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John Coltrane Live in Seattle
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- Released: February 7, 2012
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Impulse Records
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 5/18/95, pp.87-884.5 Stars - Excellent - "...Leading his incendiary '60s quartet, Coltrane wails with an inexhaustible, sometimes truly nightmarish passion....Passages of stark modal beauty detonate into ensemble blasts of dizzying tumult..."
Q - 3/95, p.1164 Stars - Excellent - "...this is a double set of epic improvisations recorded in a small Seattle club in late 1965....the results are nothing less than awesome..."
Down Beat - 5/95, p.414 Stars - Very Good - "...This is an ensemble that starts at the brink, then rushes over it....Trane follows volcanic climax with gorgeous thematic reprise, summoning the sonic Eden that inspired a generation to make love to his late-period music..."
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Product Description:
Personnel: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone); Raphael Donald Garrett (bass clarinet, bass); McCoy Tyner (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass); Elvin Jones (drums).
Producer: John Coltrane.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded live at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington on September 30, 1965. Includes liner notes by David Wild.
Personnel: John Coltrane (saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Donald Rafael Garrett (bass clarinet); McCoy Tyner (piano); Elvin Jones (drums).
Recording information: The Penthouse, Seattle, WA (09/30/1965).
Photographer: Chuck Stewart.
By the fall of 1965, when LIVE IN SEATTLE was recorded, John Coltrane was in the middle of a highly experimental period, searching for new means of expression, having seemingly exhausted his bebop and post-modern resources. Such niceties as tune, time and tempo were optional features on these free-form search parties. The freedom first hinted at that summer (TRANSITION and SUN SHIP) was now the primary focus of the music.
The music had become a reflection of John Coltrane's spiritual quest, as well as his study of non-western religions and the ritualistic music that often accompanied these solemn rites. The effect of adding young firebrands Donald Garrett and Pharaoh Sanders to his ensemble was catalytic. The enthusiasm of tenor maverick Sanders is contagious. On the sonic bookends "Cosmos" and "Evolution," Sanders' unique command of multiphonics, harmonics and blow-torched overtones gives the music a real vocal impetus. As if Trane needed one. On free interpretations of classics such as "Out Of This World" and "Afro-Blue," Trane uses Sanders as his stunt double, allowing him to explore the farthest extremities of sound, by which time the innate structure and form of his own aural onslaughts sound positively lyrical in comparison.
The Tyner-Garrison-Jones rhythm team was, at any moment's notice, capable of concocting the swinging illusion of meter and form (and even groove) out of this sonic maelstrom--usually one of Tyner's magnificent rhythmic/harmonic inventions. Listen to the head of "Afro-Blue" for an example of how hard the Coltrane rhythm team could swing. And Jimmy Garrison's virtuoso showpiece "Tapestry In Sound" is indicative of the brakthroughs he achieved every night during Coltrane's last two years. But Trane wanted more sonic density to play off of, and those tunes with Garrett doubling on bass are particularly powerful--check out the dueling basses on "Afro-Blue." As for Coltrane himself, whether he's leaving earth's orbit on "Cosmos" or turning "Body And Soul" into a free-form anthem, the searching, triumphant quality of his saxophone playing is emotionally overwhelming. So happy was Trane with these dates that the next day he recorded the visionary OM.
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Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: Johnny MundoJuly 23, 2016
Media Update 7/21/2016July 21, 2016
London Has Fallen
I remember seeing Olympus Has Fallen in theaters and I enjoyed it but I felt I had seen all of the adventures of Gerard Butler, Secret Service that I needed to see. The original was nothing special except that it was brutally violent and had quite a bit of uncomfortable torture. The torture or the violence were not out of place but there was noticeably a lot of both. The movie was dark and it was interesting and it was enough. However, my mom brought the DVD for London Has Fallen home and it is not often that my mother goes for that kind of movie. I was intrigued and I rarely pass up watching anything new if I have time for it. The movie stars the loveably grim Gerard Butler who basically plays the same character in different time periods in every movie he is in. He plays Mike, who is basically the Winter Soldier without all of the brainwashing. The President is played by Aaron Eckhart who is always welcome and the Vice-President is played by Morgan Freeman. The movie is mostly Mike's rampage through London, killing terrorists to protect or save the President. Morgan Freeman watches from a command center and makes excellent commentary. There were a lot of cool stunts and not a lot of story to get in the way of the action. Watch it if you like a good stunt show with a lot of darkness but a good sense of humor about itself.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
I remember watching the original Sin City at the behest of a co-worker up in Sussex, New Jersey. She thought the movie was awesome and I really had no frame of reference to know either way because I had not yet read much Frank Miller. The first movie was interesting and was mostly driven by Mickey Rourke basically playing himself with decent performances from Bruce Willis and Clive Owen. In this one, they pushed Mickey Rourke even harder and I think they ended up with too much Mickey Rourke which can be a bad thing. The best performances came from Powers Boothe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Josh Brolin was alright but he deserves better roles (and he got one if you read last week's edition). Notice that I have not yet mentioned a single actress because Frank Miller hates women. Rosario Dawson and Jessica Alba might as well have been very beautiful mannequins with speakers attached. In Sin City, women are fetish superheroines and run around in impractical prostitute clothes and kill men. Yet, they have zero personality and not much motivation. In fact, pretty much none of the characters have any motivation to do any of what they do. In short, Frank Miller is a bad writer and should feel bad. The movie also has so much CGI manipulation that is basically an animated film and it looks pretty awful. Just stay away from this and watch one of the dozens of good comic book movies.
47 Ronin
Keanu Reeves gets a bad rap, I think. He is a really good actor ("Whoa" aside) and is apparently overwhelmingly intelligent in real life. He has been in the business for decades now which has allowed him to pick up a lot of what the business is. The problem is that he has picked too many bad scripts or bad directors to hitch his wagon to which devalues his worth in everyone's eyes. This movie felt like it was very ambitious but it fell short of what it could have been. Apparently, there was a lot of studio meddling during filming which led to several script changes as they had different ideas about the film from the director. As a result, the movie is one part fantasy and one part historical action/drama. While the movie incorporates some interesting Japanese folklore, all of that stuff seems tacked on. I love magic and fantasy but only if it is fully integrated into the story. The movie is beautifully shot and there were a lot of interesting ideas and emotional scenes. As usual, Keanu is a great actor but there were a lot of excellent performances from some great Japanese actors. Everything is perfectly arranged just so and the CGI is artfully done so it looks like it belongs for the most part. The movie was not advertised correctly as it should have been advertised more as a Seven Samurai meets The Gladiator kind of movie instead of The Matrix meets The Last Samurai. It is worth a look but only if you are committed to a long movie mostly about Japanese history and folklore.
Music of the Week:
MullyMan – I Go Harder
Stitched Up Heart – Finally Free
The Bouncing Souls – True Believers
The Chubbies – Living in Hell
Tokyo Police Club – Argentina (Parts I, II, III)
Weekly Update:
– I am almost done with Season 3 of Person of Interest
– The WWE Draft was a very fun and interesting night
– I kind of want to see Bad Moms and I'm worried about that
– Yet more Seven Deadly Sins was awesome
– I've started screening things for Halloween
– The IT Crowd continues to get better
– I will finally see Zootopia soon
– I kind of want to see Ghostbusters now. I mean whatever.
– This week's theme is "Mindless Entertainment"
Pokemon GoJuly 18, 2016
I had another post planned for this spot but I have been preparing for my classes starting today and I have been caught up in the power of positivity. The power of positivity is a huge thing for me lately. It started as a catchphrase for the WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day. Lately, I have been trying to incorporate that motto into my life more. I seek the joy in things and I avoid getting into situations that I do not want to be in if I can help it. If I cannot avoid it then I eat shit and grin and move on. So how does that apply to today's post? Well, lately my friends and I have gotten into the new popular altered reality game Pokemon Go. So, I will be spending today shilling for their project even though they are not paying me to do so. Of course, I have spent much of my life shilling for Nintendo projects and have never received any benefit for doing so.
I downloaded Pokemon Go on July 8, 2016 as I was waiting for a party to get started. It was the third crab dinner within two weeks. This is not out of the ordinary when you come from Maryland. So I loaded the game up and struggled to log in despite the horrible strain on the servers. I have experienced this during a lot of game launches so I was not too discouraged. Once the game loaded up, I saw that there were three Pokemon right there in the bedroom I was staying in. Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur bounced happily very close to my position. It took me a minute to catch Bulbasaur because I was confused on the mechanics of the game. However, when I figured it out, a surge of happiness rose up in my stomach. This was exactly how I imagined hunting pokemon would be like if they were real. Unfortunately, I was in a rural area so there were no more pokemon around to catch. I took a few trips into civilization to start catching pokemon and it was such a thrill.
The game seems to use the first 150 pokemon so far. I am no genwunner but those pokemon cause a more distinct nostalgic feeling for me than the rest of them. I played Pokemon Red, Yellow and Gold and more recently I played Pokemon Omicron (a fan game). The originals are the most recognizable and having that many to start is complicated enough and provides enough variety. To see a Pidgey flying over The Avenue in Hampden or to catch a Gloom behind a Giant in Columbia is amazing. If you told little Steven that he would be doing this, you would have blown my tiny little mind. I watched the anime when I was younger and I actually still watch it from time to time. I still play the games when I have a little time too. I used to imagine all of their moves as I played the game and it really boosted my enjoyment. I still remember the team I usually beat the Elite Four with. Unfortunately, with it being the original 150 for now I will not get to catch my current favorite pokemon Hawlucha but that is a very minor complaint.
Until this past weekend, my pokemon hunting has been confined to only when I was going out to do errands. In the middle of nowhere West Virginia, there is no casual pokemon hunting. I would catch some in the Walmart parking lot or waiting for them to bring out my order at Lowes. I also kept it on when I was a passenger in the car because if I timed things right I could hit pokestops and pokemon in a drive by manner. I would never do it while I was driving although I have caught pokemon from the air-conditioned comfort of my car in parking lots. As days went by, I started to understand the game a little more. I still have a perfect record on my pokedex. 41 types seen and 41 types caught. I have visited a lot of interesting pokestops, including a lot of the historical ones at Antietam and the commercial and artistic ones in Baltimore. This weekend I specifically went on two hour long trips to hunt pokemon and I came back extremely tired but excited. I am currently level 8 but climbing fast.
Now, most of the internet is exploding with positivity over the game. It is really cool to share in something that gets video game people out of their houses for a bit. Both hardcore and casual gamers can share something and smile at each other in public knowing that we are all out there to catch little digital creatures. Every time I have been out hunting, I see other people with their phones out and we smile a little at each other. I overhear people talking about it and I talk to my friends on Facebook about it. There are eggs in the game which only hatch when you have walked anywhere from 2 to 5 kilometers. I have hatched a few and it has been the most walking I have done in months. To get the benefit of exercise but also be entertained while doing it is a blessing to me and a lot of people have caught on to that spirit. There are naysayers who do not understand and are either apathetic or critical of this new fad. They wonder why people like me might want to go outside and catch pokemon when we could just enjoy nature "normally". Why? I'll let Charlie Crews answer that.
The Mystery Part 8July 16, 2016
Detective Zaria walked up to Scott where he was struggling, pressed against the wall by a growing Frank. Frank was now twenty feet tall and his palm covered Scott's chest making it harder to breathe and nearly impossible to move. Scott's right hand was near one of his extendable batons but there was no way he had room to swing it. Besides, the Detective was close and would alert Frank before Scott could get anything done. Hell, even though her gun was holstered, Zaria could still shoot Scott for trespassing or really for whatever reason she chose. At his current size, Frank was stuck in the doorway he had thrust his arm through. If Scott somehow got out of his grasp and got that arm between himself and the Detective he would be home free. However, that was not the only play.
"Listen, I honestly did not come here to start any trouble. I came here for advice or help but I was obviously missing information. I can just leave and I won't bother you again." Scott said, doing his best to disguise his voice. He had not remembered to do so back in the alleyway but better safe than sorry. There really should be a manual for superheroes but Scott would just have to make do.
"Nice fake voice, Mystery," Frank said, from the doorway. Scott was relieved that he had never told Frank his real name. "You really stepped in it this time."
"I didn't know you were dating a police detective. Also, I guess I should have called ahead." Scott said.
"We're not dating, you idiot. He works for me. If I wanted, I could have him crush you and bury you out back." Detective Zaria said. Her stance suddenly looked a lot more relaxed and she looked tired.
"That does not sound legal," Scott said. It was the first thing he thought of and it sounded dumb as soon as it came out of his mouth.
"Technically, neither does what you do. Focus up, Mystery." The detective said. "The officer you saved is stable in the hospital right now. If that was not true, I would be handcuffing you right now."
"I'm glad to hear it. The guy who shot him did it because of me, I think. I could not stop him and I felt terrible." Scott said. It was the truth, obviously, he had nearly hung up his costume forever. He felt a weight lift when he heard that the officer was still alive and in good hands.
"Then we need to take him down. If he's fixated on you then you need to work with us to take care of this." The detective said.
"Work together?" Scott asked.
"Not like Frank," Zaria said.
"Hey, being a cop in training isn't so bad. I'm a little hard to miss so they were gonna catch me eventually. You're a little more sneaky. Still, it took one bonehead move for you to finally get caught." Frank said with a laugh.
"A bonehead move that came from a very real emotion. I can respect that and set it aside. The truth is, I think I can use you. Some of the higher ups do not trust your kind but I think you can be useful." Detective Zaria said.
"Thank you," Scott said. "I will try my best to help you out in any way I can."
"Yeah you will," Frank said. "Nobody says no to Zaria."
"That's Detective Zaria. I need you to write out a complete statement of what happened in the alleyway. I also need to stay in contact with you." She walked back into the living room and then returned holding a small canvas pouch. "This is an orientation packet, of sorts. It has a flash drive with files on known costumed characters both powered and unpowered. It has contact information for me and it has a disposable cell phone. Let him go, Frank."
"Aww. You never let me have any fun," Frank said. He released his grip and started to shrink to human size. He stepped out of his bedroom. He looked different from the last time Scott had seen him. When he and Scott had worked together briefly, Frank had long hair and was scruffy looking. He had been big and buff like a cross between a surfer and a biker. Now, he was clean cut and sported a crew cut and looked even more cut. Scott could only guess that police work agreed with him. Scott looked away at Zaria and reached out and took the little package.
"There is also a GPS tracker in that bag but it is push button activated. If you run into trouble, you need to alert us. I do not want to be picking up any more bodies in alleys," Detective Zaria said.
"Agreed. Neither do I. I will get that statement to you before morning. Is there anything else now that I have been thoroughly embarrassed?" Scott asked.
"No, do the statement. Keep me updated on your activity and I won't have to arrest you." She replied.
"Noted," Scott said, "I will contact you soon. Frank, maybe you and I can talk sometime."
"Count on it. Next time, don't break into my place in the middle of the night." Frank said.
"Also noted. See you later," Scott said as he headed back into the bathroom and slipped out the back window before anybody could change their mind or pull any pistols. This was actually better than Scott could have hoped. He had been doing this basically alone and now he actually had a solid ally and maybe even back up. Now, it was time to start hunting that maniac out there on the streets. With no leads, it would be a lot of patrols and very little sleep. That suited Scott just fine.
Media Update 7/14/2016July 14, 2016
Hail, Caesar!
I had been looking forward to this movie as I am slowly working my way through The Coen Brothers' collection of films. I have yet to see a movie they made which was bad and pretty much all of them are beyond excellent. Some of my top favorite movies were written and directed by the Coen Brothers. This film takes us back to the almost mythic studio system in the 1950s. It was during this period that a lot of great movies were made, some of them now forgotten in the sheer volume that Hollywood puts out. You had a lot of post-war musicals like Singin in the Rain, huge period epics like Ben-Hur, quiet parlor films like Pride and Prejudice, cowboy films like Lone Star and all sorts of niche films you would not see today. It is definitely a very revered period of time but it was definitely not perfect. That is one of the points of this movie. The Coen Brothers were very young during the fifties and now they want to take the piss out of that period a little bit. We need that sometimes. I think that we need our legends to be reduced to everyday heroes so that they are a little more attainable and inspiring. Anyway, this movie follows a day in the life of a fixer for a Hollywood studio as he tries to keep the ship afloat and sailing for another day. It shows the very real tensions and issues that were present in the entertainment industry that we can read about today. However, as dark as the movie could have gotten, the Coen Brothers and their all-star cast manage to make the story funny and easy to swallow. Josh Brolin, in particular, did an amazing job as a Hollywood fixer trapped in his own personal film noir story. I definitely recommend this as it was excellent.
Ed Wood
Tim Burton is fueled at least partly by quirkiness and strangeness. He thrives on the juxtaposition of the normal with the weird and that could also describe filmmaker Ed Wood. Wood was not a great artist but he had some sort of vision that he awkwardly fumbled to the masses in now legendary movies. His films are full of continuity errors, production flaws, bad acting, cross-dressing, stock footage and strangely memorable moments. While I have no praise to offer for Ed Wood, I will say he was dedicated and worked hard. The action in this movie is disjointed and exaggerated. It is similar to the above film but it is even more alien, reflecting the strangeness of both the subject and Tim Burton's style. The whole thing is in black and white to compliment both the fifties setting and most of Ed Wood's movies. A lot of the comedy comes from the alien behavior of Johnny Depp as Ed Wood dealing with more down to Earth characters. The weird characters he surrounded himself in life are portrayed by people like Bill Murray, Martin Landau and Jeffery Jones. The weirdest is always Ed Wood and underneath the can-do moxie and confident tone it feels like there is also a desperation to be heard and accepted. The movie is funny, interesting and sometimes a little sad but it did not fail to entertain at any point. I recommend this especially for fans of horrible classic cinema.
Roman Holiday
Last this week, we have a movie actually filmed and released in the fifties. I had heard about this movie a while back but never really intended to watch it. I have a huge list of things to watch and that list shifts and moves as things catch my attention. Watching Hail Caesar made me want to watch a movie from that era that I had not seen before as I have seen quite a few. Lo and behold, Netflix provided as it always does and Roman Holiday popped up and I realized I had no information on it beyond the title. A title I had actually first seen while reading Batman: The Long Halloween. That made me even more interested. The movie is about a princess who is fed up with her seemingly interchangeable days of spouting policy and meeting dignitaries. She runs away and meets a tabloid reporter who smells a story and that is just where the fun begins. The movie does not have much in the way of plot. There are not many twists and turns but there is a lot of great character work and a lot of scenes of two or three characters just talking. The two main characters, played by Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, are just oozing with charisma. I believed everything they said and I was not expecting to be as moved by the movie as I was. It is not very funny or very sad but it is a surprisingly pleasant ride. It looks at depression, finding your life direction, romance and journalism and it does it all without hitting you over the head with it. In addition, the backdrop is the beauty of Rome. If you are a fan of classic cinema, please check this one out.
Music of the Week:
Skarr-Akbar – Circle Of Success
Wild Belle – Giving Up On You
Oscar Benton – Woolly Boolly Boogie
Lea Delaria – Welcome to My Party
Mindless Self Indulgence – Shut me up
Weekly Updates:
– This week's theme "Movies set in the Fifties"
– I watched a ton more Person of Interest and I love it
– I finished Series 2 of The IT Crowd and it gets way better
– The Seven Deadly Sins continues to be great
– I watched a ton of JackSepticEye, Commander Holly and Game Grumps
– Ninja Sex Party is working on another cover album!
– I want to watch Preacher. I need to watch it before it is spoiled
– The holiday is finally over so maybe I can watch more stuff
Adventure on the RiverJuly 11, 2016
It seems that all of my adventures start with me getting up early but this week is no different. It seems that any true adventure starts with drive time and that usually means getting up early. This is often a dilemma for me since I am definitely not a morning person. However, an adventure often has enough allure to accomplish the necromancy it takes to get me out of bed before seven in the morning. So it was that on Thursday I got up and followed the smell of bacon downstairs to grab a little breakfast with my mom and her husband's family. Breakfast is also part of the ancient magicks needed to get me up in the morning and I could already smell it as it made its way to the table. Of course, the food was there but nobody else was.
There is something important you should probably know about me. I am terrified of being late. I actually have nightmares about it and I feel intensely guilty if I am late. I show up at events so early I am often waiting in my car for the doors to open. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I get to airports long before most rational people on the offhand chance that something will go wrong or there will be traffic. So when I saw that the rest of my adventuring party was not up yet, I decided that we were not going to make it and the trip was doomed. Eventually, everybody made it down and ate and stalled and slowly gathered their belongings and said their goodbyes to loved ones. Meanwhile, I was waiting in the car like a mental patient, mentally willing them to get in a car so we could depart. I guess this is more my issue than theirs. Thankfully, we made it on time.
Where did we make it to? We arrived at River Riders Headquarters in Harpers Ferry at 9 am. I checked us in and was informed that, even though we were to show up at nine, the safety lecture did not start until 9:40. We all got to relax a bit before gearing up for white water rafting down the Shenandoah River and onto the Potomac River. I really love the water so I was excited but still a little sleepy and anxious that we would not walk the thirty yards to the meeting place within forty minutes. Like I said, I am crazy. Of course, we made and watched a safety video and all safety videos are both cheery and also pretty grim.
We drove to the river and my mom and I climbed on a boat with some of her recently acquired grandchildren. Our guide was immediately laid back and cool and I liked that he was not doing anything to force us to have fun. All of the guides on the river encouraged a huge splash fight and people were being pulled or pushed off their boats everywhere. It was a lot of fun and a great way to get everyone in the spirit of the trip. That was great because I was still feeling a little tired from waking up and worrying about getting there on time. We started down the river in great spirits, talking and laughing. We followed our guide's orders on when to paddle and worked hard to match paddling rhythms.
The rapids were not overly challenging. Some of them were fun little bumps and others were a rough ride where I nearly felt like I was going to fall out. Only one of us fell out the whole way and it was kind of a fluke that came from his unlucky position in the boat. We laughed and traded stories the whole time about how we had fared on each rapid. We learned a little more about the area as we floated down the line between Virginia and West Virginia. It was a lot of fun just to be in a positive head space.
At some point, our guide let slip that any guide who fell off his boat would have to buy beers for all of the other guides. These were known as "Swim Beers" and were to be avoided at all costs. Furthermore, our guide informed us that the guide who was manning our party's other boat had tried to take our guide out earlier. We quickly pledged our allegiance and said we would help get that guide off of his boat. We talked the whole trip about when was the best time to do it. Two grandsons on the boat volunteered to actually do the deed but we kept getting thwarted just before an attempt. At the very end of the trip, we made a beeline for them and the two guys dragged the guy into the water. We all cheered and laughed that we had finally accomplished our goal.
We took the bus back to headquarters, tired and wet but also satisfied and happy. We ate a hero's lunch at the Clarion Hotel up the hill and drove home to dry everything out and take a nap. It was a great time and it was filled with positivity. We could all use a little more of that.
Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: The IndependentsJuly 9, 2016
The amount of sports entertainment out there is daunting these days. In my last post, I spoke of a time where there were two choices. If you did not like vanilla than there was always chocolate and if you did not like chocolate then screw you. However, there were always companies "independent" of the big two that you could watch. These independents are generally where the big two get their talent. Now we are down to the "Big One" but it feels like there are at least three levels now in our country. There is the WWE/NXT which is generally regarded as the top of the heap. Under that, there are companies like Lucha Underground, Ring of Honor and TNA. They are well-funded and have television but they still feed talent to the WWE. Below that are all the smaller companies that are largely regional and often feed NXT, LU, TNA and ROH. Of course, then there's the AAA and NJPW and any other foreign markets which are kind of in a class of their own.
So anyway, it has been a long while since I enjoyed some independent action. I made time over the last two weeks to surf YouTube and check out some great matches. However, instead of praising companies, I thought I would take the opportunity to praise some of the performers. At present, these people do not have exclusive contracts anywhere. In lieu of clips, I decided to put up whole matches to show these people in action.
"King of Dong Style" Joey Ryan
Anybody who follows my twitter would know how much a fan I am of Joey Ryan. Joey is currently working on television for Lucha Underground but that is just one of his gigs. I have known of Joey Ryan since first seeing him in Wrestling Society X when he was one half of That 70's Team with The Disco Machine. He got a try out on TNA Impact but they do not deserve him. His mission statement (according to various announcers) is to bring sleazy back to pro-wrestling. He has certainly accomplished this as he portrays a character you would not want to touch with a ten-foot pole and mostly because he might like that. His character thinks highly of himself but there is a good reason for that as he is a competent fighter in all of his incarnations. He is also the King of Dong Style which parodies Nakamura being the King of Strong Style. Sometimes, King of Dong Style means that Joey is immune to low blows and in Japan it means he literally fights people with his privates. As a guy who regularly takes part in intergender matches, he is the master of the Boobplex and the YouPorn Plex. Currently, he is touring with his long time tag partner Candace LeRae as The World's Cutest Tag Team. He seems to thrive best in situations where he is not held back from being his pervy self but he has fit in anywhere I have seen him.
The Young Bucks
Matt and Nick Jackson are real life brothers who have been high up in the business for quite a while now. With all the talk lately about The Bullet Club and its partial absorption by the WWE, it's cool to look at these guys too. These guys have become synonymous with the word independent in the past few years. They have thrived on the independent scene and worked for what seems like every small company in the country. They briefly worked in TNA as Generation Me but wisely got out while the getting was good. They are also regular special guests with ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling but neither are lucky enough to make it exclusive. As I insinuated earlier, these two are still members of the Bullet Club which had to expand to make up for the loss of AJ Styles, Prince Devitt, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson. Before AJ left, he used to do trios matches alongside the Bucks and it is clear they were on his level. Their work is incredibly smooth and they transition from move to move very quickly and they do the right moves at the right time. A lot of tag teams that engage in a lot of high spots pause a lot and look like they are just going down a list of moves they want to do. The Bucks are great about building the excitement of the match and playing to the crowd. They are like a faster, better version of the Hardys who did not go insane.
"The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay
The world of pro-wrestling recently exploded due to the online release of a New Japan Pro Wrestling match between Ricochet and Will Ospreay. I have not gotten to see that match as of the time of this writing but I have seen highlights. Some say it is amazing and others say it is destroying the business but it looked like a professional Lucha/Indy/Japanese hybrid match that had a lot of heart and athleticism. I decided to look into Will Ospreay because I already knew Ricochet as Prince Puma in Lucha Underground. After watching a few matches, I can tell that Ospreay deserves all of the hype and praise that he's getting. He is definitely an amazing high flyer but I can see that he also has a technical side to him as well and I bet he can brawl if he wanted to. He is extremely athletic and is able to adapt to different styles. If you watch Ospreay/Richochet they are working a very light Lucha-esque style but if you watch the video above there is more weight to everything. England has a more hard hitting style with a history of both technical skill and causing pain. He (and many in the new generation) have been accused of just being spot monkeys but I can see good selling and plenty of psychology. His matches build and come to an explosive end and bring you on the emotional journey that they are supposed to. I can see where the criticism comes from but I do not agree with it. Ospreay is a hard worker and knows what he is doing and can only get better as his career continues.
So that's it for this time around. I will have more next time when I have time to do this again. I enjoy watching stuff I am unfamiliar with to get an idea of what is out there. Sometimes the independent wrestlers get hired by the bigger companies and it is great to "know them when". Time for me to go watch Ultima Lucha Dos!
But wait! BONUS MATCH!!! Because it includes two out of three entries here and I loved the match.
Media Update 7/7/2016July 7, 2016
Commander Holly Plays (With Friends)
Earlier this year I explained that I went to MAGFest 2016 partly for the Commander Holly meet up. Holly Conrad is one of the most positive people I have ever seen on the internet. Holly is a cosplay and prop artist who worked for quite a while doing a lot of great projects and continues to work in that field. Along the way, she married her Australian husbando Ross O'Donovan, an Australian animator who now works for Game Grumps. She has since started to play games on her channel and they are so entertaining. She often plays alongside her husband Ross or her best friend Kati Schwartz who is a playwright out in Los Angeles. Rarely does she play by herself but that is great because she works really well with others. The power of her positivity is strong. It feels like she always stays happy and positive even when the game gets hard. She talks a lot about her life experiences, the fiction she likes and of course she talks about her birbs. Holly rescues pigeons and maintains over forty animals in the home she shares with Ross. She also does a lot of live streams on Twitch and uses the funds from the streams to help pay for the care and feeding of her birds and cats. I look forward to her videos every day.
I learned about Jack (real name Sean) from watching Markiplier collaborations and found out that Jack has a YouTube channel that is rapidly rising in popularity. Like Mark and the ultra-famous Pewdiepie he is a "Let's Player". He has millions of subscribers and, while that does not guarantee quality, I can definitely see why people have flocked to watch his videos. Jack is from Ireland while most YouTubers I watch are from the California area. Jack is incredibly energetic. If you clicked or will click the video above you will be nearly assaulted by Jack's intro which strikes kind of like lightning. Jack also has a strong positive attitude but it's often kicked into a higher and faster gear. Jack goes through a lot of videos making jokes, laughing and goodheartedly yelling at enemies. Jack also does a lot of charity, harnessing his high subscriber base for good causes. In fact, his now signature green hair comes from agreeing to dye his hair if enough donations were made. So far from what I've seen, Jack does not simply pick the popular games and is pushing himself to play some nostalgic titles or stuff he wants to play. Whatever he plays he makes the most out of it and tends to downplay the negative to have fun.
Game Theory
Matthew Patrick is a fellow former theater guy who got out of school and theater and the jobs were not forthcoming. Unfortunately, I can relate to this completely. As a way to keep busy and to add to his resume, he started to produce videos for the internet. He decided to apply his analytical brain to his old passion of video games. Slowly over time he changed from simply Matthew Patrick to become MatPat, an expert in the ways of YouTube and video games. He pulls apart every little detail in games to come up with theories on what is really going on in them. For instance, he calculated the actual monetary value of Fallout 3's bottlecaps translated into our world's economy. He also was able to decode the Five Nights at Freddy plot line from little shreds of evidence and proved that Princess Peach may be behind all the troubles in the Super Mario games. In later days he has started live streaming on a regular basis alongside his wife Stephanie who, while not as experienced with video games, is equally smart as hell. They are both so positive and with a patented "Clap and a Half" they work at deciphering the video games they play live for their audience. They have casually created dozens of memes for their audience to latch onto. I always look forward to the next bit of content from them. They just started a new show called Game Lab where they try to physically do the things video game characters to see if they are possible. You should definitely check him out even if you do not like "Let's Players".
Music of the Week:
Portishead – Glory Box
NoFX – The Separation of Church and Skate
MC Esoteric ft. Trademarc – Worst Things First
Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction
Utada Hikaru – Simple and Clean
Weekly Updates:
– I am halfway through season 3 of Person of Interest and it has been even better
– I am starting to really focus on my annual Halloween project
– This week's theme is "The Power of Positivity on Youtube"
– I have watched less content this holiday week
– Maybe I can sneak away to watch something good
– I am kind of working on doing more WILPW
– I have so much to talk about in this feature. Stay tuned.
– I kind of want to see Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and that frightens me
– I blame it on my celebrity crush on the wonderfully awkward Aubrey Plaza
A Campaign of FearJuly 4, 2016
I hinted at this story during the 100 Questions posts but it is finally time to commit it to writing. I still laugh at the memory but the laughter comes much later. First, there will be tiredness and then there will be fear. There will be more fear than I have ever felt in a single moment in all of my life. And now, the infamous dog story from a few summers ago.
In 2010, it was suggested that I work on a political campaign in order to readjust to Baltimore and to work toward getting my first office job. It was a good transition from my work in theater although I spent a lot of time out of the office. I spent the summer out in the heat putting up a lot of four foot by eight foot political signs and getting griped at by people who did not like those signs which is pretty much everybody. I also spent a lot of time knocking on doors to deliver the good word on our candidate. This was something that people tended to like even less than the political signs but it was all necessary in order to get name recognition locked in. A lot of people who vote in local elections do so in a pretty uninformed state and they will often vote for the name they recognize if they are not just voting alphabetically.
On the day in question, we had been dispatched to the Randallstown area to knock on doors in a massive event. We were working with a couple other sympathetic campaigns in early fall for a huge push for everybody involved. It was incredibly hot and it was a Saturday but I was committed to doing the best job that I knew how to do. After a quick meeting to split up territories, I jumped into a car with two people I had worked with all summer. We were a pretty well-oiled machine at that point and we were able to hit a lot of doors in a pretty short amount of time.
The thing you should know about knocking on doors for a political campaign is that it is shocking when you actually get to talk to somebody. We knocked on a lot of doors and we had all the talking points prepared should we get a hold of an interested party. Most doors I knocked on there was never an answer because either people were not home or they saw me in my t-shirt at their door and did not get up. I do not blame them if that is what happened because I also do not like being bothered at home. I did speak to maybe a handful of pleasant people who did want to discuss politics. Most people politely declined or cursed me out and although the latter drove me crazy, I took it in stride well enough.
So the three of us walked the streets near Randallstown and started knocking on our assigned doors. I do not remember talking to a single person that day. Even the people who curse at you are sometimes welcome to break the monotony and to have a good story for later. Good stories are how you make it through long days in the trenches and there are so many long days in those trenches. We were making good time and without any further commands, it looked like we were going to have a day where we would get home at a reasonable time. I was already hot and covered in sweat but short rides in the air conditioning kept giving me the will to continue. I do not do well in the heat but I had kind of gotten used to it over the summer.
We arrived on a little cul de sac and it was like every other cul de sac I had seen in Baltimore County. It was not unlike the houses in Dundalk, Essex and areas of Towson. We started to knock on doors as usual. I took one-third of the houses just like my two companions. The place was a ghost town on a beautiful Saturday afternoon as I had expected. So I knocked, waited a minute and then dropped some literature and moved on. I walked up to a particular house and looked at the big open window to the right of the door. I rang the doorbell and waited. Suddenly, the window to my right exploded outwards as a huge dog burst through it. It was barking like a furry missile but I was already gone. My body had taken over and I was halfway down the street in a full run and screaming my lungs out.
Obviously, my companions came running toward me because no ordinary person runs screaming down the street even in Baltimore City. They saw before I did that the dog had neglected to follow me that far. Thankfully, for whatever reason, he or she had decided that I was not worth chasing. I bent over and sucked in deep breaths of air to keep from passing out. As I stood up again, I started to laugh as hard as I have ever laughed because I was so happy to be alive and unharmed. My companions looked at me like I was crazy until I was able to stop laughing enough to explain what happened. We decided to skip the rest of that little cul de sac just in case that dog was loose and angry. On our way out, we warned a Salvation Army truck driver and he nodded in thanks. We all laughed about that for the rest of the day and six years later we still haven't forgotten it.
(Happy July 4th!)
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ForgeRock Inc., the pioneer of open source identity and access management (IAM), today announced the next release of the ForgeRock Open Identity Stack, the only unified, 100% open source identity stack to secure applications and services across private, hybrid, and public clouds, as well as SaaS, mobile, and enterprise systems. The new release builds on ForgeRock's simple, modular, lightweight architecture, providing the power, economics, and agility required to establish secure access controls for mission-critical applications at scale across any population, whether they're consumers, citizens, employees, or students.
"IAM in 2012 has become a tool not just for security but also for business agility," states Eve Maler, principal analyst, Forrester Research. "Competitive challenges push businesses into the cloud and encourage mobile device use even without full-fledged access controls in place. These trends create pressing provisioning, authentication, and authorization challenges for [Security & Risk] professionals. All the while, security threats and compliance requirements continue to swell."1
The new release of the platform includes the latest versions of OpenAM and OpenIDM, extending platform flexibility by adding a single, unified REST API across the entire stack for building common identity services across consumer, mobile, social, and enterprise applications.
With OpenAM 10.1, customers now have complete support for the OAuth 2.0 standard, giving end-users the ability to authorize third-party access to their cloud resources without sharing their credentials. Additionally, OpenAM session failover has been redesigned to use OpenDJ for easier implementation and deployment.
OpenIDM 2.1 is now optimized for Internet scale with a discovery engine that is multi-threaded for performance and clustered for high availability. The discovery engine enables the organization to synchronize users across many different data stores to ensure records are accurate and up to date in support of compliance and audit requirements. OpenIDM 2.1 embeds the Activiti Business Process and Workflow engine, a comprehensive, lightweight, and scalable solution, which meets industry-standard Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) version 2.0 compliance, to support workflow-driven provisioning and identity management.
"Developers, architects, and users have been asking for a unified stack with these capabilities for the last 10 years," said Mike Ellis, CEO, ForgeRock. "With the new release of our Open Identity Stack we have strengthened our revolutionary approach to identity and access management, providing developers with a truly integrated, open-source identity platform to tightly control their enterprise, cloud, social, and mobile systems. By providing a high value driven platform for IAM that enables true cloud scale functionality, ForgeRock is allowing enterprises globally to expand their reach to customers, suppliers and consumers through a common cloud technology platform."
"As core contributors to the OpenIDM project, it has been extremely rewarding to see the growing number of companies that have adopted Open Identity Stack," said Nathanael Coffing, Vice President, Business Development, Syntegrity Networks. "The new release of Open Identity Stack further simplifies and streamlines identity and access management for users. We expect this momentum to only continue to build with time, and look forward to continuing to create the features most beneficial to organizations."
The new version of Open Identity Stack also provides a viable, proven option for Sun IAM customers facing Oracle's end-of-life policy for their OpenSSO and Waveset software with the opportunity to continue building next-generation features on top of their existing IAM investments. With off-the-shelf product designed and developed by some of the great identity leaders from Sun, organizations will have the option to strategically plan an upgrade to their Sun IAM deployment.
1 "Navigate The Future Of Identity And Access Management", Forrester Research, Inc., March 22, 2012
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Harry Potter Contributes to Improved Scholastic Results
Third quarter sales rose 27% in Scholastic's trade division over the same period a year ago, helping to boost total revenue for the company by 5.8%. Scholastic cut its net loss to $9.0 million in the quarter, from $22.1 million in the third period of fiscal 2015.
Coloring Books Drive Big Adult Trade Sales Gain
The adult coloring book boom helped push trade sales up 9.5% in November compared to the same period in 2014. Sales for trade paperbacks, the format of choice for coloring books, were up 31%.
Penguin Random House Reports Record Profits in 2015
Helped by savings from the further integration of Penguin and Random House, earnings at the world's biggest publisher rose 23.2% last year. 'Girl on the Train' and 'Grey' were among the house's top selling global titles.
Coloring Books, Children's Boost Quarto 2015 Results
Revenue at Quarto Group rose 6% in 2015, to $182.2 million. Revenue in Quarto's children's division jumped 41%, with sales of adult coloring books particularly strong.
In 2015 Results, Regnery Records First Loss in Six Years
With sales at the conservative press down last year, Regnery is trying to diversify its list and lessen its dependence on frontlist political books.
Lagardere Publishing Earnings Inched Ahead in 2015
Lagardere reported that EBIT rose by 1 million euros in 2015 over 2014, to 198 million euros, in its publishing division.
B&N Education Takes $12 Million Charge In Digital Revamp
Barnes & Noble Education is closing its Yuzu educational platform and replacing it with a longterm deal with VitalSource and the purchase of LoudCloud, a digital platform and analytics provider.
Barnes & Noble Stock Gains in February; Amazon Drops
The Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 3.6% overall, with declining share prices for Amazon and News Corp. offsetting gains elsewhere.
B&N Gets Ready For Its Next Act
Cutting Nook, revamping bn.com, and opening concept stores are priorities for fiscal 2017.
With Earnings Up in Q3, B&N States Plan to Open New Concept Stores
Although revenue at Barnes & Noble fell 1.8% in the third quarter, net income increased 11.2%. While delivering its latest earnings report, the retailer also said it is planning to open four new concept stores by April 2017.
E-book Sales Tumbled in October
Sales of adult e-books dropped 22.0% in the month, compared to same period last year, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers through its StatShot program.
Profits Jump at Penguin Random House
Pearson reported that its share of adjusted operating profit from Penguin Random House rose 30% in 2015 over 2014, hitting 90 million pounds from 69 million pounds in 2014.
HMH Trade Sales Up, But Loss Widens
Revenue in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade division rose 1%, to $164.9 million, in 2015, but its net loss increased to $7.1 million from $2.9 million in 2014.
Profits at S&S Up Nearly 13% in 2015
Simon & Schuster finished 2015 with a $2 million increase in revenue over 2014, with operating income up 12.9% to $114 million.
HBG Rebounds in Fourth Quarter
A 15% increase in fourth quarter sales enabled Hachette Book Group to finish 2015 with only a slight decline in revenue for the full year. An increase in the sales of print books almost offset declines of e-book sales.
PW Stock Index Drops 12% in January
The combination of a weak market and investors' disappointment regarding a fourth-quarter report from Amazon drove down many publishing industry stocks in January.
Second Quarter Results Down at HarperCollins
Revenue dropped 5% at HarperCollins in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. The publisher reported being hurt by lower e-book sales and a drop-off in the popularity of its Divergent series.
Amazon Sales Top $100 Billion
Total revenue at Amazon hit $107 billion in 2015, a 20% increase over sales in 2014. Operating income jumped to $2.2 billion in the year, from $178 million in 2014.
Sales of Adult Trade Up, Kids Down Through September
Sales of adult trade books rose 2.9% in the first nine months of 2015, according to figures released by the AAP. Sales in the children's/young adult segment for the nine-month period were down 7.4%, but slipped only 0.6% in September.
Scholastic Terminates 'Dutch Auction'
The slumping stock market has led Scholastic to cancel its "Dutch auction" in which it planned to buy up to $200 million of its common stock from shareholders.


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Soldotna Newswire (Page 9)
Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Soldotna, AK. (Page 9)
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Joey Becher no-hit Kodiak on Friday in a 17-0 Southcentral Conference victory in five innings at the Soldotna Little League fields. "He had to work for it," Soldotna coach Robb Quelland said after moving to 7-1 in the league and 8-1 overall. Comment?
Softball: Soldotna drops two in Valley
The Soldotna High School softball team took a pair of hard-luck losses on a trip to the Mat-Su Valley Friday and Saturday. In Friday's game, the Stars had a lead in the late innings, but a couple of errors gave Colony chance to get back in the game, and the Knights won 8-7. Comment?
Quick start helps Kenai beat Soldotna w/Photo
... got off to a fast start and received plenty of offense from their top defender en rout to a 4-1 victory over the Soldotna Stars to clinch their second consecutive conference title Saturday at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. Kenai Central sophomore ... Comment?
Becher no-hits Kodiak for 2nd SoHi no-no in 3 games
For the second time in three games, the Soldotna baseball team executed a no-hitter. Joey Becher no-hit Kodiak on Friday in a 17-0 Southcentral Conference victory in five innings at the Soldotna Little League fields. Comment?
... the best. We have some very talented boys and girls. Come out Saturday as they will be playing their rivals from Soldotna. Game time for girls varsity is 11 a.m.; the boys game will start at 1 p.m. Maybe we will get lucky and get some sunshine. Go ... Comment?
Early breakups seen on Kenai Peninsula w/Photo
... warmer, they have some more time for chances to fish. The lake Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists in Soldotna use Hidden Lake near Skilak Loop Road as a gauge for the ice on other lakes, and saw its ice recede by the first week of April ... Comment?
Birch Ridge Golf Report: Early spring is appreciated
... and sometimes torn during the recalling of events. Speaking of stories that actually happened on the golf course in Soldotna, Rich Lundahl once hit a ball from the wooded area left of the No. 7 fairway through a narrow opening toward the green that ... Comment?
SoHi pitchers shine again in defeating Houston w/Photo
The pitching and defense of the Soldotna baseball team kept shining as the Stars defeated Houston 9-2 in Southcentral Conference action Thursday at the Soldotna Little League fields. Tuesday, SoHi hurlers Caleb Spence and Mathew Daugherty combined on a no-hitter in a 1-0 victory against Homer. Comment?
Two men arrested on drug charges after Soldotna traffic stop w/Photo
Two Kenai Peninsula men have been arrested for a variety of offenses after they were pulled over by state troopers earlier this month, with a search of the car turning up several types of drugs. Troopers said the car's driver, 25-year-old Justin Vinzant of Kenai, and passenger Dalton Cullen, 34, of Soldotna were taken into custody when they were stopped on the Kenai Spur Highway near Alex Drive shortly after midnight on May 1. "During the course of the investigation, was found to be in possession of over 2 grams of methamphetamine," troopers wrote. Comment?
Softball team chalks up strong wins
... morning, the Mariners beat Bartlett 9-2 before suffering a 6-2 loss to Hutchison. The Homer softball team defeated Soldotna 15-4 in five innings Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields in a battle of Northern Lights Conference unbeatens. The ... Comment?
Mariners lose to SoHi, Palmer, will play SoHi again at home
Following three losses in a row in games against Palmer and Soldotna High, Mariner baseball will play home games against Wasilla and Colony on May 13 and 14. Varsity plays at 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. Soldotna pitchers Caleb Spence and Mathew Daugherty combined on a no-hitter Tuesday in a 1-0 Southcentral Conference victory over host Homer. Comment?
Borough disbands Central Peninsula Hospital service area board
Governance at Soldotna's Central Peninsula Hospital will go directly to the hospital's operating board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. The service area will remain the same, but the borough assembly voted to dissolve the Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board at its May 3 meeting. Comment?
Soldotna traffic stop sees 2 arrests on drug charges w/Photo
Two Kenai Peninsula men have been arrested for a variety of offenses after they were pulled over by Alaska State Troopers earlier this month, with a search of the vehicle turning up several types of drugs. Troopers said the vehicle's driver, 25-year-old Justin Vinzant, of Kenai, and passenger Dalton Cullen, 34, of Soldotna, were taken into custody when they were stopped on the Kenai Spur Highway near Alex Drive shortly after midnight on May 1. "During the course of the investigation, was found to be in possession of over 2 grams of methamphetamine," troopers wrote. Comment?
... Center and the center's Pull Tab Store. Call 262-6808 for further information. a- Kaladi's Coffee on Kobuk in Soldotna features a collection entitled "Revisited" by local artist Melinda Rosin Hershberger for the month of May. There is a reception ... Comment?
SoHi softball defeats Kenai, clinches berth to state w/Photo
... Lights Conference action. The Stars were able to invoke the mercy rule in large part due to waiting out 15 walks. Soldotna coach Kelli Knoebel took over the program in 2013 and has built it, with the current group of seniors, for over three years to ... Comment?
Premera gets more time to file rates as fix awaits special session w/Photo
... on each of their policies, said Wing-Heier. During an April 16 House Labor and Commerce hearing, Rep. Kurt Olson, R-Soldotna, introduced an amendment that would allow the Legislature to appropriate funds from the state's current insurance premium ... Comment?
Homer's bats come on to defeat SoHi in softball w/Photo
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Malina Fellows slides under the tag of Soldotna third baseman Ember Lohrke on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Soldotna Little League fields. Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Mary Hana Bowe mashes the ball en route to a 4-for-4 day in a 15-4 victory over Soldotna on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Soldotna Little League fields. Comment?
100s of little hands turn out to clean up the Kenai River w/Photo
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Alexis Martinez, a fourth grader from Soldotna Elementary, picks fishing line out of brush on the bank of the Kenai River during this year's Kenai River Spring Cleanup event on Friday, May 6, 2016 at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska. More than 600 kids combed the riverbanks in several locations on the central Kenai Peninsula, competing for prizes and learning about good stewardship. Comment?
... was a member of the First Baptist Church in Slidell. She is survived by her husband; sons Michael Oliver of Soldotna, Alaska, Jacob Oliver of Tucson, Ariz., and Lensie Pruett of Slidell; daughters Julia Johnson of Soldotna and Jackie Hammond ... Comment?
Soldotna residents Cassandra Boze, left, and Becca Satathite share a laugh just before their graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 5, 2016 in the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. Boze graduated with a Associate Degree of Appied Science in Nursing, and Satathite with an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Paramedic Technology. Comment?
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Clarksville Native Tatyana McFadden wins Boston Marathon
Paralympian dominates marathon for second consecutive year.
By Amy Mulvihill. Posted on April 21, 2014, 1:36 pm
McFadden competing in November 2013. -ccho/Flickr Creative Commons
I think it's safe to say Tatyana McFadden is having a great birthday. On top of turning 25 today, McFadden defended her women's wheelchair title at the 118th Boston Marathon, finishing the 26.2-mile course in 1 hour 35 minutes and 6 second and shearing nearly 10 minutes off her winning 2013 time.
McFadden competed with the name Martin Richard on her race bib. Martin was the 8-year-old killed in last year's marathon bombing. McFadden then gave the gold wreath she received at the finish line to Carlos Arredondo, a man who helped victims in the ensuing chaos last year.
This is just the latest victory for the seemingly unstoppable McFadden who made history in 2013 as the first person (male or female, able-bodied or handicapped) to win all four major marathons (London, Boston, Chicago, and New York City) in a single season. She is already well on her way to repeating that historic achievement with a victory in London last weekend and today's first place in Boston.
And let's not forget her 11 paralympic medals, the most recent of which is a silver medal won in the women's cross-country sit-ski at Sochi, which she entered after dominating paralympic track events in the last three summer games. For more on her transition from summer to winter Olympian, read our February 2014 profile of McFadden.
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Italy: Nicola and Alfredo interrogated one year since the shooting of Adinolfi
from refractario, transl waronsociety: Three prosecutors, three ROS (special operations) agents and two DIGOS (special investigations) agents from Genoa presented themselves in cheery procession in the Ferrara Prison in the morning of May 7, 2013, after exactly one year had … Continue reading
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"All About Nothing" – Marco Camenisch on the case against Stefano Gabriele Fosco and Elisa di Bernardo
from materialanarquista, transl waronsociety: From the 27 pages of "justifications" from the 10/30/2012 "review" in Milan which Elisa and Stefano recently received for remaining in preventive prison. I copy and disseminate excerpts and comments from these justifications which I have … Continue reading
Spain: Gabriel Pombo transferred back to Villena Prison
from materialanarquista, transl waronsociety: Remember that he was already in Villena and was transferred to Valdemoro to bring him to the National Hearing to give testimony in relation to the events in Italy (Operation Ardire). After Gabriel's refusal to give … Continue reading
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Europol and Mexico to cooperate against anarchist groups
Note from WOS: It goes without saying that we do not share the analysis of the Europol or of the press that are reported below. What we do consider important is to be aware of international police cooperation. It is … Continue reading
Spain: Italian arrest order for Gabriel Pombo da Silva rejected for now
from publicacionrefractario, transl waronsociety: On Tuesday, April 16, Gabriel went before the National Court. He did not state anything about the events in Italy in which he is accused, refusing in this way to conform with the false categories of … Continue reading
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"When the Fire of Anarchy Nourishes Our Hearts" – Letter from Tortuga on his solidarity fast from house arrest
from liberaciontotal, transl waronsociety: Note from LT: On August 7th, after the verdict made against Tortuga allowed him to leave the prison, which they reaffirmed on August 15th when he was sentenced to 6 years of "supervised freedom." Now he … Continue reading
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Italy: To write to anarchist prisoners of 'operation boldness'
from contrainfo: July 24th, 2012: Currently the eight Italian anarchist prisoners of 'Operazione Ardire' (Alessandro Settepani, Sergio Maria Stefani, Katia Di Stefano, Stefano Gabriele Fosco, Elisa Di Bernardo, Giuseppe Lo Turco, Paola Francesca Iozzi, Giulia Marziale) can receive mail ONLY … Continue reading
Seattle, WA: Bank attack in solidarity with Gabriel Pombo Da Silva and Doug Wright
from anews: A Wells Fargo in Seattle had some of its windows broken last night as a small gesture of solidarity with Gabriel Pomba da Silva who is currently imprisoned in Germany and is facing renewed repression under Operation Ardire … Continue reading
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Seattle, WA: Two banks and a Starbucks smashed
from pugetsoundanarchists: Last night in Seattle we smashed the windows of two banks and a Starbucks. It is saddening that so many people experience banks as institutions of exploitation yet refuse to take the step of attacking them, as for … Continue reading
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Luciano Pitronello – The abyss does not stop us
from vivalaanarquia, transl waronsociety: The abyss does not stop us. Communique at one year after the Bombing that almost cost me my life First days of June, 2012 To the conscious rebels; to my companions scattered across the world: A … Continue reading
Italy: Brief note from Tomo on a couple of questions
from parolearmate, transl waronsociety: I have felt the necessity to write this brief reflection regarding two communiques that I have read thus far by those seeking to "defend" the persons involved in various operations (in this case, the recent Operation … Continue reading
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Solidarity to the comrades struck by the operation "Ardire"
from theanarchistlibrary: Here at the library we don't usually publish such statements and communiques, mainly because there are plenty of other places where solidarity can be expressed. Anyway, this time we want to express our unconditional solidarity to the comrades … Continue reading
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Bloomington, IN: Communique for sabotage of Duke Energy trucks
from anews: Duke Energy is responsible not only for relentless rate increases that seriously affect poor people in United States, but for mega-development land projects against the poor in countries that white people here seldom remember. This is why we … Continue reading
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Last week, both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee voted out of committee Medicare payment reform legislation that would replace the current sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula with a system based more on the value of services received over volume of services performed.
As part of the House Ways and Means proposal, services under the fee schedule would receive a 0.5% update through 2016, after which time rates would be maintained at the 2016 rates. Beginning in 2017, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse anesthetists would move to a value-based purchasing (VBP) model, where a portion of their reimbursement would be through bonuses or reductions in pay based on the submission of data related to quality, resource use, and outcomes. It is anticipated that audiologists and speech-language pathologists would fall under the VBP beginning 2019.
The repeal of the therapy caps was not included in the House bill. However, during consideration of the House bill, Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Erik Paulsen (R-MN) expressed concern that the bill did not include repeal of the caps and urged the House to include this as the bill moves to a full vote by the House of Representatives. This prompted House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) to state that the committee plans to address therapy caps and under extenders as the bill moves to the House floor.
The Senate Finance Committee's proposal would also move providers to a VBP model, but does not include a 0.5% update through 2016. Additionally, the Senate proposal included language that would repeal the therapy caps and replace the caps with a prior-authorization system for services identified by the Secretary as outliers. In an effort to develop new payment models for outpatient therapy services, the Senate language also calls for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to collect standardized data elements. This data collection requirement would replace the current reporting of functional limitation measures.
Congress has not yet determined how to finance the cost of Medicare payment reform legislation. Both bills still need to be approved by each chamber, reconciled, and signed by the President before becoming law.
As Congress works on long-term reform for the SGR and repeal of the therapy caps, the House and Senate are set to vote on a measure that would extend the current Medicare rate through March 2014 and extend the current therapy cap exceptions process for the same period of time.
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