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- SFO crash: If you were on Asiana Flight 214, would you help others or yourself?
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- SFO crash: NTSB says control tower reported crash before pilots as on-site probe winds down
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- Asiana Airlines flight attendants told pilots plane was on fire
- SFO crash: Three flight attendants ejected from plane strapped in their seats
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- SFO crash: Coroner identifies which girl may have been hit by emergency vehicle
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- SFO crash: NTSB reveals chaotic details of pilots' confusion; two flight attendants ejected
- SFO crash: Asiana Flight 214 spotlights complexity of modern aircraft
- SFO crash: Doctor finds unusual pattern of spine injuries
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- Pilot actions in Asiana crash scrutinized by investigators
- SFO jet crash TV coverage: KTVU claims victory
- Rescuers recount first moments after Asiana 214's crash at SFO
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- San Jose, Oakland airports expect normal operations Tuesday
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- Mercury News editorial: Asiana crash at SFO inspired heroism
- Herhold: What made an Asiana flight attendant a hero in SFO crash?
- Asiana Flight 214 crash: First responders describe surreal scene at SFO
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- SFO crash: Asiana Flight 214 crew tried to abort landing, NTSB says
- San Francisco: Survivors of Asiana plane crash at SFO tell tales of flying cinnamon buns, iPods and gaping exit holes
- SFO Crash: Southern California school in shock after students killed, injured in crash
- SFO crash: Official probes whether rescuers ran over, killed crash victim
- Two girls killed in San Francisco plane crash were students headed to summer camps in U.S.
- SFO Crash: Victim may have been hit by rescue truck after plane crash
- NTSB: Asiana flight tried to abort landing at SFO just seconds before crash
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- Air travelers should brace for more delays on Monday
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- SFO crash causes chaos in California skies
- SFO Crash: Asiana Airline statement
- Obama grateful to first responders at jet crash
- Asiana Airlines at a glance
- Asiana Airlines connects major technology markets
- A look back at previous airport approach crashes
- SFO Crash Raw Video: Coverage of Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport
- Boeing 777 that crashed in SFO has a stellar reputation among pilots
- NTSB launches team to investigate airline crash at SFO
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A comment Monday by the head of the National Transportation Safety Board sounded reasonable to the average ear, but for aviation crash experts there was an immediate connection to a remarkable 1999 crash of a Boeing 747 just after takeoff from London.
"We are looking at communication between the two crew members," NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said from the San Francisco scene where a South Korean Boeing 777 crashed Saturday, killing two teenage girls bound from China to a summer camp in the United States.
For some aviation experts, examining cockpit communication brought to mind what went wrong on Dec. 22, 1999, when Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 plunged to the ground in a village near London.
The investigation that followed, even when described in the terse terms used in such reports, revealed a remarkable dynamic in the cockpit that has been linked to the hierarchical structure of the Korean culture.
When the plane took off after dark, the pilot's cockpit indicator called an artificial horizon wasn't working. The copilot's was, as was an auxiliary artificial horizon dial located on the dashboard between them.
When the pilot began to execute a planned banked turn, the horizon instrument in front of him didn't register that the plane had tilted on an appropriate angle. Unable to see that the plane already had banked, he continued to bank farther, even though a warning buzzer sounded nine times in the cockpit.
"There was no audible acknowledgment from any crew member regarding these warnings," said the final investigative report of the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch, the United Kingdom's equivalent of the NTSB.
The plane's wing tore into the ground. All four crew members died.
The plane's pilot was Park Duk-kyu, a 57-year-old former fighter pilot in the South Korean air force. The first officer was Yoon Ki-sik, 33, who had far less experience.
The investigative report said that Park was irritated by their late departure from London.
The report said that though Yoon was communicating correct information to the tower, Park spoke at him in a "derogatory" fashion, saying, "Make sure you understand what ground control is saying before you speak."
Seconds later, he barked: "Answer them! They are asking how long the delay will be."
"By making these comments, it is considered that the commander contributed to setting a tone which discouraged further input from other crew members, especially the first officer," the report said.
When the plane went into its ill-fated bank less than a minute into the flight, the first officer said nothing, even though the instrument in front of him indicated that the plane was turned almost sideways, the report said.
Author Malcolm Gladwell examined the Korean culture's influence in airplane cockpits in his 2008 book "Outliers."
"Korean Air had more plane crashes than almost any other airline in the world for a period at the end of the 1990s," Gladwell said in an interview with Fortune magazine just after the book came out. "What they were struggling with was a cultural legacy, that Korean culture is hierarchical. You are obliged to be deferential toward your elders and superiors in a way that would be unimaginable in the U.S."
In their formal recommendations, British investigators called on Korean Air to revise its company culture and training, "to promote a more free atmosphere between the captain and the first officer."
There has been no indication or suggestion that the crash of Asiana Flight 214 on Saturday was caused by a communication failure in the cockpit. The NTSB would review what the pilot and copilot said regardless of their nationality.
The plane was being flown by veteran pilot Lee Gang-guk, who was a newcomer to the Boeing 777 but had many hours of experience with another jumbo jet, the Boeing 747.
His copilot, identified by the airline as Lee Jeong-min, had logged 3,220 hours on the 777.
The cockpit voice recorder showed no conversation in the cockpit when a warning went off three seconds before the crash. At 11/2 seconds before impact a voice in the cockpit said the landing attempt should be aborted.


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With the future of Bombshell hanging in the balance (more specifically, in Eileen's hands), we don't know what to expect of the musical when Smash returns for an all-new episode Tuesday. Will it be Julia's reimagined male-driven narrative or Tom's favorite Marilyn-centric draft?From Smash to Cop Rock: The highs and lows of TV musicals Perhaps it will be something in between! Watch this exclusive sneak peak featuring Karen's performance of the newly-imagined "Never Give All the Heart" below.What do you think of the new version?Smash airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.
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The current farm bill will expire on September 30 and while the press tends to focus on a very small part of the bill that is a safety net for agricultural producers, we talked with an economist who says that part of the bill is what insures the food security of the United States.
"One in seven Americans are on some form of food assistance. This is the bill that funds that. This is also the bill that provides incentives to producers and landowners to take care of their land through conservation programs., as well as, why it's called the Farm Bill, it's because it has a commodity program provisions in it, which are the provisions that provide the safety net that keep commodity producers around this country in business when things go badly."
Joe Outlaw is an agricultural economist and co-director of The Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M, and says that without a safety net to keep farmers in business, the U.S. would experience food shortages.
"America feeds itself, plus a number of other people overseas, and so the point is to do that, you have to have some stability and some security for producers because there's a lot of investment. You drive around in this country, the people that are putting food on the table have a lot of money invested. Do they make a lot of money sometimes, sure, sometimes they make a lot of money, but there's other times that nobody talks about very much, or in drought situations like we have in the Midwest, where they don't make any money, and so the question is what are we going to have there to keep them in business, and that's what this Farm bill is about."
Outlaw says if history is any indicator, the current Farm Bill will be extended.
"What's going to happen is, the house and senate are going to conference this, not in an official process, but they're going to meet, they're going to work out their differences, and more than likely this bill's going to get dropped into some must pass after the election, so what does that mean? That means that they're going to have to pass an extension of certain elements for a very short period of time, and they've done that. If you paid any attention to the last Farm Bill, they had to do five extensions on it."
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The Curves International fifteenth Annual Food Drive ended successfully in the last week of March, with 440 pounds of food being collected for the Watonwan County Food Shelf.
The Feed the Need food drive challenges Curves club members in the U.S. and Canada to meet a goal of 100,000 donations during the two week period of March 11 and March 23.
Each Curves club, including Curves of St. James, asked its members to donate bags of non-perishable food or cash to support a local community food bank. Curves of Saint James also waived the joining fee for new members who brought in a bag of non-perishable food or donated $30 to their local food bank during the two week period. A few new members of Curves of St. James took advantage of the good deal.
When the combined donations from all the Curves clubs reached the goal of 100,000 donations, Curves International donated 10 percent of March 2013 profits to Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit organization that ensures that impoverished elementary school children are fed on the weekends throughout the school year.
Since its inception, the total contributions to local food banks from the annual Curves Food Drive exceed 75,000,000 pounds of food, according to Curves Vice President of Marketing Mike Raymond. The Curves club in St. James recorded about the same amount of food collected from members as they have in the past.
The annual Food Drive is a great way for members and their communities to fill a real need by restocking the shelves in local food pantries across the U.S. and Canada during a time when they are usually low.
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'Romantic Ireland is dead and gone.
It's with O'Leary in the grave.'
This was Yeats' lament in the Ireland of 1914 and it was often repeated during the Celtic Tiger years. In our frantic quest for materialistic modernity, Ireland and its people were said to have forsaken the traditions of the past.
But how true was this assertion? Did those age-old traditions really die away?
I've spoken to individuals who are living proof this is not so. These people have kept alive some of the most interesting and unique aspects of life in old, romantic Ireland.
When asked to imagine Ireland, people often picture green countryside dotted with whitewashed cottages and thatched roofs. What they don't realize is how close the skill of thatching came to being lost.
For centuries, thatch – made from reeds, straw or whatever material grew abundantly in the local area – was the roofing material of choice in Irish homes. It was freely available and provided excellent insulation throughout the tempestuous Irish year.
What's more, there were skilled thatchers. They could be called upon to repair or replace the thatch as needed. These men trained their sons in the craft and so the skills were passed down the generations.
As Irish society began to change, the young no longer automatically followed in their fathers' footsteps. This meant thatchers were no longer replaced and the craft appeared to be dying.
Brian Simpson met his first thatcher in the early 1990s. He had just moved to Skerries in Dublin and the encounter was to change his life.
"This man was a fourth-generation thatcher and the last surviving thatcher in the area," says Brian. "He taught me many traditional skills."
Inspired by this man, Brian set up his own thatching business in 1998. Since then, he has worked all over the east coast, mostly using the native slice or sketch style of thatching to restore old thatched cottages and build new ones.
In 2004, he was asked to join a committee charged with training a new generation of thatchers. "There was a skills shortage," explains Brian. "People weren't passing on the old traditions so we were asked to devise a training course."
This year-long course was held for the first time in 2006. Twelve trainees enrolled and one of these was Eoin Murphy from County Louth.
Initially, he wasn't that enthusiastic about thatching. "I was 20 and out of work," he remembers. "I saw an ad for a thatcher's apprentice and I liked the idea of working outdoors so I went for it."
Five years later, he is as passionate as Brian. "There are all sorts of different ways of thatching and materials to work with," says Eoin. "It makes it very enjoyable. In my area, we work with long wheaten straw and use it in old houses and new homes."
There has been a decrease in demand for thatchers since the recession started. However, both Brian and Eoin believe the craft will live on.
"Thatching is a sustainable roofing material that looks great," believes Brian. "People will always be interested in it."
"And now there are plenty of young thatchers trained in the skill, there's no chance of it dying out," adds Eoin.
Eighteen-year-old Raymond Ryan from Bandon, Co. Cork isn't as optimistic about road bowling, a sport he loves.
"There aren't many people my age who play as much as I do," says the current Under-18 Irish Road Bowling Champion. "There will be very few left in a few years' time."
So, what is road bowling? Bowlers (pronounced to rhyme with howl) throw an 800g (28oz) ball, made from iron and steel and the size of a tennis ball, along a narrow country road. The aim is to finish the course/road with the fewest throws.
This sport can be traced back to the seventeenth century and was once played all over Ireland. Today, it can only be found in Counties Cork and Armagh where road bowling events attract large crowds and result in road closures.
"What happens is that people bet on you to win," says Raymond. "Then follow you along the road, giving you advice on the best way to throw the ball."
They aren't the only ones helping him either. The bowler works with a partner who stands ahead with his feet apart to indicate the best target for the throw.
Raymond started at age 14. "I'd seen people playing in the Bandon area and started practicing on my own," he recalls. "I got help from a few players in their 20s and 40s and got good."
The skill of the game is what first attracted Raymond. "It's all about your stride, speed and straightness," he says. "You can improve these all the time."
He also likes the competitive side of the game. "I usually play every weekend," he says. "I go all over the country. If they phone me to ask me, I'll go."


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I am not such a fan of this product. I bought this before I purchased MS 2008, however, I have several forms that have formatting which isn't recognized by this program....
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It's not much of a big difference from 08 but if your still using Office 2008, I recommend switching to iWork.
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Microwave will once again turn into toast when the real season starts....
for update to the League page.
Very cool. Nice job, as always, Web Z!!
I don't like how the microwaves are in second but they are mentioned 4th.
Webz told me that your team is over-achieving and will be coming back down to earth very soon....
Not to worry. Maybe I will feature a player from your team next time and you can be mentioned first... You aren't very good at keeping a secret Bill... you're out of the loop from now on.
Bill is in Bay City. He has been out of the loop since the 70s.
I had to use google maps to figure out where that is. Hmm, so the Ottawa National forest is in Michigan? That makes sense...
Gilbert Arenas is now available for trade. Come on, make me an offer....
I have enough PG's unless you want another one back? Pretty much anyone is available on my team except Deron and Tyreke (that's for anyone else who wants to trade as well).
Click it. You know you want to.
Battle for 1st this week Roscoe. Should be interesting. Warthog's team looks stacked on paper. Glad you're enjoying your fantasy, but don't forget about us minnows. I'm on a 2 game winning streak and Ralphie is next! Laimbs - You like picking up my scraps do you? Well, Landry and Chandler aren't really scraps. I just couldn't fit them on my roster sadly. PS - This league is public should any outsiders wish to take a look. PistonsForum.com Keeper League League Office - Free Fantasy Basketball - ESPN
I expect to lose this week. I didn't feel like messing up my roster to win one week. I simply don't have enough horses playing enough games. Scheduling loss. But I'll be back on top. I'm the only one to beat Will's Warts so far, and I can beat them when I need to. I'm lovin Keeper. The most fun I have ever had with fantasy.
Yea, those two fill some needs for my bench. Roscoe is making excuses for this week already. Good thing you took a screen capture of your first place standing. It may be short lived....
I'll probably lose this week, I am ok with that. I'm in first, and I've already beaten Warts team once, and my team is better now IMO. I just don't have enough games, with Aldridge likely to miss tonight, and my key acquisition (Gallinari) only having two games this week. I expect to remain top 2 or 3 the rest of the season.
You have 1 stud and 2 or 3 good players. Your team falls fast after that. A single injury to one of your top guys and you're right back into the lottery...
I have the GM of the decade, as selected by ME.
On paper, it looks like you actually have a slight games advantage over Warthog this week. But if Rondo and Aldridge miss a game each thats back to even.
I'm trying to sandbag...
I might have this one in the bag if I don't blow FG%. Heck of a matchup this week. Only half a game separates us in the standings. Microwaves vs 3 Pointers Box Score: Matchup 11 (Jan 4 - 10) - Free Fantasy Basketball - ESPN
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Ralph C. Stallings, 73, of 10283 Letzburg Road, Greencastle, Pa., passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 17, 2013, at his home. His death was unexpected. He was the son of the late Ralph and Mary (Owen) Stallings. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine (Bakner) Stallings; a daughter, Sherry Dressler of Florida; two sons: Scott Stallings of Columbus, Ohio, Terry Stallings of Shippensburg, Pa.; three stepdaughters: Cathy Snyder of Waynesboro, Kimberly Lord of Waynesboro, Sherri Weatherly of Waynesboro; a stepson, Bernard A. McIntyre of Waynesboro; four grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren and 10 step-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by Miller-Bowersox Funeral Home, 521 S. Washington St., Greencastle. Online memorials may be expressed at: www.bowersoxfuneralhomes.com
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Fed Likely Sent About $76 Billion to Treasury in 2013, Less Than 2012
It's well known that the Federal Reserve's unconventional programs have been quite the boon to U.S. Treasury's coffers. By the end of the month, we should know exactly how much the central bank deposited last year.
But there's no need to wait for the official announcement to get a pretty good idea of the profits the Fed sent to Treasury last year: about $76.3 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of daily Treasury statements. (The final tally the Fed releases later this month won't exactly match, but it will be close.) That would be somewhat less than in 2012, when the central bank sent a record $88.9 billion to Treasury.
The Fed is required to use its income to cover its operating expenses and send much of the rest to the Treasury's general fund, where it is used to pay government bills and benefits. Much of the Fed's income in recent years has come from the U.S. Treasury paying interest on government bonds purchased by the central bank.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that since 2009, the Fed has sent more than $350 billion to Treasury, about equivalent to the amount it had sent during the entire 18-year period before the crisis.
Why has the Fed become such a money maker? Since the financial crisis and ensuing recession, the Fed has launched numerous bond-buying programs and other efforts aimed at stabilizing the financial system and later pushing down long-term interest rates to encourage growth. These programs have swelled the Fed's portfolio of securities to more than $4 trillion by the end of 2013 from less than $900 billion before the crisis.
The Fed is collecting a lot of interest on those assets.
It may seem odd that the Fed is sending less money to Treasury for 2013 than the previous year, given that the Fed's portfolio is larger than it was a year ago, thanks to its continuing bond purchases. (More securities mean more interest income.) But the Fed likely made a smaller profit in 2013 than the year before for several reasons. First, interest rates in 2013 were generally lower than they had been in previous years and some of the securities the Fed bought replaced maturing securities that carried higher rates.
Second, the Fed's interest expenses also likely rose in 2013, crimping its profits. Under its bond-buying programs, the Fed pays for long-term Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by creating money that it pumps into the financial system. This money is called reserves. The Fed hopes the banks will then lend the reserves to households, companies and other borrowers, spurring economic activity. But the banks, citing low demand for loans, have held on to much of the reserves — parking them at the central bank for safe keeping. The Fed pays banks a 0.25% interest rate on those reserves the banks keep on deposit at the Fed.
Third, the Fed in 2012 closed out the remaining crisis-era Maiden Lane funds that held toxic assets acquired from the 2008 bailouts of American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns, for a profit of about $5 billion for the year, according to Lou Crandall, an economist at Wrightson ICAP LLC, a market research firm. With those programs ended, the Fed didn't reap any profits from them in 2013.
Finally, one factor that boosted the Fed's profits in 2012 relative to last year was "Operation Twist," a program in which the central bank bought long-term Treasury securities and funded the purchases by selling shorter-term Treasurys. That program resulted in a capital gain of about $13.3 billion in 2012, according to Mr. Crandall. The program didn't continue in 2013.


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Conservation of Medicinal Plants
India has a rich resource base of medicinal plants, plush with about 8,000 different species. According to the Government of India (GoI), traditional medicines are the sole means of health care for about 65 percent of the population.
This is the basis of the UNDP India and GoI initiative on 'Conservation of Medicinal Plants for Health and Livelihood Security' – the need to revitalize local health traditions. The project that began in December 2005 is being implemented in eight states - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Orissa. The Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), in Bangalore, is the local partner. FRLHT has undertaken several efforts through this initiative to ensure the strengthening of India's traditional medicine system. The revival was initiated by "building conservation through use", in the words of the Former Joint Director of FRLHT, Mr. Giridhar Kinhal.
"Traditional medicines are better. I have never taken English medicines. Only if my children repeatedly fall ill do I administer English medicines to them", says Anjana Devi, a resident of Suganahalli in Tumkur district of Karnataka. Now Anjana Devi does not have to forage for the ingredients of traditional medicines; she can easily avail of the very same formulae at the local government Primary Health Centre (PHC). PHCs usually only administer allopathic medicine. FRLHT is promoting traditional medicines at 22 PHCs in Karnataka. These PHCs are operated through a Public-Private-Partnership between the Government of Karnataka and a local NGO – the Karuna Trust. The 22 PHCs were taken up by the Karuna Trust based on low health indicators.
Promoting traditional medicines
Each of the 22 PHC areas, covering a radius of 3-5 km, and serving up to 30,000 people, was surveyed for common illnesses. From each individual survey, only the most common 3-4 ailments were prioritized for the respective health centres. Following were some of the criteria for the prioritization: illnesses affecting women; maximum of three days for cure and least number of days of wage loss. The traditional formulae for the prioritized ailments were sanctioned by registered Ayurveda (another Indian medicinal system) experts and practitioners. Now doctors at the PHCs have been instructed by FRLHT and the Karuna Trust to offer patients the option of traditional medicine for the selected ailments.
"Promoting traditional medicines through government health centres gives the Indian medicinal heritage a status equal to allopathic medicine," according to Dr. Venkat Rao of the Karuna Trust. "Usually patients prefer allopathic medicines but they are willing to try traditional medicines because of my recommendation. Once the traditional medicine cures them, they are happy and recommends it to others in the community", says Dr. Rupa at the Suganahalli PHC.
Rangamma, is a health centre 'arogyamitra', which translates to 'Health Friend'. Arogyamitras have been deployed in each of the PHCs as part of the initiative. They assist the doctor in administering traditional medicines. Ninety per cent of the arogyamitras are women with some experience in traditional medicine. Rangamma's grandfather was a traditional healer and she has always been interested in the family tradition. Placed in the Suganahalli PHC, she is a strong advocate for traditional medicines: "I not only encourage patients coming to the PHC to use traditional medicine; I also attend self-help group meetings to advocate this medicine. People who didn't use traditional medicines are opening up to the concept".
Improved health care security
PHCs under the project also have demo gardens of medicinal plants and nurseries. The arogyamitra tends to both, the garden and the nursery. Residents in the PHC area can request for saplings from the nursery, which are provided free of cost. This promotes home gardens thus strengthening the traditional medicinal system within families; also strengthening the communities' self-reliance in health care. Finally, to ensure that this system is sustained through the communities and the local governance structures, a knowledge register of the traditional medicines in the area is maintained at the Panchayat (local government administration). Even as communities within the 22 PHC areas have begun accepting traditional medicines more enthusiastically, partners such as FRLHT are also working with the State Governments and Forest Departments in the conservation of medicinal plants. Their efforts are promoting the further revitalization of India's traditional medicinal heritage. These initiatives, in the long-term, will improve the health care security.
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Mainstreaming Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants Diversity in Three Indian States (March 2008 - June 2015)
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Voices of the Marginalized
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- Bio-cultural Community Protocol of the Men-Hing (Medicinal Plants) of the Monpa (Sartang) of Salari, Arunachal Pradesh
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Wow, that first post was WAY too long, so this one will be more concise.
Set I: Buried Alive-->Poor Heart, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Horn, Tube,
Talk, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zer0
Set II: David Bowie-->A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept
Away-->Steep-->Harry Hood
E: Julius
For starters, this show rocked a lot harder that Champaign. We had been
driving for 9 hours (lots of stops for potty, smokes, snowball fights,
etc.) and we were ready to GO! Thankfully we were in no way let down. I
had 12 row floor seats (another fan singing the praises of mail order!)
which I though was perfect...close enuf to see individual facial expressions
and interplay, but far enuf for Chris to work his magic.
For Buried Alive I knew that these guys weren't fucking around tonight.
They kept cranking out tune after tune that made me go "Yes!" Never a
dull moment until Horn. Pleasant song, but can be a buzzkill. Not
tonight, though, when Trey said the next one was for a guy in front
holding the sign up...TUBE! I heard this at Deer Creek last year and
consider myself one of the luckiest people alive to have heard this at 2
out of my last 4 shows. I still don't know the words, but this song kicks
it. Hard. Talk was time to chill & smoke, But SOAMelt played with my
mind horribly. Kept twisting and turning. I loved it, but I needed
Lizards to calm down. The girls behind me (junior high...plastic mardi
gras beads, glitter, long flowery dresses, birkenstocks and plenty of eye
makeup - they were, in a word, Absolute Posers - is THIS the newbie scene
everyone's talking about/defending?) were damn annoying; they asked "now
what's THIS one called?" During "we breathe deep" in SOAMelt. Then they
absolutely SCREAMED "And the lizzards they have DIED!" Oh my god...I hope
that they had a really good time detracting that much. Sorry to rant &
rave...Char 0 was cool, I was wanting a vocal jam, but did not get one.
I was going nuts toward the end when Fishman did a big fill and kicked
the jam up a gear. I've never seen FISHMAN lead a charge that fiercely
into a new level. Go Johnnie Boy! Make your mom proud! (Who,
incidentally, I heard was there on Friday!)
Set two had a cool spacey intro, could it be Bowie-->YES!! And Bowie
rocked. They seriously did not want to waste any time tonight. There wer
no "filler" songs, they were just out to jam tonight. Chris was working
double overtime in Bowie. Trey's drumkit work was cool, he and Fish had
some of the coolest interplay I've ever seen between the 2 of them with
that sssshhhhHHHHHWWWWWUMP! trigger effect thing. GO Fish! You are ON
FIRE! (quick justification for drumkit comments given my previous post
ripping into his use of it...) These past 2 nights when he has used
it...with the exception of Friday's Simple, he has kept it short, and has
simply added cool sounds as opposed to setting up a groove (*paranoid mode
off) Trey ripped up the ending, firing it through the riffs, no
alternating fast-->slow 4 bar licks, just pure energy throughout. Day in
the Life was fun...kept energy up Fish accidentally threw in a beat and
screwed up Trey's rhythm, who a few second later sang "made the
Bus" twice. Bad Fish... I called YEM, and it was a great
treat. Definately above average. Trey did a really neat thing in the
pre-nirvana segment where he coaxed a chord-feedback thing and then put
the harmonics over it...wow. Almost in the 1-5-8 pattern of 2001. Why
did everybody start clapping in the (I think it was here?) b&d segment? I
was praying for someone to screw with tempo, and Fish read my mind. Thank
you for that overly syncopated fill -- it shut the DAMN CLAPPERS up!
There was whistling in the vocal jam, which made it really cool -
something to remember, I guess. Taste was really neat to hear, they DO
have it down pat, Corey. Then I finally got to hear Swept Away-->Steep,
and I was ecstatic. Chris fucked up, brought the spot on Trey a bar
early, then turned it off, then flashed it on for a second, then slowly
tried to fade it in as Trey was singing - as if no one would
notice...well, I DID! But both of these songs made me happy. I was
surprised by Steep...good job, guys. That blood-curdling scream
frightened me thoroughly and nearly knocked me onto my ass. Whew! Then
Hood. Good chance to calm down before they jammed the ending. I left
feeling good (about Hood).
"Encore, they better kick it, unlike last night!" I thought. Julius was
up, and I was smiling. I thought the clappers had started, but it didn't
happen...thank God! Trey did a lick in his solo similar to the Chalkdust
Torture solo on Picture of Nectar.
Overall, this show was a definite rocker after Champaign. I was blown
away, and I have to give this show a Scott Jordan 7.
See you tomorrow in Grand Rapids!!
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The proposed bicycle-use-only trail would be built on state-owned land in the Bronk Management Unit of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. The Winona Area Mountain Bike Club would build and maintain the new single-track trail with DNR supervision.
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Cowpens man, 25, charged in death of his father
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 10:24 a.m.
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A 25-year-old Cowpens man has been charged with murder in the death of his father.
Jason Eric Bishop, 25, of 115 Gore Drive, is being held at the Spartanburg County jail while awaiting a bond hearing.
At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, a woman was driving near the intersection of Peachtree and Mountainview roads when she heard a man calling for help. The woman told a younger man at the scene that she had called 911, and the younger man fled on foot, according to a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office incident report.
When deputies and first-responders arrived, they found Vaughn Eugene Bishop, 65, sitting upright in the driver's seat of a green 1997 Chevy pickup. The older Bishop did not appear to be breathing and had blood around his left eye and nose, the report states.
Vaughn Bishop was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Deputies began looking for the younger Bishop, who they located a few hours later walking along Highway 221 near the Lake Blalock bridge.
According to a statement from the sheriff's office, Jason Bishop was arrested without incident. The sheriff's office reports that Jason Bishop admitted to investigators that he and his father got into a verbal argument, which escalated into the physical assault on his father.
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The opener "C'mon baby" was great to here after catching it on Trey Solo Band tour....then just look at the rest of that first set....that should be a second set. Thick Moma crashes into a Frankenstein (not to be taken lightly in an indoor venue). Halley's> Fee> Stash to close the set...hmmmmm.
Now look at that second...it just looks ok (?)....but they rocked that crappy venue with songs. The energy was through the roof. Birds was a hot ragging opener....then my favorite TWEEZER!!!!! which drops into a very cool NICU..Then Mule...and Mike's little chant/yell after the jam is just awesome, I felt like I was at church it had a real spooky feel to it. Fast Enough was perfectly placed and very true for the energy in the building. And since it wasn't fast enough...Piper would be fast enough. Nice little Character Swag-O to finish off the set.
What I really remember from this show was the crowd being just totally pumped...similar to the second night in Philly (fall '99). After the lights went on after the encore....you couldn't see across the arena. There was sooooo much smoke and sweat a thick haze settled into the arena. Everyone was dancing and grooving so hard our collective sweaty bodies had produced heavy condensation in the venue...a sweat cloud....everything in the building was wet....it was even dripping from rafters. Now that's how hard they rocked.


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Concession sells 23 lots in 60 days
Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 8:54 p.m.
The Concession golf community has sold 23 lots in 60 days, its highest volume of lot sales in years.
Developer Core Development credited the recovering real estate market and marketing strategies, along with "strategic relationships" with some of the area's high-end builders.
"This boost in sales is a result of our renewed marketing initiatives and strategic partnerships," said Kevin Daves, president of Core Development.
"This has proven to be a powerful combination, and we look forward to expanding our community."
The Parade of Homes and the opening of Arthur Rutenberg's new Amalfi model home provided the springboard at the gated community, he said.
The Concession features one-half acre to more than one-acre single-family estate home sites within 1,232 acres. It is adjacent to the Concession Golf Club and a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course co-designed with Tony Jacklin.
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Contempt of Court Ruling
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
in an article by Jason Geary ["Contempt Ruling Reversed in Moore Case," Dec. 15].
Recently, the appeal court gave a four-page opinion on why Circuit Judge J. Dale Durrance was wrong in his ruling that Randall Reder, the lawyer representing DeeDee Moore, acted in contempt of court. No legal reasoning for striking down Judge Durrance's ruling was given other than a reference to horseshoe pitching and saying Durrance's prior orders did not specifically ban Reder from entering the property or changing the billing address for the electric account. Well, who would think he would do such an unethical thing?
Judge Durrance is an honorable man and an ethical judge who uses the statutes as the foundation in his rulings. Seems the appeal court could have found some statute to back up their opinion, even if it was an aggravating one.
Judge Durrance was not only right in his ruling of contempt of court, but the appeal court should pitch more horseshoes and give fewer opinions striking down the rulings of circuit judges who make those rulings based on Florida law and their own ethical knowledge of the case being fair to all concerned, even the children of the victim, which the appeal court did not do.
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Did the famous British comedian seriously have a part in the creation of She-Hulk? And how did a single panel change a major aspect of the Dark Phoenix Saga?
Did Batman almost brandish pistols during the 1960's "New Look" era? Does the Multiverse owe its existence to Carmine Infantino messing with Julie Schwartz?
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In this all Spider-Man edition of CBLR, did Marvel allow a University to name its mascot "Spidey"?
Did Superman really spark a disagreement between Albert Einstein and Isaac Asimov! Plus, what came first - the Supermobile toy or comic?
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In 132 ballots submitted by AP members and subscribers, Adele easily outpaced other vote-getters like Taylor Swift, "Fifty Shades of Grey" author E.L. James, the South Korean viral video star Psy and the cast of "Twilight." Editors and broadcasters were asked to cast their ballot for the person who had the most influence on entertainment and culture in 2012.
Adele's year began in triumph at the Grammys, took a turn through recording the theme to the 007 film "Skyfall," and ended with the birth of her son in October. The ubiquitous Adele was that rare thing in pop culture: an unqualified sensation, a megastar in a universe of niche hits.
By the end of the year, her sophomore album, "21," had passed 10 million copies sold in the U.S., only the 21st album in the Nielsen SoundScan era (begun in 1991) to achieve diamond status. Buoyed by hits like "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep" long after its release in early 2011, "21" was also the top-selling album on iTunes for the second year running.
As David Panian, news editor for Michigan's Daily Telegram, put it: "It just seemed like you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of her songs."
The Grammy Awards in February were the de-facto crowning of the 24-year-old Adele, whose real name is Adele Adkins, as a pop queen.
Accepting the album of the year award, a teary Adele exclaimed: "Mum, girl did good!" The emotional, sniffling singer endeared many viewers to her when she copped in her acceptance speech to having "a bit of snot."
"This record is inspired by something that is really normal and everyone's been through it: just a rubbish relationship," said Adele.
But her luck in love has since turned, thanks to her boyfriend Simon Konecki. In an interview with Vogue magazine, Adele said she was through with breakup records and done being "a bitter witch." When Adele announced in June that she was having a baby with Konecki, her website promptly crashed under the heavy traffic. Their son was born in October.
With such an avalanche of success and now a mother of a newborn son, Adele has understandably taken a step out of the spotlight. One notable exception was recording the opening credits theme song to "Skyfall.
2012: The year in review
- Newtown voted top news story
- 2012 weather proves disaster for deniers and nation as whole
- 2012 was year of storms, real and emotional
- Styles that made our heads turn
- Adele is chosen as entertainer of year
- Top business story in '12: Sluggish global economy
- 10 things that happened in 2012 that have never happened before
- Year in review: Bankruptcy dominates San Bernardino life
- 2012: A year in San Bernardino County
- Ontario reaches key milestones in airport battle
- 2012: A look back at Inland Valley news
- A look back at San Bernardino-area sports in 2012
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- Redlands community saw many ups, downs in 2012
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"There was an overwhelming embrace of Adele and her music," said Joe Butkiewicz, executive editor of the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "And that was never more evident to me than when I heard teenagers express their enthusiastic expectations for the new James Bond movie because Adele performed the theme song."
The song recently received a Golden Globe nomination. No Bond theme has ever won the best original song Oscar, but given Adele's awards success thus far, it wouldn't be a stretch to think she has a chance of changing that. The tune is among the 75 short-listed songs in the Academy Awards category.


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During his amazing career, Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall played in thirteen NHL All-Star Games. He also won the Calder Trophy, three Vezina Trophies and three Stanley Cups, earning his final ring as the Goaltender Coach for the Calgary Flames in 1989.
He also set a record which will never be broken, having been the netminder in 502 consecutive complete games, which doesn't even include the 50 playoff games he starred in during that time. All of those games played and he never once wore a mask.
With a nickname befitting his excellence, "Mr. Goalie" is a true gentleman who still finds time for the occasional ceremonial puck drop and generously donates sage advice to aspiring young goalkeepers.
"Stop the puck. Just do it your way. Don't be too concerned if you look fancy. Just stop it."
Since his wife passed away, Mr. Hall has lived alone on his farm in Stony Plain, Alberta and while he is comfortable doing so, he does enjoy the frequent visits he gets from his "wonderful" grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.


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Sharply colder temperatures from a strong winter storm north of Tennessee could produce snowfall in the Volunteer State.
A winter storm warning is posted for the mountains of East Tennessee from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Thursday. Forecasters expect 4-8 inches of snow in the uplands.
Up to three inches of snow is anticipated in Claiborne, Scott, Campbell and Morgan counties near the Kentucky border and a winter weather advisory goes into effect Tuesday night there.
From just west of Nashville across the Cumberland Plateau, less than a half-inch of snow is expected Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Temperatures will tumble below freezing across most of the state and flurries to a dusting are possible in most other locations.
A quick warm-up is expected Thursday.
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Today: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman tells analysts that the company's revenue downturn will straighten out next year and head up in 2015, and the stock shoots higher on Wall Street.
The Lead: Hewlett-Packard stock shoots higher after CEO's optimistic forecast
Hopes were not high leading in to Hewlett-Packard's annual meeting with securities analysts Wednesday, but CEO Meg Whitman told attendees that her multiyear turnaround effort should cure the company's declining revenues in 2014, sending shares rocketing higher on Wall Street.
Whitman took over HP two years ago and has made big changes, replacing the heads of both of the Palo Alto tech giants' major divisions and laying off thousands of workers in an attempt to keep profits rolling in despite the decline of HP's legacy strengths: personal computers and printers. Revenues last year continued their decline, from $127 billion to $120 billion, but Whitman's assessment of the company took on a more positive tone.
"While there is a lot more work to be done, we are making progress," she said, after noting, "This time last year, I was feeling HP was falling dangerously behind."
Specifically, Whitman said that the company should post consistent revenues in 2013 and 2014 and possibly start to see revenue growth in 2015, and does not plan any more layoffs.
"Fiscal 2014 will be a pivotal year," she said. "In fiscal 2015, you can still expect to see acceleration, and in fiscal 2016, an industry-leading company."
Whitman has said she expects HP's turnaround to take five years, so she is nearing the midpoint of that timeline and predicting that new sectors HP has entered -- such as networking, servers and software -- will make up for the losses suffered in PC and printing sales.
"Over time these will become bigger revenue businesses and will overtake the declining businesses," she said.
Whitman's timeline mirrors thoughts of PC industry analysts, who released their quarterly shipment reports Wednesday. IDC and Gartner again tracked large declines in PC shipments and agreed that HP was second in the market to Lenovo for a second consecutive quarter, but IDC expects sales to flatten in 2014 and rebound with growth in 2015 as businesses and individual consumers seek to replace aging PCs.
Analysts and investors were impressed with Whitman's focus on growth instead of attempting to put out the fires in HP's traditional businesses.
"Most of the comments were about growth opportunities rather than fixing holes in the ship," Moor Insights & Strategy analyst Patrick Moorhead told Reuters. "Investors like that."
Investors will also like Whitman's promise to push half the company's free cash flow of $6 billion to $6.5 billion next year back to investors with dividends and share repurchases. HP stock shot 8.9 percent higher to $22.60 Wednesday, its best single-day performance since May.
SV150 market report: Apple boosts SV150 despite loss for the Nasdaq
Wall Street calmed down Wednesday after big losses Tuesday, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq continued to fall, declining 0.5 percent even as the Dow Jones and Standard & Poor's 500 clocked slight increases. Silicon Valley stocks avoided the Nasdaq's fate, however, as Apple (AAPL) and HP -- the two largest Silicon Valley tech companies by revenue -- enjoyed solid gains.
Apple climbed 1.2 percent to $486.59 a day after reports suggested that the Cupertino tech giant plans to hold its next product announcement on Oct. 22, with most signs pointing toward a refreshed line of iPads; Apple has not introduced a new iPad since Oct. 23 of last year, when it introduced the iPad Mini and showed off a new full-sized iPad. Apple just announced two new iPhone models last month, and said Wednesday that it would begin selling those devices in a host of new countries Oct. 25, which could help to push its fourth-quarter revenues even higher.
While Apple and HP's successes spurred the SV150 to overall gains, individual Silicon Valley tech stocks mostly struggled, especially so-called "momentum" stocks that experienced strong gains earlier in the year: Netflix (NFLX) dropped 4.6 percent to $288.43, Tesla Motors (TSLA) fell 3.4 percent to $168.78, and Pandora Media descended 2 percent to $23.78. SolarCity fell 4.8 percent to $37.13 after announcing the acquisition of Zep Solar, a San Rafael solar manufacturer that makes products the San Mateo company uses in installing residential solar systems. Facebook declined 0.8 percent to $46.77 as it woos media partners in a battle with Twitter, which announced a new partnership with Comcast on Wednesday.
Up: HP, Apple, VMware, Intel (INTC), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Google (GOOG), Yahoo
Down: SolarCity, Netflix, Tesla, Pandora, SunPower (SPWRA), AMD, Juniper, Yelp, Zynga, Workday, eBay (EBAY), Applied Materials, Gilead, Facebook, Cisco (CSCO), NetApp, Oracle
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 2.04, or 0.16 percent, to 1,305.01
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 17.05, or 0.46 percent, to 3,677.78
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 26.45, or 0.18 percent, to 14,802.98
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 0.95, or 0.06 percent, to 1,656.4
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Everybody loves Bearcat. Jim "Bearcat" Murray became the Head Athletic Trainer for the Flames the day they arrived in Calgary and he quickly became a beloved franchise icon thanks to his folksy charisma, unmatched work ethic and his genuine affection for the players he looked after. His positivity in the face of adversity is a big part of his magnetic personality and was the impetus behind the creation of the Bearcat Murray Fan Club.
Bearcat's greatest fear was that somebody would get hurt and he wouldn't be able to help them, so he studied medical textbooks constantly and visualized himself successfully treating every kind of injury to ensure he was ready for anything. His dedication made him a lifesaver and earned him the love and respect of his players.
"I do all kinds of appearances for charity events and I do some public speaking and things like that, especially for the old people… I don't know why but those old guys like me, I tell 'em stories and they love my stories. I have a lot of fun doing that and do quite a few events which really makes me happy because I know I'm helping people, you know? As long as I can help somebody I feel good."
As its most famous resident and best ambassador, Bearcat lives in Okotoks with his wife Shirley. He's very proud of his sons Al and Danny and his grandkids whom he adores.


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LETTER: Recent issue of Tusk was best ever
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:34 p.m.
Dear Editor: I want to congratulate you on the Friday, Jan. 11, issue of Tusk. It is the very best issue I have yet seen, and we have been subscribers to The Tuscaloosa News for a large number of years.
Friday's Tusk was fresh, informative and not cluttered with all those nonsensical pictures from local bars. How wonderfully refreshing!
There was excellent coverage of things going on around town, from the Bama Theatre, Shelton State stage performances, new DVDs, movies, arts awards, and more. Thank you.
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Top Japan Stories From WSJ: Canon Focuses on China, BOJ Easing Hopes, EU Fines
Your daily round-up of the best of the Journal's Japan coverage:
Canon Trains Its Cameras on China: Confronted with the growing popularity of smartphones and changing consumer tastes Canon is stepping up activities in China to capture a lucrative but largely untapped market for higher quality cameras. (Subscriber Content)
BOJ Official Raises December Easing Hopes: A Bank of Japan deputy governor ratcheted up the policy rhetoric Wednesday, strengthening views that the bank will take additional easing measures this month. (Subscriber Content)
Chevron: Most LNG Prices to Remain Linked to Oil: Although many Japanese natural gas buyers see a gas glut in North America as an opportunity to significantly reduce their liquefied natural gas bills, a senior Chevron executive cautioned Wednesday that plans to link LNG pricing to U.S. benchmark gas prices won't prove to be economic for most conventional LNG projects. (Subscriber Content)
Global Cartels Fixed Display Prices for a Decade, EU Finds: They met on golf courses across Europe and Asia. Executives from Philips Electronics Panasonic and five other global electronics companies hatched plans on the links to manipulate prices of television and computer tubes in cartels described by European regulators as among the most organized they had investigated. (Subscriber Content)
Move Toward Gas Exports Clears Hurdle: A long-awaited study commissioned by the Obama administration said natural-gas exports will benefit the U.S. economy, potentially opening the door for several multibillion-dollar export plants that could reshape the global energy market. (Subscriber Content)


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If you missed NorCal Combat's final event of the year, then you have missed some awesome nonstop live Mix Martial Arts action. It was an exciting conclusion to the 2012 series of NorCal Combat events. Some debut fighters have made their mark on the MMA map and a new flyweight champ was crowned.
Out of the nine bouts only two went all three rounds which ended with a unanimous decision. One fight ended in an armbar submission and the rest all ended with Technical Knock Outs. Most of the fights were back and forth. Only one or two was one sided and those ended in the first round. Cody Walsh of Team Fury took home the flyweight title adding another belt to Oroville's Team Fury. Gridley's own Frank Ruggirello added another win to his record with a first round TKO.
As the 2012 series comes to a close I can't wait for next year's events. The way that things are going I can see that there will be more events and more fighters in the coming year. You just may see some female fighters in the cage pretty soon as well. Great job to Orsua and Byrne Fight Promotions for bring us some excellent MMA action to our community. If you want to see our local up and coming fighters in action, this is the place to be. Excellent event to end the year with. Hope to see you all out there next time.
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text: Originally called Dogz, Flotsam and Jetsam are probably best known for being the band Jason Newsted helped start before becoming the bassist for Metallica. After an on again, off again relationship with Metal Blade Records over the years, "Ugly Noise" finds the band, once again, with Metal Blade for their eleventh studio album. What's more exciting for fans of the band, however, is the return of Kelly Smith on drums and Michael Gilbert on guitar. In other words, Flotsam and Jetsam is once again rocking their "Cuatro" lineup.


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Fight leads to arrest
Published: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 10:47 a.m.
A Thibodaux man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he pulled a gun on another man during an argument, police said.
Damon Brown, 22, 112B Park Ave., was driving along Carol Street in Thibodaux and following another driver too closely, police said. The driver of the other car got out and confronted Brown, who then pulled a gun on the other driver.
Brown fled, officers said, and another driver saw him pull into the Lafourche Health Unit on Tiger Drive and notified police.
Officers said they saw a gun lying on the floorboard and found a small amount of marijuana in Brown's car.
Brown was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He is in the Lafourche jail on a $21,000 bond.
Brown's criminal history includes 12 prior arrests since 2010, most for battery and drug possession, police said.
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Argument over friendship leads to three arrests, police say
Published: Monday, October 22, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 22, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.
The question "Are we friends?" led to a fight that ended with one Thibodaux bar patron knocked unconscious and three people in handcuffs, police said.
Tommy Richard Sr., 51, said no when asked the question by an unnamed man about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 14 inside the Diamond Horseshoe, 1210 St. Patrick St., police said.
The unnamed victim allegedly punched Richard Sr. in the face, and Richard Sr., 109 French Plantation Road, Thibodaux, and his son Tommy Richard Jr., 20, 108 Hingle Court, Schriever, allegedly fought back, knocking the unnamed man unconscious.
Clinton "T.C." Keplinger, 21, allegedly attacked the unconscious man, kicking and punching him in the face, police said.
The Richards were arrested Oct. 14, and have since been released on bail. Keplinger was arrested Friday and remains jailed in lieu of a $5,000 bond. All are charged with second-degree battery.
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