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BitchTapes: Lux
Light, in the winter months, feels like a commodity. As the days get shorter and darkness encroaches we tend to recede into our homes earlier in the evening, where we can create our own light. This source, electric, solar, and imagined, receives a new awareness in the wintertime, and perhaps a greater appreciation. This week's BitchTapes revolves around the precious lux.
1. See The Light - Sparklehorse
"I can't see the light from the trees"
2. Bad Light - Built To Spill
"And all that sun makes so much shine. How this is done like so much science"
3. Broken Light - Aloha
"Broken light interrupt my dream, guide me out of danger into your gold"
4. Light The Match - Mirah
"You flicker, you amaze me. Your lips illuminate me."
5. Magic Light - Wampire
"Shining down from deep within your soul, magic light seeping out into everything you touch"
6. Kill The Headlights - Nicole Atkins
"Don't pull over, just kill the headlights"
7. Perfect Light - Love Battery
"If you want a definition, I don't want to let you down. Have you found the perfect light?"
8. Unlighted Shadow - Love Like Fire
"Somewhere there's a warm light / Glowing from the inside / I will hang my eyes up on the sun"
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Johnny Nash - "I Can See
Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now"
"It's gonna be a bright bright sunshine-y day."
I adore all of the
I adore all of the BitchTapes. absolute class <3
"Light up ya Lighter,"
"Light up ya Lighter," Michael Franti
and the light-related...
"July Flame," Laura Veirs
"Sundrops," Kristin Hersh
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Arcade Fire: Halflight II. Great post - love Lux.
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Birthday: October 31 1947
Deidre Hall was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives. She began the role in 1976 leaving in 1987 and returned in 1991.
Hall was raised in lake Worth, Florida as one of three children. Twin sister Andrea, a former actress, played the role of Samantha Evans opposite Deidre from 1977-1982. Brother John died in 1999. Shortly after her high school graduation she moved to Southern California to pursue acting. Her first feature role was Electra Woman on the 1976 series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Hall's first foray into the soap world came as an original cast member on the Young and the Restless where she played Barbara Anderson from 1973 to 1975. Hall also played the lead of Jessica Witherspoon on Our House from 1986-1988.
Hall has been married 3 times most recently to Steve Sohmer whom she divorced in 2005. Sohmer and Hall have two children via surrogacy. Son David was born in 1992 and son Tully followed in 1995. She portrayed herself in a TV movie based on the birth of her first son entitled Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story.
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Tournament will be at Al Gonzalez Boxing Gym
CORPUS CHRISTI - The 70th Annual Regional Golden Gloves begins a three-night run Thursday at its sixth different venue since the Kiwanis Club of Corpus Christi Bay assumed the role of operating sponsor of the event in 1997.
While the changing of locations has seemed to be a constant, more change could be afoot pending the success of this year's event, which will take place at the Al Gonzalez Boxing Gym on South Brownlee Boulevard.
The number of entries for this year's event has dwindled to 90, the fewest since the Kiwanians took over the tournament and it is the first time there have been fewer than 100 boxers entered since 2004. Of that total, 25 are unopposed and won't compete.
"I was going back through some records. I think it's been a decade ago when we had low participants," said Robert Gonzales, a Kiwanian and the tournament's director. "It's always been 100-plus, 120, 130."
All of that translates to 10 scheduled bouts on Thursday and Friday nights with 16 championship bouts scheduled for Saturday night. Open-class champions advance to the state Golden Gloves tournament in Fort Worth Feb. 27-March 2.
The regional tournament serves as the club's main fundraiser. While Gonzales said the club hasn't lost money producing the city's iconic annual amateur boxing event, the club will be examining its future hosting the tournament.
"To be honest with you we're going to sit back after this tournament and say yes or no and decide right there," Gonzales said. "We're going to have a meeting in March and decide."
A struggling economy has been a main culprit with the financial concerns, Gonzales said, with much-needed sponsorship dollars at a premium. The event has bounced locations from the now-defunct Memorial Coliseum, to the Richard M. Borchard Fairgrounds in Robstown, Flour Bluff High School, the American Bank Center's Exhibit Hall to the Al Amin Shrine Temple Pavilion Hall before the move to the midtown boxing club's building this year.
"We've been breaking even for the most part. We have not lost money since the Flour Bluff days. It's not the money we made at the beginning but we do have money after every show," Gonzales said. "So we're hoping this move will generate more income for us.
"The overhead is a whole lot less at this venue than at the other facilities," Gonzales said. "But as far the effort we place as a club in organizing it and what-have-you and the return on it, we'll have to sit back and analyze if it's worth it in March."
That said, there are some interesting storylines for this year's tournament. Defending open-class champions Steve Belmontes (141) pounds and super heavyweight Robert Gutierrez are back to defend titles. At 34, this will be Gutierrez's final year of eligibility to compete in the open division.
Defending champs Tomas Iruegas (108) and 114-pounder John L. Herrera already have their ticket to Fort Worth as unopposed champions, as do unopposed fighters Ace'son LeSeuer (152) and 201-pounder Elias Beltran.
There is one female fight scheduled and it promises to be one of Saturday's highlights. Rianna Rios, the daughter of former regional Gloves champion Solomon Munguia, is a four-time national champion. She is scheduled to fight seasoned amateur and former Texas Games champ Janelle Leal. The fight will be four, 2-minute rounds as agreed upon by the fighters' respective coaches and allowed by USA Boxing rules for experienced competitors.
The first Masters bout in the history of the regionals also is scheduled and is a reunion of sorts. Ten years ago, Victoria's Albert Gomez scored a decision over Porfirio Zamora for the regional Gloves heavyweight title. They will meet again, this time in a super-heavyweight fight.
Novice — 141: Andres Garcia, Tuff N Enuff Boxing Club, vs. Christian Herrera, Baltazar BC.
Open — 201+: Chris Carrillo, CC Police Officers Association BC, vs. Robert Gutierrez, CCPOA. 123: Julian Gilden, 2nd Chance Aransas Pass BC, vs. Robert Ybarra, Azteca Warriors. 132: Jessie Martinez, Tuff N Enuff, vs. Luis Aguirre, CC PAL. 178: Omar Reyes, CC Police Athletic League, vs. David Rivers, CCPOA.
Junior Olympic — 107: Daniel Fake, 2nd Chance AP, vs. Alexander Flores, Al Gonzalez, BC. 100: Eleazar Mendietta, Kingsville BC, vs. Trey Aragon, Outkast BC. 92: Christian Perez, Neighborhood Center BC, vs. Joe Angel Martinez, Tuff N Enuff. 85: Isaiah Villegas, Neighborhood Center BC, vs. Ramon Acosta, Outkast. 109: Jonathan Ortiz, Neighborhood Center, vs. Marcus Garica, unattached.
Unopposed champions Open (earn automatic berth on regional team at state tournament) — 108: Tomas Iruegas, Al Gonzalez; 114: John L. Herrera, CCPOA; 152: Ace'son LeSeuer, CCPOA; 201: Elias Beltran, Azteca Warriors
Junior Olympic — 77: Parris Gilden, 2nd Chance AP. 99: Isaac Rivera, CCPOA. 109: Gavin Flores, Neighborhood Center. 128: Jacob Guevera, CCPOA. 136: Tim Keener, Neighborhood Center. 182: Alejandro Gonzalez, Crystal City Fighting Monks.
Masters — 152: Jim Barnette, CCPOA.
Female — 68: Kara B. Patin, Tuff N Enuff. 141: Jayda Gilden, 2nd Chance AP. 229: Gabriela Garcia, unattached. 157: Jasmine Acevedo, Azteca Warriors. 147: Norma Sanchez, Baltazar BC. 84: Aileen Campo, Al Gonzalez BC. 114: Gloria Zargoza, CC PAL. 123: Ivana Guzman, Kingsville BC.
Sub-Novice — 123: Robert De La Cerda, Kingsville BC. 132: Rolando Rocha, Neighborhood Center BC. 141: Miguel Orozco, Crystal City Fighting Monks. 201: Caine Gonzalez, Neighborhood Center BC.
Novice — 123: Andrew Rodriguez, Kingsville BC. 165: Austin Urrabazo, Crystal City Fighting Monks.
70th Annual Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament
WHO: 90 amateur boxers, with open-class fighters advancing to state tournament Feb. 27-March 2 in Fort Worth
WHEN: Today-Saturday, starts at 7 p.m. nightly
SPONSOR: The Kiwanis Club of Corpus Christi Bay
WHERE: Al Gonzalez Boxing Club, 702 S. Brownlee Blvd.
TICKETS: $10 general admission
The number of entries at the most recent Regional Golden Gloves boxing tournament:
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You know that way-too-stylish flight instruction video playing on Delta flights right now? The one hosted by the flight attendant who blurs the line between sexy, assertive, and creepy? What is the deal with her lips? Seriously? They're out of control, and distract you from any safety information. I took a quick photo with my BlackBerry as we prepared for take-off from Sundance. See for yourself:
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I like everything about this kid... his quickness, his attitude, his athletic ability and just the fact that Reese drafted him in the 1st Round and that Gibride says he's never coached a player with this kind of quickness. It's not a coincidence that many are comparing him to a Tiki with an upside. After all he did break Tiki's All Purpose Yards record in college. Let's hope he breaks all of Tiki's records as a pro.
The good thing is that it happened now and he should be back in time for the regular season. It's also good that Randle, Hixon, Barden and Jernigan will have a chance to show that they can step up. But like you said Mike, the attention Nick got drew defenders away from Cruz and Manningham. Unless Nick comes back and is 100% that won't be the case. Believe me I hate to say this or even think about this... but there is a free agent WR out there looking for a job, who knows this offense, Eli and will draw the double team. Do the Giants bring him back for insurance just in case Nick isn't 100% and has a setback?
Who does David Wilson remind me of? Let me think... 5'10", 205. Explosive to the outside, runs well in the inside and can shake off tackles for a big play. Good hands catching the ball, but needs to improve on his ball security. Broke the ACC record for all-purpose-yards. May start his career with the Giants returning kicks/punts... Congratulations Giants fans, a younger, healthier Tiki Barber is back with a better, team friendly attitude and nobody should be happier than Eli Manning.
Why are we always looking for a headline? I think this is more about freeing cap space than signaling that Osi is gone. Now that we have some money and Kiwi is a lock, we can deal with Osi and others.
Great QBs Luck and Griffin but neither one is a Eli Manning.
Trade him and draft a replacement. I'm sick and tired of his complaining and now is the time to let him go while we can get a good pick for him. Even if we give him a new contract his bickering won't stop because he's not going to win back his starting job because JJP is far better at defending the run. We went through much of last season without him and Reese is the best at finding D-Line pass-rushers. Let him go and spend the money on players that want to be Giants.
I totally agree with Nicks. I'll even go as far to say that Super Mario would have had a hard time keeping his 3rd spot if Hixon stays healthy. I love Jernigan's speed and sure hands too. He's a lot like Mario but he also needs to work on his routes like Mario. It'll all come down to injuries and for that reason Reese will draft a WR on Friday or Saturday not Thursday unless there's that player we just can't pass up.
This is a tough schedule. But as defending champs I wouldn't want it any other way. The Giants just have to have their typical strong 1st half which will be good with the Bye week coming late. I'm also glad that the Steelers, Green Bay, Saints and the last Philly game(s) are at home. Just stay healthy and when we're not, count on Reese's surprise additions to step up. Healthy 13-3. Banged up 10-6
If there's anything a football fan can count on in the off season it's Brett Favre saying he's coming back and Osi threatening to holdout unless he gets a new contract. Please! At least Brett stopped his shenanigans. So when will Osi stop his. He says he understands that it's a business then why does he pout like a child playing a game? In 2005 Osi signed a contract that was clearly one of the best for a young DLs in the NFL for someone who was clearly one of the best young DLs in the NFL. During his first years he played hard and performed exceptionally well and the Giants rewarded him for it. But football teams can't change every contract when players have a good year. It's called a cap and playing hard and having a good year is what you're payed to do. I don't necessarily agree with salary caps... matter of fact I don't, but it's there and we have to abide by it. If anybody on this team played hard the entire season and performed beyond expectations even when everybody laughed at him when he said he was elite was Eli. But does he go around pouting for a new contract? No, he keeps restructuring his contract so that there's more cap space. Sure it works out in the end in his favor but it really works out best for the team... The team wants you and needs you, Osi. Don't say it's a business, act like it's one. Honor your contract; show up early for camp; play hard; win back your starting position; stay healthy; and I'm sure the Giants will show you the money before they show it to Nicks and Cruz. And you know it. We all do. Man Up!
Here we go again with another Giant going to a weaker team just for the money. I like Tollefson. I wish him all the best and will always be grateful for his contribution in the D-Line rotation. But does he really think he's going to match those sack numbers in Oakland? And if not what happens in two years when his contract is up? These free agents have to look at their teammates and coaches and realize that they might be a major factor of their success, and to go to a team without those surroundings might end up damaging their future in the NFL more than helping it...
More than a WR Devin Thomas is a good athlete who in SF played smart and came up clutch when we needed him. That 2nd fumble recovery I call a "pick-pocket". It was a thing oF beauty. But like Mario, he's riding a playoff high and wants more than the Giants can give him. I wish him luck in Chicago, but I know Reese will find others like him on the wire and in the draft.
What I get from this interview is that once again the Giants are going to pick the best player available in the first two rounds no matter what position they're at... except for QB... and I have no problem with that. We do need to deal with the RB situation, MLB and the O-Line needs some consistency especially since McKenzie isn't coming back. But this team has depth that we only seem to see when someone gets injured or leaves in free agency. I mean I was totally shocked when Smith and Boss left and look what happened. Then I was very concerned when T. Thomas went down and Ross had to take his spot since Ross was never the same after his injury. But Fewell moved the Safeties up to assists the CBs and it worked. We might of had fewer blitzes but we usually contained the QB. I think I'm going to sit back and watch and see who Reese picks and Coughlin molds.
I guess they're looking for Steve Smith to fill in for Brandon Lloyd. I've followed Smith since his days at USC and feel that he's a better WR than Lloyd because of the way he can find open space. Let's see if he becomes Sam Bradford's go-to guy on 3rd down like he was Eli's.
Good Luck Steve!
I don't understand how this system works... We lost 3 starters including Steve Smith who was a Pro Bowler... our #1 TE and our #1 DT and all we get is a 4th Round pick? We replaced all those players with people already on the team not free agents. Is the League saying that because Smith was injured and because we rotate our defensive line and players restructure their contracts so we can be under the cap, that we're only entitled to one pick? Or maybe the League is saying we don't need extra picks because we have a talented GM who is able to find obscure players who can step up when needed... as in the case when we replaced Smith, Boss and Cofield. In Jerry Reese We Trust!
I'm happy for Mario. He's going to a good team where he'll land in the 3rd or 4th WR spot following Crabtree, Moss and Williams. But he knew what he was up against if he came back the the Giants. Hixon had beaten him out of that 3rd spot until he got injured and Hixon will make the team if only to return punts and/or kickoffs. If Clayton comes back Mario will be fighting him, Jernigan and Barden for a job and if anyone of them beat him out Reese would have probably cut him because of the salary cap. So to save himself, the team and even the NFL the embarrassment of having a Super Bowl star get cut, he's gone to a good team, for more money, that might get Payton.
The Giants can't wait. We need a power RB and there's a good one in San Diego. And what's happening to Goff?
I understand the pros and cons that are brought up but I really don't think Reese, Coughlin and Hope would have signed Bennett unless they thought he could be coached up. And I mean in a big way. I remember people said that Beckum wasn't a good receiver and Ballard was undrafted for Pete's Sake. Now look at them. I trust Reese, and believe in Hope's ability to make physically gifted athletes like Bennett become very special.
Two things I assume from the Giants moves today is Thomas is healthy and Boss is not. I totally trust Reese when it comes to spotting talented RBs, Pass Rushers, WRs and TEs. I too haven't heard the best about Bennett but if Reese signs him it's because he feels he can be coached up. If you look at Bennett's days at Texas A&M you learn that he was also a power forward basketball player. Something I notice Reeves likes in his TEs because it usually adds jumping ability and quick reflects to their strength and speed.
It doesn't matter how they frame it... injection, not surgery, surgery, procedures, treatment... duck tape, spit or voodoo... two bad feet and two bad ankles that have screws in them at were re-injured means trouble. I love Bradsaw and Jacobs. They are as important as any part of this team and that includes Eli. But does anyone really think they can make it injury free through the next season... and don't even think about the future. The running game has to be a key focus for this off-season.
I love Hixon's game especially on Special Teams. He's the best Return-man we've had since Meggett Hopefully he'll stay healthy. He's taller, faster, has better hands and runs better routes than Manningham, and he costs a lot less. He'll battle Clayton, Bardon and Jernigan for that 3rd and 4th spot, but all I look forward to seeing him do is fly down field returning kick-offs and punts.


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CHAPMANVILLE – The kickoff, if you will, to the 2013 season for the Chapmanville Regional High School football team got off to a somewhat rocky start back in June.
It had nothing to do with the team.
It was the grass at Tiger Stadium.
After the field was sprayed the vast majority of the grass turned to yellow and died.
What was left was a dead, ugly, dirt-patched playing surface – something you typically see in late October and early November after a field has seen heavy use after two months of football.
Chapmanville had a home 7-on-7 scrimmage scheduled in mid-June and ended up playing on the field anyway.
But after two months of ample summer rain and cooler than normal temperatures, the Tiger Stadium grass is thick and green and ready to go for another season of Chapmanville Tigers' high school football.
It looks good.
Real good.
If you wouldn't have known any better you might have thought the grass at Tiger Stadium was a playing surface at a major college or even the NFL.
The only thing left to do is stripe the field.
For the Chapmanville Tigers, the team is hoping to look as good as its grass this season.
Chapmanville slumped to a 4-6 record last year and suffered its first losing season since 2005. Also broken was the Tigers' string of five straight Class AA state playoff appearances.
Chapmanville is hoping to bounce back this fall and so far, the signs are good.
"We've got in the neighborhood of 50 players. I'll accept that number. That's a pretty good number for a Double-A school," Chapmanville 10th-year coach George Barker said last week. "Anytime you can get 50 kids out for a Double-A program you've got to be happy. That's a pretty good turnout. I don't know of any football coach who says he has too many."
Barker said his team had a productive June during the three-week summer practice period and so far regular practices have been going smoothly since the first Monday in August.
The Tigers are set to open the regular season on Aug. 30 at home against Sissonville in a Cardinal Conference contest.
"We had a good June and we had a good turnout and we had most of these kids that we have now," Barker said. "We had a 7-on-7 at Concord and we had one here. We did a few things different because we have a new offensive coordinator (James Barker) and a new line coach (Ron Jones). I felt like that it was important that they establish themselves in June. We put in a lot of the offense and a lot of the defense, so as far as scheme goes, we think that we're way ahead of things."
The Tigers, though, have question marks at quarterback.
Max Spradlin, who was Chapmanville primary starter last season and also played some under center during the 2011 campaign, did not come out for football this season.
To fill the void, the Tigers are looking to sophomore Alex Berry, junior Nate Ramey and senior Jordan Toler to be the quarterback. Early indications have Berry as the Tigers' projected starter but nothing yet is set in stone.
"He elected not to play," Barker said of Spradlin. "But I'm real pleased with the quarterbacks that we have. Alex Berry quarterbacked our JV team last year. He was here with us in June and so was Nate Ramey. Those two are experienced with the offense. We've also got a newcomer in Jordan Toler and he looks super. Those three kids are doing a great job for us. I'm real pleased with what I've seen from our quarterbacks so far. But until you start playing you just don't know what you are going to be. We'll just see what happens but I'm real pleased with where we are."
The Tigers also return a lot of starters and veterans from last year's team.
Running back Devin Wiley, a junior, looks to be the feature back. Wiley, also a member of the Chapmanville track team, finished among the fastest sprinters in the state in the coveted 100-meter dash last May at the state track and field meet in Charleston.
Wiley is the last of the Wiley brothers. His older brothers David and Dylan were also star players for the Tiger football squad.
Chapmanville also has a couple of prime time targets at wide receiver in junior Zac Casto and senior Brady Cox. Three starting linemen – Christopher Brewster, Gabe Maynard and Rodney Workman – are also back.
Chapmanville is scheduled to see its first preseason action on Friday, Aug. 17 against the Poca Dots in the first ever Cardinal Conference Gridorama at Mingo Central's Buck Harless Stadium. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
The Chapmanville-Poca scrimmage will be the first of four games between league teams. Barker said he's never been on top of the mountain at Mingo Central but is looking forward to seeing the 5,000-seat stadium, which has played host the last two years to the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
"The conference set this up with Mingo Central being the new kid on the block," Barker said. "There's a lot of people like me that have never been up there before. Everyone will get to meet up there and take a look at their facility. It's on Field Turf so we don't have to worry about tearing up somebody's field if the weather is a little bit bad. It's also a way for the conference to make a little bit of money. We're kind of excited about it. We're all in the same boat. Everyone plays everybody. It's no advantage or disadvantage to anybody. We'll play Poca in Week 4 but a lot of times in Week 4 that's a totally different team on both sides of the field."
Chapmanville has a second preseason game set for Friday, Aug. 23 against Class AAA Lincoln County at Hamlin. Game time is 7 p.m.
The Tigers then open the regular season the following Friday at home against the Sissonville Indians.
New to Chapmanville's schedule this season is Mingo Central, which replaces Point Pleasant. The Miners joined the Cardinal Conference last year and replaced the Big Blacks, which are now a Triple-A school.
Chapmanville is scheduled to host the Miners on Oct. 18 in the first ever meeting between the two schools on the gridiron.
After the opener with the Indians, CRHS then plays Sept. 6 at Herbert Hoover, Sept. 13 at home against rival Scott and Sept. 20 at Poca before hosting Class AAA county rival Logan on Sept. 27 in a non-conference game. The Tigers follow that with an Oct. 4 home game against James Monroe in another non-league affair before going to Class A county rival Man on Oct. 11 in another non-conference game.
After taking on the Hillbillies, Chapmanville hosts Mingo Central and closes out with a pair of conference road games in Wayne County on Oct. 25 at Tolsia and Nov. 1 at the Class AA two-time defending state champion Wayne Pioneers.
Chapmanville's annual Hall of Fame Game is the game against Logan on Sept. 27. The homecoming game is against James Monroe on Oct. 4. Senior Night is the Mingo Central game.
Since Chapmanville plays 10 games in 10 weeks there is no open date for the Tigers this season.
Chapmanville has a new offensive coordinator this year – James Barker – Coach George Barker's son. The younger Barker had been the head coach at Chapmanville Middle School the last two seasons. He replaces former offensive coordinator Rob Dial, who has taken an administrative job with the school. The new coach at CMS is Dwight Dingess.
James Barker said he's thrilled about the new job.
"It's always been a dream of mine to coach with my father," James Barker said. "This is really the first true year that we've been able to coach together. I've helped him out in the past and done what I could but being with him on the practice field the whole time and everything is real special. It's something that I will always look back on no matter what happens."
The new role will be a challenge, he said.
"It's about making the best with what you have personnel-wise," James Barker said.
The younger Barker is the third generation in the family to be a high school football coach.
George Barker's father, the legendary Fletcher "Shag" Barker, was a former head coach of the Chapmanville Tigers.
James Barker made history the last couple of seasons when he coached the CMS Tigers in their game against the Man Middle School Pioneers, which are led by Man's legendary coach Tootie Carter. James Barker became the third generation of the Barker family to coach against Carter in a testament to the Man coach's longevity.
Chapmanville's new line coach is Ron Jones, a former Virginia Tech player, who played for Coach Frank Beamer. Jones was one of James Barker's assistants last season at CMS.
Coach George Barker's
Year-by-Year Record at Chapmanville
2012: 4-6
2011: 9-4 (Lost 33-13 to Point Pleasant in Class AA state semifinals)
2010: 8-4 (Lost 56-14 to Magnolia in Class AA state quarterfinals)
2009: 6-5 (Lost 48-41 at Sherman in Class AA playoffs)
2008: 8-3 (Lost 33-0 to James Monroe in Class AA playoffs)
2007: 8-4 (Lost 41-18 to Bluefield in Class AA playoffs)
2006: 6-4
2005: 3-7
2004: 2-8
TOTAL: 54-45 (9 years)


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i was glad to see perry go, but balester isn't any better. putkonen reminds me of jeff weaver. his stuff moves, but some how ends up in the middle of the plate. i expect a lot of trades before the deadline.
now that jim buss is taking over the team, i believe that mitch kupcheck the gm (hope i spelled it right)may be leaving the team. wouldn't be surprised to see him go to orlando. if that does happen, i believe the lakers will become the lackers. now way can any one want either gasol or bynum. what they showed in the playoffs this year you would have to be insane to want them. also as a laker hater would love to see them and kobe implode.
a trade has to be made....DD has to get a 2nd baseman. raburn now at .144 and santiago .183. hopefully when ajax comes back that will solidify the leadoff spot again. kelly .182. he's too much a punch and judy hitter.
hopefully this game will get scherzer on track. i'm always concerned 1 good game 3 or 4 bad one's too follow. now we need porcello too step up.
looking at teams going no where... the brewers...wouldn't it be nice if we could find out ricky weeks goes on the trading block. he's hitting .154 right now and the brewers keep falling farther behind. he's got power and speed. only problem is he's injury prone. another guy who could be available is marcos scutaro at colorado. .270 career hitter. sad thing is, the 2nd baseman having the best season is former tiger omar infante. he leads all major league 2nd basemen in ave and is top 3 in 4 or 5 other catagories. traded him for jacque jones....how'd that trade work out?
how do you use a pinch hitter in the 7th (santiago) who is hitting .161. and of course he hit's into a double play. without ajax leading off this team is gonna really find it hard too score runs now. the bottom of the order sucks. after fielder no one is hitting. peralta .252 tops all others .220's or less.
i don't understand something. last year we fire a pitching coach who turned JV into the cy young pitcher he is today.....the angels fire mickey hatcher their hitting coach because they've been shut out 8 times this season, but lloyd mcclendon is still sitting on the bench as our hitting coach. there has to be a time when DD and leyland have to cut ties with him and get some body who can actually help out oour hitters, or are they really that bad and maybe we should look at trade possibilities. mike siocia had to say goodbye to his former team mate and friend, now it's time for JL to do the same.
raburn....another - 0 for raburn
young avila and cabrera all 0 for raburns as well.
from this day on i will be posting all batters who go hitless as 0 for raburn, since he's gone 0 for almost as many games as we've played.
too bad he can't hit like his grandfather. we could use him at 2nd base. another 0 for raburn today, now hitting .154.
you must've liked billups for ai. how do you stand on his free agent signings? when he signed billups that was a great signing, but gordon & cv? i will give you stackhouse for rip, that was a good trade. at best his last few years are no where as good as his first few years. i think he did a great job making trades and getting guys with expiring contracts, but since the darko pick, everything he's done has pretty much come back and bit him in the A$$.
P T Barnum once said, "there's a sucker born every minute." hopefully DD will find a couple.
in the beginning GOD created man and woman.
GOD says it's an abomination for a man to lay with another man like he would a woman.
now you wan to know why this country is so screwed up? be cause we've taken GOD out of the equation and our politicians and lawyers (liberals) say let's do what's right in our own sight. yeah that's what people were doing at the time of Noah. look what happened to them.
i'm glad i'm coming back with JESUS and not fighting against him.
i'm not a doctor, but, is it possible to have the blood circulation stop by getting hit in the arm? that's all i can' think happened, unless it was something different than being hit by the pitch that brought that on. hope he's ok. hate to see rhymes and his .283 average go on the dl. i'm pulling for him to do what inge and every other player DD trades to do. play 100% better. maybe DD doesn't know talent as much as everybody thought he did, or maybe the coaching staff doesn't know how to get players too improve.
hate to say it but, this team is as bad as bad can get. now with ajax hurt. if he loses too many games, kelly in center. DD better start talking trade to a lot of teams. mylist of guys that i believe will be shopped around:
raburn .157
santiago .164
porcello 5.18 era
scherzer 6.26 era
balestor (he's as bad as perry, if not worse) 5.82 era
young .234
if i keep going i'll be down to 7 or 8 players too keep. 3rd or 4th place is looking like our best finish. even the royals are playing better than us.
i'm so glad to see Z and franzen playing so well in the world championships. is there something wrong with babcocks system that they can't do that in the nhl?
i don't care how many games scherzer wins......he's #13 in the majors with run support of 7.99 runs per game. that's what the tigers average when he's in there, not how many runs they average for the whole game he pitches, and yet his over all record a whopping 2 wins 3 loses 6.26 (#114) era 1.76 whip (#113). outstanding numbers aren't they. on the other hand smyly era 2.31 (#20) whip 1.10 (#33), verlander 2.47 era (#24) 0.87 whip (#3) their run support smyly 6.92 and verlander 4.32 (#103). in their cases if smyly (who has gotten most of his run support 3 of his last 4 starts) and JV who has only 2 games where the tigers scored more than 3 runs got the kind of support scherzer gets, they would both be 20 games winners easily.
yeah other than ajax, that trade is really looking like a bust. another garbage outing by scherzer yesterday.
raburn now at .162, he's closing in on my bowling average.
JV would never lose a game if the tigers scored as many runs for him as they do for scherzer and porcello. reminds of 1968 when that tiger team scored 3 runs a game for lolich (3.78) and over 5 a game for mcclain (5.05). both pitchers could've won 30 with the same run support.
sitting avila vs a lefty may be the only right move he made last night. for every one who is hoping JL gets fired soon, forget it. who are you gonna replace him with? don't say larusso, he retired and will stay that way. plus i don't think him being friends with JL would look good if he took the job. so if JL gets fired who becomes the manager. lamont. yeah there you go, just what we need. i would rather wait til the seasons over, interview a bunch of guys and come away with a younger manager. just clean house, bring up phil nevin, do something too shake things up DD.
he was also 1 of the fastest skaters to ever lace up a pair. wish we had a few of those on our current roster. some times it looks like this team moves in slow motion.
good luck sergei on your new career.
the worst case scenario is, we fall 8 games under .500 or worse. then see chicago and kc overtake us. maybe then DD will pull the trigger and do what must be done. make whole sale changes.....manager, and players. we really have a lot of dead weight on this team.
1. raburn .128 0 hr 2 rbi
2. santiago .157 2xb 5 rbi
3. young .237 1 hr 9 rbi (he's been a cancer every where he's gone)
4. porcello 5.18 era
5. scherzer 5.73 era
would love to see leon "bull" durham come up and be our hitting instructor. i'll take a shot with his career .277 ave over mcclendons .239.
by the way if any one is interested, nick castellanos was the offensive player of the week in the florida state league. he hit .464 with 1 hr and 7 rbi's. he leads all minor league hitters, batting .404 for the season.
please DD get rid of mcclendon before calling this kid up. :(
if he does come back and play for detroit, then joe d has too make a trade. say goodbye to daye, if any one goes. he's shown the least improvement of any one on the team. should have decent trade value.
i'm wondering when he's gonna get a call up and replace either scherzer or porcello. i believe 1 of them will be traded for an every day second baseman.


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The SS Empire Windrush, which sailed from the Caribbean in 1948, is commonly associated in modern British consciousness with the recruitment of much-needed labour for London Transport and the National Health Service, while at the same time solving unemployment problems in the sunny islands of the Caribbean.
To jazz followers, however, it meant the arrival of Jamaican alto saxophonist, Joe Harriott and other modern musicians who rode the wave of emigration to find professional opportunities in England.
However, Harriott and his fellow-travellers were not the first to do this. The music of the Pre-War jazz age became a major form of popular music via dance bands, and this was due to an earlier influx of Caribbean jazz musicians who had enriched the British swing scene.
Most of these earlier jazz pioneers were linked to the ill-fated late-1930s dance orchestra of Ken Johnson, considered by many to be the 'swingiest' swing band in Britain.
Ken Johnson
Just prior to the start of Johnson's career , the Jamaican-born Leslie Thompson was a prominent London-based 1930s jazz and stage musical trumpeter, who played in Louis Armstrong's 1934 European band. It is no surprise he was hired by the American jazz legend, for he had by that time built his reputation in the pit orchestras of many high-profile West End stage musicals, bringing them a contemporary credibility.
One of his contacts was the African-American choreographer, Buddy Bradley, who had already taught Fred Astaire and other Hollywood screen dancers. That dancing and jazz were linked was not lost on him and he longed to unite the two.
Thompson was further influenced by Marcus Garvey, who had been deported from America and, although known as the 20th century's first important pan-Africanist, was no stranger to the music business himself, having written an American hit, Keep Cool. By the 1930s Thompson was well aware of Garvey's messages, delivered frequently at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, and his British newspaper, The Black Man. Consequently Thompson was inspired to form an all-black dance band and, although there were African-American jazz musicians who frequented Europe, his ideal ensemble would be a solely West Indian one.
By coincidence, the Guyanese student, Ken Johnson's first show business aspiration was London cabaret dancer. The lure of the Jazz Age drew him to study tap dancing with Buddy Bradley, and between 1934-1935 he went to the United States where he studied this art and mastered film star Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson's stairs-dance routine.
Like Leslie Thompson's Garvey-inspired dream, Ken Johnson, now known as 'Snakehips', saw that all-black swing-jazz success need not be limited to the United States. He returned to the Caribbean, where he formed a touring band with prominent musicians including the Barbados trumpeter Dave Wilkins, the Trinidad clarinettist Carl Barriteau and fellow Trinidadian saxophonist, Dave 'Baba' Williams, all of whom would later feature prominently at a key juncture in Johnson's career.
In January 1936, Johnson went to England to further his dream. While he had been abroad his tap-and-shuffle dance had been well received in the1935 film, Oh Daddy!. Johnson needed a seasoned musician, a so-called 'straw boss', to rehearse the group, and the real work was done by Leslie Thompson, who worked hard to form the band.
Alto/tenor sax and clarinet star Bertie King, alto sax and clarinet expert Louis Stephenson, fellow saxophonist Joe Appleton, trumpeter Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson and pianist Yorke de Souza were all from Jamaica. Trumpeter Wally Bowen arrived from Trinidad, the alto sax and clarinet specialist Robert Mumford-Taylor's father was from West Africa, guitarist Joe Deniz moved down to London from Cardiff, double-bassist Abe 'Pops' Clare was also from the Caribbean. Another bassist, Bruce Vanderpoye, was a South African, and drummer Tommy Wilson was from Birmingham.
Thompson said he could only find one good Black trombonist when he was forming the Ken Johnson-fronted orchestra. However, the Black British musician, possibly Ellis Jackson , who also sang both conventionally and with Negro stereotype dialect in the Billy Cotton band, wouldn't go on tour.
But this difficulty was overcome in the Johnson Orchestra . After all, despite their contrasting backgrounds they were foremost a Black British band working in white Britain.
Like white musicians, Black jazz players were drawn to London by the opportunity to play in small nightclub bands but the Black artists could not get work in the white bands. A typical place of work was The Nest Club, which was frequented by Black performers from visiting American jazz attractions such as The Mills Brothers and Fats Waller.
Generally musicians who made up the house bands in such niteries received up to £5 a week for their work, a reasonable rate, but not stable employment. As a result the Black musicians found that having their own orchestra was a more secure means of employment.
The 'Snakehips' Johnson Orchestra
So the 'Snakehips' Johnson Orchestra, co-led with Leslie Thompson was born in the spring of 1936, touring cinemas and other venues throughout the country. By early 1937, the Orchestra was playing at the Old Florida Club in the West End, owned and managed by the former Duke Ellington Orchestra vocalist, Adelaide Hall. Thompson earned at least £20 per week but, although he was the original backer and practical organiser of the group, Johnson and his manager legally formalised a joint ownership of the Orchestra with the result that Thompson was cut out of any financial interest. This took place just as the Orchestra was being scouted by a BBC producer for broadcasts.
Many of the players resigned in support of Thompson and the Orchestra would have been decimated, but Ken Johnson retained Jiver Hutchinson and he had already made overtures to other musicians in the Caribbean. The quality newcomers, Barriteau, Wilkins, and Williams, were summoned to Britain and sailed on banana boats. These strong players helped maintain the Johnson Orchestra's reputation as superlative swingers.
The Johnson Orchestra's BBC radio programmes, broadcast from the Café de Paris, could not have happened at a better time. The night spot was a magnificent, expensive supper club, featuring an oval, mirrored room with a spacious dance floor. A pair of curved staircases surrounded the bandstand and, from these, the exclusive clientele entered the basement premises.
In 1999, the British Library Sound Archive received a collection of Johnson's 1938 radio broadcasts. No doubt Ken Johnson understood that singers added variety to his Orchestra's show, but he only hired a female singer for BBC broadcasts, as the Corporation then had a requirement for two vocal numbers per half hour of such programming.
The commercial disc issues made for British Decca (1938) and HMV (1940) were just that: an attempt to reach the generic buyers of dance band records. The British record industry was not ready to categorise Ken Johnson and His West Indian Dance Orchestra as a jazz market act, but rather as a mainstream dance band.
On 8 March 1941 the Snakehips Johnson Orchestra was still holding down the prestigious and lucrative spot at The Cafe de Paris, when London suffered aerial bombardment and the club suffered two direct hits. While some musicians were seriously injured, Ken Johnson, saxophonist Dave 'Baba' Williams and many of the club's dancers died in the attack. Read about the arrangements made for Johnson's funeral and correspondences with his mother about his memorial service.
The Orchestra, of course, dispersed but most musicians were hired by various white bandleaders. Carl Barriteau, Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson, Dave Wilkins, Joe Deniz and the Birmingham drummer, Tommy Bromley, all appeared on the famous November 1941 'First English Public Jam Session Recording', held at the Abbey Road studios. Some of the musicians made private recordings and there were a few small group sessions that were issued commercially, such as those by the Cyril Blake's Jigs' Club Band and the Spirits of Rhythm Sextet. This was led by Joe Deniz's brother, Frank, who was also a guitarist. 'Jiver' Hutchinson eventually revived the all-Black big band concept, which toured throughout the 1940s. His daughter, jazz vocalist Elaine Delmar, became a favoured star of Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho.
Fortunately a number of Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson's major players were interviewed in their later years for the British Library Sound Archive's Oral History of Jazz in Britain Project. These recordings are available for study in the Listening Service at the Library. Such life stories complement the Library's holdings of periodicals documenting the era, such as the Melody Maker, many jazz-specific publications, and the BBC's own Radio Times. The Humanities 2 Reading Room also provides information on vintage commercially-issued discs by way of record company catalogues, the Gramophone, and the like.
The surge of Post-War Caribbean immigration would later enrich the London jazz milieu, with the arrival of Jamaican-born alto saxophonist, Joe Harriott, guitarist, Ernest Ranglin, and the St Vincent-born trumpeter, Shake Keane, among others. But it was the pioneering black British swing artists who set the stage for the stars of more recent times.
Wangari Maathai - first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Charlie Williams - first black British comedian to experience mainstream success
Robert Adams the first black actor to play a leading dramatic role on British Television.
Ottobah Cugoano the first African to demand total abolition of slavery
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Vaughan Gething -first black President of the National Union of Students Wales.
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The Henry Johnson family of Wevertown have the deepest sympathy of the entire community for the sad bereavement they have suffered in the death of their son, Leonard Ross, 11, who was killed in a most horrible manner and his younger brother, Barey, 9, had one leg broken and the other one was badly torn.
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Moving pictures of the Warren County Centennial, taken by the Glen Motion Picture Co. of Glens Falls are being shown this week at The World in Motion in that city.
Some of the films were made in Warrensburgh and show Justice Charles Evens Hughes, ex-Governor John A. Dix, Senator James A. Emerson and other notables, the soldiers and automobiles in the parade.
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At the Warren County Centennial Celebration, Senator James Emerson announced that by special request the old-time popular ballad, "Silver Threads Among the Gold," would be sung. This delightful combination of melody and sentiment was written some 30 years ago by Eben Rexford, a native of the town of Johnsburgh, now of Shiocton, Mo., whose pen has also produced many other gems of melody. The several verses were feelingly rendered, without accompaniment, by Mrs. Harry Fisher.
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Since I'm on a roll identifying the problems in America, let's move on to the next one: The Pay Paradox. The Pay Paradox (which I just made up) is this: Everybody wants everything for free, but everybody wants to get paid. It used to be in this country that unless you were teaching Sunday school […] [Read More]
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Joaquin over the cliff
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Opinion / February 20, 2013
In Re Friendzone
Chad v. Becky, __ U.S. __ (2013) JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioners in this case, nice guys of various ages and walks of life, seek writs of habeas corpus against respondent prospective girlfriends. Petitioners allege that respondents have imprisoned them in the "friendzone," a prison not of steel bars or concrete walls, but of the heart. Each of the petitioners has invested substantial amount of time in being nice to a member of the opposite sex, i.e. respondents, with the reasonable expectation that these interactions would lead to a romantic relationship and/or sexual intercourse. Some of the petitioners have spent literally hours with respondents in group hang-outs, eating dinner with respondents, watching television shows respondents like and claiming to enjoy them, and, most importantly, not saying or doing mean things to respondents. Nevertheless, all of these men have been sentenced to the friendzone. Further, these … Continue reading
Opinion / November 12, 2012
How the GOP Stole Christmas
"This liberal opposition has just got to stop!" Shouted the furious, put-upon Gop, "The natural order suffers awful distortions, Like health reform, gay marriage, safe, legal abortions, Environmental regs favored by the Lorax, And, worst of all, rich people asked to pay tax!" The Gop, you can see, was very distraught, So he sat, and he thought, and he thought, and he thought. That's when the Gop had an idea. An awful idea. A wonderful, terrible, rule-changing idea. "I'll buy the election!" the Gop gave a shout, "With unlimited corporate money, we'll surely win out!" So he put on his suit, and he went to the Court, And he made an argument of the following sort: "This campaign spending, limiting law Features an unconstitutional flaw. For each person first has the right to make speeches To convince America what the right sort of Sneetch is, And money and speech are … Continue reading
Opinion / October 29, 2012
Since most of us celebrated over the weekend, it's all too easy to forget that Halloween is actually this Wednesday. This means we still have to face the night of souls and its inherent dangers. However, there is no need to panic because you are equipped with a legal education—the best preparation to handle this sort of situation. Use this memo as a starting point for dealing with the legal issues surrounding three of the most common creatures encountered on Halloween: ghosts, witches, and the Devil. Ghosts The problematic behavior that ghosts most often engage in is haunting real property, especially those zoned single-family homes. Don't let the ghost lobby scare you, though; "haunting" is just a euphemism for squatting. Make sure you file suit against the poltergeist for trespass immediately because his claims for an easement or, worse, adverse possession will only get stronger with time. You may need … Continue reading
Opinion / October 15, 2012
Super Mario New World Order
The videogame press has been buzzing lately about Nintendo's upcoming system, the Wii U. Normally, a new videogame or system would be nothing to get excited about because most entries in the genre endorse the worst kinds of Social Darwinism and stratification. The "heroes" of these games are in some way predestined as individuals for greatness—and this is celebrated—and the mechanics of these games are such that the heroes are more powerful than their enemies because they are inherently better and/or have established private ownership over weapons and armor inaccessible to others. Nintendo's flagship protagonist, however, is different. The Wii U will feature a hero of the people: Super Mario. To eyes accustomed to seeing the world through the veil of a bourgeois value-system, the name "Super Mario" seems inappropriate. Mario is an ordinary worker. He wears work boots and denim overalls, he is a simple plumber, and his dark … Continue reading
Opinion / October 3, 2012
Live Blog: Harvard Watches the Debate
Plenty of people will be live-blogging the first presidential debate tonight, but here we have what you really want: a live account of Harvard's viewing party. 8:54: The debate hasn't even started, and the food is already gone. Also, both Ames and the overflow room are showing the debate on Fox News. 8:57: Announcement: we are thanked by the Harvard Democrats and Republicans, the Dean of Students' Office, and possibly the Bull-Moose Party (I wasn't really paying attention). 8:59: The rainy weather tonight has given people a lot of seat-saving options. There are coats, umbrellas and ponchos all over the Ames' upholstery. 9:00: The room hushes to hear Chris Wallace. 9:01: Some whooping for Jim Lehrer (seriously). 9:02: I appreciate them flashing Jim's stats as he explains the rules. 9:03: Lehrer will not tolerate your shenanigans. 9:03: Obama and Romney appear to be getting equal levels of applause here in … Continue reading
Opinion / September 24, 2012
Election League America
It's an election year, and October is almost upon us, so it's finally time to tear ourselves away from Hulu and Netflix for a few minutes to learn a thing or two about some of the major candidates. The upcoming elections will impact issues important to the Harvard legal community, like whether the judicial nomination landscape will be such that Justice Ginsburg can finally escape the indignity of being captioned another four years (JK—we love Ginsburg too much to ever stop captioning her). Now, this column doesn't trade in the high-flying, Shakespearean allusions that usually get thrown around in political coverage, so we'll be teaching you about the candidates in the vernacular of pop culture: DC Comics superheroes. Barack Obama—Aquaman (JLA) There's no doubt that when Democrat Barack Obama was first elected President, his Justice League analogue would have been Superman. He was a symbol of hope, progress, and the … Continue reading
Opinion / September 10, 2012
Girls of the Summer
You may have been too busy fretting about how few women made Law Review to notice, but the ladies had a (comparatively) big summer in pop culture. We've already discussed how a political action heroine kicked off the summer blockbuster season, a season which has hostilely taken over most of spring. Shortly thereafter, HBO's Girls blew up the pop-culture landscape. Starring, written and created by one of the titular girls, the show was received by critics as the achingly hilarious vessel of transcendent lady-truth. Then came the actual premier, and the backlash: Lena Dunham was neither as funny nor as groundbreaking as Archie Bunker, but she was equally racist. Further, Girls represented everything wrong with America because it starred rich-stars'-kids-getting-richer actresses playing unemployed, entitled characters who survive in New York by leaching off their parents. The fevered chanting of these sentiments begat the backlash to the backlash, and a consensus … Continue reading
Opinion / April 18, 2012
Katniss Shrugged
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"CBO estimates that the ACA will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net, by about 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent during the period from 2017 to 2024," reads the report. This translates into "a decline in the number of full-time-equivalent workers of about 2.0 million in 2017, rising to about 2.5 million in 2024."
The agency is clear that ObamaCare is responsible for these projected job losses: "Although CBO projects that total employment (and compensation) will increase over the coming decade, that increase will be smaller than it would have been in the absence of the ACA." However, it is also quick to point out that "the estimated reduction stems almost entirely from a net decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply, rather than from a net drop in businesses' demand for labor."
This assertion has led many ObamaCare proponents to claim that the law is a victory for Americans because it allows them to change jobs without losing their health insurance. For instance, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, "At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. This CBO report bears that out, and the Republican plan to repeal the ACA would strip those hard-working Americans of that opportunity."
Unfortunately for the pro-ACA forces, the CBO report only mentions such a thing in passing. Instead, the report makes it abundantly clear that the main reason people will reduce their working hours or quit working altogether is that the law's subsidies and taxes "discourage work." This, observed Guy Benson of Townhall.com, is "horrible, unspinnable news."
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The Mbuti as hunters : a study of ecological anthropology of the Mbuti pygmies (1)
The Mbuti people, "the pygmies of the Ituri Forest", have long been considered the nucleus of pygmy groups in Equatorial Africa, and have been studied by Sche besta, Gusinde, Putnam, and Turnbull. to name a few. Most of
The Mbuti people, "the pygmies of the Ituri Forest", have long been considered the nucleus of pygmy groups in Equatorial Africa, and have been studied by Sche besta, Gusinde, Putnam, and Turnbull. to name a few. Most of these studies were mainly somatometrical or concerned with the society, culture and religion, for the most part overlooking the ecological aspect. Until this time, few studies made by researchers directly involved in observing and participating in the hunting-gathering style of life have gone into an in-depth, ecology-focused approach to that life. C. M. Turnbull, in his book, "The Mbuti Pygmies: An Ethnographic Survey" (1965a), divides the Mbuti people into net hunters and archers. and summarizes ethnographic data gathered by Schebesta and Putnam, which he then uses to compare the two groups. He makes the point that the hunting-gathering economy exerts a great influence upon Mbuti society and ideology, tending to regulate their way of life. However. his data and analysis of actual hunting activities do not seem sufficient enough to prove this point. The same is the case with previous research of band societies around the world: It has often been stated that a hunting-gathering economy brings forth nomadism, division of labor according to sex, co-operation of labor, egalitarianism, distribution of food among the group, etc. Subsequently, studies have been undertaken to discover how these factors work to regulate the social life, social structure and ideology of a given hunting-gathering group. However, each time substantial investigation of the various hunting and food gathering activities themselves. which support the hunting-gathering economy, seems to have been left out. Cultural anthropologists who take the standpoint of cultural ecology discuss the relationships between the culture of a given group and its natural environment, but they make only a general description of both the natural environment involved, and of the actual association of the culture to that environment. This paper. as the first report on the ecological-anthropological studies of the Mbuti people. deals mainly with hunting, one of their subsistence activities. illustrating its various features and attempting to discuss the data I have obtained. Since the focus of this paper is on hunting activities, I will not cover the general life of the Mbuti people; the more general economic activities, social life, ideology, and so on. I will deal with these problems in another report. Here, I want to make it the ultimate object to gain clearer comprehension of Mbuti life, society, and mentality by concentrating on Mbuti hunting, which is closely connected with nature. This account obtained by first-hand observation of hunting activities, will illustrate the general hunting methods of the Mbuti people, and discuss the mode of existence of the Mbuti band. T. Tanno is to make a more detailed analysis of net hunting.…
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