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Aziz Ansari: The ODB of 'Parks and Recreation'
The 26-year-old comedian's profile has risen quickly over the last couple of years. From being an up-and-coming stand-up star playing the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, the last three years have seen him do two seasons of MTV's 'Human Giant,' a half-season as lazy intern Ed on the eighth season of 'Scrubs,' a big role as awful stand-up comic Randy in Judd Apatow's 'Funny People,' a one-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central, and a season and a half as Tom Haverford on 'Parks and Recreation.'
I caught up with Ansari at NBC's all-star press party last month and asked him about how his character, who plays the scheming right-hand man of the earnest Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), has developed since the show started, and what's next for a guy who's done a lot in such a short period of time.
Sketch Comedy Saturday: Upright Citizens Brigade
Here's a program that every self-proclaimed comedy fan should know. From 1998 to 2000, the Upright Citizens Brigade television series ran for three seasons on Comedy Central, developing a solid cult following. The four stars, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Matt Besser and Amy Poehler wrote and starred in the series, playing just about all the characters and giving us gems like Ass Pennies, Spaghetti Jesus and little Girl Scout Cassie.
Bobby Moynihan: In the Limelight - VIDEOS
While I can't answer the second part of this question (it will remain one of the great mysteries of the late night universe), I can offer a little more information on SNL's resident new guy and rising star, Bobby Moynihan. Despite appearing as a featured player in only twenty episodes so far, Moynihan is fast becoming one of my favorite cast members on the show, right up there with Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig.
Fellow Moynihan fans, prepare to love him even more!
Adair, er, UCB's Matt Walsh returning to star status on Spike
The Upright Citizens Brigade's Matt Walsh and fellow founding member Trotter, er, Ian Roberts have landed their first starring roles in a show he created for Spike.
It's called Players, names after a sports bar his character runs with his brother as part of his eternal life fantasy to hit on hot waitresses and spend his days yelling at an HD television. Think of it as Cheers, but with more penis jokes and a Carla that doesn't make your eyes bleed.
Seven sketch comedies that deserved more chances than Mad TV got - VIDEOS
But eventually, the show evolved into a 60-minute scream fest of recurring characters spouting catchphrases over and over and celebrity satire that taught lessons about the proliferation of pop culture and ignorance. Important lessons, such as "Boy is Anna Nicole Smith dumb and fat!" and "Hey, is that Paris Hilton a whore or what?" Every episode felt like a hand was reaching out of the TV and rubbing a cheese grater across my face. Now 14 years after its inception, Fox has finally decided to pull the plug on Mad TV and let it die a slow horrible death instead of taking it out Old Yeller-style, the way God intended.
And the newest cast member of SNL is ...
The new guy is Bobby Moynihan, who costars in the online series (about two obsessed science fiction fans waiting in line to see a popular space movie). Others might know Moynihan from his years with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, including his improv work on ASSSSCAT (recently with this guy).
Thomas Lennon talks about the fifth season of Reno 911! - VIDEO
Thomas Lennon, the star and co-creator of Comedy Central's Reno 911!, got to together with Mahalo's Lon Harris to talk about basic cable, the how it's not gay to love Sting in Dune, Christopher Walken's answering machine, and Falcon Crest. He also dishes about the finale of Reno 911! (currently in its fifth season), the Upright Citizens Brigade, and Balls of Fury. Oh, and he might mention something about The State reunion.
Fans of Thomas Lennon and all things Reno 911! will enjoy this interview. Lennon is genius! The video is after the jump.
Colbert reports live tonight at UCB Theatre New York
With the strike still in full effect, new episodes of The Colbert Report won't be coming to Comedy Central anytime soon. So Colbert and the cast are moving the production to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City for one show tonight. Just as 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live did before him, Colbert is bringing his "No-Spin Zone" to a sold out crowd.
Advance reservations are sold out, but there will be a standby line. No word on if there will be any guests, nor if Colbert will be performing "classic" bits or new material, though if he follows directly in the footprints of Rock and SNL, there won't be any new written material. But Colbert is a gifted comedian, so surely he can't be penalized by the Guild for ad-libbing some stuff. "Tonight on The Colbert Report, we investigate what the hell happened to my cameras, and where all these people came from."
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WGA Strike: SNL and 30 Rock - live on stage!
So there's a writers strike in Hollywood. That doesn't mean you can't see your favorite comedy stars performing!
Stars of NBC's Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock will be performing at the New York Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on, November 17 and 19, respectively. The SNL show will go on Saturday night at 11:30 (of course) and will feature all of the cast performing sketches from the show. And as an extra added bonus, the show will be hosted by Arrested Development and Superbad star Michael Cera. (Don't even think of getting tickets; this one's sold out.)
The 30 Rock show will go on Monday night at 8 and will feature Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, and Jane Krakowski (a very limited number of tickets for this one will be available at the door).
So you probably won't get to see these shows... but maybe you know someone? The shows are a benefit for the WGA.
TV Squad giveaways reminder: Upright Citizens Brigade and Angel
We've also got another giveaway running that ends next week for the Angel Complete Series Collector's Set.
Also, don't forget to enter the second tier of the Cancellation Trifecta game before midnight!
Several more incredible giveaways next week. Trust me, I'm jealous we have to give them away. Plus, a special one on Halloween only. Good luck!
Giveaway Monday: Upright Citizens Brigade - Seasons One & Two
Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating your favorite Upright Citizens Brigade sketch.
- The comment must be left before October 26, 2007 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Five winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Five winners will receive a copy of Upright Citizens Brigade season one DVDs (valued at $29.98) and season two DVDs (valued at $26.99).
Take part in a UCB audio commentary for season two
Well, it only took them twenty-seven years (or however long its been), but the second season of The Upright Citizens Brigade is finally coming to DVD later this year (or so we assume, there's no official announcement yet). That's great news, but what's even cooler is that this Saturday, March 31, you can actually be in the audience for a live audio commentary recording for the episodes "Spaghetti Jesus" and "Supercool." All the information you need can be found here. The recording takes place at 8 p.m. at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles. Be there fifteen minutes early, or you'll be denied, sucka.
That leaves us with the third and finally season to look forward to. Hopefully it will be getting the digital versatile treatment sooner than later.
Thanks to reader bd, who sent us the tip after I found about the DVD but before I got off my lazy rump to write about it. I consider his e-mail the poke with a sharp stick I needed.
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Former SNLer Sanz goes primetime
Now that 30 Rock has become a mild success for Saturday Night Live veterans Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan it seems that other former SNL alums are making an attempt at primetime popularity. Case in point . . . It's being reported that 8-year SNL veteran Horatio Sanz has joined the cast of the comedy Business Class.
In this pilot for NBC Sanz will star with Boston Legal's Mark Valley (who does nothing on that show but complain). The single-camera comedy will feature Sanz and Valley as two rival soda salesmen who live their lives on the road. Hey, I'm laughing already!
This would be Sanz's first foray into primetime television since leaving SNL last year. Maybe it's me, but it seems that Horatio was underutilized during his years at SNL, which is surprising because he had a pretty decent track record before coming on-board the sketch comedy show. I mean, he was one of the early founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade. I would think that would amount to a little more screen time. If I'm way off base here let me know.
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Hiring an InterpreterOCRID is a non-profit organization. We provide professional development opportunities and information to the membership as a whole. We are not a sign language referral service. Therefore, we do not recommend individual interpreters or interpreting referral agencies for assignments.
[from the NAD Law and Advocacy Website]
Businesses and services providers must ensure effective communication with people who are deaf or hard of hearing under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This federal law applies to a wide range of "places of public accommodation," including retail stores and the wide range of service businesses such as hotels, theaters, restaurants, doctors' and lawyers' offices, optometrists, dentists, banks, insurance agencies, museums, parks, libraries, day care centers, recreational programs, social service agencies and private schools. It covers both profit and non-profit organizations. Places of public accommodation must give persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in and to benefit from their services. They must modify their policies and practices when necessary to provide equal access to services and facilities. In order to provide equal access, all public accommodations are required to provide auxiliary aids and services, such as qualified interpreters or captioning, when necessary to ensure effective communication. Auxiliary aids and services must be provided unless the entity can demonstrate that doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, or would constitute an undue burden (significant difficulty or expense). Whether or not a particular auxiliary aid or service constitutes an undue burden depends on a variety of factors, including the nature and cost of the auxiliary aid or service, and the overall financial and other resources of the business. The undue burden standard is applied on a case-by-case basis. Undue burden is not measured by the amount of income the business is receiving from a deaf or hard of hearing client, patient, customer, or member of the public. Instead, undue burden is measured by the overall financial impact on the whole entity. Therefore, it is possible for a business to be responsible for providing auxiliary aids and services even if it does not make a sale or receive income from a deaf or hard of hearing person, if the cost of the auxiliary aid or service would not be an undue burden on its overall operation.
For more information, see ADA Title III: Public Accommodations.
State and local government agencies and service providers must ensure effective communication with people who are deaf or hard of hearing under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This federal law applies to all types of state and local government agencies, including courts, schools, social service agencies, legislatures, commissions and councils, recreational facilities, libraries, and state/county/city departments and agencies of all kinds. It applies to activities that are administered directly by government agencies, and to activities that are carried out by private subcontractors. Under the ADA, state and local agencies are required to give equal access and equally effective services to people with disabilities. They may not deny people an opportunity to participate in their programs, or give them an opportunity that is less effective than the opportunity given to others. Often, the public entity must provide qualified interpreters, captioning, and other auxiliary aids to ensure effective communication with deaf or hard of hearing people. The appropriate auxiliary aid depends on many factors, such as the type of communication used by the individual and the situation in which the communication occurs. An auxiliary aid that is appropriate for one person, or in one context, may be useless in another setting or for a person with a different type of hearing loss.
For more information, see ADA Title II: State and Local Government Services.
Public and private entities and service providers that are recipients of federal financial assistance have obligations to ensure effective communication with people who are deaf or hard of hearing under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which provides:
- No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States . . . shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . 29 U.S.C. § 794(a).
These obligations under Section 504 are very similar to the obligations under the ADA described above.
[from the RID website]
As the hiring entity, you have the option to hire individuals directly or through an interpreter service agency. If you have difficulty finding a resource in your area, please contact us.
If you are seeking resources for particular guidelines on hiring interpreters for certain communication settings, please click here to access RID's standard practice papers. These documents outline standard practices and positions on various interpreting roles and issues. They are an excellent resource to educate all interpreters, hearing and deaf clients, the general public, business contacts, school personnel, doctors and nurses, etc.
As a non-profit membership association, RID and its affiliate chapters are not allowed by federal law to give advice as to salary and/or hourly rates. Rates for interpreters are market driven, vary greatly by region, and are negotiated between the individual or agency and the hirer.
RID and its affiliate chapters also do not give advice as to accessibility issues, such as the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). You should directly contact the U.S. Department of Justice and the ADA Office or other government agencies that oversee access.
Locating and Hiring a Sign Language Interpreter in Ohio
Below is a list of interpreting referral service agencies in the state of Ohio. OCRID does not endorse any agency or the quality of services provided by these agencies. This list is simply provided as a resource for your further research as OCRID does not contract with interpreters to provide interpreting services in the state of Ohio.
If there are any agencies we have not included, we apologize for the oversight. Please contact us with the information to be added.
Northwest Ohio
Communication Exchange
Nancy Hazlett, Owner
(419) 724-0279
Professional Interpreters for the Deaf., LLC
Pattie Barfield, Owner
(419) 517-3660
Resolute Interpreting
Brian Lassiter, Owner
(419) 280-2800
Northeast Ohio
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, Cuyahoga County
Susan Bungard, Director
(216) 231-0787
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, Lorain County
Susan Bungard, Director
(440) 277-4602
Deaf Services of Cleveland
Lori Harris, Owner, (216) 235-7500
Pat Cangelosi-Williams, Owner, (216) 235-7600
Greenleaf Family Services
Joanna Bauer, Director
(330) 376-9494
Greater Akron Deaf Services
Greg Frink, Owner
(330) 990-1892
Sign Language Interpreters of Cleveland
Chuck Imperatore, Owner
(440) 915-9611
Triad Deaf Services
Nicole Kelly, Coordinator
(330) 454-7066
Central Ohio
Deaf Service Center
Cindi Nash, Coordinator
(614) 841-1991
Hallenross & Associates
Linda Ross, Owner
(614) 296-8937
Southwest Ohio
Community Services for the Deaf
(937) 222-9481
Interpreters of the Deaf, LLC
Arlon Nash and Deron Emmons, Owners
(937) 242-6047
Miami Valley Interpreters
Tina Gonzolez, Owner
(937) 222-8200
Northern Kentucky Services for the Deaf
Teresa Moon Flaherty, Owner
(859) 372-5255
Community Services for the Deaf of Greater Cincinnati
Beth Maltry
(513) 221-0527
Greater Cincinnati Interpreters for the Deaf
(513) 697-7344
Deaf Choice
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Saint Petersburg, Florida -- Clearwater Central Catholic High School's director of student activities, Geoffrey Kledzik, was arrested and charged with felony lewd and lascivious exhibition on Sunday, April 15.
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According to the Saint Petersburg Diocese spokesman, Kledzik has been placed on un-paid administrative leave, and this was the first disciplinary action against him in the five years of his employment there.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). The Mental Health section of AHRQ's site provides a copious compendium of research oriented reports and documents.
Disability Research Right to Know (DRRK) is a website with a resource for consumers, researchers, providers, policy makers and their associations. Through research syntheses, information products, and its community forum, DRRK seeks to foster the everyday use of disability research. The DRRK site, managed by the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, is funded by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
Mental Illness Policy.org is a one-man "think-tank" founded in 2011 to provide information to the media and policy-makers about care and treatment of people with serious and persistent mental illness. Different from those with mental "health" issues, this 5-8% segment of the population is uniquely associated by difficult issues like violence and involuntary treatment, issues many organizations prefer to avoid. Its founder is Mr. D.J. Jaffe, co-founder with Dr. E. Fuller Torrey of the Treatment Advocacy Center and brother-in-law of an individual with schizophrenia. See D.J. Jaffe's blog on Huffington Post here.
Motivational Interviewing, a website for clinicians, researchers, and trainers, offers a sopious compendium of resources on this important communicating technique, a practiced method which invovles "active listening." Some of the material may be a little technique, but the concept can be a powerful tool for families particularly in turbulent moments of their odysseys.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Sales at U.S. retailers increased for the 10th straight month in April, but the trend suggests a softer start to consumer spending in the second quarter, according to the government's latest data.
Retail sales rose 0.5% in April to a seasonally adjusted $389.4 billion, the Commerce Department estimated Thursday. March sales were revised up to show 0.9% growth from an initial estimate of 0.4% growth; February sales were revised higher as well.
Compared with April 2010, sales are up 7.6%. Excluding a 0.2% increase in sales of motor vehicles, retail sales rose 0.6% for April.
Economists had expected a solid increase, based on earlier reports from retailers and from auto makers. Ahead of the report, economists surveyed by MarketWatch had been looking for month-to-month sales growth of 0.7%. Read calendar with forecasts of key indicators.
But when the revisions to the past two months are included, sales beat expectations, noted Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
Still the sales report was a "something of a double-edged sword," Dales said.
The upward revision to both February and March mean that first-quarter gross domestic product could be revised higher than the initial estimate of a 1.8% annualized growth rate.
"But in April, it appears as though real spending stalled," Dales said.
This is a key question, whether consumer spending in the second quarter can match the inflation-adjusted 2.7% growth in the first three months of the year.
Retail sales account for about half of total consumer spending and about a third of final sales in the U.S. economy.
The April sales report indicates that consumer spending starts the second quarter at a softer-than-expected pace but there are two months remaining and if gasoline prices drop, real spending might pick up.
From a glass-half-empty standpoint, much of the gain in April's sales appeared to come from higher food and gasoline prices.
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Wings Over America offers scholarships, application advice
Although many college scholarships are available to military dependents, few scholarship foundations reach out to military families like the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation (WOASF).
In February, the executive director of Wings Over America will visit Naval Base Ventura County to discuss the Wings Over America Scholarship, but she will also include general information about a variety of military scholarships, as well as how to put your best foot forward when applying for them.
WOASF was established as Wings Over the Atlantic in 1987. Its mission is to provide college scholarships to dependent children and spouses of U.S. Navy service members in naval aviation, whether officer or enlisted, active duty, retired, honorably discharged or deceased. Recipients are selected on the basis of scholastic merit, community service and extracurricular activities.
Candidates who submit applications must be graduates or graduating seniors of an accredited high school or an equivalent home school or institution and must plan to attend an accredited academic institution during the 2013-14 school year. Candidates who are dependent children of a sponsor must plan to be enrolled in an accredited college as a full-time student taking a minimum of 12 credit hours per year in order to graduate with a bachelor's degree. Candidates who are spouses of a sponsor must plan to be enrolled in an accredited college as a full-time or part-time student taking a minimum of nine credit hours per year in order to graduate with an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree.
Most awards are for one year. The scholarship currently averages $2,000, and WOASF awards more than 40 one-time scholarships and a few renewable scholarships each year. Since WOASF administers other aviation scholarships, one application may enable a student to apply for several scholarships.
WOASF requires students to prequalify for scholarship funds before submitting a scholarship application. The purpose of this pre-qualification screening is to establish eligibility based on both the applicant's dependent status and the applicant's sponsor's service.
Prequalification forms are available on the WOASF website and are due no later than March 1 for the 2013-2014 school year. Once the pre-qualification form is submitted, the full application and supporting materials are due March 30. All the forms will be available again Oct. 1 for the 2014-15 school year.
The scholarship is not available to dependents of Coast Guard or Marine aviators. Scholarship checks will be mailed directly to the college or university. Dependent children can win an award four times — they need not be in consecutive years — and dependent spouses have no limitation on the number of awards they can win.
Even if a student does not qualify for this scholarship, it would still be beneficial to attend the scholarship brief. General information about a variety of military scholarships will be covered. Also, general information about applying for scholarships will be available.
When looking for funding sources for college, every little bit of information can help.
The final date and time for this scholarship brief has not yet been confirmed. Please contact the NBVC school liaison officer to be placed on an interest list so you can be contacted once the brief is scheduled.
For more information about WOASF, visit the website at www.wingsoveramerica.us.
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By LOUIS DECAROLISNat. Highway Traffic Saftey Admin
From May 19 to June 1, law enforcement officers from over 12,000 enforcement agencies across the United States will be sending a simple message to motorists - if you are not wearing a safety belt, you will be ticketed. Together, state and local law enforcement will place special emphasis on state roadways around the 2003 Memorial Day weekend. The goal of the safety belt campaign is to send a message that safety belts and car seats save lives.
This crackdown on safety belt violations sounds like a tough approach. But consider these facts. Failure to buckle up contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety related behavior. Nearly half of the passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes last year weren't using seat belts or secured in child safety seats.
Over the years, highway safety professionals and law enforcement have used a number of public service campaigns to draw attention to the seriousness of highway fatalities and persuade people to buckle up. We want to make sure everyone is aware of this campaign and its consequences, and we want people to take it seriously.
These safety belt campaigns will be conducted in a fair and open manner. All enforcement agencies will ensure that no segment of the population is targeted unfairly in this enforcement effort. The goal is to save lives, not single out individuals or groups.
Law enforcement is commended for the preparation and effort they are putting into this campaign. But law enforcement can't do it alone. All citizens must make buckling up their number one priority. So make sure you do your part. Buckle Up America - Every trip, every time.


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The Knowledge Generation Bureau, or kgb, is visiting 18 cities to introduce consumers to their new 542542 text answer service, which answers any question on any topic in minutes.ξ kgb CEO Bruce Stewart says it's a natural extension of his company's directory assistance service, which handles 411 calls for several carriers.
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PROVIDENCE — As she mingled for the first time with her fellow freshman legislators, Pawtucket Senator-elect Donna Nesslebush had the sense that she was starting upon something significant.
"For an athlete, someone who likes to win, this is getting into the big game," Nesslebush said just before the bell clamored through the House Lounge, signaling that the General Assembly's freshman orientation was about to begin. In her case, it was the first time in 50 years that her Senate district was to be represented by someone whose name was not John McBurney; she is succeeding the former dean of the Senate, John F. McBurney III, who followed his father, John F. McBurney Jr, into the Senate.
For the large group of incoming lawmakers — 22 new representatives, seven first-time senators — it would be a long day of listening to speeches, taking tours (it's important to learn where the House Speaker's and Senate Presidents offices are, as well as the law revision office, not to mention the restrooms) and plenty of paperwork, filling out the forms for their medical and dental insurance, legislators' license plates, mileage compensation and business cards.
As the morning session started to get behind schedule, Frank Anzeveno, chief of staff to House Speaker Gordon Fox warned the neophytes, "I guess the first lesson you really need to learn is that there is a difference between real time and legislative time." The General Assembly is notorious for its hurry-up-and-wait pace, where important meetings can begin hours after their scheduled start time.
The first advice Fox had for the new lawmakers was "be yourselves." He said legislatures are social bodies and the personal relationships the members form with one another "are invaluable. You will meet some dear friends among yourselves."
"If you give someone your commitment, keep it," Fox counseled. "Your word is your bond. You will be judged on how you keep your commitments. Do not give them loosely. Do not give them without deliberation, without learning all sides of an issue."
Noting that nobody got elected with 100 percent of the vote, Fox told the newbies, "You will represent people who do not necessarily agree with you. But you have to be open to their ideas as well. When you are representing the wishes and desires of others, it is a very serious endeavor."
Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed cautioned the newcomers that "how you act, how you behave, the things you do, reflect not just on you anymore as an individual, but upon this institution. That is a new responsibility, a new mantle, that you take on today."
Paiva Weed instructed them to switch gears from electioneering to governing.
"The election is over," she said, "the bands have stopped playing, the soundbites should be put aside. We need to put aside the partisanship, we need to get around to the business of governing. That's what is our responsibility, that is what the voters expect of each and every one of us.
"That doesn't mean abandon your ideals, of course not," the Paiva Weed added. "What it does mean it is time to focus, time to learn what makes government successful and what we can do during this very difficult economic crisis to move Rhode Island forward.
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"The election did end, but don't ever mistake this for a bi-partisan room," the often-combative minority leader instructed.
"There is still a partisan tinge that takes place and occurs here," Watson said. "I am going to be skeptical about the legislation that the Democrats, the vast majority of Democrats that, let's face it, control this room.
Again playing off the speech of Paiva Weed, -- who said, the easiest thing in the world is to vote against a budget because they all contain something not to like but legislators need to take a step back and do what is in the best interest of the entire state – Watson said "It's very easy to vote against these budgets, they're awful."
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Dennis Algiere, leader of the also tiny Republican minority in the Senate, advised, "you will spend a lot of time up here. It is a balancing act; we have to balance the constitutional obligations at the Statehouse and understanding your home fires. You take your job seriously up here, but keep in mind you do have families and you do have jobs. It is a juggling act and it is sometimes difficult."
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Science fictions
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On the hard red road
As a road cuts into their rainforest home, the Mayagna people consider how much modernity they really want
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He may be the son of one of country music's most heralded outlaws, but don't use that label to describe Shooter Jennings. For the 33-year old Shooter, whose new album The Other Life hit stores on March 12, the current landscape of outlaw-inspired country lacks the fiercely independent spirit of his iconic father, Waylon, and the gang of musicians originally given that name. Seemingly always at odds with the mainstream, Shooter portrays himself more as an outsider by choice on his new 11-song set through a mix of Americana roots/rock, traditional country and a strong dose of 1970s psychedelia.
Many of the cuts on The Other Life came out of sessions for Shooter's 2012 record, Family Man, which marked a return to a more country foundation after his industrial rock-influenced record, Black Ribbons. Opening with the mostly instrumental sci-fi theme, "Flying Saucer Song," Shooter proclaims himself a misfit as dramatic piano and a Pink Floyd-esque chord progression fill the air. The rest of the project leans decidedly more country, but this serves as an early sign that The Other Life is Shooter's most complete record to date, pulling sounds from all over his extremely diverse catalog.
While the finger pointing, "Outlaw You," was released as a single in 2011, the song was not actually included on Family Man. It is included here, along with the epic, non-conformist, "The Gunslinger," which opens with a lonely acoustic guitar before completely transforming into psychedelic '70s soul complete with wailing saxophone. Don't call me an outlaw, he demands in the chorus after a rhythmic verse showing off his extremely creative timing. Though he's incredibly frustrated by the current use of the term 'outlaw,' Shooter's really just a man feeling a little out of place as heard in "The Outsider." It seems the older I get/the less I seem to fit in a young person's world, he laments over a Waylon-inspired rhythm section.
There's a consistent sense on the record that alienation is always right around the corner. Whether it's feeling like he fits in better with the country days of yore while name checking legends like Jimmie Rogers and George Jones on the groove-heavy roots/rock number, "A Hard Lesson To Learn," or portraying a redneck on the run in the cowpunk, "The White Trash Song" (which could easily be part of Shooter's "Manifesto" song series) featuring Texan Scott H. Biram, Shooter's most comfortable in the counter-culture.
Celebrated Americana artist Patty Griffin joins Shooter on the project, adding touching harmonies to the beautiful, "Wild and Lonesome," a song that displays an introspective singer/songwriter style reminiscent of much of Shooter's debut record, Put the "O" Back in Country. And on the spacey Southern rock jam, "15-Million Light Years Away," Shooter trades lines with Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas over a big distorted chorus.
Shooter produced The Other Life with an overall sound that is open and raw, and his slightly flawed drawl fits perfectly with its worn, lived-in feel. The rollicking, "Mama, It's Just My Medicine," defends human flaws with a classic rock influence, while the road-weary title track's stripped down piano-based waltz provides for an intimate setting. However, the songs here are packed with attitude, as on the gritty barn burner, "The Low Road," which advocates bringing the fight when necessary. Shooter himself brings both the fight and a biting independence on The Other Life, his best record since 2006's Electric Rodeo, and a rugged outlier in today's country music landscape.
Key Tracks – "Wild and Lonesome," "The Low Road," "A Hard Lesson To Learn," "Outlaw You"


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ADVANCES 100LL RULEMAKING PROCESSIndustry efforts to find a
replacement for 100LL are expected to intensify now that the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has released its advance
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the need to eliminate lead
from fuel. The ANPRM does not set a date for eliminating the fuel, but
invites interested parties to send comments on the issue for the next 60
days. "Converting in-use aircraft/engines to operate on unleaded
aviation gasoline would be a significant logistical challenge, and in
some cases a technical challenge as well," the EPA said. The EPA also
acknowledged that a joint effort with the FAA will be critical in case
engine modifications will need to be developed and certified, AOPA said.
"Given the potentially large number of affected aircraft and the
potential complexities involved," the EPA said, "a program affecting
in-use aircraft engines would need careful consideration by both EPA and
FAA, and the two agencies would need to work together in considering any
potential program affecting the in-use fleet." More...
ASH BRUSHES NORTH AMERICAShifting winds gave North America a
taste of what Europeans have been enduring for five days as volcanic ash
reached the easternmost point of the continent, canceling flights from
the Newfoundland and Labrador capital of St. John's. At least nine
flights were cancelled in a precautionary move by airlines. Transport
Canada has not imposed airspace restrictions but a spokesman told CBC
News they're a possibility of the department believes safety is at risk.
The ash cloud had dozens of celebrities scrambling to get out of the
normally quiet city on the edge of the North Atlantic.
UNEXPECTED VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER FLIGHTTen years ago, a
NASA DC-8 unintentionally flew through a diffuse ash cloud generated by
Helka, a volcano in Iceland, and upon first inspection showed no damage
-- key words "unintentionally" and "upon first inspection." What the
event showed is that the most up-to-date information on ash cloud
location could be misinterpreted and significant damage could be
incurred in spite of a vigilant, well-briefed flight crew. What's more,
that damage can be very expensive and hard to detect. Then NASA
propulsion engineer Tom Grindle worked the case and co-authored a paper
on his findings. AVweb's Glenn Pew caught up with Grindle in this
week's podcast for a better understanding of the threat, the potential
for hidden consequences, and what's changed since February 2000. Click
through for links to both. More...
TWIN UPDATETecnam's four-seat twin-engine airplane, the P2006T,
made an appearance at Sun 'n Fun last week, and CEO Phil Solomon told
AVweb the FAA type certification for the airplane is expected
shortly. "It's been certified in Europe for about a year now," he said.
The FAA paperwork is now fully complete and he expects to have the
P2006T officially certified in time to make the first U.S. delivery in
June. A Garmin 950 version should be certified by this summer. Solomon
added that the company recently announced a fixed-gear version of the
airplane, at the Aero show in Germany, that he expects will be popular
with the owner-flown market. First deliveries for the fixed-gear
airplane are still over a year away. Jeff Van West, of AVweb and
Aviation Consumer, flew the P2006T at AOPA Summit last November;
here for his video report. More...
SEEKS "TRANSFORMER" ROADABLE AIRCRAFT BY 2015DARPA is
seeking "innovative solutions" and is offering financial rewards for
work that would by 2015 lead to a roadable/flyable VTOL vehicle
prototype capable of carrying up to four persons and their gear. Dubbed
the "Transformer (TX)" program, the end result may not lead to
production of such a vehicle, but DARPA intends to "at a minimum" create
the technologies necessary to build the prototype. Multiple awards are
anticipated, with $9 million set to support Phase 1 development. The
vehicle is intended for military use, to provide combatants with
"terrain-independent mobility" that better avoids improvised explosive
devices and ambushes, while offering operators more options for
approaching targets. Key ingredients include easy operation by a
non-certified pilot, a combat range of at least 250 nm, a maximum
payload of about 1,000 pounds, and flight capability to 10,000 feet MSL.
FLIGHT SCHOOL DISPUTES FAA FINEThe FAA on Tuesday announced
that it would levy a $330,000 fine against North-Aire
Aviation, an Arizona flight school, for allowing at least 18
unqualified students to graduate, but North-Aire on Wednesday disputed
the action, calling the FAA's news release "inflammatory." In a statement posted
on its Web site (PDF), the school's management states that it "was
not aware that the FAA was poised to take this punitive action, nor does
North-Aire agree with the discrepancies that the FAA suggests occurred."
The alleged infractions cited by the FAA took place between April and
August of 2008, and new management took over the school in April 2009.
"It is the understanding of North-Aire's current management that the
matter was remedied and resolved favorably with each of the students
receiving their appropriate certificates," according to the North-Aire
statement. The FAA said on Tuesday it has suspended the certificates of
the 18 former North-Aire students it says were improperly trained.
AUCTION DEBUTS AT SUN 'N FUNFor the first time, visitors to
Sun 'n Fun last week had a chance to bid on airplanes for sale at a live
auction, and the organizer of the event told AVweb on Wednesday
that he and his partners will be back next year. Wes Lutz, the president
of Flight Level Auctions, said the event was his
company's first try at organizing an aircraft auction. "We had a great
time, and we learned a lot," he said. He said the company also plans to
hold a two-day auction in Fond du Lac, Wisc., this summer, during the
week of AirVenture. The auction is not affiliated with EAA's event, he
said, but he hopes that aviators who are going to Oshkosh will consider
a visit if they are shopping for a used airplane. "We sold nine aircraft
at Sun 'n Fun," he said, "ranging from $30,000 to $100,000." About 45
airplanes were offered for sale, he said, mostly single-engine pistons
and a few light twins. More...
QUIZ #149: ON OTHER THAN FIXED WINGSWhat if airfoils spun to
produce lift? What if a gas that makes your voice sound like Alvin and
the Chipmunks lifted an aircraft? And what if someone wrote a quiz about
it? You'd ace it, right?
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OF THE WEEK: LORAN-C IN THE AGE OF WAAS/GPSWith the failure
of one of two satellites providing WAAS service, how's the
government's decision to shut down Loran-C looking to you? Do you think
it should be revived, perhaps as a back-up?Plus: Back
before our Sun 'n Fun polling hiatus, we asked readers for their opinion
on the FAA's decision to allow more tolerance in active pilots' use of
antidepressants under "special issuance" certificates; click
through to see how your fellow readers answered. More...
'N FUN 2010 COVERAGE ROUND-UPTime for a quick round-up of coverage from this year's Sun
'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida. Look for a full run-down of this
year's videos, podcasts, and news in a special
edition of AVwebAudio that can be found here.
OF TWO WAAS SATELLITES FAILEDThe Wide Area Augmentation
System, which broadcasts GPS corrections used by aviators across North
America, is powered by just two satellites, and one of them has failed.
Intelsat, the company that provides the satellite service to the FAA,
lost control of the satellite on April 3. The satellite will "drift out
of orbit over the next two to four weeks," the FAA said on April 12. The
most immediate impact will be felt in northwestern Alaska, where service
will be unavailable at 16 airports. However, the FAA said that due to
the lack of redundant coverage, WAAS users across North America may
experience temporary service interruptions. Also, a "single-point
failure situation exists until redundancy [is] restored," the FAA said.
A replacement satellite should launch by the end of this year;
meanwhile, the FAA is looking at other options to mitigate the impact.
PROPOSES MORE LIGHT JET TESTINGThe FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF) that could
significantly complicate the certification process for several small
jets currently in development and future aircraft weighing less than
6,000 pounds with turbine engines. The FAA is proposing that all
turbine-powered aircraft be put through function and reliability tests.
Function and reliability testing is real-world testing of airframes and
engines in the full spectrum of weather, missions and flight envelopes
the planes are expected to encounter in service and is designed to catch
snags that tend to show up soon after the aircraft are put into service.
It can add as much as 300 hours to the certification flight testing. In
1950, the FAA exempted aircraft weighing less than 6,000 pounds from
that type of testing since the small aircraft of the day were aimed at
the private market and were exclusively powered by piston engines. New
piston designs weighing less than 6,000 pounds and gliders will continue
to be exempt. In the NPRM, the FAA cites problems with freshly certified
Eclipse 500 aircraft as part of the foundation for the proposed rule.
"This reconsideration was driven in part by difficulties encountered
with the voluntary application of the requirement during the FAA type
certification of the [Eclipse 500] and the subsequent problems
experienced during that airplane's entry into service," the NPRM states.
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air show and fighter pilot Dale Snodgrass took an AVweb camera
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How Committed—and Motivated— Is Your Workforce?
The success of a business is deeply connected to the engagement of its employees. These days, there are both significant challenges and great opportunities
This article was published in the Q1 2012 issue of Aon One, April 2012.
At Honda of America Manufacturing, everyone wears specially designed white shirts and pants. There are no preferred parking lots and no special cafeterias. Everyone eats together, paying the same price for the same food. And while there are titles, there are no job descriptions. The job is to do whatever is necessary to accomplish the company's goals.
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Garrett is credited with helping to create a great workplace at Honda during his tenure there from 1983 to 2008. In fact, Honda employees so loved their company that they voted against a union. "Employees didn't feel they needed an outsider to advocate for them," recalls Garrett. "Give your people the respect they deserve, the sense of belonging that they need and the fair compensation they earn, and you've beaten the unions at their own game."
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"Keeping employees engaged, by definition, keeps them motivated, involved and contributing at a high level to an organization's results. It helps with retention, especially top talent. Our research has also shown that there is a strong link between engagement and total shareholder return—it helps the bottom line," says Daniel Rubin, associate partner, Talent and Rewards, and U.S. employee engagement practice leader at Aon Hewitt. "Organizations achieve their strategies—innovation, customer focus, efficiency and the like, much quicker and more effectively."
In fact, even in turbulent financial times, Aon's research continues to show a strong correlation between employee engagement and financial performance. Organizations with high levels of engagement (65 percent or greater) continue to outperform the total stock market index and posted total shareholder returns 22 percent higher than average in 2010. On the other hand, companies with low engagement (45 percent or less) had a total shareholder return that was 28 percent lower than the average.
Low employee engagement reduces employee satisfaction and lessens an employee's emotional attachment to an organization. It also raises turnover, and productivity and creative performance are negatively affected, explains Kevin Groves, Ph.D., associate professor of Organizational Theory and Management at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.
Turnover is expensive. "A well-known hospitality company implemented a series of high-involvement work practices and reduced its turnover from 37 percent to 23 percent, saving the firm more than $500,000," Groves says.
Equally important, employee satisfaction and loyalty are strongly tied to customer satisfaction and loyalty. "Lose one and you risk the other," says Rita McGrath, an associate professor at Columbia Business School.
Engaged employees are as good as gold. They enthusiastically and proactively take part in activities they believe will help the organization, even if these lie outside their areas of responsibility.
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We hereby present an overview of wild or semi-wild living horse ecotypes in Europe, we will not describe all the characteristics in detail, but suffice to say that all breeds or ecotypes fit the criteria and are 'fit for purpose':
Wild horses have been an intricate part of the wildlife of Europe since hundreds of thousands of years. During historical times, wild horses have been described by contemporaries from the ancient period, until the 19th century AD. Herodotos, the Greek historian of the fifth century BC talks about wild living horses somewhere in present day Belorussia. Pliny the Elder, a Roman naturalist living in the first century AD, describes that vast herds of wild horses were living north of the Alps.
There is no doubt that wild horses should have their rightful place in Europe's nature areas today. It becomes a lot more complicated when the question arises which horse breeds to choose as a truly wild horse species.
The first problem is that one of the last wild horses of Eurasia, the Tarpan, is seen by many biologists and ecologists as the ecotype to be used in the whole of Europe. This is however an oversimplification of the historical truth. The Tarpan was a wild or possibly feralized horse ecotype that lived on the steppes of the Ukraine and southern Russia. Information regarding the species is scanty. There have been attempts to breed back the Tarpan, but they reflect the personal vision of individuals, about what a Tarpan should look like. From archaeozoological research, written sources and ancient genetics, we know now that none of the so called bred back Tarpans actually derives from the ancient Tarpan and that they show marked differences in phenotype. This is further complicated by the fact that the sources about the Tarpan somewhat differ in the details when it comes to describing the animal.
Another problem is the fact that the Tarpan represents just one ecotype in a certain region at a certain place in time.
It doesn't make sense to automatically translate the Tarpan to the whole of Europe. The appearance of animals is determined by their genetic make-up but also by the environment they live in. It should be further noted that the notion of a 'breed' is a typical human notion that has developed in the last hundred and fifty years and it mostly describes a static situation. There is however nothing as fluid as evolution. Zebra stripes that seem handy on the steppes to confuse predators have no meaning in a forested environment. From all the archaeozoological remains studied and from examples like ancient colour genetic studies, it becomes clear that the appearance of horses changed constantly and varied widely in the course of time and according to the various ecoregions they inhabited.
The question then becomes; what constitutes a European wild horse? Some important criteria are:
Unknown to many, a lot of horses in Europe fit those criteria. And in total, all those ecotypes represent a unique diversity of wild and feral horses spanning virtually the whole of Europe.
The alternative would be to simply choose for the only recognized wild horse: the Przewalski horse. However, Przewalski horses did split from Equus Caballus Caballus some time ago, so they present another type of Equine. Przewalski's have also developed in a certain climate and vegetation, ancient Przewalski remains have not been found in Europe and to complicate matters further, the present day population is derived from only twelve founding animals and some of those founding individuals were not pureblood Przewalski, but crossbreds with domestic horses.
While these facts might come as a shock to some, it actually means that we have the unique opportunity to widen our horizon and see things from a fresh perspective. The question that is raised in the title can be answered as follows; wild horses never left and they never died out in Europe. They changed according to circumstances… we just have to know where to look.
The above represents a rather impressive list of horse ecotypes and it is strange to see that the general public knows so little about most of them. It would be a shame if we would lose those valuable horses, because at least some of them truly represent ancient ecotypes and genes. More research is currently being done and still has to be done. Until we know more, we should at least try to protect those breeds.
If a European-wide rewilding scheme ever wants to reach its optimum, then we should take advantage of this enormous wealth of biodiversity and genetic diversity and start using them in those areas where they belong.
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Wyoming fired men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer on Monday, two days after the Cowboys lost their seventh consecutive game.
The Cowboys are 8-15 this season, including 1-8 in the Mountain West Conference.
Schroyer, who took over the program in 2007 after previous coach Steve McClain also was fired, compiled a 49-68 record over the 3½ seasons he was coach. His best season was 2008-09, when the team went 19-14 and earned a spot in the College Basketball Invitational tournament. The Cowboys lost at home to Northeastern in the first game.
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STILLWATER — Save the dramatics for Saturday. Day 1 of the Big 12 wrestling championships was reserved for domination — courtesy of Oklahoma State.
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The No. 2 Cowboys rolled through all three conference foes en route to a team Big 12 Championship at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Friday. It improves OSU's dual record to 20-1 this season, giving the Cowboys their fourth Big 12 championship in the past five seasons. Iowa State placed second, Oklahoma was third and West Virginia finished fourth.
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The two dual victories set up a Bedlam rematch Friday night. The Sooners split their previous duals with a 38-7 loss to ISU and a 34-9 win against WVU. But the momentum of a big win against the Mountaineers couldn't carry the Sooners past OSU. With an orange-clad GIA crowd behind them, the Cowboys rolled from the start.
"They've got a really good team," OU coach Mark Cody said. "They don't have any weak weight classes, and that's big, especially in a dual meet like that. Hats off to them, they've done a really good job getting this program where it is right now."
OSU breezed through the first three matches of the OU dual — a 9-3 win at 125, a forfeit win at 133 and a 4-1 win at 141. If it wasn't already over then, No. 1 Jordan Oliver put the stamp on the Cowboy victory.
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