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All musicians carry strong influences during their early development; the way that they build upon those influences and eventually move away from them defines their artistic personality. Young musicians generally drown themselves in their influences during their developmental years, soaking in every possible lesson from each recording. There's a period where the musicians emulates their influences as closely as possible; the length of this stage depends of the musician's desire to define themselves. A driven young musician will realize the importance of their influences, but eventually realize that more depth lies inside their musical vision. This starts a growth curve that exponentially rises upwards in a passionate search for artistic identity and new musical horizons. It's a long and thought-provoking trip away from your influences, but it's one that will lead to the evolution of an original musical personality.
Pianist Zaccai Curtis spent many years diving deeply into the music of his prime influences, but once he established himself on the New York jazz scene, his music resonated with his own voice. Raised in a family surrounded by music, Curtis found his way towards jazz through studies at saxophonist Jackie McLean's Artist's Collective and a Latin Jazz program run by local pianist Joe Velez. His hard work lead to extensive gigs around the Hartford area and performances in Cuba before he spent years earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from the New England Conservatory. Studies at the conservatory with pianist Danilo Pérez, along with his own gigs throughout Boston built a solid professional foundation, leading Curtis to make a move to New York's jazz scene. Along with his brother, bassist Luques, Zaccai found a good deal of work in both straight-ahead and Latin Jazz, working with established artists such as Ralph Peterson, Cindy Blackman, Jerry Gonzalez, and Papo Vazquez. The brothers had the foresight to record an album showcasing their talents as they made the move, resulting in A Genesis. The album showcased Insight, a seven-piece ensemble, and the group's strong work caught the ears of listeners across the Latin Jazz world. Their approach to the music both respected the massive influence of musicians like The Fort Apache Band, but it also looked forward at a modern conception of the cross between jazz and Latin music. Although work started to come to Zaccai and Luques as band leaders, the challenge of finding venues for a large group remained the challenging. The brothers paired down to a quartet, established their own record company, Truth Revolution Records, and went back into the studio. The resultant recording, Blood-Spirit-Land-Water-Freedom, showed tremendous growth in all the musicians and reaffirmed their position as creative artists pushing Latin jazz into the next generation.
Throughout his work, Curtis shows a deep respect for his influences as well as the need to expand his personal vision. Both A Genesis and Blood-Spirit-Land-Water-Freedom showcase Curtis' strong foundation, built upon his knowledge of the past and his keen vision of the future. He started building this connection to music in his childhood, through work at Jackie McLean's Artist's Collective and gigs with a Latin Jazz unit, which we cover in part one of our interview. We look at Curtis' forward motion in part two of our interview, where we talk about his time at New England Conservatory, and more. In part three of our interview, we look at Curtis' early gigs in New York the recording of A Genesis, the establishment of Truth Revolution Records, and more. Today we conclude our interview with a conversation about Curtis' influences, his modern take on Latin Jazz, Blood-Spirit-Land-Water-Freedom, and more.
LATIN JAZZ CORNER: The first time that I put on A Genesis, the one thing that popped into my head was, "This is the next stage of The Fort Apache Band." Not many people grab that vibe that they have, but you guys do – how was that band an influence on you?
ZACCAI CURTIS: They're our biggest influence. My brother just went on tour with them. He came back and he said, "It's so weird. I thought it was going to be hard. I thought it was going to be difficult. But I realized that I knew all the songs, I had them all memorized. It was the easiest gig that I ever did in my life." I was like, "Are you serious?!??" He said, "Yea." I was like, "What the? How can that even be?" He said, "I don't know!" When I first started playing with them, I thought it was going to be hard too. I was practicing and thinking, "Man, there's no way I can fill the shoes of someone like Larry Willis! It's not going to happen" When I went to go play with them, I had that same feeling – it was as if I had played with the band for so long already. When I played with them, all I would hear was, "What would Larry Willis play?" Everything made sense. I wouldn't say it was necessarily easy, I would say that it felt really good. It didn't feel awkward at all, it was like a dream to play with them. It always is, even when I play with them now, I think the same thing. Sometimes when I play with them, I think, "Man, I wish I could sit down if Larry was here and listen to them."
It's because we listened to the music consistently, since we were kids . . . and we still do. It's something that we've always really liked. We knew all the solos, how Steve Barrios played – we knew how they all played. Those guys are very magical; Jerry is very magical, Andy is magical, they definitely have some sort of magic that goes on when they play. I've never heard a band like them. I was playing with Steve Berrios the other day at Fat Cat with Peter Brainin's group, and we just talking about Jerry Gonzalez. No one is really continuing what he has done. It's very difficult to find someone that can even come close to how he plays.
LJC: Your group has really evolved; if you set A Genesis side by side with Blood-Spirit-Land-Water-Freedom, you hear a major growth. How do you think the group has grown and what things are you still striving for?
ZC: It's something to get really tight as a quartet. Even though we've been playing as a quartet for a while, we've definitely done more playing in the last year or two than we've ever done. We are working on a second album for the quartet, and that's probably going to be a lot more difficult. At the same time, it's going to be so much more fun becuase we've been playing with each other for so long. It's gotten to a point where we've gotten so tight with the music that we've been playing, that now we want to expand that into a whole other arena oand possibily bring in music from all around the world. We're probably going to do something like that.
As far as going back to Insight, I think it's going to bring so much more to the band. That band is not done, we have a whole other CD ready to go into production. The band is not done yet, it's just how we work our projects. The next project that the Curtis Brothers will be coming out with is a swing project with Ralph Peterson and Brian Lynch. Joe Ford is on it, Donald Harrison is on it; it's a really strong band. Hopefully we can do some touring with them. After that project, hopefully we'll go back to the Insight project. There's a few things happening.
But we're always going to be together. It's not like Rey or Luques or Rickie is filling the position, it's their band. So that quartet is not going anywhere – we have forever!
LJC: You have a more modern and free approach to playing Cuban and Puerto Rican ryththms in jazz than the things someone more traditional like Tito Puente would do. How do bring all those elements together and what do you do differently?
ZC: We're probably playing it wrong! That's what I think sometimes – that would provide a lot of answers! Me and my brother have a lot of influence from Papo Vazquez and what he does with the Bomba jazz. I have to put that out there. We have our influence from Jerry Gonzalez and The Fort Apache Band. Then we have all the other music that we love to listen to. Those are kind of like our basis and then we have all this music that we love to listen to and incorporate. Songs like "Maria Cervantes," we've played that forever, but we had never recorded that or even thought of recording that. So it's like we had a little arrangement, which is now very different from the one on the recording – it just evolves. A lot of it is just evolution of playing songs over and over again.
Our conga player brought in some music – he has some of my favorite songs on the albums, I'm glad that we got to record those. He's a great composer, and especially composing Puerto Rican music, bomba and Plena stuff. Even with Cuban music, he's a complete master. So when dealing with his music, it's a whole other aspect. Richie, who we grew up playing with, studied a lot of Indian music. So he brings in a whole other element. Sometimes he'll have a drum set with all different types of sounds on there, involved in the music. We're going to get into that on the next album for sure. Bringing that element into the group and then figuring out how we can use it.
I always have the idea where music is music. I've heard recordings where clave is completely flipped, ignored, or disregarded, and I love it. It's like amazing. One of my favorite albums is Medianoche from Don Grolnick. There's so many songs in there where you're like, "What is that clave doing?!?" Even if you ask somebody like Andy Gonzalez and other people that were on the album, they're like, "It is what it is!" It sounds so amazing and it really comes from the fact that he really knows how to make music. That superceeds everything – as far as jazz is concerned. If you're playing Cuban music or something like that, you have a whole different thing happening. If we were going to do something traditional, we wouldn't mess with any of that, but as far as our stuff, we dont' really do too much traditional.
And if we do do traditional music, a lot of times it's because it's hard to be categorized. If we did music where there weren't too many Latin Jazz songs on the album, it wouldn't be accepted in the Latin Jazz community as Latin Jazz easily. It's also something that's a little different. I like to say that you have commercial jazz and commercial Latin Jazz; it's really the music that you listen to when you're in a restaurant and they have jazz playing on the radio. They have Pandora streaming easy listening jazz. If you don't have something that resembles something that people can gravitate to, it's hard to categorize. Unofrtunately, you actually have to; I'm learning that more. Here's another thing that I'm learning by doing my own music. I learned that if you have something uncategorizable, you are going to run into certain problems. Of course it's artistic freedom, and it should be. You do have to think ahead and you have to think about making money. Espeically when you have bills to pay and loans to pay. We're learning all of this as we go along.
LJC: Something that set you guys apart from most groups is family – you're playing next to your brother that whole time. What do you think that relationship brings into the music?
ZC: It's great. There are downfalls though – he doesn't listen to me! We'll have arguments. I remember I had conversation with Luques before this rehearsal with Marcus of the Strickland Brothers, I said, "Listen, don't argue with me, man. Marcus is coming here, I just want to run the charts. We only have an hour with him, don't argue. If you think you're going to argue with me, just hold it until after and then we'll discuss it." So we were arguing back and forth and then we stopped. Marcus walks in to the door and we do this rehearsal. Near the end of the rehearsal, Marcus says, "Man, I can not believe how you guys act as brothers. Me and my brother, we're fighting all the time!" He didn't know that we just had this conversation. So we all just start dying laughing.
Every brother is going to have their arguments. We can kind of express our feeling more openly than if you weren't a brother or weren't family. Sometimes you don't want to jeopordize the relationship that you have with the preson. Luques doesn't have to do that. He can do whatever he wants and he know that I'm still going to be his brother tomorrow. I think it's great for music, because then you can get honest opinions about music and about decisions. It is a great thing.
Make sure that you check out Part One of our interview with pianist Zaccai Curtis. We take a look at Curtis' vast exposure to music as a child, his time at saxophonist Jackie McLean's Artist's Collective, his trips to Cuba, and more. You can find it HERE.
You've got to read Part Two of our interview with pianist Zaccai Curtis. We dig into Hartford's jazz scene, Curtis' time at New England Conservatory, his move to New York, and much more. You can check it out HERE.
You don't want to miss Part Three of our interview with pianist Zaccai Curtis. We talk about his early gigs in New York, the recording of A Genesis, the creation of Truth Revolution Records, and more. You can read it HERE.
The Curtis Brothers Quartet will be making their first West Coast appearance this week, performing throughout the Bay Area. Don't miss this opportunity to hear cutting edge music performed by the next generation of Latin Jazz greats. Come out for the music, bring your friends, and spread the word about his amazing group. Show your support for this amazing group making a rare appearance!
WHEN: Saturday 7/31/10
WHERE: West End Studio Theatre
1554 4th Street
San Rafael, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
WHEN: Wednesday 8/4/10
1710 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
WHEN: Thursday 8/5/10
WHERE: Stamford Shopping Center
180 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
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Graduate student overcomes disability
October 8, 2009 12:22 PM
Gold and bronze medals hang proudly from Malaika Kambon's neck. Though the hardware represents her accomplishments in taekwondo, they are a constant reminder of her disability -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, a chronic medical condition with life-threatening effects.
The 56-year-old SF State graduate student still smiles, though, knowing nothing can take away what she's been able to accomplish.
"Taekwondo has helped me get through so much in life," Kambon said, gripping her medals.
Kambon, a green belt SF State Club Taekwondo member, is a national competitor who qualified for the Amateur Athletics Union National Taekwondo Championship for the last three consecutive years. In 2007 and again in 2009, she traveled across the country to compete in the national competition in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. From both competitions, she's brought home with her inspiration and gold medals.
"I was flying high," Kambon said. "I mean, qualifying was exciting enough, but to win was extraordinary."
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that combines combat techniques, self-defense and meditation. The Korean national sport emphasizes foot and hand combat.
"Malaika is truly unique in that she has every valid excuse to complain and cop out, yet she is one of the hardest working individuals in the club," said Bill Dewart, coach and professor of SF State's Club Taekwondo. "Younger students look up to her and admire her persistence."
Dewart, an eighth degree black belt in his own right, has known Kambon for four years. Kambon insists that her coach has been instrumental in her martial arts involvement.
"He is the first coach I've come across who is willing to work so closely with persons with disabilities," Kambon said.
In 2001, Kambon's life was turned upside down when she was exposed to toxic fumes at her workplace that could have killed her, and ultimately triggered MCS. Her vocal cords were severely damaged and, as a result, Kambon's voice was reduced to almost nothing for several years.
"I went from running three or more miles a day, to gasping for breath after 10 or 15 steps," Kambon said. "If I wanted to talk to someone, they would have to put their ears right up next to me."
MCS is a hypersensitivity and allergic-type reaction to pollutants and chemical fumes in general. For Kambon, it means that too much dust, a strong perfume or even the scent of a felt tip marker can cause a severe difficulty in breathing and possibly lead to cardiac arrest.
"If I'm out somewhere and it's too dusty, I'm going home," she said. "It could kill me."
Despite such a debilitating condition, Kambon has shown immense determination.
"I knew I had two choices," she said. "I could sit an a corner and do nothing, or I could work to overcome my situation."
She didn't just chose the latter, she ran with it.
Kambon began speech therapy to try and regain what she had lost. But it's taekwondo that she credits her recovery to. It was when she started to train again that she regained her voice.
"All of a sudden, I was noticing more sound coming out of my mouth than normal," Kambon said.
Those who knew her couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"People would call and say, 'someone just called impersonating you,' and I would have to tell them that it was, in fact, me," she said.
Before her accident, Kambon had been involved with many different martial arts, taking a specific interest in taekwondo. She knew, however, that returning to the sport she had grown to deeply admire would require a fresh start.
"I had to learn everything all over again," she said.
"She comes here to train from Oakland and gives everything she has," said DeLonzo Pope, Club Taekwondo president, mentioning that Kambon is the oldest and hardest working member of the club. "That's why she's a national champion."
Both of her journeys to Florida were made possible by emotional and financial support from her friends as well as local businesses. Her taekwondo family also helped fund her trip in 2007, but club restrictions forced her to look for funds elsewhere for the 2009 trip. Dewart wrote a letter of recommendation for the 2009 competition and as a result, Kambon received financial support from more than 15 local businesses and individuals.
"I did go by myself on both occasions, but really, I had tremendous help and support from my friends and teammates," Kambon said. "I couldn't have possibly done any of this without them."
"The thing I love most about taekwondo is that it truly is a family," Dewart said. "That's the spirit we want to promote here on campus and for that, Malaika is a role model."
"The club loves Malaika," Pope said. "She has set the bar high, and that's exactly the kind of attitude we need."
That support is what Kambon accredits her gold medals to. In 2007, she won gold in points sparring and bronze in forms. In 2009, she decided not to compete in sparring but took home the gold in forms.
Sparring is free-form fighting that is officiated and scored based on legal kicks and punches. Forms competition is based on the competitors' ability to demonstrate stances and is scored based on beauty, grace, rhythm, focus, power and technique according to the AAU rules.
"For the longest time I had no idea what Malaika had been through," Pope said. "Even now, she has a broken toe, but she won't let that keep her from training."
Kambon hopes to study photojournalism at SF State but says that budget cuts have made it nearly impossible to get the classes she needs. She views this as just another roadblock that she will overcome with the strength and determination she gets from taekwondo.
"Taekwondo is as a microcosm of our lives," Dewart said. "If you watch how you practice and how dedicated you are, you'll start to notice similarities in the rest of your life."
Dewart's words ring especially true for his hardest working pupil.
"It's more than kicking and punching," she said of taekwondo. "You truly learn to center yourself and that's something you can utilize for life."
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Dallas Stars center Cody Eakin (20) upends Chicago Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw (65) during the second period of their NHL hockey game at American Airlines Center in Dallas on December 10, 2013.
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The Jesuit football team celebrates after a last minute, game winning field goal to beat Loyola Academy 30-29 at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on August 31, 2012.
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Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor Starts the Day with Avocado Smørrebrød and Leek-Filled Omelettes
"Wow. This was an incredible breakfast."By Sierra Tishgart
"Wow. This was an incredible breakfast."By Sierra Tishgart
They do super-weird, kinda gross, very cool-looking experiments.By Jesse David Fox
"We won't win the Grahmees! :("By Amanda Dobbins
The lead singer lives in a 450-square-foot apartment. Some band members don't even have health insurance. Is rock stardom any way to make a living?By Nitsuh Abebe
Ice Princess 2: The Indie Years, anyone?By Eliot Glazer
It's ... 'bear-y' good! (Ugh, sorry.)By Eliot Glazer
It's got us feeling all kinds of fuzzy!By Eliot Glazer
What the stars will be blasting at their summer cookouts.
Plus, more new Fiona and Usher.By Amanda Dobbins
Shot by Brigitte Lacombe.By Amanda Dobbins
Ed Droste's in love, and he wants everyone to know it!By Eliot Glazer
Joanna Newsom, rap darling.By Edith Zimmerman
A Washington State Lottery ad featuring Grizzly Bear premiered today.By Amos Barshad
It's synthy and dreamily beepy.By Edith Zimmerman
Michael "What a Fool Believes" McDonald sings on the band's new single.By Lane Brown
According to hundreds of excited people on Twitter, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were in attendance at tonight's free Grizzly Bear concert at the Williamsburg Waterfront.By Lane Brown
The Walkmen! The Pains of Being Pure at Heart! DOOM!By Amos Barshad
"Two Weeks," the clear choice for easing down a cookout playlist as night falls.By Amos Barshad and Nick Catucci
Eric Bogosian! The Tonys! Michel Gondry! Star Trek! And more!By Lane Brown


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LOS ANGELES – "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard concedes that his weight loss on "The Biggest Loser" was less than stellar, leading to this week's elimination and marking the second time he was eliminated from the show for failing to lose enough weight.
But off screen? The balladeer Velvet Teddy Bear – who joined the weight-loss reality show at 462 pounds – said he is down 113 pounds, and counting.
Perhaps more telling? He said he recently ran a 5K race and was surprised that he still had some energy left at the finish line.
"After the second mile I still wasn't tired," he said. "I really kind of held back a lot because I've been having some issues with shin splints and knee issues after leaving the ranch. And so I kind of held back a lot, and once I was coming across the finish line I was like, 'Wow, I probably could have ran that a lot faster'... I most definitely feel like 'The Biggest Loser' helped with that because I'm in much better physical condition."
Speaking during a media conference call, Studdard dismissed speculation that the show pulled strings to bring him back after his first elimination. (Producers determined that trainer Jillian Michaels broke show rules by giving her players caffeine supplements. That violation led to the earlier week's elimination being overturned, paving the way for Studdard's return. But some critics thought more was at work and that the NBC weight-loss reality show was maneuvering to bring back their celebrity contestant.)
"Well, I don't think that happened," Studdard said. "I don't think it at all was any conspiracy to bring me back. … It's just something that happened, and because of fairness, you know, the issues, they brought me back."
He said he has two priorities until the finale: His new album and continuing to work on his health. Asked whether he would perform at the finale, he said: "You never know. … Watch and see what happens."
Studdard said leaving the ranch was just as hard the second time, due to the close bonds he had made with his fellow competitors.
And he also knew going home wouldn't be easy. "I knew in the back of my mind that I still had a lot of work that was waiting on me when I left the ranch. … The album that I had to work on with David Foster and I had to continue to work on myself."
And he added that he got right to it: "As soon as the next day started, my work started."
He said his time at the ranch was a "wonderful experience" and an unexpected one, too. "I had no intention of going there and making the new friends and I did." He added: "I met some wonderful people that I'll probably be friends with for the rest of my life."
Studdard has long struggled with his weight, but said he believes this weight loss will last. "Finding out that I was diabetic ... was like a real shock," he said. "I have a lot to keep me motivated to stay healthy."
He said that he was shocked, just like viewers, at his inability to lose big numbers while at the ranch. At the last weigh-in, he only lost two pounds, while one of his teammates lost 12.
"We work hard, seven or eight hours a day, and sometimes the scale just doesn't show the hard work that you put in," Studdard said.
He added: "You just never know what the scale is going to say and, you know, that's why it's a game. ... I celebrate every pound that I lose, period."
At the start of the season, Studdard said he relished the idea of being a two-time, prime-time reality show winner. While it looks like he's out of the running for "The Biggest Loser's" main prize, he is still in the running for the $100,000 at-home winner.
He said that if he does win, he would probably donate his winnings to his charity, The Ruben Studdard Foundation for the Advancement of Children in the Music Arts.


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VIENNA - Books-A-Million opened Thursday at the Grand Central Mall.
The chain is among the nation's leading book retailers and is located at the north end of the mall concourse next to Sears. The store is more than 3,500 square feet, according to mall Marketing Director Katrina Stephens.
"We are excited to open our new store in Vienna, and hope to fulfill the needs of the community," said Terrance G. Finley, chief executive officer and president of Books-A-Million. "We are invested in our communities and we know our new customers will enjoy finding the best in books, toys, and tech at our new location."
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The new Books-A-Million store opened Thursday at the Grand Central Mall. The store is outside of the mall entrance to Sears.
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Brooke Tipton of Barlow glances at a few of the titles available at the new Books-A-Million store that opened Thursday at the Grand Central Mall.
Books-A-Million also sells magazines, pop culture gift items, T-shirts and accessories.
A children's section features kid's books, learning resources, toys, and games. The new Books-A-Million location will carry Nook e-readers and other electronic accessories.
"This has been a long time coming, and we are so excited that we are finally able to welcome Books-A-Million to our mall family," Stephens said. "We receive positive feedback on a daily basis, and we know our shoppers are excited to have them here."
Residents who are new Books-A-Million patrons are encouraged to register for the Millionaire's Club where members save 40 percent off bestsellers, 20 percent off hundreds of items throughout the store and 10 percent off most items every day. The Vienna store will have its first One Day Sale for these Millionaire Club card holders on June 21, offering members up to 20 percent off most items in the store.
The store also is holding a Summer Book Drive to benefit Woody County Schools through July 5.
Customers can participate by purchasing a new book or item from the school's wish list. Books-A-Million also offers discount programs for teachers, community organizations and community fundraising opportunities.
For more information, call the store at 304-424-7247.
Books-A-Million announced earlier this year it would locate at the mall. Construction started in April.
Books-A-Million is the first national book store to open in the mall in nearly two years after Borders closed in 2012.
People have been eager for a retail book seller to return to the area. When the store opened Thursday, there was a crowd of people waiting, Stephens said.
''There was around 20 people outside the store waiting,'' Stephens said. ''Within the first 20 minutes, they had around 50 people in there.''
Books-A-Million operates 258 stores in 33 states under the names Books-A-Million, Books & Co. and 2nd & Charles, and traditional bookstores under the names Bookland and Books-A-Million.
The location will offers discount programs for teachers and community organizations as well as community fundraising opportunities.


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The president's announcement is expected just as more Fort Carson soldiers prepare to leave. Soldiers with the 43rd Area Support Group, as scheduled, will case their colors Wednesday prior to deploying to Iraq.
The predicted number is a surge of 20 thousand more American soldiers to assist forces already in Iraq, but will that number include Fort Carson?
"You can't really speculate what that's going to be until you hear the numbers and see what the Army's decisions are."
Retired air force officer Brian Binn, now the chamber of commerce president of military affairs points out until the plan is laid out, there are only guesses.
"It's really going to be a decision of the combatant commander in theater in conjunction with the forces back here in the states that are available," Binn said.
Availability could have some impact on the final decision of who will make up the surge. Thousands of Fort Carson soldiers are already in Iraq. The second brigade combat team left late in 2006 for a year.
Support teams are about to leave for their next assignment and the third heavy brigade combat team returned at the end of November to re-fit and re-charge, a process that usually takes at least a year.
"It's very difficult to cycle them much more quickly than they're looking at cycling them now," said Binn.
But what it will ultimately mean for local soldiers, if anything, is a matter still very much under consideration.
Ft. Carson spokespeople cannot comment about remarks that are expected to come from the president tomorrow...but will be watching with the rest of us.
In the meantime, sources from Washington D.C. are reporting the first soldiers to go into Iraq are currently stationed in Kuwait. That deployment will likely take place by the end of the month.


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On 07.08.08 13:42, Kris Deugau wrote:
> Every so often I see a run of spams that are identical in content and
> *most* of their headers; the only differences are in the Received:
> headers' datestamps.
mail loop, or maybe the same mail sent to more address that ends by you.
> Unfortunately, all too often these runs *also* manage to score BAYES_00.
> The most recent example is the fake "CNN.com Daily Top 10" spams; I'm
> sure most of you can find a copy or two in your inbox or spam folder.
> The *text* part is even legit; it's only the HTML part that links to
> (IIRC) a virus or spyware download.
> In the interests of getting Bayes to score something resembling
> correctly (I'd take even BAYES_50 right now), what can I do to force SA
> to learn from each and every example of such a series? (I've tried
> manually fiddling the Message-ID header, with no luck.)
what do you mean? what did SA say when you trained it?
> For this particular series, I think I've got rules in place to tag them
> despite the BAYES_00 hit, but I'd like to know if there's a general
> solution to be able to properly learn such spam runs.
> (Given the number of this particular series I've fed in, they *should*
> be hitting BAYES_99.)
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This is a light that shines from a window in the Silent Unity building. In terms of candlepower this light is very small; it casts a faint golden glow on the tiles of the cloister roof on which it falls.
For over 100 years someone in Silent Unity has been in prayer. In the early morning, throughout the day, through the dark hours of the night, week in, week out, month following month, through years of war and peace, through depression and prosperity, for over ninety years -- prayer!
Today, in the room at Unity Village where the light is kept burning, this vigil of prayer goes on.
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Are you in need of help? Sit down and begin to write, "Dear Silent Unity..." Even as you write the words, you will feel the silent unity of love, the silent unity of those who pray together, the silent unity of God and His children, the silent unity of Spirit that is Silent Unity. Even as you write the words, in your heart and mind the light will begin to glow.
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The psycho-thriller, which emerged as a surprising hit of the year, has impressed Upendra. As a result, he has given a nod to star in the Kannada version of the movie. Producer Rama Narayanan has acquired the Sandalwood rights of Kanchana and he is planning to direct the film.
Rama Narayanan has confirmed the news and has claimed that he is directing the remake film. While Upendra will enact the role played by Raghav Lawrewnce, Lakshmi Rai will portray the same role in Kannada. Umashree and Shurti are also in the cast and the hunt for the character of transgender played by Sarath Kumar is on.


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WASHINGTON–White House political adviser David Plouffe said Sunday that he doesn't expect any major changes to White House staff ahead of the 2012 elections.
"I think the president is very confident in his team," Mr. Plouffe said on CNN's State of the Union. "I think he's got a good plan and good team to execute that."
His remarks come after Democratic strategist James Carville said President Obama should "panic" in response to Republican momentum. Mr. Obama should respond by firing "a lot of people" on his staff, Mr. Carville wrote in a CNN opinion article.
Mr. Plouffe, who also spoke on Fox News Sunday and ABC's This Week, stressed the need for Congress to act on Obama's jobs plan to "jumpstart" the economy.
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"The American people know the economy is too weak," he said on ABC. "Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games."
Mr. Obama's jobs plan includes a mix of tax breaks and spending measures to give a jolt to the economy. It comes with a price tag of about $447 billion over 10 years.
The plan has faced some resistance in Congress because the president has proposed paying for the package by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and oil and gas companies, among other groups. It's unclear whether the measure will garner enough Republican support to clear the House or the 60 votes necessary to overcome procedural hurdles in the Senate.


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This leaflet is for anyone who is, or has been depressed. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and relatives. It describes what depression feels like, some of the help that is available, how you can help yourself and how to help someone else who is depressed. It also mentions some of the things we don't know about depression. At the end of the leaflet there is a list of other places where you can get further information.
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If I Ran the Zoo
by Dr. Seuss
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
"What is now proved was once only imagined."
Yep, we're rocking the intro with a William Blake quote.
The menagerie in McGrew's zoo shows us pure imagination at work. The closest we come to typical zoo fare are hybrid creatures like the ten-footed lion (5.2) and the Elephant-Cat (7.3). Meanwhile, the Thwerll (21.1) looks like it wouldn't belong in any zoo on this world—or any other planet for that matter. And it's all created so a lone boy can fill his imaginary zoo with something the visitors (also imagined) will love to see.
The fantastical animals demonstrate just how fun imagination can be, and when children see this much fun happening right in front of them, they just have to give it a shot. That's great for the parents and teachers among us. We're always looking for ways to teach our young ones the skills necessary to succeed in the "real" world. Lucky for us, the "imaginary" world seems to be the place where they'll actually learn them. We believe that's called irony.
The Imagination Rocks the Real World
According to Reader's Digest, imagination helps children develop social skills, bolster self-confidence, boost intelligence, work through fears, and build language skills. Wow, all that from just playing around in your own head?
We're going to add one more thing to that list—something that's very important for If I Ran the Zoo in particular.
As Blake said in the quote above, what we know as real today began in someone's imagination. Gravity is a common enough thing today, but no one realized it even existed until Newton imagined it. The same can be said for the Theory of Evolution, which was thought up by not only Charles Darwin but also Alfred Russel Wallace. Must have been all that stroking of those epic beards these guys were sporting.
But McGrew will never discover a Bustard (10.3), a Flustard (10.5), or a Nerd (32.12). Will he? He could never travel to those places "you don't read about in geography books" (11.3) like Motta-fa-Potta-fa-Pell (12.2), right? But that's missing the point entirely. McGrew's imagination is only meant to set him on the path, and even if he doesn't discover the creature he's looking for, he might find or learn something new there all the same.
Want Proof? We Got It!
After all, Seuss imagined the Nerd (32.12) specifically for If I Ran the Zoo, and today, we actually have nerds. They're everywhere at Shmoop. Sure, they are nothing, nothing, like the stumpy, mutton-chopped thingies Seuss fashioned, but they are real nonetheless. Can you even conceive of a world without nerds today? We couldn't, and to be honest, we don't want to.
And that's McGrew's zoological creations: an allegory showing us why imagination is important and also providing a little bit of those all-important creative juices themselves. Things might not come true exactly as a child imagines it, but she'll be on the path to discover something new—something real—all the same.
The Stars of the Show
For your listing pleasure, here's the entire menagerie:
- A Ten-legged Lion (5.3)
- Some Topknot Hens (6.6)
- An Elephant-Cat (7.3)
- What-do-you-know (9.9)
- A Bustard (10.3)
- A Flustard (10.5)
- Boats of Joats (13.1)
- Lunks in a bucket (14.2)
- A deer no hunter will shot because it's super-cute (15.2)
- Horn-connected deer family, uh, thingy (16.2)
- A Mulligatawny with its chieftain (17.2)
- An Iota from South Carolina, not North Dakota (18.4)
- A Thwerll (21.1)
- Two Chuggs (22.1)
- A Tufted Mazurka (23.2)
- A big bug with a propeller on its head (24.1)
- A Tick-Tack-Toe with Xs for the win (25.4)
- A Gusset (26.1)
- A Gherkin (26.1)
- A Gasket (26.1)
- A Gootch (26.2)
- A Natch (28.1)
- An Obsk (30.2)
- A Russian Palooski (31.1)
- An It-Kutch (32.8)
- A Preep (32.9)
- A Proo (32.10)
- A Nerkle (32.11)
- A Nerd (32.12)
- A Seersucker (32.13)
- A group of Bippo-no-Bungus (33.2)
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Muslim extremist Mullah Krekar praised the man who killed Dutch
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Calling the man "courageous" at Friday's peaceful protest against the recent action by Afghanistan-based US military members, he told about 100 people, "In 2004, Mohammed Bouiri, a young and courageous Moroccan man, killed the Dutch filmmaker in the middle of the street by shooting and stabbing him in retaliation for the Quran and love of Islam."
47-year-old Mr Van Gogh made a film in collaboration with Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 'Submission' criticised the treatment of women in Islam. The film was perceived as being insulting to Islam and aroused a lot of controversy amongst Muslims.
He was shot on 02nd November that year whilst cycling through the streets of Amsterdam. Mr Bouiri then put two knives into the filmmaker's body, one of which had Quran verses tied to it.
Following Friday's demonstration, many felt that Mullah Krekar, who is currently on trial for making death threats against Conservative Party (H) leader Erna Solberg, amongst others, should not have been allowed to attend an event like this.
"He is considered a threat to the country and letting him demonstrate in front of parliament is an admission of failure. Mullah Krekar should be in custody until he is sent out of Norway," Ketil Solvik-Olsen of the Progress Party (FrP) told NRK,
Labour Party (Ap) representative Arild Stokkan-Grande MP believes that Krekar's comments "should be considered as an incitement to terror as he said this at a public meeting."
The prosecution has asked the Mullah be jailed for five years from his reprisal killing menaces.
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Originally posted by jhco50:
Beauval, improvement in Karma's eyes is not improvement for everyone.
YOU are absolutely RIGHT on this.
What I want in the form of an America,, one that is much closer to the truths it SUPPOSEDLY stands for,, certainly WOULD NOT be an "improvement" for those who arrogantly & self-righteously usurp & deny the rights of their fellow Americans,, and/or those who greedily & selfishly take advantage of every aspect of any loophole, immoral & unethical opportunity available to them,, and/or those who abhor a "socialistic-LIKE" society because it would be strongly counter to their position of plutocracy.
He wants to make changes not everyone wants, just him and his ilk.
But, I think I well covered this above.
His improvements are not to make the US better, it is to make him feel good and to hell with everyone else.
This is merely YOUR opinion.
Of course, ya have the right to hold it.
AND, of course, just because ya do hold it…this DOES NOT mean it is the right one.
In fact, from the many opinions I've seen YOU express on this forum…I'm of the opinion that such "rightness" DOES NOT correlate w/ our Constitution. Ya know, the one that YOU so often & "loudly" tout that ya so deeply understand….to the point of showing just how obscenely skewed such perceptions can reach pathetic lows.
BTW,, while I see an America that is more in harmony w/ not only our Constitutional spirit of how a governing body should go about the business of manifesting the will of the ppl so that it is fair & just..I see one that is also as MORAL as is possible,,,considering that we are a very complex & diverse society—which obviously has a wide range of ethos which can AND DOES present areas of,,often great,,conflict.
I see Our country fought for independence because we didn't like England's type of government, so why would we accept it as wonderful now?Johnny answered this below.
I, however, want to point out how YOUR holding on to various ideologies w/ a G.I. Joe Kung Fu grip is so blatantly & patently absurd…and has been shown to be just that by many SD posters many times over.
For a man that so regularly denigrates the "intellectual" abilities of others here on SD and claims to have a college degree,,,this position of yours that compares an English govt of a quarter of a CENTUARY ago to that of today demonstrates at least two concepts:
One: ya either have a serious deficieny for rational thinking.
Two: OR, ya're so desparate to maintain a closed mind on particular issues that ya'll resort to all manner,, even to the degree of guzzling the koolaid denial-of-the-obvious.
Now, on to YOUR next presentation of thinking that is horribly deficient of "logic".
Originally posted by jhco50:Apple & bowling balls.
If, as you say, most Americans don't share my beliefs/opinions, why is gun control being fought with such fervor by so many?
This comparison of yours is just another example of "drinking the koolaid".
Just because a lot of ppl,,evan a strong majority,,have concensus on ONE issue most certainly DOES NOT mean they will agree on all others.
Why in the world would YOU even try to think we might buy into that garbage?
Why have pro-gun organizations suddenly had large injections of new members?
Why have have ANIT-gun groups of ppl all across America had "injections" of protesting ppl or current "members" that now cease to be silent.?
Why is congress telling the president they won't pass his suggestions?
Errrrrrr….could it be that all of this is POLITICAL?
A President would be a fool to not respond as Obama has.
Congress would be a fool to not listen to such a strong PAC as the NRA.
Don't get ME wrong, I think Congress IS A FOOL for the degree to which they listen to some (most?) PAC's.
Please, jake-o…don't allow yourslef to be so easily fooled by your need to veiw the world through odd distortions of something YOU so strongly claim to know a lot about.
You dismiss the purpose of the 2nd Amendment….
Again…only YOUR opinion of what "they" are saying.
A challenge to particular interpretations of the 2nd MOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT mean the "purpose" of the 2nd is being DISMISSED. It is becoming increasingly highly obvious why so many ppl find strong disagreement w/ YOUR POV on issues. And, the same is just as true when applied to why YOU obviously find disagreement w/ the views of others. That being: YOU are either very limited in yer ability to grasp what is being presented. OR, ya just don't want to have an open mind and will not tolerate a new POV that might have an effect on yer current biggoted biases.
… and call the ability to take back our country from a dictator {a} fantasy, but you lack an understanding of the purpose of that right.
Again…merely YOUR opinion. While I don't recall the exact word of "fantasy" being used, I have seen many opinons proffered that certainly do pretty much boil down to just that.
AND, all "they" are lacking an understanding of is nothing other than a lacking of AGREEMENT W/ YOU on the issue of interpretaion of the 2nd.
Without you having that understanding, you cannot intelligently debate the subject.
Boy-0-boy, is THAT ever the pot calling the "pot" (WHITE porcelain toilet) black. This PRESUMPTION that others don't have this "understanding",,thereby diminishing their intellect,,is nothing more than more of YOUR "koolaid binging".
Please read our Constitution so you can better understand the debate.What makes YOU think they haven't? Oh yeah, that's right…the arrogant driven need to ASSUME a lacking on the part of those who disagree w/ ya.
Yes, England has changed. It has become more socialistic in it's governing of the people there. I don't understand why you insist we entertain the thought of socialism when we have already denied it by forming our own country. It is obvious to me we didn't want England's type of government when we organized our country, then or now.Good gawd, Maude.
There is so much wrong w/ that kind of "logic" that I almost don't know where to begin.
I'll start w/ YOUR: "…why you insist…" A strong SUGGESTION that there be given some thought into ways that might help address our social ills here in America certainly IS NOT the same as "insisting". However, an arrogantly stubborn refusal to respond positively to such help, concern, etc. is just plain ignorantly obnoxious.
You are just trying to be insulting to me now.
Show me where he "insulted YOU personally.
He did noting more along that line than YOU did when YOU said: _"…Karam…and his ILK.."_
Johnny didn't even bring YOU specifically into his admonishment of (ppl in general?) that they ""… could do worse than take a look at how they do things, pick those they do better at than oneself and see how those could be Applied to the USA.""
This is a common trait of liberals and those who cannot accept anothers views.
All I can say about that is: jake-0, take a really, REALLY good look in the mirror…and stop that order for the keg-0-koolaid.
Because I feel our present government is incompetent doesn't mean I dislike my country.
LOL. Yet, if I infer the same thing for ME…YOU tell me that I should love America or leave it
How arrogantly ignorant is THAT kind of hypocrisy?
In your opinion have governments become more efficient.
I guess what ya said there is: In your opinion, have govenment become more efficient?
A question.
A question that is waaaaay too vauge.
But one that, at least in the broadest sense, he likely would OBVIOUSLY answer w/ a (guarded?) YES.
what they have become is more controlling and more powerful.
SO,,,now YOU are a scholar on world governments…esp. those of modern nations?
Now, why haven't I been able to see this?
Oh yeah, probably because YOU so zealously insist that NO ONE not America should so assess our govt.
Let me interpret your statement, "Often using modern and leading edge Management and Organization systems and skills that rival the best used by private Organizations.". They have become more socialistic, giving you the perk,s you desire, while others pay for them.
Of course, YOU have the right to interpret and form an opinion at ya see fit.
BUT, as I said above…from that point on, ya really probably are on shaky ground.
I say this because, as I have also said above, YOU really fail to present much of anything in the way of an opinion that is of any merit.
You are suggesting…
Well…at least ya've toned down the "INSSISTING" crap…lol
…the most powerful countryin the world…
So. Like many other sophomoronic platitudes…we are now going to somehow make "MIGHT-is-right" sound official, moral, and rational?
Good luck w/ that.
…look at other lesser countries suffering the same recession we are because we don't know what we are doing.
Well, even if Johnny is suggesting that, what can be the HARM in at least having a look.
Hell, we might even learn something.
I know I certainly have learned a lot over the years by comparing MY own situation to those who have similar problems and how they have dealt w/ them.
NOW, just how hard can such a thing be for YOU, jake-o, to grasp?
Hell, YOU are constatnly exposing us to how YOU are so vaunted by all of YOUR life experiences.
Does koolaid produce a hangover?
Think about how ignorant the statement you made is.
Oh shit…call an ambulance.
I'm convulsing in an alarming manner over THAT one.


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The 10 Worst biopics of all-time
With 'The Butler' in theaters we look back at some of the genre's messier moments
5. 'The Conqueror' (1956)
To have seen "The Conqueror" is to hate "The Conqueror." It was left off of several of our staff ballots, but also placed atop two ballots as the Worst Biopic Ever. The great thing about John Wayne's performance as Genghis Khan is that no matter how ill-conceived you might imagine it to be, the reality is far more hilarious. To play the Mongol leader, Wayne dons a dark bowl cut, increasingly wispy facial hair and... that's it. He still walks like John Wayne and swaggers like John Wayne and he talks exactly like John Wayne, only complaining about the Tartars instead of Injuns. It's an exercise in absurdism made all the more hilarious by campy supporting work by the likes of Anges Moorehead, Pedro Amendariz and Lee Van Cleef. Wanna know what really puts "The Conqueror" over the top in terms of epic awfulness? It KILLED John Wayne. Production took place in Utah, downwind from a nuclear test site. In the 30 years after its production, nearly half of the film's 220-person cast and crew developed cancer, including The Duke. [Sure, Wayne's cancer may have been related to other factors, but good grief... "The Conqueror" wasn't worth dying for.]
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Gov. Peter Shumlin is heading to Winooski to make an announcement about special municipal tax districts.
Tax increment financing districts have been used by several Vermont communities - including Winooski - in recent years to raise money for downtown redevelopment projects, and then pay off the financing with taxes raised from the new developments.
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Matrons of honor were Erin Lundin and Heather Marcus, sisters of the bride. Bride's attendants were Emily Martin and Casey Martin, sisters of the groom, and Melissa Radunz and Stephanie Gavett, friends of the couple. Flower girls were Claire Marcus and Adeline Lundin, nieces of the bride.
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Anti-Nuclear Coalition Steps Into Japan Election: A high-profile prefectural governor has emerged as a rallying point for nuclear-power opponents trying to put their issue on the agenda in Japan's general election next month—the first since the devastating March 2011 nuclear-plant accident. (Subscriber Content)
Japan's DPJ: Will Maintain Pressure on Central Bank: Japan's ruling party vowed in its election platform Tuesday to keep up pressure on the Bank of Japan to continue easing monetary policy and achieve an average nominal growth rate of 3% by fiscal 2020, but it stopped short of the main opposition party's ambitious call for a 2% inflation target. (Subscriber Content)
North Korea's Illegal Weapons Pipeline Flows On: Illegal shipments of missile technology and weapons from North Korea have flowed unabated under the leadership of Kim Jong Eun, dashing Western hopes that Pyongyang's new leader might moderate his country's aggressive proliferation activities. In a new sequence of events, meanwhile, Japanese government officials are investigating the cargo of a Taiwanese ship headed for Myanmar and suspected of containing materials violating economic sanctions against North Korea's weapons trade. (Subscriber Content)
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Ellis County school district approves measure to arm staff on campuses
Staff Writer Stephanie Embree reports: Palmer school officials approved a new measure Monday to allow staff members to carry concealed handguns on campus.
The Palmer Independent School District school board unanimously approved the new rule after discussing the Sandy Hook school shooting last year in Newtown, Conn. The Ellis County school district, located to the east of Waxahachie, serves about 1,100 students.
School board officials haven't hammered out the details but decided a few staff members will be individually selected and trained to carry handguns.
"About 65 people came [to the meeting], and everyone was for it," said Palmer ISD superintendent Kevin Noack. "We only had two people speak who were opposed."
It is unclear yet whether every campus will have an armed staff member, and only the police will know who the armed staffers are. Noack said he believes telling the public, even the parents, who is armed on campus could hurt the success of the program.
Those who are armed will keep the weapon on them and could be armed while teaching a class.
"We are wanting to have them carry [the gun] on their persons at all times," Noack said.
School officials expect to instate the program by next fall.