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Vol. 15 , No. 01
Economic Competition and Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 4:00 p.m.MARY PICKFORD AUDITORIUM
For more than a decade, the Asia-Pacific region has enjoyed a period of significant growth. Necessary for this growth, in the absence of an institution like NATO, is the security and stability in the region. This stability depends on a sort of "Pax Americana," which in turn depends on our alliances with Japan and Korea and a strong forward deployment of U.S. military forces. These alliances and troop deployments depend upon a deep cooperation with Japan and Korea, countries with which we also have intense competition in the commercial field. Can this economic competition coexist with our security cooperation?
In his talk William J. Perry will discuss factors underlying the economic and technological competition in the Asia-Pacific region. Perry, recognized as chief of this country's stealth technology and smart weapons, became U.S. Secretary of Defense in 1994 after serving one year as Deputy Secretary. During his tenure with the Department of Defense, Perry implemented innovative technological systems as well as cost-saving management practices. His expertise in technology and defense has earned him a number of honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
Before joining the Clinton admistration, Perry was a professor in the school for engineering at Stanford. A senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, Perry holds a joint appointment in the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems/Operations Research and the Institute for International Studies.
Perry received a B.S. and M.S. in mathematics from Stanford and a Ph.D. from Penn State. In 1964 Perry founded ESL (Electromagnetics Systems Laboratories) Inc.
William J. Perry's opening lecture in the 1999-2000 Athenaeum series is made possible with support from the Res Publica Society and the Keck Center. Reservations are not required to attend this 4:00 p.m. lecture in the Pickford Auditorium.
An Evening with Richie Havens
Richie Havens is a musician, songwriter, storyteller, and author. He has been performing and recording for over thirty years; combining amazing talent with a strong social conscience.
As a teenager in the 60s, Havens moved from the Bedford-Stuyvesant area in Brooklyn to Manhattan's Greenwich Village. He worked days as a street artist and toured the folk music club circuit at night. Eventually he landed a recording contract with MGM and in 1969 was the opening act at Woodstock. During his career, he has worked with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, John Sebastian and Peter, Paul and Mary.
As well as extolling activism in his music, Havens is involved with numerous causes. He cofounded the North Winds Undersea Institute, dedicated to increasing youth awareness of environmental issues and has worked extensively with autistic children.
Havens's book, a memoir entitled They Can't Hide Us Anymore, was published in July. It is coauthored by Steve Davidowitz and James Jones, and is the story of his career, friends, and philosophy. Please join us at the Athenaeum for the music and stories of this great artist and activist. The dinner is open to the CMC community. All are welcome to the program.
The Impact of EMU on Institutions and Decision-Making in the European Union:
A Finnish Perspective
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 11:45 a.m.
As Europe continues to unite under the flag of the European Union, observers question if the existing institutional structure can handle the increased powers and responsibilities. Critics charge that the European central government lacks democratic accountability. Last January, the European Monetary Union was launched and 11 nations abdicated their monetary sovereignty and irrevocably united their currencies. The move was both praised as an important step in European unification and criticized as a bad economic decision fueled by a desire to maintain momentum of the EU. The future of the Euro lies in the hands of the European Central Bank and the structure of the European Monetary Union.
Professor Esko Antola was an early advocate of Finnish membership in the European Union and has served in various advisory positions for the Finnish government. He is presently the Jean Monnet Professor on European Institutions at the University of Turku, Finland. His research focuses on the institutional structure and the emerging foreign and security policies of EU.
Professor Antola earned his doctorate from the University of Turku in 1980 and has written extensively on the effect of EU institutional reforms on a small member state. He will be speaking on the institutional structure of the European Monetary Union and its effects on European monetary policy.
As Finland now holds the presidency of the EU, we are delighted to have Professor Antola share his insight with us. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. Professor Antola will speak at 12:15 p.m.
Environmental Activism and Direct Action
Paul Watson is one of the pioneers of direct action tactics for environmental causes. In 1971, Watson joined with members of the Sierra Club on a voyage to protest nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands. The ship was the M/V Greenpeace. The members of this crew would become the nucleus of one of the most radical environment groups of its time: Greenpeace.
From 1971 to 1977, Watson helped to make Greenpeace the most proactive, determined, and visible environmental organization in the world. To its opponents, Greenpeace represented a threat to their fiscal interests, and was labeled "fanaticism" and even "ecoterrorism." For its supporters, it was the only group willing to take a stand and never compromise its principles. Watson played an integral part in garnering media attention by enlisting celebrity support and intervening directly when alerted to illegal hunting and pollution activities. He helped to reinvigorate the environmental movement by literally putting lives on the line for environmental issues.
In 1977, Watson left Greenpeace in order to found the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He hoped that this group could recapture some of the fire he felt Greenpeace had lost as it became a less radical organization. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society works as an environmental watchdog, exposing fishing and whaling activities that are in violation of global treaties. Watson remains active on a broad range of environmental issues and is dedicated to educating and motivating a new generation of activists to take a strong stand on their beliefs.
Paul Watson joins us as part of a series on environmental activism, cosponsored by the Roberts Environmental Center.
Have Americans Lost Their Virtue?
One of America's true public intellectuals, Alan Wolfe brings fair-minded scrutiny and rare insight to a dizzying variety of topics. A lucid writer who reaches a broad audience, he is perhaps most widely known for his learned and thoughtful essays in the New Republic on subjects ranging from the political philosophy of modern liberalism to race and identity politics, feminist theory, immigration, and the history of social policy.
Professor Wolfe, who teaches political science and directs the Center for Religion and American Public life at Boston College, also writes about culture and higher education. For The New York Times Magazine he has explored the changing nature of status in American society; for the Chronicle of Higher Education he has examined the role of faith in Catholic universities, the administrative style of former 1960s radicals who become deans, and the glut of unread (and unreadable) scholarly publication.
Yet despite his diverse interests, Wolfe's core concern remains the moral basis of civil society. As a social scientist he addresses fundamental questions of social and political theory through interview-based research, closely observing social life in all its complexity and ambiguity.
Wolfe has written and edited ten books, including the classic work, Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation (1989). His most recent book, the highly acclaimed One Nation After All: What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, the Left and Each Other (1998), explores the moral beliefs of middle-class Americans as revealed in in-depth interviews around the country. The New York Times called it "a sober and valuable contribution to the debate about American divisions and values."
Before moving to Boston College, Wolfe was University Professor at Boston University. He has lectured widely at American and European Universities and was Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He has advised many academic and philanthropic organizations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Center, the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, the Lilly Endowment, and the Freedom Project of the Templeton Foundation. His current research focuses on the problem of moral authority and moral freedom in contemporary America.
It is a special pleasure to have Alan Wolfe inaugurate the 1999-2000 William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitors Program. This program was generously endowed by CMC alumnus and trustee William F. Podlich '66 whose aim is to enrich the college intellectually by bringing preeminent figures in scholarship, business, and public affairs to campus for extended visits. Under these auspices, the CMC government department will host four renowned guests, of whom Wolfe is the first.
Interpreting the Constitution
In recognition of Constitution Day, the Athenaeum is honored to sponsor a lecture by Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown, the first African-American woman to serve on the California Supreme Court. A graduate of UCLA Law School, she previously served as associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal and as legal affairs secretary to Governor Pete Wilson.
Having worked to put herself through Cal State Sacramento as a single mother, Brown advocates personal responsibility in her writings and speeches. She has complained that the United States is becoming a "nation of whiners."
Since her elevation to the Supreme Court on May 2, 1996, Justice Brown has earned a reputation as its most conservative member and for her pointed dissents and her spirited criticism of judicial activism. Concerning judicial activism, she has attacked as "folly" efforts by the court to play "the role of philosopher kings." "The quixotic desire to do good, be universally fair, and make everybody happy is understandable," she wrote. "Indeed, the majority's zeal is little more than a little endearing. There is only one problem with this approach, we are a Court." She does not worry that her frequent dissents may marginalize her influence on the Court. When introduced recently at a legal event, she was compared to former California justice Jesse Carter, who filed 493 dissents from 1942 to 1959. Justice Brown merely smiled and quipped: "I wrote down the number, because I always like to have a goal."
This is the first In a series of lectures on the U. S. Constitution.
American Jazz Institute Band: A Tribute to John Coltrane
BILLY HARPER, saxophone
MARK MASTERS, conductor, American Jazz Institute Band
JOE LABARBERA, drums
GREG RILEY, bassoon
JACK MONTROSE, bass clarinet
LES LOVITT, trumpet
DAVE WOODLEY, trombone
STEPHANIE MIJANOVICH, french horn
BILL ROPER, tuba
MILCHO LEVIEV, piano
LOUIS SPEARS, bass
Billy Harper is a first class saxophonist who has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan, sharing his unique soulful music. He began performing at age 5 in a choral group and started playing saxophone at 11, forming the Billy Harper Quintet while attending high school in his native Texas. Harper graduated with a major in saxophone from North Texas State University in 1965. For the next thirteen years, he performed with numerous groups, including the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band and Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers, while maintaining his own quintet.
He has recorded with Louis Armstrong, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw and many others. He has taught music at Rutgers University, Livingston College, and various high schools, and has released numerous albums with his quintet.
Harper's music is harmonious but unrestricted. He plays traditional jazz but utilizes the full range of the saxophone. He writes Coltranesque compositions and performs with a strong Texas sound. Please join us as this master teacher, composer, and saxophonist pays tribute to the great John Coltrane. Billy Harper will be performing with a 10-piece band under the direction of Mark Masters. This concert is cosponsored by the American Jazz Institute.
The Crisis In Kosovo
Since the end of the Cold War, ethnic conflict has emerged as one of the gravest human, political, and military problems facing the international community. To address these issues the Keck Center has cosponsored a series of lectures on the controversies surrounding ethnic conflict. Our first speaker, Mark Danner, will focus on recent developments in Kosovo.
For the past four years, Danner's lucid, graphic, and compelling writings about Bosnia and Kosovo have contributed to understanding the conflicts in these areas and to building the support needed to bring about effective action. As the tragedies unfolded, all those who sought to understand the complex rivalries and tangled history of the Serbs, Croats, Bosniacs, and Kosovars looked eagerly for his reviews and commentaries.
Danner joined The New Yorker in April 1990, after the magazine published his three-part series on Haiti, for which he was awarded the 1990 National Magazine Award for Reporting. In December 1993 The New Yorker devoted its entire issue to "The Truth of El Mozote," which earned him an Overseas Press Club Award, and a Latin American Studies Award. He was granted the Edward Cunningham Award by the Overseas Press Club as Best Reporting of 1998 for his series of articles on the war in former Yugoslavia.
Danner graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. In 1984 he became senior editor of Harper's Magazine and in 1986 he joined The New York Times Magazine. He recently received a joint appointment as teaching fellow at the Graduate School of journalism and the Institute of Human Rights at UC Berkeley. Danner won an Emmy and The Golden Baton for the ABC News series While America Watched: The Bosnian Tragedy (1994), a documentary he cowrote and helped produce.
The Politics of Humanitarian Relief in War Zones
Jeffrey W. Colyer, M.D. is one of the foremost experts on the delivery of humanitarian aid to populations in times of war. He recently returned from the Kosovo/Albanian border, where he worked as a volunteer physician with the International Medical Corps, an organization in which he has been an active member for 14 years. Colyer served the IMC in Rwanda and Afghanistan as well, helping to set up the first hospital in the Rwandan war zone during the genocide of 1994. In Afghanistan, he was instrumental in building the first medic training center. His education and experience in public policy make him uniquely qualified to speak on the complex issues of humanitarian and medical aid in war zones. Colyer earned his bachelors degree in economics and premedicine at Georgetown University in 1981 and completed his medical degree at Kansas University in 1986.
Britain's Cambridge University conferred his masters degree in international relations. Colyer has worked on federal student aid programs as a defense analyst for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and as a craniofacial surgeon in Overland Park. He was also the first surgeon selected as a White House Fellow, and worked in foreign assistance programs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Dr. Colyer serves a number of organizations, including Strategic Resources Inc. (as president), the Uniformed Sciences University for the Health Sciences, and the International Medical Corps. He is frequently consulted as an expert in foreign policy by CNN, NPR, and The Washington Post. Please join us in welcoming this accomplished and dedicated humanitarian whose lecture is part of the series Ethnic Conflict in the Modern World.
The Millennium in the Media
Stephen O'Leary is one of this country's foremost interpreters of millennial groups and their use of apocalyptic language. Professor O'Leary took his undergraduate degree in the comparative study of religion at Harvard University, where he first began his millennial research, and completed his doctorate in communication studies at Northwestern University. In 1989 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California, where he now holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.
With academic training in both religious studies and communication theory, O'Leary has closely examined the argumentative dimension of apocalyptic prophecies and rhetoric. In his recent book Arguing the Apocalypse: A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric (1994), O'Leary investigates how people who claim the end of the world try to prove their case. He presents a theory of apocalyptic argument as a dramatic rhetoric of prediction and enactment. His illuminating study explores the various traditions of interpretation that have surrounded the book of Revelation, including the Millerite movement of the I830s and 1840s, which eventually formed the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the writings of Hal Lindsey, modern author of numerous apocalyptic mega-bestsellers including The Late Great Planet Earth (1970).
Cofounder of the Center for Millennial Studies in Boston, O'Leary will speak on millennial thought as we approach the year 2000. Professor Stephen 0' Leary inaugurates the Gould speaker series on the theme of Messiahs and the Millennium.
As the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum begins its 16th year, the new student fellows for 1999-2000, Brendan Ford and Billy Grayson, would like to welcome all the new and returning students, faculty, and college presidents. The upcoming year promises to include plenty of discussion, debate, entertainment, and herb-crusted seabass with lemon beurre blanc.
Brendan Ford double majors in government and economics. He participated in the Washington semester program and studied abroad at University College Dublin. He is a native of Yonkers, New York.
Billy Grayson double majors in environment, economics, and politics (EEP) and literature. He is also the founding president of the Eco-club and spent the summer studying ecological economics in Queensland, Australia. He is from Bethesda, Maryland.
The Athenaeum Fellows encourage all members of the CMC community to take full advantage of the Athenaeum program and enthusiastically welcome suggestions and feedback.
Monday, September 27, 1999
Barbara Ehrenreich, historian and social critic, "The State of Feminism at the New Millennium: Can Women Lead?"
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Martin Marty, professor emeritus, University of Chicago, "The Ends That Didn't Happen and the Happenings That Didn't End"
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
The Jefferson Chamber Players: Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Judith Nelson, soprano, "An Evening at Monticello"
Thursday, September 30, 1999
Jonathan Petropoulos, associate professor of history, CMC, "The History of Nazi Art Looting: The Implications for Tracking Works Still Missing"
Monday, October 4, 1999
Gary Biszantz '56, founder, Cobra Golf, "Entrepreneurship: Art or Science? The Cobra Golf Story"
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
Martin Linsky, professor of public policy, J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University, co-author of "Impact: How the Press Affects Federal Policy Making" (1986)
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
William Naboré, piano recital
Thursday, October 7, 1999
Lawrence Uzzell, director, Keston Institute, Oxford University, "Implications of Russia's 'Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations' Law"
Thursday, October 7, 1999
Richard Sheldon, director, Opera A La Carte, "Pirates of Penzance Concert Preview"
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From the BBC...
"Coincident exactly with the policy change, there was an immediate upward trajectory to the homicide rates in Missouri," said Prof Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
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Researchers say they also took into account changes in policing, incarceration and more, as well as controlling for factors like unemployment and poverty.
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If there is one thing we have learned in life, this writer included, it is that the recovery from health issues is never on our timetable. We'd like to think so. We'd like to say to ourselves "poppycock" when doctors caution us there will be setbacks from time to time. But, truth be told, they are right. Oh, they avoid the medical jargon none of us can really understand. They talk of peaks and valleys and dips and days where frustration may take a big bite out of our positive attitudes. There are more warning advisories posted than Burma Shave signs on the highway (yes, sorry, I am dating myself here).
So what has this got to do with radio? Two popular radio personalities - Gene (Bean) Baxter, half of the Kevin & Bean show on KROQ/106.7 FM in the morning and Frank Pastore on Christian talk KKLA/99.5 FM in evening drive – were hospitalized for two different reasons. Bean donated one of his two kidneys to friend and colleague KROQ engineer Scott Mason. Pastore was riding his motorcycle home to Upland when he was struck by a car and, at this writing on Nov. 29, remains in a coma after the Nov 19 accident.
First, let's update you on Bean. He returned to the morning show Nov. 26, but won't be able to attend KROQ's Miss Double D-cemeber Pageant on Friday at the Slidebar in Fullerton. He e-mailed that it "is still just two weeks since the surgery so I think I am recovering pretty well. Of course, there is some pain and I tire easily but that is to be expected. i will be good as new within a couple of weeks, I am sure. I think it is too soon to fly (from his home in Washington state) for work again so soon though, so will not be there Friday.Just lifting suitcases and things like that are off- limits to me so far and I don't want to risk tearing open my incision.
"Plus, I was more than gassed by the end of today's show (Nov. 26) just from being awake so long and talking so much - I think the live broadcast would just be too much. I hope to rest up and be there for Acoustic Christmas. My wife talked to Scott (or maybe they did a Facebook thing – I am not on there) and he said he is doing fantastic, really great. I am so happy. Can't wait to see him again."
Bean may play down his life-saving effort for Scott, but we all took notice and pray for Bean's complete recovery, too. You can read his Thanksgiving message at www.kroq.com.
"CBS This Morning" taped the hospital treatment. Here is the link.
You can follow Bean on Twitter here .
Next, Frank Pastore. The Christian talk show host has been on KKLA/99.5 FM since 2008 with a daily 4-7 p.m. program. On Nov. 19, he got on his motorcycle to ride home and was struck by a car on the freeway. At this writing – Nov. 29 – he remains in serious but stable condition in the LA County -USC Medical Center. His wife Gina told me he remains in a coma but has responded slightly when he feels pain. Updates are to be posted at www.kkla.com. Cards for the family can be sent to P.O. Box 29023, Glendale, CA 91209.
Frank Sontag and Kevin McCullough have filled in for Pastore. Wife Gina said her husband spoke about his death during a segment on his radio show the night he was in the accident. "He said on the air `if I were to be killed on the freeway tonight and my body parts are all over the freeway, I'm not on the freeway because my soul and I would be with the Lord."
KKLA took down from its website the podcast of the Nov. 19 program but at the request of Pastore's wife Gina put the prophetic sound bite back up Nov. 28. Here is the page link: http://www.kkla.com/frankpastore.aspx
Wife Gina also gave an extensive interview to the Christian Post. Here is that link.
Congratulations to KFI/640 AM for its annual Radiothon Nov. 28 at The White House Restaurant in Anaheim. Bill Handel, Bill Carroll, John and Ken and Tim Conway Jr. were all there along with the station's support staff to team up with owner Bruno Serato's Caterina's Club to help families in need. By 10 p.m., more than $100,000 was raised to help Serato feed the hungry "motel kids."
Conway was hilarious as he worked the crowd and played his favorite game, "What Would Jesse Jackson Say." It was a winning way to end the 16-hour event. For more information: www.kfiam640.com.


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Earlier this year, the ASPCA assisted in a three-state dog fighting bust alongside the FBI, Missouri Highway Patrol and several other agencies.
When we found these dogs, many were doomed to live their whole lives tethered by heavy chains—and on the day of the raid, many were left outside to suffer through a blizzard.
Today, after months under the care of our behaviorists, veterinarians and tireless responders, dogs rescued from this raid are thriving. In fact, some have already headed to rescue for adoption! Still others remain in our care.
We wanted to show you some of these dogs' happy faces and thank you for helping us make their rescue possible. We couldn't have taken on this massive operation without your help!
Slideshow: Amazing Transformation of Dog Fighting Victims
You don't gas them, you give then the needle, in your portable death mobiles (I mean vans)! I've seen the photos and they were not posted by corporate saboteurs. People at some kind of complex, I want to say mall, complained because you tossed trash bags filled with the bodies of puppies & kittens into the dumpster!
NO HOMES MEAN WHAT TO YOU? A warehouse of animals? Is that a solution?
PETA believes no animals should be pets and that the humane thing is to KILL pets as fast as they take them in. The animal goes in the front door NEVER to come back out, expect in a trash bag to be picked up and thrown away like garbage. PETA is a farce and has been killing pets for years, only they outright mislead the public into believing they're all for rescuing. Yes...they "rescue" but ONLY to KILL them. PETA is a farce who needs to be exposed throughout the world. They are evil.
Someone once posted that flashing my lights at another car would get me killed in a gang shooting. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
PETA mercifully puts down animals that are suffering and dying by injection. No decent animal organization such as the ASPCA,The Humane Society of the USA, and many others gas animals. I have done my research and you can too by googling various animal organizations and getting their charity ratings.
NO WAY!! ASPCA only puts an animal down if they have no other option, no surgery, no medication, and the animal is suffering. They are no kill, you friend was likely confused by an Animal Care and Control, like NYACC's which are absolutely kill shelters. In fact, Brooklyn NYACC has killed many a dog simply for getting kennel cough.
Here's my story. My cat Sinbad was trapped by a neighbor & taken to the ASPCA in Brooklyn, NY in 1995. I went to the ASPCA THE NEXT DAY to get my cat back and he had already been euthanized, less than 24 hours after he arrived there. He was a healthy, neutered 8 year old cat. That's a fact. So eventhough the ASPCA does do wonderful things for animals, they are NOT no kill.
You're right, they're not. We had a stray cat we found in our yard in Feburary- he was a nice little cat, very loving. But he had a torn ear and was missing teeth. We called the ASPCA to see if they would take him in, and they would- but only to euthanize him. They hadn't even seen the little thing and they had already decided his fate.
Now the summer before I had lost a dog, and we've seen nothing of him, even though we chipped him. It makes me wonder if he ended up at the ASPCA's.
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NEW ORLEANS - They all came to the same conclusion, these raggedy, resilient Ravens: It couldn't have happened any other way.
Of course the Ravens raced to a giant lead. Of course they blew almost all of it. Of course they hung on at the end.
Super Bowl XLVII was many things – a party, a spectacle, a battle. But for Baltimore, it was a microcosm of a rollercoaster season that kept everyone screaming and hanging on.
The Ravens won the zaniest Super Bowl ever on Sunday by the slimmest of margins – 34-31 over a San Francisco 49ers team that wouldn't surrender. Older brother John edged kid brother Jim in Harbaugh Bowl I on Sunday at the Superdome, giving the Ravens their second Lombardi Trophy and sending polarizing linebacker Ray Lewis out on a victorious note.
The way it went down wasn't lost on any of them.
"We don't make it easy," said quarterback Joe Flacco, named game MVP after completing 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
"That's the way the city of Baltimore is. That's the way we are."
Said safety Ed Reed: "It started good. It got ugly. It ended great."
Does anything say 2012 Baltimore Ravens better than that?
Consider: The Ravens started this season 9-2. They then lost three in a row. They had to beat the defending champion New York Giants to clinch the AFC North – and did just that.
Then they went on a torrid playoff run, becoming the latest team to ride late-season momentum to a glorious confetti shower.
"It wasn't pretty," said John Harbaugh, a Super Bowl champ in his fifth season as Ravens coach. "It wasn't perfect. But it was us."
The entire second half was quintessential Harbaugh – a backyard brawl between brothers played out in front of millions.
As John Harbaugh knew they would, the 49ers kept fighting back. Down 28-6 after Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff a Super Bowl-record 108 yards for a touchdown, San Francisco scored 17 consecutive points.
The surge came after a 34-minute Superdome power outage that clearly changed the rhythm of the game. While the Ravens lost whatever flow they had, the 49ers found their groove.


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HH, a link is definitely needed.
Does anyone have a 'best way' that they keep up on the latest postings? It's become a barrier to entry to me, timewise, to have to click into each subforum in order to see if there are any highlighted threads. Used to be I could bookmark the "posts since your last visit" page, but now the entire upper portion of the forum mainpage is devoted to two lists of threads that may not even be active.
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March 10, 97
Vol. 12 , No. 08
The Improbable Saving of Mono Lake: Implications for Environmental Problem Solving
A lifetime resident of the San Francisco Bay area, John Hart might aptly be described as a true lover of California. Indeed, his long list of writings as a freelance writer focus on California, and on water issues in particular.
Hart's latest book, Storm Over Mono: The Mono Lake Battle and the California Water Future (1996), describes the intense controversy over saving Mono Lake. Located on the far side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains opposite Yosemite National Park, Mono Lake and its unique calcium carbonate tufa sculptures is a California treasure. In the past, Los Angeles found Mono to be a water treasure and piped water out of the lake to slake the thirst of its burgeoning population. The drain on the lake and its streams was severe.
The campaign to save Mono, executed in great part by students, has been successful in recent years. In 1994 the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power surrendered after a long fight, now restricting water use from Mono Lake.
Storm Over Mono is the most recent of 10 books Hart has written. Included among Hart's other works are the poetry collection The Climbers (1978), Farming on the Edge: Saving Family Farms in Marin County, California (1991); and the instructional book Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking (1982). He also contributes to the periodical Cry California.
Hart's lecture is third in the Athenaeum's series on the environment and economics.
Cowboy Poetry and Song
Ten years ago, Merrily Wright had never even been to a ranch. Now this poet and singer lives "on the range" in Nevada, 20 miles by dirt road from her nearest neighbor and without the distractions of television or even a reliable phone.
While ranch life might be new to Wright, music is not. She has played the piano for most of her life and studied music at Cottey College in Missouri. She composed her first cowboy poem, My Husband Went Out Riding, in 1994 and by 1995 was accepted to read at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
Merrily Wright's authentic Western poetry, sometimes funny, often poignant, has been compiled in her first book, The Lowly Cowchip and Other Pungent Poetry (1995). Her verses cover an assortment of topics from the spirituality of life on a cattle ranch to the attributes of a cowchip. Wright has made a recording of her music and readings entitled Sage of the Sage (1997).
Please join the Athenaeum for a dramatic performance of poetry and song by Merrily Wright.
The Traditional Cahuilla Bird Singers
Born in Los Angeles of Navajo, Mexican, and Spanish heritage, Paul Apodaca could have taken his talent and energies in any one of a number of directions. He has taken them all, becoming actively involved in the Native American, Hispanic, and arts communities on a state and national level.
Apodaca is a professor at Chapman College; visiting professor at UCLA, where he is also a Ph.D. candidate; consultant to the Smithsonian; and board member of the California Council for the Humanitites and the California Arts Council. He wrote and performed the musical score for the feature documentary, Broken Rainbow (1986), which won an Oscar and also helped to stop a planned government relocation of 12,000 Navajo from their reservation in Arizona. For the Athenaeum he adds yet another role as cultural emissary for a performance of the Traditional Cahuilla Bird Singers.
Alvina Siva is the leader of the Traditional Cahuilla Bird Singers and has trained a number of young men with support from the California Arts Council Folk Art program. The Cahuilla Bird Song tradition is an example of a southern California song-cycle that conveys a myth, song by song, so that a complete telling of the myth is an all-night performance. In their mythical tradition the Cahuilla state that they traveled along the world three times before settling into the hillside and desert communities of southern California.
You are welcome to join the Athenaeum for an evening of music and story-telling from the tradition of California's earliest settlers.
New Environmentalism: Integrating Economics, Science, and Values
Lynn Scarlett is vice president of research at the Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based public policy think tank. Scarlett's primary focus is on environmental policy, including especially issues pertaining to vehicle emissions and air quality, solid waste, and environmental policy reform.
In 1994 Governor Pete Wilson appointed Scarlett to chair California's Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee, which was charged with making policy recommendations regarding the state's smog-check program. She currently serves as chair of the "How Clean is Clean" working group sponsored by the Washington, DC-based National Environmental Policy Institute.
In 1996 former EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus appointed Scarlett to serve on the Enterprise for Environment Task Force, a year-long project exploring environmental policy reform options.
Scarlett has published in both popular media and academic journals, including The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Roll Call. She has also appeared as a guest to discuss environmental issues on ABC's Good Morning America and CNN's Crossfire.
Lynn Scarlett is the final speaker in the Athenaeum series, The Environment and Economics.
Cowboy Poetry and Song
For most people, the cowboy life is something to be read about in history texts and old western novels. The romanticized range life is an archetypical image of American culture on the new frontier, where ranchers lassoed errant calves and spent nights around the campfire. For Buck Ramsey, however, cowboys are not just a part of his country's past, but his personal past as well.
Ramsey spent much of his young life as a cowboy before turning his experiences into music and poetry. He is now among the most famous of all cowboy poets, and he has been featured in most major gatherings for the genre. He has also received the National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest award given for folk art.
Buck Ramsey has recorded two albums, Rollin' Uphill from Texas (1992) and My Home was in Texas (1994), and each has received the Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He will be performing works from his album at the Athenaeum as part of the series entitled Moving West.
Stable Money and Global Free Trade
In 1989 Judy Shelton published The Coming Soviet Crash: Gorbachev's Desperate Pursuit of Credit in Western Financial Markets, in 1991 she went to Moscow and observed how true her predictions had proved to be. Now this extraordinarily talented economist argues that without a stable international monetary arrangement, free trade will never be fully realized. Only time will tell how well her theories will be borne out.
A world-renowned writer, Judy Shelton has influenced politicians and entire governments in America and abroad. Her work in Russia, where she met with Yeltsin's economic team and addressed the Russian Federation Parliament, is just one example of Shelton's widespread reputation as a domestic and international economist of the finest caliber.
Shelton served as an economic advisor to the Dole-Kemp presidential campaign and was a staff economist for the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, better known as the Kemp Commission. She currently sits on the board of directors of Empower America in Washington and the board of advisors of the Committee for Free Trade and Economic Growth.
Judy Shelton has been a frequent guest on the Jim Lehrer News Hour and CNBC's Inside Opinion, as well as a commentator for NBC, CNN, C-SPAN, and National Public Radio. Her other works include her second book, Money Meltdown: Restoring Order to the Global Currency System (1994), and articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
Cold War Stories
A look at Professor Gaines Post's professional biography leaves no doubt that he has devoted his working life to academia, specifically in the humanities. He says that he has devoted his private life to his family, wine tasting, and backpacking-the latter two not simultaneously.
After a stint in the United States Army, Post followed up his Cornell degree in Oxford as a Rhodes scholar from 1961 to 1963, and he received his Ph.D. in modern European history at Stanford University in 1969. After leaving Stanford, where he was an instructor in the western civilization program, he taught at the University of Texas in Austin until 1983.
Leadership positions are not foreign to Post, who was dean of faculty and senior vice president at Claremont McKenna College from 1983 to 1988. From 1978 to 1981 he served as executive director of the Commission on the Humanities, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. He currently chairs the history department at CMC.
Post has served on various educational committees at both the national and local level, including the Community College Humanities Association and the California Council for the Humanities.
His course repertoire includes topics on modern Europe and Germany, European diplomacy and civil-military relations, the World Wars through fiction and memoirs, and historical biography. He is currently writing a book on the Cold War in Europe during the 1950s.
Post will read passages from his new book during his Athenaeum talk. The subject of his Athenaeum presentation-and the book-is the affect of memory and personal experience on an understanding of history.
You are welcome to join the Athenaeum for an evening with one of CMC's most distinguished and respected professors.
The Kravis Leadership Conference
Leadership Lite: Winning Formula for Investment Banking
HARRY McMAHON '75
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1997 12:30 p.m.
In 1985 the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology was established with a gift from Henry Kravis '67. Soon after, because of his interest in expanding the college's leadership studies, Kravis made it possible through a generous gift to create the Kravis Leadership Institute. In 1994 the institute office and staff took shape and the institute's programs began. Professor Ron Riggio took over as institute director in July 1996.
The Kravis Leadership Institute sponsors leadership studies at Claremont McKenna College. The institute hosts conferences, workshops, speaker series, and conducts research on leadership applications, contributing to the growing body of knowledge in the field. Through fellowships and internships and independent studies, the institute involves a number of undergraduate students in institute programs, which include education, research, and community outreach.
Harry McMahon currently serves as a trustee of Claremont McKenna College, where he is also a member of the board of governors of the Henry Kravis Leadership Institute. He earned his M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago in 1980 and his B.A. in economics and international relations from Claremont McKenna College in 1975.
McMahon is currently responsible for the corporate investment banking activities for Merrill Lynch in their western region and has been instrumental in leading over 100 corporate finance, strategic advisory, or merger and acquisition projects. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1983 and prior to his move to Los Angeles held positions in both capital markets and corporate finance.
Henry Kravis will greet attendees and introduce Harry McMahon. Please join the institute staff and the board of governors for what will be an informative program and discussion led by this CMC alumnus and leader in the field of investment banking.
Due to limited seating, this event is open to CMC persons only. Lunch is served at 12:00 p.m. Henry Kravis will introduce Harry McMahon at 12:30 p.m.
Application forms for the position of Athenaeum Fellow for the 1997-98 academic year will be available in the Athenaeum office on Monday, March 10. Completed applications must be returned by Friday, March 28, at 5:00 p.m.
Students desiring to be considered for the following year (1998-99) but who will be away from campus during the next year's selection process may submit their application now in order to be considered for the future position.
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
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385 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
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TomTom Announces Traffic Solutions for its ONE and GO Product Ranges in North America
Aug 30 2007
TomTom Announces Traffic Solutions for its ONE and GO Product Ranges in North America
~ RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver and TomTom Traffic Help Users Manage Traffic Experiences ~
Concord, MA – August 30, 2007 – TomTom, the world's largest portable navigation solutions provider, today announced the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver as an additional traffic solution for its ONE and GO product ranges. The new RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver provides an alternative traffic option to TomTom Traffic. The new RDS-TMC is available as an accessory and is also included with the TomTom GO 920T, complete with a one year subscription.The RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver receives and decodes traffic information via FM radio channels, enabling customers to plan routes better and reroute around various traffic incidents. "The RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver complements our existing TomTom PLUS Traffic offering and gives TomTom users a choice as to which traffic service best suits their individual preferences," said Jocelyn Vigreux, TomTom Inc.'s president. "The full integration of traffic information in the user interface of our products, combined with the high-quality traffic sources used, provides TomTom users with the best and most complete traffic experience in the market." The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver works by using TMC (Traffic Message Channel) technology. The receiver acquires information through an FM radio signal broadcast by regional providers. By simply connecting the new TomTom GO device to the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, users will automatically receive traffic information via the TMC connection. Once a trip is planned, traffic alerts are clearly displayed in the traffic bar on the right hand side of the screen. When users tap the traffic bar, they receive further information, such as accident or traffic jam delays. The RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver is compatible with the new TomTom GO 920 range, TomTom GO 720, TomTom ONE XL and TomTom ONE 3rd EDITION and provides seamless integration of RDS-TMC Traffic information with the user interface of the TomTom GO and ONE product ranges. In order to receive RDS-TMC Traffic information via the TomTom GO or ONE, customers require TomTom's latest software application, which is easily and freely available through TomTom HOME. TomTom PLUS Traffic
TomTom continues to provide users with its certified TomTom Traffic service, including real-time traffic and weather alerts and the option to plan trips to avoid traffic congestion. TomTom Traffic is a subscription based service that can be obtained via a GPRS wireless data connection*. It requires no hardware. Users subscribe to TomTom Traffic through their device and must activate the service by registering for TomTom PLUS services at www.tomtom.com/plus/services. Pricing and Availability
TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver is available for the TomTom GO and TomTom ONE range for $129.95 at major retailers in the US and Canada, and on the TomTom website (www.tomtom.com). TomTom PLUS Traffic is available for $24.95 for a one year subscription, in addition to a subscription through the user's cell phone service provider. Key differences between TomTom's Two Traffic Services
|TomTom PLUS Traffic
|RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver
|Key features/ advantages
|• Performance
• Most accurate and up-to date traffic
information from the best available sources
• The use of GPRS means TomTom has
controlled ownership of the information
we provide, ensuring we provide our customers with enriched quality of information
• TomTom provides high-quality
information 24 hours a day, all year round
• The use of GPRS means we are not limited
to the amount of messages that can be broadcast at any one time
|• Simplicity
• Most accurate and up-to date traffic information from the best available RDS-TMC providers
• Plug & GO
|Equipment required
|Mobile phone with Bluetooth and a wireless GPRS data connection
|TomTom Hardware. The RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver is available as an accessory for TomTom GO 720, 920, TomTom ONE XL and TomTom ONE 3rd EDITION. It is included in the GO 920T product.
|How to pay
|Yearly subscription with TomTom as well as a data plan with a local cell phone provider. Cell phone operators also charge users based on the amount of transmitted data (vs. length of time you're connected).
|One time cost for the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, plus the subscription cost. 920T comes with RDS-TMC and a one year subscription in the box. Renewable after one year.
|TomTom PLUS services are owned, developed and maintained by TomTom.
|RDS-TMC Traffic information is provided by public and private organizations
|Information it provides
|• Description of the traffic situation (event)
• The location (the area, highway segment or
point location affected by the event)
• The estimated delay
• Alternative route calculation
• Information on weather & road conditions
|• Description of the traffic situation (event)
• The location (the area, highway segment or point location affected by the event)
• The estimated delay
• Alternative route calculation
*GPRS service obtained through an additional data plan subscription with a local cell phone service provider.
For more information please contact:
Karen CK Drake, TomTom Inc.
Telephone: 978-405-1688
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Meredith Kish, Hill & Knowlton
Telephone: 212-885-0329
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
About TomTom
TomTom NV is the world's largest navigation solution provider. TomTom's products are developed with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use, safety and value. TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; these are the award-winning TomTom GO family, the TomTom ONE XL and TomTom ONE ranges and the TomTom RIDER. Additionally, independent research proves that TomTom products have a significant positive effect on driving and road safety. TomTom offers a portfolio of content and services for TomTom's navigation products, which are easily available through TomTom HOME. TomTom also provides navigation software products that integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDAs and smartphones. TomTom WORK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom's products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 30 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. TomTom is listed at Euronext, Amsterdam Stock Exchange in The Netherlands. For more information, go to http://www.tomtom.com.


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Executing External Processes
Groovy provides a simple way to execute command line processes. Simply write the command line as a string and call the
execute() method. E.g., on a *nix machine (or a windows machine with appropriate *nix commands installed), you can execute this:
execute() method returns a
java.lang.Process instance which will subsequently allow the in/out/err streams to be processed and the exit value from the process to be inspected etc.
e.g. here is the same command as above but we will now process the resulting stream a line at a time
in Groovy 1.5.5 the eachLine method is not available on InputStream. Earlier or later version will have that method. As an alternative you can use process.in.newReader().eachLine { line -> println line }
Remember that many commands are shell built-ins and need special handling. So if you want a listing of files in a directory on a windows machine and if you write
you will get IOException saying "Cannot run program "dir": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified."
This is because "dir" is built-in to the windows shell (cmd.exe) and can't be run as a simple executable. Instead, you will need to write:
Also, because this functionality currently make use of
java.lang.Process under the covers, the deficiencies of that class must currently be taken into consideration. In particular, the javadoc for this class says:
Because some native platforms only provide limited buffer size for standard input and output streams, failure to promptly write the input stream or read the output stream of the subprocess may cause the subprocess to block, and even deadlock
Because of this, Groovy provides some additional helper methods which make stream handling for processes easier.
Here is how to gobble all of the output (including the error stream output) from your process:
There are also variations of
consumeProcessOutput including one which takes output and error StringBuffers, another which takes output and error ditto for InputStreams and variations for StringBuffers, Writers and InputStreams which handle just the output stream or error stream individually. In addition, there is a
pipeTo command (mapped to '
|' to allow overloading) which lets the output stream of one process be fed into the input stream of another process.
Here are some examples of use:
Further Information
See also:
- Cookbook Examples: Executing External Processes From Groovy
- PLEAC Process Management Examples
- A Groovy Shell called Groosh which builds upon Groovy's basic processing functionality


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Charlotte Bobcats (7-6) at Atlanta Hawks (8-4), 7:30 p.m.
(Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats have already seen first hand just how well the Atlanta Hawks are playing during their season-high winning streak.
Set to meet for the second time in less than a week, the Hawks try to extend a pair of five-game winning streaks both overall and against the Bobcats in Wednesday's night meeting in Atlanta.
The Hawks have won five in a row for the first time since Jan. 2-12, 2011 and that includes a 101-91 road win over the Bobcats. The victory came last Friday and was paced by Al Horford's 26 points off a career high-tying 13 field goals made. Horford also had 13 rebounds and Jeff Teague added a double-double with 13 points and a season-high 12 assists.
Charlotte was led by Ramon Sessions' 22 points, but saw Atlanta post a season- high 15 blocks.
"Our guys did a great job of challenging shots," Hawks coach Larry Drew said after the win. "We can't allow teams to get free looks at the rim, we have to challenge them."
Horford's effort versus Charlotte was part of an impressive stretch last week that earned him Eastern Conference Player of the Week. He averaged 16.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in four games, capping the run with 10 points and eight boards in Saturday's 104-93 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Teague followed up his effort versus the Bobcats with 19 points and 11 assists versus the Clippers to give him consecutive double-doubles for the first time in his career, while Zaza Pachulia had 19 points and 12 rebounds in Saturday's win.
"We're playing well," said Teague. "The chemistry's there, guys are making shots, we're playing (strong) defense. That's always good."
Atlanta has logged at least 100 points in four of its five games during this win streak while holding opponents to 90.4 ppg over that span. That has the club in position to win six straight for the first time since starting the 2010-11 campaign 6-0.
While the Hawks will try to keep doing the things they have done well over this win streak, including an improvement in the transition game according to Drew, the Bobcats will try to put their effort on Monday far in the rearview.
Charlotte suffered the worst loss in team history two nights ago, falling 114-69 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 45-point defeat surpassed the previous largest margin of defeat by a point, a 112-68 setback in Portland on Feb. 1.
That loss was part of a 7-59 campaign for the Bobcats, who matched that win total with a double-overtime win over Washington one night after the loss to Atlanta. Charlotte, though, took a big step back in Oklahoma City, shooting just 22 percent in the first half on 8-for-37 from the field.
"Oklahoma City is a great team, and it got out of hand real quick," Bobcats center Byron Mullens said.
Jeffery Taylor was the lone Bobcat to reach double figures with 10 points, while Mullens and Ben Gordon had nine points apiece.
Sessions ended with seven points on 1-for-9 from the floor, while leading scorer Kemba Walker failed to score after shooting 0-for-6 and missing both of his 3-point attempts.
Charlotte has split the first two of a three-game road trip, while Atlanta has won three in a row at home and plays the second of five in a row as the host.
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CARSON, Calif. – In his first season in MLS, Gyasi Zardes has not only adapted to a new league, but also a new position.
Zardes has been stationed out wide on the left multiple times this season, but the 21-year-old has started LA's last two league matches and their 2-0 victory over C.S. Cartaginés on Tuesday. The rookie's speed seems to make him a natural option on the flanks and despite being stationed farther away from goal; he has still managed to continue to be a threat in the attacking third for the Galaxy.
Following LA's 2-0 victory over the Costa Rican side, Zardes told reporters that he's begun to settle into the left midfield position.
"I'm starting to get the hang of it and to be honest, I like it out there," said Zardes. "You have a lot of freedom, no defender up your back so it's kind of like a different point of view out there."
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CARSON, Calif. – Look at the statistics and the highlight reel goals and you can see that Robbie Keane is an extremely effective forward, but according to his fellow attacker Landon Donovan, his influence goes even deeper.
Following LA's 2-0 victory over C.S. Cartaginés in their CONCACAF Champions League Group 8 opener in which Donovan assisted on a pair of Keane goals, the U.S. international was asked to discuss how the Irishman was different than other forwards that he has played with throughout his career.
"His biggest attribute is his movement. His movement is sublime. You don't always see it and there are a lot of times that he makes good movements on the field where he doesn't get the ball, but the times that he does, you see it. He's very sharp, very active and he's always playing with the defender's mind," said Donovan.
"One time he'll come short and then the next time, he'll get behind him. The next time he comes short and the next time he'll get behind them. As a defender, it's impossible to know where he's going to go and if you're on the same page with him then he's going to make them pay."
The LA Galaxy opened up CONCACAF Champions League play with a victory on Tuesday after defeating C.S. Cartagines 2-0 at StubHub Center.
My Three Points to the match can be found here. Also, my sidebar to the game that focuses on the partnership of Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane is here.
A few notes:
*The Galaxy are tied with Cartagines for the lead in Group 8 with three points, but are ahead on goal difference with a +2 differential.
*LA are now 6-0-0 at home all-time in the Group Stage of the CONCACAF Champions League and 7-3-0 all-time at home in the tournament.
*Robbie Keane is now tied with Juninho and Jack McBean for the Galaxy's all-time goal scoring lead in the CONCACAF Champions League with four goals apiece.
*Due to television issues many were unable to watch the match, but courtesy of LAGalaxy.com, you can see Keane's goals below:
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy may be without the services of midfielder Robbie Rogers after the 26-year-old suffered a left hamstring injury during LA's 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League victory over C.S. Cartaginés on Tuesday.
The injury is a challenging one for Rogers, who was making his first appearance for LA since their Guinness International Champions Cup Third Place match against AC Milan on Aug. 7 after failing to make the game day roster in two consecutive league matches. To date, Rogers has made nine MLS regular season appearances for LA since joining the club in late May.
Rogers earned the start for LA against the Costa Rican side and had a few dangerous runs up field, but was forced to come off just a minute before half time after feeling a "pinch" in his left hamstring just moments earlier. The midfielder told reporters after the match that he is expected to receive an MRI in the next few days, but admitted that the injury was a frustrating one in light of his recent form.
"It's really frustrating. I always think that things happen for a reason so sometimes you think, 'what is the lesson in this.' But, I don't know," said Rogers. "I'm just going to keep my head up and hopefully the MRI isn't too bad so I can continue to train and do fitness. I don't think that I'll be out too long, maybe just a couple of weeks."
CARSON, Calif. – Following the LA Galaxy's 2-0 victory over C.S. Cartagines, LA head coach Bruce Arena addressed the media.
His comments are below...
(On whether the match was a fair result…)
ARENA: "I think that it's a fair result. I think Cartaginés is a very good team and played very well. They're going to be a different team to get through this competition."
(On Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane's partnership…)
ARENA: "Great. He and Landon are fabulous combination working together. Their last goal was huge and Landon gave us an outstanding 30 minutes. Those two are in great rhythm with each other and continue to be a threat."
(On Kofi Opare's showing…)
ARENA: "He had a very good game. Not an easy game for a young player. This is his debut and he did an excellent job. He's looked really trained and played in reserve games. He's a player with a lot of potential and I thought that he had a good game."
(On Jose Villarreal…)
ARENA: "He's a good young player. He played a good 60 minutes tonight. He has a good future at 19-years-old and he's got a lot ahead of him. We want to try to move him along the right way and give him as many opportunities as we can. I thought that he played well tonight."
(On what is more important MLS or CCL…)
ARENA: They're both important priorities. We want to defend our MLS crown for sure. We have a lot to do in MLS to get ourselves in playoff position, but this competition is an important for sure. We want to advance into the quarterfinals next year."
(On what the game in Costa Rica will be like…)
ARENA: "It'll be a difficult game. They will be in position where they have to beat us in Costa Rica. They will be aggressive and attack with numbers."
CARSON, Calif. – New LA Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo is quite familiar with the manager who will be leading LA's CONCACAF Champions League opponent C.S. Cartaginés on Tuesday.
Penedo played for current Cartaginés manager Javier Delgado Prado for one and a half seasons with Guatemalan club Municipal from 2011 to 2012 before he departed to join Los Brumosos. Delgado has been immensely successful with the Costa Rican side and led them to the championship final and the CCL.
Ahead of his match against his old boss, the Galaxy 'keeper shed a little light on his coaching style.
"He's a coach that builds good groups football-wise and chemistry-wise," said Penedo. "It's a team that brought him over to save them from relegation and he went there and built a team reached the championship game and is now in the Champions League. Costa Rican teams are teams that fight a lot. They run a lot, but I trust God that tomorrow we will get a positive victory."
Ahead of tonight's clash with C.S. Cartagines, several LA Galaxy players preview their CCL match.
Check it out below...
CARSON, Calif. -- No one on the LA Galaxy is more familiar with Costa Rican soccer than midfielder Marcelo Sarvas.
Sarvas spent two tournaments with L.D. Alajuelense helping Liga win the 2011 Invierno (summer) title and 2011 Verano (winter) title. During that time, he became a major celebrity in the land of Pura Vida as evidenced by his incredible reception when the Galaxy took on Herediano in the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League.
During his time with Alajuelense, Sarvas was able to take on the Galaxy in the 2011-12 CCL tournament and is very familiar of what will be going through the minds of the Cartaginés players on Tuesday night at StubHub Center.
"I expect a team that's going to come with a lot of energy. It was the same for me two years ago when I came here," said Sarvas. "You want to show yourself to the Galaxy and look for new options [to play]. Costa Rican players are good on the ball, not too much organization in the field. I expect a good game."
Sarvas is also very familiar with the culture at Costa Rica's oldest club.
"They a good history in Costa Rica, but they went almost 70 years without a championshi," said Sarvas. "They have a good fan base, a good city around them, and they're a good club. They used to be a big club."
Will the Costa Ricans opt to bunker against a stronger Galaxy side? Unlikely says Sarvas.
"I think that they'll be a little bit scared when they see the size of the field because it's not usual for them to play on this type of field. It's hard to think about that. In Costa Rica, they don't have that much organization, so if they sit back, it's not the best for them because they don't keep the lines and it's not what they normally do."
LA Galaxy captain Robbie Keane has enjoyed yet another stellar season but is he an MLS MVP candidate?
The 31-year-old has been fantastic in his season with 10 goals and nine assists in just 14 appearances -- that means that Keane has scored in just over 72 percent of the matches that he has played in. That percentage is similar to another MLS MVP frontrunner Mike Magee, who has scored in eight of his 10 matches with the Chicago Fire while it is better than Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Camilo, who has 14 goals in 23 appearances or goals in 61 percent of his matches.
Not only has he scored goals, but he's also been a fine distributor with a team-leading nine assists. Currently Keane is third in the league in assists and when/if he gets his 10th, he'll become just the fifth Galaxy player to score 10 goals and 10 assists in a single season.
The Irishman's performance this season has already made Galaxy history as Keane is just the fourth Galaxy player in club history to score 10 goals in consecutive seasons joining Landon Donovan, Carlos Ruiz, and Welton.
The most significant numbers for this argument? The Galaxy's record when he is on and off the field: when he is in the lineup, the Galaxy are an impressive 8-3-3, but when he is unavailable, they are 3-6-1.
So you make the call, is Keane an MVP candidate or not? Vote below and leave note in the comment section.
CARSON, Calif. -- There is plenty of speculation surrounding LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan's future with his contract expiring at the end of the season and in an interview with Fox Sports 1, he addressed his future.
Donovan said in the interview that he has received some offers abroad, but stayed true to course by admitting that he simply needs to be happy no matter where he plays next.
Watch the interview below.


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That was a very :3 article.
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Joe Gerrity, Hornets247.com
In the aftermath of the Hornets worst offensive output ever, it's important to keep things in perspective.
First off, let's get our anger out of the way. That was an atrocious performance against Philadelphia in front of a national TV audience. What was supposed to be something of a coming out party for the new look Hornets more resembled last week's Walking Dead– an epic struggle for those we care about.
Yes, the Hornets set their all-time franchise low for points in a game (62), eclipsing even the game which must not be named. The Hornets shot a pitiful 23/69 from the floor, making only a third of their shots. Jason Smith was the only New Orleanian to shoot over 50%. In fact, the Hornets had nearly as many turnovers (20) as made shots (23).
This one stings, especially because it was on national TV.
But as Monty Williams said in the post game, "Maybe tomorrow is a better day. It's gotta be better than today."
He tried to look on the positive side, adding that "If you told me that we were going to hold them to 77 points tonight, I'm thinking we're going to win. As bad as we felt we held another team under 80."
That's the truth. When you hold the opposition to under 80, it's rare that you don't win the game.
Monty went on, "The one thing I like about our group is even at the end, our guys are still together, still rallying each other… we still have that camaraderie, we still have that glue that holds us together even in a tough time."
One other thing the Hornets have going for them, and this is becoming more and more clear with each passing day, is a head coach who knows what he's doing. He isn't out there trashing his team after a loss, even though they likely deserved it. He isn't out there being idealistic about what he expects and demands from his team. He's pragmatic and reasonable, fully acknowledging that as a young team "the averages say you're going to have a few nights like this. It's my job to make sure that we bounce back tomorrow".
Tomorrow is one day closer to getting Austin Rivers back, who Monty said, "wanted to play".*It's a day closer to the return of Anthony Davis, a future superstar who has looked amazing in limited action. It's even a day closer to a possible Eric Gordon return. It's a day closer to the team on the court figuring each other out.
It's also another day for both Monty and the team to mature, so that next time they're in a better position to made adjustments and improvements that will ensure offensive outputs like this one are few and far between.
"It's hard to be upset with our guys," Monty said toward the end of the post game presser, "sometimes you're disappointed but [with] this group I can always find something positive.
Surely you can, too.
That was a very :3 article.
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Your post is like an elixir dude. Certainly lightens the mood. somewhat(lol). It sucks, but were goin to have nights like this. I still like the overall makeup of this team and theyll play harder. Not to mention were missing our two best players(davis, gordon) and a player who brings some stability at the point(rivers). Great piece Joe
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Yeah I changed the channel like 3 min into the 3rd qtr. Brutal watching Roberts run the point....Rivers might not be an all world PG at this time but he has a much better feel for the NBA game than Roberts to me. Roberts just dribbles at the top of the key never sets up any offense...at least when Rivers dribbles he's trying to break his defender down to either drive and kick or drive to the hoop to make something happen...
It also seemed to hurt the depth with Rivers on the bench since he starts a the 2 with Grievis @ PG and takes over PG when Grievis takes a breather. That lets Miller take over at the 3 when Aminu is taking a breather...thus keeping Warrick and Thomas on the bench where they belong...
Great piece Joe. Glad I missed the game - but good to see some perspective. Totally agree on Monty as a leader. Maybe someday you'll be able to keep the same calm and perspective on the golf course!
Our guard play is a big problem. Holiday and Turner made us look real bad.
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I don't know why people are freaking out so much. It's the NBA: one game out of eighty-two. Not like the NFL where a lot rides on one individual day/night's performance. Poop happens.
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
Poop happens. Yes, it does. But, as much as we know our young Hornets have a lot of learning to do, I think they are better than whatever that was they displayed last night. And while they usually play hard til the end, Monty can't just assume they'll be able to get out of the hole from the opposing team going on 10-0 runs.
Yeah I think the 'fast' start got people's hopes up a bit. I never expected them to compete this season. Maybe for an 8th seed but didn't count on it.
Well, it was a game without our best 2 players (although only one plays ever) and another high minute guy (Rivers). So I didn't really expect to win.
I was there. The worst game I've ever been too. And not because of the poor play, but because the energy was that of a funeral from the Intro video til the final tick.
"Its important to us to bring in good people, people who can fit in the locker room and people you want to root and cheer for. People that want to win. Were trying to build for the long haul. -Dell Demps
We were missing three guys that started for us. It's bound to not turn out well.
It was a game without our 2 best players but yet they were able to beat Chicago, Utah and compete with SA and I don't think Philly is better than any of those teams. At least not in my opinion.
http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss..._river_default"I thought they did a good job with their pick-and-roll coverages. But we also didn't play with that force and urgency that I thought we had against San Antonio, Utah and Chicago. I thought something changed between Saturday and Monday's practice..."
The first 3 games we at least saw SOME urgency. Can't really say that about last night but then again I turned it off in the 3rd so maybe they started playing better but Philly played even better than that. I don't know.
Ya'll think we win that game with Rivers playing?
I think Rivers adds a dimension. It's just that kind of sport. One player can make a world of difference. Even if he brings one skill to the table like ability to attack the basket or competently run a pick and roll.
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I'm in the tiny minority not yet ready to pull the plug on Roberts. He's looked hesitant compared to how he played in Summer League and the preseason. MAybe that's jus regular season NBA being a mostly different game, maybe he's just admittedly struggling. I'll talk to him on Friday and see what the deal is. Keep in mind he's only played 30 NBA minutes in his career.
Is he going to be a starter? No, but I do believe he's capable of giving us a solid 10-15 minutes when injuries demand it.
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Rivers is the Reggie Bush of this team, just the explosiveness he provides is an outstanding decoy. God the future is bright.
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