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"Mr. Hendrickson-Smith boasts a relaxed, warm melodic bent and an engaging sound; he's a real swinger, and he's steeped in the blues…..an old soul who's got something to say that people ought to hear."
-Zan Stewart, Jazziz Magazine
"He remains an unquestionable master of the genre; at a mere thirty one years of age, Hendrickson-Smith, who doubles on flute, is the possesor of a world-weary tone that many players his senior would kill for."
-Peter Aaron, Allaboutjazz
"Hendrickson-Smith's straight-ahead session captures the essence of a century of great music…an album that brings out the best in straight-ahead jazz for the 21st century."
-Cadence Magazine
"It's marvelous to hear alto saxophone playing like that."
-George Coleman
Review of "The Soul Of My Alto"-The New York City Jazz Record, March, 2013
Ian Hendrickson-Smith has a different take on the typical saxophone-with-organ session. Many of the greats of the tenor sax of the '60s regularly recorded with organists, including Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt. Hendrickson-Smith, besides being an alto player, also has a different twist: he omits the frequently present guitarist and sticks with just organ and drums (Adam Scone and Charles Ruggiero, respectively). The saxophonist also conceived a sparser, lush sound while still injecting a bit of soulfulness into this ballad date.
"The End of a Love Affair" is one of those forgotten gems that used to be staples of romantic jazz albums; the trio recaptures its magic with a gorgeous interpretation, as the leader's big tone is well supported by Scone and Ruggiero's soft brushwork. Benny Golson's "Park Avenue Petite", a beautiful ballad, is one of the composer's songs from The Jazztet's debut album. Hendrickson-Smith caresses its melody in a spacious manner, with Scone's sensitive accompaniment and Ruggiero's adept percussion complementing his rich sound. The leader's impassioned playing of "My Silent Love" conveys its message without needing the lyrics, though it's a safe bet that he, like Ben Webster, probably knew them before he stepped to the microphone. Billy Eckstine's "I Want to Talk About You" became the cornerstone of the vocalist's repertoire and was acknowledged by instrumentalists with John Coltrane's landmark recording. Hendrickson-Smith's arrangement is no less powerful with the alto saxophonist's carefully crafted statement and the bluesy Scone solo that follows.
The date wraps with Hendrickson-Smith's moving original "Butterbean", a deliberate, conversational ballad with a theme that stands well in comparison to the well-known works that make up the rest of the album. This is the perfect release to cue up for late- night listening with someone special.
by Ken Dryden
There are two dominant aspects to the musical style of the persuasive, hard swinging saxophonist and composer Ian Hendrickson-Smith.
One comes via soul and funk jazz, a bluesy approach he calls "dirty and greasy." The other springs from a deep fondness for melody — the kind of lyricism found in standards and in the work of legends like Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley. The 35-year-old New Orleans native, who lives in Harlem, doesn't reserve these distinct elements for certain songs or performances, though. He blends them.
"I try to play funky and lyrical on whatever the tune is," Hendrickson-Smith says. "I don't genre hop."
Hendrickson-Smith, who has played and/or recorded with pianists Spike Wilner and David Hazeltine, soul singer Sharon Jones, and pop singer Amy Winehouse, performs Friday and Saturday at Smalls in Greenwich Village. He'll also play Wednesdays at Perk's in Harlem.
At both rooms, the saxophonist — who mainly plays tenor, but dabbles in alto and baritone — leads a quartet with his longtime partner, guitarist Al Street, and two more recent arrivals, organist Brian Charrette and drummer Lawrence Leathers.
"These guys like to try new things all the time, so the music is always fresh," Hendrickson-Smith says. "Plus, I love organ and guitar. It's dirty and greasy, and the organ, man, it can be raw, it can be sensitive, soft, loud — it's an orchestra."
Hendrickson-Smith utilizes his writing chops — developed while at the Manhattan School of Music, from which he graduated in 1996 — to make his "small band sound big."
"In my originals and arrangements, I use the guitar more like a second horn, and we play kind of intricate melodies that are worked out," he says. "I also include background parts and interludes, so our appearances are not just blowing sessions," he says. "That makes it more interesting for us, and for the audience."
The saxophonist's latest album is 2007's "Blues in the Basement" (Cellar Live), though he plans to record this current quartet soon.
These days, Hendrickson-Smith's performances spotlight originals, with the occasional cover thrown in. One of his current songs is "Butterbean," which moves from a "beautiful, simple melody to an open, gospel-like vamp that we blow over."
Then there's "No You Don't," based on "I Got Rhythm" changes, which "has an intricate guitar-tenor thing that leads to hard swinging," he says. And there's "One for Corrine" (named for a bartender at Perk's), a soul-jazz number that's "real low-down and funky."
Among Hendrickson-Smith's standard selections are "Love for Sale" and "I Wish You Love," both from his 2004 Sharp Nine album, "Still Smokin'."
Of his colleagues, the leader says, "Al Street has a beautiful, dirty sound, and we have such a vibe, playing together for 12, 13 years. Brian is a free spirit; he's always surprising me. And Lawrence has great control of dynamics, from blistering loud to really quiet, and he swings his tail off."
In addition to his jazz work, Hendrickson-Smith has traveled extensively for the past five years with the seasoned soul belter Sharon Jones, an experience that has proven decidedly beneficial.
"I feel I'm playing the best music I've ever played," he says. "Being on the road, playing classic soul, has strengthened my jazz. I've always been a melody player, but now my lines are deeper and more personal."
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"Recorded in concert at the Fat Cat, NYC, "BITB" takes the golden era of Blue Note Hard Bop, squeezes it through a puree, and presents the pulpy essence of foot tapping jazz. Combining the grit of the Jazz Messengers and the clever arrangements of Horace Silver's classic quintet, Hendrickson-Smith takes his trumpet/tenor front line through a set of mostly originals that are catchy, free wheeling and above all, begging the listener to get up and move it!"
"Hendrickson-Smith's tenor, with a tone and wail recalling Stanley Turrentine, mixes a gospel bluesy gruff with Dave Guy's bright and robust trumpet on catchy originals like "Big Weeds" and the breathtaking "Jacob's New Crib". His solo on the ballad "Hey, Baby" is delicious and fatty. The 60s classic "Hello Stranger" is a perfect vehicle for this riff loving band, with Floody's drums and Mann's percussion laying down an infectious groove. But the real hero of this gig is pianist Rick Germanson, who treats the piano as if he were in a Revival meeting, pounding out percussive rhythms that raise the roof. His finger numbing work on "Chatterbox" and ride-cymbal like tapping on "Jacob's New Crib" recall Bobby Timmons at his peak. This guy could put soul into a Kenny G disc! If you've worn out your Blakey and Silver releases, you're in for an oasis with this band."
George Morris
All About Jazz
On Blues in the Basement, Hendrickson-Smith is even more commanding as a leader. He possesses a vivacity that probably comes from having performed with the Queen of Funk Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, led by Bosco Mann, who plays the tambourine and congas on this record.
Jacob's New Crib features Mann's steady hand on the tambourine, offset by Hendrickson-Smith's overconfident (but rightly so!) playing. The tenor saxist goes forward relentlessly, his unshakable energy spreading to the other band members like a virus. On side B of the CD, the sextet dials down the energy and pumps up the sensuality. In Chatterbox, pianist Rick Germanson shows off his chops as he plays a sprawling melody that nearly envelops the song. Meanwhile, trumpeter Dave Guy pours romantic vulnerability into "Hey Baby" and acoustic bassist Neal Miner does the same in the title track.
The album, which was recorded live at NYC's Fat Cat, embodies the simplicity, the sweatiness, the honesty of soulful funk jazz. Whereas Presenting remains true to the rhythm and blues of the 60s and 70s, Blues in the Basement adds a fresh, youthful energy to the music. In spite of this divergence between new and old, one thing is for sure: this record makes it difficult to resist the urge to dance.
Reviewer: Ivana Ng All About Jazz July 8 2007
Blues in the Basement, from Ian Hendrickson-Smith, is a true rendering of jazz at its finest. This New Orleans native works his tenor saxophone like no other and he discharges such lively chords from the instrument, as well as grueling blows that will make listeners wonder what he was thinking when he composed each track.
The first song will make you want to shake your tush from the very first note. Hendrickson-Smith utilizes his sax proficiency and he is aided by percussion and piano work. The tuneís juice is contagious and you wonít be able to curb the urge to get up and dance, either alone or with the nearest able body.
The second song has Hendrickson-Smith belting out singular notes on his sax, without any other musical accessory. Then, percussion, drums and piano seep in for a dynamic melody. Hendrickson-Smith varies the level of notes he plays, which go from upbeat to lusty. This track has mixed feelings allocated to it and can be applied to many incidents for a diehard jazz fan.
The third song has deep piano chords in the intro followed by glimmering sax play from Hendrickson-Smith, along with piano work. Hendrickson-Smith can suspend high-pitched notes at times, which will definitely get your attention on this track. It's just the song one would hear, as they sashay into their local jazz club in search of good music and a night of exceptional jazz.
The fourth song could be a song played in a black and white film noir movie about a detective and a mysterious damsel in distress. Hendrickson-Smith plays the tenor sax until the instrument might weep from sheer emotion. The piano gives a minor lightness to the track, but each sad note Hendrickson-Smith puffs will hit you right in the heart, until your eyes are strained with tears and your ears and strained with pain.
Ian Hendrickson-Smithís Blues in the Basement is one any jazz album enthusiast should not be without. It has bubbly tracks as well as ones that will tug at your deepest, most heartfelt passions. It is a perfect soundtrack for a couple who has had their romantic ups and downs and want to set them to a jazzy refrain.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent Celebrity Cafe Feb 23 2007
ALL ABOUT JAZZ REVIEW OF UP IN SMOKE! and STILL SMOKIN'
Live recordings tend to be from established leaders who are either stretching out previously released studio performances or making a new statement. However, the young altoist, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, has not only chosen to debut as a leader through a live recording but has also continued in this vein for his sophomore offering. A regular at NYC's club Smoke, Hendrickson-Smith initially weighed in with last year's Up in Smoke and has just released Still Smokin' , both hour long sets recorded 16 months apart at the small uptown venue. While Up in Smoke featured a tight quartet boasting David Hazeltine on piano, this year's model has Hazeltine returning but expands the sound and extends the quartet's reach with the inclusion of Ryan Kisor on trumpet and versatile guitarist Peter Bernstein featured on selected cuts.
Both sessions clearly capture the intimate atmosphere that is Smoke and are an absorbing documentation of a working band. Up in Smoke presents a varied program that is the perfect vehicle for Hendrickson-Smith to display his full tone on standards such as "The Best Things in Life are Free", "I'll Close My Eyes" and Billy Strayhorn's "Chelsea Bridge". Although much of Hendrickson-Smith's playing goes down like a relaxing rich full bodied ruby port, he also effectively plays the blues on the title cut, hits a Latin groove with Hazeltine's adept assistance on Cal Tjader's "Curacao" and impresses with rapidity and inventiveness on Charlie Parker's "Segment".
Still Smokin' hits its stride with a delightfully extended arrangement of Cole Porter's "Love for Sale". Hendrickson-Smith's alto is paired with Ryan Kisor's trumpet as they vary tempos between the bluesy exotic melody and a quick bop interpretation. The rhythm section, which includes Hazeltine, returning drummer Joe Strasser and bassist Peter Washington, keeps things in step with Hazeltine adding his own boppish take on things. The self composed "Sparrow in Flight" serves as a means for piano, alto, trumpet and Bernstein's guitar to extend their solo wings while "I Can't Get Started" has Hendrickson-Smith setting up a graceful line on flute that is ably extended by Bernstein as the two trade off. While "Ian's Bossa" again has Hazeltine steering things in a Latin direction, Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" and the standard "I Wish You Love" are straight no chaser swingers. It may take a bit of nerve for a young player to introduce himself by way of a live date, but Hendrickson-Smith has shown that he and his band are well worth getting to know.
-Elliot Simon, allabout jazz
Ian Hendrickson-Smith's second live recording for Sharp Nine Records is an excellent showcase for his burgeoning talents as a bandleader and soloist. The thirty-one year old alto saxophonist (who doubles on flute on one track) is proficient at programming a set, arranges material in novel ways, gets the most out of an excellent band, and evinces an approach to the instrument that sounds both fresh and tradition-bound. The music is loosely situated on the soulful side of bebop; soloists express themselves without getting self-indulgent; and none of the nine tracks overstays its welcome.
Knowing that the easygoing medium-tempo groove of bassist Peter Washington and drummer Joe Strasser on "I Wish You Love" isn't something to be messed with, Hendrickson-Smith wisely elects to make it an integral part of his solo. Nothing he plays detracts from the good feeling their pulse generates. His phrasing is speech-like, filled with pregnant pauses, brief telling digressions, all framed by subtle changes in dynamics and emphasis. Sometimes an individual phrase descends into silence; or, he'll allow an idea to sink in by letting the rhythm section carry things for a few beats. In other instances a phrase poses a question that's answered by the following one. Rapid-fire bop lines are brief and to the point, always yielding to simpler declarations. The most impressive thing is that Hendrickson-Smith isn't trying to blow anyone away or distance himself from the listener; rather, it's clear he wants everyone to enjoy the music.
On the same track pianist David Hazeltine displays a penchant for combining seemingly disparate elements into a coherent whole. His playing is clearly in the lineage of the masters of mainstream jazz piano, and within these parameters he shows a great deal of authority and individuality. Repeatedly during the course of his solo, relaxed, soulful passages that cleave to the bass and drums suddenly morph into energetic, precisely executed 16th note runs of varying lengths. During one particularly memorable sequence, he truncates a tidy phrase by going on a tear over Washington and Strasser for several bars, pauses for a few beats, then drops a few chords at a subdued volume, drawing attention to his partners and bringing the music back to a smoother course.
The rhythm section and Hendrickson-Smith continue to connect for some very effective up-tempo playing during the alto saxophonist's solo on "Love For Sale." Everything the piano, bass, and drums do is purposeful and drives the music forward. There's no waste and no digressions. Washington's walking pulse is sure and propulsive. Strasser's ride cymbal matches the bassist on virtually every beat; moreover, the drummer's accents and short fills provide constant stimulation. Hazeltine's chording is equally important to the band's drive. He's as persistent as possible without becoming obtrusive; and at times his darting chords has an impact not unlike Strasser's snare drum comping. Though the alto saxophonist's solo shouldn't be isolated from what's going on around him, nonetheless it's a brilliant piece of work. The language of bebop reigns supreme, and there's a joyous, bursting-with-life quality that only the finest performances in the genre capture. Furthermore, despite the swiftness of the tempo, Hendrickson-Smith is in complete control, consistently taking ideas from the others on the fly, and never showing any signs of strain.
Hazeltine's 2-chorus solo on "Love For Sale" is an exceptional, sustained burst of creative energy. There's both a steely discipline and a near-obsessive quality in the way he keeps riveting single note lines going almost without pause. Raising his intensity level to meet Hazeltine, Washington's walking becomes even more forceful than before. Aside from steady time and a complement of terse accents, Strasser adds some things that manage to stand out, even as they support the pianist's magnificent barrage. One example is a simple, melodic sounding figure made with consecutive strokes to both tom-toms. Another is a repetitive, riff-like pattern consisting of two hits to the snare and one bass drum thump.
Not unlike the tunes from the American Popular Songbook that constitute most of the record's material, Hendrickson-Smith's original composition in ¾ time, "Sparrow's Flight," boasts a striking melody. The piece gradually unfolds, and then builds to a robust climax before a dreamy concluding sequence nearly brings things to a standstill. All four soloists (Hendrickson-Smith, trumpeter Ryan Kisor, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and Hazeltine) find the varied terrain to their liking. Hendrickson-Smith, in particular, hangs concise melodic lines atop the composition's contours, treading carefully amidst Hazeltine's jutting chords, and painstakingly working his way up to keening shouts that reek of the blues.
-David Orthmann, allaboutjazz
CD's We almost missed in 2004: Yet another remote recording, Still Smoking (Sharp Nine 1031) is cut from an all-together different cloth than the Potter disc. Alto saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith is more firmly rooted in the mainstream tradition, but also speaks with an
authority that makes this set from NYC's Smoke worth more than just a few listens. Appearing regularly at this intimate lower Broadway hot spot, Hendrickson-Smith locks in tight with David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, and Joe Strasser, with guests Ryan Kisor and Peter Bernstein raising the ante on this sophomore effort for Sharp Nine. With superb sound and a loose blowing atmosphere, this hard bop delight confirms that Hendrickson-Smith's star is on the rise.
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In other matters, the Board: approved the lists of 2014 graduation applicants for both Ellsworth Community College and Marshalltown Community College; approved a nine-month lease agreement with 3110 Properties to store MCC equipment and furniture during the upcoming campus remodeling projects; approved a memo of understanding with Ellsworth Municipal Hospital/Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls for shared bandwidth between ECC and the new hospital; approved payment of FY15 dues to the American Association of Community College Trustees; and approved revisions to several of its policies.
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ELKADER, Iowa - Rising waters on the Turkey River have flooded the town of Elkader year after year.
But instead of fighting it, the town is using the river to its advantage by opening a white water park.
Volunteers have been working on the project for years, and it officially opened Friday.
Inside the Elkader Jail House Inn, Julie Carlisle-Kane is loving the new visitors staying at her Bed and Breakfast.
Carlisle–Kane said, I have a kayaker coming from the St. Cloud area, coming down for the white water park for the weekend.
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Carlisle- Kane said, Well you know the old saying, if you build it they will come. I decided to embrace it and try it myself.
She's among the many amateurs and professionals testing out the waves.
Kayaker Adam Pollock said, It's one of the smoothest, easiest waves I've ever been on. It's really fun.
The city says the community deserves a little fun, and the economic boost that comes with it. They're hopeful by embracing this wild river, tourism dollars will start to flow in.
Elkader Economic Development Director Roger Thomas said, Sometimes you live with the river. And sometimes the river lives with you.
This community says sometimes change is about adjusting your sails, especially when you can't control the water.
Thomas hopes Elkader's white water park will be the beginning of a statewide trend.
If we can get more of these in Iowa. The Cedar River. I know Coralville is talking about it. Wherever. We'd like to make Iowa a white water kayaking destination. Because we've got a lot of rivers, said Thomas.


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"Stow your twitchy palms ladies... our man is here. Welcome to #TeamFifty @JamieDornan1 x," tweets James.
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Because I Want To Go Outside
I dare you.
For one day, one hour, one minute...
Just be me and know what it is
know what I carry.
I am timid where I once roared
I fear each day, each step, each rising.
What will it be today?
Will it be pain?
Will it be unsteady?
Will it be unforgiving?
Or will today be a good day...
How long will it last?
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Can I be left alone?
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Who am I?
I once walked this earth free
of dependency - confidently as one.
I needed no others, but I loved them for company.
Now, unfaithful to my own confidence,
I need them all and want for none.
No one should see me this way.
But that's the problem, isn't it?
No one sees.
No one knows.
No one walks in these fucking shoes.
I beg you - take a step.
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Wow, what an awesome and powerful poem! I loved it! Seriously. No one understands what its like to walk in someone else's shoes. There's no way we can ever truly feel what another person really feels.ReplyDelete
LOVE it! It's so raw and edgy and powerful. Keep doing what you do!ReplyDelete
You've nailed the problem that exists in our society. No one gives a shit what it's like to walk in the other person's shoes unless the person is Charlie Sheen or Lady Gaga.ReplyDelete
Great poem! Nice work.
WOw, that SO captures my daughter's experience with IIH! I'm going to share it with her. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Thank you all.ReplyDelete
It WAS raw because I was angry at that moment. I came into my office and just wrote it out. I can't believe how easily it came out, I guess it was something I wanted to say for a long time.
It is something that would be unfair to say to anyone face to face because it is an impossible task to walk in my shoes, but I have a special kind of desperation to embrace days when I am feeling well that can not be understood if you didn't walk this path.
I know others have walked even more difficult paths than I which is why I usually don't burst, but on Saturday, I was having a moment. And let me tell you WRITING it down, so I can go back to it and KNOW that feeling was real has made a huge difference.
Thank you all for reading. And Pia, I hope your daughter gets some relief from my written frustration ;)


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Today's launch of the SEC Network to 92 million households across the country ushers in a new era of unparalleled visibility for Texas A&M University.
Since moving to the Southeastern Conference in 2012, Texas A&M has experienced national and conference championships, major award winners and blockbuster TV ratings. The SEC Network's 24/7 coverage of SEC sports is expected to only increase the exposure of Texas A&M's student-athletes and coaches from coast to coast.
"The SEC Network truly is a game-changer. I've stated many times that the SEC Network is taking the SEC out of the SEC," said Texas A&M Director of Athletics Eric Hyman. "In other words, the 12th Man, our former students and other sports fans from Washington to Florida and California to Maine will now be able to experience the passion, traditions and competition that we know in the SEC each and every day."
Texas A&M will play the first football game on the SEC Network on Aug. 28 as the Aggies travel to No. 9 South Carolina for a 5 p.m. CT kickoff. The game will be preceded by the debut of the network's traveling pregame show, SEC Nation, live from the South Carolina campus.
At launch, Texas A&M fans with AT&T U-verse® TV, Bright House Networks, Charter, Comcast Xfinity TV, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH, Google Fiber, LUS Fiber, PTC Communications, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable, Wilkes Telephone, and members of the NCTC, NRTC and NTTC and will have access to the following Aggie events scheduled to air exclusively on the new national television network.
- Aug. 28: Texas A&M at South Carolina, 5 p.m.
- Sept. 6: Lamar vs. Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 18: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Oct. 10: Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.
- Sept. 28: Auburn vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
- Oct. 5: Texas A&M at Kentucky, 5 p.m.
- Oct. 12: Texas A&M at Florida, 1 p.m.
- Oct. 15: Arkansas vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Oct. 26: Kentucky vs. Texas A&M, 11 a.m.
- Nov. 2: Texas A&M at Missouri, 3 p.m.
- Nov. 6: LSU vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Nov. 19: Texas A&M at Arkansas, 6 p.m.
- Nov. 23: Missouri vs. Texas A&M, 3 p.m.
Hundreds of additional SEC events from various sports will be offered exclusively as SEC Network + broadcasts. Texas A&M fans will be able to watch a simulcast of SEC Network and 27 SEC Network + events this fall on WatchESPN and SECNetwork.com through authenticated access from AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DISH, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, and members of the NCTC, NRTC and NTTC. Scheduled SEC Network + broadcasts include:
- Aug. 22: Dayton vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Aug. 24: Stephen F. Austin vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Aug. 29: UCF vs. Texas A&M, 8 p.m.
- Aug. 31: Illinois State vs. Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m.
- Sept. 11: Florida Gulf Coast vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Sept. 14: Marquette vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Sept. 26: Texas A&M at LSU, 7 p.m.
- Sept. 28: Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 1 p.m.
- Oct. 3: Florida vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Oct. 17: Auburn vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Oct. 19: Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 1 p.m.
- Oct. 26: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M, 4 p.m.
- Oct. 30: Georgia vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
- Aug. 29: Iowa vs. Texas A&M, 10 a.m.
- Aug. 29: Tulane vs. Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
- Aug. 30: UTSA vs. Texas A&M, 3 p.m.
- Sept. 19: Florida State vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Sept. 20: Florida State vs. Texas A&M, 11 a.m.
- Sept. 22: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
- Oct. 10: Alabama vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Oct. 19: Texas A&M at South Carolina, 12:30 p.m.
- Oct. 24: Georgia vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
- Oct. 31: Texas A&M at Alabama, 7 p.m.
- Nov. 9: Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
- Nov. 16: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
- Nov. 26: Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
- Nov. 28: Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m.
SEC Network + events will be produced by Texas A&M Athletics' award-winning 12th Man Productions. Headed by Andy Richardson, 12th Man Productions includes 10 full-time staffers and nearly 60 students. Texas A&M is in the process of constructing a new $11.8 million production facility as part of the Kyle Field redevelopment to support the SEC Network and in-stadium productions. The facility, to be completed later this fall, will include three control rooms, two studios, a broadcast radio studio and six dedicated edit bays, along with offices and various support facilities.
"Texas A&M's commitment is to fully maximize the opportunities provided to us through the SEC Network," said Jason Cook, senior associate athletics director for external affairs and Texas A&M's SEC Network point of contact. "We are obviously excited about the increased visibility for our great university and our world-class coaches and student-athletes. But the SEC Network also offers a tremendous learning opportunity for our students in the sports broadcasting field. The experience they will earn working on SEC Network broadcasts is priceless and will hopefully provide a springboard for future career opportunities."
The SEC Network and its accompanying digital platform will air SEC content 24/7, including more than 1,000 events in its first year. The network will televise 45 SEC football games, more than 100 men's basketball games, 60 women's basketball games, 75 baseball games, and events from across the SEC's 21 sports annually. Programming will also include in-depth commentary and analysis in studio shows, daily news and information original content such as SEC Storied, spring football games, and more. Hundreds of additional live events from various sports will be offered exclusively on the digital platform.


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Gout, Gouty Arthritis, Bursitis and pain in the joints
Story of a Gout sufferer for about 35 years.
It would normally end up in his big toe or ankle. However, gout can affect other joints, such as the wrist, fingers, hand, foot, knee or elbow. It can be chronic and some people end up with damage to joints. The kidneys can be involved if left untreated. This can be a very serious condition and should not be ignored.
He was diagnosed at age 20 with chronic gout and has taken lots of pills over the last 35 years to control the attacks. Sometimes the meds made him sick to his stomach and "other things".
Treating this health problem involves health issues that effect the whole body. So, about 3 years ago (at the insistence of his wife), he made some changes in his health regimen.
I am the wife and I saw him suffer with this problem for years. It sometimes put him in bed - unable to walk. If you've ever had gout that bad, you'll understand how thankful we are for the changes we've seen. I was concerned about all the side effects of the medications. I've checked out many things on the market and at the local health food stores. So, I did my homework and came up with a plan.
He finally had to admit that something was making a difference in his overall health. He even realized that his Bursitis wasn't bothering him anymore! When he stops doing what he's suppose to, problems come again. It seems that the greatest reason for failure with any health program is "not sticking to the plan", having additional unresolved health issues, or terrible eating habits. In the beginning, he was so afraid of getting a full blown case of the gout that it took some time before he would trust anything more than "what he'd been doing for years". This doesn't mean that everybody will have the same results and I'm not suggesting that you throw your medications out the window, but I am telling you that we feel better about the changes we've both made in our health program....(not that we really even had one before)...
Some Tidbits:
Lead toxicity may cause a decrease in uric acid elimination.
It only takes a few minutes for wine to absorb toxic levels of lead in a crystal glass or decanter?
Enzyme inhibitors contribute to decreased enzyme activity in the body.
Enzymes are necessary for digestive issues and the processing of purines.
Some enzyme inhibitors are fluoride and chlorine in public water supplies and copper from plumbing. With the wide spread problem of these and other contaminants in our drinking water (even bottled water), we have found it very important to use water filtration in our own home.
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Building indigenous resilience in the face of land-grabbing, deforestation in Malaysian BorneoRhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
July 10, 2012
Indigenous protest in Sarawak. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
Nomadic tribes are now but a memory in Borneo, but other tribal groups continue to fight for their forests by seeking legal recognition of their lands and blocking destructive projects, including oil palm plantations, logging operations, and large-scale hydroelectric projects. Helping them is The Borneo Project, a Berkeley-based non-profit that works in partnership with indigenous communities and the small non-profits that support them.
The Borneo Project focuses its efforts in Sarawak, a Malaysian state where conflict between indigenous populations and developers is among the worst in Borneo. The group raises money for indigenous community-conceived campaigns and initiatives, while raising international awareness of their struggles against corruption, land-grabbing, and deforestation.
Many of the initiatives supported by the The Borneo Project aim to boost resilience of indigenous communities, including small-scale energy production, education, mapping native customary land, and providing legal aid to stop illegal encroachment by loggers and plantation developers. The group is currently raising money to print 3,000 indigenous language books for communities in Sarawak where reading materials are scarce, according to Brihannala Morgan, The Borneo Project's Executive Director who spent time during her formative years living in indigenous communities in Borneo.
"We publish indigenous-language children's books featuring traditional stories and art by local artists, giving the children in our schools (and other communities) access to locally appropriate reading material," she told mongabay.com adding that The Borneo Project also runs three indigenous-language preschools, "teaching reading and writing to children who would otherwise not have access to education in their communities."
"These preschools were the result direct requests from communities fighting logging and plantation expansion."
Indigenous village in Sarawak. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
On an international level, The Borneo Project in involved with the Stop Timber Corruption in Sarawak campaign, which targets Sarawak's chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud for his role in allocating, developing, and profiting from logging and plantation concessions that destroy indigenous forests, and the SAVE Rivers Sarawak projects, which aims to stop a series of massive rainforest dams. Both issues have significant ramifications for Sarawak's rainforests and forest-dependent people. They could have broader implications for Malaysian society as well — forestry and dams in Sarawak are sources of immense corruption.
Brihannala Morgan and The Borneo Project board member Judith Mayer discussed these issues and more during a July 2012 interview with mongabay.com.
Mongabay.com: Who does The Borneo Project work with?
Indigenous community. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
A good example of this model is our current partnership with the SAVE Rivers network in Sarawak. SAVE Rivers Sarawak – network of over 150 representatives from indigenous communities and local nongovernmental organizations – first gathered in October 2011 resist massive dam expansion planned for Sarawak's rivers. They have held trainings and information sessions, held dramatic protests, and gotten extensive media coverage. This network, which includes groups the Borneo Project has partnered with over the years, asked us for help in funding their first gathering. We brought together a network in the United States that included International Rivers and the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) to pool funds. Now we are working with SAVE to raise awareness about dam expansion in Malaysia and helping them gather funds for their community-based workshops that they are using to organize resistance along the Baram River.
Mongabay.com: What can people -- both inside and outside Malaysia -- do to help your efforts?
The Borneo Project: We believe that the best way to support rainforest conservation and indigenous rights is to support communities who are at the front lines of these fights. We argue that the work that we need to be doing as allies – both in Malaysia and in the United States – is complex:
- We need to support communities that want to get legal access to their land. There are community-based organizations both in Malaysia and internationally – and solidarity based organizations like the Borneo Project – who are working directly with communities to promote land rights.
- We need to put pressure on governments to respect land rights and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). We must support the groups that are taking indigenous rights to the worldwide decision makers at the United Nations and at global conferences.
- We need to put pressure on our non-profits to make sure that they are prioritizing the tough path that will lead to real conservation. We need to stop supporting the large non-profits that refuse to prioritize human rights over short-term publicity stunts.
- Finally, we need to educate our friends and colleagues who care about rainforest conservation, and help share the stories of forest conservation and human rights.
The Borneo Project [Bria Morgan]: We fight for Borneo because of it's incredible importance to the world's climate, because the fight for indigenous communities in Borneo is microcosm of global right for indigenous rights, and because we have a deep, long-term, and personal connection to the island.
Bria Morgan in Borneo.
On a more global level, Borneo faces rapid rainforest destruction, exploitation of fossil energy resources, and massive dam expansion. Incredible animals like the orangutan, the clouded leopard, forest elephants, the Borneo rhinoceros, sun bear, and many more are facing extinction as we get ever closer to destroying one of the last great rainforests of the world. The communities who call this island home are no longer able to support themselves using the forest, and are forced off the land that they have called home for countless generations as the government sells the land to companies who are only there for short-term gain.
The Borneo Project team. Judith Mayer is in the upper left in the back row, Bria is in the front on the lower right.
Mongabay.com: The forest people of Sarawak have struggled for decades against loggers and now there are threats from industrial plantations and a series of dams. Can you provide some background on the people with whom you work and the threats they face?
The Borneo Project: The island of Borneo is home to 18 million people, almost 3 million of whom are members over 200 different indigenous communities, collectively known as Dayak. These communities share in the struggle to protect their forests and ancestral lands from destruction.
During the late 1980s, nonviolent protests against massive logging were led by ethnic Penan communities – the community then most fully dependent on intact rainforests. Dozens of other indigenous Dayak villages soon joined them – ethnic Kayan, Kenyah, Iban, Berawan, Lun Bawang, Kelabit, Bidayuh – blockading logging roads against massive logging to protect their forests and livelihoods. (At that time Sarawak and Kalimantan, across the border in Indonesia, were the world's largest exporters of tropical timber products, derived entirely from forests that were also the ancestral lands of Borneo's dozens of indigenous ethnic communities.)
Intact forest in Malaysian Borneo
Conversion of forest for oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo
"Customary" land rights and territories of Sarawak's indigenous communities are protected under the state's Land Law in Malaysia's federal Constitution. The state's Land Law clearly recognizes the "Native Customary Rights" of indigenous communities who have occupied or used the same agricultural and forest territory since before 1958. Yet the state also claims authority over forests and land use, and continues to grant leases and concessions to companies intending to log or develop corporate plantations on communities' lands. Much of the indigenous land rights movement of the past 25 years strives to prove and enforce communities' rights to control their own land in the face of an onslaught of state concessions and licensing to private companies and state-private joint ventures.
The Penan people of Sarawak have been in an even more tenuous position than other forest-dependent indigenous communities. Prior to the 1970s, the Penan were almost all nomadic hunter-gatherers in Sarawak's inland rainforests. Most of the younger generations have now succumbed to state pressure to settle in permanent villages, as logging and plantations have destroyed the forests that supported their forebears. Because few Penan lived in settled agricultural villages prior to 1958, gaining state legal recognition of their forest land rights has been even more difficult than it has been for longer-settled Dayak communities, though a series of recent High Court decisions supports them. The Borneo Project works closely with Penan communities, particularly with our indigenous-language education program.
Corruption is central to the problems in Sarawak. Leading Sarawak politicians and their business cronies own the companies receiving state logging and plantation concessions and leases. Many have become millionaires, even billionaires, on profits from forest destruction – fortunes gained, in effect, from theft of indigenous communities' resources. The profiteers include many family members and business associates of Sarawak's Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, who has remained in power for the last 33 years.
Mongabay.com: The forest people of Sarawak have won a series of legal victories only to see them ignored by local authorities. Is the best approach to keep fighting in court or are there other effective tactics for fighting threats facing them and their forests?
The Borneo Project: Sarawak's people should use all nonviolent means at their disposal to protect their forests, and indigenous land rights. One aspect of this fight is the legal battle – there is enough of an independent judiciary in Malaysia to enable court victories in many cases. Successful lawsuits to protect communities' land rights are also a crucial means to defending Sarawak's indigenous communities, and Borneo's rich forests. In addition to court cases, local people need to take direct action and seek international solidarity and support for their campaigns.
Stop Timber Corruption campaign. The Borneo Project has held protests at Taib-owned office buildings and properties in San Francisco and Seattle. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
Opposition to "money politics" across Sarawak is apparent in dozens of new organizations in civil society and in community organizing, as well as in a wide variety of high-energy protest movements. Across Malaysia, the thousands who hit the street in recent "Bersih 3.0" demonstrations against corruption and the power of the wealthy in Malaysian electoral processes bear witness to a rising Malaysian consciousness about civil liberties, and civil society movements that are not divisive along sectarian and communal/ ethnic lines.
While the battle in the courts and on a national level is important, perhaps the most effective response is the communities' efforts to promote their own visions of meaningful development – local conservation projects; village agroforestry initiatives; alternative energy efforts of all kinds; and a wide variety of locally based entrepreneurial projects based on sustainable and locally controlled use of local resources.
Indigenous village in Sarawak. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
Mongabay.com: Do the communities with whom you work want "development" (e.g. mobile phones, settled agriculture, even plantations) or something else? What's the path for reaching this goal?
The Borneo Project: Why not ask them? The Borneo Project believes that the communities and organizations we work with in Sarawak should speak for themselves – our role is just to help their voices to reach a wider audience.
Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
We need to help communities get legal rights to their land, and to provide them with assistance and incentives to make use of that land sustainably. The Borneo Project's first "technical assistance" initiatives actually involved providing communities involved in forest protests with cell phones to help them stay in touch with the "outside", ensure access to medical assistance, and facilitate contact with distant communities. We have responded to communities' requests for help in developing local electric power sources that they can control themselves – village micro-hydroelectric systems in the face of mega-dams. And we have helped communities develop sustainable integrated agroforestry systems based on experiments stemming from their own indigenous knowledge, rather than seeing wage labor on corporate plantations as the best way to bring in cash.
All of these local visions of appropriate development depend on retaining or gaining rights to control land. The legal and political struggle for land and forest rights has also called for education, skills, and technology. Helping communities to develop capabilities to map their own territories, and to envision their own futures on that land, has been a major focus of Borneo Project assistance since 1995. From basic surveying and sketch mapping, to sophisticated GIS systems, the Borneo Project has responded to local communities' requests for technical assistance in gaining skills to define and delineate their own land, and envision futures for their own resources.
Mongabay.com: Chief Minister Taib is now in his late 70s. When he eventually steps down or leaves office do you expect to see much change in the way Sarawak is run?
The Borneo Project: Sarawakians are already fed up with the "money politics" of the past 35 years. The political opposition as well as a growing civil society movement both suggest reasonable courses of action and some likely political candidates to make the necessary changes.
Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
Opposition candidates committed to a fight against corruption, and for community resource control and conservation, made very substantial inroads in the last election. Opposition parties gained significant support even in areas where they did not actually win legislative seats. Recent revelations about the huge wealth that Sarawak's current leaders have amassed at the expense of Sarawak's people and resources have been shocking. (The Borneo Project has had a major role in those revelations, especially about the Taib family's wealth hidden abroad, including in the USA.)
Political debate in Sarawak continues despite the ruling "Barisan Nasional" party's attempts to suppress it, and focuses on how to bring about systemic change and reform in government operations. These debates almost take for granted that fundamental change must occur. The growing political reform movements throughout Malaysia, which have been increasingly visible in the past few months, provide a crucial context for opposition and indigenous community organizing in Sarawak.
Mongabay.com: Is there much interest in/concern about indigenous rights issues among the general public in Malaysia?
The Borneo Project: Yes, and increasing! Discontent with government "business as usual" highlights groups within Malaysia who have been most seriously affected by globalization's down-side, especially for indigenous communities. Growing awareness of climate change, for example, puts indigenous struggles to protect forests and land rights into a new light. Once viewed as a battle of "anti-development" foreign environmentalists vs. modernization and development focused Malaysian capitalists, now urban Malaysians are increasingly standing with indigenous communities against the destruction of Malaysia's resources in the name of short-term development.
Image courtesy of The Borneo Project.
On a national level, discontent grows against the corruption of Malaysia's ruling political parties associated with UMNO (United Malay National Organization), as the recent spate of demonstrations by the Bersih 3.0 organizers has shown. Malaysians are aware that the brunt of economic hardship in the wake of Malaysia's boom-and-bust economy has affected the most marginalized people the worst. Calls for indigenous rights gain new currency as models for forward thinking in Malaysian civil society. The politics of Malaysia's leading opposition party firmly identifies rights for indigenous people across Malaysia.
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In my post When to hire an SEO virtual assistant, I tried to answer this question:
Would you recommend hiring those expensive SEO companies that charge $150-500/ month? Is it worth doing and would it be faster?
I was speaking from my experience and my dealings with people who came to me for help.
But I really wanted to get more insight on this issue so I got in touch with a few SEO professionals, or shall we say experts, that I admire and get their ideas about SEO and this issue. The first one on my list is Sean Si, author and editor-in-chief of SEO Hacker. I watched his presentation during iBlog8 and was amazed at how he made on-page optimization easy to understand for bloggers, especially those who were just starting out.
In this interview with Sean, you'll find out what SEO tools and resources he recommends as well as idea of why it would be better for you to hire an SEO agency rather than a VA.
Q1: Hi Sean! Thanks for agreeing to do this interview. Let's get down to business. Can you share your best analogy concerning SEO?
Hey Nica, it's my pleasure and privilege to do this for you. I think SEO is like a zero-sum game. When someone's going up, someone has to go down because there's place for only 10 results in the search engine results page.
It's a game in the sense that you have to play it by testing out what techniques and strategies work best to win and rank higher than your competitors.
Q2: What are your favorite SEO tools and resources?
I would say that my favorite SEO tool would be Cognitive SEO which is a Yahoo Explorer alternative. It deals with backlink checking as well as the quality, anchor text and placement of that backlink. This helps our team a lot with gauging a website's off site optimization – which is really a huge part of the site's entire SEO score.
About the resource, well there are a humungous variety of blogs and sites where you can draw SEO resources from. The best SEO resource for me, is of course what I know now – which is all in our SEO School (http://seo-hacker.org). It's an online school where there are free tips and tricks and SEO fundamentals you can learn. We also have our own forums where you can freely ask and freely get an answer from our team of SEO specialists.
It's quite funny that most of the sites I follow do not directly deal with SEO but with copywriting, user experience, content strategy and analytics. So there really is no 'favorite' SEO resource with me but I'll be happy to share the blogs I'm following – and I'd recommend you to follow them as well. At least sign up for their email newsfeed.
- Copyblogger.com
- Seomoz.org/blog
- Distilled.net
- Blog.Braintraffic.com
- Kaiserthesage.com
- Blindfiveyearold.com
Nica's Tip: Add these sites to your bookmarks or set up your browser to open these pages on startup so you can see do some reading at the beginning of your day.
Q3: Suppose someone is to launch a web site and would like to do her own SEO, what SEO best practices should she follow.
I would strongly suggest that he or she follow on site optimization guidelines to back-up that website from its conceptualization to its furnishing. This is the foundation of your entire SEO structure. Of course, this is already with the pre-notion that the person knows what keywords he or she wants to target.
I've compiled a complete list of On-Site Optimization techniques that is a MUST-READ for all SEO specialists in SEO Hacker.
Q4: A Facebook connection asked me this question about hiring an SEO agency vs a virtual SEO assistant. What are your thoughts on this?
An SEO agency with a proven track record is always the better choice. Why? They can show you right away who their clients were, what their rankings are now, what they did and if you want to call their clients for reference, you can freely do so – at least the 'real' SEO agencies let you do this. I think this kind of background checking is very important.
While with a virtual SEO assistant – they can claim anything and everything that they've done for any company they've worked with and it's usually not just their own effort but a co-effort with the company's internal team. Which means you need to have a great internal team to work with that virtual assistant too. Plus, more often than not, a virtual assistant will not be able to let you in on a complete background check for previous works they've done.
Q5: If you are to hire an SEO virtual assistant, what tasks would you assign to her on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis?
Definitely copywriting tasks on a daily basis because copywriting only requires minimal quality control. Plus if there are any bad quality copywritten content, my editors can fix it. I'm really a guy who likes to have an exceptionally high quality control over my team. Hiring a virtual assistant does not let me have high quality control over that person's output. So I wouldn't risk outsourcing our delicate linkbuilding process to virtual assistants. I'm not saying that virtual assistants don't give out quality work, I'm only not willing to take the risk if ever they don't.
I live by the principle "If the process is right, the product is guaranteed" – hiring a virtual assistant will mean that me or my team will not be able to check the process. Consequently, if we can't check the process, the product will not be guaranteed – and I only guarantee best-quality service to all my clients.
Connect with Sean
If you would like to get in touch with Sean or learn SEO from him, you can connect with him in the following social networks. Or, you can also join his SEO School. I enrolled as a White Student last May and now enjoys learning some practical SEO tips from him.
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/group.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/seo_
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
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WASHINGTON -- Tea party protesters marked tax day Thursday with exhortations against ''gangster government'' and appeals from Republicans seeking their grass-roots clout in November elections, a prospect both tempting and troubling to those in the loose movement.
Several thousand rallied in Washington's Freedom Plaza in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan office building, capping a national protest tour launched in the dust of Nevada and finishing in the capital that inspires tea party discontent like no other place. Allied activists demonstrated from Maine to Hawaii in smaller groups, all joined in disdain for government spending and -- on the April 15 federal tax filing deadline -- what they see as the Washington tax grab.
The rally in brilliant sunshine was spirited but modest in size, lacking the star power of tea party favorite Sarah Palin, who roused the masses at earlier stops of the Tea Party Express in its cross-country bus tour. Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota won roars of affirmation as she accused President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats of trying to take over health care, energy, financial services and other broad swaths of the economy.
''We're on to this gangster government,'' she declared. ''I say it's time for these little piggies to go home.''
She appealed directly for tea partiers to swing behind ''constitutional conservatives'' in congressional campaigns, just as they contributed to Scott Brown's upset in the Massachusetts Senate race in an early test of their potency. ''I am the No. 1 target for one more extremist group to defeat this November,'' she said. ''We need to have your help for candidates like me. We need you to take out some of these bad guys.''
Although Republicans are ideological allies of many tea partiers -- and GOP operatives are involved in some of the organizations -- they are also part of the establishment that many in the movement want to upend. No members of the Republican congressional leadership were featured at the capital rally.
In Wisconsin, a half dozen tea party groups from around the state decided to boycott Thursday's rally in Madison because former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson was among the speakers.
''We do feel it's important that people know this is not who we would ever align ourselves with,'' said Kirsten Lombard, organizer of the Madison-based tea party group Wisconsin 9/12 Project. ''That is potentially damaging to our reputation.'' Tim Dake, organizer of the Milwaukee-based GrandSons of Liberty, said: ''Tommy is representative of the old boy network way of doing things.''
A similar sentiment was seen on a sign carried by a tea party member in Washington: ''Reelect No One.''
Even so, anger at the capital rally was directly firmly at Obama and Democratic congressional leaders. The crowd chanted, ''There's a communist in the White House'' at the urging of the ukelele-playing Victoria Jackson, a former cast member on ''Saturday Night Live.''
The slogans on signs and T-shirts were biting, sometimes raw: ''We Want Regime Change,'' ''Save a Seal, Club a Liberal,'' ''Down with the Gov't Takeover,'' ''End the Fed'' and ''Waterboard Bernanke.'' Some American flags waved upside down in the breeze.
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a shady person who likes to pull lame pranks. a Big D normally hustles you in bowling and often threatens to kick you out of his car on the way back from Tahoe. a Big D lives in head house or commonly known as homo house.
Big D is a shady hustler.
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Just want to give props to a great dealership :clap and BMW customer service :thumb, after my rear shock on my GSA started leaking.
One month after my warranty expired, and while taking my bike off the center stand, my rear shock lost all fluid. Bummer, I thought, that was going to cost me some money! Well, I got in touch with Santa Fe BMW's parts and service manager (Doug), and he was really great! He took care of all the paperwork, and got me a new shock/strut replaced under warranty. Thanks BMW, and many thanks to Doug, who did all the legwork to get BMW to pay for it.
They get my thumbs up! I support them by purchasing stuff and servicing my bike there.
we need to applaud the good stories and not just the negative ones..glad it all work out.
glad to hear the good news - and kudos to Santa Fe BMW for going the extra mile
Good to have a dealer that will go to bat for you.
That's awesome. My shock was replaced a couple weeks out of warranty and I had to pay for it. BMW wouldn't step up to the plate. Although I didn't expect them too. That's an expensive part.
I want to say thank you to ride west BMW of Seattle, & Bill N.... thanks guy's...
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The OP's situation where his dealer didn't just say "sorry, you're out of warranty" is true test of their customer service.
A&S Powersports in Sacramento is the same way. I feel fortunate to have them so available. And, their Parts dept. can get anything you find anywhere, and they price-match everything. Maybe that's why they win BMW Customer services awards.
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Andrew Garfield wants Spider-Man to be gay for Michael B. Jordan
Andrew Garfield is currently donning the iconic red and blue suit during production for his upcoming movie, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and he's got some interesting ideas for his titular character that is raising a lot of eyebrows.
The man behind the most recent incarnation of Peter Parker had a philosophical discussion with producer Matt Tolmach about Spider-Man's love Mary Jane. "I was kind of joking, but kind of not joking about MJ," Garfield tells EW. "And I was like, 'What if MJ is a dude?' Why can't we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It's hardly even groundbreaking! ... So why can't he be gay? Why can't he be into boys?"
That's certainly a new route Peter could take, though it does stray wildly from Spider-Man's comic book origins. But who would Peter discover his homosexuality with? Garfield has an answer for that as well.
"I've been obsessed with Michael B. Jordan since 'The Wire.' He's so charismatic and talented," Garfield says. "It'd be even better -- we'd have interracial bisexuality!"
While this creative love story sounds like a winner to us, we know it won't be featured in the upcoming sequel, set to hit theaters April 17, 2014. But that didn't stop Garfield from trying to lobby for it with director Marc Webb anyways. When EW brought up the idea to Webb, he replied, "Michael B. Jordan, I know." Sounds like this is a well-worn topic between Garfield and his director ... maybe we'll see it come to life in the third "Spider-Man" film!


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If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.
Second I have read a lot on this site about the sin of masturbation. The only way sexuality can be fully satisfying is for mutual masturbation and my own masturbation. Is this sinful? When I become Orthodox Lord willing if able, is it something I must confess?
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Hans de Goede has announced Xmame version 0.36b15.2. Changes in this release of the multi-arcade machine emulator:
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Tyson W. Baker | Tomek J. Banasikowski | Cynthia Di Prospero | Emily Hawken | Josh Lister | Susan Quarterone | Sarah Simpson
Tyson W. Baker, Ph.D.
Area of research: My focus is on food-reinforced behaviours and how they are affected by dopaminergic drugs. My recent research investigated the effects of antipsychotics and other dopaminergic drugs on lever press acquisition: an area that has been relatively unresearched, possibly due to high variance in the rates of acquisition. I have modified a shaping-free lever press acquisition protocol to rapidly elicit robust lever pressing. At present, I am using touch screen operant chambers to administer "human" computer-based tasks to rats. I then plan on using the touch screen tasks to expand the known behavioural profile of the drugs used in my lever press acquisition studies. My previous research has investigated the role of dopamine D3 receptors and amphetamine in operant responding for food-conditioned reward. My master's research in this lab improved upon a two-link heterogeneous chain schedule devaluation procedure and found minor changes in food restriction allowed or disallowed devaluation to occur.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Baker TW, Weisman RG, Beninger RJ. (2012) Reinforcer devaluation by extinction depends on the food restriction protocol. Behavioural Processes, accepted February 15, 2012
Beninger RJ, Baker TW, Florczynski MM, Banasikowski T. (2010) Regional differences in the action of antipsychotic drugs: implications for cognitive effects in schizophrenic patients. Neurotoxicity Research18: 229-243
Tomek J. Banasikowski, Ph.D.
Cynthia Di Prospero, B.A. (Hons.)
M. Sc. Candidate
Centre for Neuroscience Studies
Emily Hawken, Ph.D.
CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
Area of research: During my time in the lab I used animal models of schizophrenia-like symptoms to examine excessive water drinking (polydipsia) commonly associated with schizophrenia. My short term goal was to learn about how our neurophysiology processes information from the environment. My long term goal is world domination.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Hawken ER, Lister J, Winterborn AN, Beninger RJ. (2013) Spontaneous polydipsia in animals treated subchronically with MK-801. Schizophrenia Research 143: 228-230. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.11.013
Hawken ER, Delva NJ, Reynolds JR, Beninger RJ. (2011) Increased schedule-induced polydipsia in the rat following subchronic treatment with MK-801. Schizophrenia Research 125: 93-98
Hawken ER, Owen JA, Hudson RW, Delva NJ (2009) Specific effects of escitalopram on neuroendocrine response. Psychopharmacology (in press)
Hawken ER, M. Crookall MJ, Reddick D, Millson RC, Milev R, Delva N (2009) Mortality over a 20-year period in patients with primary polydipsia associated with schizophrenia: a retrospective study. Schizophrenia Research 107: 128-133.
Hawken ER, Owen JA, Van Vugt D, Delva NJ (2006) Effects of oral racemic citalopram on neuroendocrine responses. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 30:694-700.
Hawken ER, Delva NJ, Lawson JS (2001) Successful use of propranolol in migraine associated with electroconvulsive therapy. Headache 41:92-96
Josh Lister, B.Sc. (Hons.)
Area of research: Validated animal models of schizophrenia-like symptoms provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of the human disorder while concurrently facilitating the discovery of novel pharmacotherapeutics. I am currently examining the effects of early social isolation and sub-chronic exposure to dizocilpine (MK-801, a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist) on locomotor activity and performance in several memory-dependent tasks. Subsequently, I plan to evaluate the efficacy of a novel psychotropic agent in the amelioration of behavioural abnormalities observed in affected animals.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Hawken ER, Lister J, Winterborn AN, Beninger RJ. (2013) Spontaneous polydipsia in animals treated subchronically with MK-801. Schizophrenia Research 143: 228-230. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.11.013
CSBBCS Poster Presentation
Lister J, Reynolds JN, Beninger RJ. Post-weaning social isolation increases exploratory behaviour and elevates locomotor activity in response to novelty, stress, and amphetamine challenge.
Susan E. Quartarone, B.A. (Hons.)
M.Sc. Candidate in Psychology
Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science
My previous research investigated the disposition of impulsivity and its relation to comorbid alcohol and substance use disorders and how that is related to prescribed methadone dose in methadone maintenance populations.
Sarah Simpson, B.Sc. (Hons.)
M.D. Candidate
Peer-reviewed Publications
Simpson, S. M., Hickey, A. J., Baker, G. B., Reynolds, J. N., & Beninger, R. J. (2012). The antidepressant phenelzine enhances memory in the double Y-maze and increases GABA levels in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 102, 109-117.
Simpson, S. M., Menard, J. L., Reynolds, J. N., & Beninger, R. J. (2010). Post-weaning social isolation increases activity in a novel environment but decreases defensive burying and subchronic MK-801 enhances the activity but not the burying effect in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 95, 72-79.


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| Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- The 29th April Spring Friendship Art Festival which opened with splendor on April 11 closed with due ceremony in the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Thursday.
The participants in the festival displayed high artistry in their numbers sincerely prepared with ardent reverence for the great man, making contributions to boosting the cultural cooperation among countries and developing culture and arts.
Present at the closing ceremony were Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, officials concerned and citizens.
Also attending the ceremony were foreign artistes, overseas Korean artistes, foreign diplomatic envoys, representatives of international bodies, military attaches and embassy officials here, foreign guests and overseas Koreans.
There took place a prize-awarding ceremony.
Group prizes went to the Academy Ensemble of the Interior Unit of the Russian Ministry of Interior, the Eastern Song and Dance Ensemble of China, the Song and Dance Ensemble of Mongolian Army, art troupe of Koreans in Japan and art troupe of Koreans in China and prize of merits, prize of creation, individual prize and prize of ensemble went to many artistes and numbers.
Diplomas and gold and silver statuettes according to the festival prizes were awarded to them.
A letter to supreme leader Kim Jong Un from the participants in the festival was adopted.
Han Chol, vice-minister of Culture who is vice-chairman of the Festival Organizing Committee, made a closing address. He said through the festival its participants prayed for the immortality of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and voiced firm support and solidarity with the Korean people in their drive for making a leap forward in building a thriving socialist nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.
He expressed belief that they would participate in the festival with sincerity in the future, too, cherishing the noble idea of the festival and friendship among artistes.
The flag of the festival was lowered amid the playing of the Korean song "Ode to the Motherland".
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Delicious bow tie pasta with smoked salmon and cognac cream.
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- 1/4 Cup(s) Frozen peas
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Guess Which DWTS Pro Might Be In Consideration to Play Christian Grey?
When it comes to casting the role of Christian Grey in the big-screen version of Fifty Shades of Grey, it turns out that Dancing With the Stars has a pretty deep bench. First, Season 14 semi-finalist William Levy was rumored to be in consideration for the controversial part, and now Val Chmerkovskiy's name has been thrown into the hat.
"I'm already [being suggested as the] casting for Christian Grey," Val told AccessHollywood.com on July 27. The pro "revealed he's been asked a number of times about the role," presumably by his flock of fans.
And we could actually see that! Christian is pretty much supposed to be the hottest guy in the world, so it makes sense that someone as aesthetically pleasing as Val would be considered. Plus, Val is edgy enough to pull it off.
But before fans get too excited, Val also said, "I don't want to be Christian." Surely there must be another hot guy in the book somewhere for our DWTS pro to play!
Dancing With the Stars Season 15: All-Stars will premiere on Monday, September 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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