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The perilous dependence on cheap food imports for food security
A different path forward
The free market approach to food security has depended too heavily on an unsustainable system of cheap food imports and high fossil-fuel consumption. It's time to counter this by supporting environmentally efficient small farms, and increasing investment in agro-ecological research.
Decades of heavy debt service, structural adjustment, deepening global market integration, and the disciplines of the World Trade Organization reconstituted the nature of food security across much of the Global South. Debt and adjustment dramatically reduced the role of the state in agriculture, forcing extensive cuts to government expenditures on research capacity, extension services, small farm oriented credit, and rural and domestic marketing infrastructure, while diffusing energy for state-led redistributive land reforms and frequently replacing it with market-led land reforms, which have tended to have highly uneven outcomes. At the same time, increased agro-export production was promoted in order to maximize foreign exchange earnings, and domestic markets were liberalized, first bilaterally through adjustment and next multilaterally through the WTO. This approach has been characterized as the 'free market approach to food security', with the basic promise being that increased foreign exchange would enhance a country's capacity to access the bounty of global food markets, bringing lower prices and more stable supplies.
However, for many countries of the Global South, the net long-term result has been deepening dependence upon cheap food imports, while agro-export earnings of tropical commodities have been subject to protracted declines in terms of trade. Rising food imports have served to erode the viability of many small farm livelihoods, commoditize food security, and foster unsustainable levels of urbanization. The great vulnerability laden in this course was partially masked as long as cheap industrial surpluses flowed, but has been increasingly exposed amidst the dramatic volatility in world food markets since 2006, as the human costs have centred on low income, net food importing developing countries and the poor within them, from small farms to favelas.
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Tony Weis is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and the author of the book The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming (Zed Books, 2007).
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Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million. WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS YES
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The war on drugs has failed. Nonviolent drug users are overcrowding our jails. Violent criminals are being released early. Drug treatment programs are rarely available. We pay $25,000 annually for prisoners when treatment costs only $4,000. Expanded treatment programs will reduce crime, save lives, and save taxpayers hundreds of millions. CON
Proposition 36 prohibits jail for persons convicted of using heroin, crack, PCP and other illegal drugs, or for possessing "date rape" drugs—even those with prior convictions for rape, child molesting and other violent crimes. Proposition 36 has no regulatory safeguards, cripples legitimate treatment, invites fraud and endangers public safety. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
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Sequester Punctures Area Economy's Government-Dependent Bubble
March 7, 2013
Recent American history is strewn with examples of regional economies that grew dangerously dependent on a single industry: Los Angeles with aerospace in the early 1990s, Northern California with tech at the turn of the millennium, Detroit with auto manufacturing and Las Vegas with home building in the mid-2000s. When shocks rattled those industries, those regions bled jobs, and their economies sputtered.
None of those areas relied as much on a single source for jobs and growth as the Washington region does on federal government spending today.
This is the economic vulnerability exposed by the budget cuts brought on by sequestration. A decade of expanding federal largess has shielded the metro area from the worst effects of the financial crisis and the slow recovery. It also left the region, in investment terms, with a precariously unbalanced portfolio — heavily concentrated in a single stock, which is now falling.


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I'm excited to announce the addition of Pastor Paul T. McCain–a Lutheran pastor–to our list of contributors at ReformedCatholicism.com. Pastor McCain's comments have appeared here and there as time has gone on in discussions here and we're happy to add another Lutheran to the cadre of contributors here.
Pastor McCain also runs another blog, Cyberbrethren. Check it out when you get a chance!Pastor McCain's Introduction followed on the same day. Fellow Lutheran Josh S. was also brought in around the same time (post on 15 May 2007). On 18 May, he posted When Lutheranism Was More "catholic" [little "o" in original) and The Great Breakthrough That Wasn't [a trashing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification].
Welcome aboard, Pastor McCain, and we look forward to your continued contribution here!
He then produced Christ as far from the eucharistic bread and wine as heaven is from earth? on 18 May 2007, which has apparently proved to be his undoing, while Josh proceeded with his Catholic-convert-bashing Conversions to Rome (18 May 2007), in which instance Big Cheese of the Blog Kevin Johnson publicly (and most correctly) scolded him for an extraordinarily-bigoted remark about the intellectual suicide of all consistent Catholics, (followed by a like-minded rebuke by an Anglican), and Left (Behind?) at the Altar by Calvin (19 May 2007).
In the thread under the last-mentioned post by Pastor McCain, we see things start to unravel. I find this absolutely shocking, because everyone knows how much all Protestants love each other as "brothers and sisters in Christ" and how ultra-tolerant they are of the myriad doctrinal disagreements among them. We Catholics are constantly reminded that this is the case, and anyone can see it for themselves if they are only willing to look and see. So it is most surprising and disconcerting to observe an altogether typical endeavor in warm-fuzzy inter-Protestant cooperation for the sake of the true gospel, deteriorate in such an astonishingly rapid fashion.
But alas (--- sarcastic, satirical mode off now---
"Reformed Catholic" blog regulars very soon started to lash into the Lutherans. First, Peter Escalante goes after Josh (mistakenly addressed to Pastor McCain, as he later clarified):
You should be a little more careful about rehearsing Lutheran nostrums about the Reformed and their Christology: I am, as you may know, very sympathetic to classical Lutheranism, but it won't do to just call the Reformed "Nestorian", anymore than it serves to call Lutheran "Eutychian". This is tired stuff, and easily put down.Josh S. called Calvinists "Nestorian"? Wow! I don't even do that (my friend Jonathan Prejean often does, though). I do see some of those tendencies, however, in both Lutheranism and Calvinism. But are we to believe our blinded "papist" eyes???!!! Lutherans and Calvinists disagreeing about Christology???!!! What's the world coming to?
Rev. McCain replied on 18 May 2007:
I was responding to a person who suggested that the Luther view of the Supper was a violation of Chalcedonian Christology. I do regard Calvinism's position on the human nature of Christ after His Resurrection to be Nestorian.Wow. Am I to now overthrow all of my hopeful, optimistic, idealistic perceptions of the marvelous unity of all kinds of Protestants? They say stuff like this to each other? Another regular, Jonathan Bonomo, proved prescient in his prior suspicions:
I knew this conversation was immanent as soon as our Lutheran friends came on board for the conversation here. My only surprise is that it took this long!Rev. McCain, circling the wagons, and perhaps knowing his time was short, decided to nuke the topic with a huge 10,477-word text dump (parts one / two). And they say I write (and paste) a lot . . .
The Lutheran refrain that the Reformed are Nestorian is, to the Reformed, mere self aggrandizing nonsense.
. . . So please, let's not fall into the trap of throwing the heresy label around here too haphazardly. It is unjustified and I don't believe this is what this site is about. I know your beloved Book of Concord encourages your anathematization of us, but please try to resist the urge.
Well, this was just too much. Rev. Kevin Johnson felt compelled to speak up at this point, lest the warm fuzzy "Protestant catholics R Us / can't we all get along?" unity and brotherly fellowship of his blog be corrupted:
To our Lutheran friends I would say this–we are happy to join with you in discussing various points of view regarding issues surrounding catholicity, theological history, and the like. But this is not the place to be submitting constant links to the Book of Concord and the posting of a large amount of proof-texts that on the whole are largely irrelevant to the very men you are discussing this with. I am hopeful to learn from your perspectives regarding many of these issues but if you guys are on a campaign merely to promote the Lutheran view without adequate discussion of other informed viewpoints I'm going to say take it elsewhere.That was on 19 May 2007. I would say that from this point it was obvious that the ecumenical endeavor at ReformedCatholicism was doomed. The "honeymoon" had lasted no more than five days. How impressive. Recently, Josh S. and Rev. McCain had their own little spat with each other (since removed from Josh's blog). It had to do with some "irreverent" satirical video that some Lutheran students made and later retracted.
Rev. McCain then (on 20 May 2007) issues a smoldering rebuke of the Reformed perspective on the Eucharist and Christology, peppered with such descriptions as:
You may play all your little logical/rhetorical games you wish . . .OOOOOOH! Them's fightin' words! I'm on record for not caring much for the arguments or styles of either the RefCath crowd or Rev. McCain (and I have criticized and defended both broad positions in various contexts) , but I must say that the Lutheran is substantially correct here. It is not fundamentalism to simply interpret patristic texts at face value (in this instance, the Real Presence in the Eucharist).
. . . Just a big mental game but not a reality, only a fiction created to avoid the text of Christ: This is my body. It is simply a spin-off of Zwinglianism, and as the Consensus Tigurinus proves beyond a shadow of doubt, finally Calvin and Bullinger were not that very different from Zwingli.
. . . The smug uncertainty about the possibility, and even necessity, that one must be, and can be, certain about doctrine seems to be a popular notion here on "Reformed Catholicism". It is contrary to the Reformation that this site claims to represent, and it is by no means catholic either. In fact, it is highly sectarian.
It is post-modern relativism, nothing more, and nothing less, perhaps with some liturgical bells and whistles thrown in to create the feeling of "catholicism."
And anyone who does not understand this point simply does not understand the Reformation, either Lutheranism or Calvinism.
Peter Escalante chimes in again:
You are beginning to say embarrassing things. If you wish to actually have an argument about specific texts and their interpretations, then by all means, let us do so: but if you wish to simply piously declaim and denounce, then there is no conversation at all; you haven't even entered into an argument in that case, let alone won it.McCain fired back on 20 May 2007:
. . . Your hermeneutical method seems hardly a method: it seems to work something like fundamentalist Baptist readings, so far as I can tell.
. . . You would do better to not rashly accuse others of "games" and relativism and disingenuousness: it is not very becoming, and not very impressive. I am appealing to you to attempt to understand the position of those who disagree with you, and handle controversy responsibly and charitably.
I was expecting this site to be a much more serious conversation about theology than it is, but I was sorely mistaken.Andrew, Ryan, and Jonathan Bonomo then issued scathing, mostly personal rebukes. The end was clearly near; the writing on the (computer monitor) wall. Rev. McCain himself definitively confirmed the sad break-up of the hopeful, short-lived blogging "marriage" in a remark over at The Boar's Head Tavern, on 23 May 2007 (which had recently kicked off Josh S!):
There is no "controversy" here. I'm asserting the position of historic, genuine Lutheranism and declaring Calvinism to be absolutely wrong. Why is that controversial?
Calvinism has always loved Lutheranism just as long as it doesn't really confess Lutheranism.
As for Josh. You should give the lad another go at the Tavern. He means well, even if he does get carried away, from time to time. He simply has the typical enthusiasm of youth. They still let him post over at Reformed Catholicism, but severed blog-fellowship with me for making a bit too much of Calvin's views on the Real Presence. It was fun while it lasted over there. But this place is obviously more fun.Pastor McCain thinks little of me, by the way (see this post and others in the same thread).
Why Lutheran Polemicist Josh S. Was Removed From The Boar's Head Tavern
Why Lutheran Polemicist Josh S. Was Removed From The Boar's Head Tavern
He was banned on 15 May 2007. I found all the following in a search over there for "Pirate" (his nickname):
David Lawrence Alexander (Catholic):
These citations you provide are not a means of clarifying your position, as they are not your position at all; they are a stick with which to beat your opponents over the head. That is the only purpose they have served so far. The only reason you get away with this manner of jesuitical sophistry, is out of the sympathy of your fellow Protestants. Any decent Catholic apologist on a LEVEL playing field (which this is not, or you wouldn't be scaring off the Papists, UNTIL NOW…) would make quick work of you.Moderator Michael Spencer, on 15 May 2007:
Pirate may be the most knowledgeable anti-Catholic debater on the web, certainly on the par with [name deleted.] I appreciate that, and would encourage the debate to continue at his pitiful little blog.
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That's it.
Pirate: The word "brainless" just cost you the opportunity to be part of this discussion.
The scholar you want to be needs to move past that kind of trash talk.
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If anyone is looking to get the standard reply on why I've removed Pirate, I'll just print it here:1) A long post from me before I let David in.
2) A short post from me today saying gear it down.That's called all the warning you are going to get for calling another fellow "brainless."


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WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross junior third baseman Mike Ahmed (East Longmeadow, Mass.) combined to go 5-for-7 with four runs scored and an RBI, as the Crusaders swept Lehigh, 3-1 and 9-6, in a Patriot League baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Fitton Field. With the wins, Holy Cross evens its overall record to 20-20 and moves to 10-4 in conference play, while the Mountain Hawks slip to 18-22 on the season and 5-9 in the league.
Game 1
In the first game of the twinbill, the Crusaders broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the second inning. Junior outfielder Brandon Cipolla (Abington, Mass.) led off the frame with a single to center field and moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Ahmed. After a single by senior catcher Stephen Wadsworth (Wayland, Mass.) put runners on the corners, freshman infielder Nick Lovullo (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) plated Cipolla on a sacrifice-squeeze bunt to give the Crusaders the 1-0 lead.
Two innings later, Holy Cross added some insurance runs. Ahmed led off the frame with a double down the left-field line and scored during the next at bat as Wadsworth roped a two-bagger into left field to make the score 2-0. Wadsworth moved over to third on a groundout during the next at bat, as senior shortstop Alex Maldonado (Brooklyn, N.Y.) hit a sacrifice fly to score Wadsworth and give Holy Cross the 3-0 lead.
Lehigh was able to push a run across the plate in the top half of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 3-1, but it could not get any closer as the Crusaders would go on to claim the victory.
Holy Cross senior starting pitcher Tom Marra (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) picked up his third consecutive victory (3-3) as he tossed six frames and allowed one earned run on seven hits, while striking out six batters. Marra saw his consecutive scoreless innings streak come to an end as he had pitched 21 straight innings without allowing a run. Crusaders senior pitcher John Colella (Herndon, Va.) earned his second save of the season as he tossed a scoreless seventh and had one strikeout. Lehigh pitcher Colin Gotzon was charged with the loss (5-4) as he surrendered three earned runs on nine hits.
Wadsworth and sophomore outfielder Evan Ocello (Camarillo, Calif.) each had multi-hit games for Holy Cross as the Crusaders held the slim 9-8 edge in hits.
Game 2
In the second contest of the doubleheader, Lehigh wasted little time as it grabbed the early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Holy Cross, however, answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame as senior outfielder Patrick Puentes (East Greenbush, N.Y.) plated junior second baseman Andrew Barry (Puyallup, Wash.) on a double to make the score 1-1. The Mountain Hawks would break the stalemate during the top of the third to go on top 3-1, but again the Crusaders would rally to tie the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Holy Cross scored the two runs on a fielder's choice by Wadsworth as Lehigh made an error in turning the double play, which allowed senior first baseman Jordan Enos (Stockton, Calif.) and Ahmed cross the plate.
Lehigh gained the lead back in the top of the fifth inning with a pair of runs to make the score 5-3, but the Crusaders rallied in the bottom half of the frame to grab the advantage from the Mountain Hawks. Puentes led off the fifth with an infield single and moved over to second on a base-knock up the middle by Ahmed. Cipolla then ripped a double into left field to plate Puentes and make the score 5-4. Wadsworth kept the rally going with a two-RBI double to left center, which gave the Crusaders its first lead of the contest at 6-5.
Holy Cross tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh as freshman catcher Connor Perry (Haverhill, Mass.) hit a sacrifice fly to plate Ahmed and make the score 7-5, but Lehigh struck for one run in the top half of the eighth inning to cut the deficit to 7-6. Holy Cross was able to put the game away in the bottom of the eighth as Enos and Ahmed had an RBI-double and RBI-single, respectively, to make the score its final, 9-6.
Crusaders senior pitcher Andrew Boyce (Avon, Conn.) picked up the win out of the bullpen (4-4), as he tossed 3.1 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits. Colella earned his second save of the day and third of the season with a scoreless 1.1 innings pitched, as he also had a trio of strikeouts. Lehigh starter Nick Cassell was charged with the loss (2-2), as he allowed six earned runs and 11 hits over 4.1 innings of work.
Ocello, Puentes, Enos, Ahmed and Cipolla each had multiple hits for the Crusaders as they outhit the Mountain Hawks 16-11 in game two.
Enos saw his 10-game hitting streak come to an end in the first game of the twinbill, but Ocello moved his reached-base streak to a team-best 21 games in a row. Ocello combined to go 5-for-8 with one run in the doubleheader and Wadsworth went 3-for-6 with one run and four RBIs.
Holy Cross returns to action on Sunday, April 21 when it will conclude the season series with Lehigh with a twinbill beginning at 12:00 p.m.
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This is a DIY Headphone amplifier based on OPA2134 op-amp by Texas Instruments.
Apart from running headphones crystal clear, another advantage is that it can act as gain enhancer for my gainclone when watching movies from PC.
Cmoy DIY Headphone Amplifier – [Link]
This is a single digit up counter based on CD4518 (Dual decade counters) and CD4543 (BCD to 7-segment decoder) ICs.
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This project demonstrates how pyroelectric IR sensor can be applied in the detection of moving object. Passive IR detector does not emits any IR light by itself. It is triggered by the variation of IR light that comes from warm & moving objects such as human body. Dogs, cats & other household pets have smaller bodies & do not radiate sufficiently strong IR to trigger the detector. Therefore it is pretty well immune to false alarm caused by pets.
PIR Motion Detector – [Link]
This project is a FM Radio basd on TDA7000 and LM386 integrated circuits. Schematic and PCB are available on the link below.
FM Radio Using TDA7000 and LM386 – [Link]
This project shows how to build a sensor to trigger a camera's flash using a microphone or laser pointer. The brain of the project is an Arduino and it will activate the flash at accurate timing to capture precise moments. You can easily add new sensors, or even run multiple sensors at once. Since the triggering of the flash is done in software it's easy to add delays, or make a more complicated triggering algorithm based on multiple sensors.
Triggering a Camera's Flash with Sound and Light – [Link]
This article shows how to achieve wireless communication using XBee radios. The XBee radio is soldered on breakout board to be placed on breadboard. Two breadboards with a PIC on each is used and XBees are powered from 3,3V regulators. Source code is included on the link below.
Wireless Communication with XBee Radios – [Link]
This project is a Lunar eclipse simulator based on ChronoDot clock module, a ShiftBar RGB LED board, and a Satellite Module to change the color of the moon to match that of the eclipse. [via]
Lunar eclipse simulator – [Link]
Flavio Dellepiane has design a project for power sockets that can be switched automatically by an embedded Control Socket.
A range of applications is possible. For example, if an electric drill is connected to the Control Socket, the Switched Sockets will be powered each time the electric drill is running. In this case, a lamp could be connected to a Switched Socket and will illuminate when the drill is operating.
Flavio plugs into smart extension sockets – [Link]
This project is an audio amplifier rated at 100W. An audio amplifier is an electronic amplifier, which it used to amplify low-power audio signals (20 hertz to 20,000 hertz) to a level that suitable for driving loudspeakers. This amplifier uses the TDA7294 IC from SGS-Thomson which it's a 100 watt operational amplifier. Check construction details on the link below.
100W Audio Amplifier – [Link]
Spintronics memories should store quantum information on the individual atoms, rather than electrons, according to University of Utah researchers. Look for atomic scale memories that use store information of the spin-state of atoms within seven years. [via]
Spintronics aims for atomic memories – [Link]


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A majority party MP is suggesting amendments to the Russian law on mass media, making it obligatory for civil servants and all politicians to reply to journalists' queries under threat of fines.
Ilya Kostunov of United Russia submitted a draft detailing his proposal to the State Duma on Monday. He suggests new norms for the Russian Administrative Code, making official journalists' enquiries equal to those of parliamentarians. Failure to reply in time would be punishable by fines of between 1,000 and 2,000 rubles ($27-$55).
The draft law applies to representative of federal and municipal bodies of power, various public organizations and unions.
"Everyone wants the mass media to deliver accurate and timely information about the work of state instances and public organizations. But journalists have to get this information from somewhere in the first place. The current law gives officials and politicians seven days for replying a reporter's official enquiry, but it orders no punishment for exceeding this term or ignoring the questions completely," Kostunov told the mass circulation daily Izvestia.
He added that the questions must be sent by mail, email, or even simply verbally. Russian law has allowed official document exchanges via email since 2005. The draft orders the mass media to add an email address for replies to every question.
The secretary of Russia's Union of Journalists, Mikhail Fedotov, praised the initiative, saying the suggested amendments could be a real revolution with only one condition – the law must make official information requests possible for individual reporters, not only for mass media outlets as organizations.


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Justin Bieber, meet Peter Noone!
Noone, a veteran of the Beatles-led British Invasion of the 1960s, could be a good role model for today's teen idols about how to age gracefully
Justin Bieber, meet Peter Noone!
Granted, chances are good that young Mr. Bieber has never heard of Peter Noone, who performs here Sunday at Sycuan Casino. (Bieber, who turned 19 Friday, is still too young to get into Sycuan, but that's another story.)
Regardless, it would be instructive for Bieber to study up on Noone, if not the latest edition of his band, Herman's Hermits.
In his pre-Internet, pre-social-media heyday in the mid-1960s, Noone was an international teen-pop idol. He inspired deafening fan hysteria, not unlike Bieber now, as part of The Beatles-led British Invasion that also made stars here of fresh-faced young English groups from 'a' (The Animals) to 'z' (The Zombies).
As the lead singer in Herman's Hermits, Noone scored a dizzying 18 U.S. Top 40 hits between late 1964 and early 1968. They include "There's a Kind of a Hush," "No Milk Today" and the mildly psychedelic "Museum" (which was written by hippie troubadour Donovan, featured a studio band that included future Led Zeppelin co-founders Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and used the same instrumental backing track for both the Donovan and Hermits' versions).
The there was the Hermits' 1966 hit "Dandy," which was written by Ray Davies of The Kinks, and the 1968 movie, "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter," which co-starred Noone and Sheila White (who also was featured in the 1966 film "The Ghost Goes Gear," which teamed her with Steve Winwood and the Spencer Davis Group).
A former soap opera actor, Noone was only 15 when he joined the Hermits in 1963, two years after his parents nixed an offer for him to co-star in a film with Judy Garland. With his perky voice and teen-idol looks, Noone drew frenzied screams just as often as Bieber does today.
Moreover, some of his hits with the Hermits were as fluffy and innocuous as some of Beiber's, although -- in that pre-AutoTune era -- Noone sang all his vocals live at the Hermits' concerts. That fluff factor, incidentally, was largely fueled by the band's producer, Mickie Most, who believed the Hermits could appeal to parents as much as kids. The Who's first tour of the U.S. was as the opening act for Herman's Hermits.
Noone left the band in 1971. But during its brief commercial peak, he and the Hermits achieved worldwide record sales of more than 40 million in less than 40 months. But the number Bieber should really focus on is 45.
That's how many years it's been since the Hermits' most recent U.S. hit, although Noone scored one solo hit in his native England with 1971's "Oh, You Pretty Things!" (which was written by David Bowie, who also played piano on Noone's version).
Despite this decades-long commercial drought, Noone still loves his job, as evidenced by the 36 U.S. concert dates he has scheduled between now and October, and the fact that he is on the road, year after year. And, in contrast with, say, The Turtles -- with whom he shared a concert bill at Humphrey's back in the last decade -- Noone hit all his notes and was never out of breath for making the effort.


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Let Your Kingdom Come (from Valley of Vision)
Our Song from Age to Age (from From Age to Age)
Shine into Our Night (from The Gathering)
Bob shared: Someone came up to me earlier in the conference and told me they thought they had a prophetic word for a certain group of people here, so I'd like to share it with you all:
"There are those here who are disappointed. We've had an incredible three days, but you are disappointed in something, maybe friendship, church, lack of marriage, or even in this conference itself. Whatever it is, you have put your hope in it and it is disappointing you and distracting you. God says come, taste and see that He is good and fully satisfying. In Him you lack no good thing."
"Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing." Psalm 34:8-10
Bob then sang a prophetic song in response to the word that was shared:
Am I not enough for you? Is what I've done not enough for you? What are you seeking besides Me?
Don't you think I can fill your heart? Does it seem painful and very hard, To give up the things that fade away, For the One who loved you for all time, For the One who died to make you Mine?
There is nothing that this world can give you, That's better than My love for you, And I would have you turn your eyes on Me, From all that can never satisfy
For your heart was made for Me, Your life was made to be, A reflection of My glory and grace
So come and drink your fill, Come and know My will, Come and be still before your God, And know that though you search for all your life, That you are never going to find a love like Mine
"I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you." As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight." Psalm 16:2-3
My Redeemer's Love (from From Age to Age)
My Hope Is Built
After worship, C.J. took time to thank everyone for coming:
The only appropriate way to end the conference is to thank you all again for coming to this conference. Thank you for your attentiveness and responsiveness to the preached Word.
Announcement from C.J. about future conferences:
Please pray for me and all who will be involved in deciding the future of conferences for Sovereign Grace Ministries. The future is unclear, but here's what's clear to me: I love pastors. And I want to serve pastors. I'm fiercely committed to pastors. And I love you and your generation and I'm fiercely committed to you and want to serve you.
Though this is the very last NEXT conference, it's not the very last conference. And we need wisdom. Please pray for wisdom. I have the privilege of serving on a board of godly, humble men (the Sovereign Grace Board) and in a few weeks I will be meeting with them to talk about how we will proceed into the future in regards to conferences. And though I can't make any commitments to you publicly now, I would suggest you keep these dates open on your calendar.
C.J. took time to thank specific people who served at NEXT:
Brittany Kauflin – lyrics, typed up the recaps of the sessions
Darryl Wenger – headed up the audio and visual for the sessions
Bob and Margie Merryman – head ushers
Mindy Gasca and Karen Ballinger – ran the bookstore
Larry and Nora Earles – served in numerous ways, never stop serving.
Angela Borghi – took the bulk of administration responsibility for this conference
Paul Medler – had the responsibility of running the conference
* Honored Bob and Marge Merryman, Larry and Nora Earles, and Darryl Wenger who have all served at every New Attitude/Na/Next conference.
Nathan reviewed: Trusting God by Jerry Bridges: "Last night, during the conversation between Matt and C.J., we reflected on the fact that we need to prepare theologically for suffering. There are a lot of doctrines that sustain Christians through suffering. One of those key doctrines is the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. Now, a lot of my suffering is self-inflicted (my sin and stupid choices), but I rejoice that even that self-inflicted suffering is under the sovereignty of God. If you have any questions about God's sovereignty, you need to read this book. Jerry will straighten you out."
Jared Mellinger introduced C.J.:
It's not only on Ian's and my heart to thank God for the gift C.J. is to us, I believe it's on the heart of all of you all to thank God for C.J. One of the things we have benefited most from is C.J.'s love for the gospel. He is a gospel man. I have an early memory of sitting in a main session at Celebration and hearing him preach on Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and the effect that that message had on my love for Jesus. Another memory: I have a distinct memory of picking C.J. up from the hotel room driving him to a location 5 minutes away, and during that 5 minute car ride he shared the gospel with me. I came away from that conversation freshly amazed—I could not believe that Christ would die for me. C.J. is a man who not only speaks Christ and him crucified publically (in sermons), but privately as well (in conversation).
He also loves the local church. C.J. has spent his life loving the church and instilling in others a love for the church. I can't tell you how excited we are, C.J., that you are planting a local church in Louisville this year.
Lastly, he is a man who has a heart for the next generation. He is pouring his energies into the next generation. Investing in guys like me, Ian, Kevin, and Matt. There are thousands who have been influenced and who love Christ more because of Him.
MESSAGE | C.J. MAHANEY | Church and Disappointment: When Expectations Collide with Reality
When Carolyn and I went on our honeymoon I had high expectations, but, due to various unfortunate circumstances and events (Carolyn got sick, our accommodations were a bit more rustic than they appeared in the brochure, it poured down rain the entire time, we had our first conflict) my expectations quickly collided with some harsh realities.
This would be a common experience of someone in the church as well.
Unrealistic expectations always result in disappointment because they always collide with the harsh realities of real life, trials, and sin. The question is not if you'll be disappointed with the church, it's when you'll be disappointed with the church and how you'll respond.
You are very vulnerable at this moment to returning from this conference to your local church with high expectations, potentially unrealistic expectations, and I want to prepare you for that return and protect you from the collision between expectations and real life.
What should you do when you encounter the inevitable disappointment that comes from unrealistic expectations about the local church?
"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain." Philippians 2:12-16
Context of this passage:
Verses 5-11 form a hymn of praise celebrating the humility and death and exaltation of Jesus Christ. One commentator said, "Because of the splendor of the preceding passage, it's easy to forget its aim that comes into view in verse 12." There's a purpose of all that's revealed in verses 5-11. This hymn is to be applied to real life.
1. Remember the sovereign activity of God.
"For it is God who works in you." v. 13
The God who initially converted you is presently sustaining you and will bring His work to completion in you. His purpose for you cannot be frustrated.
This fact is also true for your church, if it is a Gospel-preaching church. God is effectually and ceaselessly at work in your church.
We should all return to our local churches more aware of how God is at work in our local churches than we are of its deficiencies.
Listen—if Paul can identify evidences of God's grace at work in the Corinthian church, we can do it for our church.
Don't think that discernment is being able to find deficiencies in your church. That doesn't require discernment. It takes discernment to point out where God is at work in your church.
So how do you find these evidences? Consider the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit, and look for them in your church.
Your pastors sermons are much more important than any message you've heard at this conference. When you hear a sermon from one of these guys, it's a "Best of" sermon. They're not delivering similar sermons like these every Sunday.
Don't compare the preaching. Don't return to your church and think "What's up with my guy?" Your guy has a much harder job, it's much more difficult to preach to the same people every week. You should have a deeper appreciation for your pastor and the hard work he's invested.
Don't compare the fellowship. It's easy to care for one another when we're together the entire time at a conference for 4 days. But when you return home you won't be together all the time. You need to return home with realistic expectations. Your pastor and CG leader aren't omniscient. If you want their care, you need to inform them of your need. You're going to return home to people who will sin against you. And if you don't devote yourself to identifying evidences of grace you will be more aware of deficiencies in your church.
Can you list and rehearse evidences of grace of your church as quickly as you can list areas of deficiency? Which list is more readily on your heart and mind?
God is most aware of the countless ways He's at work in your church than He is aware of the deficiencies in your church.
God takes notice of and tenderly cherishes the smallest measures of grace in the hearts of His people. – Christopher Love
Do you take notice of the smallest measures of grace in the hearts of God's people? Or do you tend to take notice of the smallest measures of sin and deficiency?
2. Avoid the temptation to complain
"Do all things without grumbling and complaining." v. 14
All of church life should be transformed by the Gospel.
We can't be sure about what the Philippians were grumbling about, but we can be sure of the danger of grumbling and the adverse effect it has on the unity of the church.
That voice in your head that keeps rehearsing the disappointments and flaws of your church is not from the Lord. It is the Accuser. - Jared Wilson
Grumbling about your church is a common temptation. Complaining is the common language of the human race. When we're disappointed we tend to grumble. And the opportunities for grumbling are endless: sermons, music, leadership, administration.
Grumblers express disagreement in unbiblical ways.
Tony Payne once told a story:
The five-word antidote to grumbling: A well-known English preacher was approached by a complaining congregation member. He replied to the complaint with five words: "It's not about you, stupid," and walked away.
…That was a stunningly rude response, but it exactly expresses what is wrong with grumbling in the church: it is idiocy to think that the church is about me! The church is about God and Christ and loving other people!
There is to be a distinct difference between the church and the world. We are to express gratefulness that edifies, protects, and builds the unity of the church and, most importantly pleases and glorifies God for the marvelous work He has done in the church.
3. Hold fast to the Word of Life
"Holding fast to the Word of life." v. 16
Why hold fast? Because it is only the Gospel that can fully address our disappointment. It puts our lives and disappointments into perspective.
[The early church in Acts] wasn't all romance and righteousness. - John Stott
What do we do when we are aware of disappointments and failures in our church? We hold fast the Gospel.
Hold fast means to hold firmly, maintain a grasp on something. Preach the gospel to yourself each and every day. I would argue there is no more important activity for your soul each day than preaching the gospel to yourself.
We are to be a proclaiming church, not a complaining church.
The church is to have a unique sound of the gratefulness of men and women who have been humbled by the Gospel. They are aware that they richly deserve God's full, furious, righteous wrath for the sins they have committed, but that God, in His mercy, sent His Son and crushed Him for the punishment they deserve.
The Christian is someone who is increasingly aware that they are doing so much better than they deserve. This Gospel category transcends and transforms those disappointment categories.
When we hold the gospel fast and firm…why do we grumble, complain, argue, and attack? It's a complete contradiction! The Gospel should leave us repulsed by grumbling and quick to confess it when we are convicted.
The flawless Son's sacrifice on the cross for our sins leaves us humbled and grateful. When we do not hold fast to the Gospel we become self-righteous, self-satisfied people. Unbelievers should be offended by the Gospel, but they shouldn't be offended by our obnoxiousness.
I've never met someone who is holding fast to the Gospel who is a chronic complainer.
Here's the effect of all of this:
"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel." Philippians 1:27
May God produce those kind of churches.
Now Why This Fear (from The Gathering)
Jesus, all my trust is in Your blood
Jesus, You've rescued us through Your great love
CJ closed the conference:
Here's how you can tell what you're holding fast to. You hold fast to whatever you're most passionate about. I was in a conversation recently where I was passionate about the topic, but I realized my passion for the subject was disproportionate to the subject because it wasn't the Gospel.
If you're not most passionate about the Gospel, I would encourage you to restrict your spiritual diet to the Gospel. Pastors, we get the opportunity to help our people rehearse the Gospel this Sunday!
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16 things the food industry doesn't want you to know about sugar
Mike Moffitt | May 21, 2014 | Updated: May 22, 2014 8:58am
16. The average American eats 152 pounds of sugar in a year. (Argentina is a distant second at about 105 pounds per capita.) In 1973, South African diabetes specialist George Campbell suggested that anything more than 70 pounds per person per year would spark epidemics. (Mother Jones "Sugar Industry Lies.") To reach that mark, we would have to cut our sugar intake by more than half. (Diamond Sky Images/Getty Images)
Photo By Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press15. Within two decades, 90 percent of Americans will be overweight or obese, according to "Fed Up." Health care costs and insurance premiums will rise with the increase in obesity-related diseases.
Photo By Reed Saxon/Associated Press14. By 2050, one of three Americans will have diabetes, "Fed Up" estimates. Virtually unknown in children two decades ago, Type 2 diabetes (formerly known as adult-onset diabetes) now strikes U.S. children and adolescents with increasing frequency.
Photo By Zsolt Biczó - Fotolia13. Sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine, says Dr. Mark Hyman, founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Center. UCSF's Dr. Robert Lustig explains: "In the (brain's) reward center, sugar stimulates the neurotransmitter dopamine, and dopamine drives reward. But dopamine also down-regulates its own receptor (which generates the reward signal). This means the next time round, you're going to need more sugar to generate more dopamine to generate less reward, and so on, until you're consuming a whole lot of sugar, and getting almost nothing for it. That's tolerance."
Photo By Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press12. 'Eating bigger portions is just as bad as sugar.' WRONG! "In a study of 154 countries that looked at the correlation of calories, sugar, and diabetes, scientists found that adding 150 calories a day to the diet barely raised the risk of diabetes in the population, but if those 150 calories came from soda, the risk of diabetes went up by 700 percent." - Dr. Mark Hyman in the Huffington Post.
Photo By Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images11. More than three out of every four food items available in American supermarkets are spiked with added sugar. Why do food companies add excess sugar to processed foods? Because they know that when they add it, we buy more, says Dr. Lustig, author of "Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease."
10. The government chooses farm jobs over the health of its citizens: The MyPlate (and before that, MyPyramid) nutritional guidelines are provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But the agency's main purpose is support, oversee and subsidize the nation's agricultural industry. That's a conflict you could drive a tractor through. (Scott Olson/Getty Images News)
9. Many politicians couldn't care less about your health: Some are in Big Agriculture's pocket. Others see regulation as nanny government or hurting business in general. Here, Sarah Palin sips a Big Gulp while mocking New York's soda law banning super-sized soft drinks. (Photo by Douglas Graham for CQ-Roll Call Group/Getty Images.)
8: White bread, white rice, white pasta - basically anything made of white flour - behaves like sugar when digested, and therefore can contribute to diabetes. (Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images.)
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7. Foods we consider to be good for us often aren't: Yogurt is healthy, right? Not when yogurt makers add sweeteners and fruit syrups. Example: A 6-ounce cup of Yoplait Original 99% fat free, Lemon Burst has nearly 8 teaspoons of sugar.
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6. Guess who's defending the food industry's right to use cute characters to market sugar-laden foods to kids? Legislation tried to ban the practice in 2011, but House Republicans wouldn't stand for such an assault on Tony the Tiger.
Photo By Scott Olson/Getty Images5. What about diet sodas? They're harmless, right? Some research indicates artificial sweeteners may leave you craving more sugar.
4. Money buys 'research': For decades Big Sugar has been thwarting efforts by medical doctors and scientists to label sugar as a health threat. In the late 1960s, for example, sugar companies viewed diet drinks as the enemy and tried to link cyclamates (a popular sugar substitute at the time) to cancer based on a single study of rats. The FDA banned cyclamates, but the rat study was later found to be not relevant to humans. Today, soft drink makers and other food companies are still hiring so-called scientific experts to back their claims that their products are harmless. On Dr. Robert Lustig's Wikipedia page, most of the studies cited there to repudiate his views were funded by Coca-Cola.
Photo By PRWeb3. We get fatter when the fat is removed: When food manufactures reduced the fat in products like this cookie, they replaced it with more sugar. Many foods marketed as "low-fat" may contain more than twice the amount of sugar as "regular" versions.
Photo By Toby Talbot/Associated Press2. Sugar hides where we don't expect it: Ketchups can be 23 percent sugar and salad dressings 29 percent. Most fruit roll-ups are 50 percent sugar. A half cup of Newman's Own Tomato & Basil sauce has about 3 teaspoons of sugar.
Photo By Scott Eells/getty images1. Listen to your cardiologist: The American Heart Association recommends a reduction in sugar consumption from our current 22 teaspoons per day (teens consume 34 teaspoons) to six for women and nine for men.
Spoiler alert -- the bad guy in "Fed Up," Katie Couric's new film on America's obesity epidemic, is sugar. But it's not the only villain.
The messages of the documentary, co-produced by Couric and "Inconvenient Truth" producer Laurie David, are sobering, to say the least:
1) Thanks to the pervasive addition of sugar to food products, we're turning into a nation of blimps.
2) Our children will be the first generation to have a shorter life expectancy than the generation that preceded it.
3) And it's not even our fault.
"Fed Up" argues that the inclusion of sugar in processed foods is a calculated strategy by food companies aimed at inducing us to buy more sugary foods.
Here are 16 things they'd rather you didn't know about sugar.


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The only house that remains standing in Al-Bassa.Albassa was the second largest village in northern Palestine after Al-Kabri. In 1948 it had a population of 3422 living in over 700 houses. In 1998 the descendents of Al-Bassa refugees were estimated to 21015 persons, nearly half of them live in Lebanon and elsewhere in the world, whereas the other half remained in the country and now live in Nazareth, Haifa, Akka and some villages in the Galilee.
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Mariana Trench dive yields strange creatures, clues to life
To catch them, Bartlett said, researchers lowered a basket baited with a chicken carcass. The amphipods devoured it in minutes.
In the Mariana Trench, the amphipods reach normal size but possess unique chemical properties; their tissue contains a chemical identical to one that's in testing to treat Alzheimer's disease.
The compound, scyllo-inositol, has shown potential to improve Alzheimer's symptoms in mice, and is in fast-tracked clinical tests for human use. It's normally found in coconut palms but was also detected in the deep sea crustaceans.
The crustaceans may use the chemicals for exchange of sea salts, to maintain the balance between their cells and sea water, Bartlett said.
"The chemicals may protect tissues from damaging effects of high hydrologic pressure," he said.
Those properties may help safeguard brain cells as well, he said. And it raises the prospect that other deep-sea creatures could have pharmaceutical potential.
"There could be other interesting biomedical or biochemical compounds produced by amphipods and sea cucumbers," Bartlett said.
The dives also offered clues to the origins of life on Earth billions of years ago, and the possibility of life on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, said Kevin Hand, a planetary scientist and astrobiologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
In the Sirena Deep, the research team found rocky outcroppings that are rare in the deep ocean, he said, and which point to a geochemical process called serpentinization. They also discovered vast mats of microbes that apparently feed on the byproducts of that reaction — hydrogen and methane.
Those clusters might mirror the first life that formed in the murky depths, he said.
"So it may be that serpentinization here on Earth, in the ocean depths, served as the origins of life here on Earth," Hand said. "We think that process may be going on in the sea floors of distant oceans of Europa and Enceladus (moons of Jupiter and Saturn)."
Scientists expect to do more research using remote landers, and hope for additional manned dives when Cameron's schedule permits.
Although the crushing pressure and pitch dark of the Mariana Trench and other ocean trenches create some of the harshest climates imaginable, scientists said they contain the most important ingredient for life.
"If we've learned anything about life here on Earth it's that, where you find liquid water, that's where you find life," Hand said.


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National Heritage Award recipient Wayne Henderson is known for his finger-style Appalachian guitar playing, as well as his craftsmanship as a luthier. Wayne's repertoire includes Appalachian fiddle tunes, Carter Family melodies and a few swing and rockabilly standards. He has won more awards at the Galax Fiddlers Convention than any other competitor in its 77-year history. A singer, fiddler, guitarist and tunesmith, Helen White has toured extensively with Wayne. She is founder and former regional director of the Junior Appalachian Musicians program, which introduces Appalachian children to their musical heritage. This traditional Appalachian music performance features Wayne's lightning fast "pinch picking" on guitar, with Helen's backup guitar, fiddling, and singing. Wayne may even tell a tale or two!
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Friday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. (Doors open and pre-show music starts at 7 p.m.)
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While the villainous Don John devises a scheme to shatter the nuptials of Claudio and Hero, the young lovers conspire to trick Beatrice and Benedick into admitting their much-denied love. In this powerful comedy full of sparkling wit, Shakespeare gives us the joy of love won and the ache of love lost. He makes us laugh, breaks our hearts, and then magically puts them back together again, in this American Shakespeare Center on Tour production. PS - you'll love the 1970s-inspired costumes!
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To win the attention of a wealthy young man who is painfully shy with women of his own social standing, Kate Hardcastle pretends to be a servant, leading to much hilarity and mayhem. Written by Oliver Goldsmith and first performed in 1773, She Stoops to Conquer is considered one of the great English comedies and remains popular with 21st Century audiences. Randy Lilly directs this BRCC Student Production.
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Based on several disastrous theatrical experiences, Bad Play peels back a tattered curtain to examine the process of putting on a show that is less than good. A stuffy narrator (what bad play is complete without a stuffy narrator?) guides the audience through the whole sorry process. We go from the audition—where the director is more worried about roast beef than paying attention to the warm-up exercise, and the neurotic cast pretends to be bacon—to rehearsals—where a passive-aggressive stage manager gives everyone grief. There's also a special meeting of the Small Part Support Group and a production of Romeo and Juliet set in a Starbucks with costumes of potato sacks and bowler hats. Written by Werner Trieschmann, this BRCC Theatre Workshop for Youth production is directed by Justine Juart.


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Vermont lawmakers to call for Bush impeachment [1] By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian Posted April 25, 2006 BURLINGTON — A Progressive lawmaker today will introduce a formal resolution in the state Legislature calling on Congress to draft articles of impeachment against Pres. George W. Bush. Rep. Dave Zuckerman, P-Burlington, claims support from at least a dozen lawmakers, including Democrats, Progressives and one independent, and expects to have more co-signers before handing the resolution into the House clerk later today. The following legislators have signed onto the resolution as of early Tuesday: Rep. George Cross, D-Winooski; Rep. Winston Dowland, P-Holland; Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln; Rep. Steve Green, D-Berlin; Rep. Sandy Haas, P-Rochester; Rep. Jason Lorber, D-Burlington; Rep. Jim McCullough, D-Williston; Rep. Chris Pearson, P-Burlington; Rep. Kathy Pellett, D-Chester; Rep. Daryl Pillsbury, I-Brattleboro; Rep. Dexter Randall, P-North Troy; Rep. Ann Seibert, D-Norwich. The resolution lays out a broad case for impeachment, ranging from wiretapping U.S. citizens to lying about reasons for going to war in Iraq. It is modeled, in part, after recent resolutions approved by county Democratic committees "We should not get into perpetual impeachment proceedings with every president, and if you disagree with their policies you should work through the democratic process," said Zuckerman. "However, no president is above the law, and while Republicans used impeachment to carry out a policy disagreement with a president, this is about a president who thinks he's king. We threw that notion overboard more than 200 years ago." Zuckerman, who has been mulling this resolution since February, put it on hold as the session gathered steam and he considered making his own bid for the U.S. House. Then county Democratic committees took up the call, as did several towns. "I thought it was appropriate to give those grassroots efforts time," he said. Zuckerman is relying on the Jefferson Manual of rules for the U.S. House of Representatives that allows state legislatures to initiate impeachment proceedings by submitting charges to Congress.… [1]
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Knicks vs. Hawks | Madison Square Garden
When: Sunday | 6:30 PM
Where to Watch: MSG Networks
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Team Reports
New York: The return of point guard Raymond Felton to the starting lineup was supposed to put everything back into place and return the Knicks to their high-scoring ways of earlier in the season, but that would have to wait for another day. On Saturday night in Philly, Sixers All-Star Jrue Holiday was the headliner, carving up the Knicks for 35 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. The Knicks tried different defenders and schemes on him, but nothing seemed to work. On offense, they saw a lot of clean looks and for the most part, spacing was good. Shots just weren't falling, particularly from three (4-for-27).
Atlanta: The Hawks enter their first meeting with the Knicks looking much different than the team with which we had become very familiar over the past few seasons, but despite the changes, they remain a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference at 25-18. Gone is former franchise player Joe Johnson, but familiar faces Josh Smith and Al Horford lead a talented group that leans more heavily on young point guard Jeff Teague and has added scoring punch in the form of Lou Williams and Kyle Korver.
Last Time Out
New York: The Knicks struggled to their second-worst defeat of the season against the Sixers, 97-80.
Atlanta: The Hawks won a double-overtime thriller against the Celtics on Friday, 123-111.
The Numbers Game
Perhaps the lone bright spot for the Knicks, Amar'e Stoudemire registered his best game of the season, scoring 20 points in 27 minutes on 8-13 shooting.
Match-up to Watch
Carmelo Anthony vs. Josh Smith
Anthony, who has been wildly successful this season playing power forward, goes up against one of the original hybrid forwards in Smith. The two are leaders for their respective teams, but they make their impact felt in different ways. Smith is a dynamic defender, regularly among the league leaders in blocks and steals and a big part of why the Hawks rank 6th in the league in defensive efficiency. Unlike Melo, however, he is not a shooter, and is most effective when he gets to the rim. Anthony could struggle to create in isolation situations, so it bears watching how the Knicks work to get him the ball in position to score.
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It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Knicks struggled some considering the fact that their starting lineup had never played in a game together until Saturday night. Even with that being the case, they were able to move the ball at times and generally had good floor spacing. With his roster almost completely healthy, it will be interesting to see how Mike Woodson handles his rotation. Starters Felton, Jason Kidd and Iman Shumpert combined to shoot 2-for-17 on Saturday and Stoudemire's inspired play off the bench could force his hand. The Hawks feature six rotation players that shoot 37% or better from three, so defending the perimeter will be crucial.
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