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(Photo Credit: Frank Mattia/GoMocs.com): Gee McGhee tallied his first 20-point game of the season with 21 tonight at Samford
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.---The Chattanooga Mocs dropped into second-place in the Southern Conference after a 92-85 overtime loss at Samford. Chattanooga, 15-11 overall and 9-2 in league play, made a nice run in the final minutes of regulation to get into an extra period, but the host Bulldogs would not be denied this evening.
"Lucky to get to overtime," Head Coach Will Wade said. "We didn't play very well in the second half. They out-toughed us on the glass, and that is embarrassing. We were lucky for a while there, and give our guys credit for making it to overtime.
"We just had too many lapses then and in the second half as a whole," he added. "We were not mentally tough tonight."
Samford led by as many eight in the second half and held a seven-point lead, 75-68, after two Isaiah Williams free throws with 1:37 to go in regulation. Martynas Bareika (Kedainiai, Lithuania) took over.
He drilled a three-pointer with 1:19 to go to cut it to four, 75-71. After a Mocs 30-second timeout, Samford's Connor Miller turned the ball over on the inbounds play. Nine seconds later Bareika blew past Tim Williams to make it a two-point game, 75-73 with 1:10 to play.
Isaiah Williams made two more free tosses with 1:01 remaining but he fouled Ronrico White (Knoxville, Tenn.) with 52 seconds on the clock. White made both free throws to make it a two-point deficit again.
Good defensive pressure by Greg Pryor (Memphis, Tenn.) forced a travel by Brandon Roberts at the 40-second mark. Eric Robertson (Huntsville, Ala.) found Z. Mason (Nashville, Tenn.) inside for the game-tying layup. Mason blocked a Tim Williams effort at the other end to send the game into overtime.
The Bulldogs scored the first five points of the extra period before Gee McGhee (Baton Rouge, La.) buried a three-pointer with 1:30 to go to cut the advantage to 82-80. Samford scored six unanswered points on three straight possessions to go 88-80 and hit its free throws down the stretch for the win.
McGhee led the Mocs with 21 points. White added 19 points and a career-high nine assists, while Casey Jones (New Orleans, La.) chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds tying career bests with three blocks and five steals.
Tim Williams paced the Bulldogs with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Isaiah Williams posted 20 points and five assists.
"Tim Williams was an intimidator tonight," Wade said. "We were scared of him a little, and he imposed his will down there. Give him credit. He is a good post player. We tried to keep going at him and make him foul but we couldn't. We didn't go in there strong like we needed to.
"We were fading away from the basket and just didn't get things done."
Chattanooga got off to a good start. It led by 10, 22-12, on a three-pointer by McGhee with 10:05 to go in the first half. A three-pointer by Robertson at 3:44 made it a 10-point cushion again, 33-23, but the Bulldogs whittle the margin down to five at the break.
After three games in eight days, the Mocs play three over the next 15. It starts at home Thursday as Western Carolina comes to town for a 7 p.m., tip. Listen live on ESPN 105.1 FM the Zone in the Scenic City, or go to the men's basketball schedule page on GoMocs.com for links to video (PPV), audio (free) and live stats. You can follow @GoMocsMBB on twitter for live updates as well.GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page or on Twitter. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.


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Hayden Panettiere Reunites With Ex Boyfriend Wlad Klitschko — Report
What happens in Nashville does not stay in Nashville, y'all. In fact, it travels all the way over to Dubai, a beautiful land with islands shaped like palm trees and stars!
Word on the street is that everyone's favorite country star, Hayden Panettiere (Juliette Barnes), is back together with her ex-boyfriend, heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko. Not only that, rumor is she jetted over to Dubai for a sexy meet up and shop-a-thon. Not exactly a casual lunch date...
"She was shopping at Mall of The Emirates, and Wlad was with her," a source tells Celebuzz. "Hayden even leaned in to peck him. She more like nuzzled him, because you can't really kiss in public in Dubai. They're definitely more than friends."
Consider us shocked. Not only did Hayden just breakup with her most recent boy-toy, Scotty McKnight, she claims that she's single and ready to mingle! Sigh, this girl's love life is even more complicated than our relationship with Nashville. (We walk a fine line between "obsessed" and "super-obsessed.")
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It's the middle of Teen Driver Safety Week across the country, and in this area, N.C. Highway Patrol troopers are making a push both to educate teen drivers and to punish drivers of any age who might hurt teens or other schoolchildren.
In response to an increase in complaints about drivers illegally passing stopped school buses, 1st Sgt. Ronald Elkins of the local Highway Patrol district — which covers Lee and Chatham counties — said his troopers will be monitoring bus stops and individual buses to have a better chance at catching lawbreakers.
The Highway Patrol has also begun reaching out to teens to teach them safe driving tips — both in schools and on its own driving training course in Raleigh, with free classes next month — to instill good habits before bad habits turn dangerous, Elkins said.
Through a partnership with a nonprofit that educates teens and their parents on good driving practices, the Highway Patrol is allowing any teen driver to take a four-hour class on either Nov. 23 or 24 at its driving facility in Raleigh. People can register at www.putonthebrakes.com/driving-schools/schedule1 and can find more information at www.putonthebrakes.com/driving-schools/faqs.
"By far, teen drivers are ... running off the road to the right," Elkins said. "Whether that's speeding, or distracted driving, they're running off the road to the right, and then they're over-correcting. And that's when you have bad wrecks is when they over-correct too hard to the left and either go off the road or into oncoming traffic."
He said troopers go to driver's ed classes in Chatham County schools to give presentations, but due to the short time available, they can't always do as much as they'd like to do with the students. The free driving classes, he said, will allow everyone to get where they need to be.
"It's a pretty good program, so I think people would definitely, definitely get a lot out of it if they go," he said.
One thing that's not free is the fallout from passing a stopped school bus. In terms of points on a license, it's the absolute highest offense a North Carolina driver can commit, and starting Dec. 1, the state will charge drivers a minimum of $500 and could possibly revoke the offender's license.
Elkins said his office has had a higher number of complaints than usual from both bus drivers and concerned parents or regular citizens — mainly in Chatham County, where the district has increased bus safety with a grant from the state.
Reid Cagle, the Lee County Schools transportation director, said that so far, bus drivers have reported about about the same number of incidents as in years past. He also said there have been no accidents or other serious incidents — such as a near-miss — this year but that until both drivers and students become more careful, the possibility is always there. A high school student in Rowan County was run over and killed while walking to a bus just last week, Cagle noted.
"I haven't noticed a real big increase this year, but it does happen," Cagle said. "And all it takes is one. ... I think drivers really need to pay attention to what's going on — especially before and after school — and we ask parents and students to make sure they always look both ways."
Elkins also stressed that drivers pay attention to pedestrians and others on the side of the road. There has been an unusually high number of accidents involving pedestrians, bikers and others lately, he said — including the recent traffic death of a Lee County man on a lawnmower — which Elkins said often occurs in rural areas when one or both parties might have let their guards down.
This time of year is also when deer become more active, Elkins said.
"If you see that set of eyes off in the distance, you need to slow down ahead of time," he said. "You never know what a deer's going to do. In Chatham especially, we always see a huge increase in the number of deer collisions in November. Lee, too, but not as much as Chatham."


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota man whose Twister game launched decades of awkward social interactions at parties has died. He was 82.
Charles "Chuck" Foley died July 1 at a care facility in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. His son, Mark Foley, said Thursday that his father had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Foley and a collaborator, Neil Rabens, were hired in the mid-1960s by a St. Paul manufacturing firm that wanted to expand into games and toys. They came up with a game to be played on a mat on the floor, using a spinner to direct players to place their hands and feet on different colored circles.
"Dad wanted to make a game that could light up a party," Mark Foley said. "They originally called it 'Pretzel.' But they sold it to Milton Bradley, which came up with the 'Twister' name."
The game became a sensation after Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor played it on "The Tonight Show" in 1966.
Hasbro Inc., which now manufacturers the game, said it continues to be a top seller.
"What makes the Twister game timeless is the fact that it's always been about showing off your free spirit and just having some laugh-out-loud, out of your seat fun," Hasbro Inc. said in a statement noting Foley's death.
Mark Foley said his father made little money from Twister, but that it never seemed to bother him much. The game was not his first invention, and far from his last.
Born in Lafayette, Ind., Foley's first invention came at the age of 8 – a locking system for the cattle pen at his grandfather's farm. As a young man he worked as a salesman, but his interest in games and toys led him to apply for a job at a toy company in the Minneapolis area. He moved his family to Minnesota in 1962.
Over the years, Foley invented dozens of other toys and games. He also invented a product called un-du, a liquid adhesive remover.
Mark Foley is now president of un-du Products Inc., based in St. Louis Park. Chuck Foley had lived in North Carolina for a number of years, but his son said he returned to Minnesota six years ago when his health began to decline, to be closer to his family. Foley and his wife, Kathleen, had nine children. She died of breast cancer in 1975, and Foley never remarried.
"He never stopped having fun," Mark Foley said. "He tried to think like young people thought. He never wanted to grow up, and he always maintained his enthusiasm for seeing things through the eyes of a child."
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I'm still thinking newtron, then there infrastructure will still be intact for whom ever wants it. Guess I'm just a,, fed up,, war mongering bastard,,,,BUT,,,,,,,,,like Patton,,, "why stop there",,,,,,just me????
Even the Bible predicts Armogeden starts in the mid-east, 3 1/2 years after the nation of Israel and Palistine come to a peace accord, didn't they just do that a couple years ago?? Even if your not a Christian, the Bible has been a pretty damn good and accurate history book so far. I'll just wait and see,at this rate,,,, ya never know what's going to happen next!!!! I'll just put myself in the hands of the Lord and hope for the best,and I'll fight for HIS kingdom when it comes. Just,,,one more, "trooper for the Lord"


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Cal State Northridge track & field will send a squad of 12 to compete at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The championships get underway on Wednesday, June 9 and will run through Saturday, June 12.
Northridge sends a contingent of six men and six women to the championships. Junior Reindell Cole along with juniors Shelese Ruffin making return trips to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The Matadors sent eight student-athletes to the NCAA Championships in both 2007 and 2009 and sent a then school-record 10 participants to compete at the 2008 national championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Cole, the 2008 NCAA Indoor Long Jump Champion, leads a trio of Matadors who will compete in individual events. Cole comes into the championships with the seventh-best long jump in the field at 25-11 (7.90) set at the NCAA West Region Championships in Austin, Texas. This season marks Cole's third consecutive appearance in the national championships. He did not place n the long jump final last season after posting the top qualifying jump in the preliminary round. Cole finished 10th in the long jump as a freshman with a best of 25-4 (7.48).
The men's long jump trials and final is scheduled for the final day of competition, Saturday, June 12 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Senior Robert Robinson looks to cap an impressive year with a solid finish in the decathlon. The 2010 Big West champion owns the ninth-best decathlon point total in the nation this year after scoring a career-best 7,526 points at the conference championships on May 7-8. This will mark Robinson's first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The decathlon is scheduled for the second day of competition, Thursday, June 10 beginning with the 100 meters at 10 a.m. The final five events of the decathlon are set for Friday, June 11 beginning with the 110 hurdles at 10 a.m.
Junior Desirae Gonder is also back in the NCAA's after sitting out the 2009 outdoor season. Gonder, who ranks 15th in the heptathlon after scoring a career-best 5,512 points at the Big West Championships, is making her second trip to the national championships. She earned All-America honors in 2008 after finishing fourth in the high jump after clearing 6-0 (1.83).
The heptathlon is scheduled for the first day of competition, Wed., June 9 beginning with the 100 hurdles at 1 p.m. The heptathlon concludes with the 800 meters Thursday at 5:15 p.m.
The men's 4x100 and the women's 4x400 relay teams will also strive to reach their respective event finals. Ben Santos, Reindell Cole, David Reid, Michael Woodham, Bradley Ike and Robert Robinson will make up the men's pool of sprinters available in the 4x100, while Jasmine Cox, Shelese Ruffin, Desirae Gonder, Jackie Harrison, Precious Watkins and LaShandra Batiste will be available for the women's 4x400 relay.
The men's 4x100 relay semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. and the final is set for Saturday at 10:11 a.m. The women's 4x100 relay semifinals get underway Thursday at 7:05 p.m. with the final set for Saturday at 11:40 a.m.
"This is a great opportunity for our athletes to compete at the national meet," said Director of Track & Field Don Strametz. "I know both relays will look to run faster and if they can run faster and everything goes right hopefully they can advance to the final."
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET SCHEDULE/RESULTS Competition at the NCAA Championships begins at 1 p.m. (PDT) on Wednesday, 10 a.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Live results from the NCAA Championships will be available on the NCAA's web site, www.ncaa.com. Final results will also be posted on www.goducks.com.
SCORING The top eight places in each event score. The points are assigned as follows: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
TELEVISION/WEBCAST CBS and CBS College Sports Network will televise the final two days of the NCAA Championships. CBS College Sports will broadcast live from 5-7 p.m. PDT on Friday (Day Three) and CBS will televise Saturday's final day of competition from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT. In addition, there will be a live webcast of the championships available at www.NCAA.com.
2010 @ Eugene, Ore. - (12 qualified - 6 men, 6 women)
Reindell Cole, Long Jump
Robert Robinson, Decathlon
4x100 Relay (Ben Santos, Cole, David Reid, Michael Woodham, Bradley Ike, Robinson)
Desirae Gonder, Heptathlon
4x400 Relay (Jasmine Cox, Shelese Ruffin, Desirae Gonder, Jackie Harrison, Precious Watkins, LaShandra Batiste)
2009 @ Fayetteville, Ark. - (8 qualified - 2 men, 6 women)
Reindell Cole, Long Jump (Did not place - fouled on three attempts in final round)
Sherrina Lofton, 100 Meters (20th in prelims - 11.55), Heptathlon (22nd in finals - 4,531 pts)
Stephanie Ralls, Javelin (20th in preliminary round - 149-5)
De'Shawn Waters, 100 Meters (27th in prelims - 10.66), 200 Meters (22nd in prelims - 21.73)
4x100 Relay (Dominique Calvin, Sherrina Lofton, Vanice Colbert, Shelese Ruffin, Precious Watkins, alt.) - 11th in prelims - 44.59)
2008 @ Des Moines, Iowa - (10 qualified - 6 men, 4 women)
DaShalle Andrews, Triple Jump (Did not place - fouled on three attempts in preliminary round)
Reindell Cole, Long Jump (10th in finals - 25-4)
Derek Cooper, Discus (16th in preliminary round - 167-11)
Desirae Gonder, High Jump (Fourth in final - 6-0)
Bradley Ike, 100 Meters (21st in prelims - 10.89)
Justin Johnson, Decathlon (13th in final - 7,256 pts)
Sherrina Lofton, 200 Meters (24th in prelims - 24.04)
Stephanie Ralls, Javelin (10th in finals - 165-5)
Thomas Ross, 110 Hurdles (21st in prelims - 14.01)
Shelese Ruffin, 400 Meters (26th in prelims - 55.37)
2007 @ Sacramento, Calif. - (8 qualified - 3 men, 5 women)
DaShalle Andrews, Long Jump, Triple Jump (National Champion in long jump - 25-2.50), 21st in triple jump preliminary round - 50-1.75)
Rolando Felizola, Long Jump, Triple Jump (11th in long jump final - 23-6), 24th in triple jump preliminary round - 49-6.25)
Deanna Goodwin, 400 Meters (26th in prelims - 54.28)
Thomas Ross, 110 Hurdles (16th in semifinals - 13.92)
4x100 relay (Shauna Hackett, Deanna Goodwin, Sherrina Lofton, Dominique Calvin, Julie Eze, alt. (14th in prelims - 45.18).
2006 @ Sacramento, Calif. - (3 qualified - 2 men, 1 woman)
Anthony Brown, 110 Hurdles (13th in semifinals - 13.97)
Justin Johnson, Decathlon (Did not finish)
Jeré Summers, Shot Put (25th in preliminary round - 48-2).
2005 @ Sacramento, Calif. - (5 qualified - 5 men)
DaShalle Andrews, Long Jump (22nd in preliminary round - 23-4.50)
Tomas Fajardo (Discus - 12th in finals - 170-0)
Jeremy Garcia, Long Jump (22nd in preliminary round - 23-4.50)
Alex Marbley, High Jump (17th in preliminary round - 6-10.75)
Johnny Wiley, Triple Jump (26th in preliminary round - 48-1.25).
2004 @ Austin, Texas - (5 qualified - 2 men, 3 women)
Rashaad Allen, 100 Meters (23rd in prelims - 10.48)
DaShalle Andrews, Long Jump (23rd in preliminary round - 22-8)
Shauna Hackett, 100 Meters (28th in prelims - 11.69)
Laura Sauao, Shot Put (15th in preliminary round - 52-3.25)
Carol Stevenson, Discus (8th in finals - 178-11).
2003 @ Sacramento, Calif. - (7 qualified - 4 men, 3 women)
Comfort Agara, 400 Hurdles (19th in prelims - 59.72)
Rashad Allen, 100 Meters (20th in prelims - 10.79)
Alex Marbley, High Jump (15th in finals - 7-0.25)
Aisha Margain, 200 Meters (28th in prelims - 24.92)
Hung Nguyen, 100 Meters (26th in prelims - 11.03), 200 Meters (DNS)
Jason Romero, High Jump (DNS)
Frances Santin, 400 Hurdles (DQ'd in semifinals).
2002 @ Baton Rouge, La. - (4 qualified - 4 women)
Sammie Freeman, Javelin (Ninth in finals - 162-8)
Heather Heron, 100 Hurdles (15th in finals - 13.63)
Dee Scott, Triple Jump (10th in finals - 42-0)
Annetta Wells, 200 Meters (15th in finals - 23.41).
2001 @ Eugene, Ore. - (5 qualified - 2 men, 3 women)
Steve Lamoure, Hammer (17th in finals - 191-5)
Clinté Motley, High Jump (DNS)
Frances Santin, 400 Hurdles (Fourth in finals - 57.30)
Dee Scott, Triple Jump (18th in finals - 39-8.75)
Carol Stevenson, Hammer (18th in finals - 183-6).
2000 @ Durham, N.C. - (2 qualified - 2 women)
Brandi Prieto, Triple Jump (2nd in finals - 44-3.25)
Nancy James, 800 Meters (15th in prelims - 2:07.53).
1999 @ Boise, Idaho - (1 qualified - 1 woman)
Brandi Prieto, Triple Jump (18th in finals - 42-0.75).
1998 @ Buffalo, N.Y. - (5 qualified - 2 men, 3 women)
Beth Burton, Shot Put (9th in finals - 53-2.25), Hammer (23rd in finals - 178-4)
Billy Bush, Shot Put (18th in finals - 54-2.75)
Joe Criner, 200 Meters (18th in prelims - 21.34)
Cheree Hicks, Shot Put (12th in finals - 52-4), Discus (21st in finals - 154-7)
Christina Tolson, Shot Put (11 in finals - 52-9.50), Hammer (14th in finals - 186-6).


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Why Texas? Why?
Do you really think women who are headed in to have an abortion are all happy-go-lucky sorts who have no idea what they're getting into?
Because leading members of Texas' GOP are sponsoring a bill that would require women to sit through an ultrasound before an abortion, described in detail by the doctor, and (wait for it) require they listen to the fetal heartbeat. Oh, and if that's not enough, they must sit idly while a doctor lectures them with some good old-fashioned anti-abortion literature.
According to the bill, the "pregnant woman may choose not to view the materials or avert her eyes." How sweet. If that's an option, how about just skipping the whole charade and letting women get on with it?
Its supporters have made clear they are looking to reduce abortion numbers, but they're also being careful throw a little "we're helping to cut down on medical malpractice" spin in there.
"I think that this bill will protect women from being at the hands of a doctor who is not performing best practices," study author Republican Sen. Dan Patrick said. But he's certainly sticking with the party line - he goes on to say, "secondly, it may change the thinking of that woman if she decides to look at that ultrasound, to hear that heart beat."
This move is right up there with North Dakota's recent declaration that "personhood" is achieved at conception. Neither directly reverses Roe v. Wade, but they skirt the rights of a woman being trumped by that of an unborn fetus. As my colleague Kate recently pointed out, the right-to-life movement often neglects the idea that there is life AFTER birth.
The legislators who crafted this bill have no knowledge of a woman's mental or physical health when she walks into an abortion clinic. They have no idea whether she's been raped, had a condom break, gotten pregnant the day before her husband took off. But they are cocksure that listening to the heartbeat is going to change her mind; no matter the pain it inflicts.
Did these guys read the much-talked about Glamour piece on women who've gone through an abortion?
"In a perfect world, no woman would ever need to end a pregnancy," Liz Welch said just last month. "But in reality, one in three women will have at least one abortion by the time she is 45, and these women run the gamut of ages, races, backgrounds and beliefs."
So Texas, just to give you an update women might not feel guilty or even wrong for doing it, but it isn't an easy choice. They don't need to hear a heartbeat or be beaten over the head with literature and a detailed ultrasound description to know that.
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"I could not be prouder nor more humbled by this appointment," Blackburn stated. "It is a great honor. There is a long and proud athletics history in our great state. I look forward to serving."
The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, a non-profit 501c3, was founded by a group known as the Middle Tennessee Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association. The State Legislature passed legislation in 1994 to officially create the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The Board is composed of 25 Tennessee citizens, eight each appointed by the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House; the 25th member of the Board is the State Treasurer or his/her designee.
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Foreign companies already don't particularly like having to rely so much on the US for software, their definitely aren't gonna want to have anyone pushing their own countries hardware makers around.
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It's been 30 years since rockabilly revivalists Stray Cats strutted onto record-store shelves with 'Rant N' Rave With the Stray Cats,' the first album in the trio's career that was released at the same time in the U.S. and the U.K.
Although Stray Cats formed in Massapequa, N.Y., the band — guitarist Brian Setzer, upright bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom — found initial success across the pond, releasing its self-titled debut there in February 1981 and following it up with 'Gonna Ball' in October.
The overseas buzz on the band was strong enough that its record company cobbled together the best cuts from the first two records, titled it 'Built for Speed' and released the album in the U.S. in June 1982. The singles 'Rock This Town' and 'Stray Cat Strut' soon helped the band find a foothold on American radio and MTV.
In a 1983 interview with Guitar Player, Setzer admitted that after enduring the makeshift nature of 'Built for Speed,' he was particularly pleased with the consistency of 'Rant N' Rave.' "I wrote all 12 original songs before we went into the studio, and I had never done that before," he said. "I'd usually get stuck writing in the studio, so I was pretty confident of what I was going to do where. I usually listen back and go, 'Hmm, I could do that better,' but I'm really happy."
The 'Rant N' Rave' sessions, which took place at London's Maison Rouge Studios, reunited Stray Cats with the man who'd produced their debut, fellow rockabilly enthusiast Dave Edmunds. Guest musicians on the album included noted session pianist Geraint Watkins, ubiquitous '70s and '80s saxophonist Mel Collins and doo-wop group 14 Karat Soul, which featured prominently on the Top 40 track 'I Won't Stand in Your Way.'
While 'Rant N' Rave' was generally well received by critics, who acknowledged and appreciated the band's tributes to such rock 'n' roll forebears as Gene Vincent ('Hotrod Gang') and Bo Diddley ('Rebels Rule'), the tastes of U.S. audiences proved typically fickle. Despite the album's first single, '(She's) Sexy + 17,' vaulting into the Top 5, the album reached only No. 14 before beginning its downward tumble. By the following year, the band had disbanded.
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Rocker reflected on the band's post-'Rant N' Rave' dissolution in a June 2013 interview with the Modesto Bee. "There was so much going on," he said. "It was four, five years of nonstop work and touring. If we had a better scheme, the wise move after about three years would have been to take six months of downtime, then regroup and write some songs, [but] a three-way democracy is an ugly equation. Without an agreement, nothing happens, and to get three guys to agree on anything is difficult. I have no regrets or complaints, but there were other ways it could have gone."
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When you masturbate, God kills a kitten. Then, Rob Tucker sneaks into your room and eats the Kleenex.
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Latest from all the library blogs.
"Once in a blue moon," you "go for broke" and "race against the clock" to find that perfect book to read, and when you do, you realize that you "can't judge a book by its cover," because as you read it, you think to yourself, "it's all Greek to me."
There's plenty to do in March. We change time zones, celebrate Easter and spring, plus there's always something happening at the Library!
Wheatfield artist Doris Myers is known for capturing the loveliness of her surroundings on canvas.
If you love movies (and I do!) when you go to the movies one of the best parts, at least for me- are the trailers for the upcoming new movie releases.
I like to try new things and go to new places, and agree with the late, great Dr. Seuss when he said, "There's no limit to how much you'll know depending how far beyond zebra you go."
Scrolling through some Internet sites, I came across this definition of love: "Love is a wildly misunderstood, although highly desirable, malfunction of the heart, which weakens the brain, causes the eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker."
This quote, written by an unknown author, is the very definition of the "L" word in most households, and also in mine, unless ham is the chosen meal for that particular day.
Think of a time when someone was unexpectedly kind to you. Were you caught off guard and surprised by their kindness? Random Acts of kindness can often considerably brighten a person's day and leave a lasting impression. Kindness can make the world a much better place to live.
February is always the shortest month, but it's also a busy month! Check out the list of holidays and special days going on this month to learn something new, or maybe discover a new favorite book.
We are unveiling a brand new catalog next month that we hope will make things easier than ever for you to find and request books and manage your library account.
At least once each day, the thought, "What would happen…" runs through my mind. Does it yours?
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EU and Canada reach free trade dealBy JUERGEN BAETZ
THE Associated Press | October 19,2013AP PHOTO
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Barroso shake hands as they exchange documents during a ceremony Friday at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.BRUSSELS Canada and the European Union have struck a tentative free trade deal meant to boost growth and jobs and which European officials hope will provide a blueprint for a much larger but more challenging trade pact with the U.S.
The deal agreed to on Friday in Brussels will cut tariffs and red tape and was attained after settling bitter disputes over cheese exports and visa requirements. Companies on each side will have improved access to the two lucrative markets the 28-member EUs 500 million people and Canadas 35 million.
This is a big deal. It is the biggest deal our country has ever made, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Brussels.
The value of bilateral trade in goods and services between the EU and Canada was 85 billion euros in 2012 ($116 billion at todays value), according to the European Commission, the EUs executive arm. It estimates the agreement will boost trade by almost a quarter.
The deal still requires approval by the European Parliament, EU member states and from Canada on federal and provincial levels. These are expected to be cleared in 2015.
A total of 99 percent of tariffs will be removed immediately once the agreement takes effect, with only a few agricultural products being excluded and managed by quota rules.
In numerical terms, the deal appears to be a bigger win for Canada. The EU, a $17-trillion economy, is Canadas second-largest trading partner behind the U.S. By contrast, Canada is only the EUs 12th-largest trading market. The deal would also help reduce the dependence of Canadas $1.8-trillion economy on imports from the U.S.
However, while Canadas export potential grows, its products will also face stiffer competition at home.
Indeed, Canada seemed to have made major concessions for the deal in .
Sectors like Canadas dairy products, particularly cheese producers, are likely to see their market share fall. They will receive help from the Canadian government as imports from Europe ramp up, Harper said. He insisted, nevertheless, that the deal is in the interest of the vast majority of Canadians.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed the agreement as a win-win for both sides after four years of negotiations.
The EUs cheese exports proved to be one of the last stumbling blocks in the negotiations, EU officials said. In the final compromise, Canada accepted an increased quota that will allow EU cheese exports to surge by 130 percent.
Another hurdle was the Czech governments insistence that Canada should waive its visa requirement for Czech citizens. Harper said that Canada will scrap the rule in the coming weeks.
The EU hopes the agreement with Canada will provide a boost to free trade talks with the U.S., which would be the worlds largest such pact. The EU and U.S. combined represent just under half of the global economy.
Officials on both sides of the Atlantic hope to agree on the broad outline of that deal by the end of next year, but that schedule is considered highly ambitious as significant hurdles remain.
We expect this agreement to set some standards, also for other negotiations, including with our American friends, Barroso said, hinting that some of the compromises struck with Canada could serve as blueprints for the negotiations with the U.S.MORE IN National / World BusinessNike came out with a new product last Tuesday, an updated and for my feet more comfortable... Full StoryTalks for Pacific trade deal stall Full StoryWASHINGTON U.S. Full Story
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Peter Cavanaugh to host Toledo radio reunionWritten by Matt Liasse | | firstname.lastname@example.com
The voices of Toledo are getting together for an informal reunion.
The Toledo Radio Reunion is an unofficial party for people who have worked in local radio and avid listeners. Peter Cavanaugh, the former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Reams Broadcasting, will lead the pack.
The reunion will be Cavanagh's first time back in Toledo in a dozen years.
"It was a very highly-energized city," Cavanaugh said. "The energy level, I cannot tell you how exciting it was not only to be in Toledo but to have an opportunity to be helpful and really pushing things forward."
Cavanaugh invited locals Ragtime Rick, Lyn Casey of Cumulus and Becky Shock of WRQN for the get-together. He said he is not sure who will attend.
"I don't know if it'll have just you and I sitting around having a beer or two or a whole bunch of people, but let's give it a try," Cavanaugh said.
Cavanaugh started as a DJ in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1957 and eventually moved to Flint, Mich., before making his way to Toledo. In Toledo from 1983 to 1992, he was a part of making WIOT-FM, become a success nationally and, with sister facility WCWA, produced dozens of "River Rallies" in Promenade Park.
"I must say, back in that period of time, you had local ownership with Frazier Reams doing stuff that was simply [unheard of] … I tell my younger radio friends about this now and they think I'm crazy," Cavanaugh said. "Frazier really ran the radio properties not just to make a couple dollars … but to truly serve the community. You just don't see that anymore."
Cavanaugh is now part of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He currently lives with his wife in Oakhurst, Calif.
The event is set for 5 p.m. May 28 at Manhattan's, 1516 Adams St.
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Legislation specifically banning sexual orientation discrimination in employment came into effect on 1 December 2003 - Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003.
Before the change in employment legislation, lesbians, gay men and bisexuals who were discriminated against and harassed at work because of their sexuality had no protection by law and used domestic and European courts to seek protection against discrimination.
Lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals who were discriminated at work because of their sexuality were less successful using the sex discrimination argument. Neither domestic nor European courts agreed that discrimination against lesbians, gay men and bisexuals constituted sex discrimination.
In 1998, the European Court declared that EU sex equality legislation did not protect against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. This was in the case of Lisa Grant v South West Trains supported by Stonewall. Lisa worked for the South West Trains company which provided benefits to its employees in the form of free travel for employees' spouses and unmarried cohabitants who had been together for at least two years. South West Trains rejected such benefits to Lisa's female partner of many years. Lisa claimed she had been discriminated against simply because of her sex - if she had been a man, and not a woman living with another woman, and applied for the benefits, she would have received them. The Court of Justice disagreed and said it was a case of sexual orientation discrimination and not sex discrimination. The Court stated that "in the present state of the law within the Community, stable relationships between two persons of the same sex are not regarded as equivalent to marriage or stable relationships outside marriage between persons of the opposite sex."
In another case Smith v Gardner Merchant the Court of Appeal stated that there were circumstances where sex discrimination against a lesbian or gay man could constitute sex discrimination, but only where, for instance, a gay man had been treated less favourably than a lesbian or vice versa.
In a case of Swann v Thameslink an industrial tribunal dismissed the sex discrimination argument, but found that the applicant had been dismissed because of his homosexuality. When awarding the damages, the industrial tribunal took into account the equal opportunities clause in the applicant's contract listing sexual orientation among other grounds.
In two recent cases, a lesbian teacher who had to leave school after being harassed because of her sexuality (Pearce v Governing Body of Mayfair School) and a gay man dismissed from the RAF because he was gay (Macdonald v Ministry of Defence), claimed sex discrimination. Shirley Pearce lost her case in all instances. In the Macdonald case, the Scottish Employment Appeals tribunal ruled that he had been discriminated against under the Sex Discrimination Act. The tribunal interpreted the word 'sex' as covering both 'gender' and 'sexual orientation' and by this made it clear that the comparator for a gay man or a lesbian would be heterosexual man or woman. The government successfully appealed this ruling at the Court of Session. Roddy Macdonald lost his appeal against this decision in the House of Lords. The House of Lords delivered its judgement in both cases in a single decision on 19 June 2003.
Cases which have gone to tribunal and been upheld under the Employment Equality Regulations 2003.
December 2008
Stephen English won his case at the Court of Appeal, which ruled on 19 December 2008 that he had been the victim of sexual harassment at work after suffering repeated homophobic taunting, although he was not gay. English, an employee of Thomas Sanderson Blinds, was repeatedly taunted by colleagues about his sexual orientation, even though he is heterosexual and they knew that he was married. It was initially held by the court that the case did not fall under harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation because he was not homosexual. On appeal it was held that a person who is tormented by "homophobic banter" is subject to harassment on the ground of sexual orientation within the meaning of reg. 5 of the legislation, even though he is not gay.
April 2008
Allwyn Rondeau was employed by G4S as a security guard at Heathrow. His supervisor sexually harassed him, and taunted him about his sexuality. When he rejected her advances, she made a complaint of inappropriate behaviour. The tribunal found against her, and awarded him compensation of £62.5k.
July 2007
John Reaney won his claim of sexual orientation discrimination against the Church of England. Former Christian youth officer John Reaney was turned down for a youth worker's post after the Bishop of Hereford quizzed him for two hours about his personal life. The panel ruled that the Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance, representing the bishop, had unlawfully blocked the lay appointment on the grounds of sexuality. Reaney was awarded over £47k in compensation.
March 2007
Marlene Bielak received compensation from retailer Next after an employment tribunal ruled she was subjected to homophobic harassment and unfairly dismissed. Bielak, a lesbian shop assistant at Next, suffered months of harassment by colleague Katrina Davies who played a Morrissey song referring to lesbians each time she entered the shop's stockroom. Davies and her husband, also an employee at the store, openly questioned whether Bielak and her partner were fit to raise their seven-year old son. After an incident where she was shoved and sworn at by Davies, Bielak lodged a complaint and went on sick leave. Next failed to deal with the complaint for 14 months leading to Bielak's eventual resignation.
February 2007
An employment tribunal in Glasgow awarded the largest ever compensation to date under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. Jonah Ditton, a media sales manager at CP Publishing Ltd, was awarded almost £120,000 by an employment tribunal for discrimination on the grounds of his sexual orientation. The tribunal found that Ditton's boss, Warren Paul, "overtly abused and humiliated him on the grounds of his sexual orientation." Ditton was sacked after just 8 days of being with CP Publishing. The tribunal found that "the conduct of the respondent was high-handed, malicious, insulting and oppressive" adding that "the manner of his dismissal was humiliating and degrading."
September 2006
Chris Martin, a quality assurance officer at Parkam Foods Ltd, was awarded over £17,000 by an employment tribunal which found that he was the victim of discrimination and harassment under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. Martin was suspended after complaining about pornographic and homophobic graffiti containing his name on a toilet wall. Martin resigned in protest when Parkam Foods failed to take his complaint seriously by refusing to investigate and repeatedly telling him to forget about his grievances and move on. The tribunal found that Parkam Foods did not appropriately deal with Martin's grievances due to "inbuilt prejudice" and the failure to take his complaint seriously "completely humiliated" Martin and aggravated the situation.
June 2006
A lesbian couple were awarded a record, but undisclosed, six-figure pay-out after an employment tribunal found that Margaret Durman and Penny Smith, both nurses in a care centre run by Barchester Healthcare, were victims of sexual orientation discrimination. Barchester Healthcare sacked Durman and Smith following an anonymous allegation that accused the couple of allowing the physical and sexual abuse of residents. The tribunal reported that Barchester Healthcare mishandled the disciplinary procedure, suppressed documents and "trawled" staff for complaints. The tribunal ruled that the allegations of abuse were groundless, asserting that had the allegations been investigated properly "it would have revealed no possible cause for concern." The tribunal stated, "It is hard to see how any dismissal, conducted by an employer of such size, could be so very bad unless sexual orientation discrimination was the root cause of it. We are not satisfied that a heterosexual couple would have been treated the same."
January 2006
A Bristol employment tribunal found that Anthony Gaman was the victim of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and unfairly dismissed by Bristol County Sports Club. The tribunal found that he was taunted with homophobic remarks and jokes, made by members of the club's committee including one staff member who remarked that "all gays are evil" and "all gays should be shot." Gaman was also made to staff the bar single-handedly, working 75-hour weeks at a rate of pay below the minimum wage level. When Gaman complained that he and his partner had been threatened with violence in the bar, he was dismissed - after a disciplinary hearing through which club members drank alcohol and made homophobic remarks. Gaman was awarded more than two year's net pay in compensation.
May 2005
Durham City Council was found guilty of discriminating against a gay theatre worker who suffered months of bullying and harassment at the hands of his manager. The Council were also found to have constructively and unfairly dismissed Fausto Gismondi, who was group bookings coordinator at Durham's Gala Theatre. Fausto was repeatedly referred to as "gay boy" by his manager Ed Tutty. The tribunal commented that "it is hard to envisage conduct more likely to shatter the trust and confidence of an employee in his employer," and the council had "signally failed in their duty to an employee who has been bullied and harassed, contrary to their own express policies." Durham City Council and the harasser were both found by the tribunal to have breached the Sexual Orientation Regulations.
January 2005
The first worker in Britain to win a case under new legislation that bans gay discrimination at work was Robert Whitfield, a gay office manager who claimed constructive dismissal on the grounds of sexual orientation. He won £35,000 at an employment tribunal, at which he said that his sales manager continually referred to his sexuality and once phoned him saying: "Just a queer word - err, I mean just a quick word," and that he was taunted as a "queen" for ordering a cocktail. The Stratford tribunal found that Whitfield had been victimised because of his sexual orientation and had suffered sustained abuse at waste disposal company Cleanaway UK.
Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill said, "Rob had been subject to sustained harassment over a period of time. This sort of workplace bullying doesn't just hurt people, it hugely undermines productivity in workplaces across Britain. Employers need to recognise their obligation to protect the 1.7 million gay staff in the UK workplace from this sort of harassment."
Alan Whitehead resigned from his job at the Brighton Palace Pier after finding out that he had been the subject of a homophobic remark from a colleague. In his claim for unfair dismissal and harassment, Whitehead told an employment tribunal that his dignity had been violated. The tribunal held that the term used was "exceptionally offensive" and awarded the claimant nearly £10,000 in compensation. Experts say the case is a landmark ruling that in effect prohibits the use of homophobic language in the workplace, and has important implications for all employers because the offending comment was not made directly to the victim.
Mr Brooks was subjected to inappropriate language and behaviour by colleagues at Findlay Industries over a number of months because he was gay. He was successful in his claims of harassment and discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation against his employer. None of the employees had received training on sexual orientation, and the employer did not take the complaints of harassment seriously. Based on his distress, the employer ought to have taken action regardless of the fact that Mr Brooks had asked him not to. The tribunal awarded Mr Brooks £15,727 for unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Mr Mann won his case against his employers BH Publishing Ltd. Mr Mann was harassed and suffered direct discrimination on the ground of his sexual orientation when his manager continued to mimic him after Mr Mann had asked him to stop because he felt it was creating a homophobic atmosphere in the workplace. In the tribunal's view, once the manager knew of the complaint it was impossible to conclude other than that his continued mimicking was on grounds of sexual orientation.
July 2006
A unanimous House of Lords ruling confirmed that an employer can be held vicariously liable under Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for their employees' acts of harassment.
William Majrowski, a gay audit coordinator at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, was the victim of homophobic bullying and harassment by his line manager. Majrowski claimed that his boss, Sandra Freeman, was excessively critical of him; that she refused to talk to him; that she was rude and abusive to him in front of other staff; and that she imposed unrealistic targets for his performance. An internal investigation found that harassment had occurred; however Majrowski sued the Trust under the Protection from Harassment Act arguing that the Trust was vicariously liable for the behaviour of the manager who harassed him. This ruling reaffirms the responsibility of employers to provide a workplace free from harassment contending that where one employee, during the course of their employment, harasses another employee or anyone else, the employer will be vicariously liable for that harassment.
Contrary to claims under anti-discrimination Acts, employees will not have to prove that they developed a psychiatric illness (stress or anxiety are sufficient) or that the employer should have foreseen what happened, representing a lower hurdle for employees to clear in making harassment claims.
February 2005
A UK designer who was dismissed for using a company computer to send explicit e-mails to her lesbian lover won her claim for unfair dismissal. A Nottingham employment tribunal had heard that Helen Brearley was fired from shop fitting company Timber Tailors because she had let her standard of work slip because of her "excessive" email use, which the company said constituted gross misconduct.
Brearley claimed that she was unfairly dismissed. "I was not aware the content was in any way against company policy, as they were personal emails," Brearley said. The tribunal awarded Brearley £26,245 for unfair dismissal and said that the firm had "grossly overstated" the problem and that they should have warned her instead of sacking her.


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Kumquat Sour
Coconut Kumquat tea cake
Wow! You are super creative! I had my first bite of this fruit a few weeks ago when I visited my cousin in Florida. Unfortunately it was juicy. We think it was frost bit. Blessings to you from NanaHood!
I vote for the coconut tea cake! Sounds interesting. Happy WW!
well they certainly look pretty in the bowl!
Good idea using Pinterest
hmm..I have NEVER had a kumquat!
I love Pinterest! Happy WW
Beki :)
I love kumquat marmalade personally... and candied kumquats, but that tart looks intriguing too!
I pinned the Kumquat Tart.
I think the tart looks yummy. Never had a kumquat. I did recently see them in the store though.
Those are really great ideas for using kumquats.. they look yummy!!
Oh these look good, what if you "pickle" or "marinade" them in a sweet sugary jar... Don't know the proper term, my mom used to make a sweet treat doing something like that with lemons, with peels and all.
Thank you for the link up, found you over at another WW link up, hope to see you over at http://daytodaymoments.blogspot.com
Ooo @ the coconut kumquat tea cake idea!
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And if all else fails, they look real pretty sitting in the bowl LOL!
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Oh, I love the colors in the first picture. Gorgeous.
BTW, This is my first time stopping by your blog and it's really cute! I'm your newest follower.
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I love those little things! Haven't had one in years though!
I just eat them. They're expensive to buy. They're little but like the sour taste of it..
Visiting for Wordless Wednesday! Hope you can stop by:)
Never tried a kumquat before. Thanks for linking up! Now following your blog.
Have you tried eating them whole? They are so delicous and fresh, I love them. The skin is sweet and you just pop the whole thing in your mouth. Yum.


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The Savannah River Site is likely a prime contender for storing spent nuclear fuel for decades to come, according to a report released Thursday.
The study by Robert Alvarez, a former senior adviser at the Department of Energy and professor at Johns Hopkins University, outlines the possible impact of making SRS an interim storage site for the country's commercial nuclear power plant waste.
Recently formed environmental group Don't Waste Aiken commissioned Alvarez, an expert on nuclear waste with Washington, D.C., think tank The Policy Institute, to produce a study outlining the impact of storing spent nuclear fuel at SRS.
Speaking at a press conference announcing his findings, Alvarez outlined the amount of radioactivity spent fuel could bring – more than double the radioactivity present at SRS currently in high-level waste could be delivered.
High level liquid waste tanks at SRS have near 280 million curies of radioactivity. Spent fuel looking to be stored could bring 1 billion curies to the DOE-owned site.
"This would be one of the largest concentrations of radioactivity in the United States in one place" Alvarez said. "I'm not questioning the ability of the people at Savannah River to handle this material. I'm really trying to give people an idea of what the implications are."
The report also said some 2,500 shipments of high-level waste initially could travel across the nation's highways for storage at SRS if sent by truck; however, Alvarez noted that he thought a single repository was unlikely and impractical.
Alvarez' report will be officially released Thursday as discussion intensifies over how to deal with the nation's growing amount of commercial power plant waste. The nation today has about 70,000 tons of spent fuel. The deadly material was originally scheduled to go to Yucca Mountain, Nev., for disposal, but President Obama canceled the project in 2010 after citing environmental concerns. Last month, the Department of Energy released a three-point plan for replacing Yucca Mountain. The plan calls for establishing an interim storage site by 2021 and a larger interim storage site by 2025. A permanent disposal ground would be available by 2048, according to the DOE.
Although there is no official proposal to build an interim storage site at SRS, the Site's history in dealing with waste, its workforce, community support and infrastructure make it an obvious contender.
"I don't know where there is a better site," Alvarez said Thursday. "SRS is not the only option."
Overall, Alvarez said that wherever the waste is stored, the safest way to store it is in dry casks that are in a large enough structure to withstand a possible seismic event. He recommended changes in law that would allow DOE to assume title over spent fuel at private reactor sites and then construct dry storage facilities there.
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