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Can I just say that David Morneau's work is mind blowing. The way he uses video and photoshop to create a beautiful network of a moving picture is breathe taking. He is a head of his time....
Call me old-fashioned, but I was disappointed in the MFA Thesis exhibition I for one main reason. Most, if not all, of the artists did not post an Artist's Statement or narrative for the cohesive whole of the body of work that they were presenting. Yes, we are all supposed to come to it fresh and interpret it in our own way. However, I think after spending three intensive years in the MFA program with studio practice in an academic research university I can at least expect a student to write a cohesive narrative of what their objectives were. I purchased the catalog hoping that I might find that in the slim turquoise volume. I did not. In fairness, in the catalog there were some of the artists that wrote about their goals and objectives. But, why could these not be printed out on a sheet of paper and posted as part of the exhibition? Why must a person have to purchase the volume to get a context for the work in a show that is open to the public? The second MFA exhibition had more Artists' Statements posted which I appreciated. Not everyone had them, which is a little disturbing, because one wishes to obtain more context and background (at least I do) when viewing an exhibition of work which is a culmination of a three year tenure in a program.
That said, I thought that there were many innovative and experimental things going on in the work of the graduate students in both exhibitions.
Travis Freeman: I had spoken to Travis about his work while working in the digital arts computer lab so I was excited to see how his metaphysical work would be presented in a physical space. Each of the experiential pieces toyed with space and time --I thought very successfully. I was wary to place myself into the experience of laying my head on the lap of a stranger. However, I believe that it was an experience of deciding not to do it and to question of myself why I made that decision. His work is very thought provoking--one conjures some sense of the Emperor's New Clothes narrative along with the truly philosophical artist participating in the present moment of fleeting time. His work left me wondering and questioning the physicality of art and the nature of the aesthetic experience. To me the key thing in work of this nature is the whole question of documentation: how and what to do about it; whether to do it. The transience of it feeds into my interest in the notion of the ephemeral and our desire to hold onto the physical when it is impossible, and our way of infusing value and meaning into physical things and our working and reworking of our own experience through memory and imagination.
Laura Corcoran-Mahnke: I was quite impressed with the prints and photographs of Laura Corcoran-Mahnke in the MFA Exhibition II. The two long mural like mono prints reminded me of Asian rice-paper screens with their intricate detail and mixture of natural and urban visual elements. The contrast of the birds with the telephone wires and skyscrapers which they encounter on their annual migrations reminded me of the film "Winged Migration" which I enjoyed very much. The execution of the prints was at an extremely high meticulous level and standard and I appreciate the effort, time, and skill that requires. I am interested in work that examines nature in the urban setting and brings into focus what we encounter and see in our everyday lives.
This presentation is an exploration of the work of Charles Woodman whom I met as an undergrad at Ripon College in the 1970s. Charles Woodman is an electronic artist who teaches at the University of Cincinnati. The power point presentation examines his work in the context of his artistic family comprised of Betty Woodman, George Woodman, and Francesca Woodman.
To see more of his work visit: http://www.videosavant.org/viDEO_sAVant/main.html
Decasia is a 2002 found footage film by Bill Morrison, featuring an original score by Michael Gordon. The film is a meditation on old, decaying silent films and is similar in spirit to Lyrical Nitrate by Peter Delpeut, a Dutch filmmaker. It begins and ends with scenes of a dervish and is book-ended with old footage showing how film is processed. Some of the deterioration was enhanced with computers to create more meaningful abstract imagery in the manner of Stan Brakhage. Nothing was done to the actual film prints, most of which were borrowed from facilities such as the Museum of Modern Art, to accelerate their decomposition. The film's musical soundtrack features several detuned pianos and an orchestra playing out of phase with itself, adding to the fractured and decomposing nature of the film.
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To view film go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08gr2EYTc1Q
I am fascinated with the effects of the decomposing film from an aesthetic viewpoint. However, from the preservation and conservation perspective it is a bit alarming that they would borrow films from facilities such as the Museum of Modern Art to "accelerate their decomposition".
Collaborative Self Portrait (Andre/Wallace)
Sound Project: Pandora's Box
Collaborative Video (Ed, Susan, Anita): Eye
Artist Presentation: Charles Woodman
How To Video: Portrait of Tasha: How to be 12 years old
Processing Projects I and II: headline poem and small universe
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MFA Exhibition Thesis I and II
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This seems a proper time to pay tribute to Germany. With the UEFA Champions League final — the "Super Bowl of Soccer" — slated for May 19 in Munich at the jaw-dropping/awe-inspiring Allianz Arena, it was always going to be a special time for the country. That the home team has surpassed all expectations by miraculously making it to the final – a first in the history of the competition — just makes it all the sweeter.
Meanwhile, in the competitive arena that concerns this blog, Germany current runs neck-and-neck with Sweden in terms of exporting EDM talent to the world: Moguai, Digitalism, Cosmic Gate, and Zedd — these are just a few of the German artists you'll find ensconced in the top tier of electronic music's own champions league.
And let's not forget the Godfather of German dance. Grammy winner Paul van Dyk has managed to maintain household name status — in EDM-friendly households, at least — for a decade-plus. That alone is enough to certify him as a legend. And his new album, Evolution, finds him re-creating himself, with a sound that's current, fresh and unique. Forget legend — try icon.
Paul van Dyk – Evolution: LISTEN TO IT HERE
I'll zero in on the tracks I've enjoyed. In fairness, though, they're all really meant to be heard at a Bal en Blanc type of festival with thousands of other people all tuned in to the same vibe you're on.
* Symmetries stands out for me because its 130-ish bpm tempo sets the standard for an album that is clearly made for dancing. So often, trance albums have … well, let's call it a Cinderella storybook type of sound. Great for those long walks through the enchanted forest, for sure. But those of us who live in real life in real time, a 10-minute ballad with two minutes of full-out kick, clap and snare is sometimes just … a little much. Now maybe that pegs me as less than a fully fledged trance fan in your eyes. I assure you, to the contrary, that I am — and that the kind of trance sound van Dyk experiments with on this album is precisely the kind I've most come to love.
* The Ocean is something special. A trance song with female vocals is usually only going to go as far as the songstress can take it. And Arty takes it all the way to the edge of the Pacific. (Barf in your mouth at the play on words, if you will, but there it is.) There are points in this song, at 0:45 and 3:13, when the filter really starts kicking in and you feel, in your bones, what trance is about. Cinderella storybook, but with a conscious beat. Hard to describe, easy to listen to.
* Verano is a big room anthem. I mean, f**k genre boundaries. van Dyk sees what's good, wherever it is, and goes to there. This song sounds conjures up all that's best about Avicii, yet it's van Dyk all the way. Proof that this established artist is still perfectly happy playing around with new sounds. Credit must go to Austin Leeds, whom I'm sure helped with the "evolution" of this track. (See what I did there?)
* I Don't Deserve You. OK, at first I thought this was going to be a trance version of Milhouse's "Can I Borrow A Feeling" — basically a little melodramatic and over-the-top. But the beat van Dyk lays down really throws the vocal and the vulnerability of the lyrics into sharp relief. You're the first face that I see and the last thing I think about. I think we've all been there.
* Lost in Berlin. Simply put, the kind of EDM track I love. In your face from start to finish, all style and flair. Catch me dancing to this at 4am like it's noon.
* Rock This. Now, just wait a bloodclot minute! Isn't this supposed to be a trance album? You know, all flowers and rainbows and shooting stars and s**t? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, man. Mr. van D goes for some glitchy, amped-up electrofunk on this one, creating the biggest drop on the album. Go on, rudebwoi!
* All the Way. Hmmm. Now, this song bit me on the ass the minute I pressed play. Something sounds awfully familiar, though. I'm getting a "Mason-Exceeder" feel — but the way van Dyk plays with the sound is so original that I say what the hell: bump it!
* If You Want My Love. Saving the best for last. It might sound pedestrian to some, but for me this jumps off the Pioneers for me. As in: potential top 40 classic. Or at least prime — and I mean PRIME — remix material. Give it a shot!
van Dyk has really experimented with an array of styles and sounds on this stellar collection. Albums really seem to be making a comeback in EDM right now, and when you see iconic artists like Paul van Dyk and Cosmic Gate at the forefront of this revolution, it gives you faith that we're in for a good run in these next few years. No question: this is Germany's moment.


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The holidays always get me even more reflective than usual, which is pretty hard to do for such an analytical person as myself. I was thinking the other day: in terms of my genealogy research , what would be my dream find or dream occurrence?
Of course, like all of you, you know there's not just one. But here's my list of what I would consider the answer to my genealogy dreams:
- To discover where and when the slaveowner Giles Holt acquired my ancestor, Malinda.
- To discover anything about the Georgia roots of my ancestor John Smith (arrgghhhh).
- To connect with any living descendants of my John Smith and Walter Springer lines (beyond the very few that I personally know.)
- To find out where, and possibly find the headstone of, my ggrandfather Daniel G. Waters.
- To find a picture of my ancestor Margaret Barnes.
- For closed record states not to exist.
- For the ability to order FHC microfilm online, instead of having to go there in person.
- For the Social Security Administration to have mercy on us po' struggling genealogists, and cut us a discount on those SS5s.
- For me to not have to still work full-time, and be able to spend all day researching, transcribing, compiling & meeting with my genealogy buddies.
- For the fires that destroyed the 1890 census and the bulk of 20th century Army records to not have happened!
- For more interest on the part of family members in preserving our precious family history.
- For my two grandparents, Luther Holt & Pauline Waters, to magically come back to life so I could actually interview them about their families. Hey–we are dreaming right?
I also read an intriguing article in the NGS Magazine where the President called upon us to make a list of our genealogy goals for the year. So, while my dreams at the moment remain only that, I'd like to share my tangible goals for the year as well:
- Publish at least 3 articles about my family in various journals and newsletters.
- Finish adding complete source citations to my genealogy software program & my Ancestry online family trees.
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I have been a runner since my junior high days in the early 1960s. The first 30 years were fairly competitive. Most days I ran with a group of hardcore runners. We trained to excel in races from 5Ks to marathons.
|McKinnon (center) is learning to enjoy new-found company on the trails.
Conversely, the last 15 years were filled with mostly solitary runs on trails in the parks of the San Francisco Bay area, far from civilization. I cherished each run. Only occasionally would I pass another runner, hiker, biker, or horseback rider. Running alone with my thoughts and nature was the perfect combination. It's not that I'm antisocial; I have just prefered having the freedom of running not only where and when I choose, but also how fast. I have always enjoyed blazing my own trail. I also thought of this as my play time, or as George Sheehan described play: exercise without realizing it.
I have long associated my self-image with the picture of the solo distance runner, running effortlessly over field and stream for miles and miles. My dream was a cabin in the woods, where I could take off from the front door and run through the sights, sounds, and smells of nature. The only sounds would be the wind through the trees, the squawks and chirps of the birds, and the pitter-patter of my flats upon the pine-needle covered trails.
Without warning, this all changed. I had just finished running an easy four miles last summer. I started cooling down, walking to get some water. Suddenly, I felt a bit woozy and pressure on my chest; not anything painful, but certainly out of the ordinary. As I made it home, my first impulse was denial, but my wife's was not. A call to 911, and I was whisked off to the hospital. I had suffered a heart attack.
The cardiologist stated that being a runner certainly helped my situation. In all, the heart looked strong. The good news from the doctor kept coming. I could return to running in about a month. OK, that's what I wanted to hear. But then he said, casually, although the words still echo in my brain, "Don't run alone anymore." There is, he told me, a risk, albeit small, of a second heart attack now.
What do I do? How do I cope? My mind raced in confusion. The depression sunk in quickly and deeply. My self-image was thrown for a loop.
I acknowledged the doctor, but instantly thought, "I can sneak in a run or two by myself." Considering my wife and daughter, however, I knew this wouldn't be a smart move. Being miles out on the trails, it would be unlikely for the paramedics to find me. Vultures would be there before anyone could dial 911.


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I am posting here after i found out my local hobby shop was running the Kessel Run, but due to the venue they are using i find that i am unable to go due to my disability. I am in a wheelchair and find walking very painfull, but my disability is known to the shop. Them knowing this i can find no reason why they would choose a venue that by its very location can only be used by the non disabled.
Info on the venue it is on the first floor of an old building that has a staircase of old stone steps that would cause me great discomfort, there is also nowhere to store my wheelchair at street level, even if i could gain access to the venue there is then the health and safety issues of me been in the unit.


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September 12, 2013
These orange sponges would have eventually covered and smothered the corals beneath them, but were prevented from doing so by the grazing activity of predator fish such as angelfish and parrotfish, off Little Cayman Island. With coral cover on Caribbean reefs at historic lows, sponges are now the dominant, habitat-forming animals on most of them. This decline in coral is due to disease, heat stress from warming waters and waves from storms. Additionally, scientists have discovered that overfishing has added to this decline by lessoning the numbers of predator fish that feed on some sponge species. Joseph R. Pawlik, a marine scientist at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and colleagues used the underwater research lab Aquarius, moored on Conch Reef off Key Largo, Fla., to study the chemical ecology of Caribbean reef sponges. Some reef sponges produce chemical defenses, called metabolites, which make them distasteful to fish. These metabolite-producing sponges are largely left alone by predator fish, such as angelfish and parrotfish; those that don't produce metabolites are subject to being grazed upon by fish. "That being said, when overfishing by humans removes these predatory fish, reefs shift toward faster growing sponges that can out-compete reef corals for space," says Pawlik. "That further hinders corals' chances of recovery." These findings regarding the relationship between sponges and predator fish in coral reef communities are important because previous research led scientists to believe that Caribbean sponge communities were built up in areas where plankton--tiny floating plants and animals--was available. But research by Pawlik and colleagues on sponge growth in which a cage was used to exclude predators found the opposite was true: "Overfished reefs that lack spongivores [sponge-eating fish] soon become dominated by faster growing, chemically undefended sponge species, which better compete for space with reef-building corals," says Pawlik. This finding will be used to help guide fisheries management in the future throughout the Caribbean. Credit: Joseph R. Pawlik, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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I would like to add Calderon but it seems like it's really hard to work salary wise unless we're going to give up Gordon for him which I would not do.
Vasquez for Calderon?
I would like to add Calderon but it seems like it's really hard to work salary wise unless we're going to give up Gordon for him which I would not do.
What do you guys think about Vasquez and Aminu to Minny for Williams and Ridnour.
Actually now that I think about it an Eric Gordon for Jose Calderon + Terrence Ross deal is appealing. Ross has struggled but he's still a rookie and was the 8th pick in the draft. We'd basically have 3 top 10 picks from this draft going forward along with Anderson and insane cap space.
Stay away from terrance ross.. I follow the raptors a lot and the guy has bust written all over him. He is just skin and bones right now and doesnt have the frame to really put on more muscle and weight. He has short arms and he has an aminu type demeanor on the court which i hate. His shot release is also slow and not nearly as smooth as what i tought it was coming out of college.
Valanciunas is the only player on that team i would take but he is the one guy they wont trade.
Ye Ross looks awful, i mean people complain about Rivers being a bust, Ross is a tonn worse and Rivers is actually really looking good last few games.
Probably isn't a good idea to trade a younger version of Calderon for a much more expensive expiring version of Calderon.
rivers is gonna be a westbrook type of PG, not as good a scorer but better smarter passer, give him time in 2 years he will be a freak
Im finding it impossible now to think of a decent trade deal that would benefit both teams for vasquez.. argh
Its obviously vasquez inconsistent play and Aminu overall crap play thats weighing this team down alot.
As sad as it is, I dont think Toronto even takes Gordon for Calderon and Ross. I think the Hornets would have to take on Bargnani's horrible contract, or at the very least, Amir Johnson. If I could get Calderon and Ross for Gordon, I would jump at it. Add another top 5 pick and go into next summer with 30 mil in cap room, the youngest team in the league and no bad contracts on my books. Try to find more young vets like Dell did with Ryno and Lopez this summer.
If Ross was as good IRL as he was in NBA 2K he'd be challenging for rookie of the year. That dude does not friggin' miss.
I know Johnson was involved in something really silly the other night, but I would still take him in a minute....
"we might make dollars, but we don't necessarily make sense"
"always be sincere....whether you mean it or not"
Bledsoe, Rivers, Roberts
Gordon, Rivers
(Muhammad/Poythress/Porter), Miller
Davis, Anderson
Horford, Smith
Yeah, I can get down with that roster.
I understand you are skeptical because you want to believe that we have these assets to use, but I promise you that we can not trade those contracts. This is dead money on our books and it comes off at the end of the year.
This is why I was always confused by the Warrick for Carroll trade and then the subsequent buyout. Demps said he did it "as a favor to Warrick". That is nice and all Dell, but if that is true, it is a poor tactical decision. Having an expiring that can help contracts match in a trade is more valuable to a franchise than doing right by a scrub player who never did anything for the franchise.
If the deal was done to save 500K, then that is fine- but just say that. Don't try to sell it as a favor to a player when not having that contract can come back to bite you in the butt during the trade period
gordon for calderon and ross? U wanna trade one of the best SGs in the league for an old expiring calderon and ross who looks absolutely terrible? Not only would toront do that trade, they'd then trade gordon back to use for ross and calderon then do the whole thing over again.
Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. Regarding the Warrick/Carrol trade and buyout, that was all about the money IMO. You save $500k just with the salary difference and then whatever he Carrol was bought out for. I think it was you that pointed out Demps paid for his own extension since that was announced not too long after.
And it is not about trading Gordon for Ross and Calderon, it is about getting that contract off the books, removing the drama, and setting the roster up for long term success. Ross and 12 million in cap room vs. Gordon. Which is better long term for this franchise? If you believe that this will be the last Gordon injury, then this decision is obvious. But if you believe like I do that Gordon will be injured every year for numerous games, then you cut the cord now because his continual absence will hurt the ability to make strides as a cohesive team. You look around the league and teams that grew from a young team with potential to a greatness (Thunder, early 2000 Spurs) did so because their starters played together 75-80 games per season.
Roles were defined and they didn't continually change. If Gordon misses 20-30 games per year, you will then be forced to ask Rivers and Davis to play differently for those games, then assume new roles when he comes back, then change again, back and forth. Not a recipe for success IMO.
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A Libyan military source was quoted as saying on Wednesday that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was likely to step down and delegate his powers to Muhammad Alqamoda, the Minister of Justice in the Libyan regime.
An Arabic newspaper quoted a source in the Libyan army as saying: "Colonel Gaddafi's conditions are an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of NATO forces." Then he and his family would departure Libya.
"Two Airbus aircraft from South Africa landed at Tripoli International Airport. One of them included a delegation while the second was empty of passengers," the source said, adding that the planes may be ready to transfer Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his family members and some members of his regime to Venezuela.
It seems that these recent developments are the result of a significant progress made in negotiations between the rival parties. These talks are being held in Tunisia. It is reported that the envoy of Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, arrived to the island of Djerba, Tunisia, where he met, according to informed sources, representatives from Gaddafi government.
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I suspect I speak for a large part of South Africa in saying that we do want him here! Let him go to Venezuela
If he goes there with his ENTIRE family, let Presidente Chaves have him, and good riddance. I do not envy Hugo or the bad dog he cares for.
As "sick" as he is, it may well be a way of less blood loss.
I think it's all rumors, he said it in one of his early speeches that he would never leave his country. I think he would rather die then leave.


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The dogs rescued from a Bronx dog fighter's basement last year are finally getting justice. Raul Sanchez, who pleaded guilty to dog fighting a few weeks ago, is now heading to prison.
Last week a judge sentenced Sanchez to one to three years for animal fighting, one year for animal cruelty and one year for criminal possession of a weapon. (Sanchez will serve these sentences concurrently.)
He's also been slapped with a ban on keeping animals for the duration of his parole. Sanchez waived his right to appeal.
We hope Sanchez's sentence serves as a reminder to dog fighters that their crimes against innocent animals carry serious consequences.
When I saw the headline I was expecting to see 10 or 15 years, especially with the weapon charge thrown in. For a person who lives in a criminal lifestyle and is used to these risks the small amount of time this guy got is nothing. He probably feels lucky because he got off so easily and will be out in no time. I keep hearing about the hard time in New York for guns but the judge let him run the weapons and all the abuuse charges together?? I can't help but think the judge did that because in the judge's mind it was "only dogs." He probably would have gotten more time if he had been caught with a deck of cards and a gun or a crack pipe than a whole bunch of abused animals. Only the good people who have not been in prison or who can't imagine going think this is hard time, for bad bad people like this it is just a game. We have to change that somehow, because the way our society respects itself starts with the way we respect and care for those who rely on us in nature.
"...will serve these sentences concurrently..." That is just wrong..... The judge did not think this was wrong at all.
So for dog fighting, animal cruelty AND criminal possession of a weapon , he got 1-3 years. He will be out in a year or less. I'm starting to see just how crime pays in America.
An earlier article mentioned he may get deported back to Cuba once he's served his sentence. Not great for Cuba, but at least there seems to be a little more riding on his parole/release. Sadly, the threat of deportation is probably all this guy cares about.....
This is a start, but no where near the punishment he should get.
This needs to stop. Like all violence. The punishment is not harsh enough to deter dirtbags from committing there crimes again.
We have a rescue that was used as a bait dog. We spoil him, love him, hug him and kiss him daily. He's been with us for 11 years now and still has trouble with certain aspects of life. I believe that it should be an eye for an eye, whatever the crime is if people had to endure what they dish out I believe there would be a whole lot less of that crap going on.
Another slap on the wrist. Two one-year sentences, but served concurrently, he'll be in jail a maximum of one year, and more likely out in 8-9 months. Maybe less. Once he's out, he'll likely just start fighting dogs again. He should be in jail for at least five years for the dogfighting charge, and have multiple one-year sentences - one for each case of animal abuse they can prove and they should NOT be served concurrently!
Dip him in blood with his hands and feet tied. Then let the animals give him a taste of his own medicine. But animals make better humans than people do. They have such amazing forgiving hearts. I, on the other hand, am just a human. So I ask why are we wasting our time and recourses on such filth. He doesn't deserve to live. If you can't see that animals have a soul then maybe it's because you don't have one.
CONSECUTIVE, not concurrent sentencing is a much better deterrant
Someone may have already said it, but I think he should have been charged with 50 counts of animal cruelty, and received at least 50 years - 1 year for every animal they took out of the living hell!
he SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO OWN ANY ANIMAL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. WHATS WRONG WITH THAT STUPID JUDGE?


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JON CARDINELLI watched the Chiefs withstand a typical Crusaders fightback to win 24-19 in Napier.
Following a dominant showing in the first half, this was always going to be the Chiefs' game to lose. After turning in a powerful performance last week against the Blues, they were similarly impressive at the breakdown on this occasion. They were also surprisingly good at the scrum, unsettling an All Blacks front row to the point where the Crusaders conceded penalties and territory all too regularly.
Flank Liam Messam enjoyed an outstanding match at the breakdown, but it was the Chiefs' collective fire and precision at the coalface that made all the difference. They also used midfielders Sonny Bill Williams and Richard Kahui to take them further beyond the gainline and stretch what was again an uncertain Crusaders defence.
While it was another shaky showing by the Cantabrians, they showed remarkable guts to stay in touch with a rampant Chiefs side. The visitors led by only 10 points at the break, a scoreline that wasn't reflective of their overwhelming dominance at the collisions as well as the territory.
Credit should go to the Crusaders for hanging in there in the period before half-time, and then fighting back in the second stanza. They never managed to take the lead, but they chipped away at the deficit.
Despite coughing up possession in promising positions, they remained in the Chiefs' half and finally earned some reward. A telling breakdown turnover was latched on to by Kieran Read, who subsequently found Robbie Fruean for the finish. At 16-13, the Crusaders were within striking distance.
But the Chiefs hit back in impressive fashion, using their rabid forwards to hammer away at the Crusaders defence. Sona Taumalolo emerged from a pile of bodies and the TMO awarded the try to the visitors. It was a strike that gave the Chiefs some breathing room as the game approached the final quarter.
The Crusaders scrum stabilised with the introduction of Wyatt Crockett in the second half and they began to pressure the Chiefs through a more territorial approach. Flyhalf Tyler Bleyendaal held his nerve to kick some important penalties, and it seemed as if the Crusaders were on the verge of an unlikely win.
But more brutal Chiefs defence pressured the Crusaders into errors, and the hosts certainly didn't help themselves by making a series of unforced mistakes. The Crusaders also had an opportunity to snatch a late win when Read stuck out a hand for an intercept but failed to gather the ball.
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Started all 11 games and 13 consecutive since the 2010 season...Has multiple tackles in 13 consecutive contests...Managed 41 tackles, including 28 individual stops...Ranked fifth on the team in tackles...Made 4.5 tackles-for-loss and notched a half sack...Recovered a fumble against Southern (Sept. 3)...Collected first career interception at Eastern Illinois (Oct. 22)...Set a career-high seven tackles at Air Force (Sept. 24)...Made six stops and had 1.5 TFLs in win over nationally-ranked Tennessee Tech (Oct. 15).
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Congress takes DoD to task over commitment to diversity
Wednesday - 3/7/2012, 3:21pm EST
Frustrated with the slow pace of reforms, lawmakers Tuesday gave the military a three-month deadline to prove it is committed to building a diverse and inclusive officer corps.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Hispanic Caucus and Asian Pacific-American Caucus took a panel of human resources officials from each of the military services to task for failing to move fast enough on 20 recommendations that a congressional commission made one year ago.
"The commission did a wonderful job," Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) told the panel. "I don't want their work to be in vain."
He asked the panelists to submit in writing, by next week, their commitments to fulfilling the recommendations. Cummings said he plans to bring them back to Capitol Hill in June to explain how they've implemented the recommendations.
Last year, the Military Leadership Diversity Commission found that current leaders don't accurately represent the population they serve or the forces they lead. For example, 13 percent of active-duty officers are either Black or Latino, compared with 27 percent of the U.S. population.
It recommended the military services and Defense agencies make diversity a key part of their officer training and organizational cultures. It suggested the military must do more to recruit a diverse array of officer candidates, especially those with regional and cultural expertise. DoD also needed to do a better job of retaining women, the commission said.
Progress is slow
Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles, who was the chairman of the commission, handed lawmakers a one-year report card filled with half-circles, indicating that the services had addressed, but not satisfied, most of the recommendations.
Nonetheless, leaders seem committed to making the forces more diverse and inclusive, he said.
"That's the number one thing that needs to be addressed if we are going to change the culture," he told the lawmakers. "I don't sense any push back from military leaders."
The Defense Department has incorporated many of the commission's recommendations into a strategic plan to increase diversity and inclusion, as President Barack Obama directed in August with an executive order, Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity Director Clarence Johnson said. The services also have diversity-management policies. Many of them have appointed a "chief diversity officer" to oversee implementation.
But some of the basics are missing, according to the report card. The Pentagon has yet to officially define "diversity," leaving each service to adopt their own definition of what, exactly, they are striving for.
Lyles said he's worried about losing momentum before achieving tangible results.
"I want to make sure that we begin to institutionalize the things that we thought were very, very important — accountability reviews, establishment of metrics, changing the training programs in education — that we begin to inculcate those as quickly as possible and not study them," he said.
ROTC programs key to increasing diversity
He urged lawmakers not to let the military cut its ROTC programs at universities with high percentages of students of color, despite budget cuts. With 70 percent of young people ineligible for the military because of health, education or criminal issues, he said outreach programs were "more important than ever" to find those students who may qualify.
Representatives of the services said they planned to recruit and reach out to young people in areas, such as downtown Los Angeles, which they traditionally have not focused on.
This month, the Marine Corps is launching a new campaign aimed at millenials of diverse backgrounds "who want to serve the public some place and want to help people, but don't see the military as a viable option," said Director of Manpower Plans and Policies Mike Applegate.
Hazing has 'racial overtones'
Recent hazing incidents suggest that the focus on diversity and inclusion hasn't trickled down through the ranks.
For Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), the issue hits close to home. Her nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, killed himself after enduring three hours of hazing by his fellow platoon members in Afghanistan.
A military court recently found two of the defendants in the case not guilty. The third received a month in confinement and a demotion.
"I've been struck by the entrenched attitude that hazing is a necessary part of military life," she said. "In the mainstream world, people are horrified. It's like Lord of the Flies, where peers are allowed to assault other peers. But in the military, it seems that, almost to a person, the reaction of soldiers is that this is absolutely necessary to toughen up people, otherwise we can't fight a war."


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OXFORD TOWN – Blues music is a hot item around the L-O-U community (especially this weekend) but other genres are gearing up to entertain us as well. A concert produced by one of Oxford's favorite musicians,Tyler Keith, will be held at the T.O.M.B. building on Highway 334 from 6-9 p.m. this Sunday (July 24). Turn to Page 7 in this week's issue of Oxford Town to read about the free, unique concert titled "Jesus Is My Rock, A Celebration of Oxford's Gospel Music," hosted by Keith (pictured) that will feature several of Oxford's gospel quartets. (July 21, 2011, Page 7)


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When Christy Runde lined up for last fall's California International Marathon, she had a string of good performances under her belt in recent years: 3:01:54, 3:05:18, 3:02:13, 3:07:55. She'd been faster in her mid-20s (with a 2:51:08 PR in 1993) but now, at age 40 with four children, her comeback seemed to have hit a plateau.
A year before, when she'd asked me to coach her, she'd decided there was no point in running another three-oh-whatever. Her goal was to break back through the 3:00 plateau if possible, and she was willing to take a few chances to do it.
|Christy Runde turned to a coach, and some new training tweaks to try to break through her marathon plateau.
Most of us have had times when our performances seem to have somehow gotten stuck. And it's always possible that we really truly have maxed out our talent. South African exercise physiologist Timothy Noakes, author of the encyclopedic Lore of Running, thinks there are evolutionary limits to what we can, and can't, achieve by training. Our bodies, he says, aren't designed so that jacking up our training another notch will always produce stronger, faster muscles. If that worked, we'd see elites winning the Olympics on 500-mile weeks.
"The human body can only adapt to a certain point," he says. That's because our ancestors were hunter-gatherers in an arid climate without a lot of food. In such circumstances, it's counterproductive for strength and aerobic capacity to be able to increase beyond a certain point, because it would require extra food to fuel the higher metabolism. "That's the evolutionary constraint," Noakes says.
We runners, of course, don't like this. "We think we were designed to train five or 10 hours a day," Noakes says. "[But] once you get to two hours a day you probably have reached the adaptation limits."
Luckily, there's a substantial difference between this limit (100+ miles a week) and the training volumes most of us have the time, inclination, and biomechanics to attempt. That means there are still things we can do – and adding extra mileage isn't the only option.
Know your strengths ... and attack your weaknesses
"The weak link determines how much you can do, how much stress you can impose on yourself through running," says Jack Daniels, author of Daniels' Running Formula. "So you must attend to the link to progress further."
Thus, if a propensity toward gimpy hamstrings is holding you back, see what you can do to strengthen them. If you have a tendency toward runner's knee or tight iliotibial bands, work on that. (At the start of my career, I had to spend a few weeks early each season strengthening my adductors. Otherwise, I could barely walk after even short races.)
It's also important to make sure there's enough variety in your training. One reason we hit plateaus, says Jeff Simons, a sports psychologist at California State University, East Bay, who's spent many years working with elite athletes, is that our bodies get attuned to running a very specific pace, especially for distance runners. "We used to call it 'the calibrated crotch.' ... It's almost as though your body knows exactly what that pace is," he says.
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In 2014, the Legislature
In 2014, the Legislature be in session from January 8 through December 31.
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|Michigan State Legislature
|General Information
|State legislature
|Term limits:
|2 terms (8 years) in Senate, 3 terms (6 years) in House
|2015 session start:
|January 9, 2013
|Official Legislature Page
|Senate President:
|Brian Calley (R)
|House Speaker:
|Jase Bolger (R)
|Majority Leader:
| Randy Richardville (R) (Senate),
Jim Stamas (R) (House)
|Minority Leader:
| Gretchen Whitmer (D) (Senate),
Richard Hammel (D) (House)
|38 (Senate), 110 (House)
|Length of term:
|4 years (Senate), 2 years (House)
|Art IV, Michigan Constitution
|$71,685/year + expenses
|Last Election:
|November 6, 2012 110 seats (House)
|Next election:
|November 4, 2014
|Michigan Legislature has control
- 1 Sessions
- 2 Ethics and transparency
- 3 Senate
- 4 House of Representatives
- 5 History
- 6 Redistricting
- 7 Legislators
- 8 Terms and sessions
- 9 Term limits
- 10 Unicameral petition drive
- 11 Joint legislative committees
- 12 External links
- 13 References
As of May 2015, Michigan is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.
The Michigan Legislature, according to Article 4 Section 13 of the Michigan constitution, must convene by noon on the second Wednesday in January. The Legislature is at liberty to choose when to adjourn, though all bills carry over into the next session.
- See also: Dates of 2014 state legislative sessions
In 2014, the Legislature will be in session from January 8 through December 31.
Major issues
Major issues in the 2014 legislative session include allocation of an estimated $971 million surplus over three years, which Republicans says should go towards a tax break.[1][2]
- See also: Dates of 2013 state legislative sessions
In 2013, the Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 31.
Major issues
After a extremely divided lame-duck session in December 2012, lawmakers are expected to have a tamer session. Major issues include the regulatory structure of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, increased transportation funding, education reform, and pension changes.[3]
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the Legislature was in session from January 11 though a date yet to be determined.
In 2011, the Legislature will be in session from January 12 through mid December. A specific date is yet to be decided by the Legislature. [4] The 348 calendar days that the Michigan Legislature is in session during 2011 is the longest legislative session in the country.[5]
Session highlights
Tax reform
In the 2011 session, Michigan was a key battleground on corporate taxes. Governor Rick Snyder had made promises during his campaign to eliminate the "Michigan Business Tax," which was costly and difficult to calculate. Governor Snyder delivered, replacing the tax with a flat 6 percent corporate income tax. The state will recover the $1.8 billion in lost business tax revenues with $1.5 billion in higher personal income tax revenues. Current Michigan law requires the state income tax to drop to 3.9 percent by 2015. Governor Snyder's measure keeps the income tax rate at its current 4.35 percent until January 1, 2013, when it will drop to 4.25 percent. During 2011, Michigan also became the first state in more than 50 years to cut state-level unemployment benefits. [6]
Snyder was also able to secure a controversial measure to extend the state's income tax to pensions, a move the governor said would bring $343 million in new revenue during the coming fiscal year. Public employees, who stand to lose about $90 million of the $343 million total, reacted with outrage. The Michigan State Employees Association promised to file a lawsuit to block the pension tax provision, arguing that taxing state employee pensions violated the constitutional prohibition against "impairing or diminishing a vested public pension." Snyder beat employees to the punch, asking the state supreme court to issue an advisory opinion on the issue by October 1.[7]
In 2010, the Legislature convened its session on January 13th, and it remained in session throughout the year.[8]
Ethics and transparency
Open States Transparency
The Sunlight Foundation released an "Open Legislative Data Report Card" in March 2013. Michigan was given a grade of C in the report. The report card evaluated how adequate, complete and accessible legislative data was to the general public. A total of 10 states received an A: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.[9]
The Senate is the upper house of the Legislature. Its members are elected on a partisan basis for four-year terms concurrent with the election of the governor of Michigan. The Senate consists of 38 members elected from single-member election districts. Each member represents an average of 260,096 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[10] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 261,538.[11] Senators' terms begin at noon on January 1 following their election. The Senate chamber in the State Capitol is located in the south wing of the building. Following the 2010 elections, Republicans held a majority of seats in the Senate with 26; Democrats held 12 seats. Under the Michigan Constitution, the lieutenant governor of Michigan serves as President of the Senate but may only cast a vote in the instance of a tie. The Senate selects its other officers and adopts its own rules of procedure at the start of a new legislative session.
|As of May 2015
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Michigan State Senate from 1992-2013.
House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature. Its members are elected on a partisan basis for two-year terms at the same time at which members of Congress are chosen. The House of Representatives consists of 110 members who are elected from single-member election districts. Each member represents an average of 89,851 residents, as of the 2010 Census.[12] After the 2000 Census, each member represented 90,349.[13] Representatives' terms begin at noon on January 1 following their election. The House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol is located in the north wing of the building. Following the November 2, 2010 election, Republicans took control of the House, winning 63 seats, while the Democrats won 47. The House of Representatives selects its own Speaker of the House and other officers and adopts its rules of procedure at the start of a new legislative session.
|As of May 2015
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
Partisan balance 1992-2013
Michigan State Senate: During every year from 1992-2013, the Republican Party was the majority in the Michigan State Senate. The Michigan State Senate is one of 13 state senates that was Republican for more than 80 percent of the years between 1992-2013. For the final three years of the study Michigan was under Republican trifectas.
Across the country, there were 541 Democratic and 517 Republican state senates from 1992 to 2013.
Michigan State House of Representatives: From 1992-2013, the Republican Party was the majority in the Michigan State House of Representatives for 13 years while the Democrats were the majority for seven years. For the final three years of the study Michigan was under Republican trifectas.
Across the country, there were 577 Democratic and 483 Republican State Houses of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Michigan, the Michigan State Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
SQLI and partisanship
The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Massachusetts state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. Michigan has had spurts of divided government and a Republican trifecta. The state had a Republican trifecta during three separate periods (1995-1996, 1999-2002, and 2011-2013) and divided government during three separate periods (1992-1994, 1997-1998, and 2003-2010). The state's highest SQLI ranking came in 1999 under a Republican trifecta (19th). Beginning in 2007, Michigan has slipped into the bottom-10 of the SQLI ranking and has remained there since. Michigan saw its most precipitous drop in the SQLI ranking between 2001 and 2002 and again between 2003 and 2004, under both a Republican trifecta and divided government, respectively. The state had not had a Democratic trifecta.
- SQLI average with Democratic trifecta: N/A
- SQLI average with Republican trifecta: 26.88
- SQLI average with divided government: 33.31
- See also: Redistricting in Michigan
The state legislature has the power to redraw district boundaries. Changes to the boundaries are made in the form of regular legislation, which means the maps are subject to the Governor's veto. In 2010, the House and the Senate organized redistricting committees to handle drafting the maps. As a result of the 2010 elections, both chamber's of Michigan's legislature and Michigan's governorship were controlled by Republicans.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Michigan's population fell from 9.94 million to 9.88 million between 2000 and 2010.[14] Michigan's U.S. Congressional delegation decreased in size from 15 to 14 seats.[15] A substantial population shift occurred from Detroit proper into the suburban areas.[16]
The state legislature undertook a relatively private redistricting process.[17] A Republican-proposed plan passed with bipartisan support after the House made some changes to the Senate plan. Governor Rick Snyder signed the plan, Senate Bill 498, into law on August 9, 2011.
A coalition of advocacy groups sued, alleging that the State House of Representatives plan was discriminatory, but a three-judge panel dismissed the case.[18][19]
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the Michigan Legislature are paid $71,685/year. Legislators can use up to $10,800/year for expenses.[20]
Terms and sessions
Every two years the entire House of Representatives stands for election, whereas the Senate does so at four-year intervals concurrently with elections for Governor. For reckoning periods of time during which the legislature operates, each two-year period coinciding with the election of new members of the House of Representatives is numbered consecutively as a "Legislature" dating to the first legislature following Michigan's admission as a state.
Each year during which the legislature meets constitutes a "session" of the Legislature. According to the state's constitution, Article IV Section 13, a new session of the legislature begins when the members of each house convene on the second Wednesday of January every year at noon. A regular session of the Legislature typically lasts throughout the entire year with several periods of recess and adjourns sine die in December.
There is no minimum or maximum number of days for which a session of the Legislature must meet each year. Although there is no universal definition as to what constitutes a full-time legislature, the Michigan Legislature is one of only eleven full-time state legislatures in the nation.[21]Michigan's legislators receive a base salary of $79,650 per year which makes them the second-highest paid legislators in the nation, after California. Legislators also receive a $1,000 per month per diem in addition to their base salary. [22] Unlike those states which are considered to have a part-time legislature and whose members are paid only for actual days in session, Michigan's legislators are paid an annual salary regardless of the number of meeting days and are considered to be full-time.
Any legislation pending in either house at the end of a session that is not the end of a legislative term of office continues and carries over to the next legislative session.
Term limits
The electors of the State of Michigan adopted an amendment to the Michigan Constitution in 1992, Section 54 of Article IV, which became effective in 1993. This amendment limits the length of time any individual may serve as a member of the Legislature. Pursuant to this amendment, one may not be elected to the state senate more than two times or to the state house of representatives more than three times. The result of this is that there is now considerable turnover in membership in both houses of the legislature. Formerly, many seats were held by the same office holder, sometimes for decades. Although measures to repeal the term limits amendment have been introduced in both houses since it took effect, none of them have yet reached a vote on the floor of either house or received serious deliberation in the legislature.
Unicameral petition drive
An unsuccessful effort to collect petition signatures was launched in January 2006 by Unicameral Michigan, a ballot question committee registered with the State of Michigan, to provide for an amendment to the state's constitution to change from a bicameral to a unicameral legislature. It failed to qualify for the November 2006 ballot. If the amendment had succeeded, Michigan would have become only the second U.S. state, after Nebraska, to have a single-chambered state legislature.
Joint legislative committees
The Michigan State Legislature has no joint standing committees.
External links
- Michigan Legislature
- Michigan House of Representatives
- Michigan Senate
- Michigan House Democrats
- Wikipedia: Michigan Legislature
- ↑ The Associated Press, "Mich. has nearly $1B more than expected for budget," January 10, 2014. Accessed January 11, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Michigan GOP puts tax break atop 2014 agenda, Bolger says," January 9, 2014. Accessed January 11, 2014
- ↑ South Bend Tribune, "Michigan Legislature starts tamer two-year session today," January 9, 2013
- ↑ Michigan State Legislature Sessions Schedule
- ↑ South Carolina Policy Council "50 State Legislative Session Interactive Map," February 2011
- ↑ Stateline.org, States balance budgets with cuts, not taxes, June 15, 2011
- ↑ Mlive.com, "Gov. Rick Snyder asks Supreme Court to protect new tax on pensions," June 2, 2011.
- ↑ 2010 session dates for Michigan legislature
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information," accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states, accessed November 22, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "States Ranked by Population," April 2, 2001
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states, accessed November 22, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "States Ranked by Population," April 2, 2001
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2010 Census: Michigan Profile, 2011
- ↑ The Hill "Longtime Dem Reps. Levin and Dingell could face redistricting danger" 22 Dec. 2010
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Black caucus preps for Michigan redistricting", March 25, 2011
- ↑ Livingston Daily, "Public could get early peek at district lines", May 18, 2011
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Michigan Redistricting Spurs Joint Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination," Michigan 8, 2011
- ↑ NPR, "Judges dismiss challenge to Michigan House redistricting," March 23, 2012
- ↑ NCSL.org, "2012 State Legislator Compensation and Per Diem Table," accessed March 18, 2013
- ↑ Full- and Part-Time Legislatures, National Conference of State Legislatures, Updated January 2007, Accessed 2007-05-26
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures


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I have a feeling that all these will be null-and-void.
I hope so. I turn around for one second and everything goes to ****...
I just did my signing (Bradley) because I still have holes to fill and didn't want to miss out.
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The only thing that is not updated is the rookie salaries. I hope he does that before that last round of FA.
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Everything is updated, I added on additional cap space a few days ago instead of changing all the rookie salaries.
In season FA will begin on the 2nd of October, as well as DC's being posted, on the 4th we'll have a sim!
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