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Music Tonight: The Lonely Wild, Paper Bird and More
If you're craving some solid live music, it's a surprisingly busy Monday night in the area clubs. Besides the always entertaining Insane Clown Posse's return to Bogart's tonight, here are a few other offerings:• Los Angeles-based The Lonely Wild plays a free show tonight at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine. Showtime is 10 p.m. The Indie Folk ensemble formed just three short years ago, quickly becoming a favorite on the L.A. club circuit. The group's momentum has only increased since; the Wild's recently released debut full-length, The Sun As It Comes, has been garnering strong reviews and national radio's embrace of it gets stronger by the day. The band is also known for its entertaining, energized live show, which is helping The Lonely Wild grow its fan base rapidly on its current cross-country headlining tour. Read CityBeat's preview of tonight's show here. Have a listen to The Sun As It Comes in full:And here is The Lonely Wild performing live in L.A. late last year:• It's an "Up-and-coming Indie Folk band" kind of night in Cincy this evening, as The Comet in Northside welcomes Denver crew Paper Bird. Austin, Texas-based Indie folkers Dana Falconberry open at 10 p.m. With an exuberant, modern mesh of Roots and Americana, Paper Bird recently released its fourth LP, Rooms, the follow-up to its 2011 score for a collaboration with the Ballet Nouveau Colorado called Carry On. The seven-piece band's compelling sound has gotten Paper Bird featured on NPR's All Things Considered and in a New York Times piece earlier this year about Denver's blossoming music scene (which includes breakthrough, Grammy-nominated Folk Pop act The Lumineers, a tour mate of Paper Bird's). Here's the music video for "As I Am," the first single off of Paper Bird's Rooms:• Justin Furstenfeld, known for his emotional, honest songwriting in the band Blue October, brings his solo tour — dubbed "Open Book: An Evening with Justin Furstenfeld" — to Oakley's 20th Century Theatre tonight for an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $25 at the door. Texas Indie Pop singer/songwriter Ashleigh Stone opens.Furstenfeld's bipolar disorder has resulted in some highly open-hearted, sometimes excruciatingly bleak songs, something documented in his book, Crazy Making, detailing the origins of each Blue October song in words and music. The Open Book tour features Furstenfeld performing acoustically and talking about his songs (don't fear a total gloom fest; the singer/songwriter also has a sharp sense of humor). Check out CityBeat's preview of tonight's show here. Here is Furstenfeld performing live at the Open Book tour's stop in Santa Ana, Calif., from early April: Click here for even more live show in Greater Cincinnati tonight.
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Everything Akron/Family does is patently fascinating, wildly evocative and compellingly mysterious. The Brooklyn, N.Y., collective assembled more than a decade ago and quickly became a central element of the Williamsburg scene.
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My Gold Mask
April 13 • MOTR Pub
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It comes as no surprise to learn that My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armondo are fans of giallo, a genre of Italian cinema saturated by garish colors and melodrama galore that was at it
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Cincinnati Folk duo Young Heirlooms celebrate their 9-months-in-the-making debut album, while Pop Rock bands BoyMeetsWorld and Radio Rescue present a dual release party at Madison Theater and Mainstay Rock Bar celebrates its fourth anniversary with a series of free local music shows.
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Night Moves
March 14 • MOTR Pub
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0 Comments · Monday, March 11, 2013
Night Moves took the reverse Radiohead route in getting its full-length debut, Colored Emotions, a proper release. The Minneapolis trio streamed its self-produced album for free on Bandcamp, eventually drawing notice from the peeps at Domino Records, who released a "refurbished" version of the album last fall.
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SXSW Aid: Cincy Bands Headin' South
The Harlequins and The Seedy Seeds prep for send-off events prior to South By Southwest
Hard to believe, but the annual South By Southwest music showcase/festival/conference in Austin, Tex., kicks off in only 11 days. As always, the huge event is featuring some artists from the Greater Cincinnati area. Two SXSW-bound local acts are playing kick-off shows soon to help raise some funds for the trip (the price of gas today makes traveling all the more difficult for independent acts). • Great Cincy rockers The Harlequins are heading to Austin for SXSW for the first time. The band is slated to perform at the festival on March 16 with the esteemed Gringo Star. Frontman Michael Oliva says the group will be playing shows on the way to and from the festival in Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. The Garage/Psych Rock trio — which is planning a new EP release in April — is performing its "bon voyage" show on March 7 at Over-the-Rhine's MOTR Pub with guests Stephen Paul Smoker. The show is free, but the band will be offering a limited edition screen print of the night's show poster (right over there, to the left) for $5. The band is also sweetening the pot by releasing a new single for free at the MOTR gig. You can also help The Harlequins out by donating to their gas/van rental fund online. In keeping with their DIY ethic (the group got into the festival without any label or other backing, a rarity these days), the band is eschewing Kickstarter in favor of direct donations through their secure Paypal account, accessible on the trio's official site. Here's the link to donate. Below is a little video spiel if you need further convincing. • Always dazzling Indie Pop locals The Seedy Seeds are returning to SXSW this year, journeying to Austin with pals The Ridges, a fantastic Athens, Ohio-based orchestral Indie Folk squad that has become a favorite in Greater Cincinnati thanks to regular show dates locally. The two bands will be performing shows together around the South and Midwest on their way to Austin. The groups team up for a show at the Southgate House Revival on March 6. The Seedy Seeds are encouraging fans to purchase advanced tickets to the "Supercolossal Little Giant Ye Olde South by Southwest Sendoff Show"; for just $6, if you buy your tickets before "day of show," you will receive a hand-draw postcard from the Seedys while they are on the road. Click here to get your tickets now.Here's a piece of groovy promo featuring both bands and the tour dates.
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Ken Stringfellow and the Young Heirlooms
Feb. 10 • MOTR Pub
Jason Gargano
0 Comments · Monday, February 4, 2013
Ken Stringfellow's new solo album, Danzig in the Moonlight, is all over the stylistic map, employing an eclectic array of moods and instrumentation, no doubt informed by its creator's rich musical history.
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Music Tonight: Yonder Mountain String Band and More
Contemporary "Newgrass" kings Yonder Mountain String Band return to the area tonight for an all-ages, 8:30 p.m. show at Covington's Madison Theater. Tickets are $25. Opening the show is the very cool Lake Street Dive, a "jazz-schooled, DIY-motivated and classically pop obsessed" quartet that formed at Boston's New England Conservatory. Check out this clip of the group performing the Jackson 5 classic "I Want You Back."In an interview with CityBeat's Brian Baker, YMSB's guitarist/vocalist Adam Aijala said fans might hear a new song or two at tonight's show. As for when you might hear a new album with new material, Aijala said the members have been having trouble finding time to get in the studio between familial obligations and touring. Read the full interview here and check out the group's 2010 appearance on CBS's Late Late Show. (There will be a pre- and post-show party at Stanley's Pub, which is also offering a bus ride to and from the Madison show. The CEA-winning Rumpke Mountain Boys will perform.)• Eclectic NYC Indie Rock troupe Mice Parade marches into MOTR Pub tonight for a free, 10 p.m. appearance, the second date on its current tour. Formed as a solo project by Adam Pierce at the end of the '90s, Mice Parade has featured various band members since and nearly every successive release has shown growth and a different side of Pierce's writing. Candela, Mice Parade's latest addition to its already stacked discography (released this past Tuesday), is one of Pierce's most compelling releases to date, showcasing a fascinating, psychedelic brand of "Shoegaze" Pop that is as unpredictable as it is riveting. Check out CityBeat's preview of the show here. Below is the first single/video from Candela, "This River Has A Tide." Mice Parade -- "This River Has A Tide" from paul yates on Vimeo.Find more live music options in Greater Cincinnati tonight here.
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Mice Parade
Jan. 31 • MOTR Pub
Brian Baker
0 Comments · Tuesday, January 29, 2013
It's been nearly a decade and a half since New York City percussionist Adam Pierce anagrammed his name in order to christen his new solo project Mice Parade.
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Gringo Star
Jan. 26 • MOTR Pub
Jason Gargano
0 Comments · Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Calling your band Gringo Star is a surefire way to raise some eyebrows. Throw in the fact that your music immediately conjures the holy trinity of British Invasion bands and you're doubly damned in the eyes of many purists.
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Veteran gives veterans a hand up at CCCC
Natasha Patterson, a former Marine sergeant, knows what it's like to come out of the military with valuable marketable skills, but no post-secondary education.
A graduate of Waikea High School in Hilo, Hawaii, Patterson served in the Marine Corps from 1989-1997 as a Communications Center operator. After completing tours of duty at Camp Lejeune and Okinawa, the single mother of a young son eventually felt the necessity to stay in one place and plant permanent roots.
Settling in Raleigh initially, Patterson decided to move to California to attend California State University at Long Beach. There, she earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education. The journey toward a college education was a struggle, she admits.
Today, as Outreach Specialist for the Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program at Central Carolina Community College, Patterson helps veterans like herself re-enter the educational environment.
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Established in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the national Upward Bound program, Veterans' Upward Bound helps participants complete a postsecondary education by providing academic instruction in core subjects like mathematics, laboratory science, English composition, literature and foreign languages.
The DOE has been awarding Veterans Upward Bound grants nationally since 1972, but CCCC's was the first one awarded to an institution in North Carolina. The five-year, $1.23 million VUB project grant, awarded in March 2013, provides $245,086 per year for five years to serve veterans residing in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. Partnerships with Wake Technical Community College and Johnston Community College will provide the services to eligible veterans in those counties.
The grant will pay for project support staff, provide stipends to the veterans, and cover other expenses as needed, such as the cost of college preparatory classes. The primary goal of the VUB project is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs.
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The elusive alpha channel remains one of the most misunderstood yet powerful tools in Photoshop. Alpha channels are collections of luminance data that control the transparency of an image, and they inform just about every aspect of Photoshop. As he builds transitional blended layers, fashions a depth map, makes edge adjustments, and takes on extreme channel mixing, Omni Award-winning expert Deke McClelland teaches Photoshop users that where there's a will, there's a way. Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks: Advanced Techniques covers mapping texture on an image, turning flesh into stone, using vector masks, working with all different channels, creating a rustic edge effect, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.
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All right gang of mine, in this exercise, this final exercise of this Mock Magazine cover project, we are going to take this goldfish and we are going to add it to the glass. We are going to put it inside of the glass or so it will appear. So I want you to open this goldfish graphic, it's called Gagne goldfish.jpeg and it's found inside of the 11 layer masks folder, where else would it be and it's called Gagne goldfish because it was captured by Lise Gagne for istockphoto.com.
Now this image isn't the same size as the magazine cover so we can't use that duplicate layer trick, we are going to have to just go ahead and copy the fish and paste it in or we could do a drag- and-drop. I am going to do a copy and paste. I am going to do Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C or Command+A, Command+C on Mac to copy that fish to the clipboard. Now I will switch over to the composition thus far which I have gone ahead and named Eagerly awaiting goldfish.psd, If you want to open it on up and catch up with me. If you are still working along inside of your original composition though, stick with it, add a boy, add a girl. This image, by the way, this composition is found of course, inside of the 11 layer masks folder.
Now I am going to go ahead and select the glass shadows layer because that's where I want to put the goldfish, I want to put it right on top of that layer and I will press Ctrl+V or Command+V on the Mac in order to perform the paste. Now I am going to zoom in on the fish and I am going to Ctrl or Command+Drag that fish down to the bottom portion of the glass. Now currently, it doesn't really look like it's inside the glass and we can actually move it down one more layer if we want to put it behind the shadows like so but I don't want it to be there because then it's going to be obscured.
It's better if it's sitting on top of the glass shadows. So we need to create some kind of interaction between the goldfish and the glass of course. But first I want to scale the goldfish; it's too darn large to fit its new environment and any time you are thinking of scaling or otherwise transforming a layer, I want you to stop for a moment and convert it to a smart object because that way all of your transformations will be non-destructive and you can apply as many transformations as you like. Whereas if you don't convert the image to a smart object and you transform it two or more times, you are going to incrementally destroy that layer. So here is what I want you to do right now.
Go ahead and rename this layer fish or something along those lines, then I want you to go to the Layers palette menu and I want you to choose Convert to Smart Object or if you loaded my Deke shortcuts way back in the Preface, then you can take advantage of that ultra useful shortcut at least I think it's very useful, Ctrl+Comma or Command+Comma on the Mac and we are not going to see any difference in the goldfish, it's going to look the same as ever but if you look at the Layers palette, you can see that we have got a little icon down here in the bottom right corner of the layer thumbnail.
So now it's smart object, now you can transform it as much as you want without worrying about it one way or the other. So go ahead and press Ctrl+T or Command+T on the Mac or you can choose the Free Transform command from the Edit menu if you prefer. Then I am going to Shift+Drag this corner handle right here by virtue of the fact that I have the Shift key down, I am going to maintain the original proportions of the goldfish so you can see my width and height values are changing by the same percentage. I am actually going to make it even smaller. So something about this size, 49.5% that's just fine and I will press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac in order to accept that transformation.
Now as I say, I need to make the goldfish interact with its background, what I want to do is drop out the whites and keep the darker colors inside of this layer. By now you want to know how to do that, you should be immediately thinking of what the proper blend mode is, we don't need a selection, we don't need a layer mask, all we need is Multiply. So press Shift+Alt+M or Shift+Option+M on the Mac in order to apply the Multiply blend mode which drops those whites right out and burns the other colors into the background graphic.
Now let's say I am looking at the fish and I am thinking it's too darn small. Am I going to hesitate to transform it? Absolutely not because I am working with the smart object. I will go ahead and press Ctrl+T or Command+T on the Mac and fantastically, Photoshop remembers how big the image is, it's 49.5% of its former self. So I could just go ahead and change that value if I want to, I could turn on the Link value, for example. I will go ahead and set the bottom right point as the Reference point for the transformation and I will change the width value to let's say 70% and both width and height change in kind because the Link option is turned on. Now I will press the Enter key a couple of times, so the Return key a couple of times on the Mac in order to accept that transformation and we now have a larger fish, you see it's in the feeding at the bottom of this glass a little bit here.
Now the biggest problem I have at this point with the fish is that it's the wrong color. It shouldn't appear gold, it's a goldfish, you know it's the right color for a goldfish but for my composition, its wrong color. I want to go ahead and make it green like the rest of my composition. So I am going to colorize my fish with the use of a Color Overlay blend mode. So go down to the bottom of your Layers palette, click on the fx icon and choose Color Overlay in order to bring up the Color Overlay panel of the Layer Style dialog box and some of you may be thinking, well why didn't you just apply the Color blend mode or the Luminosity blend mode actually to the fish so that we kept the luminance values from the fish when we mixed it with the colors from the glass and I will just go ahead and show you that very quickly just in case you were coming up with that clever thought which is clever by the way.
if I were to however, change the Multiply blend mode to Luminosity so that we drop away the colors and just keep the fish, we would also keep the whiteness. Would we not? So we can't combine blend modes. So that's why I am going to go ahead and undo that modification there and go with the Color Overlay affect instead. So I will go ahead and choose Color Overlay. It does what it always does by default, it goes ahead and fills the entire rectangular layer with red. We don't want that, we want green, so click on the color swatch and then move your cursor into the image and lift a shade of green and you can go ahead and use that shade of green if you want to. I am going to modify mine slightly. I am going to change the Hue value to 120. I am going to change the Saturation to 80 and I am going to reduce the Brightness value to 30.
So those are the values I am working with, if you want to follow along with me, you can also go your own way of course. I am going to click OK now and in order to colorize the layer, I want to change the blend mode to none other than Color so that will mix the color of green, the green color here both its Hue and Saturation values with the Luminance values that are associated with the original fish. Now if you look closely and even if you are not looking very closely at all, you can see that there is a rectangle of green that surrounds the fish that doesn't match the green outside of the fish layer and somehow I need to drop that abhorrent shade of green out of the picture and I can do that using a checkbox in the Blending Options panel.
So click on Blending Options here in this list to switch to the Blending Options panel of the Layer Style dialog box and then notice this check box right here, Blend Interior Effects as Group. What that does is it blends all of the interior effects which includes Satin and Color Overlay and Gradient Overlay and Pattern Overlay and Inner Glow and Inner Shadow and certain kinds of Bevel and Emboss effects as well. It will go ahead and blend those effects in with the layer before the layer is blended with the other layers inside the image. So in our case, if we were to turn it on, the background would go away, notice that that rectangle green goes away and the reason is because we went ahead and colorize the fish before multiplying the fish layer with the background art.
So when you are seeing those weird sort of effects inside of a layer, you might be able to get rid of them by turning this checkbox on here inside the Blending Options panel of the Layer Style dialog box and obviously in our case it's the thing to do, so make sure that checkbox is turned on and then go ahead and click on the OK button in order to accept that effect. And now I am going to move the fish over just a little bit, it does look indeed like it's inside of that glass, it's a wonderful thing. So there is the final version of our composition with glass, with mask text and with a green goldfish. Thanks to the power of layer masks and blend modes as usual inside of Photoshop.
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Ethel McCullough, Kingstree - Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Singletary Cooper McCullough, conducted by the Rev. Levern O. Brown, were held Friday, April 11, 2014, at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Kingstree. Burial, directed by Henryhand Funeral Home, followed at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery of Kingstree.
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By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4
With just days left until APS students head back to school, hundreds of maintenance workers are putting the finishing touches on repairs they've made throughout the summer.
There's a crew at every APS school working on various projects, like repainting speed humps. They've been working throughout the summer on thousands of work orders placed by teachers and staff.
John Dufay with the district's maintenance and operations department said his crews will be working until next week to make sure the schools look brand new for the staff and kids.
Their main focus is making sure the playground is safe before kids get back to school next Tuesday.


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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2008 As ghostlike Capitol Hill workers scurried through a cold, misty fog early Friday evening, a nearby group of wounded and injured warriors cosseted in a warm room broke bread and shared stories about far-away lands and future hopes.
As the bus from Walter Reed Army Medical Center pulled up at the entrance of the Capitol Hill Club on 1st Street here, Hal Koster, a white-goateed bear of a man, greeted each arrival with a wide grin and cheerful words.
Five years ago, Koster began providing free steak dinners to wounded and injured troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq at his Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steak House, until the restaurant closed in 2006. Afterward, he said, dinners for these troops were held at several local eateries as well as the Capitol Hill Club, which holds a monthly dinner for the wounded warriors. Troop dinners also have been hosted by the Italian, Australian and several other embassies here, he said.
Koster manages the Aleethia Foundation, which funds the dinners.
"The entire country has been behind these troops and it's unfortunate what's happened to them," said Koster, an Army Vietnam veteran. "It's been an absolute pleasure for me to meet them. I wish that I had met them under different circumstances, but that's looking back and that's not the direction they're going – they're going forward."
These troops "provided a service to this country … the least we can do is buy them a dinner on Friday night," Koster said. "There are a lot of organizations doing good things for the troops. Our focus has been on the newly-injured; to try to get them out of the hospital as soon as possible."
The dinners are mostly private affairs, Koster said, in deference to the feelings of the troops and their families. Former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, he said, is a staunch supporter of the dinners and attends as many as he can.
"We keep these dinners in closed rooms so that they don't have to be out in the general public," Koster said, so as to foster the troops' natural camaraderie and conversation flow.
Also, he said, troops that have undergone amputations as a result of their wounds can be self-conscious about their injuries and initially worry about how they are perceived by the public.
When injured troops are first healing, "they don't want people to see them, for example when they've lost an arm and can't cut their food right … it's not as difficult to ask your buddy next to you to cut your food if your buddy is missing both legs," Koster explained.
At the Capitol Hill Club last night, Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Maschek, 26, and his 25-year-old wife, Angela, praised the troop dinners. Maschek, a 10th Mountain Division infantryman from Twin Falls , Idaho , was shot 11 times causing two broken legs during a February 2008 firefight near Kirkuk in northern Iraq . He credited the ceramic plates in his armored vest for saving his live.
Maschek, an outpatient living at Walter Reed, is a veteran of many such troop dinners. He plans to obtain a medical discharge next year and go to college to study business.
"It's really nice," Maschek said of the dinners and other events conducted for wounded troops. "So many people come in and talk to us and do things for us."
Anthony "has been positive right from the get-go," Angela Maschek said of her husband's outlook for the future. She also praised the "great" medical staff at Walter Reed.
The dinners "are a really nice place to share some time with friends," she said. "You get away from the hospital environment and the steak is great."
Army Sgt. Marco Robledo, 22, served in Iraq as a combat engineer with his Arkansas National Guard unit. In May 2007, Robledo was riding in a Humvee about 20 miles north of Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded, causing him to lose his left arm and leg.
Robledo, who hails from Clarksville , Ark. , has been at Walter Reed for almost a year-and-a-half and he's expecting to receive a medical discharge soon.
"I feel better now; I should be home by January, hopefully," he said. "The people at Walter Reed and the care overall has been wonderful. They gave me my life back."
The dinners are "a good way of getting off of the Walter Reed post and join others' company and just forget where you are and have a wonderful dinner," Robledo said.
"Everybody appreciates us so much; it kind of makes you feel good," former 3rd Infantry Division soldier Cpl. Todd Bishop said. Bishop, 23, lost his lower legs to a roadside bomb that detonated under his Humvee during a patrol southeast of Baghdad in May 2005. He was medically discharged and now lives in Interlachen , Fla.
Bishop had traveled up to Washington to have some metal bracing removed from his legs and to care for an infection. Regarding his future plans, Bishop said he likes to draw and has "been in contact with a few buddies about being an architect, going back to school and getting a degree in architecture."
Besides a social gathering place, the dinners also function as a healing process for the wounded and injured warriors, Koster said.
"Coming to these dinners is getting back on the horse, but it's walking the horse, not galloping the horse," Koster said. "They can start off slowly; they can learn to cut their food and eat their food in an environment where they don't have to feel threatened.
"We just try to help them get through that initial phase," he said.


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The Republican presidential field has just lost one of its most vocal critics of health care reform. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a fiery conservative aligned with the tea party movement, didn't just criticize health care reform legislation; she based her campaign on repealing it.
"The evening that 'Obamacare' was passed ... served as the inspiration for my run for the presidency of the United States," the Minnesota lawmaker told supporters on Wednesday, as she announced the suspension of her campaign.
"What the Congress had done and what President Obama had done in passing Obamacare endangered the very survival of the United States of America," she said. "I will continue fighting to defeat the president's agenda of socialism."
The Republican field is essentially united in opposition to 2010's health reform bill. But Bachmann's opposition was by far the most passionate, consistent, and sustained. In speech after speech, debate after debate, she repeated two refrains: Repeal Obamacare, and make Barack Obama a one-term president. Bachmann zeroed in on health care reform and financial-regulation legislation -- the 2010 health reform law and Dodd-Frank, respectively -- describing both as examples of creeping socialism, and arguing that both must be repealed as soon as possible.
Bachmann has also been a vocal critic of the health care reform plan fellow contender Mitt Romney championed while governor of Massachusetts.
"We also know that Mitt Romney is the only governor in the history of the United States to put into place socialized medicine," she told National Journal last month. "Mitt Romney will never get rid of the health care mandate under Obamacare."


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As Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith sat in the victorious Ravens locker room after the AFC Championship Game, he thought back to a meeting he had with coach John Harbaugh not long after he was drafted.
Harbaugh's message, Smith said, was simple: Players like you will get us to the Super Bowl.
"Exactly what Harbaugh said to me in a meeting is exactly what's coming true," Smith said. "Last year we came up short, but this year we made it all the way through. It's the best feeling I've felt."
Smith was all smiles that night in New England, but it's been a rough couple of years for Smith. The Ravens' first-round pick in the 2011 draft, taken No, .27 overall out of Colorado has been viewed as an underachiever after two seasons marred by injuries and inconsistency.
Smith missed most of the first half of his rookie season with an ankle injury, but he was expected to challenge Cary Williams for a starting spot in training camp this season. Williams won the starting job, and Smith began the season as a nickel back. He started two games after Lardarius Webb went down with a season-ending knee injury, but then Smith was sidelined by sports hernia surgery and missed five games.
When he returned, Smith's role was primarily on special teams, as Chykie Brown had seemingly passed him on the depth chart at nickel back. Smith finished the regular season with 31 tackles and three passes defensed on defense, along with three special teams tackles.
Brown had his struggles against New England in the AFC Championship – at one point Corey Graham seemed furious at Brown over a missed assignment -- and Smith played 36 snaps, his most extensive action in months.
"At this stage, this type of game .. it's an amazing feeling that I can get back out there and be part of this team as far as defense," Smith said after the Patriots game. "It's just a great feeling to be back out there playing."
Smith admitted that his first two pro seasons have been marked by frustration, but all that was forgotten as he sat in the victorious locker room in Foxborough. After all, he was headed to the Super Bowl, just as Harbaugh had said.
"You have no idea what this journey has been like," he said, "but I mean, this is what we do it for, so I'm happy it came down to this."
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As Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith sat in the victorious Ravens locker room after the AFC Championship Game, he thought back to a meeting he had with coach John Harbaugh not long after he was drafted.


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Are you a young woman who volunteers in your community or school? Who sees challenges instead of obstacles? Hope instead of despair? Then you may meet the eligibility requirements for this award.
- Are you 14 to 17 years old?
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- Have you had significant and noteworthy accomplishments as volunteers?
The Soroptimist Club of Eugene awards one Violet Richardson Award each year. At this level the recipient receives $500 and the her volunteer organization receives $250. Club level winners then become eligible for one of 28 $1000 awards; and, in addition, $1000 will go to her volunteer organization. One finalist will be chosen from the 28 winners for an additional award.
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The Soroptimist Club of Eugene will be awarding two Women's Opportunity Awards this year of $1500 each. Award recipients will be eligible for a regional award of $5000, and the regional winner then becomes eligible to receive one of three $10,000 finalist awards.
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Elements of free-market based reform in health care include expanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), replacing the tax deduction for employer-provided health insurance with a refundable tax credit, removing regulations that discourage competition and choice in insurance and among health care providers, and reduce the costs associated with litigation. We work with doctors, insurers, privacy advocates, health care entrepreneurs, and consumers to help make this happen.
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NCAA baseball roundup: Louisville goes one up on Vandy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Helms delivered a two-out, two-run pinch-hit single to lead Louisville to a 5-3 victory over No. 2 overall seed Vanderbilt in a NCAA super regional opener Saturday.
Helms had driven in only three runs all season. But with the bases loaded in the seventh, the senior stepped in and hit a 1-2 pitch from Vanderbilt closer Brian Miller down the third-base line.
The Cardinals (50-12) tied the game just three batters earlier. Zak Wasserman drove in his second run of the game with a two-out single. Louisville strung together three two-out hits and tagged Vanderbilt starter Kevin Ziomek (11-3) for three runs in the inning.
Xavier Turner had two hits and scored two runs for the Commodores (54-11). Six of Vanderbilt's seven hits came in the opening three innings.
Louisville, playing in its first super regional since 2009, tied a program-record for regular-season wins.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Adam Frazier went 6 for 6, Hunter Renfroe was 4 for 5 and they each drove in three runs to help Mississippi State beat Virginia in the first game of the Charlottesville super regional.
The Bulldogs (47-18) pounded Virginia pitching for 20 hits and benefited from uncharachteristic sloppiness by the Cavaliers, who made four errors that led to six unearned runs.
Virginia (50-11) had 11 hits, but also hit into four rally-killing double plays.
Kendall Graveman (7-5) went 5 1-3 innings for the Bulldogs, allowing nine hits and all six runs, just four of them earned. He struck out three and walked two. Ross Mitchell finished, allowing just two hits and three walks in 3 2-3 innings.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber had a go-ahead two-run single in a four-run seventh inning and Indiana went on to beat Florida State in the first game of the Tallahassee super regional.
Schwarber, who also had a two-run homer in the fourth, put Indiana up 7-6 with his hit in the seventh.
Indiana (47-14) can advance to its first College World Series with a win on Sunday. If the Seminoles (47-16) win, a deciding game would be played Monday.
The Hoosiers' big inning came against relievers Gage Smith (4-2) and Billy Strode, who gave up just three hits in the inning but the Seminoles committed two throwing errors.
John Nogowski's two-run homer in the eighth trimmed Indiana's lead to 10-8. DJ Stewart added an RBI single in the ninth, but Indiana's Will Coursen-Carr induced a pair of flyouts to end the game.
Brian Korte (1-0) pitched one-third an inning.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — JaCoby Jones had four hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs to help LSU beat Oklahoma to advance to the College World Series for the 16th time.
LSU (57-9), which tied a single-season school record for victories, used four pitchers, who combined to limit the Sooners (43-21) to five hits and prevented Oklahoma from scoring after it had taken its only lead of the series, 1-0, in the bottom of the first inning.
Will LaMarche (3-0) got the win for the Tigers, who improved to 5-0 in the NCAA tournament.
Dillon Overton (9-3), Oakland's second-round pick in this week's Major League baseball draft, allowed four runs on seven hits before being lifted in the sixth inning.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Tanner Witt's two-run single in the 10th inning capped a four-run rally and Kansas State beat Oregon State in the opening game of the Corvallis super regional.
The Wildcats (45-17) had seven hits over the final two innings and sent nine batters to the plate in the 10th. They pulled ahead when Jared King led off the inning with a bloop double into shallow left-center and Jon Davis brought him home with an RBI single. Two batters later, pinch hitter Mitch Meyer knocked a bases-loaded RBI single, and Witt broke the game open with a two-run single into right field.
With two outs and two strikes in the ninth, Ross Kivett doubled into the right field gap and reached third on an error, scoring when Witt followed with an RBI single that stunned the record crowd of 3,574 at Goss Stadium.
Jake Mattys (9-1) earned the win with two innings of relief.
Jace Fry (0-1) took the loss.
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Nick Vander Tuig pitched and three UCLA relievers combined to shutout Cal State Fullerton to win the Fullerton super regional and advance to the College World Series.
Vander Tuig (12-4) gave up seven hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out four and did not walk a batter. David Berg closed out the ninth and earned his 21st save of the season. The Bruins (44-17) swept the series and will make their second consecutive trip to Omaha.
UCLA took advantage of two Titans errors in the first inning to score three unearned runs. Pat Gallagher had a two-run single with the bases loaded and Shane Zeile added an RBI hit to give the Bruins a 3-0 after one inning off Thomas Eshelman (12-3). He pitched a complete game for Fullerton.
The Titans (51-10) dropped back-to-back games for only the second time this season.


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B-Sides: Up the Punx!
Is punk dead? Who cares – give these bands a listen anyway.
The Coathangers
Noisy experimental punk from Atlanta, Georgia. What their first record lacks in skill or complexity it makes up for in attitude and handclaps. They drawl, shriek, yelp, gasp and jeer the lyrics to songs with commanding titles like "Don't Touch My Shit" and "Nestle in My Boobies" ("Bite 'em, lick 'em, give that nip a tug / Grab 'em, shake 'em, show them titties love!"). Their latest release, Scramble, is slightly less abrasive, with more fuzz and harmony. The riotgrrl influences are obvious, the Karen O comparisons are inevitable, and it's fun to listen to when you're feeling bratty.
Shonen Knife
Osaka, Japan's Shonen Knife released their first album in 1982, and they've been spreading their infectious brand of Beach Boys/Ramones punk pop around the globe ever since. Their latest release, Supergroup, was released in the US this year, and they recently finished a US tour promoting it. They perform in adorable matching mod dresses; their MySpace lists each band member's blood type; they sing about food a lot, with songs like "BBQ Party", "Fruit Loop Dreams", "Flying Jelly Attack", "Strawberry Cream Puff", "Cookie Day", "I Wanna Eat Choco Bars", "I Want to Eat Cake", "Brown Mushroom", "Ice Cream City", "Fruits and Vegetables", "Banana Chips", "Mayonnaise Addiction", "Hot Chocolate", "Mango Juice (for George Harrison)" and "Monkey Brand Oolong Tea". There is basically no way to dislike Shonen Knife.
Care Bears on Fire
Does "kid-core" actually qualify as a scene? It doesn't yet have a full Wikipedia entry, so I'm going to say no. But if it does become one, Care Bears on Fire will be hailed as its founding mothers. The band began in 2005, when all of its members were in fifth or sixth grade; since their first full-length release in 2007, they have played Lollapalooza, Underage Festival and SXSW. They've also appeared on David Letterman, Nickelodeon's "True Jackson VP" and in Converse commercials. Issues of "punk credibility" (a questionable concept in itself) arise because its members hail from Park Slope, dress like card-carrying mall punks, and aren't old enough to get drivers' licenses. But their songs are old-school, down-to-earth, often funny and god-dang catchy.
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Body shaming is fun feminism now?
The policing of bodies is not feminist, ever. The same way that fat shaming is considerably un-feminist language, telling someone to "eat a sandwich" (and yes, I totally grok that they are talking about a plastic doll in theory, but even in the video "Barbie" becomes a real person) is awful and hurtful. Just as some people can not change being fat, no matter what they do, some people can not change being thin, and this song is saying that it is OK to throw rocks at them for that.
People who think this is fun or hip or whatever haven't even considered the damage a message like "eat a sandwich" could do to someone who is struggling with body image or recovering from an Eating Disorder. Especially to teenagers, who are incredibly vulnerable to those messages. That's a horrible thing to hold up as feminist.
You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do. ~ Jane Fonda
Seriously, this is not okay
Seriously, this is not okay at all. I've been trying to think of the right things to say over the past few weeks after seeing it linked on so many reportedly feminist blogs and luckily FWD/F did it for me: http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/24/no-actually-eat-a-sandwich-is-no...
Sandwich solves everything! Wait..
This definitely seems to support the Pitting-Women-Against-Each-Other mentality. Just as Barbie is the target, rather than the company that manufactures her, skinny girls become the target, rather than the culture that values thin over fat. And the eat-a-sandwich solution is doubly harmful, because just as it shames girls who are naturally skinny, it teaches bigger girls that they can be thin if they don't eat a sandwich.
Stepping in on Sara's behalf...
Hi everyone,
Sara (the author of this post) is home for Thanksgiving right now so I am stepping in here since I don't think she'll have the time to moderate blog comments. While I can't speak for Sara, I do know her and I'm sure that she did not mean to offend in posting the "Barbie Eat A Sandwich" video clip. The song (by my interpretation) is meant as a deconstruction of unrealistic beauty myths (I am basing that interpretation on lyrics like "Make up, nose job, seven foot tall/Wears high heels but she never falls") and I am sure that is how Sara meant for it to come across.
However, we all come from different feminist perspectives and you are absolutely right, Ouyang, that this song could be read as a policing of women's bodies instead of an anti-beauty-industrial complex message of empowerment. I'm glad someone linked to your blog post here so that people can have access to different interpretations of the lyrics.
Thanks for providing alternative viewpoints here, everyone. That is what this comments section is all about!
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Shonen Knife, Kurt Cobain and blood types
"When I finally got to see [Shonen Knife] live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert." --Kurt Cobain
I've heard that in Japan, blood types are kind of like zodiac signs -- supposedly they say something about your personality (which is why you often see blood type listed in Japanese celebrity profiles): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_types_in_Japanese_culture
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MariaDB 5.3/5.5 has introduced a new join type "Hash Joins" which is an implementation of a Classic Block-based Hash Join Algorithm. In this post we will see what the Hash Join is, how it works and for what types of queries would it be the right choice. I will show the results of executing benchmarks […]
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Thanksgiving and other similar Fall Festivals are celebrated worldwide. It's a day of feasting and fellowship that's not only celebrated on Earth, but also at the International Space Station. Tomorrow, NASA Astronaut and Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford will sit down with Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin to enjoy their own Thanksgiving feast. Of course, the astronauts aren't capable of roasting a turkey in space, but they do have a variety of foods that can either be heated, rehydrated, or eaten as is.
Here's what's on their menu:
Irradiated Smoked turkey
Cornbread dressing
Baked Beans
Russian mashed potatoes and onions
Potatoes au gratin
Candied, "thermo-stabilized" yams, combined with marshmallow creme
Russian apple dessert
Cherry-Peach Cobbler
Cranberry-Apple dessert
And to wash all that down, they have what Ford describes as a "seasonal" cranberry-peach drink.
You can watch Kevin Ford go over the Thanksgiving menu in the space station's kitchen below.
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Poland's Port of Gdansk is negotiating with Malta-based Mariner Capital on an agreement to privatize operations at the port's multipurpose cargo terminals.
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DCT Gdansk, the Polish port operator, has finalized the 290 million euro ($363 million) financing for a second deep-water terminal at the leading Baltic Sea container hub.
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Amazon's opening of three distribution centers in western Poland this week closes the remaining gap in the e-commerce giant's European network.
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U.S. imports of wooden bedroom furniture by dollar value have increased for four consecutive quarters, driven by an ongoing recovery in the real estate market and falling national unemployment numbers...
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An appeal has been launched on the Isle of Skye to raise funds to celebrate one of Skye's favourite sons, John Mackenzie of Sconser. The Collie Mackenzie Sculpture Group are seeking to raise £120, 000 to build a sculpture of John Mackenzie and his internationally renowned climbing partner Norman Collie.The group have launched a unique scheme whereby a certain weight of bronze can be donated towards the sculpture, and donors will receive a certificate as a record to keep for posterity.
Mackenzies from all over the world can play a part in helping to make the project happen and help make history on the Isle of Skye.
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I've bought my wee piece of Bronze :)
Thanks for your support Alan
We will post the certificate out on Monday and you will hopefully get it in time for Christmas.
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Revenge is sweet as Waynflete downs Lee in PKs
(Ed. Note: This story originally appeared in the Nov. 11, 2004 edition of The Forecaster)
HAMPDEN—The Waynflete girls' soccer team won its fifth Class D state championship Saturday, but it's safe to say that none of the previous four were this exhausting or exhilarating.
After 120 hard-fought, nearly even minutes of 1-1 play, the Flyers and the Lee Academy Pandas were forced to settle the Gold Ball on penalty kicks. After both teams made four of five kicks in the opening round, it came down to sudden victory kicks. Finally, after four more gut-wrenching turns per team, Lee's Brooke Harris missed a shot and Waynflete senior Megan Gentile buried hers, giving the Flyers a 2-1 victory and the championship.
"It was just a wonderful way to end a great season," Waynflete first-year coach Jon Shardlow said.
Waynflete and Lee Academy have been on a collision course all autumn. The Flyers downed the Pandas 3-0 in the 2002 Class D title game. Last year, Lee Academy returned the favor with a 4-0 win. Both teams cruised through the regular season (Lee went undefeated, while Waynflete went 9-2-1). Waynflete easily crushed Rangeley 7-0 and Richmond 4-1 in its regional playoff tests, then got ready to renew the rivalry.
This state final proved to be a battle from the opening kick.
Waynflete made a point of limiting the touches of Lee Academy senior superstar (and all-time Maine scoring leader, boy or girl, with 177 goals) Shelby Pickering. For the most part, the Flyers did so, but Pickering did set up the lone Pandas' goal in the 32nd minute. On a free kick, Pickering passed to Harris, whose shot eluded Waynflete junior goalkeeper Liza Timpson for a 1-0 lead.
"Lee came out a little more aggressive the first 20 minutes," Shardlow said. "Their goal was a wake-up call. They're very well-organized."
The Flyers pulled even in the second half.
In the 60th minute, senior Molly DeLong did the honors, lofting a shot just over the outstretched hands of Lee Academy goalkeeper Jackie Moors.
"We tried to move the ball more laterally in the second half," Shardlow said. "Molly took a throw-in, the defense collapsed and she shot a ball over the hands of their keeper. It was a great goal. We had momentum from there."
Both teams had their chances late in regulation. Timpson came up huge with just over a minute to play, making a great save on a blast by Aarika Ritchie.
"Liza had her best game of the season," Shardlow said. "She had some huge saves."
When regulation ended with the game tied at 1-1, it was on to sudden-victory overtime. The two teams played four 10-minute overtimes, knowing that a goal would end the season. Waynflete had an edge in territory and shots on goal in the extra 40 minutes, but couldn't score. Lee's best chance came in the waning seconds of the final OT, but Pickering's shot was safely cradled by Timpson and it was on to penalty shots.
"We were prepared for PKs," Shardlow said. "You can criticize the process, but it is what it is."
Penalty kicks are never utilized during the regular season. They only come into account in the playoffs. Each team selects five players to shoot and the team that makes more wins the Gold Ball. It's that simple.
Only in this case it wasn't simple. Five kicks weren't enough.
Pickering started the penalty kick round by shockingly missing, opening the door for the Flyers. Lee would not miss again, while Waynflete's Linden Ellis, Kim Ortengren, and Annie Hancock made their shots. It all came down to senior Anina Hewey and the Flyers' last shot.
Trailing 4-3, if Hewey missed, Lee would be the champion.
Shardlow never had a doubt.
"Anina had to make hers, but I was confident we were going to another round," he said. "She's money."
Hewey's shot was true and it was on to another round. Twice in the now sudden-death round (a player for each team shoots, if one makes it and the other doesn't, the game is over) a Lee player scored, forcing Waynflete to answer or go home.
DeLong and senior Annie Reiner were true, however, and it came down to the fateful last pair of kicks.
Harris' shot was high.
Gentile then added her name to Flyers' lore.
"When Megan stepped up to shoot, I was glad we'd been practicing penalty kicks for two weeks," Shardlow said. "She didn't play a lot in the match, maybe 10 minutes, but I felt confident. She went up there and she just made it."
Jubilation and relief then reigned.
"The girls were very excited," Shardlow said. "There's a good rivalry now between Waynflete and Lee. They had a great streak. We were able to neutralize Shelby Pickering's impact. We held on to the ball and gave her few opportunities."
Not a bad run for a first-year coach.
"I stepped into a talented program with a great tradition hoping not to mess it up," Shardlow said.
The new champions have to say farewell to their senior anchors, Amanda Allen, DeLong, Virginia Drake, Ellis, Gentile, Hewey, Ortengren and Reiner.
That said, with players such as juniors Maggie DeFanti, Hancock, Gretchen Koch and Timpson, sophomores Alissa Balano, Mary Hewey, Gretchen Knoth, and Hannah Orcutt and freshmen Laura Armstrong, Grace Verrill and Alex Woodhouse returning, another trophy isn't out of the question.
"We're losing eight seniors, but we've got some talented girls coming back," Shardlow said.
They'll have a tough time matching the drama produced by the 2004 Class D state champions.


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"Wow, what a great hire. One of the best and most well respected coaches in the country. Jim has a proven record of success and he will do great with the Mocs."
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"Jim has been a fantastic mentor for me throughout my coaching career. He's a Hall of Fame coach and person, and he has taught me so many things about the game, both on the court and behind the scenes. He's a tremendous asset to our sport, representing all that is good about women's basketball and conducting himself with the highest level of integrity and class. Chattanooga couldn't have chosen a better person to represent their women's basketball program."
Carol Callan, USA Basketball Women's National Teams Director
"Jim is a great supporter of and friend to USA Basketball. He brings a unique, experienced perspective to team selections insuring that all athletes and team combinations are considered. As a coach, he selflessly works to make our very best national team athletes better, and is a great ambassador for women's basketball and our country."
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"Chattanooga is getting one of the best women's basketball coaches in the country in Coach Foster. He is a proven winner at all levels of our game. He not only wins, he wins the right way, by producing champions both on and off the basketball court. I am very excited that Coach Foster has decided to stay in our game, and our game is enhanced even more with UTC's hire!"
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"I just couldn't get my timing right on that slow pitch"
Or you heard a coach say, "you don't need to hit it hard, just time it nicely".
But what does that actually mean?
Good timing is a matter of the bat coming down at exactly the right time so that the ball both strikes the middle of the bat, and then leaves it in exactly the direction the batsman was intending.
Simple when you put it like that; but it's easy to go wrong too.
There are two different ways in which timing goes wrong - and a cross bat shot and a straight bat shot will typically suffer from poor timing in different ways.
1. High on the bat vs. low on the bat
This is mainly an issue with cross bat shots, particularly the pull.
It's perfectly possible to play the exact right shot to a short delivery, but if you're a fraction early or late, instead of flying to the boundary, the ball will squirt off weakly towards midwicket.
Bring the bat around too late, the ball will have travelled that little bit further and will make contact with the splice instead of the middle; bring the bat around too soon, and the ball will hit the toe of the bat.
How do you get around the issue?
It's important to get a feeling for the pace of a pitch and the bowler before attempting expansive cross bat shots.
You may get a juicy long hop early on, but if you have misjudged the pace of the pitch, you may find that instead of landing in the trees the other side of the square leg boundary, your poorly timed shot floats straight into the hands of a grateful midwicket fielder.
Just watch the pace and bounce for an over or two first, and you will be in position to make a better judgement on those aggressive shots.
2. Into the ground vs. up in the air
The second timing problem affects the drive.
We all know the dangers of driving too early on a slow pitch, but the opposite problem brings its own issues: if the bat comes down too early, you will make contact with the ball beyond the vertical and the shot will be "uppish".
It may possibly even go straight up if the pace of the pitch or the bowler is particularly badly judged.
This is immediately fatal, so cautious batsmen overcompensate and hit their drives into the ground.
Although this isn't going to result in a wicket directly, the ball also isn't going to go very far and the batsman will soon get frustrated about his inability to get the ball away through the infield.
Aiming to hit the ball along the ground is not the same as hitting it into the ground.
Practicing your timing
The way to practice improving timing is to be aware of what is happening.
Whether you're practising in the nets or trying to find some touch out in the middle, and the ball just doesn't seem to be coming off the bat right, ask yourself:
"How is my timing - am I playing too late or too early, and what adjustments can I make?"
Knowing what the problem is will be a step in the right direction. You can then start to make adjustments based on the feel of what is happening.
This is easier in practice sessions than in the middle, but awareness is the first step.


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Reaction in Miami is cautious to the news about Castro stepping down
MIAMI - It's not the long-awaited news that many Cuban-Americans have wanted to hear for nearly 50 years.
But Tuesday's announcement that Fidel Castro had resigned as president of Cuba left many in Miami's Cuban community hoping that was a sign of coming change to the island nation.
"I think it's a day to celebrate," Cuban-American Frank Peña, 32, said Tuesday outside of Versailles Restaurant and Cafeteria in Miami. "It's the end of an era, 49 years of oppression. Is it going to change overnight? No. But one evil tyrant is over and done with."
Castro, 81, announced his intentions not to accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday. His statement was in a letter published in online Granma, Cuba's state-run newspaper.
"I am saying that I will neither aspire to nor accept — I repeat, I will neither aspire to nor accept — the positions of President of the State Council and Commander in Chief," Castro said in the letter. "This is not my farewell to you. My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas. I shall continue to write under the title, 'Reflections of Comrade Fidel.' It will be another weapon you can count on. Perhaps my voice will be heard. I shall be careful."
The letter marks the end of Castro's nearly 50-year rule over the country, and sets up his 76-year-old brother, Raul, as heir apparent. The younger Castro has been serving as acting president since Fidel Castro fell ill in July 2006.
For many in the U.S., Castro's resignation was received with cautious optimism.
"It's a step forward. We need, hopefully, to bring freedom and democracy back to Cuba," said U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., on Tuesday. "My fear is that as he resigns, someone like Hugo Chavez decides to play a larger role in Cuba and Cuban politics. So we're keeping an eye on that side of it.
"But I think it's definitely a start of a free Cuba where Cubans can rejoice, hopefully, where they can get their country back."
Throughout Tuesday, a celebration of sorts took place outside Versailles, the go-to meeting spot for many in Miami's Cuban community.
In the morning, people gathered over Cuban coffee and pastries to talk about the resignation and what it means for the country.
"I think it's important not to overcelebrate the situation," said Gabriel Urrutia, 27, while chatting with Peña. "You just have to be patient."
By Tuesday evening, more than 100 people were lined up on the streets with placards sporting slogans asking for Cuba's freedom, all chanting and waving both American and Cuban flags, while cars honked in solidarity of the cause.
"I see that change is coming," said Teresa Areces, 58, while celebrating outside Versailles. "Fidel leaving power is something grand. The rest (of the change) will come. It may take time, but it will come."
Some even saw the letter as a positive sign of the Cuban regime's impending demise and the real possibility of returning to their native land.
"I will 100 percent return to my Cuba," said Juan O. Tamayo, 44, outside of La Carreta Restaurant in Miami.
Because he still has family on the island, Tamayo said he'd start over again in Cuba once the regime fell.
However, others saw the letter as a ploy to maintain the status quo by Cuba's communist government.
"As of this time, there is no change in Cuba. Fidel Castro may have "relinquished" some titles, but he is still the dictator and in control. True change will not begin in Cuba until all political prisoners are released, political parties, labor unions and free press are legalized, and the process of free, supervised, multi-party elections begin," said U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, in a statement Tuesday. "We must continue to press for a democratic transition from this oppressive regime."
Armando Perez-Prado, 87, and his wife, Argelia, 82, shared in Diaz-Balart's sentiments.
"I am very happy to hear the news," said Perez-Prado, a 37-year resident of the U.S. "But Raul is someone to fear."
His wife agreed, adding that her friends considered her a pessimist for not being more excited about the announcement.
"I'm a realist and the communists won't let go for anything," she said, as the couple exited Versailles after lunch with friends.
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By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USAAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2002 The Defense Department is looking to build "a mutually beneficial partnership" with the Department of Veterans Affairs to minimize both organizations' health care costs.
"As we face the threat of terrorism, it is more important than ever that we ensure effective coordination and cooperation with other federal agencies and organizations with necessary expertise," Dr. Bill Winkenwerder said in prepared remarks to Congress.
The doctor is the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. He testified March 13 before the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee on medical issues in President Bush's fiscal 2003 budget request. The administration seeks $20.9 billion for the military health system.
Organizations "with necessary expertise" especially include the VA and Department of Health and Human Services, Winkenwerder said. DoD hopes that a partnership with the VA "optimizes the use of resources and infrastructure to improve access to quality health care and increase the cost-effectiveness of each department's operations," he said. He added the two departments currently have eight joint ventures around the country providing coordinated health care to both VA and DoD medical care beneficiaries.
He told committee members the fiscal 2003 budget request lays out several concrete short-term goals:
DoD officials expect to be able to transmit computerized patient medical record data to the VA by fiscal 2005, Winkenwerder said.
"The focus of our efforts is to move the relationship with the VA from one of sharing to a proactive partnership that meets the missions of both agencies while benefiting the service members, veteran and taxpayer," he said.
The assistant secretary also outlined force health protection and medical readiness issues covered in the budget request. "The terrorist acts of last fall placed us on a war footing and escalated the urgency of our need for preparedness," Winkenwerder told the senators.
He said DoD is working to develop investigational new drug protocols and guidelines for smallpox and botulinum toxoid vaccines, and pyridostigmine bromide, or PB, tablets, which are used to counteract the effects of nerve agents. Experts, he added, are also examining the use of the anthrax vaccine and antibiotics as a post-exposure preventive measure -- a technique used after the anthrax attacks loosed in the U.S. mail last year.


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