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HOUSTON Two workers remain in critical condition and two others are in serious but stable condition after sustaining serious burns from a fire on an oil platform Friday morning, a hospital official said Saturday at a press conference.
The news on their condition comes as the search for their two missing co-workers from Friday s fire continued Saturday morning.
John Hoffman, CEO of Black Elk Energy, which owns the oil platform, said Saturday morning that no progress has been made in the search, but that the U.S. Coast Guard is still looking for the two workers that have been officially declared missing.
My entire focus is the families and workers, Hoffman said in an email. Nothing else matters at this point.
On Friday, a spokesperson with West Jefferson Medical Center, where the injured were initially taken for treatment, said that the four workers had sustained second- and third-degree burns over a large portion of their body. They were moved to Baton Rouge General s Regional Burn Center for specialized treatment Friday afternoon.
At Saturday s press conference, a hospital official in Baton Rouge General said that the four workers were from the Philippines, which has made contacting their families difficult.
Hospital officials would not elaborate on the extent of the workers burn injuries, but said that the next 48-72 hours are critical to their survival.
A total of 11 workers were air-lifted to Louisiana to be treated for injuries. The remaining seven were released after being treated by paramedics near the shore of Grand Isle, La.
In an on-air interview with KHOU 11 News, Hoffman said at noon on Friday that two workers were dead and one was missing, but later recanted the statement. An official with the company said Friday afternoon that they would continue to search for the two missing workers and would not declare them dead.
The U.S. Coast Guard said at a press conference at noon that 26 total workers were on the platform Friday morning.
Four left the platform prior to the accident and 11 more after the fire broke out, a spokesman with Coast Guard confirmed. He said nine more were later found and evacuated with two still missing. He could not confirm the two deaths.
At the time of the press conference, it was not clear whether or not if the two workers reported missing were in fact the same two that Hoffman had declared dead since he mentioned only one worker missing at the time.
Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Robertstold WWL-TVthe platform is in shallow water located in West Delta Block 32 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said the location is about 25 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
The Coast Guard activated a command center to investigate the incident, and two helicopter teams-- one from Mobile, Alabama and the other from New Orleans -- were called in to help with the search. Two small boat stations out of Grand Isle and Venice were also sent to the scene.
Our focus at this very point is for the well being and the treatment for those injured, and those that were not injured in this to have crisis management counselors available to them, Hoffman said.
Workers on the platform, which produces oil and natural gas, are contractors from a company in Louisiana and do not work for the company directly, Hoffman said.
Hoffman said that right now they would focus on treating the workers and address what went wrong on Saturday.
It s the human element. We re doing oil and gas, but at the end of the day, it s families and taking care of those families, Hoffman said in an interview Friday afternoon. That s my concern.
At the time of the fire, the workers were cutting a 75-foot long pipe that was 3 inches in diameter and contained as much as 75 gallons of product, Hoffman said.
The process for cutting the pipe calls for a cold-cutting device, or a non-sparking tool, Hoffman said. However, he confirmed that a cutting torch was used instead, which ignited the vapors in the pipe.
The Coast Guard said that there is a half-mile by 200-yard oil sheen from the platform. The platform was not in production at the time of the fire and remains structurally sound, the Coast Guard spokesman added.
The Marine Safety Unit in Morgan City, La. and the Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement will investigate the environmental impact of the accident, spokesman for the Coast Guard said.
This is not the first accident that Black Elk Energy has dealt with in the past two years.
In August, a crane was lowering two workers in a basket when the equipment failed, according to federal records. The two workers fell into the Gulf, but were not seriously injured.
In February 2011, a small fire broke out on a platform owned by Black Elk Energy, records state. The fire was quickly put and a battery charger was blamed for the fire.
Also, in September 2011, Black Elk Energy paid a $307,000 fine. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the company failed to do a leak test on a safety valve and it took them 117 days to fix it once a problem was discovered.
None of these incidents happened at the platform where Friday s fire took place.
Check back for updates to this developing story.


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Bing Su PhD, MPH
Professor (Adjunct) of Immunobiology
Departments & Organizations
Stem Cell Center, Yale: Signal Transduction and Cell GrowthVascular Biology and Therapeutics ProgramImmunobiology: HTI
Research Interests
MAP Kinase pathways; mTOR regulation; Receptor signaling; Cell growth control; Lymphocyte development and differentiation more...
- B.S., Peking University, 1984
- M.P.H., Yale University, 1987
- Ph.D., Yale University, 1991
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- Xing Chang, Fang Liu, Xiaofang Wang, and Su B. MEKK2 and MEKK3 regulate TGF-b-mediated helper T cell differentiation. Immunity. 34: 201-212, 2011.
- You-Tong Wu, Weiming Ouyang, Adam S Lazorchak, Dou Liu, Han-Ming Shen, and Su B. mTOR Complex 2 Targets Akt for Proteasomal Degradation via Phosphorylation at the Hydrophobic Motif. J Biol Chem. 286: 14190-14198, 2011.
- Xiaofang Wang, Fan Zhang, Fanping Chen, Dou Liu, Yi Zheng, Yongliang Zhang, Chen Dong, and Su B. MEKK3 regulates IFNg production in T cells through the Rac1/2 dependent MAPK cascades. J. Immunol. 186: 5791-5800, 2011.


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(NewsUSA) - Seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty has seen his fair share of races throughout his career. Yet, little could prepare him for the sight he'd see as nearly hundreds of people turned out for the Undy 5000 Track Walk benefitting the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA).
"Unfortunately, colon cancer is the No. 2 cancer killer in this country," said Petty, also known to NASCAR fans across the country as simply "The King." "We wanted everyone to come out to the track to support the Colon Cancer Alliance."
And that they did. Nearly $20,000 was raised at the event held at Pocono Raceway following the Pocono 200 ARCA race in Long Pond, Pa.
"The Undy 5000 aims to motivate people to get screened and to bring together local communities to celebrate colon cancer survivors and their families," said Jasmine Greenamyer, CEO of the CCA. "With such great turnout for the Undy 5000, we're able to raise money for the CCA's prevention, research and patient support services and help local organizations fund colon cancer programs."
Boosting awareness is key when it comes to treating colon cancer because early detection is vital -- up to 90 percent of all cases of colon cancer can be prevented with recommended screening. Colon cancer is one of the most detectable and, if found early enough, most treatable forms of cancer. According to the CCA, if you are at high risk or age 50 or older or, if colon cancer runs in your family, getting a screening test for colon cancer could save your life.
Since the Undy 5000 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk's inception by the CCA in 2008, the series has raised more than $4.3 million to help fund local colon cancer screening efforts and the CCA's patient-support programs. Find an Undy 5000 Run/Walk near you, and talk to your friends and family about the importance of screening -- it saves lives.


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St Martins Lane was the first Ian Schrager/Philippe Starck collaboration on English shores, moving into Covent Garden a few months ahead of its younger sister, Soho's Sanderson. The concept (at both hotels) is Urban Resort, and there's no question guests walk into a different world upon entering, a world furnished with golden tooth-shaped seats, life-size chess pieces and hanging bare lightbulbs. Starck's trademark irreverence may not look as novel as it did a few years ago, but it certainly sets a tone, quite a contrast to the English urban-country-house norm.
Rooms are loft-style, open-plan, with a custom-designed lighting system allowing guests to set the mood with light in any color of the spectrum, emanating almost magically from a projector behind the headboard, an arrangement that makes use of the blank canvas provided by the rooms' all-white color scheme. Windows are floor-to-ceiling, allowing for impressive views of central London—one of the benefits of retrofitting a Sixties office block rather than some Georgian landmark. As in any loft-style building, corner rooms will see the most light, and while at many hotels the "garden rooms" are those with inferior views, here it means something different; an outdoor patio with a touch of greenery provides a breath of fresh air.
A Schrager hotel without a chic and in-demand restaurant would be unthinkable—this one has the tried-and-true Asia de Cuba. The Starck-designed Rum Bar and Light Bar round out the social life, which draws at least as many locals as guests. St Martins Lane lacks one thing the Sanderson has, which is a spa; then again this location is a shopper's paradise—in choosing between the two, the key, ultimately, is: Covent Garden or Soho?
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The hotel should try and finish the renovation programme as quickly as possible as this hotel is vital for the area being right next to ENO.....
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La lieu où l'hôtel est situé.
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Le lobby était en travaux. C'était scandaleux… Outre le bruit des travaux en cours. Nous n'avions aucun espace. Pas de réception et des draps blancs recouvrant tout l'espace!!!!
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Whether you call him Beelzebub, Satan, the Prince of Darkness, Mephistopheles, or just the plain ole devil (it's all about your preferred nomenclature, man) there is no denying the big guy downstairs has been a huge influence on Rock & Roll.
There have been a plethora of songs written about the dark lord (no I'm not talking about Voldemort, you posers) but the real question is — what are Satan's favorite songs about himself?
So, like the top-notch investigative journalism team we are at the CityBeat music department, my editor Mike Breen and I bought some pig's blood, drew a pentagram on the floor, lit some candles, recited some Latin and summoned the fallen angel himself.
After a long discussion on various human subjects — how Mitt Romney is in fact not the antichrist, but just an idiot; the state of Gene Simmons' soul and why he is going to hell (apparently, it's not for his satanic look or the thousand acts of pre-marital sex, but for turning KISS into the biggest whore in the music industry) — Mephistopheles disappeared back into the hell mouth as quick as he came. (Who said real journalism was dead?)
Yet, left in his place was an evil list compiled by the demon of his Top 10 favorite songs about himself, with the instruction to print them without changes. (Satan's actually a very polite guy but super narcissistic.) So, in honor of his wishes (and extra conscious of our agreement that riches will be bestowed on CityBeat if we completed the task), here are the Top 10 songs about Satan.
10. "Baptized in Flames" – Skeletonwitch
You ever wanted to know what Antichrist's birth would be like? If so, you're in luck because Athens, Ohio, natives Skeletonwitch give us a pretty vivid description of the scene.
Minus the death of the mother, inverted crosses burning, men dying and the overall end-times vibe, this birth isn't all that different from a normal one. But let's be honest, no matter who's being popped out, the birthing process is pretty disgusting.
9. "Super-Charger Heaven" – White Zombie
If I had never seen an interview with Rob Zombie (he seems like a really nice guy), I would truly believe this guy had some serious demonic connections. From his grade-A horror films to his music riddle with witches, blood rituals and general spine-chilling terror, he is the poster child for all things evil.
Although his later solo work is a little campy at times, White Zombie always brought the hellish vibe to their brand of Groove Meta and they showcased it no better than on their 1995 single, "Super-Charger Heaven."
8. "Beezleboss" – Tenacious D
Did you know it's in the demon by-laws to never turn down a rock-off challenge? I didn't either. Not until the cataclysmic disappointment, "Pick of Destiny," came out in 2006 at least.
Even though this movie was shittier than the end of The
Human Centipede, Satan's gut-busting drum solo (although impressive) wasn't
enough to outmatch Tenacious D's power of Rock and friendship, not only saving Kage's
eternal soul (and anal virginity) but sending the devil back to hell and
finally finding a way to pay their damn rent. (Satan says he found it "cute" that the band would write a fictional song about defeating him and picked this song because he's angling for a part in Kung Fu Panda 4 with Jack Black.)
7. "Con Clavi Con Dio" – Ghost
Sweden probably isn't the first nation you think of as a hotbed for satanic music (I know, ABBA was scary but definitely not satanic), but when Ghost's Opus Eponymous came out in 2010, the band took another step towards making that a reality.
This whole album is just one big love letter to the prince of darkness and the first four lines of "Con Clavi Con Dio" says it all: "Lucifer/ We are here/ For your praise/Evil one."
Overall, I don't know what's creepier — this band's all-inclusive scare factor or their borderline stalker obsession with Satan. (Lucifer, if you're reading this, you may want to consider a restraining order against these guys. I know they're from Sweden, but I don't think they are messing around.)
6. "Mean as Hell" – Johnny Cash
Besides making a star out of Honey Boo Boo and working as an investment banker on Wall Street, Satan says all he really ever wanted was a land to call his own. So God, like the sly dog he is, tried pull a fast one on his old nemesis, giving him the poorest land he had, the Rio Grande.
The Devil, being the mean son of bitch that he is, took God's offering and riddled the area with scorpions, thorn trees, tarantulas, rattlesnakes and 110-degree weather, making the best hell on earth he could (take that God!).
In the end, Satan proved God wrong, but what's more interesting is — who is meaner, Johnny Cash or Satan? Sure, Satan made the Rio Grande hell on earth, but Cash lived in it. My money's on the "Man in Black."
5. "Sympathy for the Devil" – The Rolling Stones
The devil has been a busy man over the years. He was "'Round when Jesus Christ/Had his moment of doubt and pain" and "Held a general's rank/When the Bliztkrieg raged/And the bodies stank."
Even though I'm not that particularly puzzled by the nature of his game (am I the only one seeing the trend of death here?), it's definitely one of the most iconic and politically-driven songs Satan ever inspired.
4. "The Oath" – Mercyful Fate
Kind Diamond is like the satanic equivalent of Pat Robertson. Sure, this guy isn't actually a Satanist but over his illustrious career, his distaste for organized religion, overtly satanic lyrical content and general creepy demeanor has surely put him in good standing with the minions of hell's army and their general.
I really could have picked almost any song from the King Diamond catalog, but this one — from the band he fronts, Mercyful Fate — really showcases his unconditional love for Lucifer. Really though, Diamond's undying love for Satan is only comparable to the love Ryan Seacrest has for hair gel and being a douche. If the song weren't so damn evil, it would almost bring me to tears.
3. "Hell Awaits" – Slayer
As if this song wasn't scary enough running normally, apparently if you play "Hell Awaits" backwards, about two minutes in there is a hidden message that repeats "join us" over and over again. Joining what exactly, I'm not sure. Slayer fans? An indoor soccer league? The wait staff at the Olive Garden? Who knows?
What's really funny, though, is that people freak out when they hear Slayer has a "satanic message" when you play it backwards. Really? If you listen to the song forward, the "satanic messages" are even more explicit. Jeez people, the whole thing is about Satan! It's Slayer, what do you expect?
2. "N.I.B." – Black Sabbath
Aside from "Sympathy for the Devil" this is the only other song on this list written from the perspective of Lucifer. Besides the monster riff and Black Sabbath general early awesomeness, what makes this track phenomenal is that it's about Satan falling in love and trying to become a good person.
Though knowing that information makes this song seem a little less evil and is slightly reminiscent of a Joss Whedon plotline (no dig there, it's just true), it exemplifies why Black Sabbath will always be the best Metal band of all time — its creativity.
Personally, I wish Ben Gibbard would do one of his so cute (it makes me want to puke) acoustic covers of this song so I can play it at my wedding (like that'll ever happen).
1. "Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
I've always been a bit confused when it comes to the actual logistics of this song. I mean, did he see this satanic ritual happening or not? My personal belief is that Steve Harris (lead guitar/writer) took one too many hits of LSD, watched The Omen II and had the most terrifying trip known to modern man.
Either way, "Number of the Beast" solidified Bruce Dickinson as Maiden's new lead singer (even though I'm more a Paul Di'anno fan myself) and made Maiden titans in the Metal genre.
Remember — I'm just the middleman here. If you have a problem with this list, I'm sure Satan would be willing to hear you out. (Here's his contact email: email@example.com.)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This morning I sent Blake's write-up to Satan for approval (we usually don't do that, but, hey, it's Satan), he responded with a curt, all caps message: "WHERE IS MY FAVORITE BAND HOGSCRAPER!!! I WILL BRING YOU DOWN HERE EARLY IF YOU DON'T ADD MY THEME SONG!!! THANKS!!! HAIL ME!!!" He's referring to the mysterious, undead Cincinnati "Satanic Bluegrass" band Hogscraper and I can only assume his "theme song" is the one below. When I texted him just before posting I informed him that Hogscraper was back from the dead and headlining this Saturday's "Grand Opening Redux" concert at the new Southgate House Revival. "NO SHIT. I'LL BE THERE WITH SCARY BELLS ON. PRE-GAMING @ HOOTERS BEFOREHAND IF YOU WANNA HANG OUT!"
This afternoon, the Facebook page of crucial, longtime MidPoint Music Festival supporters, Dewey's Pizza, announced the first handful of artists book to play this fall's MidPoint Music Festival. And, after early-bird discount tickets quickly sold out several weeks ago, the rest of the tickets are on sale now at mpmf.cincyticket.com.
The first batch of MPMF.13 performers is very representative of the bookings for MidPoint the past few years. You've got a Modern Rock legend, a few established acts, several current "buzz bands" and a few acts that, if past years' MPMFs are any indication, will be "buzz-worthy" by the time the festival rolls around, Sept. 26-28.
Here are the first 17 acts booked for MPMF.13, the 12th installment of the ever-growing music fest that utilizes various venues in Over-the-Rhine/Downtown. Below the list, you can check out a song by each artist on our first MPMF.13 playlist.
The Breeders (Dayton, Ohio)
One of the seminal bands of the "Alternative Revolution" in the '90s, The Breeders are currently promoting the 20th anniversary, expanded reissue of their classic Last Splash album. Though the Dayton-based Deal sisters (Kelley of R. Ring and Kim of Pixies) have kept musically active since Last Splash, with outside projects and The Breeders, the world tour for the reissue is special because it reunites the Deals with the album's lineup — bassist Josephine Wiggs and veteran Dayton drummer Jim MacPherson, who also spent time with Guided By Voices. The Breeders are playing Last Splash in its entirety on the whole tour.
The Head and The Heart (Seattle, Wash.)
One of the top acts of the "Indie Folk" movement, The Head and the Heart formed in Seattle in 2009. An early, self-made recording the band sold at initial shows ended up becoming so popular, local record stores began stocking it and trying to keep up with the surprising demand. The recording began making the music industry rounds, leading to a bidding war for the band. They ended up signing to hometown label Sub Pop within about a year of forming. The group's self-titled album was released to critical acclaim in 2011. The band's warm, ear-grabbing sound has been used a lot on TV spots; you might recognize their "Lost in My Mind," which was the background music for the trailer for the big hit film, Silver Linings Playbook.
Warpaint (Los Angeles)
With an airy, mesmerizing take on Psych Pop, L.A. quartet Warpaint caught the attention of mad guitar genius John Frusciante, who offered to mix the band's Exquisite Corpse EP. That release and a successful CMJ festival appearance led to Warpaint's signing to the legendary Rough Trade imprint. The label released the album The Fool in October 2010 and the band went back to their relentless touring schedule, which included dates with the likes of The xx, Yeasayer and The Walkmen. The band is currently prepping a new LP.
Foxygen (New York, NY/Olympia, Wash.)
Foxygen is the engagingly adventurous duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, who formed the group as 15-year-olds in 2005 and self-released a dozen or so albums while learning to play as many instruments as possible. The band's skewered Art Pop (akin to that of MGMT) with retro-underpinnings has been drawing attention since the release of the Foxygen full-length debut for the respected Jagjaguwar Records, the Richard Swift-produced We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, at the start of this year.
Cody ChesnuTT (Atlanta, Ga.)
Singer/songwriter Cody ChesnuTT first came to a lot of people's attention as the lead vocalist on "The Seed (2.0)," a fairly big single off of The Roots' Phrenology album in 2002. That drove a lot of Roots fans to ChesnuTT's full-length from the same year, The Headphone Masterpiece, though what they heard on that album — an underproduced, ambling collection of demo-sounding tunes that surfed a wide range of genres with ADD-like abandon. A decade later, ChesnuTT has returned with a new focus, showcasing a balanced approach based in vintage Soul (vocally, he's quite similar to Marvin Gaye) and Rock & Roll, on the full-length, Landing on a Hundred.
Daughter (London, UK)
Originating as the "one-woman-band" recording project of singer/guitarist Elena Tonra, Daughter — now a trio, which Tonra's husband on guitar and drummer Remi Aguilella — mixes an Indie Folk base with subtle electronics, creating an emotive sound that can be whisper-quiet one moment and epically lush another. After a self-titled EP, Mumford & Son's Communion label released The Wild Youth EP. Often compared to Cat Power due to Tonra's vocals, last year, the band signed to the 4AD label, a fitting choice given the legendarily ambient sound that defined the label's artists in its early years. The label released the trio's debut, If You Leave, in March of this year.
METZ (Toronto, Canada)
Relentless in its sonic attack, Canadian three-piece METZ recalls a lot of the punchier Post Punk bands of the '80s/'90s, drawing comparisons to Big Black, The Jesus Lizard and any number of acts on the (early) Sub Pop and Dischord labels. After a few years of heavy touring, opening for like-minded bands Death from Above 1979, Mudhoney and NoMeansNo, the band signed with indie label legend Sub Pop, which released METZ's powerhouse self-titled debut last year.
Kishi Bashi (Norfolk, Va.)
Starting his career as a violinist for artists like Regina Spektor and of Montreal, Seattle-born multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter K Ishibashi went solo — under the less-confusing moniker Kishi Bashi — and began touring. Making engaging Indie Pop touched by Classical/Chamber influence, the Joyful Noise imprint released his first full-length album, 151A, last spring. There's a pretty good chance you've hear Kishi Bashi before, even if you didn't know it — his jaunty, Shins-ish single "Bright Whites" was used in a wide-running commercial for Windows 8.
Julianne Barwick (Brooklyn, NY)
Julianne Barwick makes angelic Ambient music based entirely on loops. The Southern-born experimental artist — signed to Asthmatic Kitty Records — creates her compositions by using a loop station and crafting elegant layers of sonic haze, using mostly piano, her voice, some percussion and guitar. Barwick — who recently announced her signing to Dead Oceans and a new album set for August — is an up-and-comer in the Avant Garde/New Music world, recently scoring an invite recently to Yoko Ono's Meltdown Festival in the U.K.
Spectrals (Yorkshire, U.K.)
Spectrals was originally the work of one dude, British singer/songwriter Louis Jones (with just a little help from his brother on drums). Spectrals' wandering sound touches on everything from Nuggets-esque Garage to swaying, elegant Pop (threaded with reverbed-out, Surf-ish guitar). Jones signed to the Slumberland label in the States, which released his first album, Bad Penny, in 2011. For Spectrals' latest, the Sob Story album, Jones, for the first time, had some help from other musicians (who aren't related to him).The album is due June 18.
Dent May (Oxford, Miss.)
Singer/songwriter Dent May makes unabashed Pop music, the kind that forces a smile on your face regardless of your troubles. The Mississippi resident singed with Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label in 2008 and released The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, which drew comparisons to the likes of The Beach Boys, The Turtles and Prefab Sprout. For last year's self-titled album, May put away the uke and decided it was time to dance. The album is a cooly eclectic collection of dynamic electronic Pop, retaining those classic Pop/Rock influences, but adding elements of Disco, Funk, R&B Electro.
Grandfather Child (Houston, Texas)
Grandfather Child was formed in Houston in 2009 by members of various other local bands. The group hit upon a compelling "formula," creating a kitchen-sink sound that is loaded with influence from R&B, Soul, early Rock & Roll and Gospel music, resulting in a pretty psychedelic vibe. The band is signed to New West Records, which released Grandfather Child's eponymous 9-track album last summer.
The Ghost Wolves (Austin, Texas)
With a blistering sound created by just two people — guitarist Carley and drummer Jonny Wolf (both sing) — The Ghost Wolves traveled many miles across the country to build a fan base one explosive show at a time. The group's debut was the raw and rugged In Ya Neck! EP, which showcased the Wolves' fuzzy take on stompin' Blues Rock expertly, like a two-piece version of The Cramps. The band is getting set to release its debut full-length, Man, Woman, Beast.
Jeecy and The Jungle (Detroit)
Known for their reportedly incredible like show, Detroit's Soul rockers Jeecy and the Jungle represent two sides of Detroit's music heritage, blending a modern-day Garage Rock energy with influence from classic Soul artists. Last summer, the band released its impressive five-track EP, Twist and Scream.
Caveman (New York, NY)
Caveman is an NYC quintet that makes atmospheric Indie Rock with the kind of soft-breeze effervescence found in everything from the best vintage "AM Gold" songs to Fleet Foxes. The band released its debut in 2010, CoCo Beware, built a following and signed to notable label, Fat Possum Records, which re-released the debut and also the recent self-titled full-length, which has been garnering great reviews.
Perfume Genius (Seattle, Wash.)
Perfume Genius is Mike Hadreas, a Seattle singer/songwriter and visual artist whose 2010 debut caught the attention of the Indie music press corps. Quickly signed to the esteemed Matador Records, Perfume Genius' latest is Put Your Back N 2 It, a gentle, intimate collection of spectral, folksy songs.
PHOX (Madison, Wisc.)
Slanted, sparse yet broad Indie/Folk/Pop band PHOX started turning heads this year with consistent touring and a knock-out appearance at South By Southwest. The band recently released its latest EP, Confetti, which also has a companion "video EP," featuring short films for every track that the group members made simultaneously with the musical recording.
As you know, the Bengals aren't the only celebrities that have been busted for illegal activities. Actors and actresses have certainly had their share of run-ins with the po-po, too. No one, though, is more ballsy about their lives of crime than those in the music industry. They also enjoy broadcasting their vices. While most of the smack is centered around drugs, they've also done their fair share of whoring and murdering, too.
Perhaps the most famous murder-boasting singer is Johnny Cash. While, as far as we can tell, Cash never actually shot a man in Reno (or anywhere) just to watch him die, he sure enjoyed singing about it. On "Cocaine Blues," he notably sings of shooting his woman down, for example.
He's not the only gun-toting singer, though. In "Murder Was The Case," the hard-to-hate Snoop Dogg rapped about the allegations that he murdered a rival gang member. On the other end of the musical spectrum, everyone's favorite space oddity, David Bowie, sang of going on a killing spree in "Running Gun Blues."
A distant third on the list of bad things to sing about are sex crimes. Most disturbing is the personal favorite of nearly every girl who grew up in the '90's. We all grew up singing with Reba on "Fancy," but we were quite a bit older before we realized what, exactly, Fancy was up to. Mama Fancy turned her daughter out to prostitute.
Our long-time love affair with sex doesn't stop at "Fancy," though. In 1967, The Velvet Underground released one of their more mainstream hits, "There She Goes Again." Listen carefully — It's pretty blunt. Sting, always the voice of morality, tried to clean up the streets with The Police's hit, "Roxanne." It didn't work. Of course, sex crimes include more than just street-walking. Sublime's "Date Rape" is a song about a much more serious sex crime. Only Bradley Nowell could take it full-circle so … poetically.
Perhaps the biggest illegal vice used as song fodder by Rock stars, Country musicians and rappers alike is drug use. Oh, where to begin?! Nearly all of the previously mentioned artists have songs about drugs, but there are so many more to chose from!
Back in the '90's, AltRock band K's Choice sang "Not an Addict." Someone should tell her that the first step is admitting you have a problem. The Beach Boys sing about drugs in "Good Vibrations," yet another song sung innocently by children all over America. And there's the famous "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix (you'd chastise me if I didn't mention it).
Let's face it, "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" is a cliche saying for a reason. While we at CityBeat in no way condone partaking in any illegal activities, it's fun to live vicariously through our friends on the radio.
Once again, here's a playlist of even more songs about breaking the rules.
Twice a year the huddled masses gather at their favorite watering holes and bond over their shared ethnicity. Whether your ancestors came over in the Mayflower, through Ellis Island or in the back of a pick-up doesn't matter. In March, everyone is Irish and, in May, we're all Mexican.
When Cinco De Mayo rolls around and we're all throwing back Cuervo, perhaps we'll offer some Mariachi music for consideration. But first we need to tackle St. Patrick's Day. The days of 99 bottles and drunken sailors are over now. There's a whole new set of awesomely Irish drinking and fighting songs and there are three bands that always make my St. Paddy's playlist. Grab a Guinness, some Jameson or a car bomb, and listen up.
For Irish music, it's probably best to start in Boston. Beantown is not just home to one of the largest populations of Irish Immigrants in America and it's more than just the setting for the uber-violent and super awesome movie, Boondock Saints. Boston is also home to Dropkick Murphys, the quintessential contemporary Irish Punk band. Made up of seven Southies, Dropkick has been causing drunken brawls in Boston and beyond since 1995. Among the normal Rock instruments, you'll also hear the sounds of traditional Irish instruments like bagpipes and tin whistle. When the band starts chanting the title to their war anthem "Hang 'Em High," only crashing of pint glasses will do. For a song purely about drinking, though, one needs look no deeper into their massive collection of singles than 2002's "Alcohol."
Similar to Dropkick Murphys but slightly less … angry is Flogging Molly. The seven piece band from Los Angeles takes traditional Irish music and turns the volume up to 11. They do this by adding an electric guitar and a well-manned drum kit to the usual collection of instruments you hear in Irish music. That means the band also includes a fiddle, an accordion and a mandolin. While just about every song they play is worthy of rebel rousing fun, "Drunken Lullabies" and "Don't Shut 'em Down" are two of the best. The latter isn't technically a drinking song, but rather social commentary than will certainly have you ordering another Jameson.
You know I love playlists. This one is heavy with Dropkick and Flogging, but I also stuck in a few other drinking songs. (As much as I hate to admit it, I kind of like Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup.")
Grab a green beer, take a listen and feel free to groan at all the clichés.
Though the Super Bowl is taking place about 100 miles from Cincinnati, my guess is that most of us locals will be sitting on our couches, casually watching from the comfort of our own homes. If you're like me, you cringe at the cost of going to a hometown NFL game. The people at the Super Bowl might not all be those much-talked-about top-1% rich folks … but they're at least top-10% if they can afford Super Bowl prices (or they're lower-income people prepared to go homeless for a few months).
If you're staying home Sunday and watching the game on the tube, here's a little Super Bowl music playlist — a mix of the obvious and the obtuse — you can drink beer to while getting ready (or when you turn the sound down for Madonna's halftime show).
Memorial Day (originally called "Decoration Day") was founded after the Civil War. The amount of men both the South and the Union lost during the Civil War was so staggering that it is often still referred to as our bloodiest war. Needing a way to grieve for their fallen loved ones, women and children took to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of their killed husbands, fathers and brothers. Over time, as America involved itself in more wars and saw the loss of more men and, eventually women, Memorial Day soon came to be a day to memorialize all fallen comrades, not just those from the Civil War.
These days, despite the fact that we still have thousands of soldiers deployed overseas, the meaning of Memorial Day seems to have diminished. For many people, it marks the start of summer. It's the day where it's officially OK to unroll the cover off your hibernating pool. It's an excuse to invite over a few friends and fire up the grill. We build bunkers out of charcoal, dodge the friendly fire of water guns and begin donning our summer uniforms of shorts and tank-tops. Rarely, however, do we stop to remember the soldiers who have fallen in order for us to enjoy the oncoming lazy days of summer.
As Americans, we are certainly a culture full of short attention spans and we, the media, do a piss poor job of helping you remember why Memorial Day is still relevant. We publish thousands of words each year memorializing overdosed musicians and crazy, drug addled actors. We'd rather publish images of wild-eyed and high comedians than show you the reality of the flag covered caskets that still come rolling in off of planes each week. That's incredibly pathetic when you consider that roughly 6,400 soldiers have been killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. So, maybe it's our fault.
This year deserves to be different, though. Recently, one of my best friends sent me a video of a bunch of bored soldiers in Iraq dancing to a Vanilla Ice song. We'd been discussing the reasoning behind the exorbitant amount of soldier suicides. I guess it had gotten the best of both our moods and he decided we needed to cheer up. Except he failed. As I watched the videos, I couldn't help but wonder just how many of those boys were still alive.
They really were boys, too. None of them look any older than the staff at CityBeat. Most of them look a lot younger. Soldiers are hardly grown-ups — according to Congressional record, the average age of a combat soldier is 27 and 68 percent of the fallen soldiers are under the age of 30. For many of us, that means they're kids who went to our school. They're our prom dates, point guards, arch-enemies and best friends.
This Memorial Day, as you're preparing for your summer-long battle with mosquitoes and weeds, enjoy this playlist of fun, bar-b-q worthy music (including two versions of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'"). At some point, though, check out the videos that go along with them. Even if you have no personal acquaintance to memorialize, take time to remember that others around the patio table may have someone missing. Say "Thank you" to the dude with the U.S. Marines sticker on the back of his jeep (he's surely lost a friend or two) or apologize to the mother with the gold star on her service banner. Drink a beer for the girl you knew back in high school who was in ROTC or take your kid to go pop an American flag on their great-great-grandpa's grave.
With each passing year, the reasons behind any war almost always end up blurry. Don't let the faces of our soldiers become that way, too.
The Heights Music Festival returns this weekend for its fall event and another wide-ranging sampling of Cincinnati's original music scene. Music will run Friday and Saturday night from 7 p.m. until about closing time at four venues in Clifton Heights near the University of Cincinnati campus — Baba Budan's, Mac's Pizza Pub, Christy's Biergarten and Rohs Street Café (the only location open to music lovers of all ages).
Here's the full lineup/schedule for this year.
Rohs Street Cafe : 7:00 – Music Resource Center showcase; 8:00 – Wendy's Yellow Poncho; 9:00 – MC Forty and Wonder Brown ; 10:00 – Cowgirl; 11:00 – The Yugos
Baba Budan's:
8:00 – Sulla;
9:00 – Second Chance At Eden;
10:00 – Damn It To Hell
; 11:00 – Buenos Crotches
; 12:00 – Grey Host
Mac's Pizza Pub:
8:00 – The Celestials;
9:00 – Majestic Man
; 10:00 – The MJ's Blues
; 11:00 – Hickory Robot;
12:00 – Jeremy Pinnell & The 55′s;
1:00 – The Founding Fathers
Christy's Biergarten:
8:00 – The Marmalade Brigade;
9:00 – The Heavy Hinges;
10:00 – The Perfect Children;
11:00 – Shrub (Columbus, OH); 12:00 – The Guitars
Rohs Street Cafe : 7:00 – Elementz Hip Hop Youth Center showcase; 8:00 – Alex Evans ; 9:00 – For Algernon ; 10:00 – Young Heirlooms ; 11:00 – Oui Si Yes
Baba Budan's:
8:00 – Pursuing Hounds
; 9:00 – Sweet Ray Laurel
; 10:00 – Jamwave;
11:00 – The Regrettes (Columbus, OH);
12:00 – The Natives
Mac's Pizza Pub: 8:00 – Tangerine Sound Machine ; 9:00 – Somebody's Something ; 10:00 – Big Rock Club ; 11:00 – Valley High ; 12:00 – Junya Be & Wazali
Christy's Biergarten
: 8:00 – Killer Looks & Noise
; 9:00 – Horsecop;
10:00 – Loudmouth;
11:00 – Black Signal
; 12:00 – DAAP Girls;
1:00 – The Frankl Project
Tickets are $5 per night if purchased in advance through cincyticket.com here. Admission is $8 for one night or $12 for both if purchased at the festival. Visit the fest's official site here for more info. Here's a sampler the organizers compiled featuring some of the performers:


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my reaction on finding the game was still around.
i think this mmo has the record for the most deaths, looool
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it's a pretty good grinder honestly, i'll see if it works on my computer with my new video card, the old one i was using had conflictions or something where the game would skip half the frames, and it was just so annoying
The other version having lag was the only reason I quit (messes up using darts on a Jester). I still like Seal.
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Jean Peters
Elizabeth Montgomery: For Johnny Cool alone. (thanks raisemyeyebrow72, again)
Jennifer Beals
Marie Josee Croze: I'm removing MATA HARI, who didn't make movies, in favor of this Canadian actress, who was memorable as the spy in MUNICH.
Nathalie Baye: Like Jennifer Aniston in the United States, Nathalie Baye is like the Platonic ideal of average French womanhood. The allure is incalculable but seemingly accessible.
Patricia Arquette: (thanks golly g)
Maria Bello: Good suggestion.
Marilyn Monroe: There are two kinds of men in the world. Men who admit that Marilyn Monroe is one of the most desirable women of the 20th century and men who know it but deny it. I denied it for years. I give up.
Helen Mirren: Of course. (thanks mimiminou)
Caterina Murino: Italian actress.
Halle Berry: Now if only someone would give her a good role.
Maricielo Effio: It's possible this Peruvian actress (the star of Dioses) is not the most beautiful woman in South America -- in which case, go south, young man.
Natalie Wood
Anna Karina: Good actress, beautiful woman and style icon of the early 1960s -- at her best in the films of her then-husband Godard.
Anna May Wong: Hollywood gave her a hard time and the strain took its toll, but at her most beautiful, in SHANGHAI EXPRESS, she rivaled Dietrich.
Anne Francis: Especially in GIRL OF THE NIGHT. (thanks raisedmyeyebrow72)
Asia Argento
Ava Gardner: Until she drank it away, she was devastating.
Theresa Russell: Natural, down to earth actress who made a string of ambitious art films in the 1980s.
Brigitte Bardot: French actress of the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies.
Barbora Bobulova: Slovakian actress who works in contemporary Italian cinema. Versatile and brilliant.
Beyonce: There's nothing she can't do.
Barbara Hershey: (thanks Venator)
Jacqueline Bisset
Catherine Deneuve: No introduction required.
Cheryl Ladd: Yes, Cheryl Ladd. Nice actress, at her peak in the years AFTER Charlie's Angels, even though the film career never really took off.
Chingmy Yau: She doesn't have the most highbrow filmography, but if you know Hong Kong cinema of the early 1990s, you already have a soft spot for Chingmy Yau.
Dorothy Dandridge: She gave more than she ever got.
Debra Winger: (thanks gruffybear)
Diane Lane: For her warmth and wit.
Ingrid Bergman: Always beautiful, and occasionally -- as in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941) -- more than that. (thanks lb4usc)
Eva Green: French actress of French and American films.
Stefania Sandrelli: From her teens into her sixties, Italian womanhood on screen. ((C) by Caplio GX100 User )
Vera Farmiga: You either see it or you don't.
Faye Dunaway: (thanks John D.)
Nastassia Kinski: For about fifteen minutes, she was Greta Garbo. But it was a memorable fifteen minutes.
Jane Fonda
Gong Li: Great Chinese actress.
Greta Garbo: Especially in her silent films.
Julie Gayet: Contemporary French actress with an insinuating playfulness and a smile that could melt anybody.
Gina Gershon: Obviously. (thanks, raisedmyeyebrow72)
Gloria Grahame: Because she looked like trouble.
Giovanna Mezzogiorno: Passionate, explosive and volcanic, she is the finest Italian actress of the current era.
Grace Kelly: By popular demand.
Jennifer Aniston: Funny, refreshingly normal and a first rate screen comedienne, Aniston is also a sort of Platonic ideal of ordinary prettiness. Not the hottest woman of all time, but definitely enduring and consistently and ridiculously under-estimated.
Harriet Andersson: The sexiest of the Bergman women and still a livewire when I interviewed her a few years ago, at 76.
Hedy Lamarr: She said that being a sex symbol consisted of doing nothing but standing around looking stupid. She wasn't stupid.
Jane Seymour: (thanks New World Man)
Jean Harlow: A happy pagan.
Julie Delpy: You already feel like you've been on a date with her. And you already know what to do. Keep your mouth shut and let her do all the talking.
Juliette Binoche: More beautiful in her forties than she was in her twenties.
Kay Francis: Offscreen, there was something wild about Kay Francis -- on screen, you could see it in her eyes.
Kim Novak: Somehow Kim Novak's work has dated better than most of her rivals.
Lana Turner: (thanks Mister X)
Jessica Lange: The thinking man's sex symbol of the late 1970s and early '80s.
Laura Antonelli: No that's not Katy Perry, but the Italian actress, looking about 40 years ahead of her time.
Linda Darnell (thanks yorgosm)
Vivien Leigh in a scene from the climax of WAR HORSE. No, GONE WITH THE WIND. (thanks, Jennifer G.)
Lena Horne
Ludivine Sagnier: I wasn't going to say anything until you mentioned it. (thanks mrgumby2u)
Marisa Tomei: Like Binoche, the past was just prelude. At her most alluring in her forties.
Madeleine Stowe: How could I forget! (thanks for the reminder, Lasorda)
Maggie Q
Anna Magnani: In one of the first interviews I ever did, Anthony Quinn told me she was the sexist woman he'd ever known. It took me until I was 40 to have any idea what he was talking abiout.
Sophie Marceau: Next to my wife, of course, this is the most beautiful woman who has ever talked to me. She is idiosyncratic, self-deprecating and charming.
Marlene Dietrich: I don't have to explain this to you.
Meagan Good
Meg Ryan: I thought I was the only one. (thanks, minimal)
Martina Gedeck: Superb German actress.
Michelle Rodriguez: Criminally misued and under-used actress, further evidence that Hollywood has no idea what to do with a powerhouse.
Monica Bellucci: Italian actress of French cinema and one of the most beautiful women in the world.(Like this picture better, wckjb?)
Monica Vitti: In color or black and white. (thanks rwknight)
Michelle Pfeiffer: Very great actress. Am I the only one who has figured that out?
Alida Valli: (thanks ND)
Naomi Watts: Last entered. Michaelc gets us to 100.
Olivia Hussey: One of the ten women on this list that I've met. And the prettiest teenager in history.
Jennifer Lopez: By popular demand.
Paulette Goddard: Wife of Charlie, star of the 1930s and '40s.
Penelope Cruz: You need no explanation from me.
Peggy Castle: Very noir
Louise Brooks: By popular demand.
Joan Blondell
Lee Remick: Usually the best thing about any movie she was in.
Rita Hayworth: More by popular demand than anything else.


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Survey: Telework still elusive at many agencies
Friday - 2/3/2012, 6:50am EST
This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 2012.
Many agencies are not as gung-ho on telework as President Barack Obama or lawmakers would have it, according to preliminary findings from a survey the Congressional Research Service is conducting.
The Department of Veterans Affairs allows just 12 percent of its employees to telework. At several other agencies, many workers who are eligible to telework do not.
Reps. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) highlighted the CRS' findings in a letter dated Dec. 22 to Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry.
The findings "suggest that some agencies are more focused on telework implementation than others, and that some agencies need to improve telework implementation plans while others are making great progress," the lawmakers wrote.
Sarbanes and Connolly co-sponsored the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 to encourage agencies to let more employees work out of the office.
"I am disappointed that some of these agencies aren't moving more quickly," on implementing the law, Sarbanes said.
CRS' findings raise questions about the 2011 report from OPM and the General Services Administration on telework. The annual report found that about 10 percent of the workforce teleworks and the numbers are increasing-up by more than 11,000 in 2010.
But Sarbanes said both studies point to the same thing: agencies can do more to encourage telework.
In the letter, the lawmakers singled out VA for classifying the vast majority of employees as ineligible to telework.
"Veterans Affairs gets an 'F' as far as I'm concerned," said Connolly, noting that the agency does not track how many employees telework or how much time they spend on it. "There's no way of mapping progress if you don't have a baseline."
The agency defended its policy, however. Eighty-two percent of its workforce is health care employees who are ineligible to telework, agency spokesperson Jo Schuda wrote in an email to Federal News Radio.
"The vast majority of our workforce take care of patients. They have to do that in facilities (or at patients' homes in some home-based care programs)," she said.
While ineligibility is the most obvious barrier to telework, the lawmakers said there were other factors in the agencies' low statistics.
Even people deemed eligible "have to step up and make the shift themselves," Sarbanes said.
"We have to change the mindset of a lot of managers," Connolly said. "The biggest barrier here is a cultural one."
At DHS, 30 percent of employees may telework but less than 1 percent does, according to the survey.
"This abysmal telework performance is inexplicable in light of the large number of DHS office positions, and could prove to be a threat to national security if DHS is unable to implement a continuity of operations plan because its employees are unaccustomed to telework," Sarbanes and Connolly wrote in the letter.
"Telework enhances the ability to perform COOP, but successful COOP is not dependent on a department's ability to telework," a DHS spokesperson said in response.
"We're a law enforcement organization with a mission. We have approximately 56,000 people who are eligible to telework. Last count, we have approximately 10 percent of our eligible workforce teleworking," the official wrote in an email.
Sarbanes and Connolly praised the Department of Agriculture, the Patent and Trademark Office and the General Services Administration for their high telework participation rates.
USDA said in its survey response that telework had allowed it to save $2 million on transit subsidies for fiscal 2012.
GSA recently established an "opt-out" telework policy that allows employees to work outside the office unless their supervisors say otherwise.
PTO widely is considered a leader in telework. Employees spend about 40 percent of all work hours in telework arrangements.
"I'm not surprised that you see a broad range in terms of implementing this," Sarbanes said. "The challenge for us is to get this front and center."
The departments of Transportation, Justice, and Housing and Urban Development failed to answer the survey, Connolly said.
GSA rolls out 'opt-out' telework policy
Managers need to unleash workers for successful telework


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Simon Castellanos
Simon Castellanos joined Western Dental and Brident Dental & Orthodontics in January 2014 as the Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Castellanos has dedicated nearly two decades of his professional career to the health and well-being of the patients his companies have served. Prior to joining Western Dental, he successfully led as the President of Fresenius Medical Services (FMS), the largest US division of Fresenius responsible for dialysis treatment to over 160,000 patients at 2,060 outpatient facilities and 900 hospitals across the country. Under his leadership at FMS, overall quality outcomes including hospitalization and mortality rates improved substantially due to standardization of processes and protocols, and globally Fresenius was named a Most Innovative Company by Forbes for three consecutive years. Before that, Mr. Castellanos directed improvement in outcomes and overall results through several leadership roles at Fresenius, and at Gambro Healthcare International.
Mr. Castellanos is known for his passion for best-in-class quality in clinical outcomes and patient care, and his strong belief that employees' steadfast commitment together with proven protocols will best enable successful results.
Ronald E. Inge
Ronald E. Inge, D.D.S., a nationally respected dental professional, joined Western Dental in August 2014 as the Chief Dental Officer. Dr. Inge is responsible for guiding and enhancing Western Dental's clinical quality programs as well as development in its more than 180 affiliated clinics throughout California, Arizona and Nevada, including supporting its affiliated dental group Brident Dental & Orthodontics in Texas. He has over 33 years of dental experience, and 18 years of innovative leadership within the dental industry.
Prior to joining Western Dental, Dr. Inge was the Dental Director and Vice President of Professional Services at Delta Dental of Washington. Before Delta Dental, Dr. Inge held numerous leadership positions for the American Dental Association (ADA), Aetna Dental, PMI Dental Health Plan/Delta Dental of California, and DentiCare of California. While in these roles he provided strategic leadership in policy development and implementation. In addition, he was instrumental in conveying the importance of medical/dental integration, as well as initiating studies of integrated care models between medical and oral health. Dr. Inge also has 14 years of private clinical experience.
Dr. Inge holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from Stanford University and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of California Los Angeles. He has earned executive leadership accreditations from Seattle University, Stanford University and Harvard University. Dr. Inge is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, the Santa Fe Group, and the Dr. Edwards B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund.
John Millerick
John Millerick is an exceptional leader with over 35 years of hands on financial and operational experience, which include large public, multi-national, high-tech and medical device organizations in the United States and abroad. His valuable knowledge will support our continual efforts to become the leading oral health care provider in the nation.
Prior to joining Western Dental, John held financial executive roles for leading innovative companies like Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG), CALCOMP Technology, and the majority of his career with Wang Laboratories. While in these roles he enhanced business processes, including diversifying revenue streams, all while supporting the company's mission. John has also led successful performance measures, strategic business plans and has a wide-range of experience overseeing the financial operations within a global arena.
John received his Bachelors of Arts from the College of Holy Cross and continued his education to earn his Master's in Business Administration from Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. John has several additional certifications and sits on a number of Director and Advisory Boards.
Joshua Marder
Mr. Marder serves as Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for advertising, defining and enabling an exceptional patient experience, and for local outreach to the communities Western Dental serves.
Mr. Marder is a seasoned consumer marketing executive with particular experience in building brands for personal and family health decisions. Prior to joining Western Dental in September 2013, he was Director of Marketing for the Nature Made Vitamins & Supplements brand at Pharmavite, LLC, through a period of rapid growth and innovation. Prior to that experience he led strategy and brand development on well-known brands at several of the world's largest consumer companies including Unilever and Procter & Gamble.
Michael Warter
Michael ("Mike") L. Warter serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Western Dental. Mike has over 20 years of experience in custom and package software development for large technology teams both on, near and off-shore. He has strong leadership capabilities coupled with a proven track record to meet business results by delivering complex software projects on time and on budget. Mike has proven an ability to build and restructure teams to optimize performance. He has high energy combined with a structured methodology and custom programming and engineering background.
Mike is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. After college, he joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), grew to Partner and was part of the Global Technology Team were he lead teams at Amoco/BP, Sprint PCS and FileNet. Prior to joining the Western Dental team, Mike was Vice President of IT at Davita.
Andy Ortiz
Mr. Ortiz, an inspiring and innovative Human Resources (HR) professional with over 20 years of experience, joined Western Dental in July 2014 as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Mr. Ortiz is responsible for the strategy and administration of all aspects of human resources, including workforce planning, recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations and engagement, change management, and employee and leadership development.
Prior to Western Dental, Mr. Ortiz was Senior Vice President, Organization Effectiveness for Warner Bros. Entertainment Group. While at Warner Bros., he was responsible for supporting the company's people and business strategies through recruitment, employee learning and development, leadership development, succession management, diversity initiatives, employee communications, employee relations and change management. Before joining Warner Bros., Mr. Ortiz worked for HealthNet, Inc. as their Vice President of Talent Management, Diversity and Leadership Development. Prior to HealthNet, Ortiz held numerous leadership roles in a variety of industries including financial services, cable and automotive.
Ortiz holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication. He is a certified executive coach from the Hudson Institute of Coaching and a member of the International Coaching Federation. He is also involved with a number of nonprofit organizations, including The Point Foundation, where he serves on the Board of Directors and The Hispanic Scholarship Fund where he serves on the Southern California Advisory Board.
Louis J. Amendola
Louis J. Amendola, D.D.S. is a multi-skilled dental professional with more than 30 years of experience in the dental field. As the Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Dr. Amendola leads the development of standards of clinical practice and research projects for improvements in oral health. His primary focus is to further the strategic projects, enabling Western Dental to move oral health care forward, while bringing cutting-edge knowledge and training to Western Dental's clinical staff and offices. He also works closely with universities in a series of innovative research projects, which will lead to the development of new standards of care for oral health and the advancement of evidence-based dentistry. Dr. Amendola received his Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) from the University of California, Irvine, and his doctor of dental surgery degree (D.D.S.) from the University of Southern California (the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry).
Jeffrey Miller
Mr. Miller is the Company's Senior Vice President and General Counsel and oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, acquisitions, regulatory compliance, litigation, and government affairs. Mr. Miller has dedicated the majority of his professional career supporting health care organizations to deliver the highest quality patient care, including hospitals, dialysis facilities and radiology practices.
Prior to joining Western Dental, Mr. Miller was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Imaging Advantage, a radiology practice management company. Previously, Mr. Miller spent several years overseeing the legal affairs for DaVita, a leading provider of kidney care with over 2,000 dialysis centers across the United States. He was formerly with Latham & Watkins, where he represented large health insurance companies, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Miller worked at RAND Health where he advised state governments in connection with health care financing initiatives aimed at increasing access to care. Mr. Miller received his J.D. from Georgetown University, a Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.
Andrew Eddy
Mr. Eddy is the Company's Vice President of Real Estate and New Office Development. As the real estate lead, Mr. Eddy is responsible for the company's office growth objectives, facility management operations, lease administration and construction functions in support of all dental facilities and other critical corporate departments.
Prior to joining Western Dental, Mr. Eddy had over 20 years' experience in the commercial real estate field as an internal executive and consultant supporting a number of national brands. He was director of Retail Real Estate for AT&T Wireless/Cingular during a period of seven fold store growth. Mr. Eddy holds a Certified Facility Manager designation through the International Facility Management Association with a Business Degree in Real Estate Finance from the University of Southern California.


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All-Area offense first and second teams
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Head coach Joe Cronin leads his players during practice.
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Lakewood's Justin Peterson was All-Area first-team athlete.
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Along with being All-Area first-team defensive back, Arlington's Skylor Elgarico was selected second-team athlete.
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Marysville-Pilchuck running back Austin Joyner was selected All-Area first-team running back.
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Marysville Getchell return man and receiver Zander Seymer was selected All-Area first-team returner and second-team WR.
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Edmonds-Woodway offensive lineman Jack McCole was selected All-Area second team offensive line.
Billy Green, QB, King's, Sr.
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Joe Cronin, Cascade
The Bruins first-year head coach guided his new team to five wins, including a season-opening victory following two straight seasons without a win. For a highlight video of Cascade's season, click here.
Billy Green, King's, Sr.
The Knights quarterback threw for 3,006 yards and 46 touchdowns and ran for 432 yards and six touchdowns in leading King's to an undefeated regular season and a 1A state quarterfinal appearance.�For a highlight video of Green, click here.
Justin Peterson, Lakewood, Sr.
The Cougars senior earned votes in six All-Area categories, including quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back. Peterson threw for 633 yards and seven touchdowns, rushed for 562 yards and 10 touchdowns and caught 32 passes for 577 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also returned two interceptions for touchdowns. "In my opinion, he?'s the best high school football player that I'?ve ever coached," said Lakewood coach Dan Teeter. "We felt like we always had the best player on the field, or certainly one of the top two or three when he was out there for us. ??It makes your job as a coach a lot easier." For a highlight video of Peterson, click here.
Austin Joyner, Marysville Pilchuck, So.
The Tomahawks ballcarrier rushed for 2,038 yards on 147 carries and scored 22 touchdowns and caught 14 balls for 198 yards and two touchdowns to lead MP to the 3A state quarterfinals. To see a highlight video of Joyner, click here.
Devante Downs, Mountlake Terrace, Jr.
The Hawks workhorse back rushed for 1,266 yards and 23 touchdowns in leading Mountlake Terrace to a playoff berth. For a highlight video of Downs, click here.
Sean Elledge, Glacier Peak, Sr.
The Grizzlies wideout had over 1,300 all-purpose yards and 13 touchdowns and was the main threat on an explosive Glacier Peak offense that helped the team advance to the 3A state playoffs. For a highlight video of Elledge, click here.
Trey Robinson, Jackson, Jr.
The Timberwolves speedster was the main receiving target of quarterback Conor Plaisance, catching 64 passes for 1,236 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also ran the ball for 179 yards and six touchdowns.
Conner Coleman, Lake Stevens, Sr.
The Vikings wide receiver made many Lake Stevens fans forget about Christian Gasca, catching 62 balls for 1,272 yards and 15 touchdowns. For a highlight video of Coleman, click here.
Dylan Judson, Monroe, Sr.
The Bearcats captain was the heart and soul of the Monroe offense and was as important in blocking schemes as he was in passing routes. For a highlight video of Judson, click here.
Nick Hensley, Glacier Peak, Jr.
The Grizzlies' best offensive lineman, according to coach Rory Rosenbach, the GP junior has a great motor and is a finisher in the run game.
Ian Hughes, Kamiak, Sr.
The Knights center was the leader of a strong offensive line that helped a rushing attack gain nearly 2,300 yards on the ground.
Carey Campbell, Lake Stevens, Sr.
The Vikings offensive tackle had 15 pancake blocks and was a great run blocker but even better pass blocker, according to Vikings head coach Tom Tri.
Mason Friedline, King's, Sr.
The Knights 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive lineman protected Billy Green's blind side and was a big reason the Knights QB had time to throw for 3,000 yards. For a highlight video of Friedline, click here.
Iggy Gabov, Marysville Pilchuck, Sr.
The Tomahawks offensive lineman was described by head coach Brandon Carson as the best lineman on a team that rushed for more than 4,400 yards. For a highlights video of Gabov, click here.
Zander Seymer, Marysville Getchell, Sr.
The Chargers kick returner had 407 yards in total kick returns and scored one kick return for a touchdown. For a highlight video of Seymer, click here.
Collin Shelton, Snohomish, Sr.
The Panthers kicker was 16-for-17 on extra points and was 6-for-10 on field goals with a long of 37. He also averaged more than 50 yards per kickoff. For a highlight video of Shelton, click here.
Conor Plaisance, Jackson, Sr.
Skylor Elgarico, Arlington, Sr.
Running back
Alex Galgano, Archbishop Murphy, Sr.
Austin Hall, Kamiak, Jr.
Wide receiver
Brandon Stott, Lakewood, Sr.
Caleb Taylor, King's, Sr.
Zander Seymer, Marysville Getchell, Sr.
Tight end
Brian O'Donnell, Stanwood, Sr.
Offensive line
Nathan Cloud-Rouzan, Meadowdale, Sr.
Tanner Lippincott, Monroe, Sr.
Jack McCole, Edmonds-Woodway, Sr.
Ismael Perez, Marysville Pilchuck, Sr.
Dayne Herron, Oak Harbor, Sr.
Kiante Ahmad-Woods, Mariner, Sr.
Michael Zeng, Jackson, Jr.
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Sexuality refers to one's capacity for sexual feelings, experiences and responses. The "Circles of Sexuality" model describes it as comprising five broad, interconnected areas: sensuality, intimacy, sexual identity, sexual health and reproduction. Sexuality is a complex blend of many biological phenomena and varies greatly from person to person.
Sexuality in humans typically begins developing in the early teenage years, during the biological process called puberty. Humans are among the few animals to engage in both reproductive and nonreproductive sex, and sexuality becomes a fundamental aspect of our personalities and social lives. It is often the driving force behind our strong emotional feelings toward others, as well as a motivator for many of our decisions and actions.
While it is ever-present in our lives, some aspects of sexuality still have societal taboos and stigmas attached to them. The historical taboos against homosexuality and the LGBTQ community, however, have begun to erode in recent years due to growing societal acceptance. (Photo: Shutterstock)


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AUBURN, Ala. — No fluff with this afternoon's links, folks.
Yes, sometimes I turn the link-heavy pieces into longer articles, interspersing my thoughts between nearly every item. There's no reason to do that here; you got enough of that in my "7 at 7″ this morning. Besides, the longest feature since I began working for the Ledger-Enquirer last month will be posted here later this evening. It's a story I'm sure many will be interested in. For now, my lips are sealed. Don't want to give away too much, you know.
(And before we move on to the links, I hope some of you appreciated the "Dragnet" reference in the headline. If not … well, shame on you.)
1. Not much news on the Auburn beat today (not surprising since we're on Day 2 of no media availability), so instead we turn to the most high-profile Tiger in the NFL, Cam Newton. His Carolina Panthers are doing fine this preseason if judged solely on the win-loss record: The team is 2-1. It's the first-team offense — led by Newton — that is struggling to get off the ground, writes Judy Battista of NFL.com. Carolina's first-string offense has scored only one touchdown on 14 possessions in its three preseason contests.
2. Elsewhere in the sporting world, former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson revealed he has had a sobriety slip and that he's "on the verge of dying because I'm a vicious alcoholic."
3. I only wish I was making this story up: Robert G. Kaiser, an associate editor of The Washington Post and the paper's managing editor from 1991-98, admitted the esteemed publication dropped the ball on the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Kaiser explains below.
"In that paper of Aug. 29, 1963, The Post published two dozen stories about the march. Every one missed the importance of King's address. The words "I have a dream" appeared in only one, a wrap-up of the day's rhetoric on Page A15 — in the fifth paragraph. We also printed brief excerpts from the speeches, but the three paragraphs chosen from King's speech did not include "I have a dream."
An incredible oversight by one the nation's top newspapers. I'm still shocked even though I've gone back and read the story multiple times.
4. It's item No. 4, so you know I'm linking to another classic Auburn football clip courtesy of Mr. Scott Scroggins, master statistician in Auburn's athletic department. His number today was seven — as in, the days remaining until the Tigers begin the 2013 season and the number of consecutive games Joe Cribbs rushed for 100 or more yards in 1978, which still stands as a school record.
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It was the perfect way to top a retirement homecoming for Nehemiah Dixon.
He started writing poems as a 15-year-old teenager looking to move from
He called "Poetry of the Heart" a compilation of his life experiences, which he is clearly ready to share with others.
"There's a poem about everything in that book; every feeling a man has from love to hate is in that book,"
The poet moved to
"I had quite a following as a poet,"
"I wanted to publish years ago, but I just never took time to do it," said
He has two daughters, a son and six grandchildren living in
"I've done everything that I just about wanted to do,"
Not having been home a month, he said
"I feel like the city is dying; I feel like the people are letting it die," he said. "There needs to be some type of industry in
"That's why I left. I didn't want to leave home, (but) I had to leave to survive."
He said some of the overgrown shrubbery in old communities and flood damages are upsetting.
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He added there is no refuge for the city's youth like there used to be, leaving them to surrender to dark activities.
"I feel that the drugs overwhelms
He wrote a poem about how drugs have destroyed youth, hoping it would deter them from using substances.
"Every poem in there is written at a different year or decade," said
His book is advertised online and can be purchased at Amazon.com in its beginning stages.
In the meantime,
"I know that anything can happen," he said. "I just feel like poets are like philosophers, they express the conditions that exists in the community, and that's what I felt like doing in my book."
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
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Well, it went pretty much the way we expected. The folks pushing for construction of a new vocational-technical school showed up at our Magnolia Civic Center with a slick video and computer presentation.
The CREATE Foundation and an architect from a Chicago outfit called BrainSpaces were here to tout the Wellspring Center for Professional Futures, a $35 million project. Students from the eight school districts in Pontotoc, Union and Lee counties would be offered courses there. Toyota, when it announced the plant at Blue Springs, agreed to provide $5 million a year for 10 years to an education endowment fund. The CREATE Foundation was selected to manage it.
At the time, school districts thought they would get much needed help for such important programs as comprehensive early childhood education. Instead, unless common sense prevails, they will get a fancy tech school that has little community or educator support in the region.
The endowment income would be used to operate the center, but money for construction would have to come from federal or state taxes combined with private sources. Hopefully, that will not be forthcoming.
The school day already is crowded and busing students (or even worse, allowing them to drive) to the center would consume precious time our schools do not have. It also could hurt school programs, including band, athletics, and a more rigorous academic curriculum.
No needs or feasibility assessment has been done in our schools that would support this idea. In the absence of facts, we get Chicago consultants and a whispered undercurrent that "Toyota wants it so it's going to happen."
We need to build cars in Blue Springs, not architectural monuments.


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