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With one day left in the West Virginia state tennis tournament, area Mid-Ohio Valley programs might be out of contention for a team state championship, but there's plenty of individuals still vying for titles.
Starting at 8 a.m. today in Charleston, the championship round of play gets under way as the competitors will battle in best-of-three pro sets.
"You could not be more proud of their efforts today and their accomplishments," said Parkersburg head coach Pam Reeves of her entire program, which will have a tri of boys - Alexander D'Costa (No. 2), Tris Spitsnaugle (No. 3) and Josh Roberts (No. 4) - go after state crowns.
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Williamstown's Aaron Leo won a semifinal match in three sets at No. 2 singles during Friday's Class AA/A state tennis tournament in Charleston. Leo will be playing for a title Saturday in both No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles.
On Friday, D'Costa advanced to the finals at No. 2 singles by ousting Huntington's Campbell Neighborgall 6-3, 6-2 and will take on Zach Koenig of George Washington. D'Costa by virtue of reaching the finals at second singles earned all-state status. Spitsnaugle won his semifinal 6-2 and 6-1 against Huntington's Austin Preece and will take on another Koenig from GW, Zach's brother Nick. Roberts knocked off Highlander Charles Jenkins 6-2 and 6-0 and now meets GW's Thomas McIntosh.
Parkersburg's Saaman Ghodsi also nabbed all-state honors by making the semifinals at No. 1 singles, but he was stopped short of the finals after he ran into Huntington defending state champion Hunter Tubert, who won in straight 6-0 sets.
The PHS No. 1 doubles team of Ghodsi and D'Costa posted an 8-2 win against Shady Spring in the quarterfinals, but lost to Huntington in the semifinals, 6-2 and 6-1.
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At Schoenbaum Tennis Courts, Tennis Indoor Center, Kanawha City
Team scoring: George Washington 14, Huntington 12, Parkersburg 10; Martinsburg 7; Washington 3; University, Hurricane 2; Shady Spring, Musselman, Oak Hill, Morgantown 1; Elkins, Cabell Midland, Princeton, John Marshall, Jefferson, Parkersburg South, Wheeling Park, Winfield 0.
No. 1 - Semifinals: Grant Davis (Mart) d. Ryan Massinople (GW) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Hunter Tubert (Hunt) d. Saaman Ghodsi (Park) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 - Semifinals: Zach Koenig (GW) d. Carter Davis (Mart) 6-4, 6-2; Alexander D'Costa (Park) d. Campbell Neighborgall (Hunt) 6-2, 6-2.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Nick Koenig (GW) d. Austin Thomas (Wash) 6-2, 6-2; Tris Spitsnaugle (Park) d. Austin Preece (Hunt) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 4 - Semifinals: Thomas McIntosh (GW) d. Inigo Goiriena (Mart) 6-1, 6-2; Josh Roberts (Park) d. Charles Jenkins (Hunt) 6-1, 6-0.
No. 1 - Quarterfinals: Massinople-Koenig (GW) d. Hatfield/Williamson (Log) 8-2; Davis-Davis (Mart) d. Clay/Chapman 8-3; Ghodsi/D'Costa (Park) d. Albaugh/Buckland (SS) 8-2; Tubert/Neighborgall d. Wheatley/Thomas (Wash) 8-0.
Semifinals: Massinople-Koenig d. Davis-Davis 6-3, 6-1; Tubert/Neighborgall d. Ghodsi/D'Costa d. 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 - Quarterfinals: Koenig-McIntosh (GW) d. Derrico/McKnight (Morg) 8-1; Adkins/Adkins (Log) d. Hamilton/Goiriena (Mart) 8-2; Gutierrez/Paul (Univ) 8-5 d. Bracken/Oxendale (OH) 8-5; Preece/Jenkins (Hunt) d. Irving/Wheatley (Wash) 8-5.
Semifinals: Koenig-McIntosh d. Adkins/Logan 6-1, 6-0; Preece/Jenkins d. Gutierrez/Paul 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Moses/Mullins (GW) d. Littleton/Junkin (Wash) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0; Rhone Thrash/Landon Wells (Park) d. Staker/Marshall (Hunt) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
Team scoring: Huntington 12; Hurricane 8; Parkersburg, Morgantown 7; University 6; George Washington 3; Washington, Ripley, Buckhannon-Upshur 2; Lewis County, Martinsburg, Woodrow Wilson 1; Shady Spring, Logan, Riverside, John Marshall, Cabell Midland, Greenbrier East, Musselman, Woodrow Wilson, Elkins 0.
No. 1 - Semifinals: Stephanie Arnold (Morg) d. Kayla McKnight (Hurr) 6-4, 6-2; Cassie Mercer (Hunt) d. Cassandra Powell (Park) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2 - Semifinals: Vivian Yao (Hurr) d. Alyssa Rees (Univ) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5; Abby Rosiello (Morg) d. Katie Huck (Hunt) 6-0, 6-3.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Lindsay Goff (Hurr) d. Cassie Seamon (Univ) 6-4, 7-5; Rachel Subik (Hunt) d. Sheridan White (Park) 6-1, 7-5.
No. 4 - Semifinals: Arin Shatto (Rip) d. Dori Sanders (Wash) 6-3, 6-2; Meghan Zerkel (Univ) d. Ashley White (Hurr) 7-5, 6-2.
No. 1 - Quarterfinals: Powell/Kesterson (Park) d. White/O'Dell (GW) 8-3; Rees/Rees (Univ) d. Spuria/Barr (Wash) 8-4; Arnold/Rosiello (Morg) d. Heft/Fox (WW) 8-1; Mercer/Price (Hunt) d. Widmeyer/Beck (Mart) 8-0.
Semifinals: Powell/Kesterson d. Rees/Rees 6-2, 7-6 (7-1); Mercer/Price (Hunt) d. Arnold/Rosiello 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2 - Quarterfinals: Teed/Skaff (GW) d. Seamon/Zerkel (Univ) 9-8 (7-4); Littleton/Sanders (Wash) d. Goff/Berardi (Hurr) 8-4; Stanley/Gnegy (Park) d. Barickman/Shatto (Rip) 8-4; Huck/Mahaney (Hunt) d. Beale/Tucker (Mart) 8-0.
Semifinals: Teed-Skaff d. Littleton-Sanders 6-3, 6-3; Huck/Mahaney d. Stanley/Gnegy 6-3, 6-2.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Moses/Papadopolous (GW) d. Gutta/Gutta (Elk) 6-2, 7-5.
At Charleston Catholic Athletic Facility, Charleston Family YMCA
Team scoring: Charleston Catholic 15; Williamstown 9; Bluefield 7; Madonna 6; Bridgeport 5; Wheeling Central 4, St. Joseph 3; St. Marys 2; Grafton, Lincoln, Wyoming East 1; Berkeley Springs, Fairmont Senior, Scott, Independence, Mingo Central, Petersburg, Liberty Raleigh, East Fairmont, Poca 0.
No. 1 - Semifinals: Max Meade (SJ) d. Luke Flanagan (Wmst) 6-0, 6-1; Mark Cassis (CC) d. Nick Conforti (Mad) 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2 - Semifinals: Aaron Leo (Wmst) d. Jose Tarin (Blue) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; Scott Standish (CC) d. Matt Conforti (Mad) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Bryce Williams (Bpt) d. Paul Hoffman (Blue) 6-2, 6-3; Jad Malas (CC) d. Gus Schmidt (WC) 6-2, 6-1.
No. 4 - Semifinals: Michael Fouts (Bpt) d. Adam Tolliver (Ind) 6-2, 6-0; Tanner Whipkey d. A.J. Harris (SM) 6-0, 6-0.
No. 1 - Quarterfinals: Freund/Tarin (Blue) d. Haley/Szeligo (WC) 8-2; Flanagan/Leo (Wmst) d. Moran/Brooks (Lin) 8-4; Conforti/Conforti (Mad) d. Whitlock/Shumaker (Key) 8-3; Cassis/Malas (CC) d. Hornor/Williams (Bpt) 8-2.
Semifinals: Flanagan/Leo d. Freund/Tarin 6-0, 6-2; Cassis/Malas d. Conforti/Conforti 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2 - Quarterfinals: Schmitt/Lee (WC) d. Borelli/Pell (Ind) 8-1; Leo/Gedon (Wmst) d. Cava/Fouts (Bpt) 9-7; Moore/Harris (SM) d. Culicerto/England (WyE) 8-1; Standish/Casto (CC) d. Close/Reed (BSp) 8-1.
Semifinals: Schmitt/Lee d. Leo/Gedon 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Standish/Casto d. Moore/Harris 6-0, 6-0.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Hoffman/Myers (Blue) d. Lewis/Prosper (Key) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; Canfield/Cable (CC) d. Gordon/Teufel (WC) 6-2, 6-1.
Team scoring: Charleston Catholic 12; Ravenswood, Ritchie County 7; Bridgeport 6; Oak Glen 5; Bluefield 4; Keyser 3; Petersburg, Poca, Wheeling Central 2; East Faimont, Independence, St. Joseph 1; Lincoln, Williamstown, Wyoming East, Chapmanville, Liberty Raleigh, Westside, Madonna 0.
No. 1 - Semifinals: Alexis Alastanos (Bpt) d. Veronica Mueller (Rit) 6-1, 6-1; Claire Hamilton (CC) d. Joanna Capito (WC) 6-3, 6-0.
No. 2 - Semifinals: Olivia Haught (Rit) d. Courtney Mobley (Poca) 6-1, 6-4; Taylor Youell (Rav) d. Christina Centofani (CC) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Allie Lamm (Bpt) d. Bess McNabb (Rav) 6-0, 6-3; Danielle Sadd (CC) d. Abbi Sayre (OG) 6-1, 6-1.
No. 4 - Semifinals: Kari Amtower (Key) d. Whitey Bradshaw (LibR) 6-2, 7-5; Madison Juszczak (OG) d. Jenny Borman (CC) 6-3, 6-1.
No. 1 - Quarterfinals: Spurlock/Juszczak (OG) d. Bowman/Harris (Ind) 8-2; McNabb/Youell (Rav) d. Alastanos/McKee (Bpt) 8-1; Mueller/Haught (Rit) d. Rogers/Hill (Graf) 8-0; Hamilton/Sadd (CC) d. Roby/Malcolm (Pete) 8-0.
Semifinals: McNabb/Youell d. Spurlock/Juszczak 6-3, 7-6 (7-1); Hamilton/Sadd d. Mueller/Haught 6-3, 6-2.
No. 2 - Quarterfinals: Lovern/Bailey (Blue) d. Crawford/Sayre (OG) 8-2; Rascon/Burner d. Sutfin/Breece (SJ) 8-6; Costello/Brumage (EF) d. Stephen/Smith (LibR) 8-0; Centofani/Grubb d. Alexander/Thorn (Graf) 8-2.
Semifinals: Lovern/Bailey d. Rascon-Burner 8-6; Centofani/Grubb d. Costello/Brumage 6-0, 6-4.
No. 3 - Semifinals: Antower/Freeburn (Key) d. Brady/Cundiff (Blue) 6-1, 6-0; Pizzurro/Hill (OG) d. Borman/Whelan (CC) 7-5, 6-4.
Rhone Thrash and Landon Wells will go for a crown against GW in No. 3 doubles after the Big Reds posted a 6-2, 2-6 and 6-4 victory in the semifinals versus the Highlanders.
Joining Ghodsi and D'Costa as all-state members this year from PHS is Cassandra Powell, the Big Red girls' No. 1 singles player.
Powell advanced to the semifinals before bowing out to defending champion Cassie Mercer of Huntington, 6-0 and 6-1. Powell and teammate Amber Kesterson will play for a championship at first doubles against Huntington. The Big Red duo eliminated GW in an 8-3 match and posted a 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) triumph versus University in the semifinals.
Big Red Sheridan White fell in the semifinals to Huntington's Rachel Subik, 6-1 and 7-5 at three singles, but Ripley's Arin Shatto defeated Dori Sanders of Washington 6-3 and 6-2 and will play for a No. 4 title today versus University's Meghan Zerkel.
PHS also suffered semifinal setbacks at two and three doubles. Katie Stanley and Katie Gnegy had an 8-4 win against Ripley, but lost 6-4 and 6-3 to Huntington. Kristen Calebaugh and Jennifer Riffle lost their first set against Hurricane 6-2 at No. 3 doubles. Although they won the second set 6-2, the Redskins posted a 6-0 third set win.
In the Class AA/A side of things, the Williamstown boys along with the Ravenswood and Ritchie County girls were in second place.
It will be an all-Little Kanawha Conference affair at No. 2 singles for the girls when Ravenswood's Taylor Youell tries to defeat Ritchie County's Olivia Haught for a fourth straight time this season. Youell, who made the finals by holding off Charleston Catholic's Christina Centofani 6-2, 2-6 and 7-5, had her toughest match versus Haught at last week's regional when the Red Devil won 8-5. Haught also won two matches on Friday, which included a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Poca's Courtney Mobley in the semifinals.
Haught's Rebel teammate Veronica Mueller will not be playing today after suffering a season-ending, straight-set 6-1 loss to Bridgeport's Alexis Alastanos in the semifinals. However, Mueller and Haught did become the first Rebels in the four-year history of the program to garner all-state accolades.
Youell will team with Alex McNabb to try and beat Charleston Catholic for a state crown at No. 1 doubles after the RHS teammates ousted Oak Glen in the semifinals via a 6-3 and 7-6 win that featured a 7-1 tiebreak. Red Devil Bess McNabb was turned back in the semifinals at the third singles position by scores of 6-0 and 6-3 against Allie Lamm of Bridgeport.
Williamstown's Aaron Leo will have a tall task in trying to beat Charleston Catholic's Scott Standish in the finals at No. 2 singles. The junior Leo, who has lost to Standish thrice on the campaign, clinched his all-state status after posting a 6-0, 3-6 and 6-3 win against Bluefield's Jose Tarin in the semifinals.
Head coach Jay Carter's Yellowjackets also have Leo and fellow 11th-grader Luke Flanagan alive at No. 1 doubles, but they too will go against a Charleston Catholic squad.
"We're looking for a dog fight," Carter said of the No. 1 doubles showdown that the Irish won by an 8-5 count at regional.
A.J. Harris of St. Marys lost in straight 6-0 sets to Tanner Whipkey of Charleston Catholic in the semifinals at No. 4 singles. Harris and Marcus Moore also fell at No. 2 doubles while Williamstown's Ryan Leo and Alex Gedon were ousted at two doubles as well, like the Blue Devils, in the semifinals.


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Lewis & Clark partners with Tuition Management Systems (TMS) to enable online payments, phone payments, and the administration of monthly payment plans.
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 12:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET, TMS is making several system modifications. As a result, online services through www.afford.com will be temporarily unavailable. Thanks for your patience while TMS works to enhance the systems, tools and processes of their online system.

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It would be nice if there was a section in the main program to add you own web links , ie Radio streams , Youtube and web images etc.
I know this info is held in file WEB.conf, and I have tried all sorts of different way to update this with my own content with no luck .
This would be a great to bring Web TV and like to your front room TV.
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My first Phish show had been CMAC a few months before this show which was awesome of course, but i really didnt expect MGB to be what it was. The Wescott is a nice small venue just a short bus ride from my moms house where i coincidently had to be that week for Thanksgiving, and me and buddies decided to hit the show. Right from the start it was incredible, Gordy and Scott play so well of eachother and the crowd had lots of energy. Met some great people and had an absolute blast, the Hand in My Pocket cover had me laughing pretty hard, and She Said She Said is one of my favorite Beatles tunes, missed the encore unfortunetly but what a great show. I have to say i like MGB a lot ore than TAB
Mike Gordon,
Tuesday, 11/23/2010
Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY
Set 1: Can't Stand Still, Horizon Line, Just a Rose > She Said She Said, Exit Wound, Crumblin' Bones, Down to the Nightclub, Hap-Nappy
Set 2: Another Door, Willow Tree, Sailin' Shoes, Morphing Again > Rock On > The Field > Morphing Again, Sugar Shack, Hand in My Pocket, Dig Further Down
Encore: Skin It Back
Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler


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Just wondering if it would be possible for someone to prepare a walkthrough guide to installing PMS on Ubuntu for those who aren't au fait in linux-speak. I've had a look at the "Howto" thread on this forum and it's jibberish. I'd really like to use PMS as it sound like exactly what I need - I've downloaded the file but frankly haven't a notion where to go from there.
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Maria Bartiromo Is Leaving CNBC
The money honey is leaving CNBC.
Anchor Maria Bartiromo is departing CNBC after 20 years with the company and is heading to Fox Business Network.
CNBC confirmed her departure from the business network.
"After 20 years of groundbreaking work at CNBC, Maria Bartiromo will be leaving the company as her contract expires on November 24th. Her contributions to CNBC are too numerous to list but we thank her for all of her hard work over the years and wish her the best," Brian Steel, senior vice president at CNBC, said in a statement provided to MoneyBeat.
Ms. Bartiromo has been with CNBC since 1993 and is widely renowned for being the first financial journalist to report from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
In a statement to MoneyBeat, Ms. Bartiromo confirmed her departure from CNBC:
"After twenty great years of having a front row seat to some of the most important economic stories in the world, it's hard to sum up the gratitude and appreciation I have for the team that helped make it happen," she said. "I am incredibly proud of what we have been able to accomplish. I want to thank all the people at CNBC who have been with me on this journey, and of course the viewers and investors everywhere for making me love every minute of it."
Fox Business Network, which is owned by 21st Century Fox, was launched in 2007 as a rival to CNBC, and attracted a little over a quarter the household audience that CNBC did last year, according to Nielsen. Fox Business Network is distributed in a little over 70 million homes, while CNBC has full distribution of around 100 million homes.
The news of Ms. Bartiromo's departure to Fox Business was first reported by the Drudge Report.
Until June, 21st Century Fox was part of the same company as Wall Street Journal owner News Corp.
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I dont even know if hed agree that hes getting slept on. Maybe hes really all above it and shit and feels like the people who are supposed to relate to his music relate to it; who gives a steaming meadow muffin about those that dont or havent yet? I do know that I dont hear his name as much mentioned when listening in (read: stalking your blogs) to the really hip (uh-huhm) music blogger types talk about dope rappers. Im sure those guys are all talking about Lil This anna Yung That with best of em.
But this is Syffal remember. A publication (?) that produced a five minute birthday video tribute of Tims face photoshitted on Mark Holtons to the tune of Wind Beneath My Wings. Like, were so swagged out, ham skillet.
What the Fuck was I talking about? Oh yea! The sexiness that has been named B. Dolan a man whose face would also make for a good Fred Flintstone overlay.
Strange Famous might be the most appropriately named record label in existence. B. Dolan is like the middle linebacker on a foozball team of fucking weirdos, not the kind of weirdos you avoid well, I avoid, but the kind that I seek out. I see Sage Francis and B. Dolan as inheritors of a certain beatitude. Maybe it was their success in being able to impress some questionable judges that their poems 3 minutes in the spotlight was the slammiest!?
I dig that these guys can rock a fucking real deal concert venue and at the same time convince a coffee house full of freaknicks theyre just the snappiest. B. Dolan is a bleeding pen spilling a true storytellers narrative into the mouthpiece of a megaphone. When it comes to B. Dolan, I have to confess, Ive never been fortunate enough to see him live. So maybe, for this article, Im the real audience.
On the Paid Dues stage, a husky, red, white, and blued, bald headed and certifiably bearded Dolan pays tribute to Evel Knievel, and relays his message to a little cripple boy, with cancer, who was blind, and had AIDS, that nothing is impossible! Its performance art unlike anything done anywhere else in hip hop. Ok, maybe that was hyperbolic but the shit is original. And Dolan has a nutsack like a Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon. The dude does not give a Fuck!
Bombzo Way? Have you guys seen Bombzo? Get a load of this shit: its one part Saw, one part Gwar, one part Bill the Butcher, one part Krusty the Klown, and one part fucking Abbey Hoffman or some shit. Definitely on some other shit: riot instigating, make your dad mad, here to hold up the mirror so you can piss yourself off shit!
B. Dolan seems to understand something that many of todays artists either fail to realize or outright neglect. Tweeting about Kony is literally the least you millionaire slactivists can do! Art is political.
I hesitate to even call B. Dolan a rapper. Hes so much more than that. I dont mean that to discredit dudes gum chops. His halitosis is as funkatonic as the next microphone polisher Im sure, but rapping is just one arrow in the quiver. He understands that with a great microphone comes great responsibility.
B.Dolan is proprietor of KnowMore.org, the consumer advocate corporate watchdog wiki. (In a tragic case of sausage fingers, in a previous ragwipe I mistakenly said the site was defunct, but as Ive been assured that the cause is very much alive and digitally kickin. Mah bad!)
He has been blessed by the likes of Bob Holman and has yelled his poetry louder than anybody else at the Nuyorican. Hes openly challenged hip hops so-called inherent homophobia with the Church of Love and Ruin.
Hes part agoraphobic emo rapper, and over-the-top performance artist. Hes a dystopic prophet.
There is no separation between church and stage. Just like our forefathers wouldve wanted it, bruh!
With a slew of tour demos, mixtapes, and singles, Dolan has managed a level of productivity on par, or surpassing, many of his contemporaries. Dude is on his hustle. He has two full-length LPs, 2008s final version of The Failure, and 2010s Fallen House, Sunken City. In a continuation of being guilty of personally sleeping on ole Bernard, I confess I dont have either.
I havent completely fucking pirated them either. If Im going to pick them up Im going to pay for them. Not because Im some kind of draconic anti-piracy wonk, but because, while ripping Youtube videos is a reality of getting your hands on this music sometimes, I believe in genuinely supporting artists that you respect.
I respect the man tits off B. Dolan.
Freals though, I gotta pick up these records once and for all. B. Dolan is worth it. Somebody call the goddamned orderlies, gets me off this Craftmatic, slaps on the loony jacket, and straps me down in the padded cell that is B.Dolan.
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In this series the photographer observes crowded rush hour buses in Shanghai as a means of exploring the human condition. Allowing us to view multiple perspectives all at once, the bus serves as a fishbowl. As such, the bus reflects the outside world; where we can sometimes spot the photographer and his surroundings, surroundings which are more familiar to the rider than the photographer. Some passengers watch the viewer, while the viewer gets a glimpse into the mind of the viewed. The foreigner and the familiar are united in a single moment.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter's website, where millions went to read and share thoughts on President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremonies Monday, stopped working for many users in the afternoon.
The San Francisco company announced on its Status blog Monday that users were experiencing issues accessing the company's site, and that its engineers were working on the issues. The problems seemed to be intermittent, with users able to receive updates and post to Twitter one minute, but unable to the next.
The outage started about 2 p.m. Pacific time and blog was still reporting about 8 p.m. that some users were experiencing issues.
Earlier in the day, Twitter had boasted of extreme usage during Obama's Inauguration Day events, announcing that there were about 1.1 million tweets sent during the official ceremony that referenced the inauguration, easily eclipsing the 82,392 sent during the president's 2009 ceremony.
Twitter had severe issues with outages in the early days of its service but has mostly put the "Fail Whale" to rest in the past few years; the last major outage occurred in early November.
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Blue's Clues provides a theme for letting Mom know she's special.
Look for clues with Blue, weekdays on Nick Jr.
Cut the center out of a 6-inch paper plate. Tape a photograph (or drawing) to the back of the plate cut-out. Glue another 6-inch paper plate to the back of the first paper plate, with the picture in between.
Print and cut out the decorative borders and stickers. Glue the two pieces of the decorative border along the front rim of the paper plate. Glue the character stickers to the frame.
Punch a hole at the top of the finished frame. Cut a piece of ribbon for hanging the frame. Thread it through the hole, and knot the ends. Hang it up!
Here's a cool craft kids can display in their bedrooms
Looking for Franklin gear? Cool beans! We've got the perfect iron-on decal
Picture this... your child's potrait "painted" by Frankin's Aunt T!
Your little one will be ready to go, after potty training play with Blue and Joe
Turn printables and pipe cleaners into a hanging craft with your dino fan!
Got a dino fan at YOUR house? Decorate kids' rooms with these Triassic triangles!
Kids will eat up the idea of dinosaur eggs resting in this sweet nest
Put those dinos in their place! It's a dino-packed scrapbook journal just for kids
Let your dino designer "cook up" this terrifying Triceratops!
Dinosaurs are on the prowl! Now your kid can can scope them out just like Dino Dan
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Just a few scissor snips, and you've made these colorful dinosaur toppers in a snap!
Deck out your Dino Dan fan with these awesome dinosaur designs--so easy even a dinosaur could make them
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All hands and tentacles on board to make this under-the-ocean outfit
Hot dog! It's Blue at the door for Halloween
Add a touch of Blue to your home decor
These are a few of MY favorite things!
Let the sun shine on Blue and you!
Pop up with sweet Mother's Day wishes from Blue and Joe!
Blue will be your child's constant companion all through the night
Learn to tell time with Tickety Tock
This sock was made for talkin'
Peek-a-Boo! It's Blue!
Paint your little pups Blue this Halloween
Save pennies (and that tissue box!) with Blue
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This keepsake homemade gift for Mom will last long after the special day is over!
This little card carries a BIG message for Mom!
Lalaloops-ify your little doll with these printable picture frames!
If you're a rockin' mom, make matching tees to wear with your little rockstar!
Make a super special card for Mom!
Pop up with sweet Mother's Day wishes from Blue and Joe!
Make Mom smile with a printable card that says "gracias" for all she does
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For pocketbook reasons, we didn't get to travel to Houston this weekend for Rick Perry's The Response: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis, starring JobJesus and other celebrities of American evangelicopolitics. Luckily some photographers were on the scene to show us what we missed.
Judging from pictures, it looks like Perry really knows how to organize a successful, totally apolitical prayer event (not to discount the involvement of the American Family Association, of course!). Many people were so moved that they cried. Getting people to cry is a very useful skill for an American president to have.
If Perry can fill up a stadium named after a power company with fellowship and spirituality and tears, just think of what he can do for the whole country. Like, if he could get the whole country together to cry for a few days, then maybe there would be enough water to help mitigate Texas' awful drought. Because all those prayers to God for rain don't seem to be doing jack shit about that problem.
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What a sweet picture. We wish Rick Perry weren't involved. [Image via Getty]
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You can always count on the Westboro Baptist Church to show up to a party. None of those signs seem very relevant. [Image via Getty]
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'Scandal' Season Finale Recap: Dad?
For fans anticipating a shocking and yes, scandalous season finale to "Scandal" you weren't disappointed.
True to form, there were many twist and turns and a jaw-dropping finish. The episode began with a plan being hatched by Olivia, Fitz, Cyrus, Mellie and Hollis on how to handle Billy Chambers who was identified as the mole last week. They also plotted on how to retrieve the citron card proving that Olivia and the crew rigged the election that handed Fitz the presidency.
After the meeting, Fitz tells Olivia he is still planning to divorce Mellie and will make Olivia the Next First Lady. Olivia is not sure this is such a great plan given that Fitz plans to run for reelection. Fitz tells Olivia that since fixing messes is her business, she should come up with a strategy on how he can divorce Mellie and not offend voters.
Next, we see Cyrus on a park bench being pressured by the mysterious operative (Rowan played by Joe Morton) into showing Fitz the sex tape of Olivia and Jake. The purpose of showing the tape is to make Fitz so heartbroken he can't carry on his relationship with Olivia. Cyrus then gets a call from Olivia that Maryland Governor Samuel Reston, who lost to Fitz in the rigged election, found out about the fraudulent voting from Billy Chambers and was in Fitz's office to confront him with the claim. As Cyrus rushes to stop this encounter, he drops to ground and suffers a heart attack.
Reston tries to blackmails Fitz into naming him as Vice President in exchange for keeping silent about the election.
Later, Fitz tells Mellie in Cyrus's hospital room that he will divorce her and hold off on making his romance with Olivia public for one year into his second term. He tells Mellie that if she protests, he will paint her as a racist and anti-feminist. He also asserts that the Republican Party will embrace Olivia because she is African American and will promote diversity in the party. It's the most notable racial moment the show has had.
Meanwhile, we're taken back to Olivia's apartment where Jake saves her from an assassin. He then confesses that he is a CIA operative in a unit called B613 and that her life is in danger if she continues to have an affair with the President. Jake also discloses that he was assigned to sleep with her in order to destroy her relationship with Fitz.
Huck tries to retrieve the citron card from Billy Chambers by torturing him with a drill, but realizes he's not a killing machine anymore. Quinn (gleefully) takes over and after a short and blood-filled interrogation, gets the card from Chambers. They soon realize it's a fake and that David has the card in his possession. In a politically savvy move, David brokers a deal with Cyrus that in exchange for the citron card, David is publicly acknowledged for identifying and helping to capture the mole. He also gets a plum assignment: attorney general of Washington D.C.
Cyrus, convinced that Olivia and Fitz's romance will ruin Fitz's reelection chances, tries to break the star-crossed lovers up. He shows Fitz the sex tape with Olivia and Jake and Cyrus also tells Olivia that Fitz murdered Verna, the supreme court justice, after she threatened to expose the election fraud.
Olivia and Fitz forgive each other and agree to a fresh start, apart. Olivia says can't leave her gladiators and convinces Fitz that he must run for reelection with Mellie at his side. Fitz concedes, and we see him return to Mellie, down on his knees with his head on her lap.
At the end of the episode, we see Olivia hopeful about the next chapter of her life as she heads out of her building for a run. As soon as she opens the doors, Olivia is ambushed by an army of reporters flashing cameras, thrusting microphones in her face and barraging her with questions about her affair with Fitz. She is whisked from the herd of journalists into a limo and sitting in front of her is Rowan, the operative who planted the sex tape.
Olivia looks at him with shock and says "Dad?"
And that's where we leave off until next season.
Thoughts? Leave them in the comments.
[This article has been updated.]


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Pearson Park was flooded over Thursday night when someone allegedly tampered with the onsite well system, according to Jim Ponek, Ridgecrest's parks and recreation director.
"Someone got into the park's cages, accessed our well and flooded a part of the park," Ponek said Friday.
Ponek said, however, his maintenance crew was handling the situation and appeared that it would not be a major impact on the park.
"It flooded an area that already was grass and that might cause some issues, but we've had worse," Ponek said.
He indicated it was more than likely vandalism.
The city's parks are routine targets of vandalism ranging from graffiti to more serious offenses.
The Kerr McGee Center daycare playground next to city hall was vandalized in January, and the side of the building covered with vulgar phallic drawings.
"If the flooding had occurred in the area we were seeding, that would have caused more serious issues," Ponek said.
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Lankford announced Thursday his selection as the chair of the subcommittee, which is under the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The Edmond Republican says the panel on energy policy is particularly important given the role that the energy industry plays in Oklahoma. Lankford says he is committed to "reducing the excessive federal regulations strangling our energy industry."
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Good to see you writing again, Percy. The first one is effectively heartbreaking - metaphor is well chosen. I like everything except the "less than perfect" line, because.. well, we are all that normally so there's not as much humanity as if you were to say something along the lines of "less than functional." (Yeah, as you can probably tell, I'm out of practice.)And the Meadowell poem evokes the sort of sharp imagery I expect from you and is not insipid. I really like the last stanza. you're so natural religiously unkind
Is each dull breath a waste of air,When the world around you hardly cares,Who should live and who should die,Amongst these masses by your side?Consumer fed with wretched fears,Another cog, a shift, a gear,So why don't you just end it here,Lost in multitudes of tears?This is modern living, At the best.Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
All I've got left is some stupid picture,Of me pulling a face like a chimpanzee.Not much of a memory.All I've got left is a box,With one or two things at the bottom,That don't quite fit.All I've got left is some pride,Which isn't much to look atBut it's mine.All I've got leftIs me.Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
Well I'm still writing bloody awful poetry..."Saint Valentine was beaten bloody,With Roman rocks and clubs in hand.He fell before the Flaminian Gate,A severed wreck, a bitter study.And so our bloody saint may frown,To see what change the wind has blown,A man who died a martyrs death,Arose to be a red red rose."Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
What does that poem have to do with Valentine's day?Good as ever, Pers. you're so natural religiously unkind
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What does that poem have to do with Valentine's day?
I just like to be oblique.I created my own shit poetry blog... my highest ever viewing day was about 27 people... I'm proud of that statistic!http://terriblepoems.wordpress.com/Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
Walk through bullets every day,And don't flinch from the sting of their passing.Blood and bone only hurt so long, so walk on.Don't flinch, though the staccato gunfire beats you down relentlessly,Just meet them with a resolute grin and remember the price you paid.That same kid with the wonder of the world tucked in his pocket,Long summer days and kicking through dry yellow grass,Finding your feelings for the first time as you hurt with shivering sobs,Knees tucked up as hoarse breaths racked your adolescent soul, Loves first loss.Remember the ambition and yearning you had?Wide dreams that seemed to spin off the pages of books,Magic in a parents hug and the fluttering moths by the old window pane.Do you regret the compromises you made as the evening set in?Trying on a hundred coats and finding the first one that fit,Was not fitting.You were made in those dreamy days,When each minute seemed to last a day,That sunshine memory is stronger than steel cobwebs,And more fleeting than rain.And when the end comes, that same wide eyed wonder kid,Will laugh one more time as the sun sets,To go kicking through the old field by the lane,Where the kites fly high in the ethereal air.So don't flinch,Walk through the bullets and grin,Just grin...The more things change... the more irritating it gets
By my reflectionI wrote this,So that you may never truly know me.Save by my own assumptions,A cover judged by its book and no other.For just as glass reflects a little light,So we only see a glimpse,,Of that which learns to talk and walk,But deeper currents still darker stalk.Contextualize if you must,This man is worthy, this woman good,Action, deed and thought combine,To tell each story in its time.Are we even honest with ourselves?Then again, who would want to be?Self denial serves no worth,And self deceit is simply living. "And you're not the 'Man who fell to Earth' you're 'The man of La Mancha'.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After seven days of watching, advising and doing far too much standing around for his liking, Barry Bonds finally did something Sunday he'd been itching all week to do.
He grabbed a bat and jumped in the cage.
With the Giants' longtime left-handed batting practice specialist "Cutter John" Yandle on the mound, Bonds had an extended hitting session out of view of observers on the back field at Scottsdale Stadium.
According to Yandle, Bonds hit rope after rope and on his last few swings unloaded some massive blasts into the adjoining neighborhood.
"He looked better than he did before," Yandle said. "He's still got the swing down."
Then Yandle turned to Bonds and said, "But I did get one by you, Barry."
"You got one by me," Bonds said, nodding and smiling. "But only one."
Then Bonds gave his own assessment of how the hitting session went. Does he still have it?
"Yeah, easy, no worries," he said. "Maybe in about 5-6 more years I'll start to slow down. But today ain't the day."
Bonds said the hardest part of his first-ever week as a special instructor with the Giants was the physical inactivity. Once he slipped on a uniform, the urge to do it himself tugged at him constantly.
"I felt like I needed to put on my No. 25 and go out there and play," he said. "I just couldn't run. But I can still hit, though."
Bonds said his week working with hitters was "all good, all fun," but he wasn't sure if he could coach on a regular basis.
"I like the other side better, because you get to work," he said. "It's hard to sit back and watch. When you're out there, the competitiveness in your brain comes out."
Still, he said he hoped he offered some sage advice this week. On his final day, he talked to each Giants hitter and left them with a final thought. While it was rewarding for him, he'll wait for the reviews to see how it all went, and whether he'll do this again.
"I don't know," he said. "It's up to them, it's up to (manager Bruce) Bochy, it's up to the guys. It doesn't matter what I want to do. The only thing that matters is whether I brought a contribution to the team. Did the guys like it? If they didn't like it, then this is a short story."
Bochy thought Bonds Week was a successful trial run and that his players were all ears. He thought it was good for Bonds, too.
"I think he enjoyed his time, and I'm sure it was a learning experience for him," Bochy said. "I think it'll help him decide what he does want to do."
Bonds did say a number of players seemed eager to soak up his knowledge.
"There wasn't a lot of brain-picking," he said. "It was more trying to get each individual where he wanted to be comfortable. Picking my brain isn't going to help you none. You have to be yourself as a hitter. All I tried to do was provide some tips."
Two of the key hitters in the Giants lineup, Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval, said Bonds' brief visit was very beneficial.
"I thought he had some good information that he shared with us," Posey said. "You just try to listen as much as you can and try to take something away that will help you."
Added Sandoval: "I learned a lot of things from him, and just having him here was exciting. He's one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball. With me, he didn't want to change my approach. He just wanted me to focus on being ready to hit."
Bonds was scheduled to catch a flight back to California on Sunday night. He said he is moving back to San Francisco and is looking for a house. In other words, he'll be close by if the Giants want to call him again.
Hudson gave up five hits, four walks and three runs but also struck out four in 42/3 innings in a 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians, and he said he felt sharper than the final numbers showed.
"I was around where I wanted to be most of the time, and the last couple of innings was much better," he said. "I'm behind where I normally am from a pitching standpoint."
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Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 12:07 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 12:07 a.m.
Once again, I have reasons to applaud our Lakeland Electric linemen and repairmen.
On a Saturday afternoon we found a limb from a camphor tree right next to our house that had fallen from the wind and rain overnight. It was lying across our electrical line.
Because the line carries the electricity directly into our house, we knew the limb had to come down off the line as quickly as possible. Because it was Saturday before the New Year holiday, I thought it would be at least Wednesday before we could get anyone to come out and take care of our problem.
How wrong I was. Within 15 minutes of my call to the Lakeland Electric problem line, we had a repairman out. He took the limb off our line and volunteered to cut it up to put out next to the street.
We didn't need him to do that, but he was ready to help any way he could.
Is there any wonder that I, among many others, appreciate our Lakeland Electric employees? This is one more reason to keep it status quo, no changes period. I thank them so very much.
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A Clermont County child is listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon after he nearly drowned Tuesday evening.
Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg said 2-year-old Tatum Kaylor wandered away from his grandparents and was found floating face-down in a pond.
The grandparents told sheriff's deputies that they were watching their grandson at their home on Bear Creek Road.
Deputies said the grandparents thought Kaylor had returned to the home. When they went to check on him, they realized he wasn't inside. They began searching when they found the boy in the pond.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - The only certainty in the Western Slope League is the uncertainty of the standings.
There might be leaders in the boys league, but the season-ending district tournament will be as unpredictable as it gets.
Take the Steamboat Springs High School's 39-35 win against Summit on Friday. Summit, which sits at the bottom of the conference, and Steamboat, which is muddled in the middle, waged a battle of attrition in Kelly Meek Gymnasium. Neither side played pretty, and the action often was ugly in a game that begged for a shot clock.
"If (league leaders) Delta, Palisade and Eagle Valley don't think Rifle, Steamboat and Summit aren't going to be someone to think about, they are crazy," Tigers coach Phil Tronsrue said. "We're just on the cusp. That's my feeling and I think that's (Steamboat Springs coach) Luke (DeWolfe's)."
Said DeWolfe: "It's who is playing best at end of season. It's up for grabs. It's more open than I think I've ever seen."
Of course, as the league season reaches the home stretch, the remaining games will determine seeding for the district tournament, making Friday's game crucial.
The two teams traded blows and missed opportunities throughout much of the night. Steamboat held its biggest lead at 12-7 after the first quarter.
The difference came early in the fourth quarter. Summit's Max Ortiz hit the Tigers' first three of the game with 7 minutes, 34 seconds remaining to tie the score at 25.
It was the first time the two teams had been tied since late in the second quarter.
But Steamboat's Carter Kounovsky came right back and hit a 3-pointer to give Steamboat a lead it would never give up.
"That makes winners," Tronsrue said about Kounovsky's shot. "He said to himself 'You hit that and I can, too. I'm going to give us the lead.' I'm assuming that's his mentality."
The Sailors hit 9 of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Summit had its opportunities however. Steamboat 6-foot-9 forward Garrett Bye struggled all night with foul trouble and sat out large portions of the second and third quarters. The last time the two teams met, Bye had 14 points and 15 rebounds. In his absence, however, Steamboat's Ben Custer came up big, grabbing 15 rebounds.
Kounovsky led the Sailors with 11 points. Noah Glasco had nine for the Tigers.
Summit drops to 3-13 overall and 3-9 in league play. Steamboat is 8-6 and 4-5.
The Tigers next take on non-conference Buena Vista on the road Tuesday before heading into a must-win game against Rifle at home Friday.
The Steamboat Springs girls' basketball team beat Summit on Friday, 63-23.
Steamboat (7-7 overall, 3-6 in league play) jumped out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead and led 40-12 at the break.
"This has been our year, where it's up, down and all around," Steamboat coach John Ameen said. "We got good-quality shots and we hit them."
Steamboat was led by Alice Holmquist's 15 points, including four 3-pointers. Steamboat hit 10 3-pointers overall and had 12 players score. Nikki Fry chipped in 12 points, including eight in the opening quarter.
Meg Heil led the Tigers with seven points.
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As a young man he was a member of an anti-papal party until he encountered St. Philip Benizi, the head of the Servite order, who had been sent to try to reconcile the divided community. While trying to preach in Forli, Philip was heckled and even struck by Peregrine, who was overcome by momentary political fervor. But that moment also changed Peregrine. He began to channel his energies in new directions, engaged in good works and eventually joined the Servites in Siena and went on to be ordained a priest. Returning to his home town, he founded a new Servite house there and became well known for his preaching and holiness as well as his devotion to the sick and poor.
One of the special penances he imposed on himself was standing whenever it was not necessary to sit. Over time, Peregrine developed varicose veins and, in turn, cancer of the foot. The wound became painful and diseased and all medical treatment failed. The local surgeon determined amputation of the leg was called for.
Tradition has it that the night before surgery was scheduled ,Peregrine spent much time in prayer before the crucified Jesus, asking God to heal him if it was God's will to do so. Falling asleep at one point, Peregrine had a vision of the crucified Jesus leaving the cross and touching his cancerous leg. When Peregrine awoke, the wound was healed and his foot and leg, seemingly miraculously cured, were saved. He lived another 20 years.
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PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Soundcheck: Lady Madonna, Have Mercy, Mountains in the Mist -> Dirt -> Mountains in the Mist, Guyute (part), You Better Believe It Baby
Set 1: PYITEPunch You In the Eye > Ghost > Farmhouse, Horn > Poor Heart > Axilla > ThemeTheme From the Bottom, IDKI Didn't Know, SlothThe Sloth, YEMYou Enjoy Myself
Set 2: Meatstick > SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt[1] -> Kung -> Jam > Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, CDTChalk Dust Torture
Encore: Brian and Robert, Frankenstein
[1] Began as 2001 and was unfinished.
· Also Sprach Zarathustra tease in Split Open and Melt
· Shine (Collective Soul), Split Open and Melt, and Meatstick teases in Jam
Noteworthy Jams: Farmhouse (highly recommended), You Enjoy Myself (highly recommended), Meatstick (highly recommended), Split Open and Melt (highly recommended), Kung (highly recommended), Jam (highly recommended), Chalk Dust Torture
Average Song Gap: 8.72
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was webcast live by the House of Blues. During I Didn't Know, Trey noted that Mr. "The G is soft" Michael Jordan would be turning the mic over to "Flagina" Fishman, who then took a vacuum solo. During Meatstick, Trey noted that the band was going to try to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by having the most people perform the dance simultaneously. Trey, Mike and Sofi Dillof then taught the crowd how to do the dance. Split Open and Melt began as 2001 and was unfinished; the ensuing Kung launched into a dissonant jam. The jam subsequently contained Shine (Collective Soul), Meatstick, and Melt teases from Mike.
Song Distribution:
3 Stash
2 The Story of the Ghost
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 Lawn Boy
1 Farmhouse
1 Billy Breathes
1 Rift
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1999 Summer U.S. Tour."
The SOAM jam starts out in typical fashion, albeit with more zip than usual in keeping with the energy of the entire show - it's like the 1994 Phish was playing 1999 style, if that makes sense - and then starts whipping back and forth in tempo, before finally settling on the usual, loop-heavy dreamy jam of late-90s SOAMs. Then, entirely out of nowhere, the band rolls into Kung, with a heavy and squalling accompaniment behind it, then launches into another fast-paced jam, with effects aplenty from Trey to really add some weirdness to the affair (Mike's bassline really keeps everything glued together here - and that Shine quote is a hoot). The jam slows down at about the 20 minute mark to let everyone catch their breath, then explodes into a wild peak, Trey really letting loose with both the manic solos and the high sustaining notes, Page clanking away on the piano and keeping pace. After a few minutes of said peak, the jam slows back down and becomes both more contemplative and more like the usual SOAM jam, an intense counterpoint to the previous high-octane jam. This is such a chilled-out, almost beautiful jam, and it practically demands attention (and good headphones) from the listener. From that jam comes Bouncin', this show's "let's all relax now" equivalent of Number Line following Carini at 12/30/12 II, and then an extended Chalk Dust that flies along with just as much speed and energy as the opening PYITE (with an Antelope-like trill-off for good measure). Between that, the extended Meatstick, and the SOAM madness, this is a high-class second set. B&R/Frankenstein is just fine as an encore.
To me, the choice for show of the summer is basically between 7/25, with its wide-ranging and always surprising second set, and this show, which is as focused, energetic, and of a piece as 7/25 II was a bunch of great parts stitched together into a great show. This is one of the shows of the summer, and of the year. Absolutely recommended.
I attended this show with my younger sister, cousins, and some hometown friends. With the exception of my older cousin who had seen Phish a few times before, this was the first show for the rest of us. We had a great spot on the lawn, dead center and near the bottom railing. PYITE blew me away right off the bat. I had been to many concerts in my life from the time I was eight years old, and at least twenty at PNC before this one. However, I never experienced the collective groove that I witnessed at this Phish show and I had a genuine awakening about music and my place in the universe! By the time Ghost rolled around I was dancing with a girl named "Jingles" who had hundreds of keys sewn into her sundress and they jingled as she danced. By the time the vocal jam ended during YEM, I was left wondering if that was the greatest version Phish had ever played?...
The Meatstick second set opener was hilarious in my opinion. My sister and I had never seen the Meatstick dance until that point and thought it was totally awesome and creative. SOAM melted my face right off, I had no idea what Kung was all about but I was hanging in deep suspense, the jam out of Kung melted any part of my face that didn't melt off before, and finally BATR delivered me back to Earth once more. But then came that Chalkdust...I still argue that this is one of the best CDT I have ever seen. The band was flying, Trey was shredding like a metal solo, and they were screaming "CAN'T I LIVE WHILE I'M YOUNG!!!!!" by the end of the song.
I left PNC that night as a different person then when I had first arrived several hours earlier. I went home and wrote a song that night called "Above the Trees," which was about how I had a different perspective on life and could "see" (in my nineteen year old wisdom). We even took a parking cone while we were driving out of the parking lot that night, scribbled the date on it with a marker, and to this day it still resides in my mother's attic. That was my first of many Phish adventures and I can remember this show like it happened yesterday.
I'd write this setlist as
II: Meatstick> Split Open & Melt -> Kung -> Split Open & Melt*> Bouncin
* Unfinished
Maybe ->Jam -> Melt2 -> Jam> or ->Jam-> Melt Jam or just Melt Jam? Not sure how Phish.net would notate it, but i'd say it's worth a relisten to see how you guys would treat it. Amazing improv all over this set, I really like the way it flows as a cohesive whole. The Kung is super intense! Interesting but perfect Bouncin' placement!
The set continued with a song based theme (thanks for The Sloth) until the opening notes of YEM. This is still my favorite version I have ever heard in person (Thanks for releasing the sbd!). Trey was on a mission to shred and peak after peak threw the crowd into a frenzy. The vocal jam that followed was much better in person. The recording can't replicate the lights, dynamics and vocal experimentation that the band engaged in. I have heard vocal jams that I like more, but none that were so much better in person.
1999 was the year of the Meatstick, but by this point, I didn't want to hear it again. How does the band remedy this? By playing the most jammed out version to this point. 9 minutes of inspired Meatsticking made me rethink my opinion of the song. Slow, methodical and breezy, I had a grin from ear to ear. The SOAM that followed was one of the craziest musical roller coaster rides I have ever taken. About 5 minutes into the jam, after Fish had changed tempos about a million times, Corey says, "This sure ain't the blues anymore," in reference to the web cast. When the dust finally settled, I actually needed a BATR to find my way back to Earth. The Chalkdust wasn't 7-10, but along with Frankenstein, provided a rock and roll ending to a show that was all about outer space.
I suppose one more treat atop this already uniquely stacked show would have just been too much! Weve already got arguably the peakiest YEM post 95, the longest Meatstick ever, a 2001/Split Open and Melt fake-out thanks to Mike, and Kung into jam craziness -> melty jam -> jaminess -> awesome jams for days segment. If you count the whole thing as just SOAMelt its over a half hour long. And the Fishman led tempo changes in the split jam proceeding Kung are silky smooth. I cant recall hearing improvised abrupt tempo changes this smooth from this band before. They do tend to speed up gradually in many Ghost or Gin jams, though those are certainly far less conscious than these tempo changes. If nothing else check out Melt preceding Kung just for those.
Plus, for us non-jadeds out there, the first set Farmhouse is probably the best one ever played.
This is right up there with the best of that summer. 7.10 and 7.25 make way, we got another badass in da house!
I saw a ton of shows on this tour, and the first night in Jersey may well be my favorite Summer `99 piece. Simply put, the jamming starts early, and doesn't let up. The first set is littered with fabulous song selection and placement, from the slick "Ghost" to the lovely "Axilla" > "Theme" and the raging "YEM" closer. The boys had been playing great first sets up through this stretch, actually, from the Camden "Chalk Dust" and "Gin", to the "Foreplay/Longtime" and "Curtain", "Halley's" of the two Great Woods shows. But whereas the Great Woods shows had second sets with as many lulls as high points, this second set in Jersey was a thing of beauty.
"Meatstick" skeptics should hear this version. It clocks in at about twenty one minutes and has some of the best jamming Phish did in `99. Bar none the best one out there, and a great example of how good a jam vehicle this song can be. I've been waiting for them to take advantage of that potential like this ever since, to no avail. The early segment has some playful banter about setting the world record in Oswego, and then once the dance is out of the way launches into a really intricate, spacey and danceable jam that I've listened to countless times since. Fans of the epic 4/3/98 show at Nassau should hear this jam. Very much in the same vein as the "Roses" -> "Jam" -> "Piper" -> "Jam", if you get my drift. As if that weren't enough, the "SOAM" -> "Kung" -> "Jam" runs a full half hour without letting up. The "Melt" caught us off guard, having been just played (fantastically) in Great Woods, and sounded almost like a "2001" tease. But it leads effortlessly into the highest energy "Kung" you'll hear, with harmonic vocals towards the end that just push the boys in a balls-to-the-walls jam that last seventeen minutes.
Absolutely fantastic show.
Once you get past the dance instructions in Meatstick, we embark on a 10 minute happy little jam, with some really cool work from Page. The Melt is the centerpiece here, 30 minutes of improvisation, including Kung. It would have been excellent for the "Jam" to come back to finish Split Open and Melt, all that time later, but they were probably a little too far out at that point to even make that attempt. In my mind, it's a top 3 jam of '99, behind the 9/14/99 AC/DC Bag and 12/2/99 YEM.
There's a kinda tease of Crosseyed at about 8:10 of Split Open and Melt, didn't see that noted anywhere.
You go from PYITE into a classic 99' style ghost with a touch of pulsing Trey shredding layered in. This show is so good you can you Axilla as an example as a standout. Just a powerful version, maybe the best I've ever heard. YEM is slightly longer than usual and the boys really start charging towards the end, just fast and intense.
And then you have the second set. Not too much to say here that hasn't been said before. Meatstick is standard with a little stretch on it (when you subtract the time Trey speaks to the audience). And of course the legendary SOAM/Kung Jam, that sounds like a squeaky weather vein with ambient layered goodness. And of course CDT just shreds.
Yet another 5 for '99.


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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Wednesday
Recommended reading from around the Web:
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
@jaloysius, who wrote a biographic of Tip O'Neill, leader of a Democratic House during Reagan's presidency, offers four O'Neill lessons for John Boehner. [National Journal]
Scheduling births–by planning unnecessary C-sections–isn't good for the health of moms or babies, and it's expensive. Washington state cut the Medicaid fee for uncomplicated C-sections, created a bonus fund for hospitals that reduce optional early births and reduced optional early births to 3.4% from 15%. [Bloomberg View]
Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss' efforts to find a budget agreement with moderate Democrats earn him some conservative grumbling at home, and perhaps a primary challenge from the right. [National Review]
World Bank's Adam Wagstaff, @adamw2011, reports researchers sent 22 "credible fake patients" to Indian clinics and found only 12% of providers in rural Madhya Pradesh and 22% in urban Delhi delivered a fully correct diagnosis. The experiment found [Health Affairs] no difference between trained and untrained health providers "in the likelihood of providers' giving a diagnosis or providing the correct treatment." [World Bank]
Winthrop poll finds that just 5.7% of South Carolina's registered voters consider themselves members of the tea party movement. [Winthrop]
In four minutes, NPR's @jrovner tells all you need to know about the tax break for employer-provided insurance, why it's getting attention and the politics of even thinking about curtailing it to shrink the deficit. [NPR]
How North Korea's newly announced plan to try another satellite launch affects the politics of South Korea, Japan, China—and the U.S. [Council on Foreign Relations]
McKinsey's Susan Lund and David Fine say Africa's impressive recent economic growth is at risk unless it can create more and better-paying jobs. Although Africa has increased the number of stable, wage-paying jobs by 50% in the past decade, the continent isn't generating them fast enough to keep pace with an expanding labor force, which will be bigger than India's or China's by 2035. [voxEU]
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones We've spotted:
Homebuilder Toll Brothersys signed contracts to sell its newly built homes in Aug.-Sept.-Oct. were up 75% from year-ago quarter. [WSJ]
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife gave about $55 million in publicly reported donations, including $20 million to Mitt Romney's independent super PAC and about $50 million to nonprofit conservative advocacy groups that don't have to disclose their donors. [WSJ]
U.S. produced nearly 6.5 million barrels of crude oil in September, 900,000 barrels more than in September 2011 and the highest level in nearly 15 years. [WSJ]
Mortality rate for Americans between ages 10 and 24 is far higher than other countries, roughly twice that of Britain or Germany, mainly because of higher rates of violence and traffic fatalities. [Economist]
Women held 33% of lawyer jobs in 2010, up from 29% in 2000 and 5% in 1970. And women accounted for 32% of doctors, up from 27% in 2000 and 10% in 1970. [WSJ]
Yield on 10-year Italian government bonds falls to 4.36%, lowest in two years. [WSJ]
@ppppolls: 39% of Americans have an opinion about the Bowles/Simpson deficit-reduction plan, 25% have one the fictional "Panetta/Burns" plan: [Public Policy Polling]
Also @ppppolls: 15% have a favorable opinion of anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, 37% a negative one and 48% don't have an opinion or know who he is. [Public Policy Polling]
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First US Presidential Debate Review: A Worrying Night for Obama
October 4, 2012
Daniel Crump
Last night saw the first of a series of US Presidential debates between Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. Deciding who the winner is in any political debate is not exactly straightforward, but speaking objectively, Romney certainly put in the most convincing performance by generally coming across as more enthusiastic and prepared. What was clear about this debate, particularly for the neutrals and swinging voters among us, was that Americans are genuinely being presented with a clear choice in November. That popular observation that US politics is becoming so centralised that one cannot tell the difference between Democrat and Republican anymore, just isn't ringing true this time around.
This was clear from the very start. Round one of the debates focused on Domestic issues, with questions on jobs, the deficit, healthcare and the role of government on the table. Unsurprisingly, the two men differed in their opinions about what is causing America's slow recovery from one of the deepest recessions this side of the Second World War. Obama was keen to point out that the problems were started by the Bush administration, although he was careful not to use his predecessor's name directly. There was one occasion where the Governor did acknowledge the role that Bush had played in building the US deficit, but decided to focus more on the fact that Obama has had four years in which to bring it down, and has failed.
The candidates genuinely disagree about the methods with which to eliminate the federal debt, and this is where we got our first good old fashioned Left/Right mini-debate. Obama prefers a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts, asking the top earners in America to pay a little more in order to protect the programs that ordinary Americans depend upon. Governor Romney would bring down the deficit predominantly through spending cuts. In a debate that focused so heavily on sticking up for the middle class, one would assume that Obama's plan would have come across as the most sensible. In fact, Romney did an excellent job of explaining why raising taxes on the top 3% of business in America actually punishes the firms that hire the majority of Americans, thus threatening jobs at a time of weak economic recovery. Obama clearly wanted to use this section of the debate to portray Romney as a President for the very wealthy, and the incumbent seemed a tad shaken when his plan didn't appear to follow through. It was always going to be crucial for Romney to come across as the more 'pro-business' candidate in this debate, and on the point of tax revenue, he seemed to do this with ease. Read more of this post


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Mark in Minnesota wrote: I was estranged from my father and his side of my extended family for a period of nearly ten years, from my middle teens to my early twenties. Once I was ready to reconcile with my father there was still a pretty big gap to close with everyone I had excluded from my life. Thanksgiving was the thing, more than anything else, which helped that to happen. Sharing hospitality in a context where the gathering was more about the day than about the people... without that, I don't think I would have gotten the chance to know my two little cousins as young adults, and they've turned into very cool people who I hope to have a lifelong relationship with.
Our sense of ritual on that day doesn't have a lot to do with the pilgrims, either; the people on this side of my family are descended pretty much entirely from 20th century immigrants into northern Minnesota; my grandparents and great grandparents on that side were denied access to certain jobs and denied a certain amount of agency in the politics of their region and nation, scrutinized as possible communists solely on the basis of their national origin. Finnish food is always at least a small part of our family meals, and because of the Thanksgiving emphasis on family this is especially true on that holiday. This is at least part of the reason this holiday always makes me think of my estrangement from my family--because my family gatherings are always at least partially a meditation on our collective estrangement from the culture my father's grandparents left behind when they immigrated here.
So, Thanksgiving doesn't feel like a national holiday for me, or a celebration of anything particularly American -- especially not the way it did when I was a kid, celebrating with both my parents together or with my mother and her family. Instead, Thanksgiving feels like nothing more than a time to be near family and to share a meal of harvest food. My gratitude is for being part of something larger than myself, when I'm otherwise pretty solitary and self-interested throughout the year.
But is there something bigger to celebrate here, some cultural pride worth celebrating today? Half my blood as an American comes from European refugees who fled their homeland in the 20th century; fled war and famine and a coming conflict with the Soviet Union that killed a hell of a lot of people. Whatever crimes against peoples were committed in the foundation of this country, what this country became following its foundation was a place of refuge from much of the religious, ethnic, and political balkinization which produced so much conflict in other parts of the world. It's still a part of who we are today, to the point where I find myself thinking about the Hmong and Somali populations in the Twin Cities, first- and second-generation refugees from conflicts even more desperate, bloody, and protracted than the ones that brought my great-grandparents here. I wonder if those immigrants will be celebrating something today, or if they'll share in the guilt and cynicism that fills this thread.
I do understand the value in mourning the loss of the many cultures which populated these lands before European colonialism pushed them all into near-extinction. I'm not at peace with that history and we certainly shouldn't whitewash it but I also don't feel like the need for a more truthful reconciliation with the remnants of those cultures requires us to not hold celebrations of our own culture; the same relentless homogenization that this forum likes to discuss as a grave tragedy has been and still remains a kind of open door for people who are fleeing much more immediate and ongoing tragedies elsewhere in the world.
I suppose I think that's an outcome worth celebrating, and certainly one worth being thankful for. I also think it's an outcome very much in the spirit of the holiday's traditional pilgrims-and-Indians imagery.
kese wrote: Pretty cool link to how Native American names shape the US.
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LOS ANGELES � Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women to snare one of Hollywood�s favorite accessories, an Oscar, Emmy or Screen Actors Guild trophy?
In a society tilting steadily toward gender neutrality, the separate-but-equal awards that divide actors into one camp and actresses into another have the whiff of a moldy anachronism.
True, the Association for Women in Science gives honors to encourage female success in male-dominated fields. But to mark enduring achievements, would its members ever yearn for a Women�s Nobel Prize in physics?
�It�s not like it�s upper body strength,� Gloria Steinem dryly observed of the requirements of acting.
The separate labeling of male and female performers is losing favor in the industry. Actresses often swat the distinction away by calling themselves �actors,� standing shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts.
Usherettes are long gone from movie-theater lobbies, after all. And defense officials said Wednesday the Pentagon will be lifting its ban on women in combat.
SAG, which will hold its awards ceremony Sunday, edged toward neutrality with its trophy dubbed the Actor, although the guild gives separate honors to best performance by a male actor and by a female actor.
That cracks the door open, but only slightly. Fling it wide so that Daniel Day-Lewis� majestic performance in �Lincoln� and Jessica Chastain�s steely turn in �Zero Dark Thirty� vie for the grand prize!
In all other awards-eligible fields, including directing, writing or cinematography, everyone is �going for it,� male and female alike, Andrews said.
That may be progress in theory for performers but not in practice, said Sally Field, a SAG and Oscar best supporting actress nominee for �Lincoln.�
�If you do that you won�t see any actresses up there (on stage) at all,� she said. �The percentage of roles is so weighted toward (male) actors. That�s the way it�s always been.�
Exactly, concurred Naomi Watts, �The Impossible� best actress SAG and Academy Award nominee.
�There�s so much competition in life and I do think we are different,� she said. �Yes, we should be able to have the same things as much as possible ... (but) life�s a battle already and there�s so many great roles written for men. Women are definitely at a disadvantage when it comes to volume.�
Rapper Nicki Minaj, who�s considering launching an acting career, has a pragmatic take on the issue.
�You see all those divas in the audience looking so pretty, and they all want to beat each other out,� she said. �It�s entertainment.�
Hathaway, in the running for SAG and Oscar supporting actress honors for �Les Miserables,� considers the gender split �an awesome question worthy of an awesome debate.�
�Can I conceive of a world where performance becomes a genderless concept? Absolutely. Do I think it�s going to happen anytime soon? No,� she said.
As Fields pointed out, the bedrock challenge is that women get fewer substantive roles than men. Ironically, that�s obscured by the artificial parity on stage each year at awards shows. Five women compete, five men compete, two winners are crowned.
So what�s the problem? A quick numbers check makes it clear: Females comprised about a third of the characters in the 100 top-grossing films in 2011, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.
This, despite the fact women make up slightly more than half of the U.S. population and, according to the center�s previous research, the finding isn�t an anomaly.
In this context, feminist leader Steinem sees legitimate reason to retain separate acting awards. When two unequal groups are combined it�s the less-powerful one that loses, she said, as when 20th-century U.S. school desegregation lead to mass layoffs of black principals and administrators.
Tom O�Neil, editor of the Gold Derby awards prediction site, said strong forces are arrayed against any such change in Hollywood.
Awards shows routinely try to add celebrity-driven categories, not drop them, to increase a show�s �glamor and glitz� quotient, he said, as well as mask the industry�s unequal treatment of women.
�It�s criminal,� he said, bluntly.
In the behind-the-scenes film and TV categories in which the sexes compete, women rarely make it on stage at awards ceremonies. The Oscars started in 1929, but it wasn�t until 2010 that the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, was honored as best director (for �The Hurt Locker�). Statistics again provide clarity: Women made up a paltry 9 percent of the directors on 2012�s top-grossing films, a new San Diego State University study found.
Let�s give two-time Oscar winner Field the last word in this debate.
Actresses �should be in their own category because they ARE in their own category,� she said. �They face their own specific kind of difficulties surviving in this business that actors, bless their hearts, don�t face.�
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Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW) -- A Waynesboro man is behind bars after allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Friday.
Investigators say the 12-year-old girl went to the home on the 800 block of Waters Street to visit a friend. The home is owned by Councilwoman Portia Washington.
The family was not home, but 44-year-old Thomas Edwards Stokes Jr. was inside caring for the family's pets. When he answered the door, a dog came outside. The little girl leaned down to pick up the puppy, which is when Stokes allegedly dragged her inside to the bedroom where he is accused of raping and beating her.
After the incident, he allegedly told her to get dressed and forced her outside a back door, telling her he'd kill her family if she told anyone what happened.
Law enforcement was notified, but by the time they got to the home, Stokes was gone. He was later found walking along Highway 25 in Richmond County.
Stokes was taken to the Burke County Jail.
He was released from prison on Dec. 24 after serving time for an armed robbery conviction.


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Miley Cyrus does some shocking things during her new Bangerz tour show, but perhaps one of the more shocking acts thus far is locking lips with Katy Perry.
Perry was in the front row of Cyrus's L.A. show Saturday night, and at least one spectator caught the smooch and posted it on Instagram.
Apparently, Katy kissed a girl and she liked it, posting a pix and this comment on her Twitter page: "I adore you @MileyCyrus ."
And after! I adore you @MileyCyrus pic.twitter.com/xGU0UPna1S— Katy Perry (@katyperry) February 23, 2014


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The Bears have named H. Michael Williams, a 1982 Cal grad and former wrestler, as the interim athletic director.
He is not a candidate for the permanent job.
There will be time -- loads of time -- to examine potential (and real) options for the permanent gig. I expect the pool to be strong and the process to be long.
AD searches usually take months, unlike coaching searches, which take weeks, because there is no recruiting pressure.
Let's instead focus briefly on Barbour ...
A senior administration official said Thursday evening that Barbour and Nicholas Dirks determined it was time for a "change in leadership" with Cal athletics at a "crossroads."
My assessment:
The combination of missteps in recent years, including the embarrassing football graduation rates/APR scores, have generated such strong headwinds within the broader Cal athletic community that it was difficult for Barbour and her administration to make substantive progress.
Basically: The Bears needed a change in leadership in order to keep moving forward on several crucial fronts.
Yes, that line of reasoning suggests Barbour didn't willingly step down and runs contrary to the notion that Barbour and Dirks decided mutually that it was time for a change.
So be it.
Ten years is a long time for any athletic director, much less one at a massive public university with as many challenges as Cal has faced during the economic climate of the past five years.
This is assuredly an unsettling time -- as if the past 10 months haven't been unsettling enough for the football staff.
But as I have written -- and will repeat here -- there is zero room for debate on the issue of her passion for Cal:
Barbour cares deeply for the school, the staff, the coaches and the student-athletes, and that has been evident on a daily basis throughout her tenure.
If her replacement cares half as much as Barbour, the Bears will be headed down the right path.
But let's not ignore Barbour's successes, from her shrewd Olympic sport hires and the Mike Montgomery coup to her retention of Jeff Tedford back when Cal desperately wanted to retain him, and the construction of the new facilities (which is separate from the financing of said facilities).
The deep problems of late have overshadowed the victories from the first half of Barbour's reign.
It's important that her tenure be remembered for all of it -- the bad and the good.


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EAST PALO ALTO -- Cars lined up on both sides of University Avenue, snarling traffic in this city for hours Saturday as drivers queued up at City Hall to unload what added up to an arsenal of nearly 400 firearms -- everything from old hunting shotguns to military-style assault weapons fitted with high-capacity "banana" clips and silencers.
It took less than three hours for $52,000 in privately donated cash to disappear in a flurry of parking lot transactions with cops from East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The purchased guns filled a police trailer and are now headed for destruction.
"I think it was a huge success," said Roger Lee, 41, a Palo Alto father of three young children who works in venture capital and founded the nonprofit Protect Our Children to raise money for the gun buyback. "I feel our community is safer as a result."
Lee was inspired to organize a gun buyback by the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The deranged young gunman used his mother's Bushmaster assault rifle to murder her before attacking the school, where he later killed himself in an orgy of violence that shocked the nation and reignited the debate over gun control.
"I was horrified by what happened that day," said Lee, whose children, ages 8, 6 and 3, are close in age to the Newtown victims. He felt the best he could do to honor the lives lost in Newtown was to "remove as many guns as possible from the community."
Lee put out feelers and quickly teamed up with another Palo Alto man, James Cook, who works in the solar power industry and is the father of a fifth-grader. Together, they raised the $52,000 in six weeks from more than 100 donors in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
"It really struck a nerve," said Lee, who has received inquiries about starting similar programs from Santa Cruz to Connecticut. "People care about this issue."
Indeed, a simultaneous rally protesting gun violence in front of Palo Alto City Hall drew a crowd of about 75 people. Cook spoke to the group before joining the gun-buyback down the road in neighboring East Palo Alto.
"We know for a fact that this is effective just by taking guns off the street," Cook said.
Also speaking was Mindy Finkelstein, 30, of Berkeley, who was among five people wounded in an August 1999 shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles by a white supremacist wielding an assault weapon. He also killed a postal worker.
"There are ways to protect your family from gun violence," Finkelstein said. "And today's gun buyback in East Palo Alto is one example."
Andre Fontenot, 53, an avid duck hunter from San Bruno, was eager to shrink his stockpile of shotguns and reduce any possible threat to his three children, ages 16, 14 and 4. He felt the $200 each they offered for the seven rifles and shotguns he brought was a decent price.
"I have too many of them around the house, and I wanted to get rid of them, especially with kids around the house," Fontenot said of his gun collection. "I keep them safe. But I'm not really big on collecting things, especially guns. I kept the ones I need to hunt and for home safety, and the rest I turned in today."
Fontenot said he would donate the proceeds from the sale to his duck club.
Organizers said it was the first joint gun buyback involving the three police agencies.
Some folks lurked nearby, hoping to buy guns from those lining up to sell them to the police. But the officers had expected them and threatened them with arrest if they didn't leave.
When the money ran out in the early afternoon, officers told motorists waiting along University Avenue about other upcoming gun buybacks. Those who were already in the City Hall parking lot and in the process of selling their weapons were issued I.O.U.s to be paid by the East Palo Alto Police Department.
Some grumbled, but most seemed to feel it was still all worthwhile.
Despite the three-plus hour wait, Robert Miller, 57, of Redwood City said he was happy to trade in an old shotgun he'd owned since 1975 for a $200 voucher.
"It was time to get rid of it," Miller said. "And the less guns out there being abused, the better."
Contact John Woolfolk at 408-975-9346. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/johnwoolfolk1.


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GUEST COLUMN: Obamacare issues ripple down to Alabama
Published: Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 12:27 a.m.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama recently announced that 4 percent of its 2.1 million statewide members will not be able to keep their insurance plan, due to Obamacare. In the coming weeks, approximately 84,000 Alabamians will receive notice that their current plans will end Dec. 31.
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Alabamians are not alone; 300,000 Floridians, 280,000 Californians, 70,000 more in the Washington, D.C., area and millions more across the country are being told their plans will be taken away. This is making headlines because in 2009 and 2010, in order to sell the plan to the American people, President Barack Obama declared that if you "like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your plan, period."
It is estimated that anywhere from 10-15 million people who purchase their insurance on the open market will see their plan disappear by the end of December. Adding to Obama's growing list of headaches, a NBC News investigative report revealed documents from July 2010 that the Obama administration knew tens of millions of people would lose their current plan. In 2012 with implementation in full swing, Obama repeated the adage: "if you already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance. Period."
The reasoning behind the president's statement is that Obamacare allowed those with plans entered into prior to 2010 to have "grandfather" status. However, narrowly drawn regulations eliminate that status if even the slightest change is made to the plan. This means that a change as insignificant as a $5 co-pay increase could eliminate a plan's grandfather status and force its cancellation under the regulations. Obviously, this was President Obama's goal, to take individual decision making out of the equation and place the power over your health care with the government.
Since its initial passage, House Republicans promised to repeal Obamacare, voting more than 40 times to do so. Just a few weeks ago during the shutdown debates, conservatives in Congress were derided as extremists, obstructionists and anarchists for attempting to eliminate, or at least delay, Obamacare. Today, 10 Senate Democrats, including liberal Dianne Feinstein, are pushing for a year's delay to the individual mandate as Obama's approval ratings drop to all-time lows. What was labeled as blatant obstruction a few weeks ago is now being hailed as a sensible alternative for America.
The mandate, designed to force young, relatively healthy individuals into the insurance marketplace, has been described as the "linchpin" to the overall solvency of the health care overhaul. Without the mandate, the insurance exchanges will likely be made up of less healthy older individuals or those with pre-existing conditions, thus causing premiums for those in the exchanges to skyrocket. The millions whose plans have been canceled now face a dilemma. Either attempt to navigate a faulty Obamacare website plagued by privacy and security concerns and a daunting hours-long application process, or face the sticker shock of paying premiums that in some instances have quadrupled.
Either way, middle-class Americans who buy their insurance on the individual market make too much to receive Obamacare subsidies and do not qualify for employer-provided insurance tax breaks. It is these middle-class Americans that bear the brunt of the additional costs under Obamacare.
Testifying before Congress earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called Obamacare's rollout a "debacle." The remedy to fixing this debacle is simple. Repeal it. Period.
Brandon Demyan is policy counsel for the Alabama Policy Institute, an independent, nonprofit research and education organization.
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