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Trillian 1.5 for iPhone: Stability improvements and fixes, emoticons, in-app browser!
Version 1.5 of Trillian for iPhone has been approved and will be available in the App Store shortly! Our number one goal with version 1.5 was to improve connection stability, fix crashes, improve speed, and address as many corner cases as we possibly could. As a result, we've fixed a large number of bugs and improved many different internal areas of code. Loading and resuming Trillian has also been dramatically sped up, especially for those of you with large contact lists. A new emoticon browser has been added featuring the familiar Trillian emoticons, we've fixed the annoying URL rendering issues, and we've added an in-app browser to view links easily from within Trillian!
We hope you enjoy the new release. We will continue to work on improvements and speedups moving forward!
27 Responses to "Trillian 1.5 for iPhone: Stability improvements and fixes, emoticons, in-app browser!"
Richard (InvisoSniperX) Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Is it really? Can it be True? Thank you CS (Mine worked perfectly, so lets hope 1.5 doesdnt break it
MechMykl Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Thanks for working so hard to continually improve your products; you've definitely earned a lifelong customer.
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I was having all kinds of problems with Trililan on my iPhone. Disconnections, lost messages, messed up links, etc. Hopefully this takes care of these problems.
Daniel Spiewak Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Could you make the in-app browser an optional feature? In light of the fact that we now have fast app switching, such a feature seems both unnecessary and redundant. I usually go far out of my way in most applications to avoid using their in-app browser, simply because I prefer Mobile Safari for that purpose.
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Not getting push notifications. I tried a complete re-install, still nothing. Anyone getting push notifications?
smw Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
@Wade: Are you active on your desktop and running Trillian 5 there?
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Trillian 5 is running on my desktop. In the past I would still get push notifications to my iPhone even if my desktop Trillian was running and active.
Jigar Mehta Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
When is Trillian coming to Windows Phone 7 ? Would be super cool to have it on windows phone platform!
DiamondNRG Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Wade, it only pushes messages you haven't read on another active device now! WOOHOO
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
DiamondNRG – I'm not getting messages that I have yet to read on my desktop. Do I have to set my Desktop trillian to away, or shut it off, in order to get Push Notifications to my iPhone? I liked having them synced so if I was out of the room, outside, etc, and I got a new message I would get it on my Desktop and my iPhone would alert me to it.
DiamondNRG Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Wade, are the messages replies to an active conversation that was already taking place on the desktop though? The initial message should go to both and then if you reply from a device messages should then notify that device while now going to the other device silently. I don't know if there is an amount of time that has to pass before the messages are pushed to all devices again or if it won't do it until you close the desktop chat window thus forcing it to drop knowing which resource is active. Unsure until I test it some more…
Richard (InvisoSniperX) Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
The messages should still appear on your phone if you open the app and look at the chat window. However the change functionality is that it only sends Notifications to your 'Active' resource. If you sign-off off your desktop, that will be a good test of the push notifications, as your 'Active' resource should become your phone.
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Why can't my desktop and iPhone both be active? There should be an option to get push notifications on the iphone no matter what the desktop version is up to. So basically I have to shut down my desktop version every time I leave the room and want my iPhone to alert me to new messages?
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
It's a shame when you pay for a product because you like what it does, then it gets changed and no longer does what you paid for.
Wade Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Okay, I shut down my desktop Trillian so only my iPhone was connected. I sent someone an IM on my iPhone and closed the app. I waited, got no push notification that they replied. I opened it up and they had already replied with no notification sent. I haven't had a single push notification for Trillian since installing 1.5.
derSpinner Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
How the application works on ipad?
DiamondNRG Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
@Wade … they didn't change it to screw you over… your push notifications are clearly not working at all. Plus there are more options coming in a future update to help control the preferences of how each user would like notifications and such to work
I would suggest trying to sign into the web application and back out at http://www.trillian.im … other users have reported that doing that "fixed" their broken push notifications.
You should not have to sign out of your desktop to be notified, I think if you were having an active conversation and you wanted to walk away and be notified with a push on your phone when the person replied, I think all you would have to do is close the chat window on your desktop or set yourself to away (I believe a status change resets the active window to none again as well)
Fabio Albieri Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Very happy for you iGuys
Now hoping for Android push (c2dm) fix. No, it's not working. Yes, battery saving mode enabled and Trillian not suspended. Screen off 5 minutes = no more messages. Switching to Trillian gets all messages at once.
Raqib Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 7:47 am
It's a lot better now than it was before, but it really doesn't merit two version jumps, at best, it feels like 1.3.2
Five months for this?
Wade Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Tried logging in and out of the web application. I tried logging out of everything, logging in and out of the web app, etc. I do get badge updates on the iPhone, but no push notifications. So I get a silent badge update over the Trillian app icon and that's all. I have had some other apps have problems with their push notifications after an update, but the problem was always on their end and once they issued a fix the push notifications returned.
DiamondNRG Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Raqib … I think there is a lot more to it than what we see on the surface, and for the record the last version was 1.3.2. Message delivery is completely different and the resume seems different and so does its ability to hold my connection, those all seem like pretty *big* things.
I agree that skipping 1.4 seems weird though… but I suppose if the idea is that 1.5 is going to have the sync'd history very soon, then it makes sense.
honus Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Wade: one suggestion… on your phone go into Settings, Notifications, Trillian, turn all 3 off then back on. See if that helps at all.
Rachel Blackman Says:
December 15th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
The reason we skipped 1.4 in version numbers is that a great many non-obvious changes happened under the hood and the 1.4 tree got burned on internal builds. Rewritten network engine, rewritten conversation engine, reworked core controllers… many of the changes aren't immediately apparent now (save in better network performance, etc.), but lay the foundation for future versions. By putting that framework in place now, it means less dev time has to be burned on it when we're ready to roll those features out down the road.
In terms of actual percentage of code touched, there's considerably more different between 1.3.2 and 1.5 than there was between 1.2 and the 1.3.x line, even if most of it isn't immediately apparent to the end user.
Wade: have you turned off intelligent push to diagnose? (That requires logging out and back in for the setting to take on Octopus, though.) If you turn off intelligent push, every single message once you're suspended should be pushed to the phone. If that works, then something's happening with the intelligent push logic in your case. If it /doesn't/ work, then something more significant is wrong… the fact that you're getting badges means the push from Octopus /is/ working, but the fact that you get no popup notifications is odd. Once you have additional info, though, go ahead and open a Bugzilla ticket. (Bug 11394 may be your situation.)
Seim Says:
December 26th, 2010 at 7:49 am
What about redesigning the GUI for an iPad Version of Trillian? It's annoynig to chat from a 2 times smaller window than the display size and after all Trillian is the best Messenger App for iOS devices..
I'm a Cocoa Noob but I think it wouldn't be too much work to change the GUI to the display size of an iPad, since all other functions and that stuff are working – just the same view of Trillian for iPhone but with the resolution (and of course the keyboard) of the iPad
REQUiRED Says:
December 31st, 2010 at 5:20 am
This is awesome! I love the update but I'm stIll missing irc chat. Using the iPhone 4 there would be the possibility of Video-Chat using Astra-Protocol .. Nice ideas, lets see whats up next .
chris Says:
January 12th, 2011 at 9:45 am
missing chat plugins like vz on iphone! but great work! reconnect could be faster!
REQUIST Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 3:10 am
Hi there!
Please bring FaceTime calls and integrated contacts with contacts in address book on iPhone.. and support themes!


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Royal Bafokeng Stadium
The Royal Bafokeng Stadium hosted first and second round matches for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010. Located in Rustenburg in the North West Province, Royal Bafokeng was opened in 1999 and completely funded by the Royal Bafokeng community. (An administrative entity presiding over the world's richest platinum mines).
The capacity of the Royal Bafokeng was increased to 44,000 with the construction of two additional rows of seating on the second level. New electronic scoreboards, floodlights and a new public address system completed the requirements for it to host the first and second round matches of the 2010 World Cup.
Matches and Dates:
Saturday, 12 June 2010 - England vs USA - Result: 1-1
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 - New Zealand vs Slovenia - Result: 1-1
Saturday, 19 June 2010 - Ghana vs Australia - Result: 1-1
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 - Mexico vs Uruguay - Result: 0-1
Thursday, 24 June 2010 - Denmark vs Japan - Result: 1-3
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Escapee Higa gets his day in court
One of two men who escaped from Hawaii Community Correctional Center last Wednesday allegedly choked an unarmed, 63-year-old guard while the other punched the victim and stole his keys to the facility, according to court documents.
Affidavits filed by police state that 35-year-old Jarvis Naoki Higa "grabbed the victim, Corrections Officer Roberto Paulino, … around the neck and forced him into the outside bathroom at the law library on the facility grounds."
The other inmate, 31-year-old Ryan James Jeffries-Hamar, "punched Paulino several times causing pain and swelling to the victim's left lower eye area and neck area," while Higa choked the jail guard in the bathroom, documents state.
Paulino was treated for his injuries at Hilo Medical Center and released.
According to the documents, Jeffries-Hamar took car keys belonging to HCCC's law librarian, Wendy Osborne, and the pair "forcibly kicked open a gate" leading from the HCCC law library to the parking lot — causing more than $1,000 in damage — before stealing Osborne's 2004 Toyota Corolla to make their escape. The car was later found ditched at the mauka end of Kukuau Street in the Sunrise Ridge subdivision in Hilo.
A massive manhunt was staged, and police arrested Higa Friday night at 92-9176 Paradise Parkway in Ocean View after receiving a public tip that he would be at a home in the remote Ka'u community. Jeffries-Hamar was still at large as of press time Monday evening.
"We're still looking for him," said Hawaii Police Capt. Robert Wagner. He added that police are "following up" on leads they receive. Wagner said that while Jeffries-Hamar's whereabouts are unknown, his last known location was "on the west side" of the island.
Police consider Jeffries-Hamar, who also escaped in August from Hale Nani Correctional Facility, dangerous. They urge the public to not approach him and to immediately call 911 if they see him.
Higa made appearances in both Hilo District and Circuit courts on Monday. He entered not guilty pleas to charges of first-degree escape, kidnapping, second-degree assault, second-degree robbery, auto theft and third-degree criminal property damage. A preliminary hearing was set for this afternoon at 2 p.m.
Higa also requested and was granted a delay in his trial on an attempted murder charge for allegedly shooting at a man and missing in July in Keaukaha.
Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara scheduled the attempted murder trial for 8:30 a.m. April 15.
In addition to state sheriff's deputies, Higa was accompanied in court by plainclothes police officers.
Hilo District Judge David Kuwahara denied a request by Higa's court-appointed attorney, Christopher Bridges, to set bail in his escape case.
"It looks like he represents a serious risk that he will flee and that he poses a danger to the community," Kuwahara said.
Higa's mother, Lena Higa, was in court. She declined to answer questions afterward, but said she wanted to "thank those who have been praying for" her son.
Higa's former girlfriend, Shirene Jarneski, filed for a temporary restraining order against Higa on Thursday, a day after he and Jeffries-Hamar allegedly fled the Hilo jail, seeking protection for herself and her two minor children, who were not fathered by Higa.
In her petition, Jarneski wrote that during Higa's incarceration, "he has threatened me and my children's lives repeatedly through phone calls."
She also stated that Higa had called her a week prior to her TRO petition "telling me he's coming for me and the children, swearing and threatening our lives."
In open court on Monday, Deputy Prosecutor Jefferson Malate said that Higa has "three convictions for violating an order of protection."
Hilo Family Court Judge Anthony Bartholomew granted Jarneski a 180-day protective order and scheduled a TRO hearing for Dec. 18.


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Reality star Kandi Burruss is now a married woman. According to the New York Daily News on April 6, Burruss married TV producer Todd Tucker this past Friday in a beautiful ceremony in Atlanta.
As fans that follow Burruss on the show know, the pair met on the set of the Bravo reality series back in 2011. Tucker, who worked behind the scenes of "RHOA", starting being seen onscreen during the 2012 season. After seen their romance blossom, fans soon learned that the two were engaged.
Burruss, also known for her early success as a member of the R&B group Xscape, expressed her excitement about her marriage to Tucker in an interview with In Touch.
"This is one of the best days of my life. I never imagined that I would marry my best friend. Todd's been that to me."
The marriage comes just a few years after Burruss' previously engagement to Ashley Jewell, who died in 2009. The 37-year-old singer/songwriter has expressed her pain and strength after losing Jewell both on the show and off camera.
So meeting Tucker was a blessing for Burruss. He cured her loneliness and on Friday became her storybook ending.
"To have just had the wedding of my dreams, it's all been so beautiful."
Congratulations to Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker!
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If you have seen the latest video, ISIS the military force looks like an ad for Toyota, not just trucks but sedans too. Today they captured a Syrian government military base. They aren't fooling around and appear to be well funded, well supplied, and well trained. Some commentators speak as if the Islamic State is already conspiring to attack the United States. That is based upon their words. Is there any other evidence, or do we need more?
There are several avenues in dealing with the Islamic State. First, the Obama administration needs to establish a foreign policy context in which to deal with the threat. At present, the administration is most tentative about attacking ISIS. One reason is that they do not want to kill a large number of civilians in the process of removing terrorists. Terrorists know this and their tactic is to hide among civilians.
If America and its allies had boots on the ground they could be more precise in attacking ISIS and directing fire upon them to avoid or to minimize civilian casualties. Robot war with drones has its risks and limitations in this regard.
If drones are used in Syria, for instance, they are vulnerable to attack by Syrian government defense systems. That makes them less effective than in Iraq where they have a high degree of freedom.
Is anyone in the U.S. State Department considering talking with Bashar al Assad about a diplomatic solution to establishing a new democratically elected government in Syria? Surely, Assad and his wife might appreciate asylum somewhere nice at this point.
Would it be prudent to engage Russia in the Syrian equation whereby some relief could be offered for Russian transgressions in exchange for assistance in producing more stability in Syria?
There are many diplomatic buttons to push, but does the Obama administration have sufficient capacity in the State Department to think about all of the options?
"ISIS Tightens Its Grip With Seizure of Air Base in Syria
By BEN HUBBARDAUG. 24, 2014
A militant on Sunday announcing to residents of Tabqa that the Tabqa air base had fallen to fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, in nearby Raqqa. CreditReuters
BAGHDAD — Extremist fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria seized a military base in northern Syria on Sunday from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, further solidifying control inside their self-declared Islamic state spanning the Syria-Iraq border.
The fall of the Tabqa air base followed the group's seizing of two other Syrian military bases and gave it effective control of Raqqa Province, which abuts the Turkish border and whose capital city, Raqqa, has long served as the group's de facto headquarters.
Recent military advances by ISIS in northern and eastern Syria have highlighted the lack of local military forces that can effectively battle the group, which President Obama last week called a "cancer" that must be eradicated from the Middle East.
Syrian rebel groups that formed to fight Mr. Assad's government never managed to take the air base, and while Mr. Assad's forces have been bombing ISIS from the air and killing its fighters, they lack the ground troops necessary to challenge the group's hold on terrain."


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While it's rare to find a winery dedicated to producing wines from a single varietal, it's even more rare to find one that produces a single varietal that ISN'T Pinot Noir. For some reason that grape seems to inspire the cultish, obsessive compulsive instinct in winemakers like none other. How refreshing, then, to encounter the little known wines of Strata Vineyards.
Strata is one of those small projects that is becoming more and more common in the Napa valley: a labor of love by highly experienced, talented wine professionals who decided that retirement was boring and there's nothing better than making wine with friends. To say that John Johnson and Dave Cofran are industry veterans is to somewhat understate the point. Johnson has been growing grapes in the Napa valley for over 25 years, and Cofran has been working for Napa wineries for more 35 years, 20 of which were spent as the general manager of Silver Oak Cellars.
Johnson and Cofran, friends for more than two decades, have actually been collaborating in the wine business since 1979, when they jointly purchased a 10 acre parcel in what is now the Oak Knoll District in the middle of the Napa Valley. Under Johnson's direction they have been producing grapes for the wine industry there ever since. In 1995 they purchased an adjoining parcel of land with the idea of starting a winery, and while Cofran wrapped up his tenure at Silver Oak, Johnson personally worked over the property and planted it with the Merlot grapes that are now Strata's sole focus. When Cofran finally "retired" in 1999 they immediately embarked on the project they had been planning for years.
Strata Vineyards takes its name from the geologic concept of the same name, which refers to the layering of sedimentary rock slowly laid down over tens of millions of years. Today we can see strata in the colorful bands that adorn the walls of the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park, and of course, on the Strata Vineyards front label. For Johnson and Cofran, strata also represents the layers of friendship and respect for the land that they have collectively laid down over the years.
According to plan, Strata Vineyards produces a single wine, an estate grown 100% Merlot which is hand harvested and crushed by the Johnson and Cofran Family each year. After fermentation, the wine is aged in a combination of 50% French and 50% American oak for 24 months before bottling. Roughly 1200 cases are produced each year.
Tasting Notes:
This wine is a bright medium ruby color n the glass, and leaps out with a high toned nose filled with aromas of candied cherries, vanilla, tobacco, and light floral notes. In the mouth it is just as bright and surprisingly light on the tongue, with primary flavors of cherry and sweet oak, and nearly imperceptible tannins that taper to a surprisingly long finish which seems to barely avoid (but avoid it does) the heat of alcohol. I expected, and ultimately wanted, this wine to be a little more structured in the mouth, and less "pretty" than it is. Those who drink Merlot looking for a fruit forward experience will enjoy this wine.
Food Pairing:
I think this wine would be a lovely accompaniment to saltier darker fowl meat, like what you might find in this braised pheasant with red cabbage wild rice.
Overall Score: 8.5/9
How Much?: $34
This wine is available for purchase online.
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I caught this one on Hot Air originally, and it is fun to watch Marco Rubio eviscerate the narrative laid out by Hillary Clinton, that Benghazi is soooooo yesterday, and represents that tiny distraction issue that only qualifies for, "minor league," political discourse. Rubio however, missed the cheap magician's trick, as I believe most of us on the right are prone to do, especially when it comes to all things Clinton. Just one more comment to make before we proceed to the festivities folks. These Clintons are the best retail and tactical politicians America has ever produced. That skill however, like all things left of center, is based upon nothing more than cheap magic tricks, O.K., great magic tricks, misdirection and slight of hand. We, collectively, as a group who wish to see America survive this progressive assault upon our Constitution, must not allow ourselves to be fooled by the Okey Doke.
This is the first time I've read anything by Noah Rothman. He seems to write well enough to be on one of the web's most influential sites, and his observations are well researched and astute enough for my tastes, but in this case, he's missed the point, as had Senator Rubio. When dealing with Clintons, that can be a deadly combination. Granted, Hillary is no where near as slick as her husband, but if we aren't very careful in how we fight against this woman, we very well may be calling her Madam President one day in our very near future, and that would be a disaster.
From the Hot Air article linked to above:
Hillary Clinton has a Benghazi problem, and she knows it.
She knows that a majority of Americans, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, support the formation of a congressional select committee to investigate the attacks. In spite of Team Hillary's strategy of casting anyone who is concerned about the deaths of three American servicemen and a U.S. ambassador as a harebrained conspiracy theorist, only 42 percent said they believed the attack has been investigated enough. That same survey showed that only 38 percent of adults approve of how Clinton handled that incident and its aftermath.
Clinton's Benghazi problem is part of what led her to prominently feature the September 14, 2012, casket ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on her book's back cover art. Clinton's Benghazi problem is also what led her to make a series of flippant and dismissive statements to ABC's Diane Sawyer about that attack. It's all part of a critical effort to reclaim the narrative surrounding her response to that deadly attack.
When asked by Sawyer if the Benghazi probe would deter a White House bid, Clinton replied that it has made her even more inclined to run in order to prove a point. "Actually, it is more of a reason to run because I do not believe our great country should be playing minor league ball," she insisted. "We ought to be in the majors. And I view this as really apart from, even a diversion from the hard work that the Congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world."
Asked to respond to those comments on Tuesday on CBS News' This Morning, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) exploited the obvious opening that Clinton's strategy has created. Coldly, soberly, dispassionately, Rubio charged Clinton with an insufficient concern about threats to American national security.
"The State Department had at its disposal a steady stream of reporting about how dangerous – how much danger that facility in Benghazi was in," Rubio began. "It is a fact they did not take sufficient security measures, and it is a fact that perhaps it shouldn't have even been there, and it is a fact it should not have been there and it is a fact they did not have an extraction plan in place that was sufficient."
"If she thinks it's something we shouldn't focus on, then perhaps that gives insight as to why it happened in the first place," Rubio added, delivering the coup de grâce.
Did you catch it, the misdirection? Hillary wants this all talked out now, so that in two years time, we won't be having a discussion about the very real issue that we should be concerning ourselves with. This whole Benghazi thing is not about this one failure, but the fact that this one failure, as horrific as it was, is only part of a larger failure. Benghazi was the only possible result of implementing The Kumbayah school of foreign policy in the first place. Let's explore this a bit, as my keen Spidey Sense tells me that you're pulling away a bit.
We'll start here. Nothing Hillary says is unscripted. Bill may be allowed to stray from the script and ad lib, but not Hillary. There's no question as to who the brains in that operation happens to be, and who is the worker bee. Hillary has canned responses programmed for each of her turns at any microphone, and if the question does not fit exactly, she'll pivot until it does. This woman has not said anything spontaneous since the Hindenburg went down, and this interview, along with her, "what difference at this point does it make," jaw droppingly brash comments at the original Benghazi lie fest are certainly no exception to that rule. Kudos to the low level dweeb who wrote this material for her, he or she must certainly be on the Clinton short list for promotion and subsequent self sacrifice for the cause.
Hillary does know that this isn't going away, but she is not trying to remove it from the public discourse. Quite to the contrary, she and her husband both want us talking about blast walls, security contingents, escape plans, response times, anything really except for why the embassy was attacked in the first place. On day one of Hillary's stint as our nation's top diplomat, she signaled to the world that America was ready to repent for unfairly being the world's lone super power. That Mattel Toy Reset Button signaled to each and every one of our enemies that standing still and taking what ever they wished to dish out to us would be taken, and that we'd simply say, "thank you sir, may I have another." Barack Obama's famed Cairo Speech, broadcast to the world, was the beginning of an apology tour that saw us saying, "I'm sorry," to every tin pot thug hanging out in the worst toilets the third world has produced to date. Projecting American Weakness became our official position on every crisis faced by the world at large. Does, "leading from behind," sound familiar? I understand that a group of linguists from MIT are still attempting to decipher the Obama Doctrine. They needn't bother, gibberish will always be gibberish.
It is no coincidence that attacks upon American interests bloom like wild fire, literally, when ever Democrats are in the White House. Their entire foreign policy philosophy reminds me of the time hippy neighbors attempted the great Summerhill experiment of 1972. Every child in the neighborhood spent two entire days running into the hippy household and leaving with handfuls of candy completely unchecked, all convinced that Matty's parents had finally gone completely nuts. To their credit, the flirtation with Summerhill only lasted a day or two. Not so with Democrats and their beliefs. When Hillary asked, "what difference at this point does it make how they died," I was massively disappointed that not one of the people doing the questioning found the adequate answer, which was this. "The difference Madam Secretary, was that their deaths could have been easily prevented by taking smarter actions two years ago, when this suicidal foreign policy was enacted. The slightest embrace of America's strength as a positive thing for the world as a whole, and not viewing that reality as a problem to be solved, would have prevented our embassies the world over from becoming fire wood during the entirety of 2012."
Hillary knows exactly what she is doing here, and make no mistake about it, so long as we only take issue with her straw man arguments, and not her vision as a whole, she's won. When asked for a specific accomplishment while serving as our Secretary of State, Hillary offered this missive. "I've restored America's stature in the diplomatic community, and our friends like us again." That statement is really a knee slapper when one considers the fact that the whole conversation is centered around four of our citizens being dragged from an embassy in the first place. This entire discussion is most certainly not the stuff one who is witnessing America's improved world stature would expect to be having, ever.
If Hillary can keep the conversation on her idiotic premise that President's can't be concerned with small issues like the placement of blast walls and such, then we won't be talking about the small fact that her plan is to continue the very foreign policy that fomented the situation we faced in Benghazi to begin with. I am by no means ready for Hillary, and neither is America, should America wish to prosper. Keep this in mind, Hillary will not be easy to defeat. She and her husband are formidable foes to say the least. They are masters at framing the debate in a way that benefits their own narrative. They are also expert at knowing which shots they can take, and which ones are lethal, and more importantly, how to avoid the latter. If we are to stand a chance at preventing a Hillary Presidency, we must learn to fight on the real issues, and not on the silly crap that she positions as the real issues.
In that respect anyhow, I guess she is right, her comments do represent the minor leagues. Let's drag her cheap magic trick pulling a** up to the majors. Let me leave you with this exit quotation from Thomas Sowell's latest piece of brilliance.
We may yet become the first nation to die from a terminal case of frivolity. Other great nations in history have been threatened by barbarians at the gates. We may be the first to be threatened by self-indulgent silliness inside the gates.
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Rich Knoch,
The dog ate it. Somewhere out there, there is a very fat Democrat dog, undoubtedly with gastric distress.
"the rodham" has the idea that simply living with willy, a zipper challenged dude, she has the silver-tongued ability to lie and get by with it as willy has done his entire life.
She's sadly mistaken but she does continue to fool her cadre of Useful Idiots, who hang on every lie.
Once she lies through all her other lies she'll still have to explain how $6 Billion went missing while she was Secty. of State, if a Republican has the Spine to ask the question.
Surely the RNC, anxious to grab Defeat from the jaws of Victory will advise against asking this question, in public.
Bottom line:
Hillary is totally incompetent to handle the 3AM phone call.
The fact that she hates America is really secondary-- she couldn't run the country well if she wanted to.
Very good post. Critical to read and spread. Right on!
I think the correct answer to HIllary is to NAME THE ISSUE:
"Saying that we should be playing in the major league is Hillary's way of avoiding the question, and avoiding the fact that SHE's the one who couldn't even make the farm team in the very areas she describes as the little league. Hillary has PROVEN HERSELF to be a thoroughly DISASTROUS FAILURE in what she describes as the little league, as TOTALLY INCOMPETENT even to dust off home plate and make sure the simplest basics are properly handled, and now she is offering her conclusively proven total incompetence even at menial little league tasks as a reason to give her the job of manager of our major league team.
"She has some gall, and a very shrewd way of twisting words and facts. But the American electorate is not the crowd of stupid lamebrains HIllary thinks they are. They know that a tenderfoot cub scout wouldn't have made the blatantly obvious mistakes she did. Americans know that you don't put a private who's incapable of doing KP duty in charge of military strategy. Americans are too smart to fall for Hillary's evasions, word mincing, and outrageous twisting of the obvious truth."
Hillary and Bill are just like the slimy creatures from the black lagoon. They are only concerned about THEMSELVES and America be damned. I don't trust them a millimeter. Both narcissists just like our current so-called leader.
Its to bad Obama was paid to destroy American.. if he had a b rain that works to clean up rathrer than destory he may have been a good P> Hillary is not a TRUE AMERICA either.. any one would think in the bad and dangerous countrys she visited in her 4 years one would think she would saving American from bec not thhis time.. the rich are hated..
This should be called understanding Slick Willie and Slight of Hand Hillary tactics. It makes a person furious to listen to the tripe coming out her mouth and how she turns the tables on a question of importance to make it sound frivolous. We need to keep hammering home that "What difference does it make now" statement as being that it makes a Hell of Lot of difference to the American People. We can't let her get away with constantly controlling the narrative with diversion tactics.
hang "Hillary" now !!
enough evidence has been brought forward from the "Clinton's" past to
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Everything I've learned about green juices and smoothies has been through my pal, marvelous mentor + client, Kris Carr. While in the trenches at Crazy Sexy Life headquarters a couple years back, our crew juiced everyday at the office (or picked up juice at a local joint). It was just part of daily life. Period. That was four years ago. Today, I'm in Baltimore full time, Skype-working with Ms. Kris, and raising a one-year-old. Life has changed, but my craving for green juice has not.
It wasn't until my vacation in June that I reconnected with green juice, after a year of falling off the wagon time and time again. With a juice bar just down the road in Bar Harbor, ME, there was no excuse for skipping my daily green juice and I was happy to oblige. After seven straight days, I was hooked again and ready to pull my juicer out of hiding.
Since then, except for the power outage fiasco, I've juiced every day. Since your body doesn't have to digest the fiber in your veggie juice, your cells receive an instant infusion of vitamins, nutrients, and all that other good stuff. Use organic produce whenever you can!
My favorite green juice:
Makes 20-25 ounces
2 cucumbers
1 head romaine
2-3 stalks celery
1 apple
1 lime (peeled)
1 1-inch piece of ginger
This is just my variation of Kris' daily juice recipe (she is more gutsy with the greens, I like a milder + sweeter juice). Usually, I drink half right away and put the other half in a lidded mason jar (yet another Kris tip).
Here's why I love juicing:
❤ Instant focus + energy boost
❤ Better digestion
❤ Decreased junk food cravings, less over-eating
❤ Improved mood + less mood swings = inner balance
❤ Stronger immune system, less susceptible to colds, flu, etc.
I've traveled a lot this summer and I love being able to pick up a Blue Print green juice at Whole Foods while on the road. Yes, making and buying veggie juice costs extra money, but I compensate by rarely going to bars (alcohol is pretty pricey too!) and opting for regular coffee vs. soy lattes when at a cafe (most of the time). Saving a dollar here and there adds up and I like to put those extra bucks toward long term health and instant energy.
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I've been using a Breville Ikon Multi-Speed juicer for the past four years and it's never let me down (looks like their newer model is the Juice Fountain Elite). There are countless juicers out there and you'll find a breakdown of all of them in Kris' juice + smoothie ebook. If you're not sure if you want to commit to a juicer yet, visit a juice bar or pick up a bottled green juice at Whole Foods every day for a week (make sure your green juice is raw + 100% veggies/fruits–no added anything!). See how you feel. I bet you'll make the investment after that. If you're looking for a more affordable juicer, I recommend the Breville Compact Juicer ($139).
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There are roses to suit every aspect of the garden. 'Paul's Scarlet Climber', as its name suggests, is a vigorous climbing rose with semi-glossy, mid-green foliage. Its flowers, which are double and bright red, measure 8cm (3in) across and appear freely throughout the summer. This rose would look good planted up a pergola or trained along a fence.
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The invention of the airplane sparked a revolution in modern technology. In the popular mind, the new air age became associated with adventure and heroism. African Americans shared the widespread enthusiasm for flying, but they found themselves routinely denied access to training as pilots and mechanics.
Beginning in the 1920s, a small number of determined black air enthusiasts challenged racial discrimination. With great effort—and against formidable odds—they realized their dream to fly.
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Free agent TE Jermichael Finley to visit with the Seahawks
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See ya later Jermichael. Good guy but it's time to move on.Hide replies
I'd rather have G Graham. Or Ebron if he falls. Or O Daniels for a low price. Finley didn't pass on that 15mil insurance policy to come back for some 2 yr/4mil deal.
Apparently Aaron Rodgers tried to phone Finely but he dropped the call.Hide replies
He may sign...but it will be for Brett Myers $ (2/4) if healthy.
He will find out his true market value this go round.
He'd be a good fit, personality-wise but I think they need a blocking TE more. Plus they have to resign Tate. Don't see a big offer coming his way.Hide replies
Can you imagine the post game rants of Sherman and Finley?
Well, truly, Sherman has about 50-75 IQ points in Finley, but those two in the same locker room might be an interesting dynamic.
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What the hell are you talking about?
Yeah -- what are you talking about Sazmo??? Finley under-achieved in Green Bay, no matter what anyone thinks. And, he ran his mouth early on, too. He was the Packers' best TE, but he is far from irreplaceable, in my opinion. Aaron Rodgers makes everyone look better than they are.
Your right!
Finley has been an average player that never lived up to all the hype the media and the Packers gave him. If his agent can still pull off promoting him as the next big thing with someone else that's great. The Pack doesn't need a great TE just a decent one. Might consider Owen Daniels for now and develop a younger guy down the road.Hide replies
I'd be ok with Daniels, Quarless, Bostick/Stoneburner and a draft pick.
Not sure if anyone else caught it, but the Big Show on SSP was talking about Nick Collins also paying the SeaHawks a visit.
I am not sure if that was speculative, or something Collins put out.Hide replies
I see Schneider isn't afraid of neck fusions. It will be interesting to see how those situations play out.
Kind of pathetic though when you think about it. I don't know how much of a role Schneider had in each of those individuals personally, but anyone of us could call cast offs from our former employer to see if they want to work for us.
Doesn't really show much for independent thinking on Schneider's end, but I do think it is a effective strategy.
Work for Schneider end up in a wheelchair.
NicK Colliins will be playing football with his new buddies in jail
Ok, here we go again. TT is going to sleep thru free agency......what a bum. This guy has got to go.......
We need a pass rusher, linebacker, safety and TE. And other teams are adding pieces and TT. Just will not pull the trigger.Hide replies
Pulling the trigger just to pull the trigger is what losers do.
Had a TE if he had medical clearance.
Mike Lynn, the former GM of the Vikings, famously said after he traded all the draft picks (those that turned into Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin and three Super Bowls for Dallas) for Herschel Walker, "Some guys just can't pull the trigger." I said to my friend who was watching TV with me, "Yes, but you have to make sure it's not pointed at your own head." Lynn was fired a couple seasons later and never worked in the NFL again.
Yes Cheesy, the Vikes did "win free agency" that year which just gets them another empty space in the trophy cabinet next to the non-existent Lombardi trophies.
Cheesy, Aikman and Irvin were not a byproduct of the Walker trade.
Ray, do you think that being a GM is as easy as determining your needs and then going to the free agent store and filling those needs?
That's a really lame statement....other GMs with less cap room are adding pieces that they need. If your not getting better you're getting worse. FACT.
TT is stubborn and he wants to do it his way..it ain't working....if he can't do the job he should quit....I'm tired oh hearing its not easy being a GM.....come on he's getting paid pretty well. ..NFL network analyst was shaking his head at TT. He's a laughing stock.....
Hmmmm Justin Harrell at 16 overall. Really? Plenty of FAs went for a reasonable price that could have helped us.....we could have used Dansby last year. When he was a FA. He was a FA again this year and we did nothing. That's just 1 of many. TTs apathy will get him fired.....mark my word
Ray, do you think that being a GM is as easy as determining your needs and then going to the free agent store and filling those needs?
Sorry Georgia. I did not know someone on the NFL Network was shaking his head at TT. Please accept my apology for ever looking at TT's body of work and trusting his knowledge and effort. Could you post a video of this alleged head shaking so I can be sure this is not all a sick joke?
For someone who is usually chatty on Twitter, Finley sure has been quiet. Hope he enjoys his cup of coffee in Seattle.Hide replies
I think he is sweating out his physical. He and his agent may speak publicly they are confident he will play again but until teams actually think you are healthy is another matter.
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One Direction Got Mistaken For Westlife In Ghana :)
Unless you have been taking some time out from the world and living under a rock, you would know that One Direction made a quick visit to poverty stricken parts of Ghana last month.
They came back as enlightened individuals and described it as a "great experience" and one which had a profound effect on the boys, particularly Nialler who tweeted tons about the trip.
However, leaving behind the privileged west where fans regularly camp outside their hotel rooms, it would seem that many people in Ghana don't really know who One Direction are…let alone ever heard their music.
When asked if they had been recognised on the trip, Harry Styles replied immediately with:
"No, not really!"
Liam said:
"There were a few lads that asked if we were Westlife which we thought was quite funny!"
Harry then responded with a pretty hilarious statement:
"We played football with some guys and they were shouting 'Westlife, Westlife, Westlife!"
Obviously there are only 4 members in Westlife, but they have actually now officially disbanded, leaving One Direction as the only band associated with Simon Cowell. Well, if you don't count Union J that is.
It must have been a nice change to feel a bit invisible, as opposed to being madly chased and pursued by crazed fans around the world.
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) wants to make friends. FWS is announcing in the Federal Register of Tuesday, April 22 that it is adopting a new "Friends" policy to help its employees work with partner "friend" non-profit organizations on helping achieve FWS' goals. The policy takes effect immediately.
The new policy is officially being adopted into FWS' Service Manual. It defines the relationship between FWS and its friends, responsibilities of staff, how to raise money and what Friends Partnership Agreements should say. The policy aims to promote public awareness of what FWS does and get people involved in helping in conservation. FWS cites several laws that permit these activities, including the National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer & Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 and the National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006.
The National Friends Program applies in all FWS property, including national wildlife preserves and national fish hatcheries. The program dates to 1996 and now includes about 200 preserve and 30 hatchery friend groups with between 40,000 and 60,000 members. About 10 new groups form each year, FWS says. Some support one refuge, others work statewide or regionally. Some are more active than others. The new final policies set financial and administrative rules, activities allowed on FWS lands and waters, how to develop friend programs and procedures for raising funds on federal territory.
FWS first proposed the policy for public comment on October 18, 2010. It opened a second comment period the next March. It received a total of about 40 comments. It made some minor changes in the final policy based on recommendations it received and also based on internal review.
FWS is allowing six months for refuges and friends to come into compliance with the new policy. For more info, contact Joanna Webb, Visitor Services, National Wildlife Refuge System, FWS, 4401
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Inside the Majestic Theatre For Conan O'Brien's First Dallas Show
Conan O'Brien and his pompadour brought Team Coco to the Majestic Theater for a few days' worth of tapings, a run-up to the Final Four later this week. Monday afternoon's show filled the Majestic to capacity, every seat taken, even the second balcony. The audience was a mix, 20-somethings through people in their 50s, with more than a few old enough to collect Social Security. The applause signs over the monitors were hardly needed as the crowd went wild every time the former writer and producer for The Simpsons pointed their way. Did I say wild? Let me rephrase: wild and LOUD, clapping and screaming with enough volume to rattle the fillings in your teeth.Read More


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The season four finale of the ABC Family drama "Pretty Little Liars" left lives hanging in the balance, but at least one character will be returning next season. On Tuesday, March 18 Wetpaint Entertainment posted an interview with Ian Harding, who plays Ezra Fitz on the series, about the fate of his character.
In the season finale, Ezra gets shot on a rooftop trying to save Aria and her friends, and the wound looked serious. However, Harding has revealed that he has "signed a contract for a fifth season" although he isn't sure "in what capacity he will be back." The season five premiere is expected to feature some paramedics and at least two surgeries so there is a possibility Ezra lives.
Executive producer Oliver Goldstick revealed that "Ezra will definitely be back" in the fifth season, but that can mean he fully recovers and continues to pursue Aria or he is back simply to die from his injuries in the first episode. The character could also be returning in flashbacks, much like Allison's character did for the first few seasons, or in another capacity.
"Pretty Little Liars" will return with a fifth season on Tuesday, June 10 at 8 p.m. on ABC Family. Harding himself is unsure of his character's fate, although if Ezra lives he doesn't believe Aria will completely forgive him. Ezra's final scene in the episode was also much more violent, with Ezra physically fighting back, but the scenes were cut for time.
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Career Development Conference – Wednesday & Thursday February 27-28, 2013
LDSBC's Winter 2013 Career Development Conference days will be held on two consecutive days Wednesday February 27 and Thursday February 28, 2013.
Both days will host the same workshops, allowing students to attend as many sessions as possible. These career-related workshops and activities will replace regularly scheduled daytime and evening classes, beginning at 7:40 a.m. and concluding 8:30 p.m.
Successful professionals will be volunteering their time and talents to provide 3 keynote addresses and a variety of career preparation and professional development workshops, designed to give students a powerful advantage in the marketplace. It will also offer opportunities for students to:
- Increase their marketability by exploring multiple majors
- Participate in a résumé, cover letter, and thank you letter screening experience
- Prepare powerful answers to potential job interview questions.
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This is the second of a series of posts from the Indonesia. Keith Ellenbogen, a photographer and frequent contributor to the Global Explorers Blog, is sharing pictures from an expedition with Conservation International (CI) and the Ocean Health Index to create an awareness about environmental threats and solutions that impact the relationship between people and the sea.
Mangroves and coral reefs are intricately connected. The mangroves provide shelter to many juvenile fish and are an important zone between coral reef habitats and land. I was not only interested in photographing the natural beauty but also working to create images that visualize the connection between mangroves and coral reef ecosystems.
Soft coral and algae underneath the roots of mangroves
As part of this expedition we spent many hours in shallow water mangroves searching to explore habitats where corals grow on the roots of mangroves. The focus of these images were to visually show 'compressed' habitats that can lead to discussions on the interconnections between mangroves and coral reef ecosystems.
Soft coral (Xenia sp.) growing on the root of a mangrove tree
One question I sometimes asked is why should we care? It's not an easy answer but an excellent example is the photo below.
Along the mangroves — extreme exposure at low tide. Heliopora sp. (blue coral) have been listed on IUCN Red List for threatened species.
At first it looks just like all the other corals and mangrove images. But this image is shows how life adapts to varied conditions. At low tide the blue coral is exposed to the sun. How does this coral prevent drying out or getting sunburned especially given we are right on the equator? There is research currently underway that is looking to better understand how the coral blocks the sun and how that can be useful for people.
Upsidedown jelly in seagrass
This is an example of a possible practical connection between people and coral reefs. Unfortunately, this coral species due to loss of mangrove habitat has just been listed on the IUCN Red list for threatened species. There is so much we just don't know and so much to learn. Who knows what we will discover, what secrets we will find and what our imagination can create?
To learn more about the first part of his trip to the Turtle Islands, click here. Head over to Conservation International's blog for more pictures and perspectives from Keith.
Aquarium explorers traveled to Raja Ampat in 2011. Dive further into this beautiful part of the marine world through the expedition's blog posts.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Indonesia: The Mangroves
Labels: 2012OHI, blue coral, Indonesia, IUCN red list, mangroves, raja ampat
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Helpful Hint! Times on schedules are when the shuttle departs from a stop.
Where's the next shuttle? Use our APPS or TEXT for real-time info!
This UAA shuttle tracker shows real-time location information for each shuttle. It even provides riders with details on when the next shuttle will arrive at your stop. WolfTracks updates every 5-seconds and can be viewed on a smart phone or computer.
Click the following links to download the WolfTracks - Ride System app for iPhone or Android.
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REMEMBER: Check the shuttle schedules to confirm actual route connections. Sometimes buses are rotating out-of-service and may only be drop off riders at your stop.
You can also use the UAA Mobile App for quick access to WolfTracks and other UAA links.
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Six Baseball Players Named to Preseason All-League Teams
Jan. 22, 2013
CHICAGO - Six UIC baseball players were selected to the 2013 Madness Horizon League Preseason All-Conference Teams as recently announced by College Sports Madness. The Flames tied defending-league champions Valparaiso for the most selections. Junior Jon Ryan was the lone Flame to be named on the first team, one of just three Horizon League outfielders to earn the distinction.
The second team was comprised of pitchers Joey Begel and Brian Evak, infielders Alex Grunenwald and Joe Betcher and utility man Alex De LaRosa.
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"Latin Fury 13 /Pinoy Power III" has just about everything a fight fan could want in a card. There are current world champions defending their belts, young-and-hungry challengers and former greats. Talk about bang for your buck, too – the bouts on the PPV-televised card total a marathon 80 rounds in ten bouts for live fans, 46 rounds in four bouts for TV viewers.
The only thing missing earlier today was half of the main event – but even that vacancy on the lengthy line-up was filled midway through the afternoon.
After headliner Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire (22-1, 14 KOs) lost his dance partner Gerson Guerrero (34-8, 26 KOs), shortly before the final presser commenced at the Hilton in Las Vegas, promoter Bob Arum assured the crowd that a fill-in would be secured shortly.
"We have received word from Tijuana," joked promoter Bob Arum. "Pancho Villa is on horseback leading an army of 115-pound Mexicans to challenge Donaire."
Guerrero, a longtime contender and former title challenger, was scratched off the line-up today after the Nevada State Athletic Commission ruled him unfit to fight when physicians discovered an aberration on his eye.
"I'm at a loss," the ever-cheerful Donaire said today. "I don't know what to say."
Actually, Donaire said plenty, spending most of his time at the podium praising the other fighters on the card, before smiling and throwing up his hands.
"It happens in boxing," said Donaire. "It's one of those things. The way I look at it, it's part of whatever God has planned for me."
A couple hours after the press conference, a fill-in was secured in former title challenger Manuel "Chango" Vargas (26-4-1, 11 KOs), of Jalisco, Mexico.
Vargas will not only be giving up time to prepare against Donaire, but plenty of weight, having campaigned as a minimumweight last year. Weighing 105 in his last bout – a split decision loss to Donnie Nietes for the WBO minimumweight title – Vargas will be jumping up three divisions and ten pounds to take on Donaire.
In the co-main event of the Top Rank show Saturday, former superflyweight and flyweight champ Fernando Montiel (39-2-2, 29 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, will take on undefeated Filipino hopeful Ciso "Kid Terrible" Morales (14-0, 8 KOs).
In the biggest fight of his life, by far, Morales said he was coming prepared and that all the Filipinos would be racking up wins Saturday night. After hearing the chuckle from the crowd, Montiel countered with, "I don't understand what he said, but I'm probably just as prepared."
Montiel is looking at a possible showdown with Donaire sometime this year – and, should he win against Morales, is expected to fight the winner of fight that precedes his.
In a battle of former champs, Puerto Rico's Eric "Little Hands of Stone" Morel (41-2, 21 KOs) will take on Gerry Penalosa (54-7-2, 34 KOs), of the Philippines, in a 12-round WBO bantamweight title eliminator that will determine the mandatory challenger for Montiel vs. Morales.
Penalosa was short on words, but Morel made up for the former champ, saying, "I'm here, I'm back, and I still got it. If he thinks this is going to be an easy fight, enh-enh."
Morel has been on a six-bout win streak since his return in 2008, while Penalosa fought last April, losing to Juan Manuel Lopez.
In the opening ten-round featherweight bout, Filipino Bernabe Concepcion (41-2, 21 KOs) will battle Puerto Rican Mario Santiago (21-1-1, 14 KOs).
Concepcion lost by DQ in his last bout when he hit Steven Luevano after the bell in a WBO featherweight title bout. The cards were near-even before the stoppage. In his only world title fight, Santiago, too, has fought Luevano – resulting in a draw.
Six bouts starting at 4 p.m. will comprise the undercard:
In an eight-round welterweight bout, Filipino Mark Melligen (16-2, 12 KOs) takes on Raymond Gatica (11-0, 6 KOs), of Austin, Texas. Melligen is coming off an upset loss to Michel Rosales in November while Gatica is undefeated, against far inferior opposition.
In an eight-round super featherweight fight, Diego "I'm the local guy" Magdaleno (13-0, 3 KOs), of Las Vegas, ups his opposition a notch by taking on Floriano Pagliara (10-3, 6 KOs), of Cecina, Italy.
Undefeated middleweight Matt Korobov (9-0, 7 KOs), of Orotukan, Russia, looks for his tenth win in a sixer with St. Louis' Lamar Harris (6-4-3, 4 KOs).
In a six-round super featherweight bout, Puerto Rico's Hector Marengo (5-0, 3 KOs) will take on Edgar Portillo (6-3, 4 KOs), of Midland, Texas.
Pro debuting flyweight Bruno Escalante will go four with Japan's Takashi Okada (1-0, 1 KO).
In the opener, Phoenix amateur standout Jose Benavadiz (1-0, 1 KO) will take on Matt Ellis (1-1, 1 KO), of Milwaukee, Wisc.
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By Aimee Tsao
Copyright 2003 Aimee Tsao
SAN FRANCISCO -- At
times the Bay Area can seem like a cultural backwater, stagnating
like a swamp. Then suddenly a hurricane sweeps through stirring
up the green algal sludge to reveal that there are still interesting
things happening. Within a week from September 6 to 13, two premieres,
by Tere O'Connor and Mark Morris, gave me more food for thought
and the senses than I'd had in a long time.
I wish I could say that
the first time I saw Tere O'Connor Dance perform was back in 1986
or '87, even 1999, but much to my chagrin it was only last week
when the company made its local debut. I had hoped that I could
give a longer range perspective of O'Connor's work in reviewing
his premiere, but I only had seen "Winter Belly" (2002) and "Choke"
(2001) two nights before the unveiling of "Lawn." Never mind; I
was transported by so many aspects of the work that the disappointment
of not encountering him sooner was assuaged. Although the span of
time for the creation of these three dances is only three years,
O'Connor has quite a range of color and tone, visually, musically
and choreographically that differentiates them. Often choreographers'
ballets during a brief period can seem to be all of the same piece
of cloth, with little to distinguish them except their titles. "Choke"
and "Winter Belly" have certain similarities, with "Choke" evincing
a sense of humor, but "Lawn" has a hardcore goofiness and a more
blatant probing of the complexity of human existence, in this case
in context of the natural world.
Seen on its September
6 premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, the evening-length
"Lawn" opens on a gigantic video screen framed thickly with plastic
foliage, hanging upstage center. It's the first tip-off that O'Connor
doesn't take himself overly-sacrosanct-seriously even on the subject
of the environment and our relationship to nature. Giving a blow
by blow description of the piece is difficult because of the over-layering
of dance, video and music. Rather it is the accumulated impression
that lingers, though several moments also are recalled quite vividly.
Ben Speth created a
video that provides both background for the dance and at times is
the featured event. The bucolic stretches of grass and trees, or
a sky arching above with clouds, soothe us and remind us of the
beauty of nature and our need to connect with it. The construction
sites and deserted lots and highways with rushing cars show how
we thoughtlessly degrade the world we live in. Interspersed snippets,
in conjunction with others that appear further on, make for terrific
irony. A man chopping vegetables is followed later by someone chopping
up plastic shopping bags and making a salad that is slowly and sensuously
consumed by a woman and man seated naked at a dining table, and
still later by a rabbit eating grass. There is the maniacal dryad,
a man in drag with a bad wig of long blonde hair and thoroughly
revolting grimaces, replete with crooked, rotting teeth, flitting
through the trees, plucking plastic bags from their branches as
if they were plums.
In front of all this
is O'Connor's choreography. He often deploys two or three groups
of dancers, pitting them against each other rhythmically, only to
have them resolve into a brief unison, or a clear fugue. His movement
vocabulary is so individual it cannot be mistaken for anyone else's
yet. (There will be imitators.) The eloquence of gesture, the speed
and precision of the dancers in the most complicated phrases is
mind-boggling. And just when you feel you're saturated with one
quality, O'Connor heads off in an entirely different direction.
At one point, the dancers suddenly drop to the floor, frozen in
contorted positions as a lamp wildly swings down from the flyspace
by its cord, casting weird shadows, then slowly, as its arc diminishes
and its wobble smooths out, the hypnotic pendulum lulls you into
a trance. The lamp slowly rises and the dance continues.
The music by James Baker
is as diverse as the choreography. Slow and calm to frenetic and
screechy, it supports both the dance and the video. I also appreciated
the scores Baker composed for "Choke" and "Winter Belly." How fortunate
that such a long collaboration between choreographer and composer
has led to such richness! The costumes by Deanna Berg and Tere O'Connor
also added to the total effect. In the beginning the dancers wore
robes which had an Asian cast, reminding me of Tuvan horsemen or
Chinese bowmen. Later they changed to more modern dress as the dance
moved from the sense of traditional peoples connected to the earth
to our current modern dilemma of wanting the results of exploiting
the earth and still giving lip service to loving it.
("Lawn" receives its
New York premiere October 1 at Dance Theater Workshop.)
A week after viewing "Lawn," on Saturday, September 13, at Zellerbach
Hall in Berkeley, I saw the second performance of Mark Morris's
newest piece on the Mark Morris Dance Group, "All Fours." For me,
Morris seems to choreograph his juicier work to chamber music. Not
that I have seen a great percentage of his total output, but of
what I know, some of my favorite pieces, "V,"
Office," "Pacific,"
and "Maelstrom" are all to music written for small ensembles. I
will not speculate why this is -- it seems like a good question
for an interview -- but I am grateful that Morris's taste in music
overlaps with mine in this is respect. When I read that this latest
premiere is to Bela Bartok's String Quartet no. 4, I began to anticipate
another gem and at the same time steel myself for a letdown.
This new piece is brilliant.
Never before have I encountered so strongly Morris's ability to
shape a dance both visually, in terms of the way the steps look
on their own and in relation to different ones being danced by others
simultaneously, and rhythmically, in terms of the way they're juxtaposed
and the broader rhythms produced as the rate at which the dancers
switch between phrases accelerates, defining a sort of choreographic
Eight black figures,
four men and four women, are starkly silhouetted against a backdrop
lit an intense red. As the lights brighten, Martin Pakledinaz's
costumes show themselves to be various dark shades of brown, midnight
blue and charcoal as well. For the first movement, Allegro, Morris
uses every possible combination of groupings. Unison for all eight.
Couples breaking off and exiting, then returning. A solo against
a group. Counterpoint between two equal groups. The sequences of
steps themselves have clearly defined shapes and textures and watching
them being played off against each other is thrilling.
The second movement,
Prestissimo, con sordino, for Craig Biesecker and Bradon McDonald,
dressed in light costumes, is a tender conversation between two
very different men. One more formal and precise, the other looser
and warmer. The Non troppo lento, third movement, introduces two
women, also in light colored costumes, and the four explore the
various relationships -- mixed couples and same sex couples -- with
a lot more honesty than in "Going Away Party" which opened the evening.
("Going Away Party" is very cliched, with much cutesy boy-meets-girl
flirting, though the section danced to the song "Goin' Away Party"
is, in fact, a very moving revelation about the alienation of a
man who is saying goodbye to his dreams. Perhaps I should give Morris
the benefit of the doubt and assume that the contrast between the
sections in "Goin' Away Party" is a way of further pointing up the
superficiality in the way people relate in American society.)
Marjorie Folkman and
Julie Worden get to attack a lot of intricate footwork in the Allegretto
pizzicato. At the end two women in black enter and segue into the
closing Allegro molto with the entire cast. This echoes the structure
of the opening Allegro, but incorporating new motifs and with an
acceleration of rhythm, not literally or musically, but perceptually,
as previously mentioned. At the end the two light costumed couples
from the middle three movements split the larger group dressed in
dark colors. The lighting by Nicole Pearce is mostly effective,
though I felt a bit gimmicky, akin to that used in William Forsythe's
"New Sleep," with sudden blackouts or shifts between backlit and
tightly focused spots.
With images still burning
behind my eyelids of both these premieres I will happily endure
any brief dry spell of not-so-exciting dance until the next storm
blows in. (My apologies to those of you on the East Coast who may
be dealing with the very real Hurricane Isabel.)
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Near-completion of a year-old project to decrease pollution due to unsanitary sewage disposal in the Charles River was announced yesterday by Clarence I. Stirling, Chief Sanitation Engineer of the Boston Public Health Commission.
The Charles, an evil-smelling, unappetizing body of water that separates Soldiers Field from Jim Cronin's, will never become a swimmer's paradise, nor has its density any prospects of improving, since there is no way in which the flow of sewage from upstream factories, mills, and laundries can be diverted.
However, according to Worthen H. Taylor, Senior Sanitation Engineer for the Commission, the chlorination of waste products at the sewage treatment plants, which is the most important accomplishment of the project, will drastically reduce the potentially dangerous bacterial pollution which has always been a threatening factor to the health of Cantabrigians.
Clearing up the 60-odd miles of the Charles, which passes through the heart of Massachusetts' most heavily populated and highly industrialized areas has been a State House headache since the turn of the century. The underground pipes which lead from the treatment plants to the river were intended for a much lighter load than the present one.
Another complicating factor is the fact that one-third of the river's flow is diverted into the Neponset River through the 300-year-old Motherbrook Canal, with the result that as much as 15,000,000 gallons a day have to be pumped into the river to dilute the flow of sewage when it becomes too heavy.
Instead of working at the hopeless task of making the Charles suitable for swimming, the Commission is construct- ing a series of public pools on the river's banks. Another constructive step which has been taken is the lessening of waste production in the woolen mills through the adoption of improved industrial techniques. But, Mr. Taylor states, this is only a minor triumph. "The sheep is a filthy animal," he says, and nothing can be done about it
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Spurs 104, Heat 87
Observations from Tuesday's 104-87 exhibition loss to the Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena:
0-7. The first winless preseason in the franchise's 20 seasons.
That's 13 consecutive losses, if you're counting, when including the 0-4 playoff sweep at the hands of the Bulls and the final two games of last season.
Pat Riley opened with a lineup of Shaquille O'Neal, Udonis Haslem, Dorell Wright, Penny Hardaway and Jason Williams.
That well could be the opening-night starting lineup a week from Thursday against Detroit, with Wright chasing Richard Hamilton and Hardaway using his height against the halfcourt game of Tayshaun Prince.
O'Neal was sharp from the outset, scoring 14 of the Heat's first 20 points.
Williams was in particular synch with O'Neal, with five first-quarter assists.
Riley curiously opted to go without forward Antoine Walker and guard Smush Parker on Tuesday's active roster. Earlier in camp, Riley held the duo out of practice over conditioning issues and then reiterated his concerns before the previous home exhibition.
Riley's reasoning on the duo Tuesday was, "I know what Antoine and I know what Smush can do." That argument ran counter to leaving in the lineup the likes of Haslem, Williams and O'Neal.
A scout at Tuesday's game said it appears Riley continues to have issues with the duo, with Parker acknowledging his conditioning is still off. Parker, by rule, cannot be traded until Dec. 15, because he signed in the offseason as a free agent.
The scout said he could not envision any team trading for Walker.
After an 0-for-5 exhibition start from the field, Hardaway finally made the first shot of his comeback, a 12-foot running jumper with 3:37 remaining in the first quarter. He also converted his next jumper, closing 3 of 4 in the first half.
Wright's inability to convert an outside shot figures to have opponents backing off consistently. It also leaves him without value in the pick-and-roll game.
Daequan Cook again attacked with a scorer's mentality. The first-round pick might just emerge as the spot-up shooter the Heat needs in concert with O'Neal. He ain't shy.
At one point, you had to feel for Alonzo Mourning, left to play with a lineup that otherwise featured Wright, Marcus Slaughter, Devin Green and Chris Quinn.
To his credit, Mourning was fierce beneath the defensive rim, challenging all comers. He then turned on his offense in the third quarter.
Williams was ejected with 2:45 to play in the second quarter for saying some not-very-nice words to referee Eric Lewis.
Quinn played well in Williams' absence. Before the game, Riley hinted Quinn had the advantage in his roster battle with Brian Chase. Quinn finally made the outside shots he had been missing.


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