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Critical Review by Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: "An American Scrapbook," in The Nation, Vol. 246, No. 14, April 9, 1988, pp. 503-4.
In the following review, Lemon praises White's The Beautiful Room is Empty, but complains that "the ending's exhilarations [are a diminishment of the power and beauty of what had gone before."]
It was inevitable that the 1960s revival would produce a retrospective novel about gay life in New York City. Less fated, and more welcome, is that the task was assumed by an artist as gifted as Edmund White. The Beautiful Room Is Empty (the title comes from one of Franz Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenská) interweaves public and private events, and even more than its predecessor, A Boy's Own Story, encourages speculation that the author is offering us not just an autobiographical novel but a memoir tout court.
The unnamed narrator lifts facts from White's own dossier: year of birth (1940), Midwestern childhood, University of Michigan education, literary métier, current Parisian domicile and, of course, an appearance at the Stonewall riot, a badge as obligatory for an activist—and as often fudged—as attendance at Woodstock. More telling than this mere matching of facts is the author's fidelity to his master, Vladimir Nabokov, whose uncharacteristic "blurbissimo" advanced White's first novel, the icily brilliant Forgetting Elena, and who, in Speak, Memory, defined the purpose of autobiography as the tracing of thematic designs throughout a life.
Once again the main thread is the narrator's attempt "to love and be loved by men, yet remain heterosexual." It's a struggle perfectly attuned to the adolescent novel, which, since Fielding at least, has focused on the forging of identity, and it proves serviceable again here, in part because, although the book wraps itself in 1960s lore, much of its spirit remains mired in familiar familial repressions of the late 1950s. In A Boy's Own Story, the conflict was enacted inwardly, suffused with yearning, and flooded primarily with guilt; in Beautiful Room, the drama moves outward, oozes bald desire and acquires shame, a more public feature consonant with the new book's acts of furtive erotic expression.
White handles New York City street and subway cruising and collegiate lavatory sex not in the bloodless manner of the film Prick Up Your Ears, nor with the uninhibited glee of the spunky Orton Diaries, but with a mix of analysis and zeal characteristic of the author whose Joy of Gay Sex and States of Desire: Travels in Gay America remain uncanny monuments to the lost art of promiscuity and that art's classic age—the Bad Good Old Days: the 1970s. That his unbridled homoeroticism continues to provoke polite aversion in otherwise hale quarters might amuse White, for in his crisp Condé Nast journalism, and especially in his catty 1985 novel, Caracole, he delights in guying such exemplars of wealth, power and unyielding masculinity. This fascination continues in Beautiful Room. The narrator's fraternity brothers replay a weekend for each other on Monday morning, and "their reports contained no mention of feelings beyond nausea and highly localized lust ('I'm such a beaver man, just put a shaving brush to my lips when I'm asleep and I'll start munching')." Like his more patrician counterpart, Gore Vidal, White extracts gold from such base social ore most effectively when his gaze is trained on the mother lode: America.
For White's narrator, America is a world of stern fathers; the most heinous crimes are Communism, heroin addiction and homosexuality, and "talking about the self and its discontent, isolation, self-hatred, and burning ambition for sex and power" is forbidden. To escape these taboos the narrator befriends a leftist lesbian painter, Maria, the book's most vivid and exacting presence, and an ad exec/drug addict, Lou. In addition, the narrator, a nominal Buddhist who denies soul, will and self, turns to the quintessential American forum for talk: psychotherapy.
Dr. O'Reilly, A Boy's Own Story's cross-addicted analyst, reappears to guide the underclassman narrator, but like a star who, after a string of flops, returns to his career-launching part, his role has become a caricature. He introduces the narrator to Annie Schroeder, a bulimic patient:
"Those stuffy Freudians would split a gut," he said, or rather mumbled, since the pills and alcohol slurred his speech. "But Annie's a good gal, though she's got a psycho for an old man, right out of Dostoevsky, and a mother who wants to be Annie's daughter." He clapped me on the shoulder with too much force. "A fine gal, Annie, but don't think I'm jealous. I'm not the avenging father."
O'Reilly scorns the narrator's reliance on intellect; in defense, the young man's resisting fancy takes flight, pouring forth a stream of interior, Quine-like definitions. "The mind a boat at sea rebuilding itself while under sail. The mind a rotting meat under expensive spices. The mind a pure spirit (the unsuspecting wife) under the sway of a murderous will (Bluebeard)." Readers grateful for the poetic intensity of White's language may also find themselves desirous, occasionally, of a word cop to direct the traffic in metaphors.
Much later, in New York, the shrink-shopping narrator learns to check his intellect at the door. He and his lover, Sean, like couples in tawdry French novels who renounce love to don collar and veil, enroll in "games people play" groups. In his assemblage the narrator encounters a Russian immigrant named Simon, whose repartee shows off White's ear for humor in dialogue even as Simon's relentless refrain ("I wanna hear about de goils") drives the young man to violence, thus ending the self-hating heterosexual quest.
Gays going straight is not the discarded literary theme of a decade ago; AIDS-related repression and attendant auto-homophobia have restored its aptness as a subject. White takes advantage of the shifting cultural wind: Like Maria's favorite opera, Der Rosenkavalier, he enrolls a bygone age—the 1960s—in his pursuit of commentary on more recent events. (He has composed three more overt tales about the AIDS era, collected, with several by Adam Mars-Jones, in The Darker Proof.) In Beautiful Room, White gets at the roots of modern gay self-loathing and its imperative: One must ingratiate oneself to society and its institutions, as well as to co-workers, family, even friends. With his boyfriend Sean, for example, as with the teen-age buddy Kevin in A Boy's Own Story, the narrator disavows what he has felt and experienced:
One night as we were lying in bed, Sean said that that afternoon he had used a public toilet and walked in on an orgy.
"Oh, how awful," I said.
"What are they doing there?" he asked
"What do you mean?"
"Of course I know they're there for sex, but how can they do it? It's really subhuman."
"Totally subhuman," I said.
The incongruence between inner avowal and public expression, of course, is the classic symptom of the Trilling syndrome: insincerity. White cleverly builds upon this quality in the Art of Fiction passages laced into the text. The clearest clue to his affect, however, may be contained at the end of Kafka's title-bestowing missive: "And don't demand any sincerity from me, Milena. No one can demand it from me more than I myself and yet many things elude me, I'm sure, perhaps everything eludes me."
Insincerity dogs almost all of Beautiful Room's characters eventually: William Everett Hunton, the prissy collegiate pal whose counterfeit sexual posing is matched by his fake name ("Some day when we're sisters I'll tell you my real name, but if you snitch on me I'll pull your braids and dip them in the inkwell"); the narrator's sister, who contra natura marries and settles in the suburbs before coming out, which convinces the narrator that "something—genetic or psychological—in our family … had made us both gay"; their mother, who frowns on her son's behavior and announces "I like men," even as she grows more intimate with Maria. Maria, full of socialism, good sense and a University of Chicago-trained intellect, recants her pro-Moscow line and utters anachronistic slogans about the feminization of poverty.
If no character is endowed with what John Updike called "persuasive inertia," the quality that causes figures to linger long in the mind after the book is shut, it doesn't matter. White's sad, stylish prose, his tonic mix of elegy and irony, the page-by-page proof that he is one of our most perceptive prose writers, overwhelms any serious caviling. What's more, the idea that to respond to a novel we must "care" about its characters is hardly worth refuting. (As if we had always to like what we respect or admire or love.) And in a work this close to memoir, especially one which fulfills so beautifully its thematic premise, to ask for a well-wrought plot would amount to impertinence: "My plots are all scrapbooks," the author avers parenthetically.
And yet White's novel/memoir would be more satisfying, I think, had it "wrapped" less abruptly, at Stonewall. The narrator's prise de conscience has been inadequately prepared; the 1960s' second half, to most the more interesting years, are dispensed with in a few pages. And the remark dropped into the middle of the final scene, "I caught myself foolishly imagining that gays might someday constitute a community rather than a diagnosis," while thematically sharp, confers an awkward roman à thèse status on the entire enterprise. Perhaps the author wanted a way out, from community back to diagnosis, when he brings the story to the present. Perhaps community was too enticing a notion to leave out of his 1960s saga.
I may be alone in thinking the ending's exhilarations a diminishment of the power and beauty of what had gone before. Or it may be that under the current ravaged social and economic circumstances, few readers could greet liberation with the sound of more than one hand clapping.
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BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:23 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-13-23Published: 1 February 2013
Lantibiotics are post-translationally modified antimicrobial peptides, of which nisin A is the most extensively studied example. Bioengineering of nisin A has resulted in the generation of derivatives with increased in vitro potency against Gram-positive bacteria. Of these, nisin V (containing a Met21Val change) is noteworthy by virtue of exhibiting enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against a wide range of clinical and food-borne pathogens, including Listeria monocytogenes. However, this increased potency has not been tested in vivo.
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More specifically, Balb/c mice were infected via the intraperitoneal route at a dose of 1 × 105 cfu/animal and subsequently treated intraperitoneally with either nisin V, nisin A or a PBS control. Bioimaging of the mice was carried out on day 3 of the trial. Animals were then sacrificed and levels of infection were quantified in the liver and spleen.
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By Susan Simpson, The Daily Oklahoman
Oct. 30–Glowing portraits, creaky noises, shadowy figures. Signs of ghosts or the overactive imagination of college students?
Spooky stories haunt university campuses across Oklahoma, where old buildings, historical lore and generations of impressionable young adults combine to spin tales of otherworldly phenomena.
Kate Knight
At East Central University in Ada, Kate Knight's portrait — and some say her ghost — resides in a dormitory named after Knight, one of the school's first faculty members.
The framed photograph shows an older woman looking intently into the camera, her hair pulled back into a bun.
She is wearing a conservative black dress and looks more like a dour grandmother than a spooky spirit.
But according to student newspaper archives, dorm residents in the 1950s began hearing thumping noises throughout the building. In the 1960s, some residents swore they saw a ghostly aura around Knight's portrait.
Students petitioned to have the portrait removed, and it was taken to the library in the 1970s, where librarians also reported unexplained noises during the years.
The stories have continued through the generations, although no recent sightings have been reported. Knight's photo now hangs in a meeting room adjacent to Knight Hall.
"I've lived there for several years and never noticed anything," student Adam Milligan said. "I think it's just a story that's been passed down."
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Old Central, the oldest building at Oklahoma State University, would seem a playground for the paranormal.
The three-story structure now is a museum, and most rooms are restored to turn-of-the century classrooms.
This time of year, the building is decorated with cobwebs and other ghoulish decorations.
But year-round, the wooden floors creak, cold drafts whisper down halls and radiator pipes ping and groan.
Museum Director Linda Lea Smith said the 112-year-old building is a popular site for Halloween parties and haunted houses — events that reinforce decades-old stories of the spooktacular.
The night watchman's room is said to be haunted by the specter of a guard who hung himself from the rafters. No recorded history documents that tale, but it remains a popular story.
A team of ghost investigators from Oklahoma City explored the building last year and found an unexplained "cold spot" in one classroom and reported hearing faint whispering in the hallways.
Smith said she's skeptical. She works in the building full time and has never experienced anything paranormal.
"This building does make creepy noises," she said. "I used to get up and look, but then I realized it was just the radiator."
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The ghost of Nellie Sparks is said to haunt a dorm building named in her honor at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
While Sparks never lived on the Chickasha campus, it was her death that led to its founding.
At age 19, Sparks died of tuberculosis while at a college in Missouri. In her honor, her father, Buck Sparks, donated her Chickasaw Indian land allotment to the state, which founded its first women's college on the 20 acres in 1908.
A few years later, a dorm was erected in her memory.
"She was long dead before this college was founded, but the truth in history has not prevented circulation of the story that she died on campus, roams the halls of Sparks Hall and keeps students up at night with her singing or talking," university spokesman Randy Talley said.
"Great stories. I hear them in the cafeteria repeated by freshmen every year."
There's a reason such stories get passed along, building momentum over the years, said Bryan Farha, a professor of behavioral studies in education at Oklahoma City University.
Some people seem to abandon common sense when it comes to the paranormal.
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"His apparition has never been seen, but sounds — footsteps, strange noises, music — are supposed to be heard late at night."
While no recent sightings have been reported, she said some university employees have refused to enter the building late at night.
"Boehme himself was a very talented, benevolent man who was extremely helpful to students," Smithheisler said. "As a custodian, he was around Wilkin a lot and that may be why he was associated with a ghost."
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When the first building burned, she led students safely from the flames. She kept watch again in the rebuilt structure, now an NSU classroom building.
But does she still hover there?
Cowlishaw thinks so. Alone in the building, she's heard footsteps running along the third floor hallway outside her office. Others have seen images of a woman in a long black dress.
"The lore is that she's still watching over the building," she said. "I have the feeling of Flo being here, but it's not a frightening feeling at all."
NSU students are even capitalizing on the legend by hosting a haunted house on weekends this month.
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MANILA, Philippines — The city government of Makati announced on Wednesday its plans to hire weather and flood experts and acquire amphibian trucks and even a helicopter to boost its disaster response.
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. disclosed this to members of the Makati Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, stressing that these initiatives would be among their priorities in their efforts to promote the city's disaster resiliency.
The local disaster response council was convened on Tuesday to assess the impact of the monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon "Maring," which dumped a month's worth of rain in Metro Manila last week.
Almost half of the metropolis was paralyzed by the flooding.
"We want to further strengthen our warning system by tapping experts who could interpret various weather data, such as that provided by Pagasa or Manila Observatory," Binay said in a statement.
At present, there are seven Weatherlink Stations strategically installed in different areas in Makati. Manila Observatory, a private research institution, is its partner in collating and interpreting data from the stations to establish a pattern related to flooding in the city.
Binay said he would designate one city officer who would solely focus on flooding, flood problems and flood mitigation.
"Flooding is a perennial problem and we already know the areas that usually flood. In fact, we have complete details of areas and streets that flood in our flood hazard maps. An officer whose function is dedicated to these concerns would greatly reduce our vulnerability in terms of flooding," he said.
The mayor also cited the growing need for a helicopter especially for rescue operations in areas that cannot be accessed by land vehicles.
Each barangay (village) should likewise have an amphibian truck to help rescue teams in evacuating and rescuing residents during flooding.
Last week, at the height of the monsoon rains, Mayor Binay and his father Vice President Jejomar Binay were seen riding HydraTek, an amphibious vehicle on loan for testing, as they led the rescue operations in the flooded Makati villages.
While relay of information during typhoons and flooding among concerned units has been effective, Binay enjoined the barangay officials to be vigilant in informing the Makati Command Control and Communication (C3) Center of the latest status and updates so that the latter could properly allocate the resources available, such as the first responders or vehicles to be deployed.
The Makati Social Welfare Department said 1,131 families in Makati were affected by the recent flooding caused by storm Maring and the monsoon rains.
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UAB Blazers football was the intercollegiate men's football program for the UAB Blazers athletics department.
The Blazers created a club team in 1989 and began competing Division III of the NCAA in 1991. Jim Hilyer was the first head coach, from 1991-1994. Watson Brown took over as head coach in 1995 and oversaw the team's advancement into Division I-A in 1996, and its acceptance into Conference USA in 1999. UAB played its home football games at Legion Field.
In 2000, the Blazers won a monumental victory by defeating Nick Saban's LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. In 2004, UAB earned their first bowl trip, losing to the University of Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl.
Following the 3-9 2006 season, Watson Brown resigned to take the head coaching job at Tennessee Tech, in his home town. The search for a replacement focused first on Louisiana State University assistant Jimbo Fisher, but the University of Alabama Board of Trustees rejected the proposed contract amount. Georgia offensive coordinator Neil Callaway was named head coach on December 17, 2006. He compiled an 18-42 record over five seasons and resigned under pressure on November 27, 2011.
A proposal to build an on-campus football stadium was rejected by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees in 2011. Through its marketing department, the team has sought to establish the University of Memphis as its primary on-field rival, creating the "Battle for the Bones" trophy for the winner of the annual match-up.
Callaway's replacement, Garrick McGee, had even less success in two seasons, going 5-19 before he resigned to join Bobby Petrino's staff at the University of Louisville. He was succeeded by Jacksonville State Gamecocks coach Bill Clark, who engineered a turnaround of fortunes for the 2014 UAB Blazers football team. The team became bowl eligible with a 6-6 record after defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 45-24 on the road on November 29.
The day after that win, speculation grew that the Alabama Board of Trustees were planning to shut down UAB's football program. Students and supporters rallied at the UAB Campus Green and in front of the UAB Administration Building seeking a statement of support from UAB president Ray Watts. Watts announced on December 2 that following a strategic planning process, the university would terminate its football, rifle and bowling programs at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.
|Jim Hilyer
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|Garrick McGee
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|Bill Clark
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NFL players
- Jake Arians, kicker, Buffalo Bills (2001)
- Kyle Bissinger, linebacker, New England Patriots (2007)
- Rodregis Brooks, cornerback, Indianapolis Colts (2001)
- Chris Brown, cornerback, Jacksonville Jaguars (2003)
- Pernell Davis, defensive tackle, Philadelphia Eagles (1999)
- Josh Evans, defensive tackle, Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans (1995-2001), New York Jets (2002-4)
- Carl Fair, running back, Cleveland Browns (2001)
- Eddie Freeman, defensive end/tackle, Kansas City Chiefs (2002-3)
- Darrell Hackney, quarterback, Cleveland Browns (2006), Denver Broncos (2007–)
- Chris Hubbard, offensive lineman, Pittsburgh Steelers (2013-)
- Otis Leverette, defensive end, Washington Redskins (2001-2), San Diego Chargers (2003), San Francisco 49ers (2004)
- Matt McCants, offensive lineman, New York Giants (2012-13), Oakland Raiders (2013-)
- Izell Reese, cornerback/safety, Dallas Cowboys (1998-2001), Denver Broncos (2002), Buffalo Bills (2003-4)
- Dainon Sydney, cornerback, Tennessee Titans (1998-2002), Buffalo Bills (2003)
- Joe Webb, quarterback/wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings (2010–)
- Bryan Thomas, defensive end, New York Jets (2002-)
- Corey White, running back, Green Bay Packers (2007)
- Roddy White, wide receiver, Atlanta Falcons (2005-)
- Julius Wilson, offensive tackle, Miami Dolphins (2007-)
- Zac Woodfin, linebacker, Baltimore Ravens (2005-)
- Cook, Ben (December 17, 2006) "Alabama coaching search takes bizarre twist" Lindy'sSports.com
- Irvine, Steve (November 27, 2011) "Neil Callaway resigns as UAB's football coach." The Birmingham News
- Watts, Ray L. (December 2, 2014) "Message from the President: UAB Athletics Strategic Planning. UAB press release - accessed December 2, 2014
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FORGET THE WINTERS AND the Vaughans, or even the Sextons and the Robisons, for that matter. The most intriguing sibling rivalry in Texas music is the one between San Antonio acordeonistas Santiago Jiménez, Jr., and Flaco Jiménez. Their father, Don Santiago, practically invented the Tex-Mex style, while the sons are taking determinedly different directions. Santiago, Jr., has made his reputation by sticking to the old ways, sometimes as faithfully as a folkie. But on the title track of El Corrido de Esequiel Hernández—which celebrates the corrido tradition, in which the song commentary focuses on a real event—he leaps beyond faithful reproduction to deliver a gritty telling of the death of the teenage goatherd who was shot near the town of Redford two years ago by Marines. It's a whole 'nother perspective than what you've read in the newspaper, which is precisely what a corrido is supposed to be. It's also a fine lead-in to an inspired collection of romantic love songs, bouncy polkas, cumbias, and rancheras so compelling that it's almost enough to make one forget Junior's big brother, Flaco, whose distinctive squeezebox sound has decorated the works of Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Doug Sahm, and Dwight Yoakam. The Best of Flaco Jiménez, a compilation recorded over the past forty years, captures his dazzling fingerwork while thankfully muting the presence of "heavy 'guest appearances'"—Peter Rowan on "The Free Mexican Airforce" is about as heavy as it gets. Instead, the selections emphasize Flaco's earthier side, including a sweet cover of his father's "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio" and "El Guero Polkas," which features SA broadcasting legend Guero Polkas introducing the song named in his honor. That explains why I'm not about to take sides on which Jiménez is mas bueno. They're both as good as it gets. Joe Nick Patoski
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THE EARLY LINE ON THE fourth record by Dallas' Old 97's is that this second, sink-or-swim major-label effort goes beyond alt-country garnish toward more expansive sonic recipes. But while a certain sturm und twang has always been part of the deal, what really made the 97's fabulous was—as Damone from Fast Times at Ridgemont High said of Cheap Trick—"the tunes!" Past albums were filled with sturdy gems that combined Rhett Miller's playfully dead-on lyricism with a cupboard full of pop hooks.
Fight Songs' cupboard does not runneth over. Miller's apple-butter voice lends a winsome quality to otherwise morose mid-tempo material, and a few tracks pass through the neighborhood of memorable. Hillbilly touches or not, the musical palette reaches for sophistication but ends up studied and rather ordinary. And much like Paul Westerberg's, Miller's gift for perfectly executed, half-clever, half-heartfelt couplets is wearing a little thin. The Old 97's are usually a great song band, but Fight Songs just doesn't have 'em. Jason Cohen
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LEE HAZLEWOOD'S CAREER is a set of contradictions. In the late fifties he basically invented Duane Eddy's guitar sound (which is to say he basically helped invent rock's guitar sound). A few years later he basically invented anti-rock, crafting "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for the marginally talented (but awfully well connected) Nancy Sinatra. From its title on down, the recently reissued Cowboy in Sweden reconciles Hazlewood's conflicting impulses. A savvy industry figure who worked with Gram Parsons and Ann-Margret, he listened not only far and wide but also with prescience. Cowboy in Sweden borrows from disparate sources—French ye-ye, Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock soundtracks, Burt Bacharach—that have more hipster cache today than when the record came out thirty years ago. The result, at once rootsy and gothic, sounds like "Tom T. Hall Sings the Leonard Cohen Songbook"—gloomy, symphonic, and undeniably strange (especially "Hey Cowboy," a duet with Nina Lizell that would have been a hit with Nancy S. on board), but grounded by Hazlewood's gravelly baritone. Jeff Salamon
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SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE. Despite duck-and-cover drills and communist witch hunts, the airwaves kept dishing up a diet of bland utopia. The kids, not the ones at the hop, but the leather-clad ones out back who could eat Richie Cunningham for breakfast, just weren't buying it. Their music would jump-start the decade and kick Connie Francis off the radio once and for all. Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of 50's Rock sports four CDs of this sex-charged and joyous interracial stew, negating every bobby-socked fifties cliché in the process. Among rock's early practitioners were a talented bunch from Texas: Houston R&B vet Amos Milburn and sideman Joe Houston; Dallasite Ronnie Dawson; a Richardson DJ dubbed the Big Bopper; the ferocious singer from Vernon named Roy Orbison; Lubbock's Buddy Holly, whose urgency burned his star bright; and the blistering Texas swamp stomp "Henrietta" by Jimmy Dee. They're all here; the hits and the should-have-beens that started rock rolling. From the beginning, there was no stopping it. Jeff McCord
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THOUGH BARELY KNOWN OUTSIDE music circles, Randy Garibay has been a cornerstone of all things blues and R&B in San Antonio for four decades now. He and his band, Cats Don't Sleep, play what Garibay calls " puro pinche blues," a blend of Tex-Mex themes; lyrics that can be English, español, or both; and blazing Lone Star guitar. The opening track, "Still Singing the Blues," is a seasoned, swinging shuffle that features Garibay's guitar pared down to its essentials and his growling vocals; on "Mean Assed Woman," he uncorks a masterfully short, stinging solo. He's not above slipping bop or Elmore James licks into a piece, either. He can cover a ballad like "Funny Not Much" that evokes his years in Las Vegas, but his smooth, sweet vocals are even more convincing on sensuous doo-wops like "Your Tender Lips." Saxman Rocky Morales and trumpeter


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...to Comcast.
Probably first of many divestments to cable companies.
$1 billion could be helpful to DCA.
...to Comcast.
Probably first of many divestments to cable companies.
$1 billion could be helpful to DCA.
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
It isn't a done deal yet...
I would use that billion to buy out CBN's interest in the ABC Family.
I love the idea. E! and Disney doesn't make any sense to me.
Only as a promoter for Disney products. Buy up enough interest in "news" networks, and you can push them around.Originally Posted by zach1
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
$1 billion sounds worth it. Would E! bring much revenue in for Disney? Well, for its worth?
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I would say that this is moving toward divesting in live action films... Which may be a good idea...
Shaggy Dog didn't do so well at the box office... Many investors where expecting $30 million opening of the Tim Allen star vehicle... but it only made about 15... The Studeo is getting hammered, beaten into submission by other films...
Selling E! and some of the other cable network properties make sense...
With the exception of "Eight Below", which was humming along quite nicely until (as I believe) "Shaggy Dog" came and cannibalized its audience.Originally Posted by cellarhound
"I'm working on changing Hollywood...at the studio that fired me twice."--John Lasseter
Both films aren't exactly qualified hits, but they aren't losing money... Shaggy Dog isn't going to lose money...
How about divesting in remakes -- live, animated, animated-to live, live-to-animated,...Originally Posted by cellarhound
It smacks of Eisnerism: "Get me some product! Go through the 60's film vault and update them!, Yeah, that's it! Minimal creativity and maximum dollars! No, they won't be home runs! That's too risky! Get me some singles and doubles, so my bonus comes through!!"
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
Meh, it's a single. I'll wait for the homer from Pixar's group.Originally Posted by cellarhound
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
I think they should divest themselves of all of their " stakes" they got when they bought abc. They own part of lifetime, E and I think A&E, ( not sure about the last one though) if they don't have controlling interest, then sell it. that would leave them with espn,abc family, disney, toondisney, and soapnet and lots of money to either start another channel( maybe a vault disney type aimed at babyboomers.) or reinvest in the parks or the studios. Live action will always be a part of the disney culture, the studios can't exist on animation alone. the shaggy dog opened against " failure to launch." and owen williams is a big hit right now. 15 million is a good start. let's see what it does this week and the weeks during spring break before a decision is made on whether or not it's a hit.
Truthfully I feel it maybe for the best if they did this. I have always felt that Disney was overextending themself and watering down the brand by getting involved with these other companys like E. I really believe they need do divest in the majority of them and refocous on making Disney a strong company again.
One of the interesting trends in cable and in media that I find interesting is we have reached a new phase... The last phase of mass media was specialization... So we have a plithera of channels out there selling content, and diluting viewer base which means less advertising sales...
I think perhaps we have reached the next phase: consolidation.
It's VERY difficult to lose money making a movie these days, the way the studios have it set up. For instance, King Kong will make money, but it was a bomb.Originally Posted by cellarhound
Furthermore, nobody I talked to wanted a Shaggy Dog remake. It was hard to find anyone who could speak fondly of the original.
Considering that this is the third manifestation of Shaggy Dog franchise...Originally Posted by MickeyMania
I think that this manifestation had the least going for it...


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Germantown woman's body was wrapped in air mattress, bound, dumped, burned
Heather Palumbo-Jones' body was wrapped in an air mattress bound with nylon rope before her body was dumped and burned in a secluded area off U.S. 64 east of Collierville-Arlington Road, according to court documents.
The revelation regarding the means to dispose of the body and other details of the investigation are reflected in a trio of search warrants issued as authorities and friends combed the area after Palumbo-Jones was reported missing April 15. Her estranged husband, Christopher Jones, ultimately was charged with second-degree murder after confessing to killing her, according to Germantown detectives.
The search warrants, obtained by The Commercial Appeal through an open records request, show inconsistencies in Christopher Jones' statements from the start, a search of Palumbo-Jones' residence by cadaver dogs that indicated decomposition in three areas of the house and also similar indications by the dogs in the husband's car when he came for one of the interviews at police headquarters.
Arriving for that interview, Christopher Jones left his car in a parking garage about a half-mile away from police headquarters and took a 5-minute walk to the interview. While police were questioning him, the cadaver dogs searched at least eight cars in the garage attached to Office Max on Poplar south of headquarters before "displaying positive alerts for human decomposition on Mr. Jones' 4-door blue 1996 Geo Prizm."
The ongoing divorce between the couple appears to be the motive for her death based on details leading up to her reported disappearance and eventual location of the body about a week later.
Christopher Jones remains in custody under a $1 million bond. In his last court appearance a week ago, his attorney, Gerald Skahan of the public defender's office, asked for a mental evaluation. The case was continued until June 12 in Germantown Municipal Court.
The search for the 33-year-old Palumbo-Jones began after she failed to show up for work at Frayser Achievement School, where she was a kindergarten teacher, on April 16. When police went to the isolated residence she was renting at 7035 Poplar, they found her car there, but her keys, cell phone and purse were missing. She did not answer the door at the house or her cell phone.
Authorities immediately began searching the area around the residence and also the townhouse the couple previously shared at Westminster Townhomes about a half-mile west of the house on Poplar.
Search warrants issued for the townhouse at 6740 Aldwych and later Christopher Jones' car in the Office Max parking garage, provide more details leading up to Palumbo-Jones' death.
According to the court documents, detectives believe Christopher Jones came to the residence at 7035 Poplar under the pretense of returning Christmas lights, "while having the intention of discussing their divorce, custody of their children and impending court date." Christopher Jones said the couple drank margaritas and talked. At one point she took a phone call from a friend name Edward Raulerson.
Raulerson told police from what he could hear, Palumbo-Jones was trying to get her husband out of the residence so he would not wake their daughter. According to the document, Raulerson said he heard Palumbo-Jones say at one point: "What do you mean it's life or death." She said she would call Raulerson back, but he never heard from her again.
In searching the Poplar Avenue residence, there was no evidence Palumbo-Jones had margaritas, including the absence of tequila bottle and mixers, the search warrant state. The cadaver dogs indicated the presence of decomposition in the kitchen, the second bathroom and an outside shed.
Jones also told police he received an e-mail from Palumbo-Jones asking him to come get their daughter, whom he found when he returned to the Poplar Avenue residence about 1 a.m. on April 16.
The search warrants were based on the husband's inconsistencies and his "need to return to the scene on two occasions."
Christopher Jones was charged a week later, after police said he confessed to the murder. "Mr. Jones stated on the night of April 15, 2013, he and Mrs. Palumbo-Jones had a verbal argument which developed into a physical altercation," a police affidavit filed with the second-degree murder charge states. "Mr. Jones stated that he knowingly engaged in said physical altercation which led to her immediate death. Mr. Jones admitted to disposing of her body and led investigators to an area where human remains were discovered."
The victim's body has been sent to the medical examiner's office, and other than the confirmation from sources that it was burned, there is no preliminary cause of death at this time.
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Art reflects and sometimes even predicts changes in society. Recent incidents have shown that writer T.D. Ramakrishnan had a sense of the pulse of society in his novel Francis Ittykkora. The novel, published in 2009, takes place against the backdrop of interactions through a website that sells sex. The novel explores the history of the Christian community in Malabar through a 15 century merchant. A bunch of women in Kochi who sell sex through the Internet also play a significant part in the novel.
The Aluva police recently cracked an online sex racket here, suggesting that these are not the stuff of fiction alone. The police got hold of the racket in the city when they rescued a Bangladeshi girl who was forced into the online sex racket. She was brought to the city with the lure of a job and held captive for sex trade at a building in Aluva. Police said potential customers were directed to the racket through a website that advertised escort services.
The racketeers allegedly emailed pictures of the girl to various clients. The racketeer and the client would then discuss the price and a rendezvous point for the trade. Police officers said such services were now replacing the sex worker on the street.
Ramakrishnan started work on his novel in 2005, when the Internet for most people in Kerala was a slow dial-up connection that disrupted phone lines.
"I had heard about these websites when I was in Chennai. There were many takers for the service even then," he says. Ramakrishnan then situated the web prostitutes in his story in Kochi.
The Internet has changed the way many sex rackets are run. Up until a few years ago, female sex workers decked up in jewellery and make-up could be seen at railway and bus stations. Many of them have now disappeared as more sex rackets move online.
"It is no surprise that sex work, like all other trades, moved online. Even sorcery, charms and amulets are now sold online," says Mr. Ramakrishnan.
Online prostitution rings meet the demands of their customers, while offering them the anonymity of an Internet transaction. Sex workers and their clients are saved the embarrassment of waiting around in public places. "The Internet has lent sophistication to sex work," said the writer.
Online racketeers are also harder to track, said a police officer. "Earlier, sex rackets used to operate out of safe houses. Now that it's all online, their operations can be moved around easily," he said.
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When I access my e-mail inbox, the name at the top of the window shows a different name than mine, however, the e-mail are addressed to me. Has anyone ever had that happen to them ???? Trying to get help with this issue has been impossible, therefore
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Sorry I can't help you with the log-in problems, I have them too, and I use IE.
I did e-mail Verizon and got a response as to the different name appearing when checking e-mail.. When you have not completed your on-line profile, they assign a name to you, so that is what happened to me.
You could maybe try to e-mail verizon about the log-in problem. I got a quick response.
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Life member Euclides "chico" Miranda passed away in his sleep on 6 March. He was 78 years old. Chico was an active member of Post 11447 and American Legion Post 4 in Olongapo. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly two years and with the 34th Infantry Division in Korea for one year and 4 months. During his service he received the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal. Chico is survived by a wife and daughters.
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In October 2009, Ali Saleh Al-Marri was sentenced to more than eight years in prison under a plea deal the Al Qaeda sleeper agent had struck with federal prosecutors. Quietly, on January 16, Al-Marri was released—having served just over five years of his time. Reports the Washington Post: Ali Saleh Mohammad Kahlah al-Marri, 49, was released from a maximum . . .
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Back in September, we announced our strategy around unified device management, and how the next releases of Windows Intune and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager will deliver on that vision. As part of today's update to our Cloud OS vision, we're pleased to announce that System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection Service Pack 1, as well as the latest Windows Intune service, are available today.
Together, these releases deliver a unified device management solution for the enterprise, built on a "People-centric" model, where the user is the focus, not the device. IT is able to provide users with access to the corporate resources (applications and data) they need on the devices they choose. Administrators are able to address the unique challenges created by Bring Your Own Device policies by being able to identify and manage endpoint devices, including Windows PCs (physical and virtual), tablets, smartphones, Macs, and embedded devices all through a unified administration console.
This blog post highlights new device management capabilities in Windows Intune and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. For information about new cloud and datacenter capabilities, please read the blog post located here.
Windows Intune addresses new challenges IT departments face when managing devices, including:
With the latest release, the Windows Intune service is now expanded to 45 additional countries taking the total to 87 countries worldwide.
Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 contains several enhancements, including:
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For more information and to sign up for a free 30-day trial subscription to Windows Intune, click here. SP1 can be downloaded by MSDN and TechNet subscribers as well as through the Volume Licensing Software Center.
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Michigan Delivers Knockout Punch to Buckeyes in Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Freshman Derrick Walton Jr. (Harper Woods, Mich./Chandler Park Academy) scored 13 points, grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds and dished out a game-high six assists in leading a second-half comeback for the University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 15 AP, No. 18 ESPN/USA Today), which defeated Ohio State (No. 22 AP, No. 20 ESPN/USA Today), 70-60, Tuesday night (Feb. 11) inside Value City Arena. Walton scored all of his points in the lopsided second half, in which the Wolverines outscored Buckeyes, 44-30.
Sophomore Nik Stauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Mark's School [Mass.]) had 15 points, hitting three of his six tries from three and going 4-of-5 from the line. Freshman Zak Irvin (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) chipped in 10 points off the bench while making both his three point attempts.
Ohio State used an 8-0 run to jump ahead 13-5 less than six minutes into the game. Michigan pulled within five points of the lead when a put back by graduate student Jordan Morgan (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) made the score 19-14. However, OSU went back up 26-16 with 6:25 left before halftime.
Down 28-18, U-M scored eight straight points, including a triple from the corner by sophomore Caris LeVert (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) with 29 seconds left to cut the deficit to two points. With 1.4 ticks left, LaQuinton Ross was fouled shooting a three, and he hit two free throws to make Ohio State's lead 30-26 going into the break.
Michigan's seven offensive rebounds kept the game close in the first half, as it hit only nine of 28 field goal attempts (32 percent), compared to the Buckeyes' 12-of-25 (48 percent) shooting line.
Stauskas nailed a three to start the second half, but OSU responded with a 7-0 run.
The Wolverines were down 43-37 with 12:16 to play before scoring 12 unanswered points to go up six. They took their first lead since 17:16 in the first half when Stauskas hit two free throws to make the score 44-43. Then Walton made an old-fashioned three-point play to put U-M up 49-43; this capped off the run and forced OSU to call timeout with 9:15 remaining in the game.
Ohio State came within one point of the lead at 51-50, but Michigan responded with a Morgan putback and a Walton triple to go up six with less than five minutes left.
Sophomore Glenn Robinson III (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) hit two free throws to increase U-M's lead to 64-52 with 1:32 to go, and the Wolverines hung on for the 10-point victory -- their first in Columbus since 2003.
Michigan shot 22-of-53 (42 percent) on the night and went 8-of-17 (47 percent) from beyond the arc. OSU went 23-of-52 (44 percent) from the floor, including 3-of-20 (15 percent) from long distance. Ross led the Buckeyes with 24 points and seven rebounds, and Lenzelle Smith Jr. finished the game with 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting.
The Wolverines return home to play No. 21 Wisconsin on Sunday (Feb. 16) inside Crisler Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m., and the game will be televised on CBS.
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Eazy Yi recently became the latest NBAer to suffer an injury while playing overseas during the lockout. He's expected to miss 2-4 weeks. China Daily reports: "Guangdong Hongyuan star center Yi Jianlian was injured midway the game when teammate Zhu Fangyu crushed him in the right leg while falling after a scramble with Beijing's Stephon Marbury. Yi, who started his game with three points, then walked off the court and was sent to a local hospital for examination. … 'We are still unsure about Yi's injury,' said Guangdong head coach Li Chunjiang."
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May 11, 2011
Former congressional labor adviser to speak in Parrington
Gordon Lafer, a former top adviser on congressional labor policy, will visit Seattle on Tuesday, May 17, to discuss the hot topics of labor law and policy. He will lecture on "Labor in the House: Trying to Build a Pro-Worker Agenda in Congress" 3-4:30 p.m. in the Parrington Hall Forum.
Ethical dilemmas in global health will be discussed May 25
Experienced researchers and health professionals will discuss how they worked through and handled ethical dilemmas likely to be encountered by professionals newly entering the field of global health.
Free introductory session of Guided Autobiography to be offered
If youve ever considered writing about your life — whether for publication or just for your family — you can sign up for a free introductory session of Guided Autobiography. The session will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 19, in 156 Gerberding.
MFA Dance Concert features meditations on 'touch
Six new dances will be presented at the MFA Dance Concert May 19-22, and though two share the same theme, they are very different.
Research conference for McNair, Early Identification programs May 19-21
Have you ever wondered how sororities impact academic achievement in the Latina community or how marijuana use among college students impacts educational attainment? These are some of the topics to be discussed May 19-21 at the Pacific Northwest McNair & Early Identification Program Research Conference.
Science and Policy Summit planned by Graduate and Professional Student Senate
The Science and Policy Summit, sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, will be held on Friday, May 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the UW Tower. The summit aims to open a dialogue between scientists and policy makers.
Spains only classical ballet company to perform at Meany
Corella Ballet Castilla y León performs at Meany Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 19-21.
School of Music offers concerts for lovers of harp, voice, guitar and new music
The air will be filled with the sound of music, as the School of Music plunges into a busy season of concerts in coming days.
Husky Film Night offers preview of Seattle International Film Festival
UWTV and the Seattle International Film Festival are teaming up to provide an exclusive opportunity to UW students and the community to preview some of the 400 films featured at the annual film festival. "Husky Film Night" is set for 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, in the Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall.
Seattle Modern Orchestra, led by UW alumni, to perform at Meany
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S. 2124, The Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2012
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S. 2124 would amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and support the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the dissemination of such materials and resources by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families.
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I'm Adopted: What Does that Mean?by Staff Member erin
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by Jeremy Taylor. Over the summer, I had the good fortune to participate in a conference jointly organised by the History Department at Zhejiang University and the Historical Society for Twentieth Century China. The conference was held in Hangzhou, but for one day, it decanted to the nearby town of Xikou, the birthplace of Chiang …
The BBC Mispronunciation of the Chinese Language – Just Not Cricket!
July 12, 2012
By Mike Bastin. With Wimbledon now in full flow once again and the world's sporting eyes firmly fixed on every shot played, is it not also noteworthy to witness another Chinese sports star compete successfully on the world stage? I refer to Zheng Jie who only a few days ago ran Serena Williams so close …


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There's been a lot of hype about the lesbian kiss between Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried in Jennifer's Body, and while it's still pretty awesome on a fantasy level, it doesn't quite deliver on the hype. This ain't Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions, or Denise Richards and Neve Campbell in Wild Things. Hell, it's not even Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz in Vicky Christina Barcelona, which while hot, was brief. Which is what this kiss is too. Not that I'm complaining. Any Megan Fox lesbian action is more than welcome, especially when the other girl is Amanda Seyfried. I'd just like a little more for my money, you know?
Update: Egotastic! reader Riley writes in with some very interesting information about the kissing scene, and how what we see here is supposedly just a very small taste of the action, which happens to include tongue… Here's hoping!
The article and photos of the Megan Fox/Amanda Seyfried lesbian kissing pictures are inaccurate, in that in the actual movie itself, the kiss lasts for a good 30 seconds and even features some tongue action. obviously you were just posting what was given and commenting on that, but i think it's fair to tell your readers (most of whom probably haven't seen Jennifer's Body yet) that the kiss in the film is waaay longer and waaay hotter.


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The Oktoberfest beer mug is presented during a presentation in Munich. The event, the world's biggest beer festival, runs from September 21 to October 6.
A worker on a lifting ramp in the Hacker-Pschorr tent makes preparations on Thursday for the 2013 Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany. The Oktoberfest, which opens to the public on September 21, draws millions of visitors and is the biggest festival of its kind in the world
Visitors high in the sky and a crane site at the booth of the German company Liebherr at Bauma, the International Trade Fair in Munich, southern Germany, on April 18, 2013. More than 3.400 exhibitors from 57 countries shows their newest products during the great trade fair until April 21, 2013.


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MARYLENA L. ROBERTS, 89, died at 9 p.m. May 1, 2005, at Lima Convalescent Home.
She was born March 31, 1916, in Delphos to George and Katherine Radell Stirn, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 6, 1936, she married Floyd Roberts, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker. She was a member of Gomer United Church of Christ and its Circle. She was a member of the Young at Heart. She enjoyed reading, needlework, gardening, spending time with her family, jokes and her dogs.
Survivors include four daughters, Darlene (Don) Montooth of Elida, Diane (Ferris) Croy of Fort Wayne, Ind., Nancy (Brian) Foye of Houston, Texas, and Linda (Jeff Fischer) Zerbe of Blue Springs, Mo.; and nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jill Lloyd Nichols; a granddaughter-in-law, Jayne Croy; two brothers, Richard and Lowell Stirn; and five sisters, Alta and Thelma Stirn, Lorene Buettner, Ruth Fisher and Dorothy Fritz.
Services will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday at Harter & Schier Funeral Home, Delphos. The Rev. Brian Knoderer will officiate. Burial will be in Pike Run Cemetery, east of Gomer.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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R.A.D (Regeneration Against Destruction) a student collective at Yerba Buena High School has a message for the City of San Jose due to the threats of closing down "The Jungle" (a homeless encampment) with no plans to house Jungle residents. Check out the message these high school students want the city to know.
Remembering Antonio Guzman Lopez: Family of SJ State Police Shooting Death Holds Birthday Celebration
On November 15, 2014, Antonio Guzman Lopez's family gathered to celebrate what would have been his 39th birthday. In February of this year, Antonio was shot and killed by San Jose State Police officers Mike Santos and Frits Van Der Hoek. Antonio left behind his partner Laurie, and his children -- 5 year old Josiah and daughter Angelique. Almost 7 months later, the Santa Clara County District Attorney has yet to complete their investigation as to whether the shooting was justified. In the meantime, his family -- through the leadership of Laurie Valdez -- launched the Justice for Josiah campaign to seek accountability for their loved one's death. A humble man who loved his children above everything, Antonio was remembered last Saturday among family, community, and supporters who pledged to support Antonio's family through the long road ahead.


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Pacific Crest will hold it's Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 19th at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Branch lobby at 2972 Washburn Way, Klamath Falls, Or.
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Announcing the member photo contest for the 2016 Pacific Crest Federal Credit Union Calander. Click here for complete contest rules and how to send us your photograph.
Smart Start-Up Workshop
Get the important information you need to know before you start your business in Klamath or Lake Counties. This two hour workshop provides the "nuts and bolts" to help you succeed. Extensive handouts will be provided.
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Klamath County offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities. From fishing, to hunting, to bird watching, to canoeing, to skiing, to rock climbing to horseback riding — Klamath County has it all.
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