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There are many things to like about the spring off-season: having to work less, fewer crowds, and a nice boost in your bank account from your recent tax return. There are also things to dislike about the spring off-season: not having enough work, fewer opportunities to socialize, and a dip in your bank account due to decreased income. Unfortunately the lack of funds conundrum isn't something we have the answer to, but we can help you with your social life. Although many bars and restaurants are closed until Memorial Day weekend, some are keeping the the lights on and the party rockin'. Here's a look at the venues and performers still offering evening entertainment now and throughout the month of May:VailThe Vail Ale House continues its popular crowd-pleaser Prohibition Night every Wednesday starting at 10 p.m. PBR tallboys are only $3, but with more than 20 craft beers on tap, you might want to try something a bit more refined instead. Vail Ale House will also showcase local and Colorado bands on either Friday or Saturday nights throughout May. Visit www.vailalehouse.com later in the month for a complete lineup.AvonAgave closes for part of May but not before holding its annual Cinco de Mayo weekend. The party starts May 3 (it's a Friday) with Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Review, featuring Rob Eaton from Dark Star Orchestra. On Sunday, two bands will play: Skin the Rabbit starts at 3 p.m. and MTHDS begins at 9 p.m. There will also be food and drink specials on both days. For more information call 970-748-8666.Maybe it's due to drinking all that java, but Loaded Joe's doesn't cut back on its nightlife just because the ski slopes are shut down. They've still got open mic night on Sunday, Trivia on Tuesday, Karaoke on Friday, as well as drink specials and music offerings other nights of the week. If you're new to the area and haven't braved the karaoke stage yet, off-season is the perfect time to do it. Longtime karaoke show runner David Sandman, better known as "Sandman," said when he first moved to town he met many of his friends by attending local karaoke nights. "(It's) the best value in free entertainment," Sandman said. "You get to know the locals, there's always drink specials, and you always end up having a good time. If you love music, you never know what you're going to hear."For information on Loaded Joe's, visit www.loadedjoes.com. For more of Sandman's regular karaoke venues for the upcoming summer visit www.karaokewithsandman.com.Montana's Cantina & Grill is keeping its off-season nightlife "caliente" with entertainment offerings every night of the week. Monday is Texas Hold 'Em poker starting at 7 p.m., Tuesday is ShyGuy Karaoke and Trivia starting at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday offer a different DJ, who starts spinning at 9 p.m., and Sunday spices things up with "Miami Nights," a Latin-themed evening of music and dancing. Montana's has also already fired up its Friday Afternoon Casual (FAC to the locals), complete with a free keg of craft beer out on the deck starting at 5 p.m."Our (FAC) gives you the chance to taste a different craft beer every Friday," said Thomas Beaver, owner of Montana's. "We've also got the prettiest deck in Avon with a gorgeous view."For a look at Montana's menu and special events visit www.montanasavon.com.Edwards Old Forge Pizza spells its after-dark event B-I-N-G-O, hosting the game every Tuesday night beginning May 7. Kid's bingo is from 6 to 7 p.m. and adult bingo is from 7 to 9 p.m. There's no cost to enter and prizes include Colorado Mountain Brewery gift certificates and free pizza, of course. Sarah Millet, co-owner of Old Forge, said bingo night has become quite popular with families."(The game) is easy for little kids; there's no strategy," Millet said. "It's also a time when parents can have a glass of wine and socialize."For more information on bingo night call 970-926-2220.Eagle If your idea of a fun night involves wearing slippery shoes, take a drive down to Eagle for bowling and more at the Back Bowl. In addition to the musical clink and clamour of falling pins, the venue also offers karaoke on Friday nights and a comedy variety show on Saturday nights, both starting at 8:30 p.m. Andre Shy, or the "Shyguy," loves putting on a show for locals and making people laugh."It's an opportunity to serve," Shy said. "I feel like I'm actually giving back to the (place) where I live."For more Shyguy entertainment happenings visit his Facebook page. For information on The Back Bowl call 970-337-2694. Due to May's erratic weather, it's easy to choose the couch over an evening of going out. Sure the couch is soft and comfortable, but it's not a very good conversationalist. In a world where we spend more time with our computers than our neighbors, sometimes real socializing can take a backseat, or back cushion, to our comfy couches. Instead of the period between ski weather and golf weather, maybe off-season should mean that time of year when we get off the couch, off our computers, and on to something a little more lively. And if lively means embarrassing yourself by singing karaoke, at least the only people watching will be people you know. After you've finished annihilating the latest pop song, they'll probably still like you anyway.
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WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WIFR) -- A man caught burglarizing Rockford homes, now has a new home for about the next decade and a half... Prison.
Anthony Ollie, 29, was sentenced to 14 years on Friday. Ollie and Robert Burns took TV sets, jewelry and other valuables from more than 20 homes in January 2013. Burns was also sentenced to 14 years in May.
Robert Burns, 35, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. On January 24, 2014 Burns and Anthony Ollie, 29, were taken into custody. Detective accused them of breaking into numerous homes and staling TV sets and jewelry.
Ollie will be back in court on June 18.
During the past several weeks numerous residential burglaries (in excess of twenty) have taken place through-out the County. Entry to homes has been gained by forcing open doors. Items taken have included T.V. sets, and jewelry.
Winnebago County Sheriff's Detectives along with Rockford Police Detectives andPatrol Officers of both agencies have worked together on this series of burglaries. The investigation has resulted in the arrests of two subjects.
Both were taken into custody on Friday 1-24-13.
Charged with Residential Burglary are:
-1 Robert Burns (DOB 7-30-78)
-2 Anthony F. Ollie (DOB 7-15-84)
Both Burns and Ollie live in Rockford. he investigation is on-going.
The charges against Burns and Ollie are merely accusations. They are presumed nnocent unless proven guilty in court.

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For the first time in 60 years, South Korea's national flag, Taegeukgi, will be rising on the Hermit Kindom's soil and Aegukga, the national anthem of South Korea, will be filling the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium.
According to the Soth Korean Ministry of Unification, the North has approved for the first time the hoisting of South Korea's national flag and playing of its anthem in North Korea during the Sept. 11-17 Asian Cup Weightlifting Championships in the North Korean capital.
North Korea has always objected to South Korea's flag being displayed and its national anthem played in the North. The last time Pyangyang refused to permit South Korea's flag and anthem had led World Cup soccer qualifying matches scheduled for Pyongyang to be played in China.
Pyongyang's change of heart comes amid easing tensions on the divided Peninsula. "In addition to host reunions of families divided by the Korean War at the Mount Kumgang in North Korea," reports Jonathan Cheng of Wall Street Journal, "the Koreas have also agreed to reopen the jointly operated Kaesong Industrial Zone - the symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas. Then on Sept. 6, North Korea agreed to restart the cross-border military hotline with the South."
The reach of these important agreements between the two Koreas, write James Goodby and Markku Heiskanen of the Brookings Institution, "is a tribute to the steadiness and toughness of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. In fact, it shows a readiness to negotiate on both sides and could be seen as a first success for 'trustpolitik,' President Park's description of her hopes for North-South relations. Perhaps it signals the beginning of a new day in Korea."
Many Korea watchers now see a "bright spell on the Korean Peninsula." Sixty years after the end of the Korean War, says Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, former U.S. Special Envoy for Six Party Talks, "there is reason for guarded optimism that a peaceful resolution of tensions between the North and South is achievable."
"It is possible that North Korea's new leadership recently assessed the benefits that would accrue from denuclearization," writes Ambassador DeTrani, "in terms of security assurances, economic assistance, foreign investment and ultimately normal relations and international legitimacy, and concluded that a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue is in North Korea's interest. This significant easing of tension between the two Koreas is encouraging and appears to be a policy approach now being pursued by the leadership in Pyongyang."
As North and South Korea are moving forward to narrow their cold-war gap, the general trajectory of international relations in Northeast Asia, however, is heading toward confrontation and conflict, not negiotiation and cooperation.
The United States' strategy of "Pivot to Asia," Japan's confrontational policy toward China, and China's rapid rise and its assertive territorial claims in Asia are all adding up to a volatile brew of military confrontation and strategic collison in East and Northeast Asia. As the world's three largest economies are flexing their military muscle, the Northeast Asia region as a whole is becoming much more unstable and antagonized.
And another major storm is also looming between Japan and its two neighbors in Northeast Asia, China and South Korea. The Japan-China and Japan-South Korea rows over wartime history are coupled with ongoing territorial disputes among three East Asian countries - Japan's sovereignty dispute with South Korea over the Takeshima Islands and its clash over the Senkaku Islands with China.
It is in this context that Washington has not been responsive to Beijing's recent offer of a six-party meeting. On Sept. 5 China proposed a Sept. 18 gathering with the U.S., the two Koreas, Japan and Russia attended by their senior officials. "The United States," a State Department official told South Korea's Yonhap News, "has not made a decision on participation in this event."
Any true reconciliation between the North and South Korea will be a "Mission Impossible" unless it is connected to a wider and comprehensive mechanism for security and cooperation in Northeast Asia. Unfortunate for the Koreans, the surrounding strategic environment is too fraught for them to make much progress. After all, the two Koreas are shrimps among whales, with very little leeway to maneuver between China, Japan, and the United States.
Dr. Xiaoxiong Yi is the director of Marietta College's China Program.


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I realized that my left quad is significantly weak compared to my right knee which may be the cause of my knee pain in my left knee. I've been given some quad strengthening exercises but when I actually try to do the strengthening exercises, my knee hurts! I think my quad is very very weak and can barely the exercises. Seems like a circular issue. Quads weak, therefore knee hurts, but quad exercises hurt knee. So, should I still try to do the exercises even though they hurt my knees?
Some of the exercises have been leg lifts which seem ok. But the squats hurt quite a bit.
How do I strenghten my quads when it hurts my knees?
Squats, especially with weights, can put a lot of stress on your knees. Preferable quad strengthening exercises are done with your leg straight, knee straight. Here are two exercises that I was taught by a physical therapist many years ago and still do regularly:
(1) Lie flat on your back, one leg bent (with foot flat on the floor) and the other straight. Tighten the quad on the straight leg and then lift about 6 to 8 inches off the floor. Work up to 3 sets of 10. Start with no added weight and then add ankle weight in 1/2 lb increments as strength improves.
(2) Same as (1) except start with the straight leg rotated about 45 deg outwards, and keep it in that orientation as you lift the leg.
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As is often the case asking questions raises more questions. Why is your left quad so small and weak? If you can answer that question it will provide direction to the most appropriate treatment. Take a look at the short articles Knee Pain Treatment Based on Individual Evidence, and Knee Arthritis and Muscle Strength - The Truth is Gray. Depending on the actual diagnosis there may be a better treatment than strengthening exercises.
Damien Howell PT, DPT, OCS
Some time back, I read a report about quad contractile force being reduced by sub-patellar inflammation. An automatic defense mechanism, apparently. Damien raises a very good question about the reasons for relative differences in quad strength. There could be neurological or circulatory reasons for an underpowered quad, but you write as if this was a fairly recent development, at least one you recently realized when demands were placed on your quad during training.
I will briefly (as possible) recount what I know about weak quads in the active crowd, because I've gone over it many times before.
A well-exercised quad can deliver a weak contraction for reasons other than the one I mentioned above. It's not as simple as how well-exercised or physically robust a portion of muscle is. It's more about whether the entire nervous system, from your brain through your spinal cord, motor neurons, spindle cells and any other neuromuscular component, is in agreement with your will that a muscle should be flexed strongly. Sometimes, your body knows of a vulnerability you may not be consciously aware of. I aim to change that.
Here I usually digress into a discussion about trigger points, and yes, that is exactly what I am going to do now. While it is true that the available physiology on trigger points does not satisfy the need of science to know exactly what they are, why they occur, and how to treat them, I unfortunately must muddle through and make my living dealing with them almost every day, including as a result of my own athletic activities. I succeed, and you can too.
It is possible, for example, for a tiny nodule of hyper-contracted muscle tissue to cause your muscle not to function normally. Think of yourself being pulled across a room by just one hair on your head. It is not that the hair is that strong, but that the discomfort produced by just one hair being pulled compels you to comply.
You can't always feel, or be conscious of a trigger point, but it can have an effect on your nervous system nevertheless. If even a small group of cells in your muscle are not pulling in agreement with the others, it is possible for the entire muscle to appear dysfunctional. In this way it behaves very much like that annoying hair, and is the tail wagging an otherwise very strong dog.
With that metaphor out of the way, I want to assure you that it is very possible that you could have at least one trigger point (probably many) affecting your ability to use that quad. Here is where I post a link to one doctor's account of the dramatic effect a trigger point had on one particular patient.
Rest assured, I see similar results all the time. Apparently, some pressure in the right spot alters the physiology of a trigger point enough to change or correct it, no matter how that physiology operates. There are probably psychological factors too, since having your tissue manipulated by someone you do not like (or someone who makes you nervous) can have the opposite effect. Unless you don't like yourself (lol), I think you may be the ideal candidate for the job!
Humor me and start scanning the quad on your outstretched and supported leg (seated, with a footstool or ottoman will do), for tight string-like fibers in your quad, palpable lumps of any size, or spots that seem overly sensitive when lightly pressed. Of course, almost any part of your quad can hurt if somebody leans on it with an elbow, but I am talking about scanning it for small differences in tissue tension or sensation. Please use your own fingers, and compare with the other leg for reference, if in doubt about what you find. While sticks and rollers are sometimes used proactively to encourage lymphatic flow and circulatory changes, they are often too blunt an instrument for finding and addressing problem trigger points, even though mild ones might respond well to such therapy.
If you find a sore spot, some tolerable pressure on it for several seconds can cause it to release its tension along with the pain. Sometimes pain is felt or released locally, sometimes in another part of the muscle or affected joint, and sometimes in places quite distant, by virtue of a well known but poorly understood effect known as "pain referral." I'm not talking about cutting off the circulation with the object of temporary numbness, but about enough pressure to make a sustainable change, which varies by individual. Once again, you can best determine this by treating it yourself, once you know what to expect.
A sensitive spot that disappears after a reasonable amount of direct pressure, is very likely (or was) a trigger point. As often happens, another may become evident in a different spot, based on the priority your brain applies to pain. The effect can move around like whack-a-mole. It is not so much a "thing," like a tumor, as much as it is a temporary condition. By temporary, I do not mean to exclude them from lasting many years, as they often do. They are temporary when you address them directly with manual therapy and the neuromuscular feedback and/or physiological changes that result. Do nothing, and they can, in extreme cases, persist for a lifetime, even if they recently materialized.
If you find what feels like a tight string-like fiber in your muscle, it is highly unlikely that the entire fiber is the problem. If you feel along this fiber, you should eventually come to a portion of it that is more sensitive than the rest, a micro-spasm that pulls the entire fiber taught. That is also a trigger point, and can be handled the same way. In most cases, there is doubt about exactly which spot or spots are responsible for muscular dysfunction in any given case, but they tend to follow patterns based on the physical vulnerability of certain tissue, usually at the center of a given length of muscle (not including tendonous extensions).
There was a time when I did not believe in trigger points, even though I was in the business of dealing with soft tissue dysfunction. When a relative came back from the hospital with a doctor's instructions to have her husband apply trigger point therapy to control pain, I felt compelled to come up with an explanation. Years of research have clearly defined the existence of this mysterious muscular behavior, and the universal role it plays in athletic performance at all levels. After more than 70 years of medical research, we still don't know enough about them yet (as with many other medical phenomena), but we at least know how to reduce or eliminate their effects in many cases. Fail to address them, and like it or not, you can expect to keep running into the problems they cause, no matter how well-exercised you are. Perhaps, as you may well have found, you may not even be able to exercise at all, until you tackle them head-on.
While there is a lot we do not know about muscular dysfunction, one thing we do know is that tiny amounts of damage, known as micro-tears in the muscle tissue, can lead to the dysfunction of trigger points. This is entirely different from a major injury such as a "muscle tear," in that the effects may be as dramatic as a major injury, even more painful, but can be overcome relatively quickly, even immediately. It is normal for exercising muscle to be constantly in the process of repair from the damage we exercising yahoos continually inflict. It is also quite normal for muscles to shut down in protest when we don't let up. Sure, you can keep piling it on and get used to the pain, but I hope I have shown you a better way to deal with it. Understand, you still may have damage that must heal. Consider this a shot across the bow from your muscles. Listen to their message, but rather than ignore at your peril, and do too much, or too little, you can learn to communicate back.
Thanks everyone. My PT has been doing some trigger point massage on my quad. So far it hasn't gotten any better. Runner's knee - supposedly. I've been off of it for over 2 months now but it doesn't seem like it is getting any better. He told me to go see a sports doc for another diagnosis. He also told me to do some hip abductor exercises for the next 6 weeks or so. I can't seem to locate any sensitive areas in the quad myself but when the PT does massage it, he can seem to find a few. Not sure what to do anymore. I just want to get back into being active!
Sorry to hear of your experience, Sylvia. If it is any consolation, your experience is all too common. However, it is not necessary. While you are certainly getting some medical attention, more hard work needs to be done to make sure the interventions are properly targeted.
To many in the healthcare industry, and as you may have concluded after self-examination, trigger points do not exist. To those who know of them, they are often little more than palpable knots in a muscle. Unfortunately for diagnosticians, they are much more complicated than that. This WebMD article is just a foretaste:
More detail: http://www.tolapoint.com/trigger-points/what-may-cause-a-trigger-point/
Even more in this video:http://lifeafterpain.com/info/muscles/trigger-points/
The different states, detectability and tenacity of trigger points are important aspects to keep in mind when hunting them down and treating them.
One TrP can sponsor one or more others, which can be found and treated, but may reappear soon after, since they are being caused by one or more in a different location, perhaps in a different muscle. Another complicating factor is your two months of rest, which can make TrPs more likely when the rested muscles are again challenged.
There is no doubt that TrPs in the medial quad can cause quad weakness and knee pain, which is well-documented. The question is, why would they be there in the first place? Possible causes include:
Sitting for long periods of time, at present or in the past. Also, sitting with a leg crossed over the quad.
Other sleeping, resting or working postures that hold the quads in a shortened or elongated state for long periods of time, or impact circulation.
Inflammation and/or pain under the knee cap, such as chondromalacia or "runner's knee."
Active trigger points in other muscles in the same or related groups of muscles.
Latent, chronic trigger points in the same or other muscles.
Icing or other cold therapies that can cause TrPs in muscles that would otherwise not have them.
Actual damage in the muscle, or scar tissue from poorly healed damage.
Electrolyte or vitamin deficiencies.
Too much or too little hydration.
Too much repetitive motion or stressful exercise.
Bone structure/alignment issues that overwork the muscle(s).
Helpful interventions include:
Stay active. More consistent, gentle activity can be more productive than rest or targeted exercise.
Whether you do or don't have a definitive diagnosis of chondromalacia, patellar tracking disorder or other knee problems, understanding the relationship between muscular dysfunction, repetitive motion, and resulting damage to the knee can prevent it from getting worse.
Scan all muscles for active and latent TrPs in the group that work with or in opposition to the primary suspect.
Use heat therapies instead of cold to relax and stimulate peripheral circulation, or cold only in alternating contrast with heat, finishing with heat.
Take an inventory of injuries both old and new, even in adjoining tissues, that may have had an impact on the current problem. Assess whether they have healed properly, or would benefit from deeper therapies to dissolve and rebuild the injured tissue.
Even when not vigorously exercising, continue to adjust your diet and hydration for recovery. You are healing.
Evaluate for structural imbalances that cause excess motion, such as excessive pronation, which can in turn lead to overuse of certain muscles like the medial quad. Examples are: a short or hypermobile 1st metatarsal on the foot, leg length discrepancies, pelvic asymmetry, etc.
There are other possible factors, but the important point is to trace the dysfunction to the original cause, or risk treating symptoms made fresh daily. It seems like a lot of hard work to explore these possibilities, but it is still less work than dealing with the symptoms for the rest of your life, which is how long TrPs can persist.
Management of chronic pain and/or muscular dysfunction is a primary consumer of the health-care dollar. Over-simplistic understanding of how muscles malfunction, how to treat them, and how important they are to chronic pain, is a major contributor to the overuse of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and narcotic drugs, as well as surgery.
A strong muscle can become weak in seconds due to the appearance of a single trigger point in the wrong place. Common exercise interventions to strengthen muscles so riddled with trigger points that they appear weak, simply perpetuate them by straining muscles not healthy enough to be used. Ditto for stretching and icing protocols. Conditioning of a muscle is always more successful when the muscle is healthy. The degree of dysfunction determines whether conditioning by stretching or strengthening will instead be counterproductive.
Soft tissue therapies like foam-rolling and massage are only as likely to solve the problem as a hammer is to build a house. They are just tools, which in properly informed hands can succeed - or fail - if the therapy is directed to a symptom and not a cause. When you are lucky you can find the cause quickly; on average it takes a lot of persistence, and if you are unlucky, even skilled work can make things worse.
Regarding persistence, it is difficult to schedule enough work with a therapist to ensure progress without breaking the bank, which is why I advocate self-massage. The only danger with doing it yourself, is the risk of overdoing it, which is why I advocate enough practice to become good at it. The more skilled you are, the less likely you are to give up or to overwork the problem.
Some tips from Dr. Kuttner: http://lifeafterpain.com/info/muscles/trigger-point-treatment/#
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The shelves at United Blood Services are pretty empty right now, and there's a chance they could be in even more need than usual soon.
UBS is taking part in a plan to provide supplementary blood supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense in case of war.
Officials with the blood provider say their supply will be a back-up for the supply the military already has.
UBS in Meridian is one of dozens of other blood centers nationwide that are taking part in the effort. But ultimately, if and when a war happens, and they're called upon to provide blood, how much they can supply will ultimately be up to the public.
UBS officials say they hope the plan won't have to be put into place, but they say if it does, they'll be ready to do whatever is needed, and they believe the public will too.
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Youth Of Today is set to headline Edge Day 2012 in Philidelphia, PA. Other bands on the bill include Foundation, Stick Together, Beware and more. Click on the flyer below for more info.
CHAIN OF STRENGTH Irving Plaza, October 12 & 13, 2012
Gameface have two shows this coming weekend. If you live in the northeast, be there!FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
Bold performing "Wise Up" at the Revelation Records 25th Anniversary shows at the Glass House in Pomona, CA. June 9, 2012 is now up on Youtube. Check it out here:http://youtu.be/jawectKjhu8 Posted By:Webmaster
Popeye from Farside will be performing two acoustic sets of Farside songs on Thursday, August 16th in Garwood, NJ and a free (21+) show on Saturday, August 18th in Philadelphia, PA. Click the flyer below for more info.
Tickets went on sale today for the Sparkmarker reunion show on September 28th at the Rickshaw Theater in Vancouver, BC. In memory and recognition of Sparkmarker guitarist Jordan Stuttard, partial proceeds from the sale of Sparkmarker merch will benefit the Vancouver chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada.Find tickets here: http://goo.gl/V2Gd2
The up and coming Richie Birkenhead solo appearance at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, PA has been rescheduled to Friday, September 7th. Click on the flyer below for the most current info.:
Lineups are nearly complete for the REV25 shows in New York. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, July 13th at 1pm EDT. General admission tickets are $35 (plus Ticketmaster fees) and are also available for $36.50 directly at the Irving Plaza box office. If you'd like to get your ticket early, you can use the pre-sale code "Obvious".
Thursday, October 11, 2012:
Texas Is The Reason
Shades Apart
On The Might Of Princes
Friday, October 12, 2012:
Chain Of Strength
Damnation A.D.
Shook Ones
Saturday, October 13, 2012:
Chain Of Strength
Shai Hulud
Sunday, October 14, 2012:
Into Another
Youth Of Today
Tickets to REV25 NYC will be going on sale later this week. Listen to the Black N Blue Takeover on eastvillageradio.com live tonight at 8pm EDT and they will decode the full lineups for each night so far. There will be some vinyl and t-shirt giveaways on tonight's show as well, so listen live! The shows will be at Irving Plaza on October 11-14, 2012.Posted By:Webmaster
Over the next few weeks we will be posting video from the 25th Anniversary shows that were held June 7-10 at The Glass House in Pomona, CA. You can check out our channel at either YouTube or Vimeo. The first video comes from the surprise band who played on Sunday, June 10th:


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Winter Blues: Competition wraps Saturday
February 16, 2013
There are no geographical restrictions on the acts that can compete in the River City Blues Competition, nor on the fans who keep coming back....
I'm sure they can be something other than a good thing for Marietta.
It's just as easy to believe they could be of no consequence to Marietta.
I'm a blues fan and have toured the vast majority of the Blues Trail in the south. I like the Blues. Not only did I not hear of this event this year at the Lafayette, I've never heard of it in the past, either. This is the first mention I've seen of it ever, and it's over already. Nobody else I talked to about it during the course of the day has heard of it either.
In this case, as far as I can see the end result is a no consequence.
In other news, the Lafayette is a fine, fine hotel with many wonderful little hidden treasures. It's too bad this one remained hidden for the majority.
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No one commented cause it's not controversial enough for the people who frequent here! Event's like this can be nothing but a good thing for Marietta. Well done Lafayette!
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Competition is over. Nobody made a comment about this article. Looks like nobody cared.
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Cleveland, MS -- In a matchup that Gulf South Conference fans are sure to see in the postseason, Valdosta State fell to Delta State, 56-52, to split the regular season with the Lady Statesmen. After going scoreless in the first half, Brittany Ferguson came to life with 16 second half points before fouling out with 51 seconds left in a two-point game.
Delta State and VSU are the two best defensive teams in the GSC and it showed Thursday night. The Lady Statesmen were able to open an eight-point lead in the second half, and, against these defenses, a lead that small could prove to be insurmountable.
Both teams combined for 14 steals and 32 turnovers split down the middle. Delta State held a slight advantage on the glass, 32-31. In fact, both teams played pretty evenly save a 10-1 run for Delta State in the middle of the second half.
Within the first five minutes of the game, Valdosta State was in a 5-0 hole, then saw a 7-2 deficit. At that point, freshman point guard Kourtnee Williams entered the game. She sparked a 10-5 VSU run in which she buried two three-pointers and stole the ball to finish on the other end with two free throws to tie the game at 12 with just over 10 minutes to play. Williams finished with eight points, three rebounds and three steals.
Over the next five minutes, Delta State scored two baskets before Sczeny Hartry answered with a three-pointer to pull within one, 16-15. The Lady Statesmen went on a 6-0 run, but Hartry cut the run in half with another three-pointer.
Next, Delta State's Veronica Walker scored with 1:56 left in the half for a six-point Lady Statesmen lead. The Lady Blazers, however, would not settle for a halftime deficit. Courtney Mitchell scored next followed by a fast break lay-up from Jordan Waugh set up by Williams to make it a two-point game with 50 seconds left.
With just 2.9 seconds left, Waugh fouled Seneca Walton. Walton could only convert one of her free throws for a three-point lead, but then Waugh made the most impressive shot of the season. Valdosta State pushed the ball to Waugh along the sideline at half court where she made a spin move on the DSU defender before nailing a half court buzzer beater to tie the game at 25 before the break.
Waugh put an exclamation on a half that saw Valdosta State make more three-pointers (five) than two-pointers (three). The Lady Blazers also outrebounded Delta State, 23-19, in the half to start where they left off in the teams' last meeting in which VSU held an eight-rebound advantage.
Mitchell scored the first points of the second half just 16 seconds into the frame for Valdosta State's first lead of the game, 27-25. Maylisa Johnson, the conference leader in assists, made the pass to set up Mitchell after driving across the lane.
After Delta State tied the game at 27, Brittney Nelson jumped in on the three-point shooting clinic with her first points of the game. The Lady Statesmen answered with four more points before Ferguson scored her first points of the game for a 32-31 lead.
Brooke Rhodes, Delta State's second leading scorer, answered with DSU's first three-pointer of the game to spark a 10-1 DSU run that led to the largest lead of the game, eight points, 41-33. Valdosta State methodically closed the gap, largely based off the work of Ferguson who scored 13 of VSU's 15 points over a nine-minute stretch late in the game before fouling out with 51.3 seconds left to play and VSU trailing, 54-52.
With 21.3 seconds left and just one second left on Delta State's shot clock, Hartry was called for a foul. Denesha Henderson missed the front end of two free throws but converted the second for a three-point DSU lead, 55-52.
Out of a Delta State timeout, Williams drew a foul on Henderson with 11.5 seconds left but could not convert a free throw so the Lady Blazers were forced to foul Rhodes, the most accurate free throw shooter in the Gulf South Conference. Rhodes missed the first free throw before a Kiley Hill timeout. Rhodes converted the second free throw to clinch the game with a four-point lead late, 56-52.
Delta State saw Walker lead the team in scoring and rebounding with 18 points and six rebounds. Rhodes finished with 13 points while Henderson scored 11. Brittany Roberts gave out five assists and Aubree Ray tallied five blocks.
Valdosta State will look to rebound against Christian Brothers at 3 p.m. Saturday.


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Ira Sohn Stock Picks: 5 Winners and Losers
One day after the Ira Sohn festivities, a few things stand out: Oil States International is getting the Einhorn bump and Digital Realty Trust is getting whacked following one hedge-fund manager's short attack.
The conference brought together some of the world's best-known hedge-fund managers, who each got about 15 minutes to make their bast case for an investment idea or two. Big pops or drops in the immediate aftermath of a mention from one of these guys is not unusual.
The first move, however, isn't always the best move. Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn said he heard some ideas that he plans to follow up on, but none that he will trade immediately.
As always, take all this with a dose of skepticism. As the FT points out, advice from these Wall Street gurus may be less valuable than their fans would like to believe.
Without further ado, here's a look at five of the biggest movers following yesterday's conference:
Digital Realty Trust
Highfields Capital Management's founder Jonathon Jacobson delivered a blistering attack on the real-estate investment trust that focuses on housing data-centers. He criticized Digital Realy Trust dividend payments and suggested the stock could fall as low as $19 from its close of $69.02.
Shares dropped as much as 7.4% to $63.94 on more than three times its average daily trading volume about an hour after the opening bell, according to Factset.
Seagate Technology
James Chanos, the short seller who runs hedge fund Kynikos Associates, laid out a bearish thesis against storage company Seagate Technology He pointed out insider sales are up and he noted the company's chief technology officer, Bob Whitmore, left the company abruptly Tuesday evening. A Seagate spokesperson clarifies that Whitmore stepped down as CTO, but he still remains with the company. Whitmore will report directly to CEO Steve Luczo in an advisory role, Seagate says.
"Insiders are getting out or leaving…It is probably best if you did too," Chanos said.
Shares fell more than 5%. The stock was up 39% this year through Wednesday's close.
Home Capital Group
Steven Eisman, founder of Emrys Partners who made a fortune betting against the U.S. housing bubble, made a case that people should start getting nervous about Canada's housing market. While he didn't specify if he was shorting any stock, Eisman singled out criticism toward mortgage originator Home Capital Group, which trades in Toronto.
"If housing rolls over, this company is going to have problems," he said.
Home Capital reported quarterly results last night that could be interpreted as a counterpunch. The company's single family Alt-A residential mortgages rose 9% year-over-year in the first quarter, despite weaker home sales, according to National Bank Financial.
For now, seems like investors are siding with the hedge-fund manager. Toronto-listed shares of Home Capital Group dropped as much as 4.3% on Thursday.
Oil States International
David Einhorn's big pick on Wednesday was Oil States International Inc., and he said the oilfield services company is worth $118 a share. He said the company has better margins than its peers and shares haven't been getting the proper credit in the market.
Jana Partners filed a 13D on Oil States last week, recommending the company should split some of its operations that provide accommodations for oil companies into a real estate investment trust. It sounds like Jana "might be onto something, and we wish them well, and we will sit back and enjoy the ride," Einhorn said.
Shares recently rose as much as 4.2% on heavier than normal trading volume.
Is Jeffrey Gundlach losing his touch? One of the world's biggest bond fund managers offered one stock pick: short Chipotle Mexican Grill "I hate the chart, I like the products," he said. "I do not like the P/E ratio. I am not impressed with earnings growth…I am not attracted to anything related to middle-class consumer discretionary income…All you need to compete with CMG's core business is a taco truck."
Nevertheless, shares up 0.5% at $368.10.
To be fair, Gundlach spent most of his presentation talking about the risks associated with the Fed's easy money policies and made only a quick reference to Chipotle.
The stock has been on a vicious rebound since the company offered disappointing quarterly results last summer. Einhorn disclosed he was short the stock in October, which prompted another tumble.
On a year-to-date basis, shares are up about 24%. For now, the market is ignoring Gundlach's latest recommendation.
UPDATE: Seagate informed us that Bob Whitmore has not left the company, as Chanos said. Instead, Whitmore stepped down as chief technology officer and in his new position will report directly to CEO Steve Luczo in an advisory role, a Seagate spokesperson said. The post has been revised to reflect the clarification.


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THE Obamas did all their souvenir hunting in Mary Fanning's An Siopa Beag in Moneygall.
The president sprinted into the shop when he arrived in the village and, said Fanning, "bought round him."
"He bought some Shannonbridge Pottery for his mother-in-law, and Michelle bought two chains for their daughters," she said. "They also bought a hurl with his face on it. They just picked up items."
The president bought the pottery, but it was too big for the bag.
"I was holding the bag and he was trying to shove it in. They were just so nice and natural. You could tell he had a normal upbringing. If he rang your doorbell you wouldn't think there was anything special about him," said Fanning.
The shopkeeper revealed that when the couple came into the shop, her daughter, Tara, was there with her and the Obamas said, "Hello. How are you?"
She said Michelle gave Tara and hug and asked her if she had any other brothers and sisters. When Tara said she had a brother, Michelle asked, "Do you fight?"
Michelle told her about her two daughters, and Fanning said she was sorry afterwards that she had not known in time that the Obamas were coming into the shop or she would have had something special for the girls, but the visit was kept top secret.
After the president had bought for his mother-in-law, Fanning presented them with some specially commissioned Shannonbridge Pottery mugs commemorating the visit.
Fanning revealed that, not to be outdone in the souvenir hunting, when the president went to Ollie Hayes Pub, all the Secret Service agents rushed back into the shop and bought items.
And was she now hopeful that business would remain brisk?
"Hopefully business will continue. The visit has put Moneygall on the map."
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Player Has to Go
WESTMEATH County Board chairman Tom Farrell has spoken about the ongoing problem of GAA players emigrating in search of employment, after it emerged that county forward Paul Greville is moving to New York later this year.
Greville, who was one of Westmeath's leading performers last year, has given a guarantee he will see out the Leinster senior football championship campaign for Westmeath before moving to the Big Apple.
However, news of his impending departure has further brought to light the problems facing some local Gaelic football clubs.
Farrell said it's "an ongoing issue" that won't go away for some time yet.
"Everyone associated with Gaelic games is obviously disappointed to see it happening. It's a sorry situation, but it's a fact of modern life in Ireland," he said.
"It obviously has a detrimental impact on local clubs, particularly rural clubs, and it's very regrettable. Traditionally, emigration had always been a huge drain on Irish society, but it obviously wasn't a problem in the more recent past.
"Nowadays, I don't think there's a family in Ireland that isn't affected by it in some shape or form. Some of my own kids are working abroad at present, and it's just the way it's gone.
"Unfortunately, people have to go where the work is, and it's going to have an impact on the GAA, and other sporting bodies too. Thankfully, the GAA has close-knit communities throughout the world, and they look after each other, but unfortunately this trend of players leaving for pastures new shows no sign of stopping at the moment," added Farrell.
The case of Greville is the first instance of a high-profile Westmeath inter-county footballer emigrating during the current economic recession.
Farrell said the county board did "everything we could" to find employment for Greville, but to no avail.
"The connections just are not there now. The work is not out there," said Farrell.
Greville, a highly-valued dual player with Killucan and Raharney (his hurling club), admits it will "kill me to go," but the qualified carpenter plans to stick around to help the county in the Leinster championship.
"Up until last September everything was going well. I was working with a friend of mine, working by ourselves, and we had enough work. Now he's after going to London, he moved over there about three months ago, and I'm going to New York at the end of June," Greville said.
"It will be tough, but it's just a matter of having to go. There's no choice. If I had a choice I wouldn't be going."
One of the reasons Greville has chosen to go to New York rather than Australia is that he wants to continue playing, and a by-product of the Irish recession is that the GAA scene in the Big Apple is stronger than it has been in years.
"The Leinster semifinal is on June 26. If we get into it and then win it, the Leinster final is two weeks later. I'd probably hold off. How could you turn down the chance to play in a Leinster final, but the minute Leinster's over I'll be gone," he stated.


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Gina needs to use a ladder to retrieve a frisbee from the roof of her house. The frisbee is 12 feet above the ground, and because of the bushes near her house, the base of the ladder will need to be 5 feet from the edge of the house. How long of a ladder does Gina need?
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Leonardo walked north for 5 miles, south for 10 miles, and then east for 8 miles. How far away from his starting point did he finish walking?
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 16 inches. The legs of the right triangle are the same length as each other. How long are the legs?
A square has area 2x + 4 and side length 10. Find x.
x = 48
Find the radius of the circle shown below. The hypotenuse of the triangle has length 9, and the base of the triangle has length 8.
Dorothy wants to build a triangular garden next to her house to go with her circular pool and trapezoidal deck. Her octagonal patio furniture is still on back order. The farthest the garden will extend from her house is 40 feet. One edge of the garden will be along the side of her house, which is L feet long. If Dorothy puts fencing along the other two edges of the garden (the ones that aren't the side of her house), how many feet of fencing will she need? Your answer may have L in it.
A boat left port and sailed due west for 2 hours at 10 mph, then sailed north for 3 hours. It didn't want to sail in a straight line to its destination, because it was trying to avoid another boat it dated a few months back. Awkward. The boat ended up 25 miles away from port as the crow flies (along a straight line). While the boat was sailing north, how fast was it sailing?
5 mph
To drive from her house to her office, Fran drove north at 60 mph for 10 minutes, then turned and drove east at 48 mph. She didn't want to drive in a straight line to her destination, because, um, that's not how roads work. Her office is 26 miles from her house as the crow flies. Once again, that crow is flying in a straight line. How long did it take Fran to drive from her house to her office?
30 minutes
Johnny and his older, taller brother are standing 3 feet apart from each other. Johnny has already explained that this is how much room he needs for his "personal space bubble," and his brother can respect that. Johnny was trying to balance a perfectly straight, 4-foot stick on its end on top of his head, but he lost control of it and it fell, the opposite end of it landing on top of his brother's head. If his brother is 6 feet tall, how tall is Johnny?
feet, or about 3.4 feet
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Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website. The application's user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac's desktop. You can use the ad-supported version free indefinitely or pay to upgrade to an ad-free format.
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Just started using Twitter... Seems like a GREAT application that makes twittering more practical.
i'm with blackjack75. will/can not tweet without twitterrific. after reinstalling my pb g4 due to bsod, i haven't been able to load trrific ... and guess what, haven't been tweeting cuz of that!
I would simply never use twitter without this. The combination of Growl and one-click posting makes my day.
Simply the best Twitter application I've ever used. Fast, fully featured, easy and did I mention fast?
It does have it's downside though, I really wish it saved sessions when it closes and opens again, but I hear they may be working on this.
I wish there was a possibility to suspend the error messages from showing up in Twitterrific... right now, thre is always a large yellow error message included on top of all messages.
new beta in the wild: 3.1b3
Version 3.1 - TBD
New Features
⢠The cursor is now hidden after selecting a tweet; it reappears when you move the mouse. This makes it easier to read the tweets when you are using the keyboard.
⢠Changed Growl notifications so that they are displayed from oldest to newest. Also added a summary if there are more than five new tweets (this threshold can be adjusted using the Power User preference "growlMaximumShown"â"see the Read Me for more details.)
⢠Added a new preference to control the scrolling of the tweets in the window: you can automatically scroll to the newest tweets, to the tweet you last selected, or to keep the same view as before.
⢠Added some keyboard shortcuts that mimic similar operations in NetNewsWire: the spacebar moves to the next tweet that is unread, the 'k' key will mark all tweets as read, and the 'u' key will mark a tweet as unread.
⢠The keyboard shortcut â2 is no longer allowed on a direct messageâ"muscle memory made it too easy to turn a private conversation into a public one.
⢠Added a Power User preference to display the @screenname instead of the user's full name. And yes, we do have plans to make this more elegant.
⢠The delay to automatically hide the window will be extended if you are scrolling through the tweet list with the scroll wheel. On Leopard, this allows you to mouse over the inactive window and read through multiple tweets without the window disappearing.
Bug Fixes
⢠Avatar images are loaded asynchronously resulting in a faster and smoother display (particularly on Leopard.)
⢠Fixed several problems which caused duplicate notifications to be issued for tweets that happened in the past.
⢠Changing logins (with âL) on Leopard will no longer hang or end up with extraneous tweets.
⢠Status message updates will now work with Adium version 1.2 and later. Because of AppleScript changes in Adium that are not backward compatible, status updates will no longer work in older versions.
⢠Plugged a memory leak in each tweet received. Over a long period of time, this caused Twitterrific to swap memory and run more slowly.
⢠The icons to the right of the tweet are no longer displayed for error messages.
⢠Fixed a bug where posted messages would be truncated when the < and > characters were used. Thanks to Drew Thaler for a very insightful tweet that helped me solve this vexing problem.
⢠Fixed a problem where the highlighted menubar or Dock icon would be reset because of an ad.
⢠The count on the Dock icon is now cleared when you quit.
⢠A trailing period will no longer be included with links in the tweet.
⢠Added a check so that â2 and âD won't overflow the text counter.
⢠Avatar images whose URL contains UTF-8 characters are now loaded and displayed correctly.
⢠Added teh snappy to get rid of The Marble of Doom.
Version 2.2b1 download is not available?!
i love this app -- this is huge
A beta version of Twitterrific 2.0 is available here: http://twitter.com/Twitterrific/statuses/12653981
Nice interface for twitter. Makes it smooth and fun to use.
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As thousands of people world wide are gearing up for the insanity that's National Novel Writing Month (also known as AHHH!), I'm rolling out the ball with post two on the Writing Wednesdays… this time, looking at organization.
Not just how you organize the folders on your computer… though I am a bit OCD about that. Or crazy. Probably depends on how you look at this. No, I'm looking at two things here today:
1) Organizing your plot – aka plotting
2) Programs that help you do it!
Now, seeing as I'm no expert on plotting, I figured I'd refer to you all to some wonderful peeps who are. Namely, Blake Snyder over at Save the Cat and Larry Brooks over at Story Fix.
Blake Snyder's site is particularly helpful because he takes apart movies, right there on the site so you can see how it works. And as visual as I am, that's a life saver. Larry Brooks' 6 Core Competencies go beyond the Beat Sheet, and I found it helpful to wrap my mind around the whole story a bit more. Though what's really great in combination with Larry Brook's blog and books? Susan Bischoff's Blueprint (she also does a series of posts that walk your right through it). Let's me work through everything in a manner I understand (very similar to the snowflake method, but makes more sense with my poor brain).Also, Larry Brooks is doing a series of posts leading up to NaNo, to help you get your story in gear before the big Nov First.
Now, that I've passed out all the How-To's I enjoy, I figured I'd pass on the programs in which I actually get the plotting done. My all time favorite? Sticky Notes, which came on my PC.
I've always loved the idea of plotting by sticky notes, but it never works out as well in real life. I don't have the wall space and by the time I'm done moving around my stickies, they've lost their sticky-ness so many times it's sad. Seriously, the only thing I dislike about the program that comes with my PC… is the fact that I can't have 'multiple desktops/files' so I can plot out more than one book without having to transfer the outline to Word. I love the sticky note apps you can get on the iPhone, iPad, and through the droid app-stores too. Portable plotting. -grin-
Another favorite of mine is Microsoft Office's One Note. It's for when I'm just starting that idea-gathering stage and just beginning to look at starting a blueprint for a story. I can keep all of my idea snippets and inspiration photos in various notebooks there.
Other Writerly Links:
Kristen Lamb just did a series on Structure – Part one
Chuck Wendig did a great post – 25 Ways to Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story
For those who really love the idea of plotting with Real Life post it's check out Julie Cohen's blog
Susan Bischoff's recent review on Character Arcs will blow your mind – it did mine
And, since we are talking NaNo here, Natalie Whipple's great tips for First-Drafting


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1. Geeks and birthday parties
Twelve hours' time difference didn't stop my friends from a proper birthday party for me. What can you expect when your friends are geeks? They pulled out all the stops: cellphones for quick setup and communication, Yahoo Messenger for text and video, and moblogs for pictures of the celebration. Too bad a firewall stopped us from chatting via Skype!
It was slightly weird because there were six people chatting around one computer in a coffee shop in Manila, one person connecting from U.P. Baguio (Mario), and of course me, connecting from my dorm. Six people! One keyboard! Still, through the valiant efforts of Dominique and Charo, Mario and I "heard" enough of the conversation to laugh ourselves to bits. Mario was the only one who could see my webcam, but he took a screenshot just so that the others could see me with my cute hat! =)
To commemorate my birth, my friends dug into a tub of dulce de leche ice cream. Knowing what kind of ice cream they had (and how quickly it was disappearing) reminded me of the ice cream parties we had when I was there. =) I remember our quest for dulce de leche, too! Oooooh... yummy... Not to be left out, I told them I'm going to cook lasagna later. Marcelle and Dominique remember what my lasagna tastes like. =)
They even called up long-distance and passed around the phone for quick birthday greetings!
_That's_ how you throw a geek birthday party.
Thanks, everyone. You really made my day special. That warm and fuzzy feeling you gave me this morning is what's getting me through the rest of this quiet day...
It's so great to have such friends! =D
2. Quiet lab
Friday afternoon at the lab. It's so quiet I can hear the water rumbling in the walls. I have a birthday cake in the refrigerator and no one to share it with. That, my dear friends, is culture shock.
Many people think of culture shock as just encountering cultures and customs different from their own, but culture shock is about far more than costumes or traditions. My form of culture shock is having to deal with the shift from a close-knit group of friends to an environment where I don't really know a lot of people yet.
Fortunately, the universe sensed I was about to get depressed, and it intervened. Melanie walked in and asked if I was still around. I brought the cake out of the refrigerator and _that_ brought Alvin out of his cubicle. Alvin and Melanie even sang Happy Birthday. =) We had more of that wonderfully chocolatey cake.
Now we're down to two decently-sized slices, which I can share with my roommate later. =)
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3. Flowers! =)
I received a beautiful bunch of red, orange, purple and white flowers in the mail, from Mom, Dad, Ching and John, Kathy, Neko, Ollie, Lucas, Patch, Picco, Mali, and the Adphoto staff! =) The bouquet came with a vase (handy!) and a birthday balloon. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... I feel really warm and fuzzy!
Yes, yes, flowers are flowers and they'll wilt after a while, but they're very pretty, and it was such a great surprise to receive them. Besides, flowers tell other people that Something Special is Up, and This Girl is Special. =)
4. Exhausted
I was going to bake lasagna today, but the elevator broke down and all the shopping I did this afternoon totally wiped me out. Waaah.
This weekend: work on On Campus article, get my new site up and running. =)
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The fierce competition among five states to land Tesla Motors' planned "gigafactory" for battery production has been the economic development story of the summer.
Now budget watchdogs from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas have jointly written an open letter to the states, urging them to rethink economic development and avoid giving away too much in tax breaks and incentives to corporations.
"This process is so crazy. Tesla is in the driver's seat on this, and five governors are falling over themselves," Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget Project, said in an interview Tuesday. "The gigafactory is a big fish to land, but it's a pretty high price to pay."
The joint letter was spearheaded by Good Jobs First, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that is a leading monitor and critic of company-specific subsidy deals. The letter was signed by budget watchdogs in each of the five states under consideration for the gigafactory, including the California Budget Project, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Texans for Public Justice and others.
"Recently our states have been pitted into a race to the bottom from which no real winner may emerge," says their letter. "Tesla Motors' proposed 'gigafactory'-- undoubtedly a valuable source of economic growth for its eventual home state -- has been offered to you in an unusual public auction, with the opening bid set at $500 million in subsidies."
Tesla has already broken ground on a "potential" gigafactory site in Reno, Nevada, where crews have excavated earth for construction. But the company says it continues to evaluate sites in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The desire for the $5 billion plant and its potential for 6,500 manufacturing jobs has each state crafting incentive packages, largely behind closed doors.
The gigafactory is enticing because manufacturing jobs tend to pay better wages and benefits than service sector jobs, such as retail and restaurants. For Tesla, the giant factory is key to reducing battery costs for its upcoming Gen 3 electric vehicle, which it hopes to sell for roughly $35,000. It wants a 500- to 1,000-acre site to accommodate up to 10 million square feet of construction, but has said it expects states to cover roughly 10 percent of the $5 billion cost. That's led to speculation that only California or Texas, which have much larger tax bases and state budgets than the other three contenders, could come up with the money.
In California, efforts to land the gigafactory are led by Mike Rossi, Gov. Jerry Brown's senior adviser for jobs and business development. Originally left off the list of states being considered, California has been viewed as an underdog due to its high taxes and stringent environmental laws. Rossi's spokesperson declined to comment on the letter.
State senators Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, and Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, have co-authored a proposed Tesla incentive bill, but details on what it will offer have not been finalized. Besides the money, most experts expect any California incentive package to include a streamlined or expedited process for meeting requirements of the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
"We know the potential package is in the $500 million range and will use a combination of incentives, including a California Competes tax credit, a local property tax credit, and some streamlining of the CEQA process," Hoene said.
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1 Q. [Mr Rampton] No. You did not read it like that. You knew that she was
2called Burnstone?
3 A. [Mr Irving] Why would I know that she was called Burnstone?
4 Q. [Mr Rampton] Because it is in the footnote and it was read out to you.
5 A. [Mr Irving] If I misread it, misreadings do occur. You have been
6misreading words----
7 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Let us wait until we have found the docment.
8 A. [Mr Irving] You have been repeatedly misreading words throughout the
9last few days but I have not commented on that.
10 MR RAMPTON: "Do not worry. I will come back to it tomorrow.
11You may have a chance to answer properly. Let me go on.
12The problem is somebody has apparently issued a leaflet.
13I am sure that none of us here is personally responsible.
14The hoax, including a picture on the front cover of a
15notorious saisai" -- what is that? "Anti-Semitic forgery.
16The protocols of the learned elders of Zion. The covers
17cartoon which protects its serpent encircling the world
18used to have a traditional crude character of a hideous
19Jewish face, but it now includes instead a picture of
20Gerry Gable. I wonder how they spotted the difference."
21 A. [Mr Irving] You know the connection with Gerry Gable, of course. Or
22shall I explain it to you?
23 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I know it so you do not need to.
24 MR RAMPTON: I do not want to know.
25 A. [Mr Irving] Gerry Gable is also no friend of mine, so I am quite happy
26to describe him in these terms.
1 Q. [Mr Rampton] I see. Another of your enemies whom you insult by, as it
2were, comparing with a hideous Jewish face - is that
4 A. [Mr Irving] Whether he is Jewish or not is neither here nor there. He
5is hideous, he is immoral, he has spent the last 36 years
6of his life trying to destroy me and my family because he
7has a criminal conviction for breaking into my house.
8 Q. [Mr Rampton] But the insult which you have prepared -- apparently they
9thought it was jolly funny because they laughed -- for
10Mr Gable is that he should replace the hideous Jewish
11face, is it not?.
12 A. [Mr Irving] Well, it certainly was not forged by me. I do know who
13did that but obviously other people hold the same opinion
14of Mr Gable as I do.
15 Q. [Mr Rampton] My problems began in October of last year when I was
16speaking in Los Angeles and I received a letter from the
17Canadian government telling me not to come home on my
18projected tour of Canada which was to cover 17 cities from
19Vancouver right the way across to Ottawa. The Canadian
20governments had been alerted by the Simon Wiesenthal
21Institute in Los Angeles and immediately clicked their
22heels together and said "Ja vohl, Herr Wiesenthal, we will
23not let him in". Now tell me about this Wiesenthal
24again. I asked you before and you said, "Oh no, it is not
25the well known Simon Wiesenthal".
26 A. [Mr Irving] Well, of course, H I E R is the director of the Wiesenthal
1Centre. The Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles has no
2connection with Simon Wiesenthal apart from the concession
3they pay him every year for the use of his name.
4 Q. [Mr Rampton] But it is a Jewish organization, is it?
5 A. [Mr Irving] I imagine that they restrict their intake of employees to
6Jews, yes, but I have no information on that.
7 Q. [Mr Rampton] I do not know about that, but it is some kind of Jewish
8institute in Los Angeles, no doubt in some part concerned
9with the history of the Holocaust?
10 A. [Mr Irving] Yes, I have collaborated with them in the past with
11documents and things.
12 Q. [Mr Rampton] Then comes the stuff about the Wiesenthal facial
13appearance and its comparison with the Halloween mask.
14 A. [Mr Irving] I think I should explain. It may very well help his
15Lordship. This date is wrong on this. It is not 1992, it
16is definitely 1993, after I have had to go through the
17harrowing episode of being deported and handcuffed on the
18floor of an Air Canada plane, after I have been thrown out
19of Germany. All these things have happened as the result
20of the machinations of these people around the world,
21after I have been banned from Australia. So I am afraid
22you have the wrong year on this and suddenly everything
23clicks into place. I am perfectly entitled to criticise
24these people for what they have done to me.
25 Q. [Mr Rampton] As we noticed before, when an anti-Semite is rattled or
26riled, out comes the anti-Semitic language.
1 A. [Mr Irving] No, critical language. This is unfortunately where you
2make a mistake, Mr Rampton. When you are critical of what
3the Jews do to you as Jews, it is not anti-Semitism. They
4are entitled to take their action against me as Jews but,
5if I criticise them, it becomes anti-Semitism. Have
6I understood correctly?
7 Q. [Mr Rampton] No, you have not. I do not think you are trying,
9 A. [Mr Irving] I am trying very hard to understand the point that you are
10trying to make.
11 Q. [Mr Rampton] The answer to one's enemies is not that they are ugly Jews
12with silly names, it is that they are acting badly, is it
14 A. [Mr Irving] They were doing all of it.
15 Q. [Mr Rampton] But what relevance is it that they have ugly Jewish faces
16and silly Jewish names?
17 A. [Mr Irving] Well, you are talking about the ugly Jewish face. You are
18referring to the episode with the Halloween mask in which
19the word "Jew" does not figure. We are talking about a
20man who is well known for not being a particularly
21beautiful gentleman.
22 Q. [Mr Rampton] What relevance has it to your defence against him that he
23happens not to be beautiful?
24 A. [Mr Irving] I am just making fun of him. If I had made fun of any
25other person who was not Jewish, it would never have
26occurred to them to say this is anti-Semitism or
1anti-Asian or anti-French. If I made fun of Monsieur
2Mitterand, for example, or Jacques Cherac, I would not be
3accused of being anti-French if I said that he had a
4ridiculous face that looked like a Halloween mask. I
5would be accused of being anti-Mitterand or anti-Cherac.
6But, because we are talking here about Wiesenthal,
7suddenly different rules apply.
8 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Mr Rampton, when you reach a convenient
10 MR RAMPTON: I have not quite finished this, I am afraid.
11 A. [Mr Irving] He is beginning to whimper a bit and he wants to find
13 MR JUSTICE GRAY: No, that is unnecessary. We will be here a
14long time if you go on.
15 MR RAMPTON: You are not going to provoke me at this time of
16night, Mr Irving. I can do another two of these things or
17I can stop and do them in the morning.
18 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Have you finished on this particular
20 MR RAMPTON: I have finished on Wiesenthal.
21 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Then I think, in all the circumstances, we
22will adjourn until 10.30 until tomorrow morning.
23 < (The witness withdrew)
24 (The court adjourned until the following day)
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6/30/2011 —Meghann McGuire, a senior Communications Arts and Sciences major from Sinking Spring, joined a panel of student leaders at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum earlier this month.
A summit titled "What You Do Matters: A Leadership Summit on Propaganda, Hate Speech, and Civic Engagement" was held to explore critical issues, such as what makes us vulnerable today, the challenges and power of the First Amendment, media literacy in today's age of information overload, overcoming indifference and empowering citizen response, and working together for change.
Between 50-100 students were chosen to participate based on demonstrated leadership experience on campus at their university or in their community; interest and ability to take action in the next year; passion and interest for the topics of the summit; and status as an undergraduate.
The summit included opportunities for students to meet and learn from noteworthy speakers, scholars and educators; hear perspective from student leaders who have taken creative steps to respond to hate in their communities; participate in breakout sessions with other student leaders from across the nation; and connect with peers and build coalitions to take action on issues of interest. This summit was planned in cooperation with the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum and the Media Education Lab of Temple University and has been made possible by the generous support of The Marcus Foundation.
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, promote human dignity, and prevent genocide.


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(WOMENSENEWS)-- Historically, the medical community and general society considered disabled women--those who were born with genetic anomalies, or acquired disabilities associated with diseases such as cerebral palsy or polio, or became disabled due to accidents--"unfit" for sexual relations and for motherhood.
Disabling traits or characteristics were typically associated with biological degradations and social problems that society believed should not be transmitted. Girls and women with Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, mental illnesses and other genetic and nongenetic disabilities were often denied sex education and gynecological health services. Many were institutionalized or otherwise sequestered, and some were sterilized.
Surprisingly, after a generation and more of civil and human rights movements, as well as the rise of the disability rights movement, many in the medical professions and in the population at large still deem disabled persons unsuitable for sexuality and reproduction. In this cultural context, women with disabilities often report being discouraged from becoming mothers because their physicians and others say that, as disabled parents unable to care for their children adequately, they would be creating additional burdens for their families and communities--and for their children.
Many women with disabilities report that their health care providers transmit negative attitudes toward the reproductive capacities of women with disabilities by not asking about their sexual lives and neglecting to ask about or assess their reproductive health--for example, by failing to perform full, regular pelvic examinations.
In addition, women with disabilities may have poor access to mobility devices, public transportation, medical buildings with handicap accommodations and health care. They may lack access to computers or have limited contact with other women with disabilities and consequently be unable to acquire the reproductive health information they need. They may be uncomfortable communicating about sexuality and its outcomes, including reproduction, because of stigmas and taboos often affixed to the association of disabled persons and sex.
Altogether, women with disabilities report that these attitudes and access issues create a hostile environment in which they attempt to define, claim and enact reproductive rights.
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Even given this cultural context, the disability rights movement has been a growing force, objecting to traditional views of the bodies of women with disabilities and their sexual and reproductive possibilities. Through various organizations, including the Disability Justice Collective, the disability rights movement has advocated effectively for the reproductive rights of women with disabilities and, in the process, has created perspectives and language that aim to fuel the reproductive rights claims of individual women with disabilities and reshape mainstream thinking about these matters.
In the United States, most women expect the law to protect their ability to make reproductive choices. At the most basic level, they expect to be able to have a choice about whether and when to get pregnant. Many also expect to make a choice within the first trimester of pregnancy about whether to stay pregnant.
Increasingly, the fertility industry and some medical practitioners, building on the consumerist lingua franca that characterizes this domain, are presenting additional aspects of reproduction as "choices," a development that is having significant impacts on ideas about disabled persons and on the experiences of people in disability communities.
For example, women undergoing in vitro fertilization and other forms of assisted reproduction go through a process of selection of their "best" embryos to maximize the chances for a good outcome and to avoid what the industry often calls "the devastation" of giving birth to a baby with a genetically based anomaly. When pregnant women undergo ultrasound testing and amniocentesis, they are entering into another process that depends on "choice," this time the process of de-selecting and aborting fetuses carrying genes associated with disabilities such as Down syndrome, spina bifida, sickle cell anemia and many others.
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This new frontier offers the possibility for pregnant women and their partners to make choices for sex selection or to choose other traits and characteristics they value or want to avoid as they "design" their new family member.
All of these processes are presented and can surely be experienced as "individual choices" made with no considerations beyond the preferences of the parents. Yet disability rights activists point out that these choices, like all choices, are made within a social context. In this case, the choices express a high valuation of some kinds of bodies and the devaluation of others which, if they occur, bring disappointment or worse to parents and others. These advocates make the point that participating in some of these processes is now more than just a choice; ultrasound and amniocentesis have become virtual responsibilities for pregnant women beyond their early 30s. Now implicitly, even explicitly, ever-larger percentages of pregnant women and their partners are affirming their immutable preference for a "perfect baby."
These developments, according to those concerned with the dignity and human rights of disabled persons, are contributing to the isolation and indignity of disabled children and adults in U.S. society today.
Some proponents of the human rights and reproductive dignity of disabled persons have described a central paradox they face when supporting a woman's right to make reproductive decisions, including the right to have an abortion, while objecting profoundly to the eugenic basis of many of these decisions.
Rickie Solinger is a historian and curator. She has written and edited a number of books about reproductive politics, including "Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade" and "Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the U.S." Her most recent book is "Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know"(Oxford University Press, 2013), from which this essay is adapted. Copyright Oxford University Press.
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At a roundtable discussion, the Ingham and Eaton County Safe Schools Committee was proud to congratulate Dansville superintendent and staff for avoiding crisis.
"We never expected it, but you always hav to be prepared for it," said Dansville School District superintendent Amy Hodgson.
Two middle school students notified staff that another male student had a handgun hidden in his locker. Staff immediately contacted authorities and followed the emergency protocol they practiced so well.
"The principal immediately locked that floor down and then proceeded to lockdown the entire ditrict," said Hodgson.
"Everything was contained. There wasn't histeria or people running around. We walked into a very calm situation. Quite frankly that was good for law enforcement," said Major Joe Maatman of the Ingham County Sheriff's Department.
Only two officers needed to respond, but the safety committee says there are serious lessons to be learned.
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