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Friday, March 29, 2013
The Lustre Kings 3.28.13
Yet again there was another opening act. From Kansas City (I think), Victor & Penny, and they did what they call 'Antique Pop.' It was fun toe-tapping music I guess you could call it, and I really did enjoy them, but at the end of the day, it just isn't my thing. Anyways, the Lustre Kings started and from the first note, it was pure Rock N Roll the whole time. Doing some classics like California Sun or Lets Dance as well as a ton of their own.
The band was really tight. Each of them sang a solo song at one point, except the bass player, Chops, though he did sing background a lot. Both Mark and Chops at times came into the crowd and continued playing and really got the crowd goin. The whole show really just felt like a big party. Very active crowd and a lot of great music. They had a lot of merchandise to choose from which I was happy to see. I picked up a really cool t shirt, (though they were out of the color I wanted), a really cool 45 'Live From The Rongovian Embassy' with tracks, Evil Woman and No Club, on really nice blue vinyl. And I also had to pick up a CD from 2007, Way Out There, with Rochester native, Jason Smay on drums. All in all, I had a great time and hopefully I can catch them every time they come back around. I'm glad theres a really good band like this in my state. Though Albany's not by any means right next door, its easier for them to get here unlike the West Coast guys. So anyways, see The Lustre Kings! You won't regret it!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Wayne Hancock 3.26.13
Wayne started the show with some big songs from the 'Thats What Daddy Wants' album, 'Johnson City' and 'Louisiana Blues.' His voice was as great as ever. There were a few songs I was surprised he didn't do but with the catalog of songs he has, I imagine he likes to switch it up every show. He didn't seem to have a set list, after every song he just said another one and they did it. Like I said with the catalog of songs he has, he has a lot to choose from. Still I was a little surprised he didn't do songs like Johnny Law, Highway 54, Little Lisa and 87 Southbound. But he did do a lot of great ones. From the new album, the song, Ride, Deal Gone Down and some other favorites like Oklahoma Hills (originally done by Ernest Tubb), Thats What Daddy Wants. Thunderstorms & Neon Signs, and Juke Joint Jumpin are just a few.
Now let me talk about the band, on guitar was Zach Sweeney who I believe plays on 'Ride' and 'Viper Of Melody', though I'm not sure about VOM. He played some tasty licks and couldn't believe how great he was in person. On doghouse bass, I didn't get his name and I wish I had talked to him but I didn't get around to it. He looked really young but I gotta be honest, he was one of the best I've heard. I think hes new to the line up. The bar was pretty full and I'd say it was a sold out crowd as well as an active one. I had him sign his new 45 that I bought online a while ago and bought a t shirt which was a little disappointing. It was just the Ride album cover, nothing crazy but I figured I'd get one. Experiencing the ol train in person was an experience I wont forget anytime soon, and I know this is just the first of many.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Album Review #2 | Jonny B & the Avenues - Give Me A Try
But lets get onto the album, 'Give Me A Try' has 12 original tracks that all sound like they were recorded in the 50's with a great mix of ballads and uptempo movers. Not to mention the excellent line up of the current Avenues. Natt Wise on lead guitar, to me, already has a distinctive style thats easily recognizable. Slappin on the bass is Devin Minnich, who does an excellent job. David Maloy on the sax, let me just say, if your band has a saxophone player, thats just really damn cool. Keepin' the beat is Matt Dibble on drums and of course led by Jonny Benavidez or 'Jonny B' on some sweet vocals. I hope this line up stays the same for a long, long time cause they sure know what they're doin.
Onto the songs, let me start off by saying when I first listened to it, I replayed the whole album again and listened to it two times in a row. The title song, 'Give Me A Try' is definitely the biggest stand out. Great ballad and great way to close the album. 'Fine Fine Women' is a great steady rocker, and through Jonny's voice you can really hear how fine this woman is! 'Mean Mean Mama' and 'Lucky One' also are really wild rockers and then we have another helping of slower ones like 'Tonight.' For the most part this album really rocks and is really upbeat. This is by far one of the strongest debut albums I've heard and I can't wait for more to come out in the future. I know a 45 may be in the works as well! You can purchase an album through facebook and if you don't have one, make one, message them, and buy this album! I'll leave the link below as well as a preview of the album. I think you should 'Give It A Try.'
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Rachel Brooke 3.23.13
I got there a little early and there really weren't too many people there which I was surprised at, especially for a Saturday. But once the show started it really filled up, I'd say the whole bar was pretty full. I figured before the show would be the best time to pick up some music and apparel and bought a t shirt (as I do with most bands I see) And a vinyl record (which I also always buy unless I already have it). If you know me you know I'm a vinyl junkie and I couldn't be happier to pick up her newest lp, A Killer's Dream. The cover alone was worth the price of it, not to mention the killer music on the album. I also had her sign it.
But to wrap it up, I gotta say I was really impressed with the whole show (though I cut out a little early) and I'll definitely be seeing her again next time she comes around, and I highly recommend catching a show!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
New Rockabilly #25 | Brownbird Rudy Relic
Hes released tons of albums and is an energetic and entertaining performer. If you're walking down the street and you see a guy strumming on his guitar looking like hes gonna fall out of his chair, stop and listen. You'll be lucky if you catch this guy busking in the subway or on the street. This guy is fantastic, catch his shows and listen to his music!
Website: www.brownbirdrudyrelic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Brownbird-Rudy-Relic/146815105337676?fref=ts
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/brownbird
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
New Rockabilly #24 | Blind Boy Paxton
Playing anything from Country Blues to Ragtime to Dixieland Jazz, if you're a fan of Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jelly Roll Morton, Charley Patton and anyone in between, Blind Boy Paxton is gonna be right up your alley. Paxton has said 'good music is like meat and potatoes, and meat and potatoes don't suck.' Couldn't have said it any better myself. This is no gimmick and no act, this is the real deal. Pure Americana and real music. Blind Boy Paxton is gonna take off any day now I can guarantee that, with a 45 out, keep your eyes and ears open for an album!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Blind-Boy-Paxton/297367436949192?fref=ts
Friday, March 8, 2013
Flashback Friday #3 | Jimmy Cavallo
Though I figured I'd be wasting my time, I decided to do some research. Now Jimmy Cavallo is a Jump Blues/R&B artist, and from the recording I heard, I was sure he was black. Come to find out, this first thing I learn about him, hes white. During the 40's, Cavallo was a huge fan of artists like Wynonie Harris, and especially Louis Jordan. Trying hard to emulate the sound, Jimmy put together a band and set out to get some gigs. Looking to play at the white clubs or Italians weddings, etc, Jimmy had a hard time with the bookings. With only one other option really, Jimmy tried some bookings at the black clubs and was a huge success.
Now this was all happening in the 40's/early 50's, before Rock N Roll was a type of music. Though I don't think one artist, or one song, created Rock N Roll, I can honestly say, Jimmy Cavallo was doing this so called Rock N Roll, before Billy Haley, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, etc. Jimmy is still with us today and resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is still performing into his mid 80's! He still comes back to Syracuse once a year and performs. Be sure to catch him, this guy is a living legend!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
New Rockabilly #23 | Slim Sandy
Slim Sandy has recorded a ton of music and is always in the process of recording another. Many of which are on vinyl. Having recorded for Hog Maw, Sleazy, Crow-Matic, Vampirette and many more. As well as all of Ray Condo's early recordings. Be sure to catch Slim Sandy and buy his music!
Website: www.slimsandy.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Slim-Sandy/178995455495841
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
New Rockabilly #22 | Bill Cardinal & the Canyon Band
In 2009 Cardinal was nominated for Best Country Act at the San Diego Music Awards. I'd sure like to know who won that year cause I'm having trouble imagining a better Country act in San Diego or even in the country for that matter. Yeah, hes that good. Songs like 'Country Man Blues' just give you that old time Country feel and really brings you back to a time when Country was Country. Do not miss out on this guy. Bill Cardinal is a real refreshing strictly Country singer. Yes its nice to have a great Western Swing band or Hillbilly Bop, but real Country music like this just can't be beat.
Website: www.billcardinal.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-Cardinal-The-Canyon-Band/89423659300
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
New Rockabilly #21 | Lil Mo & the Dynaflos
Links to the group:
Website: www.lilmoandthedynaflos.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lilmoandthedynaflos
Monday, March 4, 2013
New Rockabilly #20 | Petunia & the Vipers
As you should know, I'm a fan of vinyl and their newest album just titled 'Petunia & the Vipers,' is released on vinyl! And its a damn good album, taking almost 2 years to complete. And has some of the coolest cover art I've ever seen. They've even got a 45 single out, Mercy/Rock On Down The Line (a tribute to the late Ray Condo). Performing in Canada and the United States (mainly on the west coast), these guys are a must see!
Links to the group:
Website: www.petuniaandthevipers.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Petunia-The-Vipers/185313448160019
Sunday, March 3, 2013
New Rockabilly #19 | Johnny Deadly Trio
The band has recently assembled and is playing all over the San Diego area, but no album out yet. Though Mr Deadly has some killer original songs recorded such as Gotta Lil' Baby and Horizontal Hula. Even adding to the catalog of songs about burying yourself with Six Feet Deep (sorta like Bob Fryfogle - Six Feet Under or Gene Ski - Six Foot Down). And with a name like Johnny Deadly, I can't say a song about death is outta line. I can imagine when an album drops its gonna be pretty damn good.
Definitely catch some shows if you're in the San Diego area. Johnny Deadly is gonna tear the house down! And his rockin' music and tough image has earned him the title of Mr Rock N Roll if you ask me. This guy might be the next big thing so I'm happy to give you a heads up on him! Be sure to check out the Johnny Deadly Trio!
Links to the group:
Website: www.reverbnation.com/johnnydeadlytrio
Facebook: www.facebook.com/deadlytrio?fref=ts
Saturday, March 2, 2013
New Rockabilly #18 | Blue Collar Combo
These guys came to the scene recently and put out an album in 2012, simply titled, 'Introducing The Blue Collar Combo.' In 2010, they took home first place in the West Coast Rockabilly Showdown, or 'Battle of the Bands' for the Metalheads.
With original songs that include perfect blends of Rockabilly, Hillbilly and Country. Songs with an obvious nod to the 50's like, 'High School Queen.' Or more Country style songs like 'Come Back Baby,' or 'Bringing Home The Bacon.' Whichever way you look at it, this band is 100% Rockabilly and have a passion for not only the music but the whole Rockabilly lifestyle as well. And its also cool to see the lead singer playing lead guitar as well! These guys are cool as cool can be and their album is killer. Check 'em out!
Links to the group:
Website: www.reverbnation.com/bluecollarcombo
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bluecollarcombo
Where you can buy their album: www.cdbaby.com/cd/bluecollarcombo
Friday, March 1, 2013
Flashback Friday #2 | Bobby Swanson
I had noticed that Bobby did his own songwriting for every song he recorded and released. It was then I noticed a darker side of Bobby that wasn't really heard from other teen artists of the time. Chilling songs like 'Janie's Face.' Or death ballads like 'Willow' or 'Ballad Of An Angel.' I guess it was those songs that drew me in further. Still, I'd have to say 'China Doll,' is my favorite by him and probably all time favorite song. I had asked Bobby about that song in particular. He had said, 'It was the flip for my song, Tom & Suzie. I didn't know I was recording the flip side the same day so I had to come up with something fast. China Doll was written in about 15 minutes. I had just graduated high school and the band on the recording were buddies of mine from high school. The gentlemen singing background on China Doll and Tom & Suzie, is Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, he was the A&R man at Donna records and was the one who got me signed to the label.'
Bobby performs locally every once in a while but more than anything, is just enjoying some time off, having played in bands most of his life. He doesn't usually play his old songs or even talk about them much unless you ask. He's actually amazed that people still listen to them! As a record collector, I've acquired most of his 45's. I've gotten the hard ones out of the way, but still hunting for a copy of 'Janie's Face' on Donna. I can honestly say everything Bobby put out is fantastic, and I love listening to his 45's, especially 'Willow.' It was only released for radio stations and theres a short plug before the song starts where we get to hear Bobby speak and thank all his fans. Be sure to check out everything Bobby put out, he is one hell of an artist!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
New Rockabilly #17 | Bobby Volkman
You can guess just by his looks, Eddie Cochran has been a huge influence and does great covers of songs like Skinny Jim and Twenty Flight Rock. No words can describe how good Bobby's guitar playing is. He is seriously one of the best I've seen/heard, and age has nothing to do with it. Well sure it is amazing cause most 15 year olds can barely put the strap on, but when Bobby plays, nothing else matters except the pure Rock N Roll hes creating. Though no album out yet, I'm sure we can expect one very soon. I'm seeing some big things ahead for this 'kid,' and I know hes gonna have a great career in music. If you're in the Long Island or New York City area, be sure to catch some of his shows!
Website: www.bobbyvolkman.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bobbyvolkmanmusic?fref=ts
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/jazzguitarist7291916
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Laughter can come when people need it the most. Through all their pain and sadness, something as simple as a chuckle can truly come to pick up the chins of those most close to us. On August eleventh the world lost a true gift in the world of acting and comedy, Robin Williams. Williams was known throughout the world as a marvelous standup comedian and actor who had appeared in such great roles as "Good Will Hunting", "Dead Poets Society", and even lending his voice to Disney classics like "Aladdin". He was intelligent, quick, and so in tuned with every emotion this world has to offer he could bring forth a breathtaking performance.
But what should be noticed most of all is Williams's great ability to tap into his inner child. With all the energy, voices, and actions that go along with it, he was able to bring about this sense of child-like wonder to his roles and have a deeper connection. Just look into his eyes when viewing "Hook" that alone will melt even the iciest heart. It is important to note such a talent when the actor can have the audience crying with laughter at one moment, and keep the tears streaming down with an emotional scene.
The saddest thought seems to be that it's always the ones that bring the most joy, are hurting the most. With drugs and depression trying to hold him back, Williams worked right on through. With all the laughs and success that followed such a fortunate comedian it is hard to imagine that he might actually suffer from something as dangerous as depression. Our gods seem to remind us everyday that no one is immortal, no matter how invincible they seem to be.
All that can and should be said at the end of the day is thank you. Thank you for the laughs you have brought us on rainy Sunday afternoons. Thank you for growing up with us and showing that there is always a dirt trail through the large jungle of life. Thank you for showing all us stubborn adults that there is still magic in the world, all we need to do is tap into the child inside of us to see it. Thank you for teaching us to seize the day.
Thank you Robin Williams.
"You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to."
- Sean Maguire (played by Robin Williams), "Good Will Hunting"

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This Month's cover :
Leah King-Smith,
Kyle Vander-Kryup (Detail) – From Athletes Series
, 2006, archival dyes on film. Specially commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery for their exhibition
FLASH: Australian athletes in focus
at Silvershot gallery, 3rd Floor, 167 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, from 4 March to 12 April as part of the Festival Melbourne2006, the cultural festival of the Commonwealth Games. Call Silvershot on 03 9666 4800.
Issue 187
March 2006
01. It started with a kiss
by ADRIAN MARTIN
Production still from
Bride of the Gorilla (USA, 1951), directed by Curt Siodmak. Courtesy of teh Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, Los Angeles, and Wade Williams, Kansas City. In
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02. Inside the mind of Stanley Kubrik by JOHN CONOMOS
A Clockwork Orange
(GB/USA 1970-71). Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) in the Korova Milkbar. Copyright Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. In
Stanley Kubrick: Inside the mind of a visionary film...
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03. Craft undone, by JOHN MCPHEE
Installation shot of
Transformations: The Lanugage of Craft
at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, from 11 November 2005 to 5 February 2006....
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04. Handled with care: Less Blakeborough and Gwyn Hansessn Pigott by PATSY HELY
Les Blakebrough,
Large Bowl
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series), 2002, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain, deep etched, shellac, resist. Courtes the artist.
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05. Making it modern: Japan and Siegried Bing's L'Art Nouveau by ANDREW MONTANA
Cover of
Artistic Japan
, no 1, May 1888. Edited by Siefried Bing. Van Gogh Museum (Library), Amsterdam....
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06. Gang Festival: An Australian-Indonesian Artists Exchange by Haema Sivanesan
While in Sydney, Taring Padi was invited to paint a 3 x 2.5 metre panel space installed on May Lane, St Peters. They focussed on military 'collaboration' between Australia and Indonesia and the recent...
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07. Esme Timbery by TESS ALLAS
Esme Timbery,
Blue Bridge
, 2005, fabric, shells, glitter, cardboard. Parliament of New South Wales Collection. Photo Sirenshan Pure Photography. Esme Timbery won the inaugural $20,000 Parli...
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08. Jimmy Wululu (1936-2005) Bark painter from Arnhem Land by DJON MUNDINE
Jimmy Wululu with Bongu (waterhole) sand sculpture at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 1992. Photo courtesy of
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09. In memoriam: Mutlu Cerkez 1964-2005 by MICHAEL GRAF
Mutlu Cerkez 1964-2005 Photo courtesy of Rose Nolan....
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10. Alexi Glass,
Lisa Roet: Uncommon observations
Alexie Glass
Lisa Roet: Uncommon Observations
New Art Series published by Craftsman House. An imprint of Thames & Hudson Australia 2004 12pp. $39.95 RRP....
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11. Johana Fahey,
David Noonan: Before and now
by CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN
Johanna Fahey
David Noonan: Before and Now
New Art Series published by Craftsman House. An imprint of Thames & Hudson Australia 2004 12pp. $39.95 RRP....
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Kiss of the Beast
Kiss of the Beast, at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), was curated by Ted Gott (from the National Gallery of Victoria) and Kathryn Weir (Head of Cinema at QAG).
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A polo match lasts about one and one-half hours and
is divided into six 7 minute periods or chukkers. Since
a horse in fast polo can cover two and one-half to
three miles per period, he'll be too tired to play a
second one right away. After resting for two or three
periods, some horses can return to the game. Still, in
championship polo, a player will come to the field with
at least six horses. The mounts are horses, mostly
thoroughbreds, not ponies. The object of the game is to
score as many goals as possible. There are four players
on a team and each assumes a specific position either
offensive or defensive. However, given the enormous
size of the playing fields, the momentum of the
galloping horses and the ball's unexpected changes of
direction, the game is very fluid, and the positions
continuously change. There are few set plays in polo,
and good anticipation is almost a sixth sense. With
thousand pound animals running at speed there is a
pre-eminent necessity for a right of way rule. The
central concept in the rules of polo is the line of the
ball, a right-of-way established by the path of the
traveling ball. Like the rules of the road, there are
do's and don'ts governing access to this right-of-way
and crossing it. Within these limitations, a player can
hook an opponent's mallet, push him off the line, bump
him with his horse or steal the ball from him.
Penalties are awarded as free hits. The more severe,
the shorter the distance to the goal. The closer hits
are almost certain goals. After every goal is scored,
the teams change sides in order to compensate for field
and wind conditions. A typical score would be 10-7.
Polo games are played on the flat or the handicap.
Every registered player is awarded a skill rating from
C (-2, the lowest) to 10 (the highest). When a match is
played on the hand...
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My senior year of high school, I traveled to Costa Rica to study migratory and native bird banding, as part of a Tropical Ecology Seminar class I had enrolled in. While trekking through the rainforest with my peers, we stopped short when we heard a series of throaty screams. "Howler monkeys", our teacher informed us. We couldn't see them, but their screams surrounded us for about ten minutes in perfect stereo.
Seven years later to the present day, I have heard the screams of other howlers. Howlers whom, unlike the monkeys, are well versed in verbal communication of one or more languages, buy their fruit from the grocery store, and sleep indoors. Howlers are among us, and at times even are us. They reveal themselves through their drama and passive-aggressive acts of teasing, ignoring, and succulent nursing of "remember when's" and "I'm not going if they are going."
There's a polish proverb that offers a simple, practical antidote to this less-than-desirable behavior we all display and experience (though it really applies to those experiencing it, since those of us displaying it should really just knock it off). "Not my circus, not my monkeys." Brilliant, isn't it? Basic enough. Easy to understood by old and young, educated and non-educated alike.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys." I can't help but to think how wonderfully this proverb surmises the best response I could have given to every drama I had ever been invited to sulk and complain in. It's an unfortunate truth that the drama doesn't stop once we graduate junior high, high school, college, or even after we become a great-grandparent. The invitation will periodically show up in our inbox for the rest of our life. But with this phrase and our own wherewithal, we have the ability to refrain from being sucked up into someone else's storm, and maintain our own sunny disposition instead.


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Jeff Prince
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Dan McGraw
When downtown Fort Worth was in the doldrums back in the late '80s, the Sundance Square real estate development group – led by billionaire Ed Bass – knew what the problem was. Parking, pure and simple.
Still in The AirThe fight over asbestos removal strategies isn't over, though the test in Fort Worth is.
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Once the preparations were done, it took only about an hour and a half on Monday morning for Environmental Protection Agency-supervised crews to knock down the little office building at an empty Woodhaven apartment complex.
What's it Worth to Save the Fort?Cowtown's emphasis on one era has left the rest of local history in the lurch.
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Seventh RisingDowntown's western gateway is exploding — with ignition from the east.
Dan McGraw
If Fort Worth is "Where the West Begins," then the road to the true west has always been West Seventh Street. Leading out of downtown and across the Trinity River, it has always been an important spoke in Fort Worth...
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I Can Hear That Train …Light rail is knocking on Fort Worth's front door again.
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As any survivor of a 12-step program knows, you have to admit you have a problem before you can attack it.
Desert DogsHigh-falootin' scootin' shootin' sons of guns from Arizona hold up the 3:10 to Yuma.
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According to an article published by CNN on March 20, a family-friendly version of the the AMC hit show "The Walking Dead" is set to be aired on MyNetworkTV.
CNN reports that the Fox-owned syndication channel MyNetworkTV will begin airing an edited version of "The Walking Dead" this fall. The graphic, zombie-filled drama, which currently carries a TV-MA (for mature audiences only), will reportedly be edited from to meet the current standards for TV-14.
Reports indicate that MyNetworkTV will air two edited episodes from some seasons of the show each week.
"The Walking Dead" first aired on AMC in October 2010. It's popularity quickly grew, making it one of the hottest shows on cable television. Currently in its fourth season, "The Walking Dead" held the number one spot on the Nielsen ratings list in early March with more than 12.6 million viewers tuning in.
"The Walking Dead" airs on AMC at 9p.m. on Sunday nights.
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5.17.09 - Tulsa Runner Wins Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon
Record participation in 32nd annual race
CLEVELAND (May 17, 2009) – U.S. runners dominated the men's and women's marathon and half marathon races today at the 32nd annual Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K.
Joel Stansloski, a 23-year-old runner from Tulsa, Okla., was the first to cross the marathon finish line with a time of 2:27:37. Stansloski, who was raised in nearby Wooster, Ohio, finished first in his first-ever Rite Aid Cleveland event.
In cool, dry and sunny conditions, he kept pace with a group of runners until about mile 16. He led the race the final 10 miles.
"I thought I would have a pretty good chance," Stansloski said. "The weather was beautiful and the race was really well orchestrated and well organized."
Andy Martin, 34, of Bend, Or., came in second with a time of 2:31:20, followed by 32-year-old David Mooney of Peninsula, Ohio at 2:33:21.
Twenty-five-year-old Jackie Baumgartner of New York City won the women's marathon, finishing in 2:57:49. Like Stansloski, Baumgartner also has Ohio roots, having lived in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
Kent, Ohio resident Shanna Ailes, 30, finished second in 3:08:17. She was followed by Melanie Lenk of Wilmington, N.C. Lenk, 27, finished in 3:08:36.
Ohio runners also led the men's half marathon, with 25-year-old Christopher Paulett of Columbus crossing the finish line with a time of 1:13:57.
Aaron Apathy, 23, of Parma and Heath Boylan, 23, of Mount Vernon, followed Paulett with times of 1:14:29 and 1:16:11, respectively.
Another Wilmington, N.C. runner, 24-year-old Melissa Milstead, finished the women's half marathon first in 1:27:14. She was followed by Ohioans Elizabeth Hansen of Euclid and Corey Randall of Cincinnati. The 27-year-old Hansen finished in 1:27:52 and 24-year-old Randall finished third in 1:29:08.
The half marathon victories were particularly significant as the winners had more competition than ever in the event's history. The ever-popular half marathon sold out this year with approximately 5,000 registrants.
As has become common with the 10K race, elite international runners dominated the top spots for the men's and women's events. Ethiopians Dereje Tadesse and Emebet Bacha won the men's and women's races, respectively.
Tadesse, 22, finshed in 28:55. Bacha, 28, won the women's race with a time of 32:28. Tadesse was followed by Kenyans Ernest Kebenei and Samual Ndereba. Kebenei, 25, finished in 29:07. Ndereba, 32, finished in 29:31.
Kenyan Jane Murage, placed second in the women's 10K with a time of 33:07. She was followed by 27-year-old Marina Ivanova of Russia, who finished in 33:18.
A record 12,400 runners participated in 2009 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon &10K running events, including a new 5K on Saturday that drew 500 runners, the We Run This City partnership that had 500 school-aged participants, and another 300-plus children who participated in the Kids' Run.
"New events, a new course and new start and finish areas were very well received by the participants," said Ralph Staph, race director. "We also had thousands of spectators lining the start and finish of the course to cheer on the runners. The new set up really allowed for increased spectator participation."
Official race results of all finishing runners are available on the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon Web site at www.clevelandmarathon.com. Registration opens today for the 2010 race, scheduled for Sunday, May 16, 2010.
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It's still August. It's still baseball season. Barbecues are still blazing since Memorial Day. And fans can count another August tradition, when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases a must-have AMC series.
The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray+ Digital HD with Ultraviolet and DVD. Each format contains five loaded discs, presenting each episode exactly as it was originally broadcast. The Blu-ray+ Digital HD with Ultravioletpresents the episodes in pristine 1080p high-definition and lossless Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio. As with previous season releases, this set rewards fans with hours of bonus features, including never-before-seen production footage, deleted scenes and audio commentaries, with ultra-exclusive content only available on the Blu-ray release, including additional audio commentaries and several "extended" episodes seen for the first time.
Another Walking Dead home entertainment release tradition, started with the Season 2 Blu-ray set, is the unique concept packaging by renowned collectibles creator McFarlane Toys. Following in the "shuffling" footsteps of Season 2's Walker Head and Season 3's Walker Aquarium, The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season will be available in a Blu-ray limited edition Tree Walker package.
Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, AMC's The Walking Dead enjoyed its most popular season to date, averaging 13.3 million live/same day viewers per episode and 8.6 million adults 18-49. Whether evading walkers, resisting a super flu outbreak, escaping the fall of their temporary prison haven and desperately searching for a sanctuary called Terminus, the on-going story of a group of survivors under the protective watch and leadership of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Dr. Herschel Greene (Scott Wilson) continues to capture viewers' imaginations on a global scale.
The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season cast also includes Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Chandler Riggs, David Morrissey, Melissa McBride, Chad L. Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Emily Kinney. New characters introduced this season include Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz), Bob Stookey (Lawrence Gillard, Jr.), Rosita Espinoza (Christian Serratos) and Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermott).
And since you are dying to know Season 5 of The Walking Dead premieres on AMC this October.
The Walking Dead shall rise (yet again) in Season Four's box set
It's still August. It's still baseball season. Barbecues are still blazing since Memorial Day. And fans can count another August tradition, when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases a must-have AMC series.


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Nov. 15, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama softball team has a busy weekend ahead centered around the football game against Western Carolina. The team will sign in the Quad before the game and the Academic All-Americans from this past season will be recognized at halftime.
The reigning national champions will sign in the Quad from 9:15-10:15 a.m., Saturday morning. Mini schedule posters will be provided. Prizes and giveaways will also be raffled during the Quad signing.
Seniors Kayla Braud and Jackey Branham will be honored at halftime for earning Academic All-America accolades. Cassie Reilly-Boccia also earned the honor but will not be in attendance. Braud earned the prestigious honor for the second straight season while Branham will be recognized for her first career Academic All-America award.
Kickoff for the Western Carolina game is set for 11:21 a.m. The non-conference matchup will air on the SEC Network.


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Bumble's BOOK LIST for 1957s
On Saturday morning we will have breakfast discussion tables where we discuss the following books - we'd love to see you there.
1. It seems that Turkey interests many of us, so...
BASTARD OF ISTANBUL by Elif Shadak pursues issues of the Armenian "exile" through stories and interactions of two families - one Turkish and the other Armenian-American. Turkish and Armenian cuisine are regular features, along with customs and urban life.
GARDEN OF WATERS by Alan Drew follows a Kurdish family living near Istanbul, in the aftermath of an earthquake, illuminating their culture displaced and the influence of well-meaning NGO missioners. Alan Drew, Random House Youngbloods add another Turkish author, Orhan Pamuk's SNOW and Nelson Mandela's CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF.
2. Minnesota Cultural Tune-Up may be accomplished through exploration of Garrison Keillor's LAKE WOBEGON novels. He does have a touch with affection, imagination, humor and philosophical musings. PONTOON is crazy funny. I'm in the middle of WOBEGON BOY and will get back to LAKE WOBEGON DAYS. We know the characters.
3. Carleton/Northfield/Kathmandu are featured in Mary Ellen Frame's collection of stories and letters of her (class of '61) brother Mike's work in Nepal during and after his time with the Peace Corps, published by Larchill Press and available through the CC bookstore or Mary Ellen herself. A STONE HOUSE AT POKHARA is about building.
4. Parker Palmer, class of '61, now a Quaker and a retreat leader, has written several books connecting education, vocation and spiritual development. His latest in 2011 is HEALING THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY, published by Jossey-Bass. I have read his books, especially TO KNOW AS WE ARE KNOWN, and enjoyed his presentation at their 50th reunion last June.
Please feel free to add your comments and suggestions in the comments section.


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I'm ultimately trying to find a way to allow the safe use of BCP and selected other command-line functionality from within SQL Server.
The organisation I am in currently have xp_cmdshell disabled although I feel if I can present a safe security model for its use they would consider turning it on.
My idea so far is to create a wrapper stored proc that executes command-line operations on behalf of the user. The operation would be passed in by the user as a string which could then be
- checked to ensure it doesn't contain any obviously dodgy stuff - i found a function here that should help with this (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa175398(v=sql.80).aspx)
- only allow calls to specific programs or operations - in my case the first being BCP
My DBA skills are somewhat limited but here is what I'm hoping from a security context
- all normal user accounts are not allowed to execute xp_cmdshell
- we would create a user (who the sproc would EXECUTE AS) with rights to call xp_cmdshell and not much else, not an administrator in other words
- the users existing permissions would be used to read the data from the table but combined with the permissions of this extra account when using the wrapper sproc.
If you could tell me if I'm on the right lines and also other things I need to consider as this is something I would like to present to the DBAs


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Timothy Birdnow
"The immense majority strives after a greater and better supply of food, clothes, homes, and other material amenities. In calling a rise in the masses' standard of living progress and improvement, economists do not espouse a mean materialism. They simply establish the fact that people are motivated by the urge to improve the material conditions of their existence. They judge policies from the point of view of the aims men want to attain. He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of the economists"
Ludwig von Mises Human Action, p. 193
This quote from von Mises should be self-evident, and yet there are people the world over who despise free market "capitalism" as evil or corrupt. This viewpoint even infects the new Pope, who recently wrote a papal encyclical that devotes a section to attacking capitalism. Yet poverty was far worse prior to the triumph of free markets, and it reaches its zenith in the parts of the world where the State is most active in regulating and controlling economic activity. Freedom to pursue one's economic interests and prosperity go hand-in-hand, but the world continues to pursue government control of economic affairs as somehow fairer and empowering.
First, what is Capitalism? Adam Smith did not invent capitalism but rather simply delineated it. At it's core capitalism is the free exchange of goods and services with another. It was the first economic system (not really a system at all, as Daren Jonescu recently observed ) and will survive long after any sort of collectivist scheme is ended. It predates Homo Sapiens, in fact. The first time a person traded an animal skin for a fish or whatnot you had capitalism.
Capitalism is about service. It is a voluntary exchange, and as a result the capitalist must provide superior service or better quality to his customer or those customers will go elsewhere. Barack Obama, in trying to sell his quasi socialist healthcare scheme, repeatedly spoke of "choice and competition". Why? He was using capitalist rhetoric to trick the populace. He understands that competition means superior service and products, so why was it necessary to create this government run system? Obamacare did not propose anything to spur competition, did not allow portability in products, nor relax regulations. Instead it ratcheted all of them up, because ultimately Obama wanted to kill the private system and institute a true socialist market. But that is not the point; the point is that competition breeds more of everything we desire - and Obama had to admit that to sell his scheme.
Capitalism brings prosperity everywhere it is tried. Prosperity brings more help to the poor, both through increased charitable contributions but also through lower prices and more competition among businesses. (Take Walmart, for example; I use insulin, and could not afford it were it not for Walmart who offers it within my budget. Walmart may be hated for paying less than what some would wish - and the labor unions especially hate it - but it also makes my very life possible thanks to the low prices. It can be said that the evil, greedy Walmart does more to help the poor than any government program.)
And this prosperity DOES trickle down. The most charitable nations on Earth are those with the highest levels of economic freedom. http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/21/most-charitable-nations-are-amo... Capitalism creates enough wealth that there is plenty left over to care for the poor. This is why the Obama Administration is trying desperately to consume the private charities into the government leviathan. http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardhusock/2013/04/10/the-obama-budge...
And we have seen the fruits of command economies; the communist nations were poverty ridden and the Soviet Union fell because people could not even get enough food. Argentina - the Pope's home country - prospered until the madness of fascist economics seized their minds under Juan Peron, and Argentina ended up an economic basket case. Statist control of the economy breeds poverty.
So Pope Francis is for greater infant mortality, poorer physical health, improper shelter and clothing, etc.
Of course he isn't, but he accuses those who advocate free market economics of these very things. If he is concerned for the poor as he claims to be he should warmly embrace capitalism as a boon to human progress.
Why doesn't he?
Well, I am mindful of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinio_Corr%C3%AAa_de_Oliveira, who wrote in Revolution and Counter Revolution;
" Another objection to our work could arise from the fact that certain Protestant sects have an austerity verging on exaggeration. How, then, can one explain all of Protestantism as an explosion of the desire to enjoy life?
Even here the objection is not difficult to resolve. When the Revolution penetrated certain environments, it encountered a very strong love for austerity. A "clot" formed. Although the Revolution was entirely successful in the matter of pride, it was not so in the matter of sensuality. In such environments, life is enjoyed by means of the discreet delights of pride and not by the gross pleasures of the flesh. It may even be that austerity, encouraged by an intensified pride, reacted in an exaggerated way against sensuality. But this reaction, however obstinate, is sterile. Sooner or later, through lack of sustenance or by violence, it will be destroyed by the Revolution. The breath of life that will regenerate the earth will not come from a rigid, cold, and mummified puritanism."
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Plinio Correa de Oliveira was discussing the more sour and judgmental Protestantism in particular, but the point is well taken; there is a strain of sensuality that enjoys austerity. His argument is that, like sexual masochists enjoy pain to produce sexual pleasure, so too a hauty disdain for wealth, for enjoyment, for the things of this Earth breeds a kind of spiritual pleasure, a sensual delight of pride. It is a sort of spiritual masochism.
And it's not restricted to people of religious faith.
We all know them; many liberals take pleasure in their holier-than-thou attitudes towards what they see as bad things. It is a large part of the hatred of off-the-rack liberals for conservatives. "I am better than you because I don't smoke". "I am better than you because I don't eat fattening food". "I am better than you because I am not a bigot/racist/sexist/homophobe." "I am better than you because I want to HELP people and YOU don't!"
We all know the type. Liberalism attracts them like honey attracts flies, because liberalism is about controlling all human behavior, and so it allows endless judgmentalism, which is the key to enjoying this particular vice.
While many "advocates" for the poor are truly well-meaning and want to help people, I cannot help but wonder if the more virulent anti-Capitalists in the group are not perhaps indulging in this pleasure.
Consider the many programs that do absolutely nothing to alleviate the suffering of the poor. Welfare programs that increase benefits with added children, programs that are predicated on single parenthood, programs that push the poor away from meaningful work (which helps to promote self esteem and dignity), etc. One wonders if the advocates for the poor really hope to accomplish anything but keep these people in poverty so they may look down their noses at those who do not share their condemnation of Bourgeois virtues.
This holds true equally in secular society and within the Catholic Church.
There has always been a segment of the Christian population (and this is true in other faiths as well) that has seen austerity as virtue.
As Chaucer observed in A Knights Tale, "some Hold it wise …To make a virtue of necessity" which is what has happened with poverty, among other things, over the centuries. It is not a virtue, and while, as Tevye says in "Fiddler on the Rood" it is no shame to be poor it is no great honor either.
Poverty is a condition that stems from a multiplicity of sources. In the old days it was a problem of supply; there wasn't enough supply to meet the needs of everyone, and it meant there was a class of people who were poor simply because conditions were such that they weren't able to provide for themselves. But the Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed the nature of poverty, making it less a supply problem and more a problem of the mind and heart. Oh, there are still plenty of poor people around the world who work hard and try to do their best, but in the industrialized First World much of poverty is self-inflicted, the results of a culture of poverty that revolves around certain attitudes and beliefs. In America poverty stems from a culture that celebrates drugs, crime, and disdains work as some sort of selling out. Education - which is free and available - is frowned upon in America's ghetto. A sense of entitlement reigns in these places, a sense that "The Man" cheated them out of what was theirs by right of birth. This IS poverty, but it is not the result of a lack of stuff, but rather a lack of virtues.
Now, Western poverty may be unusual, but it is an example of what the free market gives to us; a world where poverty is ultimately voluntary. People can and do leave poverty all the time here in America. And it happens here, perhaps the freest of "capitalist" states (or it used to be). Why? Because the free market produces so much that the resources are available for those truly wanting to improve their stations in life.
This is equally true across the globe. Consider this report from the World Bank:
Poverty is declining worldwide, thanks to the end of Communism and the spread of free markets. Every nation that has moved away from State control of economic activity has seen a decline in poverty.
And this with just a little MORE economic freedom. As was observed in National Review:
"If, however, we follow Evangelii Gaudium's injunction (231–233) to look at the realities of the world today, we will soon discover that there is literally no country in which markets operate with "absolute autonomy." In most Western European countries, for instance, governments routinely control an average of 40 percent of their nations' GDP. In many developing countries, the percentage is even higher. How much more of the economy do we really want to put into the state's hands? Is there no upper limit? In private correspondence with the British-Australian economist Colin Clark, for example, even John Maynard Keynes suggested that the figure of "25 percent [of GDP] as the maximum tolerable proportion of taxation may be exceedingly near the truth."
Meanwhile people flock in droves from the statist nations to the free, often with nothing in their pockets to sustain themselves. Why is that? Why does America have an illegal immigration problem?
We should rightly hate poverty. But poverty isn't going anywhere despite our best efforts; it is endemic to the human condition, a result of the curse placed on the Earth in the Garden of Eden. And to use the force of law - which is in it's essence violence - to make those who have provided for themselves provide for those who cannot or will not is immoral. The rich can and do voluntarily make provisions for those in need, and generally do so more effectively than does government. Forced charity steals the opportunity to do good from those who have, and steals the hopes of the poor who then must dine on the crumbs that have fallen from the table of Uncle Sam. The poor wind up permanently tied to the welfare state, with no hope of escape.
If we hate poverty we should embrace its antithesis. Capitalism is that antithesis.
But then, were we to actually help those in need, there would be nothing for Liberals to swell up with pride over. See THEY care about people! And YOU don't!
See more on this here http://tbirdnow.mee.nu/why_pope_francis_is_wrong_about_capitalism and here http://tbirdnow.mee.nu/a_peronist_pope
Read more from Tim and friends at The Aviary www.tbirdnow.mee.nu
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Tony, I believe they believe their own idiocy.
Do ya think this will result in individual prosperity ?????????????
EPA says taking over private property will benefit the economy
Turn up the sound, kick back and click on this link.
This is an interesting read ; http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2013/12/krugman-helicopters-cons...
I have posted this link previously but it has been quite some time.
I would contend that even though the "occupy" groups claim to be protesting capitalism, in fact most of them are protesting what this essay labels "jungle-ethics financialism." I agree with the claims of those "occupiers" who understand the difference well enough to realize that free-market capitalism is a Main Street institution that operates in every county and town in the nation whereas financialism is confined to Washington, DC and the major financial centers.
I can no longer give to any charity church-sponsored or driven by govt. influence,i.e. United Way. I suggest others turn off their spigots. I would rather put flowers on Hitler's parents graves in Germany than give to either dominant US party. Note how the $12+ billion seized by the Federal AG from Morgan Stanley for the 2008-10 real estate collapse run by former Democratic Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut is using 1/3 of that money to fund its special party activist organizations in the vein of ACORN, which the Judge on Fox told Megan Kelly is "totally illegal" but Boehnor and Cantor both acquiesce to. We ALREADY pay in our taxes $60+000,000,000 a year for mostly black and hispanic food stamps subsidization which probably is used to buy more drugs than food for them, so literally: "they're already eating the cake, never paying the rent in Section 8, have their utilities paid for by 1,000 HUD services, keep screwing to make more kids and more dependents, and they still want more. Come to my house, unless you're a Mormon, and you'll see just the flash of a closed door.
Thanks for the kudos gang, and for some great comments!
Agreed Thomas. In fact, the Corporatism practiced on Wall Street is more akin to the crony capitalism of Mussolini or Hitler - or Peron. There are different levels of free market capitalism, after all. Beloc and Chesterton were devotees of something they called Distributism, which is essentially small business capitalism. Very different from the Corporatist statist type of "capitalism" which, under Fascism and Nazism, served as a tool to eventually lead to socialism. There is a reason why Obama is so friendly with GE, Soros, and Goldman Sachs.
It is odd, but in many ways we on the Right have something in common with the Occupy Wall Street crowd; we both understand there is something gravely wrong with our current system. The OWS crowd thinks it stems from too much capitalism, while we know it is too little. In both cases though we understand that crony capitalism partners with the political establishment to our mutual detriment.
But by all means let us not confuse the jungle-ethics financialism as practiced by those in the Washington-Wall Street axis of thievery as being the same thing as prosperity producing free-market capitalism.
I wonder if the title of this article should be the "antidote" for poverty...? that is what capitalism is. Thanks for the article, I am bookmarking it for future reference.
Another excellent post Timothy!
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The Government of Liberia has announced an agreement with Delta Airlines and Kenya Airways to continue convenient air services between Robert's International Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
According to a MICAT release, the agreement was reached following meetings held in Atlanta, Georgia between a Government delegation comprising the Legal Advisor to the President and the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President.
The delegation, which also comprised the Liberian Consul-General in Atlanta, Ms. Cynthia Blanchard, met with Perry Canturutti, Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Robert Rivkin, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & International Affairs and Deputy General Counsel.
"Delta has been a partner with the Government of Liberia and through these discussions has demonstrated clear commitment to maintaining that relationship. We will continue to work with Delta as they continue to re-evaluate the market and re-introduce their aircraft to Monrovia," Cllr. Seward Cooper remarked.
Delta Air lines and its Sky Team partner, Kenya Airways have reached an agreement on interline partnership beginning at the end of August.
Kenya Airways will operate three flights a week and offer connections with Delta's nonstop flights between Accra's Kotoka International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The service replaces Delta's three-time weekly operations from Monrovia's Roberts International Airport to Accra, Ghana.
For his part, Deputy Chief of Staff Gyude Moore confirmed that purpose of their discussions was to either retain the flights or agree on an option that would bring us, as close as possible to the current experience.
"I believe this option achieves that, thanks to cooperation from Delta and its partner, Kenya Airways. You will notice that passengers will check their bags once - to the final destination, the transit time is competitive - about an hour and a half, and passengers will not go through Ghanaian immigration. And these conditions apply to both legs of the flight whether going from Monrovia to JFK or from JFK back to Monrovia", Moore concluded.
Meanwhile the Government of Liberia has announced that the Sales Offices of Delta Airlines will remain open in Liberia and continue to sell tickets to the U.S., while the airline will also continue selling tickets from the U.S. to Liberia.
Both Delta and the Government of Liberia will continue to explore ways to boost the route and thereby end this interim arrangement.
It can be recalled that Delta Airlines announced a suspension of its flights to Monrovia beginning August 31, due to low passenger demand.


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African American Farmers Go Organic, Bring Healthy Food to Southeast
by Mark WinneMar 05, 2010
- The Southeastern African-American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON), helps members convert to organic agriculture, and organizes a farmers market in a park that was once off-limits to them.
Jen Chau Forms Swirl, Unites Communities
by Berit AndersonMar 04, 2010
- The daughter of a white Jewish mother and a Chinese father, Jen Chau started a meet-up group called Swirl, for multiracial people who wanted to form their own networks.
Generation Mixed: Breaking the Race Barrier
by Adrienne Maree BrownMar 04, 2010
- How the under-35 set is breaking the race barrier.
Artist Explores the "Hapa" Experience
by Ashlee GreenMar 04, 2010
- Kip Fulbeck created the book he always wanted as a kid: The Hapa Project, a series of photos and essays documenting the part-Asian experience.
Intentional Integration in Pennsauken, N.J.
by M. Paloma PavelMar 04, 2010
- Pennsauken, pop. 36,800, established a Stable Integration Board to oversee real-estate transactions and other efforts, and a multicultural community has flourished.
Blended Nation: Photos That Teach About the Complexities of Race
by Berit AndersonMar 04, 2010
- Mark Tauber's Blended Nation is a book that chronicles the struggle for identity faced by mixed-race individuals.
El Otro Lado: Immigrant Stories Become Public Art
by Judy Herzl, Aaron SternFeb 26, 2010
- How residents of Santa Fe are breaking down barriers and growing closer as a community.
Homegrown Aid in Haiti
by Beverly BellFeb 25, 2010
- Many displaced Haitians are turning to neighbors, family, and peasant organizations in the countryside for help.
We Won't Bow Down
by Rebecca SolnitFeb 15, 2010
- The tradition of Carnival teaches us that resistance to the status quo can be a pleasure and an adventure.
Help Without Humiliation
by Beverly BellFeb 15, 2010
- Haitian community groups are organizing to bring food to the hungry in ways that don't reinforce dependence.
Economic Trouble? Join the Club
by Andrée Collier ZaleskaFeb 12, 2010
- How can we support each other through hard times? An update from Common Security Clubs in Portland, Boston, and Fort Lauderdale.
Breakthrough Communities: Lessons from Pennsauken, N.J.
by M. Paloma PavelFeb 12, 2010
- M. Paloma Pavel, founder of Breakthrough Communities and president of Earth House Center, shares tips for intentional integration in your community.
Building Cultures of Peace
by Riane EislerFeb 11, 2010
- To transition from a system of domination to one of partnership, we need to take a hard look at the way we think about gender.
The Work that Reconnects
by Pamela O'Malley ChangFeb 09, 2010
- As residents plan Transition Albany, they're turning to Joanna Macy for guidance in building resilient communities.
Transition Albany: A Local Response to Climate Change
by Pamela O'Malley ChangJan 06, 2010
- Meet Catherine Sutton, the initiator of Transition Albany—the effort of a 1.7-square-mile California town (population 16,500+) to transform itself into a self-reliant and resilient community.


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Quota Act (1921)
From Conservapedia
The Quota Act (1921) was an early United States immigration law. [1] The act limited the amount of immigrants to 350,000 per year and general favored the older Anglo-Saxon and northern European immigrations [2]The act was signed by President Warren G. Harding on May 19, 1921 and was the first limit on immigration in the Western Hemisphere.[3]


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Rare Undertaker Sighting
The Undertaker and Michelle McCool attended Mick Foley's comedy show in Austin, Texas on Monday night. Foley thanked them on Facebook in a blog titled "A Bond for Life." You can read it below:
WWE at Home Run Derby
The 2014 Home Run Derby aired head-to-head with this week's episode of Monday Night Raw but that doesn't mean WWE wasn't there either. Check out what back-to-back winner Yoenis Céspedes received:
Congrats from The Authority! "@MLB: Your 2014 #HRDerby champion, @ynscspds. pic.twitter.com/mvhpp74JN2" @StephMcMahon @espn
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Japan's ageing population and public deficits
Author: Hiroshi Yoshikawa, University of Tokyo
In the post-Lehman Brothers 'great recession', ageing populations have turned public deficits into a global problem. The G8 meeting held in Washington in May 2012 emphasised the importance of economic growth, and underlined once again the serious problem of deficits that the world faces.
The warning is especially timely for Japan, whose fiscal deficits are the worst among the advanced countries at 200 per cent of GDP. The question now is why and how did the country accumulate so much debt.
A decrease in tax revenue is one reason for the increase in deficits. Beginning in the early 1990s, the Japanese economy entered a long period of stagnation dubbed 'the lost decades'. In these years, the tax revenue that had once reached 60 trillion yen (US$762 billion) fell to 40 trillion yen (US$508 billion). This coincided with an increase in public expenditure — public investment in particular — that aimed to counter the recession the country was undergoing. This changed from 2001 when Japan turned to fiscal consolidation under the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, which cut public investment in half. Despite these efforts, deficits continue to rise due to the significant cost associated with sustaining the social security system.
The nationwide social security system established in 1961 has made great contributions to post-war Japanese society. For example, in 1950 Japan's average life expectancy — of 58 years for men and 61.5 years for women — was the shortest among the advanced countries. Today, Japan enjoys the world's longest life expectancy (83 years). Two causes are to be credited with this improvement: the steady rise in average income in post-war Japan, and social security.
But the social security system now faces serious financing problems due to rapid ageing. While the major beneficiaries of the system are people aged 65 years and older, it is the working population (20–64 years) who pays the majority of taxes and social security contributions. This is to say that ageing simultaneously brings about a decrease in revenues and an increase in payments. This obviously poses a challenge. The ratio of the aged to the working population is expected to be nearly one to one by 2050. According to the UN, Japan is ageing faster than any other nation. Ageing is not unique to Japan (China will face the same problem this century), but the problem is more pressing here than elsewhere.
In 2011, total social security benefits amounted to more than 100 trillion yen (US$1.27 trillion) — one-fifth of the country's GDP. Social security contributions cover only 60 per cent of these benefits. The remaining 40 trillion yen comes from taxes or, more precisely, public deficits. In this way, deficits in the social security system add to the public deficits. The national budget for the 2012 fiscal year illustrates how concerning the situation is. From a total budget of 90 trillion yen (US$1.14 trillion), 28 trillion will finance social security. While all public expenditures have been steadily cut over the last 10 years, social security programs have climbed by more than 1 trillion yen (US$12.7 billion) per year.
Japan's ageing population is causing this increase: every year, people get one year older and more people start receiving pensions, which forces the government into putting more money into the system. Likewise, the medical costs of the aged are five times higher than those of the working population. Again, this requires the government to put more money into sustaining nationwide medical insurance. Social security and ageing are at the core of Japan's public deficits.
How can Japan solve this problem? The answer is straightforward: Japan needs to raise the consumption tax rate while making social security compatible with a rapidly ageing society. Japan's consumption or value-added tax (VAT) rate is currently 5 per cent — one of the lowest in the world. The EU, for instance, imposes a minimum VAT of 15 per cent on member countries. By global standards there is ample room for Japan to raise its VAT rate.
Japan raised the consumption tax rate from 3 to 5 per cent in 1997. Unfortunately, the economy fell into a severe recession later that year. Policy discussions on the consumption tax today are haunted by this experience. Arguably, the major cause of the 1997–98 recession was not the consumption tax increase but the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Several major financial institutions went bankrupt in 1997 because of bad loans, which the authorities left unresolved for more than five years after the bubble burst. The lesson here is that Japan must not put off addressing serious problems, but resolve them as soon as possible.
Plainly, the most serious economic problems Japan faces today are its mounting public deficits and unsustainable social security programs. The obvious first step for solving these problems is to raise the consumption tax.
Hiroshi Yoshikawa is Professor of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
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Given that the VAT in Japan is only 5%, there is plenty room to raise revenue from an increase in VAT.
While raising tax may improve government budgetary positions, it does not necessarily increase output of the economy.
So other ways should be considered to increase the economy at little or no costs to the budget.
Maybe a scheme of volunteers should be established for older people who are able and willing to be involved in voluntary work with government agencies or private firms and organisations.
People are now living longer and healthier, as a result, many older people may still be able to work to contribute to the economy or society.
By getting involved in some sort of productive activities, many older people may be even living happier.
Of course, such a scheme should and must be voluntary.
A 5 per cent VAT is one of the lowest in the world and must be raised? The US has no VAT and that's the lowest in the world (a zero per cent).


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Also, the simplified Chinese edition of Initial D volume 42.
Full Metal Panic! Σ © Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi/Kadokawa Shoten [Serialized in Dragon Age]; Kiniro no Corda © Kure Yuki/Hakusensha [First serialized in LaLa]; Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e © Mizobuchi Makoto/Shogakukan (Tentoumushi Coro Coro Comics); Initial D © Shigeno Shuichi/Kodansha [Serialized in Young Magazine ]. Published in Singapore as Full Metal Panic Sigma, La Corda d'Oro, Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life and 头文字D by Chuang Yi
In a nutshell (since I'm so late :P): Sosuke risks losing everything in Full Metal Panic Sigma 5 and Tsukimori has promises...he might not be able to keep in La Corda d'Oro 15. We also get the mangafication of Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life, the third movie in the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl trilogy that beat Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and Case Closed: The Raven Chaser as Japan's highest grossing animated film of 2009. (More substantial Chuang Yi previews after the cut.)
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.08.04)
- Full Metal Panic Sigma (Full Metal Panic! Σ) 5 of 15+ by Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi
- La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) 15 of 17 by Kure Yuki
- [Premiere] Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e) by Mizobuchi Makoto (Complete)
Full Metal Panic! Σ 「フルメタル・パニック!Σ」
by Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi, Shikidouji (Original Character Design)
Kadokawa Shoten Dragon Age, shounen
Volume 5 (chapters 18-22) first published in Japan 2007.05
Adapted from the Full Metal Panic light novels, beginning from the fourth Owaru Day by Day, the basis of the Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid anime); Full Metal Panic! (Prequel); Full Metal Panic! Comic Mission (Side Story)
Kiniro no Corda 「金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
Volume 15 first published in Japan 2010.10
Adapted from Koei's Kin'iro no Corda role-playing game (part of the Neoromance series also including the Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ games).
Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)
Other languages/serializations
Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (VIZ Media: 13 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 14 street date: 2011.09.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa), French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10)
Yumeta's 25+1-episode La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2006 through March 2007, followed by the La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~ special (two episodes released 2009.03.26 and 2009.06.05). The cast included seiyuu Takagi Reiko (Hino Kahoko), Taniyama Kishô (Tsukimori Len), Itou Kentarou (Tsuchiura Ryotaro), Morita Masakazu (Hihara Kazuki), Kishio Daisuke (Yunoki Azuma), Fukuyama Jun (Shimizu Keiichi), Satou Akemi (Fuyuumi Shoko), Ishikawa Hideo (Kanazawa Hiroto), Konishi Katsuyuki (Ousaki Shinobu) and Miyano Mamoru (Kaji Aoi, La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~).
A La Corda d'Oro drama was bundled with three other LaLa series (Oniichan to Issho, Ryuu no Hanawazurai, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD given away with the April 2007 issue.
Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e 「ポケモン アルセウス超克の時空へ」 by Mizobuchi Makoto
Shogakukan Tentoumushi Coro Coro Comics, kodomo
This volume first published in Japan 2009.07
Based on the 2009.07 Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life movie that originally premiered in Japan 2009.07.18 as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To the Conquering of Space-Time.
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Simplified Chinese manga (2011.08.04)
- 头文字D (Initial D) #42 of 43+ by Shigeno Shuichi
¹ Source: Chuang Yi per 4 August 2011
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Chuang Yi previews
Full Metal Panic Sigma 5 of 15+ by Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi
Leonard's sinister warning starts off a series of events that push Kaname and Sosuke down the path of no return. Now that Amalgam is serious about taking out MITHRIL, the duo find that they have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Melida Island transforms into a battlefield overnight, and the odds are stacked highly against the crew of TDD-1. There is no hero's respite for the cornered Sosuke. He must now choose between the few important things in his life, or risk to lose them all in one fell swoop.
Full Metal Panic Sigma 5 collects Missions 018-022:
Time To Countdown,
5 Minutes' Run Way,
Soldier's Corridor,
Big One Shot and
Big One Percent. [*NOT Chuang Yi's chapter titles]
La Corda d'Oro 15 of 17 by Kure Yuki
Tsukimori's preparations for his studies abroad are almost complete, yet he remains unsure of his feelings for one person: Kahoko Hino. A chance encounter by the school entrance leads to them hanging out together, stopping by a few places along the way. When Kahoko makes a surprising request, will Tsukimori finally realise what his true feelings are? How will he come to terms with these feelings, knowing he's about to leave her behind? And what will happen when Kahoko asks him to make a promise he cannot keep...?
Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life by Mizobuchi Makoto
Arceus is back for revenge! Dialga, Palkia and Giratina must join forces to help Ash, Dawn and their new friends Kevin and Sheena stop Arceus from destroying humankind. But it may already be too late!
Next Chuang Yi release: 16 August 2011 (Tuesday)
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A natural vector space is the set of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}$. Is there a nice basis for this vector space? Or is this one of those situations where we're guaranteed a basis by invoking the Axiom of Choice, but are left rather unsatisfied?
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There is, in a fairly strong sense, no reasonable basis of this space. Zoom in on a neighborhood at any point and note that a finite linear combination of functions which have various kinds of nice behavior in that neighborhood also has that nice behavior in that neighborhood (differentiable, $C^k$, smooth, etc.). So any basis necessarily contains, for every such neighborhood, a function which does not behave nicely in that neighborhood. More generally, but roughly speaking, a basis needs to have functions which are at least as pathological as the most pathological continuous functions.
(Hamel / algebraic) bases of most infinite-dimensional vector spaces simply are not useful. In applications, the various topologies you could put on such a thing matter a lot and the notion of a Schauder basis becomes more useful.
Using Nate Eldredge's comment we have that $C(\mathbb R)$ is a Polish vector space.
Consider a Solovay model, that is ZF+DC+"All sets have the Baire property". In such model all linear maps into separable vector spaces are continuous, this is a consequence of [1, Th. 9.10].
It is important to remark that a continuous function (from $\mathbb R$ to $\mathbb R$) from a compact set is uniformly continuous is a result which do not require any form of choice, and I believe that Dependent Choice (DC) ensures that uniform converges on compact sets is well behaved.
Suppose that there was a Hamel basis, $B$, it has to be of cardinality $\frak c$. So it has $2^\frak c$ many permutations, which induce $2^\frak c$ different linear automorphisms.
However every linear automorphism is automatically continuous, so it is determined completely by the countable dense set, and therefore there can only be $\frak c$ many linear automorphisms which is a contradiction to Cantor's theorem since $\mathfrak c\neq 2^\frak c$.
This is essentially the same argument as I used in this answer.
I'll use faith to believe we are in one of those situations describe by the axiom of choice ; had one discovered a useful basis for this vector space, it'd be known all over the place. The best we have as a basis right now, (and the word "best" means 'to my belief, the one that looks the prettiest') is the fact that the functions $e^{inx}$ with $n \in \mathbb Z$ are a basis of the space $L^2([a,b])$ of $\mathbb C$-valued functions. For real valued functions, take the functions $\sin(nx)$ and $\cos(nx)$ as your basis.
Someone help me here ; I know the notion of basis I speak of here is well-defined, i.e. that we say that an infinite series represents the element of the vector space if the infinite series converges. This is clearly not an Hamel basis, where we require the linear combination to be finite. Is there a name for this kind of space? At first I thought the name Hamel was given to this infinite-convergence-notion of basis, but now I realize that the Hamel name was given to the algebraic basis.
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Since being hired as the Mississippi State softball head coach on Thursday, June 23, 2011, Vann Stuedeman has invigorated the Bulldog program. In three seasons, the Vestavia Hills, Ala., native has led the squad to four consecutive NCAA Tournament trips and 33 or more wins each campaign.
After becoming the winningest first-year head coach in school history (.579/33-24 record) in 2012, Stuedeman followed up with another 33-24 campaign and a second-straight NCAA Tournament bid in 2013. The 2013 Bulldogs were named an Easton Team of the Year, joining Women's College World Series participants Florida and Texas.
Stuedeman's 2014 edition really took off, earning a program third-best 39 victories and an MSU second-best eight wins against ranked opponents. The Bulldogs made three-straight NCAA trips for the first time since 2007-09 and had three consecutive 30-win seasons for the first time since 1998-2008.
Included in the spring of 2014's 39 victories were three-straight victories against top-five clubs with back-to-back wins against No. 3/2 Alabama on April 12-13 and a 2-0 triumph at No. 4/4 Tennessee on April 18. It was the first time the Bulldogs had won three consecutive games against ranked foes since taking seven straight from April 9-May 13, 2004, and the first time ever winning three straight against top-five opponents.
During the campaign, Stuedeman guided her squad to four wins versus top-five opponents in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) poll. Entering the year, the Bulldogs had won five games in program history versus top-five opponents.
Stuedeman's 2014 team also earned three-straight Southeastern Conference series wins for the first time since April 6-21, 2012. The club started off on fire, winning 15-straight games, one game shy of the longest season-opening victory streak in program history.
Individually, Stuedeman helped Caroline Seitz to selections as a Top 25 Finalist for the inaugural NFCA Freshman of the Year Award and NFCA All-South Region First Team honors. Seitz became the sixth freshman in program history to earn all-region honors, the initial under Stuedeman and the first since Ka'ili Smith in 2009.
Seitz was joined by Alexis Silkwood on the SEC All-Freshman Team. The two selections are tied for the most in a year in MSU history.
Silkwood used Stuedeman's guidance in the pitching circle to turn in one of the most successful rookie campaigns in program history. Silkwood set the MSU freshman record for strikeouts in a season with 167 and set the rookie single-game record with 13 whiffs against Texas Southern in the NCAA Tournament.
Following two impressive outings at No. 4/4 Tennessee, Silkwood was named the April 21 SEC Pitcher of the Week as well as the Feb. 17 and March 3 SEC Freshman of the Week. Alison Owen was also tabbed as the April 14 SEC Pitcher of the Week.
In 2015, Stuedeman led MSU to its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, marking just the second time in program history that had been accomplished (2002-05). In four years under head coach Vann Stuedeman, MSU ammassed 33 or more wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance all four years.
The Bulldogs carried a never-say-die attitude with them in 2015 as they recorded 15 come-from-behind wins to give Stuedeman a total of 50 comeback wins over her first four seasons in Starkville. Three Bulldogs were named to the NFCA All-South Region team in 2015, tying a season-best in the Stuedeman era that was set in 2013.
Silkwood tallied SEC Pitcher of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks (March 30 and April 6). The two SEC Pitcher of the Week awards marked the third-straight year with such an honoree, the longest stretch for the program since 2001-04.
Prior to Stuedeman taking over the program in 2012, MSU had seven total SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. In the four-year Stuedeman era, the Bulldogs have won seven. The 2014 Bulldogs' four total SEC weekly honors are tied with the 2008 and 2004 squads for the second most in program history.
During 2013, Owen's first year on the active roster, she became the first pitcher in school history to receive SEC Pitcher of the Week honors in consecutive weeks, earning the nods on Feb. 25 and March 4. Owen established the single-game Mississippi State record for strikeouts with 16 against SIU-Edwardsville on Feb. 24 and was selected as the March 5 CollegeSportsMadness.com National Pitcher of the Week.
Stuedeman guided the pitching staff to a pair of no-hitters in 2013, the most by the program in a year since tossing four in 2006.
Offensively, Stuedeman's aggressive approach helped the team tie the program record for stolen bases per game with 2.00 and total the second-most swipes in a campaign in MSU history with 114. The approach at the plate translated into a program-record 51 home runs, besting the previous mark by four.
Stuedeman helped Owen earn a spot on the NFCA All-South Region Second Team at the end of the year. Owen was joined on the squad by Logan Foulks and Sam Lenahan. It was only the fourth time in program history having three or more selections.
The pitching development and philosophies Stuedeman brought from the University of Alabama, where she was known as a pitching genius in 11 years as the Crimson Tide pitching coach, paid huge dividends during her initial season. She took a school record-high 4.90 earned-run average from 2011 and with the same group of five pitchers, cut the ERA to 2.88 in 2012. Stuedeman also helped the pitching staff improve from 2011 to 2012 in: wins (24 to 33), complete games (12 to 20), no-hitters (zero to one), hits allowed (435 to 310), runs allowed (313 to 194), strikeouts (242 to 358), home runs allowed (50 to 27) and opponent batting average (.300 to .224).
Individually, Stuedeman coached Stephanie Becker to a career year. Against eventual Women's College World Series participant South Florida, Stuedeman called her 24th career no-hitter. Later in the year, Becker became the first Bulldog pitcher since Stephanie Comeaux in 2006 to be named SEC Pitcher of the Week after picking up three conference victories in a series sweep versus Kentucky.
Stuedeman also focused heavily on improving the defense. She succeeded, increasing the Bulldogs' fielding percentage from 2011 to 2012 by nine points (.954 to .963). Her staff gave up 154 earned runs in 2012, almost 100 fewer than the previous spring.
In 2012, Stuedeman took MSU to its first NCAA Tournament since 2009, she became one of only two first-time head coaches to make the field of 64. With 33 overall wins, Stuedeman guided MSU to its first 30-win season since 2008, despite having the fourth-toughest strength of schedule in the nation.
Fully buying into Stuedeman's sytem paid dividends at the end of the year, when the Bulldogs won 14 of their last 20 contests, including a 12-game winning streak from April 10 - May 4, 2012.
Prior to the NCAA Tournament, Stuedeman led the Bulldogs to their 12th Southeastern Conference Tournament berth with 12 SEC wins, the most for MSU since 2008. For the first time since 2001, MSU swept back-to-back three-game series and won six consecutive conference games.
Outside the SEC, Stuedeman was dominant. Mississippi State won 21 non-conference games and recorded 13-straight non-conference triumphs. It was the longest streak since a school-record 16-consecutive contests to begin the 2006 season.
On the road, the 2012 Bulldogs broke the school record for true road wins in a season with number 13 coming at Auburn on May 4, 2012. The eight SEC road wins were the most for the Bulldogs since eight in 2001.
One of the key principles under Studeman has been having success in the late innings. The 2012 club outscored opponents 64-31 after the fifth. State went 9-7 in one-run games, its best winning percentage in one-run games since 2002. The Bulldogs were unbeaten when leading late during the year, finishing 21-0 when ahead after the fifth inning.
Offensively in her first year, Stuedeman oversaw a lineup that set a then-school record for single-season walks (202), while finishing in the top 10 in runs, home runs, slugging percentage and stolen bases. Stuedeman coached MSU's first SEC Player of the Week since 2010, two SEC Players of the Week in the same season for the first time since 2004 and MSU's second National Player of the Week.
Prior to her arrival in Starkville, Stuedeman helped Alabama claim three SEC regular-season titles en route to reaching the Women's College World Series six times.
As an assistant coach since 2001, Stuedeman helped the Crimson Tide go 579-150 from 2000-11 (.794), including a sparkling 243-70 record inside the SEC. Stuedeman anchored a staff that had an ERA under 2.00 in eight of her 11 campaigns, struck out an average of 485 batters per season and held opponents scoreless in 221 games. The 2011 staff led the SEC in ERA, giving Stuedeman's staff a top-20 ERA nationally in five of the previous six seasons before she left Alabama.
Stuedeman coached six All-American pitchers with 11 All-America and All-SEC honors while in Tuscaloosa. Under her instruction, Tide pitchers registered 23 no-hitters, including three perfect games. Three times Stuedeman coached the SEC Pitcher of the Year, while racking up 19 SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. She also coached two SEC Freshman of the Year and one SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player.
In 2011, Stuedeman tutored the pitching staff to a 1.69 ERA, a 53-10 record and third-place finish at the Women's College World Series. The staff included a pair of All-American pitchers in Kelsi Dunne and Jackie Traina. Dunne, a volunteer assistant coach at Mississippi State in 2012, capped her career with a 29-5 record and a 1.42 ERA. The right-hander struck out 331 batters and held opponents to a school-record .146 average. Dunne also tossed three no-hitters and posted 11 shutouts. Traina went 19-5 with a 1.70 ERA, adding 190 strikeouts in 156.1 innings with two no-hitters, three shutouts and four saves.
Prior to joining Alabama, Stuedeman coached at West Alabama, Alabama-Huntsville and East Limestone High School. The Birmingham, Ala., area native graduated in 1994 from Huntingdon College, where she helped the Hawks to two third-place finishes at the national tournament (1992 and 1994). The 1994 All-American was inducted into her alma mater's Hall of Fame on Oct. 8, 2011.
Stuedeman served as a graduate assistant at the University of West Alabama from 1995-96 while earning her master's degree in elementary education, helping lead the team to the Gulf South Conference championship in 1995 while the team's head coach was away from the team on maternity leave. The championship and winning season was the first in the '90s for the West Alabama program.
After spending two seasons at UWA, Stuedeman went to the University of Alabama-Huntsville for three years as an assistant for her sister, Les Stuedeman, and worked with pitchers and outfielders. During her stint, the UAH pitching staff ranked in the top five in Division II in ERA. She helped lead the program to two Gulf South Conference championships, three NCAA Regional appearances and a trip to the 1999 Division II National Tournament. She was also part of the staff that was named South Region Coaching Staff of the Year in 1999.
She then accepted the head coaching position at East Limestone High School, in Athens, Ala., where she led the team to its first winning season since 1994.


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Fans are feeling saddened and a little older today upon hearing news of plans by David Letterman to retire sometime in 2015. The Los Angeles Times reported on April 5, 2014, that with Letterman retiring, all eyes are now on CBS' next move. It's hard to believe that it's been 21 years since CBS hired Letterman away from NBC in order to launch its "Late Show" franchise.
The median age of the Letterman viewer is 58, while young adults who have been raised in the Internet era often don't even watch TV. It therefore appears CBS may search for something different now to try to lure younger viewers back to TV. It is these younger viewers who are very desirable to advertisers.
The Hollywood Reporter has reported Letterman is leaving his show on his own terms. Letterman has created a legacy which will be hard to match. He is seen as not just a talented talk-show host, but also as brilliant. Letterman will be missed by a generation whose views on the world around them he so eloquently helped to shape with his witty entertainment.


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According to TSN on Sunday, the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 32-7 in Canadian Football League action. With the victory, the Stampeders move into first place in the Western Division with a record of seven wins and one loss.
The Redblacks, who dropped to 1-7, scored early in the contest as Jonathan Williams intercepted a pass from Bo Levi Mitchell for 35 yards. The interception return for a major score came only 1:34 into the game.
After that, the Stampeders scored 32 unanswered points. However it was not until the fourth quarter that the Stampeders pulled away from the Redblacks.
In the first quarter, Drew Tate scored on a seven yard touchdown run to tie the game. In the second quarter, Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes missed a field goal attempt before successfully kicking a 32 yard field goal in the third quarter to put Calgary up 11-7 at the time.
Then in the fourth quarter, the Stampeders got an outstanding performance from an unlikely source. Rookie wide receiver Sederrik Cunningham of Zephyrhills, Florida and a product out of Furman University, scored not one but two touchdowns. The first was on a 20 yard touchdown run and the second on an 80 yard punt return for a touchdown.
The Stampeders also got a strong offensive performance from Joe West, who had 129 yards receiving and Jon Cornish who had 84 total yards. On defense, the Stampeders limited the Redblacks to only 132 yards passing. Jamar Wall had an interception and the Stampeders recorded three quarterback sacks. Calgary's next game will be September 1 against the 7-1 Edmonton Eskimos in the annual Labour Day match at McMahon Stadium. The game will be for first place in the Western Division.


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To feed the Pig the burgers and pump up his tummy WITHOUT bursting open his coat!
Lay out all the burgers on the table with their numbers face down.
Twist the pig's tail to the left to let out any air from his tummy.
Push down the pig's arms until they click into position against his sides.
Close his coat and fasten his belt.
The youngest player begins.
Roll the dice:
There is a number printed on the bottom of the burger - remember it.
Pop the burger into the pig's mouth.
Now push down hard on his head to pump up his tummy. You must pump his head the number of times shown on the burger.
Example: If the dice rolls red you pick a red burger. The bottom of this burger might show the number 3. You put the burger in the Pig's mouth and push down hard on its head 3 times! Watch his tummy swell!
If his coat POPS open YOU LOSE that game! If not, the next player to the left starts their turn. Keep playing until PIG GOES POP!
REMEMBER: At the end of each game twist the pigs tail to let the air out of his tummy. Take the burgers out of the pig by opening the hatch on his back, and you're ready to play PIG GOES POP again!


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Sunday is Mother's Day and for anyone who is still looking for ideas for a special lunch for mom Nao's having a special menu for the occasion. It will be served from 11a.m. to 3p.m. at a cost of $48 per person.
All mothers will receive a complimentary signature cocktail upon arrival. "Mother's Little Helper" is made with Toso Argentine sparkling wine, hibiscus syrup, pisco and lemon.
The meal will begin with family style appetizers that include Char-Grilled Shishito Peppers, Fresh Heart of Palm Salad, Salmon Ceviche, Panela & Botija Olive Tapenade and Cuitlacoche Risotto.
The entrée will be a choice between Bahian Seafood Lobster Stew, "Black Bajio" Roasted Chicken and Smoke Roasted Ribeye Steak.
To top off the meal there will be family style desserts of Strawberry Cobbler (Mexican vanilla ice cream) and Churros with dipping sauces (vanilla custard, mixed berry coulis, and warm-chocolate hazelnut).
Mother's Day Menu
NAO at Pearl Brewery
312 Pearl Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78215
Mother's Day Sunday May 11, 2014
11a.m. to 3p.m.
$48 per person; Children under 12 - $24
Nao is a student staffed restaurant at The Culinary Institute of America located at the grounds of the Pearl Brewery. The goal of this fine restaurant is to celebrate Latin food, traditions and culture. Nao's menu is made up of traditional Latin American dishes with a modern twist.
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Fans of the StarCraft franchise are undoubtedly excited today with the StarCraft II game hitting the market. The downside is that the game lacks support for a basic graphics element to prevent jaggies in the game.
Blizzard chose to not implement anti-aliasing in the game for some reason. The lack of AA in the game gets a work around via NVIDIA drivers for those using NV hardware.
However, NVIDIA admits that its method of introducing AA isn't as efficient as if the developer of the game had simply included it. I wonder if a patch can be made by Blizzard to add AA if there is a big enough backlash from players.


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Hundreds of protesters, including residents, community activists and leaders marched down Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, Thursday evening to protest human sex trafficking.
The crowd marched from Palmer Avenue to Carlin Street, carrying flameless candles and signs chanting, "Our children aren't for sale," down a stretch of the boulevard frequented by pimps and their customers to buy and sell young girls.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas together with Long Beach Councilman Steven Neal and Mayor Aja Brown of Compton organized the march to end sex trafficking and prostitution in the area.
"We are marching tonight to shine a light in the darkness and let these men know we see them," said Ridley-Thomas.
Among the protesters was D'Lita Miller, an activist who told KCAL9 she was sold into prostitution at 15.
"I've walked this path, and look at me now. I like to say that I was a victim, then I became a survivor and now I'm a leader," Miller said.
The march was also a call to enact tougher fines and penalties against those convicted of human trafficking including pimps and customers. Ridley-Thomas
"What we call prostitution is really sex trafficking," said Ridley-Thomas. "It is the adults who buy and sell these children who are the criminals."
In August, 2013 officers Los Angeles County Sheriffs Compton station rescued two young girls forced into prostitution. One girl was found in a motel in Artesia and the other was in South Los Angeles home; both girls were from out of state. Four men and a woman were arrested and faced possible conspiracy to commit human trafficking, false imprisonment and sex crimes against children charges.