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America: the land of endlessness. Endless landscapes. Endless opportunities. Endless diversions from the uncomfortable but mercifully occasional glimpses of our social and economic reality.
I submit to you, dear reader, a few of these discomfiting glimmers, particularly concerning the continued maintenance of America's stratified class structure. I make no claim to originality of content, only format. May they stir something of mercy in your soul, and may you be given the strength to re-cognize your own abilities in effecting alternatives, in ways big and small.
This post was in part written to this album – perhaps you'll enjoy it while digesting: Waking Season, Caspian
And this track was also somewhat instrumental (ha!) to the production of this piece: Asa, Caspian
In a well-functioning neo-liberal economic system such as what we have in the US, there must exist a measure of unemployment. Those who are, even temporarily, unemployed and hence have no income are generally known to be pretty crappy consumers, all things considered. Bad for business, right? At the micro level, yes, but in the absence of a surplus of those workers who are willing/wishing to work but have no jobs, bossman loses a very valuable whip to crack when it comes to maximizing the efficiency in squeezing every last drop from existing workers – much, much worse for business than having a small percentage of poor folks classed out of consuming yet waiting ever-ready in the wings to scab over a union sore (or better yet, prevent one from ever occurring by their mere existence). Case in point: any time the IMF or the WTO wish to set up shop in some indebted banana republic with loans, part of the structural adjustment is always to remove any existing government polices aimed toward full employment. And in order to be effective, it need not even be that a significant fraction of people are without any jobs – they could be under-employed and the whip still functions. Perhaps in an even more seamlessly beautiful way, because part-timers are still contributing and consuming, but nobody has to pick up the tab for benefits; witness almost anyone working at WalMart. And they feel lucky just to have some work, so are that much less likely to squawk when squeezed further. Better still if you can get them to work two (hell, three! This is the land of opportunity, after all) part-time positions. Less time to feel sorry for themselves that way, and more need to spend on products with cost-added time convenience. Besides, for those without any jobs, and no real opportunities for pursuing one, the government and churches and the legion of social workers they each employ were always gonna pick up the tab anyway, because otherwise, Bastille Day would become a thing again.
Noam Chomsky, forever prescient:
As for the rest, we set them adrift. We don't really care about them. We don't really need them. They have to be around to provide a powerful state, which will protect us and bail us out when we get into trouble, but other than that they essentially have no function. These days they're sometimes called the "precariat" — people who live a precarious existence at the periphery of society. Only it's not the periphery anymore. It's becoming a very substantial part of society in the United States and indeed elsewhere. And this is considered a good thing.
It's been said that religion is what keeps poor folks from killing rich folks. Hold on there, Lao Tzu. What keeps the poor people from killing the rich is mostly the police and security guards of the strong state that Chomsky mentions. And fences. And in really close calls, the national guard. Interesting to note the class backgrounds of these folks themselves: is the guy installing the security system or building the fence ever the one who'd truly have need of one himself?
Chomsky goes on:
So, for example, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, at the time when he was still "Saint Alan" — hailed by the economics profession as one of the greatest economists of all time (this was before the crash for which he was substantially responsible) — was testifying to Congress in the Clinton years, and he explained the wonders of the great economy that he was supervising. He said a lot of its success was based substantially on what he called "growing worker insecurity." If working people are insecure, if they're part of the precariat, living precarious existences, they're not going to make demands, they're not going to try to get better wages, they won't get improved benefits. We can kick 'em out, if we don't need 'em. And that's what's called a "healthy" economy, technically speaking. And he was highly praised for this, greatly admired.
What's it cost a business to ignore poor people? The loss of their business? Or for that matter, what're the costs to screenwriters? Admen? Politicians? The working (and non-working, for that matter) poor will only be paid enough political mind, either through the barest necessities of real improvement in or maintenance of their living standards, or through lavish media attention (which is usually cheaper but sometimes just won't do to scrub out that really stubborn proletariat rage stuck to the bottom of the melting pot), to stave off violent insurrection. Hence Obamacare. And if not the carrot, there's always the option of stickin' them in the state pen for the various crimes of Being Poor and/or Being Black. You know, that whole three strikes and you're out business, because if there're two things America loves, they are baseball and putting people in prison. Hell, sometimes even prisoners get to play baseball. Everybody wins!
Here's a bit from chapter 32 of Kurt Vonnegut's darkly incisive satire Hocus Pocus (1991):
[Context: the well-to-do board of trustees of a private college in upstate New York have just been taken hostage by escaped convicts from a state prison across the lake]
"What [he] had said about people like [the trustees] was accurate. They had managed to convert their wealth, which had originally been in the form of factories or stores or other demanding enterprises, into a form so liquid and abstract, negotiable representations of money on paper, that there were few reminders coming from anywhere that they might be responsible for anyone outside their own circle of friends and relatives.
Here's a textbook exemplar of that tone-deafness to which Vonnegut alludes: Citigroup released what was intended to be an industry-internal memo in 2005 concerning the best strategies for investment in plutocratic states (US, UK, Canada, etc – all the ones you'd expect). Through the wonders of the internet, it can now be accessed and groaned over by all here. It was somewhat of a scandal when it went public (though quickly hushed through aggressive threats of legal action by Citi's hounds), but it seems as if we might've somehow missed the mark when the only scandal of the whole thing was that the financial sector was just telling it like it is. Unfortunately, this blindness to the actual, societal costs of wealth accumulation is nothing new; social prophets have been calling us out since the way back of beyond our time. As St. Basil the Great had it in the 4th century AD, in a lament to the political and economic power holders in his day and age, of whom we are the inheritors:
"How can I make you realize the misery of the poor? How can I make you understand that your wealth comes from their weeping?"
A worthy question, indeed. One we ought to ask of ourselves and those we love.
The scene from Hocus Pocus continues:
They didn't rage against the convicts. They were mad at the Government for not making sure that escapes from prison were impossible. The more they ran on like that, the clearer it became that it was their Government, not mine or the convicts' or the townies'. Its first duty, moreover, was to protect them from the lower classes, not only in this country, but everywhere.
Were people on Easy Street ever any different? Think again about the crucifixions of Jesus and the 2 thieves…
Interesting to note that the Citigroup memo mentions the rule of law, particularly that of capitalist-friendly governments like ours, (Citizens United, anyone?) as a condition of functioning plutonomies. The bottom end of the working class function as the arm of enacted repression, be it through the military, the police, or the prisons – at times now indistinguishable from one another. These forces are almost always predominantly staffed by those without much economic opportunity otherwise, so in expanding their ranks, more positions are created for those who might've been the ones being otherwise policed. Shrinking welfare programs putting folks in the poorhouse? Oh, SNAP! Let's quell the desperation by offering those would-be welfare folks the fine opportunity to fight for good old American Values, here and abroad. It's like we planned it that way all along: the perverse upshot of militarization is the opening of more jobs to the working poor. That said, I'm not sure your average 3-tour vet or brown person in the land between Asia, Africa and Europe would count that a blessing, and the 22 veterans who take their own lives daily speak volumes otherwise.
Here's something worth a mournful chuckle: Mitt Romney on the 2012 campaign trail, touring a steel plant in some economically burned-over district in the soon-to-be postindustrial heartland. I imagine that he says, "Yes, I've heard they build things from this. Good work, gentlemen." While he thinks, "I should be going now, before I make of myself an even bigger tool in front of you, the electorate for whom I just can't quite hide my resentment." The paradox of modern American electoral politics: can't afford to ignore the everyman in the election; can't afford to get elected if you are the everyman. Joe Six-pack didn't stand a chance at anything besides a La-Z-Boy and an aging ranch house in the inner 'burbs, you think he's got a seat waiting for him in the Senate? I don't recall the specific figure on the proportion of millionaires in the Congress, but it's disgusting when you think that they're asked to represent a populace with a median annual income somewhere near $30k. Here's a wonderful way to obscure this truth: average income is now rising. Joy! People must be doing better economically, the recession has lifted!
Oh, wait, median income is actually falling. Now which story makes it onto the Wall Street Journal's front page? … and the fifth estate struggles on to be heard above the droning of the Hope and Change we all so desperately wanted to be anything other than what was.
More from Vonnegut:
I think any form of government, not just Capitalism, is whatever the people who have all our money, drunk or sober, sane or insane, decide to do today.
Unfortunately, that calculus of what to do today cannot help but to exclude consideration for the realities of those who are disenfranchised in every sense of the word. And for those who really can't be convinced that the Good Things in Life are trickling down all over them in a golden shower, there exists a handy demographic to convince them otherwise, or at least help them scrounge some crumbs. Ah, social workers. There is a notable predilection among the mostly white, mostly well-off middle class young to go into social work and related social service fields. Why, you say? Surely it could be something so simple and innocent as a noble vestige of our moral roots and solid two-parent family upbringings? Or maybe even just a function of individual compassion spread across a demographic that has the means and encouragement to pursue education in such fields?
Or, perhaps more perversely, could it be a product of the guilt felt when the scions of suburbia come into contact with the truly disenfranchised now that they've made the move to the city for that killer graphic-design job? It may well be these things alone or in combination, especially in the case of any given individual. I certainly don't mean to discredit the deeply heartfelt and merciful work performed by social workers of then and now (trust me on this, I am one), but it is necessary to acknowledge the systemic class-maintenance function their work serves. At the macro scale, these peacekeepers of the middle class function as a necessary and rather compliant buffer shield between the haves-most and the will-never-haves. And the good white folk formerly of middle-America and now of the East End are happy to continue serving the poor, just so long as they can leave them at work when shift ends. Thus the upper crust remains unsullied by the consequences of their own enrichment as the devoted middlemen (actually mostly women) daily redirect the bullets of poverty's discontent. A useful mechanism if ever there were one.
And much like the macro function of social workers set against the level of the individual's motivations, financial mechanisms that read counter intuitively at one scale but function brilliantly at a larger one are what will find their way into existence eventually. As I've already argued here, scaling-up is the logical thing to do in our system, economically speaking. The Citigroup memo mentions ever-expanding foreign conquests and a handy supply of vulnerably willing immigrants as some of the driving conditions of neo-lib plutonomies. In this case, I'm not sure the golden bull has an end game figured out quite yet; where do we go when the global economic amoeba is so large there're no more bits left to engulf? We're still working on making America and increasingly the world a classless middle-class society with an invisible upper crust and an equally invisible but highly productive soggy bottom crust.
Believe you me, if someone ever gets around to inventing invisible-paint, public housing towers will be among the first things painted. And probably prisons, too, if they weren't so far out in the countryside as to be all but invisible already. Because hey, Jesus said it: the poor will always be with us, so let's forget about them for awhile and spread the oil around for now. In the meantime, the rest of us feel stuck watching, waiting, wanting for the dream to be made manifest. Contemporary American media can't help but issue forth high praise for this wonderful dream available to a shrinking few while simultaneously telling the great mass of dreamers to shut up already and settle for 29 hours a week. The not so subtly concealed subtext of the 'personal responsibility' narrative so in vogue in many class-based politico-economic theories: "Chop, chop! Our houses need built and cleaned, our limos need driven and fixed, and our food needs picked, shipped, and cooked. Alright, fine; when you're done, you can watch Monday Night Football, just so long as you promise not to Occupy anything but your couch."
A natural tendency in folks who've some disposable income serves as a wonderful tool for those who would politically subjugate them through the magic of the marketplace. People seem to prefer consuming to producing, but they love to feel like they've produced while consuming. For example: I buy some sod. And a lawn mower. And some weed 'n' feed. And some garden hoses. All straight-up consumption. But I have thus produced a well-manicured lawn with the sweat of my brow, and am that much closer to living The Dream. And then perhaps I take a moment to enjoy my lawn, while thinking that I really ought to hire the brown folks the neighbors use because this sure is a lot of real work and wouldn't you know it, nothing in my career has prepared me for real work. On balance, I have done almost nothing but consume products which I had no hand in producing and a most peripheral role in procuring (the drive to Home Depot counts for something, right?). The end result, an outcome that was all but inevitable given the inputs, somehow magically makes me feel as if I made it to happen. To make a short story shorter, the real money is probably in figuring out ways to market the products of the consumption process itself rather than those products lower down the food chain of utility (which, as I've argued here, is already being done with most work that goes on in modern cities). Chomsky notes this change also, locating it sometime in the 1970s: [There] came a significant shift of the economy from productive enterprise – producing things people need or could use – to financial manipulation. And while we're at it, there's surely some macro-level money to be made in finding ways to keep hidden the ungodly awful jobs done by the working poor and the unholy extravagance of the really wealthy, because the unveiled reality of how our market economy functions in practice is indeed an ugly one.
Philosophically, America is and always has been very comfortable with the idea of the self-made man (and now, -woman. Thanks, Sheryl Sandberg!) The inverse is just as deeply ingrained: the un-made state of dependency is the lot of the diseased, the disabled, the deficient. To not possess the ability to provide for oneself is to be somehow less than a fully franchised adult in America. And yet, we also aren't comfortable with the idea of great wealth (Citigroup deigns to base their financial advising on a factual assessment of reality? Horror! That unseats the entire narrative of this Great American Egalitarian Project in Democracy). Well, at least not great wealth employed in the enrichment of self, or great wealth through an unworthy inheritance. Bill Gates? No, it's cool man, he can have his mansions because he did that thing with malaria. Warren Buffett? Sure, he's alright, he's used his gilded podium to say some heady stuff (including comments about the injustice of entrenched class divisions in the US… yet I'm sure he's able to set aside his fretting about the economic victimization of those in poverty and sleep soundly each night under his collection of sparrow-feather duvets). But Trump? That guy's an ass. Why? Not because of anything he's said. It's probably because he's spent his money and behaved like we are ashamed to admit we might if we had it like he does. That said, he does serve the useful scapegoat-y function of being someone of whom we can always say, "At least I'm not a rich asshole like that dude." For those who've 'made it' enough to be bothered by the poverty they see but not enough to really do something about it, it sure is nice to have a psychic-tension outlet like Trump and his ilk. "Ah, yes, what I've done to get where I am may make me party to injustice, but at least I'm no rich douche like they are." They're basically moral yardsticks, and every time we hear something of them we can sigh with the relief that at least our small bit of wealth isn't so shameful as theirs. The ludicrously rich and recursively famous face the unique dichotomy of being elevated to sainthood or sunken into sin, perhaps as a result of their uni-dimensional portrayals in media, but they do serve a systemic function, whether they may've chosen to or not. Moral of any media story about someone fabulously wealthy: they are worthy of their great riches by virtue of their philanthropic benevolence (though I'd wager that your average circuit board assembling Bangladeshi would have other thoughts concerning Mr. Gates' intrinsic goodness), or they are so egregiously abusive of their unearned wealth that we just can't get enough of their unholy antics (the sad irony being their often further enrichment through this perverse fascination we just can't let go).
The takeaway is never about challenging the dubious rightness of lording great wealth in itself, but rather an assignation of personal worthiness for said wealth. As long as this remains the thrust of our interest, we will remain forever diverted from the conversation about money that actually matters.
I'll end with another bit from Hocus Pocus, where his protagonist tells the reader of a history professor he once knew:
He predicted… that human slavery would come back, that it had in fact never gone away. He said that so many people wanted to come here because it was so easy to rob the poor people, who got absolutely no protection from the government. He talked about bridges falling down and water mains breaking because of no maintenance. He talked about oil spills and radioactive waste and poisoned aquifers and looted banks and liquidated corporations. "And nobody ever gets punished for anything," he said. "Being an American means never having to say you're sorry."
If we live in a world where being an American means never having to apologize for our sins, economic and otherwise, then I am truly sorry.


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What Adam Rapoport (Maybe) Forgot to Do in His Latke-Making Video
The frying part: good (Credit: Romulo Yanes)
The latke recipe that Bon Appetit's editor in chief, Adam Rapoport, presented in a video yesterday is, I have to admit, pretty awesome. "Crispy, wispy" was the texture he was shooting for, and to watch him munch on those potato pancakes, crunch acoustics in full effect, he's clearly achieved his goal. But there's one step in his method that drives me mad. All due respect, Boss, but you're doing it wrong–or at least, not doing it like I do.
Before I get to his mistake, which is really just an omission, let me first enumerate the ways in which we're on the same page:
1. Three-to-one ratio of potatoes to onions: great
2. Shred it all on a flimsy box grater: just how I do it–a little knuckle skin adds a dash of flavor
3. Eggs, baking powder, salt: of course!
4. Squeezing the excess liquid out of the mixture: an absolute must
Except… when he squeezes out that liquid, he discards it! Heresy! If he'd reserved it in a mixing bowl and allowed it to rest, he'd have gained a valuable extra ingredient: potato starch, which separates from the water and settles at the bottom of the bowl. You just pour off the excess liquid and mix the viscous white starch back into the latke mixture.
D'oh! (Credit: Matt Duckor)
Why is the starch important? Because it's what makes fried things crispy. It's why you dredge fish in seasoned flour, why fried chicken develops that gorgeous skin, why people around the globe have developed sundry mixes of starches for frying, from corn to sweet potato. To throw it away is to choose "crispy" over "crispier."
Now, I've heard Adam say he considers this step "fussy." And that may be the case. I may have a bit too much frugality in my DNA; I just can't bear to see a valuable ingredient go to waste. And I bet I know who probably feels the same way: Adam's mother (and grandmother and great-grandmother), who's been making latkes for eons. So please, Boss, on their behalf, don't waste that starch!
But keep on cooking your latkes in schmaltz and vegetable oil, a flavorful combination. Although you could follow my lead and use duck fat. Eh, potato, potahto.
Adam and Maxine's Famous Latkes
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Warranty For Apple Ipad Batteries
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With the increase of time the apple iPad battery qualities has increased. First of all there would be no problem with the battery if it is used in a proper way that has been guided by the company. But still if there comes any sort of problem with the battery then we have many choices to solve the problem in it. The first thing is that we can claim the company. Despite that we can go for many options like going to the service menu and try to set up the problem with their guidance. If it still didnt work then we should consult to the company.
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From An Old Friend
From: Etienne Botes
To: "Positive Atheism"
Sent: 16 October 2006
Subject: Friendly Greetings: Are You Okay?
Hello Cliff,
I have been a fan of yours for a long time, and use your site regularly. Thank you again for the site and your work.
I have not seen any updated mail for a while. I know you have problems with your health.
I just want to wish you well and like to know how you are. A response from you will be greatly appreciated.
Warmest regards,
Etienne Botes
Johannesburg, South Africa
From: "Positive Atheism"
To: Etienne Botes
Sent: 16 October 2006
Subject: Friendly Greetings: Are You Okay?
Thank you for your kindness and concern!
I know you have problems with your health.
I keep plugging away, however.
I recently lost most of the use of both hands. This is because I had been making the hands do what only feet and legs should ever have to do. Carpel Tunnel on steroids, the wrists having had to support, balance, and lift hundreds of pounds for several years.
And this is just the latest: something this acute seems to happen to my body every five or six weeks these days.
The worst part about this whole thing revolves ar ound the systematic exodus of my friends and family from my life (when this all started in 2001-02). Particularly troublesome is how the resulting loneliness and solitude continues to impact my personality, making it that much more difficult for me to meet people and to make new friends.
Fortunately, my wheelchair arrives this week (supposedly). This will quickly mitigate many of these problems in ways that I shouldn't need to explain.
I must also say this: A handful of very special people have emerged for whom garnering the patience needed for situations such as these is not too formidable of a challenge. Special mention must go out to my parents, who, after almost five years, managed to learn to break through the denial and to accept the fact that that I am crippled in several different ways.
Again, thanks for your concern. Letters such as yours really help during these tough, frightening, and lonely times.
Cliff Walker


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In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well.
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I am Associate Dean for Academic Programs for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and a Professor in Agribusiness Management in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department at the University of Idaho. You can reach me at:
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 905 Ft. Stevens University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83843-2471 Moscow, ID 83844-2336 (208)883-0170 (208) 885-7984 (208) 885-6654 (FAX)
Here are links that are presently or historically (at least for my history) important:
Mt. Vernon High School. I graduated from Mt. Vernon H.S., located in Alexandria, VA in 1975.
Alpha Tau Zeta, The agricultural fraternity I belonged to at Ohio State.
The Ohio State University, where I got my Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Department of Agricultural Economics (now Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics) in 1979 and 1981, respectively.
Purdue University, where I got my Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 1991.
University of Idaho. Home Page of the U of I, my employer.
Department of Agricultural Economics, U of I. My department.
About Me:
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View my short resume
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Classes I teach or have taught:
Agriculture 330 -- Agricultural Cooperatives
Agricultural Economics 391 -- Agribusiness Management
Agricultural Economics 391 Distance Ed -- Agribusiness Management
Agricultural Economics 101 -- Principles of Agricultural Economics
Teaching, Research and Extension Information:
Technology Source - An article Ann Garnsey Harter and I wrote on distance education.
Feed and Grain Magazine On-Line I co-author a bi-monthly management column called "Manager's Notebook," for this magazine.
Latah County Free Library District. I am past president of the library district board.
Boy Scouts of America. I strongly believe in the BSA, and do a lot of volunteering for this great youth organization.
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1997 National B.S.A. Contingent Troop from the Inland Northwest Council. I was an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 819 that went to the Jamboree from the the Inland Northwest Council.
Boy Scout Troop 345. Moscow, ID. I was an assistant Scoutmaster for this troop, sponsored by the First United Methodist Church of Moscow, and where my sons John and James were members.
Cub Scout Pack 323. Moscow, ID. I am past Cubmaster for this pack, sponsored by the Moscow American Legion.
Simon Kenton Council, BSA. I was a staff member at Camp Buckeye in this council when I was in college.
Family Album, a collection of family pictures.
Jan 1999 family pictures.
Chief Kamiakin Scouter
Recognition Dinner - March, 2000
Photoworks Albums
New Zealand Sabbatical
Christmas Letters
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Family Christmas Letters
Model Train Collecting
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The Scout Patch Auction.
Order of the Arrow.
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text: Out of the Rick Hale Collection, here's another early shot at Firebird, specifically in the staging lanes of the Willy-Doo `40 Willys coupe circa 1969 that competed in the C/Altered class. From a recent email that came into our office, this car still exists in a similar state to how it ran in the day. That's pretty amazing in its own right.


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Bunnell Incorporated Issues Nationwide Recall Notification of Life Pulse High-Frequency Ventilator Patient CircuitsPublish Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:44:00 -0500
Contact:Consumer:1-800-800-4358 ext. firstname.lastname@example.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -December 5 , 2012 - On December 12, 2012 Bunnell Incorporated will voluntarily initiate a nationwide recall notification of Life Pulse High-Frequency Ventilator Patient Circuits. A complete list of Lot numbers affected by the recall is identified in the recall notice and on Bunnell's website, www.bunl.com.The product has been found to have heater wire insulation that can melt, causing sparking and smoke close to the humidifier cartridge. There have been 12 reported failures out of 5,771 Patient Circuits distributed. There have been no reports of patient injury or death. However, out of an abundance of caution Bunnell wants clinicians to be aware of the potential that a Patient Circuit failure could result in patient injury or death.Bunnell is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to resolve this issue.Bunnell will notify customers via certified mail and will post the recall notification and other important information at www.bunl.com.Customers with questions should contact Bunnell at 800-800-4358 ext. 6 between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM (MST) Monday through Friday or via e-mail at email@example.com reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product should be reported to Bunnell Inc. or the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting Program either online, by regular mail, or by fax:Online at http://www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm Regular Mail: use postage-paid, pre-addressed Form FDA 3500 available at: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm. Mail to address on the pre-addressed formCall FDA 1-800-FDA-0178
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College Hockey:Curry the early favorite in competitive ECAC Northeast
In and of itself, it's not surprising that Curry took home the 2009-10 ECAC Northeast Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA.
The Colonels have been a force in the conference, and last season was no exception, as they took Wentworth Institute of Technology down the wire for the regular season championship before a 4-2 loss to the Leopards on the last Sunday of the season gave Wentworth the regular season crown.
However, it's fair to say their opponent, sixth-seeded Johnson & Wales, could be qualified as a surprise. Or maybe not, as the Wildcats run to the championship game was microcosm of a incredibly competitive conference that figures to be even tighter this year, as the playoff format switches from eight to six teams.
"I think this is going to be a very interesting year for a lot of teams in the league," Johnson & Wales coach Erik Noack said. "It is going to be much tighter than last year, and every game could be the game that gets you home ice or eliminates you from the playoffs altogether. I think it will probably come down to the last week of the regular season to see how things will shake out."
The Wildcats run to the conference championship was fitting, giving what transpired in the season's final month of play. Seventh and eighth place finishers Western New England College and Salve Regina gave several of the league's top teams a run for their money, and Johnson & Wales offered a preview of their playoff prowess with a 5-3 win over Curry in the teams' final regular season meeting.
"I think our league only continues to get stronger," Western New England coach Greg Heffernan said. "I also think that anyone is capable of beating anyone on any given night. As last year's playoff proved…its going to be exciting."
Added Curry coach Rob Davies, "The importance of each game can't be affirmed enough. Home ice is going to be more important. Most teams aren't going to be 100 percent healthy throughout the season, so there's more emphasis on having depth."
With that in mind, here is a more detailed breakdown of the conference, team by team. The teams are listed in order of predicted finish, although as last season proved, standings can mean little.
Click each team name for a detailed preview.
2009-2010 Record: 19-9-1
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 10-3-1
2009-2010 Finish: Second
2010-2011 Season: First
After winning the championship last year, look for Curry to continue at the top.
2009-2010 Record: 12-11-3
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 8-4-2
2009-2010 Finish: Third
2010-2011 Season: Second
Youth should propel Suffolk to another strong finish.
2009-2010 Record: 20-5-1
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 11-4
2009-2010 Finish: First
2010-2011 Season: Third
Loss of goalie could hurt defending regular season champs.
2009-2010 Record: 13-10-3
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 7-6-1
2009-2010 Finish: Sixth
2010-2011 Season: Fourth
2009-2010 Record: 13-12-1
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 8-6
2009-2010 Finish: Fourth
2010-2011 Season: Fifth
Becker improves each year, and in its fifth season, the program continues to gain on the upper echelon.
Johnson and Wales
2009-2010 Record: 12-15
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 7-6-1
2009-2010 Finish: Fifth
2010-2011 Season: Sixth
Johnson and Wales looks to start strong out of the gate, as poor start hurt team last year.
Western New England College
2009-2010 Record: 3-21-1
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 2-12
2009-2010 Finish: Seventh
2010-2011 Season: Seventh
With many new players, Western New England hopes to get over 10 wins.
Salve Regina
2009-2010 Record: 1-24-1
2009-2010 ECAC Northeast Record: 0-13-1
2009-2010 Finish: Eighth
2010-2011 Season: Eighth
Large senior class could help Salve Regina.
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Janet Jackson married her Qatari boyfriend Wissam Al-Mana in a secret ceremony last year. ET reports this short statement from the secretly married couple:
"The rumours regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony. Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favourite children's charities. We would appreciate that our privacy is respected and that we are allowed this time for celebration and joy. With love, Wissam and Janet".
Janet has a fancy for secret weddings. The last time she did that, no one knew of it till she got divorced 9 years later.
The couple have been dating for a while now, you can check their pics [here], [here], and [here]. There was some talk last month of Janet perhaps getting a half billion pre-nup if they ever divorced.
Congratulations to the happy couple, and kudus to Mrs. jackson for getting Wissam to marry her. Let that power and respect spread to other couples in our region, may they too make honest men and women out of their dating partners. Let them put a stop to the love them and leave them scenarios.
Seriously, congrats to the new couple.
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The U.S. and Canada's Olympic hockey rivalry doesn't just apply to the men, as their women's teams proved on Feb. 20. A day before the U.S. and Canada were set to play a mere men's hockey semifinal, the women of Team USA and Team Canada played their fourth straight women's gold medal final. For much of the day, it looked like America would finally dethrone Canada, until the final minutes of regulation and overtime turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 disaster of a loss.
The Canadians had a much easier time beating America for the gold in 2002, 2006 and 2010, but it appeared that the U.S. had learned its lesson in 2014. Meghan Duggan opened the scoring for the USA in the second period, with Alex Carpenter's early third period power play goal shaping up to be a backbreaker.
With under four minutes left, the score remained 2-0 as Canada was virtually on the ropes. Even when Brianne Jenner got the Canadians on the board with 3:26 left, the Americans still held firm for the next two minutes. It all seemed set up to culminate in a clinching empty net goal by Kelli Stack, until her shot went inches wide.
Seconds later, Canada got a bigger reprieve when Marie-Philip Poulin did get the puck into America's net. Nevertheless, the U.S. still had overtime to finish the Canadians off, and even received a power play six minutes in. Yet just five seconds later, America's Jocelyne Lamoureux was called for slashing the pads of Canadian goalie Shannon Szabados, with Hilary Knight then called for cross checking moments after that.
The 4-on-3 Canadian power play set up Poulin for her second legendary goal of the day -- the one that gave Canada its fourth straight Olympic women's hockey gold over America. It was even more sudden than the Canadian men's overtime victory over the U.S. to win gold in 2010, although the Americans forced overtime at the last minute in that final.
In this case, a last minute comeback in an Olympic hockey final actually paid off, yet Team Canada still prevailed over Team USA in both cases. Perhaps the Americans will have better luck in a hockey semifinal against Canada than they have in the last two Olympic finals. However, it's hard to imagine the men facing a tougher defeat than the women were subjected to.


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Today in music history:
There were several significant events on this day between the years 1942 and 2011.
On this day in 1942 Alan Clarke future vocalist for The Hollies is born in Lancashire, England.
On this day in 1950 Agnetha Faltskog future vocalist for ABBA is born in Jönköping, Sweden.
On this day in 1958 the first "Greatest Hits" compilation is released, and it's by Johnny Mathis. It's a big success and the format catches on quickly. (The Mathis album stays in the Billboard 200 album chart for over 9 years, a record not broken until Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.)
On this day in 1964 The Beatles film the famous opening scene from their first movie, A Hard Day's Night, running away from a group of rabid female fans at London's Marylebone train station.
On this day in 1965 Mike McCready future lead guitarist of Pearl Jam is born in Pensacola, Florida.
On this day in 1968 the night after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, James Brown agrees to televise his performance in Boston where he appeals for calm in the wake of riots across the US.
On this day in 1969 The Guess Who's "These Eyes" enters the Billboard singles chart.
On this day in 1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite lead singer for Canned Heat dies at the age of 38.
On this day in 1984 Marvin Gaye's funeral takes place in Los Angeles, with Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and Berry Gordy attending.
On this day in 1994 singer Kurt Cobain of Nirvana commits suicide with a shotgun at the age of 27. (His body is not discovered until three days later when an electrician enters to install an alarm.)
On this day in 2011 American folksinger, musician and actor Gil Robbins of The Highwaymen dies at the age of 80.


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The roles of water temperature, flow and agitation on the development and settlement of sea lice on their Atlantic salmon hosts were investigated in the laboratory. In the first phase, fish were exposed to 5, 10 or 15 degrees C and increased water-flow (18 vs. 6 litre/min). In the second phase, fish...
The roles of water temperature, flow, and agitation on the development and settlement of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on their Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) hosts were investigated in the laboratory. In the first phase, fish were exposed to 5, 10, or 15 degree C and increased water-flow (18 L/...
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When you meet David and Lori Moore, you are immediately at ease. They are gracious and fun people. When they begin to share their story, you are aware of an anointing.
Eight years ago, David and Lori looked like your typical church going people. They were kind, morally upright in their professional lives, and raising two girls. They were active members of their local church; teaching and enjoying community. It was in that place of comfort that they first felt a call toward something larger than themselves.
A local nursing home called the church where they attended and asked if anyone would be willing to come on a Sunday morning to create a worship experience for their residents. When Lori heard the request, she knew that David was up for the task. David, on the other hand, felt inadequate to pastor a church of sick, elderly people. He reluctantly agreed to coming twice a month until someone who was more qualified could be found.
After a few months of what felt like hit or miss successes and failures, David recalls being pulled aside by two of the residents. These women who had walked with the Lord for more than 65 years told him that they sensed a calling on his life to preach. With tender fondness, David remembers being honored and terrified by their encouragement.
Nevertheless, David faithfully accepted the word as one from God and began preaching to this nursing home church once a week. The residents took to waiting in the chapel for an hour before David and Lori arrived because they were too excited to wait in their rooms. Staff from the nursing home began rearranging their duties in order to attend as well. This church came from varied denominational backgrounds and represented many cultural and ethnic groups. They became family.
As this growing flock was fed, David began to feel more and more comfortable in this role of pastor. Soon, a resident facility for Alzheimer's patients down the street asked David to begin services for their residents as well. Courageous and faithful, David and Lori accepted the challenge and began pastoring two congregations every Sunday morning.
David firmly believed in these senior saint's powerful prayers. He began to challenge and encourage them to pray for the apartment complex that stretched behind them. As a church, they began to pray for the people of those apartments to be blessed and to come to know the Lord.
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford men's and women's recruiting classes were ranked among the top five in the nation by Track and Field News, as revealed in the publication's December issue.
The Stanford women were ranked No. 4 and the Cardinal men No. 5 in the annual rankings of the current newcomer (freshman and transfer) classes. Stanford is one of only three schools to be ranked in the top 10 in both the men's and women's categories. Newcomers were rated on the potential for having an immediate impact on their collegiate programs.
The Cardinal women received strong grades for the presence of high school All-Americas Megan Glasmann, Valarie Allman, and Carla Forbes.
Glasmann was the top high school javelin thrower in the country, with her best mark of 176-11 placing her No. 2 on the all-time prep list. Glasmann won the U.S. junior national championship and set a meet record at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Colombia in August.
Allman had the nation's second-best prep mark in the discus and is No. 6 all-time with a best of 184-2. Those marks would have placed Glasmann and Allman third in their events at the NCAA Championships last spring.
Forbes was a triple jump All-America in 2011 and 2012, and owns a wind-legal best of 42-5¼. She also is a 20-1¼ long jumper.
Headlining the Stanford men's class are high school All-Americas Dylan Duvio and Sean McGorty, as well as Estonia triple jumper Jaak Uudmae (49-11¼), whose father, also Jaak, was the 1980 Olympic champion in that event from the Soviet Union.
Duvio was the No. 2 pole vaulter in the country last season, with a best of 17-3½. Duvio was second at junior nationals and at the Pan Am Junior Championships, the latter despite competing on a sprained ankle.
McGorty already has proven impactful, running No. 1 for Stanford at the Pre-Nationals in cross country and ran No. 4 for the Cardinal on its NCAA West Region championship team, earning all-region honors for his efforts. McGorty brings in strong 1,600- and 3,200-meter high school times of 4:04.47 and 8:45.61, respectively.
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College Hockey:Sweeping Saints
Bit of a quiet weekend, as only five teams played a regular season game, with the Ivies wrapping up their preseason scrimmages and Union out of action. Still, plenty of things to focus on, highlighted by St. Lawrence's two-night romp over Maine in Orono.
Line 'em up, sit 'em down: St. Lawrence is currently on a 6-0-1 streak against Hockey East teams following a sweep of Maine this weekend, and are off to their best road start since 1998-99. The Saints outscored the Black Bears by a combined 10-1 mark, with captain Kyle Flanagan following up a strong weekend at Western Michigan with four assists Friday and two goals Saturday. Greg Carey had a pair of helpers Friday and added two goals and two assists Saturday.
It's still early, but Flanagan (11) and Carey (ten), are currently one-two in the nation in points, with Flanagan leading the nation in goals and Carey in assists.
Not to be lost in the shuffle is Matt Weninger's play in net. Head coach Greg Carvel said Weninger has been working with new goalie coach Kris Mayotte, and it's paid off so far. The junior stopped 66-of-67 shots on the weekend and Maine went 0-for-14 on the power play.
Langlois back; Connor Jones out: The good news? Quinnipiac forward Jeremy Langlois returned to action this weekend as the Bobcats took three points from Ohio State in Hamden. The bad news? They did it without forward Connor Jones, who is day-to-day, according to USCHO's Brian Farrell. Still, this doesn't sound too serious, and two goals apiece from Langlois and Matthew Peca certainly helped cover Jones' absence.
Third period lapses cost RPI: This might be a weekend the Engineers want back. Twice, RPI had third period leads at Minnesota State, but they couldn't hold either one and had to settle for a tie and overtime loss. The Mavericks scored two goals Friday to flip a 3-1 lead into a 3-3 tie and ripped off three straight scores to take a 4-3 third-period lead Saturday. Matt Neal's goal in the waning minutes sent it to overtime, where Eriah Hayes sent RPI home with a loss.
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The man shot by a CHP Officer in Trinity County had been arrested a few weeks ago in Tehama County.
According to a court declaration obtained by KRCR News Channel Seven, Karjala is being charged with 38 counts related to six different felonies.
These charges include oral copulation with a person under 16, lewd acts upon a child, sexual penetration by foreign object with someone under the age of 16 and contact with a minor for sexual reasons.
The investigation was launched by Tehama County District Attorney Investigator Eric Clay.
According to the court documents, Investigator Clay went undercover, posing as a
"Destiny" and Karjala had multiple conversations of a "sexual nature."
The documents said Karjala told "Destiny" that he had an ongoing sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl who goes to Red Bluff High School. Karjala allegedly told "Destiny" he would talk to this girl about allowing her to join them.
He also told "Destiny" that he engages in bondage.
Based on this, Investigator Clay filed for a search warrant in early April for both Karjala's home and workplace, which is Maui Bob's Office Cleaning in Redding.
Clay went to Maui Bob's first and saw Karjala but he didn't get out of his car and then took off.
Officers tried pulling him over, but he took off again, leading them on a short pursuit.
Karjala ditched his car and took off. Eventually officers caught up and arrested him.
Officers found "a large number of firearms and ammunition" at his home in Redding. Karjala is a convicted felon, so he is also charged with two counts of being in possession of a firearm.
He posted bail Monday, April 22nd. He was shot by a CHP Officer in Trinity County the following Sunday.
The shooting happened after Karjala charged at an officer with a hatchet.
Karjala is listed in stable condition at Mercy Medical Center.
Once he is medically cleared, officer said he will be booked for various charges, including attempted murder of a peace officer.


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L.A. Deli, a new comedy by Sam Bobrick, has been set for the Marilyn Monroe Theatre in West Hollywood, helmed by award-winning director Walter Painter. L.A. Deli will play two preview performances on 8 p.m. Friday, March 21 and 3 p.m. Saturday, March 22 with opening set for 8 p.m. Saturday, March 22.
L.A. Deli is a series of comedic sketches that take place in a Hollywood delicatessen giving the audience a wicked and hilarious look inside show business. The cast of outrageous, shameless, and sometimes certifiable characters includes movie and TV producers, writers, directors, actors, their wives, ex-wives, and a very patient waitress named Kathleen. Some of the events portrayed actually happened to the playwright, some to his friends, and some to people he just happened to be sitting next to at lunch.
The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Rachel Boller, Scott Kruse, Jeffrey Landman, Melinda Peterson, Phil Proctor, and Darrin Revitz.
Bobrick has written and co-written over 40 plays, many of them performed throughout the world, including "Norman, Is That You?," "Death In England," "Passengers," "Getting Sara Married" and without William Shakespeare's blessing, "Hamlet II (Better Than the Original)." To date, 21 of his plays have been published by Samuel French with more to follow. In 2011, he won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for his play "The Psychic." Bobrick's extensive TV writing credits have earned him three Writers Guild of America awards and an Emmy nomination. Some of his television credits include "Captain Kangaroo," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Get Smart" and "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour."
L.A. Deli performs 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through April 27. General seating admission is $20 for previews and $30 for regular performances. Visit www.plays411.com/ladeli or by call 323-960-7738.
The Marilyn Monroe Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is located at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard (one block west of Fairfax), in West Hollywood. Street parking is available.


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San Diego, Friday, May 30, 2014
As they say, you can always expect the unexpected when it comes to boxing.
After local promoter Bobby De Philippis of Bobby D Presents was forced to cancel both the Amaris Quintana and Adrian Vargas fights from his May 30th fight card at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Mission Valley, most people figured the latest offering was doomed to being a very ho-hum night for local boxing patrons. That forecast, like the weather forecasts we get for rain in San Diego, never materialized. And to whom do we owe credit?
On Friday night, there were three "I could have given up, but I didn't" dramatic fights where the visiting underdog would not accept defeat and by doing so, surprised us all.
If you're a boxing fan, these types of performances alone are worth the price of admission. And to be truthful, doesn't everyone have an affinity for or inclination to root for the underdog?
The opener, a four round featherweight match, featured fan favorite Christian "Huevo" Bojorquez (11-0, 2 KOs) of Tijuana who weighed in at 125½ pounds to face 19 year-old Fernando Fuentes (3-2, o KOs) of Hemet, CA who weighed 121 pounds, the agreed upon catch weight. In order for the fight to take place, the Fuentes camp had to sign off on this appreciable weight difference. Bojorquez, a pro for five years, should have known better. He hasn't fought at 121 pounds since November 17, 2011.
As Amateurs, both Bojorquez in Mexico and Fuentes in Southern California, were considered finesse boxers who were masterful at beating all comers. Bojorquez was both a Baja California State Champion as well as Mexican National Champion before turning pro in 2010.
Fuentes and his Real Deal Boxing Club of Hemet, CA often ventured south to San Diego to compete in our local LBC 44 USA Amateur shows. Each time they did, you knew that Fuentes and his mates would end up taking home the majority of the trophies.
With Bojorquez training locally at the Undisputed Gym in San Diego, less than six miles from the Crowne Plaza, and the Fuentes' family and friends living 90+ miles away, there was no doubt which way the crowd would lean.
In the first round which featured many heated exchanges, Fuentes added a late flurry to steal the round.
Then, late in round two, Bojorquez got caught with a short left hook that opened a cut over his right eye. After the blood started to trickle down, Fuentes became even more confident. All the while the partisan crowd shouted at the top of their lungs for their hero, "Huevo, Huevo, Huevo!!!"
Sapped of his strength and taking far too many blows to the head, you could see Bojorquez had very little fight left. Meanwhile, Fuentes sensed that he was the stronger of the two and went to pour it on. Needing a breather, Bojorquez then resorted to covering up, pushing Fuentes' head down and holding. The holding became so blatant that some fight fans started calling out for a point deduction.
In the end, judges Jose Cobian and Tom Taylor gave Fuentes every round with 40-36 scores, while judge Tony Crebs gave Bojorquez one round and scored it 39-37 Fuentes.
Bout #2 featured Guillermo Castillo (1-0) of San Diego (160 lbs.) going up against Brahmabigi "Rowdy" Montgomery (158 lbs.) of Los Angeles, CA in his Pro-debut.
At the outset, the 6'1" Rowdy, with his height and reach advantage just circled about the ring daring Castillo to make the first move. After he and Castillo exchanged a few punches, Rowdy's confidence grew and he started zeroing in with his head snapping jabs.
Each time Castillo got off one of his wayward punches, Rowdy came right back to pepper him with two and three punch combinations. As his confidence grew, so did the punish he inflicted on Castillo.
By the end of round two, it was clear Rowdy had superior hand speed, better footwork and overall power behind each of his well leverage punches.
Late in round #3, after getting hit by four unanswered blows to the head, Castillo still had the presence of mind to grab Rowdy in a bear hug so he could finish the round.
In between rounds, Castillo's corner must have advised him to go for the knockout because he came out swinging. It was all for naught as Rowdy was able to avoid the wild swings. All three judges saw it the same, 40-36 for Rowdy.
Bout #3 featured another local favorite, super middleweight, Ulises Sierra (6-0-1, 4 KOs) from the Undisputed Gym, Downtown, taking on Cromwell Gordon (4-9-0, 4 KOs), a muscle bound Las Vegas gym owner who's family emigrated to the U. S when he was just 10.
In round one, the affable Mr. Gordon landed three heavy shots which certainly got Sierra's attention. Sierra in turn got Gordon's attention with his slick punches that came from every angle to include five wrap around attempts that came from behind his back.
While Judge Tom Taylor gave every round to Sierra, 40-36 judges Pat Russell and Tony Crebs had it 39-37 Sierra. It's likely they had Gordon ahead in the final round.
Has the controversial "Draw" been settled?
In the final bout of the evening, the show's Main Event, they had a six round featherweight contest between Smokin' Joe Perez (4-0-1, 3 KOs) from The Boxing Club in La Jolla, CA and Victor Raul "Zurdo" Capaceta (3-6-3, 2 KOs) from Tijuana, B. C. This was the promised rematch of their controversial November 21, 2013 Draw, a fight which both sides were clamoring for.
Since their last bout, Perez had been inactive while his counterpart, Capaceta, remained busy and fought twice more, against high caliber opponents who had a combined record of 19-1-0, with 9 KOs. Even though he lost both fights, he learned a lot.
Friday's round by round scoring
In Friday evening's contest, the busier Capaceta likely took round one after finishing the round by clocking Perez with five straight unanswered blows. 10-9 Capaceta
With round two being almost too close to call, we give the edge to Perez who finished the round strong. 10-9 Perez
There is no doubt Perez landed the majority of the punches in Round #3. 10-9 Perez
Then, in the pivotal round #4, with Perez seemingly pulling away, he gets caught flush with this right cross that sends him flying backwards to have a seat on the canvas. What a turn around - that one punch turned a 10-9 round for Perez into a 10-8 round for Capaceta.
In the following rounds, Perez took round #5 (10-9 Perez) while Capaceta came on strong to take round #6. 10-9 Capaceta.
The totals have Capaceta winning the bout 57-56. If and here's the big if, if Perez had not been caught by that one punch which caused the flash knockdown in round #4, and we juxtapose the scoring, then we end up with Perez winning this close match 58-56.
Now the official scoring: Judge Tony Crebs scored the bout in Perez's favor 57-56 while judge Tom Taylor had Capaceta winning 58-55 and judge Pat Russell had Capaceta winning 57-56.
This nail-biter couldn't have been any closer. Will there be a trilogy?


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Gene Haas won't have a Formula One team on the starting grid until 2016 but he may have found his "dream driver".
"Danica Patrick in one of our cars would be the dream driver," Haas said during an interview posted on the official Formula One website on Wednesday, June 11.
Patrick currently drives for Stewart-Haas racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Haas is the co-owner of the team, along with NASCAR star Tony Stewart. Patrick's racing resume includes 122 NASCAR races and she drove open wheel cars in the IndyCar Series for seven-seasons. In 115 career IndyCar races she won one race and had seven-podiums.
Earlier this year Haas' entry into Formula One was approved by their governing body the FIA. Haas will attempt to have a team ready to race in 2016 and will need two drivers. His enthusiasm about having one of NASCAR's biggest stars transferring over to his future F1 team is apparent.
"The question was about the dream driver! But she surely fits the bill," Haas said. "She is a woman in a man's sport - that would attract a lot of attention. She weighs about 50 kilos - which these day sounds fantastic - so indeed she's got a lot of attributes that would be good to have."
Haas' F1 team will have two-drivers and he is looking for an experienced F1 driver to take one position and that leaves the door open for an American to take the other.
"Realistically the first driver is going to be a current F1 driver who knows the ins and outs of the sport, to help us sort out what we have to do and who can give a lot of feedback," Haas said. "In that mold would be driver number one. Driver number two would be American."
Patrick, a Scottsdale, Arizona resident, has a shot to earn the second seat at Haas F1 and if she does she could be the first female F1 driver to drive in a Grand Prix since Giovanna Amati in 1992.


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A few weekends ago, my husband and I spent a gorgeous Sunday on the National Mall in Washington, DC. I've been all over the United States and the National Mall is, for me, the very best of America. The Mall houses the Smithsonian museums, the National Gallery of Art (the only museum not part of the Smithsonian), the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Reflecting Pool and many other memorials and gardens. It's visited by 24 million people a year and hosts rallies, presidential inaugurations, festivals, parades and performances. Over the course of my life, I've probably spent a full month of days visiting the mall and I am always excited to go back. Why do I love it so much? Well, for many reasons, but here are the most salient.
For starters, all the museums are free. Free! In America, this is increasingly not the norm. And who knows what those whacky kids in Washington will do next? But for now, every single museum and monument is free to enter. I love that all that the Mall and its museums have to offer is available to everyone equally. Rich or poor—anyone can walk into the Museum of Natural History and see the fabled Hope Diamond or the fabulous new Ocean Hall. Art that previously graced the walls of America's most wealthy now hangs in the National Gallery of Art for all to admire. The wealth of treasures housed in the Smithsonian museums—currently there are eleven with a twelfth slated to be begun in 2012—is nothing short of astonishing and it's proffered to anyone and everyone to see.


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In Arkansas, and across the nation the number of women in agriculture is growing at a rapid pace. In Arkansas, alone there are nearly 20,000 women operators! In March 2005, the first statewide conference for Arkansas Women in Agriculture was held in Hot Springs.
Over 300 women attended the conference and participated in over 24 sessions broken into three general areas:
1) agricultural production and business skills, 2) family, business and community management plans and 3) just for women topics.
The conference was a huge success! By popular demand we are now planning the second Arkansas Women in Agriculture conference for March 6-7, 2006 at the Hot Springs Convention center. Click on these links to view 2005 conference proceedings, conference program, sponsors, and pictures.


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Florida Marlins planning to keep closer Leo Nunez into next season
Before Friday's game, Marlins closer Leo Nunez said his family and friends were driving him crazy asking about a possible trade. That speculation should end soon.
According to an AL front office official who spoke with the Marlins Friday, Leo Nunez will not be traded before Sunday's non-waiver deadline. In addition, the club plans to keep the arbitration-eligible Nunez heading into next season.
The source said from his conversations with the Marlins, he doesn't believe the Marlins feel they have anyone ready to take over the closer role and they don't want ninth-inning issues in 2012.
"He's going into the new stadium with the Marlins," the source said.
That jibes with MLB Network radio analyst and former general manager Jim Bowden's Friday afternoon report saying the Marlins are telling teams Nunez is unavailable.
Nunez needs to convert one more opportunity for back-to-back 30-save seasons. He's set to join Robb Nen (1996-97) as the only Marlin closer with that distinction.
One reason the Marlins haven't seen more guys do it: They've never allocated significant dollars to the bullpen. The most this regime has spent on a relief pitcher is the $3.65 million it gave Nunez this season. Next year, his salary could top $6.5 million, which typically is more than what the Marlins spend on a full complement of bullpen arms in part because of the volatile nature of relievers.
In other pre-trade deadline chatter, the Marlins have looked for some back of the rotation help, but haven't found a suitable deal. They may be resigned to going with what they have and continuing their search for starting depth during the offseason.


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Tomorrow, political theorist and author Benjamin Barber is due to join me for a live digital audio show to discuss his book If Mayors Ruled the World, in which he argues that the world would make more progress tackling issues like climate change if city leaders were more involved in solving them. This is because city leaders are pragmatic whereas national leaders get stuck in ideological debates.
I heard him make this argument last month during a keynote speech at the Future of Cities Forum in Hamburg. Barber said city leaders have to keep their city functioning and so there is an onus on them to act pragmatically. They are aware of the problems facing people in their cities because they are often physically out there on the streets; and they are used to dealing with a wide range of people. They could bring this approach to solving global problems such as terrorism, pandemics, and economic inequality.
He gave the example of environmental policy and climate change, saying that "it is nation states that have the power to do something, and they do nothing." This is because relationships between countries are often adversarial and governed by laws.
Barber proposes establishing a global parliament of mayors where leaders of cities could meet on a voluntary basis to discuss solutions to major problems facing cities and the whole world. This would give cities a stronger voice in global affairs, enable them to share best-practices, and help to address global problems.
There are already similar networks. For example, in 2005, then London mayor Ken Livingstone set up C40 Cities, where the leaders of world "megacities" could discuss how best to take action on climate change. Barbers proposal would expand on this idea, but I wonder how broadening this to a lot of other policy areas would work in practice.
Mayors are pragmatists because they have to deal with the problems that need to be addressed to keep their cities running, like fixing the sewers and trying to prevent Tube drivers going on strike. Can they be this pragmatic if we're also expecting them to find ways to fix a series of major global problems?
Mayors are human. They are pragmatic in what they do at city level, but if they also have to solve global issues then they still may fall foul of the political jockeying that gets in the way of national policymakers. Would they deal with these issues differently than national politicians?
Im not convinced they would. Some mayors are good at what they do, but I would still expect them to approach global issues with political allegiances and favoured causes in mind. Mayors aren't impeccably moral or immune from temptation. If we give them more responsibility to solve global problems then they will also become a bigger target for business schmoozing intended to cloud their decision-making.
I like Barber's idea, and I think a "parliament of mayors" would be a good way for our cities to share best-practice in urban policy areas such as infrastructure and housing. Cities share a lot of the same problems so it makes sense for London to try to learn from Tokyo, for New York to learn from Shanghai, and so on. But it seems too much to expect mayors to solve global problems like terrorism and pandemics while also keeping their cities running.
Mayors can be great when they bring a laser focus to solving the problems in their own cities, and they can leave national politicians to deal with the national issues. If mayors have to deal with a whole host of global problems, then they could lose the focus on solving the problems in their cities, and those cities could end up suffering.
Sharing best-practice is good, but we must be wary of expecting mayors to do too much.
But these are just my initial feelings, and I look forward to discussing the topic with Benjamin Barber tomorrow. Do you like the idea of a "parliament of mayors"? How do you think it would work in practice? Let me know below.
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