFT Local Station Board 2004-2009.
Sharon M. Scott – President, WRVU Friends & Family.
Shelly Scribner - KPFA Listener.
Nina Serrano – Bookwaves: Open Book; La Raza Chronicles.
John Sheridan – KPFA Listener.
Ruthanne Shpiner – Unpaid staff KPFA Weekend News Reporter.
Keith Harmon Snow – KPFA Listener.
Sally Sommer – Active with KPFA/Pacifica since 1999 with the Coalition for a democratic Pacifica. Served on the KPFA elections committees over the years since then.
Andres Soto – Host/Producer The Morning Mix.
Carol Spooner - Former PNB member (Jan 2002-Jan 2005), former KPFA LSB member (Apr 2000-Apr 2005), former lead plaintiff in the "listeners' lawsuit to remove the old Pacifica Board (1999-2001).
Alex Steinberg – Pacifica National Board Member and LSB Member from WBAI. (See statement on additional statements page.)
Frank Sterling – Flashpoints; Full Circle.
Rick Sterling – KPFA Listener.
Roger Stoll – Secretary, Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas.
Leslie Stovall – The Morning Mix
Irwin Swirnoff – Spokesperson, Save KUSF
B. Emily Sykes – KPFA Listener, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition.
Akio Tanaka – KPFA Local Station Board member.
Kate Tanaka – KPFA Local Station Board member.
Steve Taylor-Ramirez – KPFA Listener.
Richard Uzzell – Former KPFT LSB and Pacifica National Board listener-representative.
JR Valrey – Host/Producer the Morning Mix & Block Report Radio.
Marsha Vas Dupre, Ph.D. - City Councilwoman Santa Rosa, CA.
Mari Villaluna – Poor News Network, Morning Mix.
Tom Vorhees – KPFA Listener, early-on engineering volunteer.
Lindsay Vurek – KPFA Listener.
Joe Wanzala – Former KPFA LSB and Pacifica National Board member.
Elaine Wellin – Sonoma State Univ./Media Freedom Foundation.
Laura Wells - Green Party candidate for the 2010 California Governor's race.
Dave Welsh - Labor organizer, journalist, musician, letter carrier, S.F. Labor Council delegate. Member of Occupy Oakland, Freedom Song Network, Haiti Action Committee.
Carla West – Flashpoints.
Sue Wilson – Producer, Broadcast Blues.
Candace Wolf – Pacifica listener, storyteller, Washington, DC.
Betsy Wolf-Graves – KPFA Listener.
Gregory Wonderwheel – KPFA Listener.
Stan Woods - former KPFA LSB member, Member Occupy Oakland/Labor Solidarity Committee.
Steve Zeltzer – Labor journalist.
Yes, the amounts paid to anti-union consultants have GONE UP over the many publications cited because Pacifica has been paying more and more money to them. It's public information. It's a scandal that our listener dollars are going to this!
as for the "republican" law firm you keep mentioning, you've made that up. Here's the real story:
Here's the truth about KPFA's financial crisis: http://www.savekpfa.org/facts-about-the-kpfa-situation/why-is-kpfa-broke
Here are the YES on the KPFA recall endorsers, which is growing every day:
We urge you to VOTE YES on the recall!
(titles and organizations for ID only)
CRAIG ALDERSON, secretary, KPFA Local Station Board
AILEEN ALFANDARY, News co-director
TINA BACHEMIN, KPFA reporter
DAVID BACON, labor correspondent, former KPFA Morning Show; TNG/ CWA Local 39521
BOB BALDOCK, KPFA public events producer
MARGARET BANNERMAN, listener, San Francisco
MICHAEL BARGLOW, listener, public school teacher
VIC BEDOIAN, Pacifica Evening News Central Valley reporter, Fresno
IAIN BOAL, social historian of the commons
SUMMER BRENNER, author, Richmond Tales
LARRY BENSKY, Pacifica National Affairs correspondent (1987-2007)
MAL BURNSTEIN, KPFA board member and retired civil rights lawyer
CATHY CAMPBELL, president, Berkeley Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1078
YVONNE CAMPBELL, Martinez listener
KAANII CLEAVER, listener, Fort Collins CO
SHIELA COCKSHOTT, listener and supporter of every fund drive since 1980
JOYCE COLE, listener, San Anselmo
ALISON DAVIS, listener, San Mateo
JIM DAVIS, filmmaker, "Meeting Room"
JANE DICKSON, listener, Oakland
PAMELA DRAKE, Oakland activist
ELLEN DUBROWIN, listener, long-ago programmer (unpaid staff) and off-air staff (Pacifica Workers Union, then UE member)
STEVE EARLY, labor journalist (CounterPunch), TNG/ CWA Local 39521
BRIAN EDWARDS-TIEKERT, KPFA News
BARBARA EPSTEIN, Professor, History of Consciousness, UCSC
JAN ETRE, Crafts Fair Coordinator
RUTH FALLENBAUM, listener, Oakland
DEE FARLON, Oakland listener
JOSEPH "JODY" FERGUSON, longtime listener, Menlo Park
DANA FRANK, Professor of History, UCSC; correspondent, The Nation
JULIANA FREDMAN, public interest attorney and activist
JON FROMER, singer/songwriter, NABET/CWA Local 51 shop steward
MARY FROMER, organizing director, SEIU Local 707, Sonoma County (retired)
GLORIA FRYM, writer
DAVID GANS, music programmer, KPFA board member
JANET GEIS, publisher, Open Exchange Magazine
SHERRY GENDELMAN, attorney, former chair, KPFA board; former chair, Pacifica National Board
PAUL GEORGE, director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
SUZANNE GORDON, journalist and author, NWU/UAW
KATE GOWEN, listener, Petaluma
ANDREJ GRUBACIC, anarchist historian, author of Wobblies and Zapatistas
MIGUEL GUERRERO, KPFA web producer, producer of Rock en Rebelion
CONN HALLINAN, columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus, the Daily Planet, contributor to CounterPunch, former head of UCSC's
journalism program
MATTHEW HALLINAN, Listener Rep, KPFA board
SHAWN HAMILL, listener, Sebastopol
JOHN HAMILTON, KPFA News anchor
JANE HIRSHFIELD, poet, author, listener-member
CHRISTINA HUGGINS, First Executive Vice President, CWA Local 9415
JOHN TANGO IVERSON, health activist
RICH JOHNSON, activist
RAMSEY KANAAN, KPFA unpaid staff, founder AK Press and PM Press, co-founder San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair
LARRY KELP, KPFA producer and host, Sing Out!
DAVID KESSLER, longtime listener, UCB staff, CUE-Teamsters member
SHELLEY KESSLER, Executive Secretary of the San Mateo Labor Council
ROSE KETABCHI, KPFA News
SANDY KING, listener
ERIC KLEIN, former FSRN tech producer; former KPFA News producer; former tech producer, Flashpoints
JACK KURZWEIL, Listener rep, KPFA board
MARCIA LARIS, listener
JIM LAFFERTY, host, KPFK's Lawyers Guild Show; executive director, National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles
JOHN LAVINE, activist, former Berkeley Peace and Justice Commissioner
YING LEE, Asian-Americans for Peace and Justice
CLYDE LELAND, listener
ELIZABETH LEONE, PhD, applied linguist, activist, Fresno listener
ROBERT LEVERANT, longtime Sebastopol listener, psychotherapist
ARTHUR LEVITT, listener, Belmont
LAURA LIVOTI, Founder, Justice in Nigeria Now!
SASHA LILLEY, KPFA's Against the Grain; Shop Steward, CWA Local 9415
TIM LYNCH, KPFA producer and host, unpaid staff
KAREN MACLEOD, University Council-AFT
PHILIP MALDARI, KPFA's Sunday Show; Shop Steward, CWA Local 9415
SHARON MALDONADO, listener
JOANNA MANQUEROS, Music of the World, unpaid staff
DAVID MARTINEZ, filmmaker
DIANA MARTINEZ, Letters & Politics, unpaid staff
BARRIE ANN MASON, listener and contributor for 25 years, Santa Rosa
SUSAN MCDONOUGH, former KPFA Local Station Board member
MARY MORTON, listener
PETER OLNEY, listener and ILWU organizing director
ZEESE PAPANIKOLAS, listener, Oakland
EDDY PAY, KPFA's The Herbal Highway
SCOTT PHAM, Free Speech Radio News, Technical Producer
SALLY PHILLIPS, KPFA Producer, Host, Engineer
MARY POWER, listener, Berkeley
MAX PRINGLE, KPFA News Reporter
LAURA PRIVES, former executive producer of the KPFA Morning Show; producer, Letters & Politics, KPFA board member, Pacifica
National Board member
GLENN REEDER, KPFA News anchor, unpaid staff
HAYDN REISS, listener, San Anselmo
BLANCHE RICHARDSON, listener, San Francisco
DERK RICHARDSON, host of KPFA's the Hear and Now
SUSAN SACHEN, Campaign Director, California Labor Federation
CHARLOTTE SAENZ, community artist and educator
CLARA SANTISO, listener, Somis CA
LEWIS SAWYER, producer, Early Morning Music, former KPFA Receptionist
LYN HOLLANDER SAVIO, Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
LIBBY SAYRE, CWA District 9
SONA SHAH, Clark University postgrad
DAN SIEGEL, activist and KPFA board member
BONNIE SIMMONS, host, KPFA's Bonnie Simmon's Show; former LSB, Pacifica National Board member
SARA STEFFENS, The Newspaper Guild/CWA District 9
ROSALIE STEWARD, listener, Petaluma
VANESSA TAIT, KPFA News; co-founder, FSRN; author, Poor Workers' Unions
ANDREA TURNER, cultural and community activist, LSB member
JOHN VAN EYCK, former KPFA board member
KIT VAQ, Oakland listener
RICHARD WALKER, radical geographer & author, The Country in the City
KATHLEEN WEAVER, biographer, poet, translator
KRIS WELCH, KPFA's Living Room
ERMA WHEATLEY, Berkeley listener
BARBARA WHIPPERMAN, treasurer, KPFA Local Station Board
MARGY WILKINSON, chair, KPFA Local Station Board
CAL WINSLOW, labor historian, co-author of Rebel Rank and File
RYCHARD WITHERS, KFCF general manager
EDDIE YUEN, KPFA's Against the Grain
Recall endorsers are mostly staff, staff spouses or past and present LSB members on the Concerned Listeners side. That should put the lie to the idea that the Concerned Listeners/Save KPFA is anything other than a front for entrenched staff interests against layoffs, whether or not KPFA can pay the bills. It's a "grassroots movement for Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Mark Mericle control".
KPFA's Republican Activist
I don't see Mitch Jeserich's name. Did he take a position?
mitch is for the recall, he's on the postcard
KPFA recall election: check out the facts before you vote, and see the endorsers for YES on the KPFA recall here:


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They also dumped Keglar to make room for claims they put on cut LBs TIm Shaw and Patrick Bailey. Two things: this is that it leaves only Johnson and Ringer on the roster and second the team is hoping that Blount slips to the practice squad, which doesn't seem very likely. TN twitter also has the practice squad list as of this moment with two spots open.
Enjoy your labor day weekends... Go titans


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There are a lot of places to eat in WNY and sometimes deciding where to head for a meal is overwhelming. Where to Eat This Weekend is a weekly feature that I (Alli) have been thinking about for a while. I'm incredibly indecisive and while having 100′s of detailed reviews of restaurants to pick from is wonderful, sometimes having someone narrow down your choices makes your life a bit easier. A new Where to Eat This Weekend will be posted every Friday with the sole purpose of helping you decide where to eat and hopefully introduce you to a few new places that are worth checking out. The posts will have a new 'theme' each week. I will pick a town (i.e. East Aurora, Orchard Park), cuisine (Thai, Mexican) or street (Hertel, Kenmore Ave) and give you a list of all of the notable places to eat/drink within that theme along with links to websites and our reviews as well as a few quick descriptions (price, type of food, etc). Past posts focused on East Aurora, Allentown, Vietnamese cuisine , "Unique" Chicken Wings, Kenmore Ave and Seasonal Hot Dog Stands.
This week we are recommending restaurants in Western New York that offer a good burger. After posting suggestions about grabbing something healthy and animal friendly, it seemed only natural to follow that up with some good 'ole red meat. Buffalo's known for some pretty good pub food and you can find a good burger in fine dining restaurants as well as most neighborhood dives. If you'd like another opinion, I highly suggest Buffalo Spree's "Burger Battle" from Summer 2011 or their recent Cheap Eats article on burgers. If you really want to take your love of burgers to the next level, you can also check out the Hamburger of the Month Club. This group has been together for years and have tried burgers from all over the city. You can also check out the most recent Weekly Yelp for their selections of Buffalo's best burgers.
Here's a couple of our favorite burgers in Buffalo…
where what should you eat this weekend? Burgers!
Notable Restaurants
Mike A's F**k California Burger is served only in their lounge. It has only been available for a couple months but is already one of my favorite burgers in Buffalo. Made up of freshly ground beef and topped with foie gras (hence the name) and onion relish…ketchup shouldn't come within 30 feet of this burger. At $19, this burger is the most expensive on our list, but completely worth it. The burger (and the rest of the lounge menu) is a very affordable and incredibly delicious and everyone in Buffalo should take a trip downtown to see what's going on at Buffalo's best new restaurant.
When Blue Monk opened in 2010, it was Buffalo's first true gastropub. The restaurant and bar has become a huge success since, with the best beer menu in Buffalo and a delicious dinner menu as well. They're most known for their beer and duck fries, but their Blue Monk Burger (8oz of prime beef topped with Ommegang Abbey Ale caramelized onions and smokey blue cheese) is something you should definitely check out. While you can find similar options down the street at Coles, Blue Monk's is always top notch.
- Vizzi's - BE Post
When we finally visited the small Kenmore Ave. dive last year, we understood why they've gotten so much hype. They serve food in ridiculous portions for incredibly affordable prices. Podcast producer Tom still thinks about their burger and craves it on a regular basis.
Founding Fathers is definitely not brought up on a regular basis when people talk about Buffalo's best burger, but it should be. At the moment it's our favorite go-to late night snack. We may be a little biased with our love for Founding Fathers, but their Blackened Blue Burger is basically perfect. Cooked on a grill, with a sesame seed bun and covered in blue cheese dressing, it truly is fantastic cheap eats.
We've heard arguments from people who absolutely love both Grover's or Ruzzine's Rock Bottom Eatery. They are located across the street from one another and are both considered to have the best burger in Buffalo. We tried both of their burgers and we enjoyed both meals. Ruzzine's burger we've tried more recently and really enjoy the simplicity; Grover's was much larger and had some really flavorful toppings. Thanks to Guy Fieri, Grover's can get pretty busy and involve long wait times (and they don't take cash), in comparison Ruzzine's is still more under the radar.
- Sterling Place Tavern – Facebook
When we visited Sterling Place Tavern it was a near disaster with incredibly long wait times and messed up orders. When we finally got our burger it was great, although at the time we were so upset that we couldn't really enjoy ourselves. Several foodie fans that we know absolutely love this restaurant and think their burgers are the best without question. We've wanted to go back and try the place again but haven't had time. They have a great beer selection and apparently a really good fish fry, but if you plan on going for dinner, be prepared to wait.


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Latest Monthly Jobs Report: Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Statement
The latest monthly U.S. jobs numbers were issued this morning. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 80,000 but the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent. The manufacturing sector gained 11,000 jobs.
U.S. manufacturing job growth:
- Since January 2010: 504,000 jobs gained
- Since January 2012: 154,000 jobs gained
Said Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM):
"Any increase in manufacturing jobs is welcome, although 11,000 is a weak number. The rate of manufacturing job growth has slowed considerably in the second quarter of 2012.
"Some factors—like the Eurozone debt challenges—are difficult to manage. But Congress and the Administration have more tools that they can use to promote private sector job growth in manufacturing.
"Launching trade actions against China's market-distorting practices is one way, and we're pleased the Obama Administration is moving forward aggressively on China's auto tariffs. But China, which has depreciated the Yuan since the beginning of the year—should also be designated as a currency manipulator, and Congress should pass legislation that would deter this practice which destroys American jobs.
"Legislation the President will sign into law today to fund infrastructure investment is important, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to what is really needed to spur job growth and bringing our transportation systems into the 21st century. We've outlined many steps here that enjoy bipartisan support and would create good manufacturing jobs in America. The June jobs report should be a wake-up call that much more needs to be done."


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Just two dudes fighting in a small show in Jackson Mississippi, USA.
great sportsmanship…that's what MMA is all about.
love their technique
great post. i love local mma
That wasn't MMA that was like two guys fighting in a backyard at a BBQ
good strategy there, let em get it out all.
I thought just covering without throwing barely anything was a little odd.
get that man a pillow
they got heart that's for sure… but the lesson is how to get finished when you dominate and you try a td when u got no technique… but thx for the post bruno sweet to see those local shows always pleasant!!!!
Hate their technique
2 white boys who can't fight for s***
Great fight!! get them ufc contracts now dana guy in white has sick submissions
this is a disgrace to the sport. what you have here is two guys who see this on tv and think they know what they are doing
The guy in the yellow would of won if he used the Greg Jackson technique of hit and run lol
Good scrap but damn that was one of the sloppiest most undisciplined, untrained fights Ive ever seen the cage
Wow, that punching bag in the white shorts came to life with that choke. Low level MMA is like a street fight with a ref.
technique sucked, but man, I could feel every punch from here.
This was not real, was it? LOL. Man I thought both these guys just got picked up randomly out of the audience and had to fight LOL!
sloppy but fun to watch. Everyone has got to start somewhere. Dude was getting tee'd off on and then slips in the choke. nice
Still better than Bob Sapp's fights hehehehe. On a serious note, who the F%$& are these guys' coaches/trainers? How could any reputable trainer let somebody under them to take an actual fight knowing that they do not have the proper skills?
Their technique wasn't any worse than alot of UFC fights I have seen where one guy is just a "brawler" who flails his arms like a retard and the other guy is a one dimensional bjj dry humper
THat looked worse than chael sonnens stand up lmao
Cody McKenzie is like the Micheal Jordan of this breed of fighter
I've never fought before but seeing that makes me want to fight. I feel like those guys should still be fighting in amateur fights… Here that means with shin pads.
I don't want to play armchair quarterback…But, really? So many things wrong here…just wrong.
Left Hook Larry
Cringe worthy technique, but a fun fight none the less. Glad to see you upload some small venue fights Bruno, though one minute problem. Prison City is actually Jackson, Michigan, not Mississippi.
Nice post… it really shows off the contrast between high-level and not-so-high-level MMA.
Man, no love on here for these guys. It says its a small show, why is everyone comparing it to ufc standards? These two fought their hearts out, gave plenty of action and surprised me with a comeback win by sub. Same guys on here blasting these "amateurs" are the same ones complaining about the "boring lay-and-pray fights" in the ufc.
I don't what everyone was complaining about, I love to watch a fight in slow motion.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Some of you are a little harsh in your comments though. Ppl have to start somewhere and these guys aren't that bad…they don't call'em amateurs for nothing (even if they got paid lol)
reminded me of chuck liddell vs tito in their prime
good ref! thats what i like to see. He recognised exactly when the arms went limp.
This fight sucks. Both these dudes cant fight. They throw like whimps. Bruno should try to get fights from PXC. Pacific Xtreme Combat.
At first I was like WTF is this? And then I started to enjoy it! Nice brawl.


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OU's #7 ranked Sooners have been busy since the last wrestling update. The Sooners participated at the Lone Star Duals in Arlington, Texas last weekend and were undefeated on the day. The Sooners defeated #8 American 22-14, and dominated their other 2 opponents, Citadel (31-3) and Harvard (33-8), raising OU's matmen to 9-1 on the season. Today (Jan 21) OU faces off against perennial wrestling powerhouse #15 Iowa State. ISU is hosting the match as part of their annual "Beauty and the Beast" event. OU's wrestlers will share the spotlight with our women's gymnastics squad. The match will be shown 645pm CST at http://www.cyclones.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&db_oem_id=10700.
Tune in and support our wrestlers tonight! OU's ranked wrestlers for the meet tonight include 125 pound #7 Jarrod Patterson, 133 pound #19 Jordan Keller, 141 pound #6 Zack Bailey, 157 pound #11 Chase Nelson, 165 pound #4 Tyler Caldwell, 184 pound #18 Eric Schmidtke, and HWT #11 Nathan Fernandez. Unranked OU wrestlers will be 149 pound Matt Lester, 174 pound Jeff James, and 197 pound Keldrick Hall.


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Located at the corner of Granite & Montana St, near the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse and law enforcement, Jacob's House is a community resource center open to the public. Jacob's House is staffed by a trained staff member of Safe Space and/or volunteers during normal business hours. Jacob's House is also the location of many of our trainings and presentations.
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Stop and visit our advocate, Brieanne, every Monday at Highland Campus! Also, watch for information on new and in-the-works program with Montana Tech and Safe Space are combining efforts to address the needs of victims on campus. This program, while overseen by Safe Space, will be primarily run by the students and faculty of Montana Tech. Safe Space is proud to work with Montana Tech and is excited to see this program grow!


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This kid has one simple request…that we think we can all get behind!
This kid has one simple request…that we think we can all get behind!
Friday, August 22, 201408/22/2014
In Grae Drake Movie Reviews, On Demand
Our good friend & movie reviewer, Grae Drake of RottenTomatoes.com, reviews this weekend's movies, and also tell us of her elevator trip with John Mayer
Thursday, August 21, 201408/21/2014
Coll's headed to Ireland…her husband is in charge…what could go wrong?
Thursday, August 21, 201408/21/2014
This girl just had her wisdom teeth…then attempted the Ice Bucket Challenge…it did not go well
Thursday, August 21, 201408/21/2014
In Kurt's Blog
As Paul Stanley said last night "We were here for your parents…and we will be here for you".
Wednesday, August 20, 201408/20/2014
In On Demand
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Firstly we would like to thank all of those who sponsored us in our efforts in the Limassol Marathon. We raised an amazing €600 (UK£500) and eighteen members of our staff competed in the Corporate Race with the fastest acheiving 59th place. If anyone would like to donate some money, it's not too late - you can visit our 'Just Giving' page at http://www.justgiving.com/St-Raphael-Resort-Limassol-Cyprus-Limassol-Marathon-March-2012 to support the World Food Programme. The main photo above shows the team on the 18th of March when they participated in the Limassol Marathon.
We are pleased to announce that our new Octagon Restaurant is in its final stages of completion and we hope to open the restaurant this coming weekend. We will be able to show you photos of the renovated and expanded restaurant in the coming weeks. The Octagon will continue to be our main breakfast and lunch restaurant offering brand new buffet areas with new menus too. We also be offering a la carte and will be happy to host private parties, gala dinners and events in the evenings. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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March was a busy exhibition month with St Raphael Resort exhibiting at Confex in London, ITB in Germany, The National Wedding Show in Birmingham and MITT in Moscow. We were very pleased to have won yet another award in Russia as a Leading hotel in Cyprus. We are delighted to have so many partners and associates around the globe and look forward to welcoming many new guests, as well as our valued repeaters, to our award winning resort.
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MINNEAPOLIS - We don't always see snowy owls near the Twin Cities, but every few years they make their way down from the arctic to search for food. Currently three of these "snowies" are getting some much needed rehabilitation at the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center after they were found injured and starving to death.
In addition to gaining weight... learning to fly is a big part of rehabilitation.
After attaching a rope to their feet, called a creance, the birds and their volunteer handlers head outdoors to a flying field to get some exercise. The creance makes sure the birds don't escape!
In addition to proving they can hunt and sustain themselves in the wild. The snowies have to demonstrate to Dr. Julia Ponder that they have the ability to fly north. Dr. Ponder and her team are looking for a lot of things when this bird is out flying. But their concentrating on the position of their feathers, their tail and their legs. And also the symmetry when their flying. She says, "They make very subtle adjustments when they have injuries. They may tilt their tail, or skew their feet to adapt for a weaker wing."
These adjustments were especially important for one of the birds, which arrived at the center with a broken wing.
The goal is to complete eight flights, all reaching the end of their creance. Both of the snowies during this flight run showed good endurance and style, a good sign that they'll meet the target release date in late March. Until then, the snowies exercise twice a week and are also learning to hunt live prey.
Extra fun fact: The center uses nail polish to distinguish between the different snowies by painting a stripe on the top of their beaks. In this case, green and white.
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While the Portland Trail Blazers were initially one of a handful of teams who reportedly had interest in signing former Los Angeles Laker and Philadelphia 76ers big man Andrew Bynum, Chris Haynes says that is not the case.
The Blazers beat writer says a high level source informed him that the Blazers have no interest in bringing Bynum to Portland.
Per Haynes:
#Blazers fans you can relax. GM Neil Olshey isn't interested/pursuing Andrew Bynum, according to well-placed source. Not going there!
Bynum of course was traded to the Sixers last season in a four team deal that brought Dwight Howard to Los Angeles. Well known knee problems continued for Bynum which resulted in the big man never even suiting up during his lone year in Philadelphia.
Now a free agent, Bynum is hoping a team will take a chance on the once productive big man but his suitors appear to be dropping by the day.
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As conspiracy theories go, this one's a doozy. It seems the Obama Administration is secretly trying to turn your computer into a surveillance tool by inducing you to trade in your old car.
If that doesn't sound completely loony to you, then you're probably a fan of Glenn Beck. In a five-minute segment broadcast last Friday [video], Beck "uncovers" some frightening language on the Cars.gov "cash for clunkers" site. The site is set up for people who want to claim a tax rebate when they trade in their old gas guzzlers for a fuel-efficient model, and for dealers to get reimbursed the cost of the rebate by Uncle Sam.
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The scary language reads in full:
This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the United States Government. It is for authorized use only. Users (authorized or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy.
Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, DoT, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign. By using this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, recording, copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion CARS or the DoT personnel.
Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties.
According to Beck and the "experts," this means anyone who uses Cars.gov to buy or sell a car will have their PCs taken over by Uncle Sam, in perpetuity. Or as FoxBabe Kimberly Guilfoyle puts it:
Guess what, they can continue to track you basically forever. Once they've tapped into your system the government of course has malware systems and tracking cookies and they can tap in any time they want.... it's so broad they can just about do anything with it, saying that it's in the government's interest....


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I dunno too much about them, but I have a feeling that electronic drums are going to have just that type of sound, electronic. So I'm figuring that it all depends on what type of sounds you want out of your drums.
Perhaps you should go with him to see how they sound when he tries them out, because it's kind of a personal decision on his part but it's also somewhat a band decision. I know I'd be mad if my band's sound was significantly changed without my opinion and/or approval...
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Click on a topic (left) to read articles. Check back with us periodically for new additions to this section. Meanwhile, get enlightened by reading the quotes below.
"The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." - Schopenhauer
"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot." - Mark Twain
"The squirrel you kill in jest, dies in earnest."
- Henry David Thoreau
"The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret ... It has come to believe that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind."
- Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize Address
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
- Thomas A. Edison
"Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?" - Jean Paul Richter
"Deliberate cruelty to our defenseless and beautiful cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty." - William Ralph Inge
"Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans". - Jimmy Stewart
"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reason."
- C.S. Lewis
"Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing is is not is a sport. Sport is when individuals or teams compete against each other under equal circumstances to determine who is better at a given game or endeavor. Hunting will be a sport when deer, elk, bears, and ducks are ... given 12-gauge shotguns. Bet we'd see a lot fewer drunk yahoos (live ones, anyway) in the woods if that happened."
- R. Lerner, letter, Sierra, March-April 1991
"If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?"
- George Bernard Shaw
"The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit. All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all things whatsoever." - Ashley Montague
"The question is not, "Can they reason? nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" - Jeremy Bentham
"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot."
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Political parties play a number of critical functions and provide unrivaled mechanisms for political organization and representation. Parties are frequently criticized for either fostering partisanship and providing a forum for ideologues or, conversely, for lacking coherent vision. These criticisms both ring true, but in isolation provide only a partial understanding of the roles and evolution of the Texas party system.
The struggle between moderates and more ideologically driven members provides part of the dynamism that helps parties evolve over time and maintain their central role in the state's political system. Whatever the criticisms leveled at them, political parties provide a critical mechanism for citizens of varying interests and means to associate with others, to pool their resources and to attempt to influence institutions at all levels of government. Throughout the history of the Lone Star State, diverse interests (and coalitions of interests) have used political parties as vehicles for participating in politics and influencing government.
The pattern of successive party systems in Texas closely resembles that seen in other states of the old Confederacy, except with a healthy dollop of uniquely Texas flavoring. A Democratic Party long ruled by moderates and conservatives succeeded in stunting what seemed like the natural growth of a successful Republican Party until the 1990s. Since then, various forces have contributed to the growth of the Republicans, and eventually, to a remixing of the core membership of each party.
Most recently, the state has seen the development of a dominant Republican Party that doesn't (yet) hold quite the stranglehold the Democrats enjoyed through most of the twentieth century. The Republican Party has certainly benefited from the defection of former Democrats, the influx of Republicans and independents from out of state, and organizational difficulties in the Democratic Party. As a result, Republican officeholders dominate state government, and Democrats find themselves reduced, for the present, to the status of an embattled minority party seeking to reestablish themselves among their voting and financial constituencies.
Is this newfound Republican dominance just the beginning of a new durable party system, or are we in a state of transition in which the terms of political competition are still in flux? If it is a new party system, just how durable will it be? At the moment, it seems that Republican dominance of state government will continue for a number of years; however, the pace of social and economic change in the state has accelerated considerably from the time when moderate and conservative Democrats could count on a stable base of support. Consequently, Republican dominance is unlikely to have the lifespan of the century-long Democratic hegemony.


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Predicting tail-biting from behaviour of pigs prior to outbreaks
Statham, Poppy, Green, Laura E., Bichard, Meggie and Mendl, M. (Michael). (2009) Predicting tail-biting from behaviour of pigs prior to outbreaks. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Vol.121 (No.3-4). pp. 157-164. ISSN 0168-1591
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Predicting that an outbreak of tail-biting is going to Occur in a group of pigs would be a useful tool for farmers. In a prospective longitudinal study, 24 groups of c.30 unclocked pigs were followed from birth to slaughter weight. Four groups had to be excluded from the analysis, the remaining groups were classified as having No Outbreak(n = 6), Underlying Outbreak (n = 8)or Severe Outbreak (n = 6) of tail-biting. The hypotheses examined were that Pigs Would be more active, perform more tail-orientated behaviours, or have their tails tucked under their body more in groups that went on to have outbreaks than in those that did not. Direct observations were made at 7, 11, 15 and 19 weeks of age and video recordings were examined for the 4 days prior to an Outbreak. All outbreaks Occurred after the behavioural observation at I I weeks of age. Activity levels were significantly higher in Severe Outbreak groups in the 4 days prior to an Outbreak, with more pigs Standing (p < 0.05) and significantly fewer pigs Sitting (p < 0.05) or Lying Inactive (p < 0.05) than in matched control groups. Comparisons of the Severe, Underlying and No Outbreak groups at 7 and 11 weeks of age, prior to any outbreaks, showed no difference in activity levels. However, at these ages, levels of Tail Interest were higher in No Outbreak groups than in those with Severe Outbreaks (p < 0.05), while the opposite was true for damaging Tail-Biting (p < 0.05). Thus high levels of damaging Tail-Biting may be a good predictor of impending outbreaks, but high levels of Tail Interest are not. Tail position also differed between groups at this age, with fewer Tails Tucked Under in No Outbreak groups (p < 0.01). Some outbreaks were predicted by multiple variables, while others had no clear predictors. In five outbreaks a small runty pig was tail bitten in the absence of a full outbreak. Whenever this happened, a full tail-biting outbreak always went on to take place sometime afterwards. The occurrence of single tail-biting events may thus be reliable indicators of future Outbreaks. In summary, measurement of pig activity has potential for predicting tail biting outbreaks on commercial farms as do levels of tails tucked under and damaging tail contact. Further work is needed to understand the relationship between different forms of tail contact and tail-biting. We highlight the difficulty in predicting all outbreaks from a single measure and conclude that tail-biting outbreaks vary considerably. The presence of an 'indicator pig' might be a useful sign that an outbreak will occur.
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Welcome in 2014! I hope you all had a lovely holiday. Here at the Treehouse the end of Christmas break has come and gone quite swiftly, it always ends way to soon doesn't it? The break was much needed, but after some days off, celebrating Christmas and spending a few days in the south at my parents I feel somewhat ready for it again. At the beginning of this week I already made my first exam of the year (wait what??).
During the holidays my mum finished the last bits and pieces of the sweater for my dad we worked together on. It was about time it made it's appearance on the blog as well. My mum seamed the last pieces a week ago and together we got dad into posing while my brother took some pictures for the blog. Now you can all see where I got my modelling skills from. ;)
Not only is this the first sweater I knitted for my dad, it's also the first project I 'collaborated' on with somebody. My mother is by far the better seamstress. (I tend to lack the much needed patience) She did the seams and finished the collar, while I knitted the bulk of the body and the sleeves.
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The B.S. in Health Administration prepares its graduates for a broad range of careers in the health field. This is a partial listing of careers for adults who attain this degree. Some of these careers require parallel preparation in a related clinical field or specialized technical training.
assisted living administration
clinic administrator
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health care and data reporting manager*
health information administrator*
health marketing specialist
HMO or insurance staff
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Be Controversial to Win Attention
It is therefore always a good idea to keep this in mind when generating your idea and composing your media release.
A controversial news item is by definition one that has the characteristics of a prolonged public debate, dispute or point of contention.
With this in mind, the type of news items that are controversial dispute something of common knowledge. They can also appeal to audience fear about a negative impact occurring if they fail to take a certain action or as the result of an unavoidable circumstance. For example, a controversial headline might be: 'Most small businesses will not survive another Global Financial Crisis.'
Here are some tips that may be helpful when generating news items of a controversial nature:
As well as being controversial, your story also needs to be newsworthy. For example, you might be refuting an expert opinion or findings that has recently been or is commonly reported in the media (e.g., that chocolate is in fact healthy). Make sure you are able to back your statement up with clear facts or statistics from research you have undertaken.
Just because something is controversial, doesn't mean it will be of interest to any readers, or have the desired outcome for you. So, if your business is an accountancy firm, contacting the media with a story about chocolate being healthy or cane toads being useful to gardeners wanting to grow frangipani trees is not relevant to a small-business audience. Your news needs to have an impact on your audience.
Controversial news items should also coincide with events. For example, a news item about chocolate around Easter, or small business failure around a worsening economy, or struggling home owners around an interest rate rise.
Offer a positive outcome
It is also important to offer a lifeline or positive outcome when presenting a negative or fear-based headline. For example, taking the small business angle presented earlier in this article, an accountant might provide the suggestion that small business owners ensure they have enough reserves or a back-up plan/exit plan in the case of a worsening economy, with some suggestions on how to do it. This also presents an opportunity to demonstrate expert knowledge and status.
The media view new research favourably, especially when refuting an item of common knowledge. If you have a good client database, create a short anonymous multiple choice survey with an incentive for completion. Remember to word the questions so that you can skew the results in favour of the result you would like to anticipate: e.g., Do you feel comfortable that your cash reserves are enough to tide you over in a lengthy downward economy?
Remember that you are not aiming to shock or create enemies – a little bit of controversy will go a long way.


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The American Lung Association in California is seeking an Advocacy Coordinator to join its Los Angeles office and work in conjunction with its Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing. The ideal candidate will be energetic, highly motivated, and detail orientated, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. This is a mostly grant-funded position.
FTE: 1.0 (37.5 hrs/week)
SALARY: Salary commensurate with experience, plus full benefits package
Under the direction of the Advocacy Manager and working as a member of the American Lung Association in California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing (Center), the Advocacy Coordinator will provide strategic campaign assistance to tobacco coalitions and advocacy and program staff throughout California working on tobacco control issues. The ideal candidate will be familiar with community organizing principles and strategies such as the Midwest Academy strategy chart and will provide technical assistance and training to create a prescriptive and disciplined approach to community organizing that will succeed in promoting local policy change.
Essential Functions:
- Attend strategy sessions, coalition meetings and city council hearings where appropriate to ensure the success of campaign objectives.
- Work as an integral member of the American Lung Association in California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing and as an integrated member of the Lung Association's Los Angeles office.
- Work closely with the Center's Director, Advocacy Manager and Organizing Consultant to provide seamless campaign and organizing technical assistance throughout California. Activities will include strategy sessions, trainings, policy analysis, materials development and other related support services.
- Assist with tracking local tobacco control policies and developing policy resources for communities working to adopt tobacco control policies, such as smokefree parks and smokefree housing policies
- Maintain records of project contacts, tracking progress on campaigns.
- Engage in other Lung Association duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
- Minimum education of a B.A. or B.S. degree.
- Experience of two to five years working in community outreach, community organizing, public health advocacy, and public policy development.
- Exceptional people skills and an ability to work effectively with diverse populations (economic, cultural, and social).
- Strong verbal, analytical and written skills, including the ability to write policy and advocacy materials.
- Proven ability to work with a wide variety of organizations and settings, including public health and tobacco control organizations and coalitions.
- Highly organized with excellent attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
- Knowledge of computer skills necessary and must be web and social media savvy.
Application Procedure:
Cover letter- identify where you heard about this position- and resume to:
American Lung Association in California
Human Resources Department
424 Pendleton Way
Oakland, CA 94621
Fax: 1-866-522-1681
We recognize the value of diversity in our workforce, and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We offer a dynamic, friendly, fast-paced environment, with potential for growth. EOE/AA/MFDV. For more information visit www.lungusa.org/california. We thank all candidates who choose to apply, however, only those selected for a further interview will be contacted.
The American Lung Association in California is a smoke-free and fragrance-free workplace.
Position is open until filled.