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Gun Rights | The mass shootings that have prompted a national debate over gun control are tragic—but rare. What about the gun violence that takes the most American lives? Are we ready to pursue solutions that are hard-fought and long-term?
"Loaded questions" Continued...
ATLANTA—When Justina Dix huddles with her family in a central room in their southeast Atlanta home, she isn't worried about springtime tornadoes. She's worried about year-round gunfire.
For 27 years, Dix has lived in Atlanta's Summerhill neighborhood—a community plagued with gangs, drugs, and violence since the 1970s. These days, crime has dipped, but fear remains. When Dix hears gunshots ring, she summons her family to take cover: "It seems like every other week somebody gets shot nearby."
Shootings in Summerhill and other Atlanta neighborhoods often don't make national news. Indeed, the revived debate in Congress over gun control stems from the horrific mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., but it barely touches the most common kind of gun violence in the United States: Urban shootings that afflict hundreds of communities across the country every year.
The FBI reports about 13,000 homicides annually in the United States. About two-thirds involve firearms. In 2012 mass shootings took less than 100 lives—less than 1 percent of all homicide victims. Nearly eight times as many Americans died from physical beatings.
Though the overall murder rate in the United States has dropped in recent years, homicides by gunfire have remained steady in many inner-city areas. By the end of January, Chicago officials reported at least 42 murders for the month—many by gun violence.
Much of the violence in inner-city areas flows from drug deals and gang wars, and involves a vexing, generational problem: young black men killing young black men.
An analysis by The Wall Street Journal found more than half the nation's homicide victims are black, though African-Americans make up only 13 percent of the population. Of those victims, 85 percent were mostly young men killed by other black men.
Though gangs and drugs fuel gun violence, they also ensnare bystanders. Less than six weeks before gunman Adam Lanza massacred 20 students, six school employees, and his mother in a terrifying rampage in Newtown, another gunman terrorized a red brick house in the Polar Rock community of Atlanta.
The assailant fired through the home's door, striking two children sleeping with their grandmother on a sofa bed. The gunfire hit 1-year-old Isaiah Motley near his spine. The infant survived, but his 2-year-old sister, Ty-Teyanna Motley, died at the hospital.
It's the kind of violence that grieves Justina Dix, but it doesn't paralyze her. Instead, the director of Summerhill Community Ministries works with inner-city children and teens to address the root problems of gun violence.
Like workers in other urban-based, Christian ministries, Dix says it's far too easy for young people to get guns. But she also says focusing on guns alone won't solve spiritual and familial problems that perpetuate criminal actions: "Even if it died down a little, it would build right back up because you're not dealing with the root of the problem."
Dealing with the root problem isn't easy. Dix has been working on it for nearly two decades, and says true change means more than passing new laws: It means forging relationships rooted in Christ and staying committed to an often-discouraging process that could take a lifetime.
That's a discussion missing from the current debate over gun violence, but it's one that Dix and others in urban areas hope Christians will remember. For all the fatigue and cynicism surrounding urban violence, surrender isn't an option for Christians committed to the gospel.
Dix's husband, Emanuel, who grew up surrounded by Summerhill's violence, says: "It basically boils down to human nature, and laws can't change that."
The most controversial gun laws President Barack Obama has proposed since the mass shootings in Sandy Hook likely wouldn't stop much of the urban violence in places like Chicago and Atlanta: Many shooters use handguns—not the kind of assault weapons the president has proposed banning. (And though some proposals for expanded background checks make sense, most urban shooters don't buy guns legally.)
Indeed, some wonder whether the measures would stop massacres like Sandy Hook and others: In Newtown, Lanza used weapons his mother bought legally in a state with strict gun control laws. The Virginia Tech shooter, who killed 32 victims in 2007, passed a background check despite serious mental health issues. And the Columbine High School massacre happened during the federal assault weapons ban spanning 1994 to 2004.
When it comes to the proposal to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines, Robert Levy of the libertarian Cato Institute believes a ban on magazines with 20 rounds or more makes sense, and possibly could stop a mass shooter from inflicting mass casualties. (The president and some legislators advocate a ban on magazines with 10 rounds or more.) Either way, Levy notes a significant problem: Homemade magazines are easy to build.
Levy successfully argued the Supreme Court case in 2008 that overturned a ban on most handguns in Washington, D.C. During the 32-year ban, gun violence and homicides in the district soared, as criminals maintained their arsenals, and many law-abiding citizens went unarmed. The court's 2008 decision underscored citizens' Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms.
Jeffrey Shapiro, a former prosecutor in D.C., notes since the court struck down the gun ban, murders in D.C. dropped from 186 in 2008 to 88 in 2012—the lowest number of homicides since the district enacted the gun ban in 1976.
Gun advocates fear their Second Amendment rights are in danger, but despite intense national debate, the most controversial legislation—like banning assault weapons and limiting high capacity magazines—faces an uphill battle in Congress. For all the talk, little may happen.
Meanwhile, in urban areas across the country, chaos and carnage continue with fleeting national attention.
Take Chicago. Though crime in the city has declined overall, homicides are up. The city's murder count reached 500 last year—the highest since 2008. (That's still far lower than a peak of 900 murders a year during the early 1990s.)
Last month was brutal: 42 murders in 31 days—the deadliest January in more than a decade. On Jan. 12, gunmen killed two boys, ages 14 and 15, in separate shootings.
Officials say much of Chicago's violence is gang-related, but it sometimes claims innocent victims: Seven-year-old Heaven Sutton died last June after suffering a gunshot wound in her front yard. Hadiya Pendleton, 15, died from a gunshot wound in a Chicago park on Jan. 29—a week after performing as a majorette at President Obama's inauguration.
The violence continues despite the city's stringent gun laws: Though there are no gun shops in the city limits, police seized more than 7,400 guns employed in crimes or unauthorized use last year.
Phil Jackson sees those crimes regularly. The associate pastor at Lawndale Community Church has lived in Chicago's poverty-stricken Lawndale community for nearly 20 years.
Jackson offers a running list of neighborhood violence: A man shot two blocks from the church while helping a woman being robbed; a 20-year-old man from the church gunned down at a grocery store; a member of the youth group who survived being shot in the back seven times.
The pastor says the violence permeates life in the neighborhood: The church shuts down the gym at 8:30 p.m. so children can get home safely. The community has few sit-down restaurants because law-abiding patrons worry about coming out late at night.
Jackson says lots of problems fuel gangs and guns: Poverty, fatherlessness, failing schools, and a lack of opportunities. A whole housing project is dedicated to grandparents raising grandkids.
When he talks about solutions, Jackson mentions the church's expansive programs like affordable housing, a healthcare clinic, job training, and Saturday night youth outreach.
But he mostly emphasizes relationships rooted in demonstrating the gospel. When we talked by phone, Jackson was preparing to pick up a gang member who told the pastor he wants to find a job and a new way of life: "That didn't happen because I met him the other day," says Jackson. "That happened over years—taking him to breakfast, seeing him in the neighborhood, talking to him on the street."
Jackson says the process is slow and methodical, and it often takes years: "These relationships come with longevity and consistency. … They need to see the light of Christ in the darkest areas of their lives."
In the 8th Ward of New Orleans, J.B. Watkins faces plenty of darkness. The pastor of St. Roch Community Church came to the inner-city neighborhood in 2007.
He's seen deep sorrow in a short time. The 33-year-old graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary has buried three young people killed by gun violence in the last five years: Two teenage boys and a young woman who was a victim of domestic violence. The parents of one of the boys had already lost another son to gun violence.
It's a sadly common tale in New Orleans—a city with the highest per capita murder rate in the country. Violence, poverty, and fatherlessness have longed plagued the parts of the city, even before Hurricane Katrina destroyed whole swaths of poor neighborhoods in 2005.
These days, pre-Katrina problems continue, says Watkins: "You hear gunshots daily. … It's wild in many ways." Patterns of systemic corruption among some police officers and city officials deepen the woes.
Effective policing has proven hugely successful in other urban areas. New York City enjoyed an 80 percent drop in homicides over the last two decades. Criminologists largely attribute the dip to efforts led by William Bratton, the city's police chief from 1994 to 1996.
The chief insisted on the now-famous "broken windows" theory—cracking down on smaller crimes that lead to larger crimes (and snagging serious offenders). He encouraged officers to stop and search people they reasonably suspected of a crime. He pursued vigorous crime tracking, and deployed officers to the city's hot spots.
Crime fell dramatically across the board, and though Bratton favors some gun control legislation, he insists smart policing is a bedrock for reducing crime. Cities that have followed New York's lead have seen similar drops.
That's not the case in New Orleans, and for many residents—young and old—the cycles of poverty and violence make it difficult to imagine another way of life. That's especially hard for working class, law-abiding residents trying to lead peaceful lives.
Watkins says his church seeks to extend the hope of life in Christ. Mostly, that means preaching the gospel and being a good neighbor. It also means throwing block parties, hosting an afterschool program, and playing basketball with youth in a dangerous park.
The pastor looks for opportunities to tell troubled young men how Jesus identifies with them: "How He was born in low esteem and not in a significant place. How He didn't have much. How people hated Him. And how He was even killed. … Nevertheless He was loved of the Father and came to do all this for us."
Over time, Watkins hopes that message will penetrate dark corners, and he's encouraged to see youth and families pursuing new patterns in the context of a Christian life and the church.
He knows it's hard work that will take a long time. "I've told my church that we may have to see ourselves as Moses instead of Joshua," he says. "I wanted to walk into the Promised Land yesterday, but there's a real sense in which we may be just tilling the soil and setting the groundwork for the next generation. … We may be the early settlers."
Back in Atlanta, Justina Dix has been tilling the ground a long time at Summerhill Community Ministries. The ministry started 14 years ago as an outgrowth of her personal ministry to those struggling in her neighborhood.
These days, the ministry serves a few dozen children from kindergarten to 12th grade with sports, activities, and an afterschool program focused on homework, mentoring, and a peaceful environment.
On a recent afternoon in the ministry's small house near the end of a dead-end street, a dozen children from some of the roughest sections of town sat quietly for an afternoon Bible lesson. Valentine's Day is approaching, so the children learned about 1 Corinthians 13: "Love is patient, love is kind."
It's a hard lesson for some of these children to understand, says Dix. Some endure child abuse. Others watch drug deals in their living rooms. Some know their mothers are prostitutes. Few have strong fathers in their lives. Many witness gun violence.
Dix, her small staff, and a couple dozen volunteers work to help the children face immense challenges. Dix pleads with mothers to help their children lead better lives. She goes to court when a child is abused. She cooks dinner for hungry neighborhood kids. "I go to bat for them," she says.
It's the long, hard, work of a lifetime, and it does bear fruit: Some of youth in the program have become the first in their families to go to college. Others are the first to graduate from high school.
Still, the obstacles remain. During our interview on Jan. 31, a news report flashed on Dix's phone: A middle school student at nearby Price Middle School had shot another student in the neck. Dix shook her head: "You see."
Later at the scene of the crime, authorities announced the student's injuries weren't life threatening, but worried parents paced an intersection behind police tape near the school. They craned their necks to look for the last students to emerge while helicopters buzzed overhead.
Police announced the students would ride the bus to their normal stops, as three buses raced through the intersection. Some mothers strained to see if their children were on board. Faye Roberts, the mother of an eighth-grader, panicked: "My son doesn't ride the bus!"
Before her son eventually walked safely out of the school, Roberts explained her fear. "They're dropping him off in a neighborhood he doesn't live in, and it's getting dark," she said. "What if he gets shot?"
Running scared
Though mass shootings like the Sandy Hook massacre are rare, they are terrible—and often terrifying to the public. The national impulse is quick: We must do something. The reality is blunt: We often can't prevent tragedy.
Finding a middle ground is difficult. Edward Welch—a counselor, author, and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation near Philadelphia—says while it's right to take practical steps to protect our families, it's important to acknowledge our limitations.
For example, many counselors say predicting whether a person will grow violent is exceedingly difficult. Some of the common traits of recent mass shooters—insular behavior and victim complexes—aren't terribly uncommon.
Welch notes that certain behavior—like playing ultra-violent video games—could be a trigger for violence in some cases. The brutal realism of many games could "create alternatives for people that they might not have invented for themselves."
Parents who are worried about their teens should seek help, he says, and churches should be ready to receive them. Church leaders and members should ask themselves: Do our people know how to turn to Christ in their suffering? How can we deal with our own sinful behavior, especially anger? How can we cultivate a church that welcomes parents who struggle with their children?
When it comes to coping with fear in the face of national tragedies, churches can also help their members by emphasizing one of the most common commands in the Bible: "Do not be afraid." Welch says that command shows "we have a God who knows we struggle with fear," and comes with a reminder in 1 Peter 5: "He cares for you." —J.D.
Prescription for violence?
When Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., killed his mother and 26 others, he may have been taking medication, according to a former neighbor. For now, the deceased 20-year-old's mental health records are sealed by a court order. But the shooting has reawakened a debate about whether certain psychiatric drugs may, in some cases, trigger violent behavior.
Over the past two decades, news organizations reporting on school shootings and acts of violence have sometimes noted whether the perpetrators—both teens and adults—were taking psychotropic (mind-altering) drugs. Labels for stimulants like Ritalin and Concerta and antidepressants like Wellbutrin, Paxil, and Prozac warn such drugs may, in rare cases, cause suicidal or psychotic thoughts.
David Healy, a professor at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, has for several years stirred controversy for claiming psychiatric drugs may trigger acts of violence. In an article published in PLOS Medicine in 2006, Healy and two co-authors showed that some patients on antidepressants had an increased risk of violent behavior.
As a psychiatrist himself, Healy told me he prescribes psychotropic drugs to his own patients. But he thinks pharmaceutical companies haven't properly informed doctors and patients of the potential risks of certain medications: "The drugs can make you restless, they can make you disinhibited, and can make you actively psychotic—so that, for instance, you might hear the 'voice of God' saying, 'Kill that man across the street.'"
Few of Healy's colleagues in psychiatry are willing to blame mass shootings on antidepressants, however: Studies correlating the drugs with aggression don't necessarily prove the one causes the other. David R. Rubinow, the chair of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, said by email the attempt to link medication to gun violence was "a shameless effort to redirect attention" from the larger problems. He described those problems as easy access to guns and too little money spent on appropriate mental health treatment. —Daniel James Devine


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Track & Stakes Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), 123 lbs, Aug. 24, 2003
Most WinsTrainer: 5Jim Penney (Silver Mallet, 1973; Theologist, 1977; Edneator, 2000; Sabertooth, 2002; Flamethrowintexan, 2006)Jockey: 5,Gary Baze (Trooper Seven, 1980-81; Chum Salmon, 1985; Judge Angelucci, 1987; Adventuresome Love, 1993)Owner: 5Bob Hutchinson (Campus Fusser, 1941; Lavengro, 1942; Prince Ernest, 1945;Kings Favor 1967; Steel Blade, 1968)
Purse: 1st $110,000 2nd $40,000 3rd $30,000 4th $15,000 5th 5,000
Favorites overall: 31-for-76, Odds-on: 6-for-15 Favorites @ Emerald Downs (1996-2012): 4-for-17 Odds-on @ Emerald Downs: 0-for-2Track condition: Fast 66, Sloppy 5, Good 2, Muddy 2, Slow 2Largest $2 Win: No Giveaway $122, 2005; Smallest $2 Win: Judge Angelucci $2.60, 1987Largest field: 16, 1935 (1st Running) Smallest: 7, 1987 & 1997Total starters 1935-2012: 845 Average field size: 10.9Gate-to-wire winners: 17 Largest win margin: 6-¼-lengths, Sky Jack, 2003 Smallest win margin: nose-multiple, most recent L.J. Express-1995
OWNERS HOMETOWNS 1—Until You (30) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA) 2—Hoist (20) North American Thoroughbred Racing Company Inc. (Glen Todd Surrey, BC) 3—Politicallycorrect (7-2) Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey, Nicholasville, KY 4—Gladding (10) Owens Farms (Gary Owens, Spokane, WA) 5—Stryker Phd (8) Jim & Mona Hour, Bellevue, WA 6—Jebrica (12) Ron & Rosalie Warren, Olympia, WA 7—Golden Itiz (5) K.K. Sangara, Vancouver, BC 8—Tres Borrachos (10) George Hicker, Bel Air, CA;Button Stable (Jimmy Taylor, Los Angeles, CA) 9—Why Not Be Perfect (15) J. C. Racing Stable (John Sanguinetti, Los Altos, CA)10—Herbie D (4) George Robbins, Cobble Hill, BC; Darcia Doman, Cowichan Bay, BC11—Mr. Bowling (6) Mark Dedomenico LLC (Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA) North American Thoroughbred Racing Company Inc. (Glen Todd Surrey, B.C.)12—Winning Machine (15) Fleur De Lis Stables (Raymond Kwik, Spokane, WA; Paul Goldberg,Westport, CT)
LONGACRES MILE SERIESMay 19-$50,000 Governor's Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs-Hoist ($8.40)-1:14.78-fastJune 16-$50,000 Budweiser Handicap, 1 Mile-Jebrica ($23.20)-1:34.72-fastJuly 21-$50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, 1-1/16 Mile ($6.20)-Herbie D-1:40.52-fastAug. 18-$200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), 1MileSept. 8-$50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic (WA-Bred), 1-1/16 Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Herbie D, Stryker Phd, Mr. Bowling (3-16/$113.80)Robert Geller (EmD2): Styker Phd, Politicallycorrect, Herbie D (6-16/$125.90)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Mr. Bowling, Herbie D, Golden Itiz (6-16/$122.90)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Politicallycorrect, Jebrica, Herbie D (5-16/$169.60)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Mr. Bowling, Herbie D, Stryker Phd (5-16/$143.50)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Mr. Bowling, Golden Itiz, Stryker Phd (5-16/$144.30)Consensus: Mr. Bowling (16), Herbie D (11), Stryker Phd (9) (5-16/$133.40)
NOTES: Ken & Sarah Ramsey, owners of morning line favorite Politcallycorrect, are the nation's leading owners in 2013 with $7,691,812, and won three Grade 1 races Saturday with sons of Kitten's Joy—Big Blue Kitten in the Sword Dancer at Saratoga, Admiral Kitten in the Secretariat at Arlington Park and Real Solution (via DQ) in the Arlington Million…Wesley Ward, trainer of Politicallycorrect, won a Group I Sunday in France as No Nay Never took the Prix Morny at Deauville…Russell Baze, jockey of Politcallycorrect, is No. 1 all-time among North American riders with 12,028 wins, and today marks his record 20th appearance in the Longacres Mile including 14 at Emerald Downs…Jockeys Amadeo Perez (Herbie D) and Aaron Gryder (Mr. Bowling) are first and second at Hastings Racecourse with 42 and 39 wins. Gryder rode Mile nominee Commander to a win in the Westerner Handicap Saturday at Northlands Park…Jebrica ran the meet's fastest mile, 1:34.72, while winning the June 16 Budweiser Handicap. -##-

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Will the Atomic Universal Comfort Swivel fit a Aqua Lung Titan Regulator?
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Will this hose assembly fit the regulator on the Ocean Technology Guardian Full Face Mask?
Hello Eugene, no this swivel with not work for the OTS mask. The swivel that you are looking for would be the: http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-37/034061/Omni-Swivel-Regulator-Omniswivel.html.
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There is a dedicated area for IBM Business Analytics Software. Here you will find information on selling and marketing resources as well as links to training, competitive resources and available demonstration assets. To access some of the content, you will need to use the member sign-in.
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As you can tell by me current version of Zimbra (network) it's been awhile since I've upgraded. I am seriously wanting to in the near future though.
Is there anything I should be watching out for such as upgrading to a higher version of 6 before I make the leap to 7?
Also, any special needs for my RHEL os version to run Zimbra 7?
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WASHINGTON – Metro continues its rebuilding work this weekend with a docket of track work that will affect all five rail lines.
All of the track work begins at 10 p.m. Friday and will last through the weekend.
A portion of the Red Line will be closed to allow for ongoing infrastructure reconstruction and maintenance. Riders should brace for delays of up to 40 minutes. A total of three stations will be closed.
The Brookland, Takoma and Silver Spring stations will be closed. The Fort Totten Station will be open for Green Line service only.
Two types of bus service will be available for riders who travel through the work zone. Limited-stop buses will operate between Forest Glen and Rhode Island stations. These buses will make an intermediate stop in Silver Spring. Metro says that customers using limited-stop buses should add up to 40 minutes to their travel time.
Local buses will operate between Forest Glen and Rhode Island Avenue, and will make intermediate stops at the Silver Spring, Takoma, Fort Totten and Brookland stations. Each stop will require about 10 extra minutes.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, the last train from Glenmont to Forest Glen will depart 53 minutes earlier than normal to allow for shuttle bus connections.
Track work on the other lines will make for long waits on station platforms. Orange, Blue, Yellow and Green line trains will run every 20 minutes throughout the weekend to allow for rebuilding work in three separate work zones.
Metro says that passengers will experience the longer wait time on the platform and that "once a train departs a station, it is not expected to encounter delays en route."
Anne Arundel residents will have two motorcycle rides to contend with Saturday.
The annual Burn Foundation ride for charity runs from 9 a.m. to noon and will affect traffic along Dorsey Road, Telegraph Road/MD Route 170, Route 100 East, Interstate-97 South and Route 50 east to the Bay Bridge.
Drivers should expect heavy traffic and should drive with caution with so many motorcycles on the road. Police will be stationed at the intersections of Dorsey and Route 170 plus Route 170 and Route 100 to alleviate traffic problems.
Also Saturday, the Faces of Valor ride begins at 9:30 a.m. At the Outback Steakhouse on Forest Drive in Annapolis. Impacted roads include Route 2, Route 50, Route 450, the Severn River Bridge, St. George Street, Rowe Boulevard and Generals Highway. The ride ends at the county fairgrounds.
Police will escort the 80 to 120 participants. But motorists should expect delays along the route and heavier than normal traffic.
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Ok. I have read through the various forum posts, the wiki articles and other things. I can't locate a situation that is similar so I am throwing my problem into the ring.
Issue: I am receiving the following message when trying to send mail through the web client only:
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This comes up on every recipient I try, no matter whether the domain is local or external.
I can send mail using Apple Mail, iPhone 4, and iPad, all of which are configured to use IMAPS with the SMTP server using SSL and password authentication on port 587.
Please note, that I also have to route all my outgoing mail through the Comcast MTA using SMTP Auth. I configured that as per the wiki article and it was all working fine, both webclient and non-webclient connections. Yesterday I found that my non-webclient would no longer send. I looked into this and changed a couple of settings as per the SMTP Auth Problems wiki article. Now I can't send from the webclient anymore. I undid the changes, which broke everything, then put them back so that I could at least send mail from my iPhone. Incoming mail works perfectly with no reall issues (excpet a silly issue with ntp, but that is not related to this).
I have attached the outputs of a zmprov gs command and a postconf command.
As for the DNS setup, I am running my own DNS server internally and forwarding all external DNS queries out to OpenDNS.


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Laos: NGO director expelled
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Laos kicks out the director of a Swiss development organization for her 'unconstructive attitude' toward the government.
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Laos said Friday it is expelling the director of a Swiss development organization for criticizing Laos in a letter to donors that says the country's one-party regime stifles debate and creates a hostile environment for aid groups.
Anne-Sophie Gindroz, the country director for Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, which works on agricultural development in the country, was given 48 hours to leave Laos in a notice on Friday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The notice said she was being expelled because the Lao government was "dismayed" by her "improper behavior" and "unconstructive attitude" towards Laos, citing a letter she had written to donor countries and organizations ahead of an annual meeting on aid to the country.
"I have no regret about what I have said, done or written. And I will continue to have my convictions and use my freedom to defend the freedom of others," Gindroz said in an email to friends and colleagues on Friday.
In her November letter ahead of the 2012 Roundtable Implementation Meeting in Vientiane, part of an annual process for dialogue on foreign aid strategy, Gindroz had criticized the Lao government as creating a hostile environment for development and civil society groups by stifling freedom of expression and association.
"We are working in a challenging environment: this is a country governed by a single-party regime, where there is little space for meaningful democratic debate, and when taking advantage of that limited space, repercussions follow," she said in the letter.
She had also criticized the selection of civil society groups invited to participate in the Round Table process, suggesting that only those who cooperated with the Lao government and refrained from speaking out against poor policies were allowed to participate.
At the end of this year's Nov. 23 meeting, 42 organizations and 35 countries who donate to Laos agreed to impose stricter conditions on aid to ensure efficiency and transparency, particularly on infrastructure projects, to deter possible corruption and ensure aid projects benefit the Lao people.
'Anti-government campaign'
The notice of Gindroz's expulsion, sent from the foreign ministry's Department of International Organizations General Director Phavanh Nuanthasing to Helvetas's executive director in Zurich, said her letter on the meeting had "demonstrated her explicit rejection of the Lao PDR's Constitution and law, particularly its political system."
It added that she was no longer welcome in the country because she had conducted a "prejudicial anti-Lao Government campaign."
But the ministry stressed that her expulsion was not an action against Helvetas and asked the organization to send a new country director "to continue Helvetas's good work."
Helvetas has worked since 2001 with rural communities and farmers in Laos, which is one of the poorest countries in Asia.
Long reliant on foreign aid, Laos is aiming to graduate from U.N. "least-developed country" status by 2020.
Reported by RFA's Lao service. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.
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"Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner has adopted her character's dog after falling in love with the pooch on-set.
The 17-year-old Brit plays "Sansa Stark," who is accompanied by her pet wolf, "Lady," on the show.
After the animal was written out of the gory fantasy series, handlers in charge of the performing dog, whose real name is "Zunni," were looking to re-home her – and Turner jumped at the chance to become her real-life owner.
Zunni is actually a Mahlek Northern Inuit dog.
She tells Britain's Coventry Telegraph newspaper, "Growing up I always wanted a dog, but my parents never wanted one. We kind of fell in love with my character's dire wolf, Lady, on set."
"We knew Lady died (onscreen) and they wanted to re-home her. My mum persuaded them to let us adopt her."


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This is the first time im using zimbra for email server. In installing process, there is error when ask to creating domain. i skipped this process.
Then, the email server done. there is no problem at first trial between 2 computers. I try to pop email from email server to my laptop using Outlook Express, and it works. I try to send email from web based by using 192.168.0.1 (example), and its works smooth.
Later, i try to connect it to larger network with 10 computers. All of them, excepts my laptop, cannot pop from outlook express, but able to check,compose, and sending email to local via web based.
My server configuration :
ip : 192.168.0.1
hostname : mailserver
domain name (bind9) : smalloffice.com
My Client configuration :
ip : 192.168.50
hostname : user50
email account : email@example.com
password : easypassword
Incoming mail (pop):192.168.0.1
Outgoing mail (pop) : 192.168.0.1
My servers requires authentifications checked
Always connected with Loca Area Network
Pop :110
smtp: 25
Is this caused by the error when creating domain ? how to fix it?
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With Championship Locked, Look for Bodine and the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra to Race for Win in Homestead
Posted by: lori on Nov 18, 2010
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• Bodine Clinched the NCWTS Championship Title Last Week in Phoenix
• Bodine is Third Driver in Truck Series History to Win Multiple Titles, and Clinch Early
• Germain Racing has 22 Truck Series Victories and Nine Pole Awards
• Bodine Owns 21 Truck Series wins with Germain Racing and 36 NASCAR career wins
• Bodine's 2010 Season Stats include 4 wins, 2 poles, 16 top-fives and 19 top-tens
Mooresville, N.C. (November 16, 2010) - As the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series steers toward Miami, Florida, Germain Racing has a unique 'advantage' heading into the 2010 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Todd Bodine has already been crowned the 2010 Truck Series champion; he's the third driver in series history to earn the title before the season's final race. The 2010 Champions are heading to Homestead with only one thing on their mind—win number three at the Miami track.
"We can take a deep breath and go race to win. We don't have to watch the computer every lap. We can race to win, which is what we like to do. We want to cap off the season with the Germain.com Tundra in victory lane because that's the best way we can thank everyone who's poured their heart and soul into this 30 team this year," said crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. "We go to the track every week to win, We can go race to win 100% this week. No points racing. We're the 2010 champions—and it feels great."
The driver of the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra, Bodine agrees that going to Homestead this time around feels different.
"It's nice to come to Homestead and not have to worry. The last time we ran for the championship, we had to race Johnny Benson at Homestead and it wasn't quite as enjoyable at the time. It was pretty nerve-racking. To be able to come down here and enjoy it, the success this No. 30 Germain.com Tundra team has had this year, it means a lot," said Bodine, who is now the third Truck Series champ with multiple titles (2006, 2010).
Bodine attributes his early clinch of this year's series championship to the consistency and hard work from the Germain Racing team that fields the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra each week.
"Germain Racing has done such a great job. All the guys at the shop and Triad and the guys on the road crew. Mike Hillman Jr. has led this team to another championship. It shows his leadership skills and it shows how good a person he is. We have a never give up attitude -- that's what brought us to this point and got us here. We never give up. We've been down and we've been laps down and come back and win races. We don't give up and I'm proud to be the guy that drives this Toyota Tundra for a great race team," explained Bodine after he clinched the championship in Phoenix.
Mike Hillman Jr. explains that this championship has a different meaning for him and the members of his team.
"Your first one's always special. It's really awesome. But, to keep the core group of people together for five years like we have done here at Germain Racing, and to be able to keep our performance level up...This 30 Tundra team has won at least two races each season, we've stayed in the top-five in points. To get another championship, it just proves the never give up attitude of Germain Racing is what it's all about," explained Hillman.
Bodine is strapping into racing chassis TRD-131 for Friday's season finale. The truck hasn't finished outside the top-5 in any of its 11 races. This Toyota has earned three of the team's four wins this year and two pole awards. Watch Bodine in the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra on Friday, November 19th, at Homestead-Miami Speedway. SPEED will cover Truck Series practice on Friday at 5 PM ET, and live racing at 7:30.
Follow Germain Racing on Twitter @GermainRacing or on the web at Germainracing.com or become a fan on Facebook: Facebook.com/pages/Germain-Racing/198863890135.
When shopping for your new or used car or truck, head directly to Germain.com to find the perfect vehicle or visit your local Germain dealer in Ohio, Florida, or Arkansas. Germain.com is part of Germain Motor Company, a top-25 automotive retail network with 21 dealerships and more than 60 years of experience.


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Elizabeth A Grice
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Department: Dermatology
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Office: 215-898-3179
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Luther College, 2001.
Ph.D. (Human Genetics)
Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
B.A. (Biology)
Luther College, 2001.
Ph.D. (Human Genetics)
Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests:
Genomic and metagenomic approaches to understand cutaneous host-microbe interactions in health and disease.
host-microbe interactions, metagenomic analysis of microbial communities, diabetic ulcers, wound healing, chronic wounds, inflammatory skin disease, innate immunity and cutaneous defense
Research Description:
The skin is a formidable barrier and the first line of defense against the external environment. The skin is also host to myriad microbes (the "microbiome") including diverse communities of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and even arthropods. Our research uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand how these microbial communities coexist and interact with the host at the skin surface, in health and disease. Generally, homeostasis is maintained at the skin surface despite colonization by microbes. However, we hypothesize that disruptions in the dynamic interplay between the skin barrier, the microbiome, and the cutaneous defense response may in part be responsible for a variety of inflammatory skin disorders.
One particular area of interest in the lab is non-healing wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers and acute traumatic wounds. In one aspect of our work, we have partnered with clinicans to undertake clinical studies to delineate microbiome dynamics during wound healing and infection. In another aspect, we are genetically dissecting the role of the microbiota and the host cutaneous immune response in mouse models of impaired wound healing.
In these and other projects in the lab we employ deep sequencing of microbe-specific marker genes (i.e. the prokaryote-specific 16S ribosomal RNA gene) and bulk sequencing of microbial DNA ("metagenomics") to examine microbial community dynamics and responses to perturbation, both from a taxonomical and a functional standpoint. These approaches circumvent traditional culture-based approaches that are biased towards those microbes that grow readily under standard laboratory culture conditions.
The long-term goal of our research is to leverage our understanding of microbiome-host interactions to diagnose and treat skin disorders. The need for novel therapeutics is increasingly evident as multi-drug resistant bacterial strains continue to evade our antibiotic resources. The skin microbiome is an information-rich, readily accessible and modifiable factor. Towards fulfilling the enormous therapeutic and diagnostic potential of the skin microbiome, we are addressing fundamental, clinically relevant questions regarding host-microbe interactions at the skin surface.
Selected PublicationsKong Heidi H, Oh Julia, Deming Clay, Conlan Sean, Grice Elizabeth A, Beatson Melony, Nomicos Effie, Polley Eric, Komarow Hirsh D, Program Nisc Comparative Sequence, Murray Patrick R, Turner Maria L, Segre Julia A: Temporal shifts in the skin microbiome associated with atopic dermatitis disease flares and treatment. Genome research 22(5): 850-9, Feb 2012.
Grice Elizabeth A, Segre Julia A: Interaction of the microbiome with the innate immune response in chronic wounds. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 946: 55-68, 2012.
Grice Elizabeth A, Segre Julia A: The skin microbiome. Nature reviews. Microbiology 9(4): 244-53, Apr 2011.
Grice Elizabeth A, Snitkin Evan S, Yockey Laura J, Bermudez Dustin M, , Liechty Kenneth W, Segre Julia A: Longitudinal shift in diabetic wound microbiota correlates with prolonged skin defense response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(33): 14799-804, Aug 2010.
Scharschmidt Tiffany C, List Karin, Grice Elizabeth A, Szabo Roman, , Renaud Gabriel, Lee Chyi-Chia R, Wolfsberg Tyra G, Bugge Thomas H, Segre Julia A: Matriptase-deficient mice exhibit ichthyotic skin with a selective shift in skin microbiota. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology 129(10): 2435-42, Oct 2009.
Grice Elizabeth A, Kong Heidi H, Conlan Sean, Deming Clayton B, Davis Joie, Young Alice C, , Bouffard Gerard G, Blakesley Robert W, Murray Patrick R, Green Eric D, Turner Maria L, Segre Julia A: Topographical and temporal diversity of the human skin microbiome. Science 324(5931): 1190-2, May 2009.
Grice Elizabeth A, Kong Heidi H, Renaud Gabriel, Young Alice C, , Bouffard Gerard G, Blakesley Robert W, Wolfsberg Tyra G, Turner Maria L, Segre Julia A: A diversity profile of the human skin microbiota. Genome Research 18(7): 1043-50, Jul 2008.
Fisher Shannon*, Grice Elizabeth A*, Vinton Ryan M, Bessling Seneca L, McCallion Andrew S: Conservation of RET regulatory function from human to zebrafish without sequence similarity. Science 312(5771): 276-9, Apr 2006 Notes: *Equal contributions.
Fisher Shannon*, Grice Elizabeth A*, Vinton Ryan M, Bessling Seneca L, Urasaki Akihiro, Kawakami Koichi, McCallion Andrew S: Evaluating the biological relevance of putative enhancers using Tol2 transposon-mediated transgenesis in zebrafish. Nature Protocols 1(3): 1297-305, 2006 Notes: *Equal contributions.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's 20th anniversary edition of Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park was once again a live, breathing, three-day mixtape featuring star artists (Coldplay, Eminem, Foo Fighters), established performers, cult heroes and up-and-comers. Local writer Leyla Shokoohe attended her very first Lollapalooza this past weekend and agreed to write about the experience for CityBeat. Below is her report on Day 1 as well as video from some of the performances mentioned, mostly from Lollapalooza's YouTube page. Keep an eye on this space for Day 2 and 3 dispatches soon.
Local singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist S.R. Woodward is not your average clean-cut, guitar-strumming, doe-eyed heartthrob. No, this guy is far too weird for that racket. Combining slightly-flat-yet-charming harmonies sung in a baritone warble with peppy, synthesized musical backing tracks, he's a troubadour of minimalist ditties that lie somewhere between cheeky and heartfelt.
This year the weather was beautiful and the bands did not disappoint. Dust storms formed in mosh pits as fans enjoyed the show.
Leading up to the show we sat down with Jacoby Shaddix, the lead singer from Papa Roach, to discuss the festival, their new record, and how to keep a marriage strong.
Holidays are especially exciting times for children and, given the recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn., kids all over will likely be going to be getting a little extra love this season.
Zak Morgan knows kids. The Cincinnati-based singer/songwriter has already had an amazing career in children's music, with his second self-financed album, When Bullfrogs Croak, earning numerous awards and acclaim, including a 2004 Grammy nomination for Best Musical Album for Children, a remarkable feat for an independent artist.
Morgan's accomplishments and hard work (he notches over 200 shows a year for kids across the country) paid off with a contract with Universal Music's kids' music imprint, myKaZoo Music. His debut for the label, The Barber of the Beasts, came out in late October and would make a fantastic stocking-stuffer for the little ones this Christmas.
Like his previous releases, The Barber of the Beasts features artwork by famed local illustrator C.F. Payne and contains an extensive booklet of lyrics and drawings. The album also features some notable guests, from local musicians like Dan Dorff, Paul Patterson and Josh Seurkamp to nationally acclaimed artists like Robbie Fulks and locals Karin Bergquist (Over the Rhine) and the iconic Bootsy Collins.
But it's Morgan's magical stories and songs that are the focal point. There is a perfect formula for children's music; like with kids' films these days, many artists try to hard to make their albums "parent friendly" and tend to go overboard, while those who "dumb things down" tend to be the most annoying. Morgan's gift is finding the perfect balance.
The Barber of the Beasts is for smart and imaginative kids and parents, seeming designed to be enjoyed together. Morgan is great with clever word play and he isn't afraid to drop a few "big words" (or at least unfamiliar words). That's where the booklet's excellent vocabulary guide comes in handy. Parents can go over words with their children, who will have not only been entertained by Zak's fantastical storytelling, but will also learn something in the process.
Many of the tracks on Barber feature gorgeous chamber string arrangements, but there are also tunes like "Snow Day," on which Morgan channels his inner Tom Waits (vocally), the shuffling, jazzy Pop cut "Swinging On A Star," the Country-esque "Nancy Jane" and the great Bootsy collaboration, "The Case of the Dry Markers," a swingin', "spooky" Jazz struttin' mystery with a Halloween vibe.
Here is the debut music video from the album for "The Case of the Dry Markers":
The songs and music are elegant and often downright majestic (particularly the ones with the spine-tingling string arrangements), while Morgan's clever stories are loaded with a silliness that the young listeners will gleefully embrace.
I believe The Barber of the Beasts (which will specifically appeal to kids between around the ages of 1-8, but certainly fits the "fun for kids of all ages" bill) was released in time to make next year's Grammy nominations. It will be a crime if it doesn't make the cut. When it comes to children's music, Zak is like the Bob Dylan of the genre — minus the curmudgeonly grumpiness, of course.
This Saturday at 1 p.m., Morgan and a host
of special guests will present the local release party for the album at
The Monastery recording studio (2601 Stanton Ave., Walnut Hills), the
performance/recording space owned and operated by producer/guitarist Ric
Hordinski (who also performed on, produced and co-wrote material on the album).
Tickets are available through brownpapertickets.com for $10 (or $20 for families of two-five people). Remaining tickets will be available at the door the day of the show for $15 (or $25 per family). Your ticket also includes food and admission to the post-show pizza party.
In a lot of ways, Cincinnati's Over the Rhine belonged to the world almost as soon as they birthed its spectacular debut album, 1991's Patience. There wasn't really an evolutionary period involving chops-honing and building an audience with local bar gigs every weekend before becoming a songwriting and performing powerhouse that could stand toe-to-toe with its peer group on the national level. Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler sprang fully formed from Zeus' forehead as a mature and supremely talented duo with the undeniable ability to mingle heartache and joy with words and music and find an indelible way to invest each emotion with a taste of the other.
It's no secret that Chicago is a great place for music. Pretty much any touring band of note — and no doubt many a musical outfit that need not be noted — is sure to include a Chicago stop, and the city's local scene remains rich and diverse, aided by a host of nurturing venues and an eager, uncommonly discerning base of listeners. That it's only a five-hour drive from Cincinnati makes it an enticing destination for those of us who yearn to catch shows that skip the Queen City.
Chicago's embarrassment of musical riches has only grown in recent years with the addition of two high-profile three-day summer festivals: Lollapalooza and Pitchfork. The former needs little introduction — Perry Farrell's unexpectedly fruitful brainchild is, almost undeniably, the inspiration for the explosion of summer fests over the last two decades, a trend that has grown even more robust since the turn of the century. Every weekend each summer now features at least one festival worthy of audiences' ears. The trend has even reached Cincinnati, where Bunbury just finished its second successful year — and shared a headliner with Pitchfork. (Whether outdoor settings, marked by often difficult weather conditions and bright sunlight, is the best way to experience the type of music offered at such festivals is a different question.)
Lollapalooza is, alongside behemoths Coachella and Boonaroo, one of America's biggest and best-attended summer fests, boasting more than 130 artists and an audience in excess of 150,000. Pitchfork, meanwhile, has quickly established itself as a singular presence on the summer circuit, a discerningly curated endeavor that's an extension of the influential, taste-making webzine that runs it. (Chicago-based Pitchfork.com took over the business side of the fest in 2006 after curating 2005's initial gathering, which was then called the Intonation Festival). Set in Union Park — a modest city-block space just west of downtown Chicago — Pitchfork now features nearly 50 artists, many of which are still unfamiliar to all but the most plugged-in Indie music connoisseurs. (Ironically, as a champion of cutting-edge acts on the way up, Pitchfork also serves as an early snapshot of future Lollapalooza lineups.)
This year's Pitchfork, which ran July 19-21, offered one of its most curious lineups to date, especially as it pertains to the headliners, which included Bjork, Belle and Sebastian and, somewhat controversially, R. Kelly. Sure, there were several typically lesser-known acts on the bill, but almost all of them graced the Blue Stage, the smallest of the fest's three stages. Whether this year's more accessible bill might have been a reaction to last year's fest, which gave relatively high-profile slots to such interesting but largely faceless artists as AraabMuzik, Purity Ring, The Field, Big K.R.I.T., Hot Chip and Chavez, among others, is anyone's guess, but a realignment of sorts from Pitchfork's powers that be seems plausible.
More proof of a possible shift in booking philosophy: There were more veteran acts than ever this year. Beyond the headliners, each of which has been making music for more than two decades, there was Wire, The Breeders, Swans, … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Low and Yo La Tengo. The only comparable 2012 act in terms of longevity — admittedly not the best gauge when it comes to creative vitality, but we're talking audience-drawers here — was Godspeed You Black Emperor, which headlined along with Feist and Vampire Weekend. All are solid acts, but none of them are likely to perk the senses of those looking for a little "star power." Enter Kelly, one of the era's preeminent hit-makers (more on that later).
As usual, many of Pitchfork 2013's most interesting artists emanated from the Blue Stage, which is the most intimate of the fest's three stages — the larger Green and Red stages (note the refreshing lack of corporate branding, another sign of Pitchfork's discerning nature), which are but 50 yards (or so) apart, alternate acts at the north end of Union Park, while Blue's lineup overlaps with the other two. Tucked into a tree-laden area of the park's southwest corner, the Blue Stage is something of a festival unto itself, its cozy confines offering a break from the spacious, open-air spots where the Green and Red reside.
Multiple Blue Stage artists delivered strong sets, including Frankie Rose, a former Dum Dum Girl whose latest album, Interstellar, is a Synth Pop gem that wouldn't sound out place alongside Beach House; Mikal Cronin, a little ragamuffin of a guy whose latest album, MCII, is a Power Pop keeper; Angel Olsen, whose Americana-flavored songs and swoon-worthy voice and visage compelled much of the audience during her late-afternoon slot; Metz, a Canadian trio coming to Cincy for this year's MidPoint Music Festival in late September, whose terse songs roared even more righteously in a live setting (think Nirvana on fast-forward); Minnesota mainstays Low, who seemed oddly out of place but still effective in the early evening light; and Trash Talk, a Hardcore crew from Sacramento, Calif., whose long-haired frontman delivered the funniest line of the fest after noticing a number of "old people" in the relatively sparse Friday-afternoon crowd: "I like old people. Old people make the world go around. They fucking had us and shit."
Best of all — or at least the biggest surprise — was Brooklyn-based Post Punk quartet Parquet Courts, whose playful, twisty tunes recall everyone from early Pavement to the Minutemen to a far less trashed Guided by Voices. Frontman Andrew Savage's voice is thin but endearing, and his dynamic guitar interplay with fellow frontguy Austin Brown had more than one rapt audience member shaking their ass in the Saturday-afternoon sun.
One got the sense that the Parquet Courts dudes would have been just as happy performing on the street corner just beyond the fence behind them. The fact that they had a much bigger platform to deliver their slanted gospel is just one example of what has made Pitchfork so vital for those looking to experience something rawer and less polished than the acts that dominate other festivals. (Go get Parquet Court's recent full-length, Light Up Gold, as soon as possible.)
Even the Blue Stage's less successful performances were compelling in one way or another: while Julia Holter, Ryan Hemsworth, Andy Stott and Evian Christ — the latter three DJs who essentially stand behind a table — have issues in the area of crowd interaction and sometimes suffered from spotty sound mixes, each was able to convey its mood-altering music in ways that, at the very least, provided sonic respites from the relatively more conventional acts at the bigger stages, whose roar often bled into the Blue's.
On to the two main stages, which drew large, unusually enthusiastic crowds all weekend. Long a champion of adventurous Hip Hop, Pitchfork again featured some intriguing purveyors of the form, most notably Sunday sets by Killer Mike and El-P. The pair released two of the best albums of 2012, and their stellar recent collaboration, dubbed Run the Jewels, dropped as a free download in June. After a sweaty set in which Mike ran through songs from his R.A.P. Music — including strong versions of the title track and the politically cutting "Reagan" — he joined his buddy El-P for a batch of Run the Jewels cuts that mixed verbal dexterity with a healthy dose of levity. Their record, simply titled Run the Jewels, is something of a break from the duo's doomsday aesthetic as solo artists — Jewels is an exuberant, sonically diverse fun-ride that makes light of Hip Hop's silly preoccupation with bling (the two performed with fake gold chains around their necks), among other Pop-culture oddities. (El-P later tweeted, "I'll just go ahead and say @pitchforkfest is the most chill, fun ass festival around right now.)
Run the Jewels was an interesting transition into a set from the ever-vital Yo La Tengo, which mixed choice cuts from its vast back-catalog (including sweet reworked versions of "Autumn Sweater," "Tom Courtney" and "The Hour Grows Late") with several tunes from the New Jersey trio's latest record, Fade. As usual, they didn't interact much with the crowd, though frontman Ira Kaplan, who dropped in several impressive guitar freak-outs, did joke that it was "good to be opening for R. Kelly again."
The fest's most curious social-media-stirring moment occurred Sunday evening as M.I.A., amid a garishly colorful backdrop of spinning wheels and neon lights, unveiled songs from her forthcoming album, Matangi. A sea of cell phones rose to record her entrance; many stayed aloft throughout. It was a departure in audience etiquette — somewhat unexpectedly, much of the festival was free of such ubiquitous use of technological interference.
Clad in a flashy gold top and orange short-shorts, M.I.A. stalked the stage, often with dancers at her side, as bass-heavy Dance-Rap arrangements thundered through the ample soundsystem with almost netherworldly force. The ceaseless sonic assault pretty much drowned out whatever she might have been trying to convey in her new songs — which, based on the spottiness of her previous record and the delayed release of Matangi, might be a good thing. Only when her set was interrupted by technical glitches did she seem spontaneous or even all that engaged. It was a weird, disjointed set, the kind of whiz-bang spectacle that rarely rears its head at Pitchfork.
In contrast, Savages Saturday afternoon appearance was a model of lacerating intensity. The buzzed-about British quartet — whose recent debut Silence Yourself is a satisfying blast of atmospheric Post Punk — was one of the most anticipated acts of fest. They didn't disappoint, delivering blistering versions of "I Am Here," "She Will" and "Fuckers," a new song about not letting the "fuckers get you down."
Jehnny Beth is a captivating frontlady, her no-bullshit stare and frequent high-pitched yelps lifting the music's familiar elements — everyone from Gang of Four and Patti Smith to Siouxsie Sioux and PJ Harvey come immediately to mind — to uncharted heights. More unexpected was the band's tendency to evoke '80s-era U2, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Even more curious was Beth's evocation of Ian Curtis, both in terms of her appearance (lean with close-cropped hair) and in some of her mannerisms (as if the music were transporting her somewhere beyond the stage).
Michael Gira, Swans' longtime ringleader, was impressed,
asking the audience, "How about them lady Savages?" before clapping in
appreciation. Gira's band immediately followed Savages, and it was an
apt pairing, like opposite sides of the same coin. His crew of gifted
Post Punk vets — which includes a hairy multi-instrumentalist named Thor
and a suave German slide-guitar player who looks as though he'd be
right a home in a David Lynch flick — conjured an unholy racket during a
truncated version of "The Seer" and offered an inspired take on
"Oxygen," which featured Gira doing a spooky Indian-like dance
throughout. While it was odd to witness Swans' menacing, ebb-and-flow
soundscapes in broad daylight, the outdoor setting still left those in
attendance vibrating long after the band's final drone leaked from the
That brings us to the three headliners. The festival's mission — it attempts to highlight the most adventurous, zeitgeist-channeling acts on the current landscape — makes choosing an anchor to each day's events a challenging dilemma for Pitchfork organizers. Given the esoteric nature of many such music-makers, there are only so many high-profile acts that fit the typical "headliner" criteria. Past choices have included such Alt-Rock mainstays as Flaming Lips, Spoon and Sonic Youth to more contemporary entries in the canon like TV on the Radio, Animal Collective and LCD Soundsystem.
Pitchfork even had Yoko Ono headline one year, which makes the choice of R. Kelly as Sunday night's festival-closer even odder one on multiple levels. First, there's the fact that Kelly — no doubt one of the most important R&B artists of the era, and a Chicago native to boot — is the most mainstream artist the festival has ever booked. Second, and far more troubling for many, is Kelly's reputation as a serial misogynist who never got the legal reprimand he deserved.
The most vociferous critic has been longtime music writer Jim DeRogatis, who broke the story of Kelly's indiscretions while working at the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002. DeRogatis called Pitchfork's decision to book Kelly and the subsequent excitement from "some (not all) paying customers" as being "fueled by irony."
No doubt there are legitimate questions about how an artist's personal issues should impact the way in which we experience their music, but, for better or worse, those knotty questions were not going to be answered during Kelly's Pitchfork set.
In fact, based on the reaction of those in the massive crowd — probably the festival's largest ever — irony was not as prevalent as DeRogatis wanted to profess. The overwhelming majority of those in attendance, which ranged from fortysomething African-American couples to teenage hipsters, seemed genuinely excited to be taking in Kelly's sextastic jams. The performance itself, meanwhile, was largely standard-issue R&B stagecraft, as Kelly ran through much of his extensive songbook medley-style (38 songs!). Not even a steady drizzle of rain could dampen the mood, as many swayed and sang along straight through to a set-closing version of "I Believe I Can Fly," which was accompanied by the release of dove-shaped balloons.
If Kelly's presentation was fairly straightforward, Bjork's closing set on Friday was anything but. Or so it seemed — unless one was within 75 yards of the stage, it was hard to see what was going on besides fleeting glimpses of Bjork's elaborate headgear, which looked like a porcupine lit up from within. Worse, the two video boards that flanked the Green Stage were mounted too low, rendering them almost useless to those they should intend to aid.
No matter: Bjork's expressive voice was just as fluid and otherworldly as one would expect on slightly reconfigured versions of "Hunter," "Joga" "Pagan Poetry" and "Army of Me." When rain and pending lightening and thunder prompted festival organizers to pull the plug after an hour, Bjork responded with this curio: "It's calm. I don't know. This wouldn't be much in Iceland, I can tell you that much."
It also rained on Belle and Sebastian Saturday night, but not enough to cut short what was the festival's most overt nod to nostalgia. The Scottish crew ran through a career-spanning set that crested early with rousing versions of "I'm a Cuckoo" and "The Stars of Track and Field," which had more than one thirtysomething couple embracing amid all the tuneful sweetness.
I love the first night of MidPoint; the anticipation, the excitement, the friends, the music, the potential for getting wetter than you've been since the birth experience. It's magic, a sensation perhaps intensified on Thursday, being the first night of the festival's tenth anniversary.
So this is how the music industry works in the 21st Century: Without a hint of radio support, Angels and Airwaves (AVA) with opening act Say Anything got 1,500 faithful fans to show up for a Rock & Roll show here in Cincinnati.
Thank you, Mr. Internet.
Veteran singer/songwriter Maurice Mattei and his band The Tempers celebrate the release of their new CD, Mauled, this Saturday at The Redmoor in Mount Lookout. The show will feature an opening set by local Surf Rock band, Don't Fear the Reverb, plus appearances by David Wolfenberger, Mike Helm, Brandon Dawson, Sharon Udoh and more.


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I like it! What's your methodology?
Probably my inaugural post. Hello, everyone! =)
This is a map that I've been working on for a while. I'm pretty happy with it so far. I'm looking for criticism/feedback on the map, mostly regarding mountain placement and rivers. I haven't yet decided on climate yet, so the entire map is a lush, green paradise right now. I'm open to suggestions on that, as well.
You can also see a full-quality version here.
Hope you like it!
EDIT: Title should be Unnamed Continent. Bah -_-
I like it! What's your methodology?
Nice work, for your first map this is mighty fine! However, I see some river violations. On both the souteast and northwest areas you have rivers that split in two before reaching the sea, unless its artificial or at a river delta this doesn't happen naturally (River Police please feel free to stop me if I'm wrong). My other critique is that you might want to lower the opacity on the shadows you have on the continental shelf, its a bit too stark at the moment. Just my thoughts.
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Rivers - the SE join I'd almost buy, as a geologically temporary liaison between two flatland meandering watercourses. The NW split though, is just implausible no matter what. I highly recommend a read of Redrobes' most excellent tutorial on How to Get Your Rivers in the Right Place. You do a nice job of randomly wiggling your rivers here and there.
Also about rivers - if you're shooting for a pure aerial photo view, you're fine. Rivers often show up as dark threads from orbit. But to make it a more useful as a map, you could consider lightening the rivers, so they'll show up among all that lovely dark terrain.
If it's an aerial photo, you can't do the cartographer thing with rivers - only showing the most important ones. You instead need to do the camera thing and show them all (five or ten times more, going all the way down to sub-pixel width). If you can convince the viewer it's a manmade map not a photo though, what you show could be all right.
The terrain IS very nice - I like the whole look. You've got a great set of landforms going. There's a plausible scattering of islands. But the apparent climate is mighty uniform, if this continent spans a wide stretch of latitude. Where is this on the globe? How many degrees apart are those lat/lon lines? I guess if the separation was just a degree or two the whole thing could be nestled in just tropical or just temperate zones. But if it's ten or fifteen degrees, you'd figure to see drier bands in between tropic and temperate, and maybe some rain-shadow effects drying out other areas, depending on prevailing winds.
The continental shelf effect is nice, but again is awfully uniform. You have it narrow in a couple of places, and you've got most of that inner sea as fairly shallow - good so far. The rest is still uncomfortably artificial though. Peek at a view of Earth's shelves - some hug the shore evenly but some wildly diverge. I'm with LonewandererD on their prominence - they jump out even more than the mountains, yet if this was orbital photography you'd figure the water would mask 90% of the view. You're treating them more as a seafloor map without water. By the way, you could get away with stealing some of earth's seafloor relief and stitching it into place to relieve the blandness of your deeps. Midocean ridges and fault zones are fiendishly hard to synthesize. If your planet is low-tectonic and there really is a planetwide mudblanket below a thousand fathoms, okaaaaay, I guess :-). But only do that if it's what you intend, not by default.
How well the mountains are placed partly depends on your scale. You have a good mix of continent-rimming ranges and midcontinent rises. But again with the shelves - if the eastern range is the result of subduction just offshore, the underwater relief doesn't point toward that. You kept the bevel on all coasts subtle, and it looks good zoomed out. Zoomed in though, it looks like you have cliffs all around. I don't know how you would improve that - shallow coasts are tough. Maybe deemphasize the dry-basin-colored-blue effect, and go for more of an orbital photo view, where you can show super-shallows with color?
For all that I-hope-constructive critique, it's a really good looking map - way better than I can do. Definitely worth a bit of rep, and we want to see more!
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Very nice. My critique would be that the shelf looks a bit too stark; I would tone it down a bit. Otherwise nice job.


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With TCU and probably West Virginia finishing ahead of us now and still even possibly Baylor where we ending up at for a bowl game? I'd guess Pinstripe or Heart of Dallas Bowl. If we are lucky maybe still end up in Houston.
Guess when you finish 6-6 you don't really have much right to be picky about it.
Arizona or Texas
Originally Posted by BoxsterCy
Dude, you are Gameday Rulzzz and could probably post about anything.
no way we'll end up back in new york. id guess texas
Dallas or Houston
California (holiday Bowl) or Pinstripe (New York)
Originally Posted by Miniclone11
Bronco fans better take a good look. This is their future unfolding in front of them. It's about to get uglier.
Originally Posted by Hoiball92
Carolina by 17
Originally Posted by cmjh10
Yeah, Carolina is going to win the Superbowl
Originally Posted by GeorgesFan
If you never had Fred then you never would have had Georges. Think about that for a minute you stupid *****
Originally Posted by IHavNoCyCash
California (holiday Bowl)
Not going to happen. Their Executive Director said the loser today would drop significantly.
Holiday bowl? no chance I would say no big 12 bowl some crap leftover bowl
Originally Posted by ISUAgronomist
Not going to happen. Their Executive Director said the loser today would drop significantly.
where did you hear this?
Rusty muffler bowl or something equivalent.
It will be a crappy bowl with no bragging rights but the option is no bowl which is a total failure because 70 teams make bowls.
Originally Posted by IHavNoCyCash
where did you hear this?
It came out of his mouth to the Ames tribune reporter
We will take any bowl at this point, although we will be backing into it. No bowl this year is a huge disappointment.
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It's going to be about as bad as we could have possibly gotten.
First, KSU loses, which killed us. Then TCU beats Texas last night. And now we lose. WV will go to a better bowl than us most likely.
We can't be picky since we're just 6-6, but if KSU would have won out, Texas wins last night, and we win today, then it could have been a pretty darn good bowl. But of course the exact opposite of everything we needed to have happen, happened. That's what it's like to be a Cyclone fan.
Feel terrible for Woody though. I'm sure he's taking this VERY hard right now. He ALWAYS carries the ball with two hands, but not this time for whatever reason. I'm sure he was just doing everything he could to score. Tough break.
Itws going to be NYC or a bowl that the b12 doesn't have a tie in to. Could be Indy, Liberty, BBVA,Military or Little Caesers
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Itws going to be NYC or a bowl that the b12 doesn't have a tie in to. Could be Indy, Liberty, BBVA,Military or Little Caesers
This exactly. Holiday is not going to happen at this point. I just hope the Pinstripe takes TCU or Baylor over us. I think West Virginia goes to the Holiday when they beat Kansas next week.
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California (holiday Bowl) or Pinstripe (New York)
we needed 7 wins to have a shot at Cali
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DeMarco Morgan joined 11Alive in January 2012. He co-anchors the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts weeknights with Brenda Wood.
Morgan arrived shortly after the new year from NBC New York where he anchored weekends for both News 4 New York and Today in New York and occasionally anchored news cut-ins for MSNBC.
With a solid record of experience on the desk and in the field, Morgan has worked as an anchor and reporter in a number of television markets. He co-anchored the "South Florida Nightly News" weeknights at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. for the NBC affiliate in Miami and anchored weekend mornings for the ABC station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Since joining the 11Alive news team, he has covered a wide range of stories - both local and national. Morgan field anchored live coverage from Sanford, Florida at the first national rally after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. He also anchored live coverage from the nation's capital the day of President Obama's second inauguration. Morgan has shown his versatility in coverage by reporting live from the Braves' spring training, to kicking off a campaign at Spelman College for an 11-year-old girl in need of a bone marrow transplant. He provided a series of reports.
Morgan recently broke the story of a second and more recent criminal investigation into the infamous House of Prayer. Morgan's reports resulted in the arrest of an accused child molester leaving both the community and police in awe of the latest accusations.
Morgan's proudest moment while here in Atlanta? His series of reports on HIV/AIDS and its impact on African-American women. Those stories led to hundreds of people getting tested for the virus and deadly disease. It also sparked one of largest online chats for 11Alive.com, creating a huge buzz online as well as on the local radio station - V103.
Morgan began his broadcasting career as a producer for the CBS affiliate in Jackson, MS before graduating with honors from Jackson State University. His first stint in the Big Apple would take place while working on his Master's Degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. During his matriculation, he covered the Sept. 11 terror attacks along with a variety of local and national stories. Morgan's reporting beat took him through the streets of Brooklyn, parts of Queens, Manhattan and Harlem in his efforts to find fascinating stories about everyday New Yorkers.
After graduation, Morgan landed his first reporting job at the place where it all started - the CBS affiliate WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi.
During his career, he has interviewed a list of notables from former U.S. President Bill Clinton to Africa's first elected female Head of State. He has also covered a wide range of stories from presidential elections and corporate scandals to the nation's first civil-rights era murder prosecution by federal authorities.
Morgan is a strong advocate of community service. He has volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters, 100 Black Men of America, Inc., the American Cancer Society, The Bachmann Strauss Dystonia and Parkinsons Foundation, Sharp Literacy, Inc., served on the board of managers for the YMCA, and is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. In 2006, he received the NABJ National Community Service Award.
While in Milwaukee, Morgan was the Honorary Grand Marshal two years in a row for the United Negro College Fund. He has served as a spokesperson for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund based in New York City, which has provided more than $100 million in scholarships to students attending public historically black Colleges and Universities.
Morgan's speaking abilities have taken him across the country from Los Angeles to the nation's capital, hosting receptions at the Congressional Black Caucus conventions and serving as the 2010 commencement speaker for Jackson State University's largest graduating class in its 135 year history.
While a student at Columbia, he helped start the J-School's student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Morgan taught Journalism at JSU for two years and taught English at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Morgan has been honored with several broadcasting awards. Morgan was named one of the only African Americans ranked in the nation's Top Ten Collegiate Journalists in the country in 2001 by Scripps Howard and named one of Ebony Magazine's Top 30 Future Young Leaders of America in 2006. He was named one of South Florida Magazine's top 40 most influential black professionals in 2008. Morgan was presented the 2009 Thurgood Marshall Prestige Award for his community service here in New York and across the country.
Morgan is excited about his move to Atlanta, GA and says he's currently working on his addiction to Sweet Tea!! "Atlanta has always had a place in my heart," said Morgan. "I can't wait to work for and hopefully gain the trust of Georgians as I set out to tell meaningful and engaging stories. We (11Alive) are on a mission with an experienced team of journalists as we continue to change the way people watch local news."
His motto in life can be found in the African Proverb, "Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. And expect more than others think is possible."
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On the weekends I love to: Golf, work-out, run, eat out, wash the wheels..lol.. And travel.
The high school, college or pro sports teams I root for are: I always root for the teams in the state that I pay taxes - keeps things peaceful at all times
If I'm watching a movie or listening to music, it's probably: Watching The Color Purple for the 1 millionth time or Reruns of Law and Order. I love hip hop, R&B and Gospel Music. Jazz is also a favorite.
I am passionate about: I am passionate about the community
The interview I'm most proud of is: The interview that I am most proud of would have to be talking to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his battle with Leukemia. How someone so great could be dealt a blow in life beyond his control and still have hope had me almost in tears. I learned how precious life truly is and how not to sweat the small stuff.