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"Sing sing sing, till dem beat me
Beat beat me, till dem think say I don die
Dem tie my hands dem tie my legs dem throw me inside police cell
I must looku and laughu"
This is one of the most bizarre tales in the big book of music history, a book
already filled with drama, mystery, wonder, triumph, joy and even outrage. This
one, though... this one takes outrage beyond the limit. This is the story of an
African man who was a musician. A saxophonist and leader of a band that resembled
a small army, as they were 70 strong. Being a Nigerian, and having the ears of his
fellow Nigerians while their country was controlled and brutalized by a military
dictatorship, this musician spoke out in every way he could, from his music right
down to the art on his album covers, and he paid a price. He paid with his freedom,
he paid with his family and his friends, and some say he paid with his life. The
latter is debatable.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1938. His father was a piano
playing minister and his mother was a political activist, rare for a woman in Nigeria.
They packed Fela off to London in 1958 because they wanted him to be a doctor, but
Fela had caught the music bug. High Life is happy dance music that blends Latin jazz,
various Caribbean sounds and groovier R&B, and while in London Fela played it in bars
while attending Trinity College's music department. His parents thought he was at med
school. As you can see, even as a young man nobody was going to tell this guy what to
do. For whatever reason - perhaps a professor tried to tell him what to do - he quit
school in 1963 and started playing the clubs full time, taking the High Life music he'd
been influenced by and adding new touches, shaping it with American R&B, deepening the
grooves and making it his own. He called it Afro-Beat.
In 1969, Fela took his group to Los Angeles, California, where some important
changes took place. He became familiar with the writings of Malcolm X and Eldridge
Cleaver, which fired him up politically, and from then on he was resolved as to the
direction of his music. The band, which was then known as Koola Lobitos, was renamed
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70. It was at this time that some phenomenal sessions were recorded.
Eventually they would become known as The '69 L.A. Sessions. MCA has spent the past
two years re releasing a huge portion of Fela's catalog, and The '69 L.A. Sessions is
now on CD, bundled with six previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1964 and 1968
as Fela was molding and shaping Afro-Beat. Though it was released in the second batch
by MCA (they kicked out one huge stack of CDs in 2000 and another in 2001), it is the
logical starting point for exploring and discovering the music of Fela Kuti because it
allows you to hear the evolution of Afro-Beat. The lyrics are in Yoruba, but you'll
do fine with the groove.
Returning to Nigeria, Fela and his band recorded at a rather rapid pace, and his famous
pattern emerged. First establish the groove. Not just any groove, mind you, but one
which will soon have the music plugged directly into the minds of the listeners who are
dancing with the music as if possessed. Then begin to talk, slowly at first, easing
them in before going into a full-on rant against the brutality of the Nigerian military
regime, or the foolishness of organized religion, or the evils of big business or whatever
happened to have the misfortune to fall into Fela's gun sites that day. His concerts are
said to have been spiritual experiences that thrilled all but the targets of his rants.
Though his albums could never recreate that experience entirely, the effect of listening
to an entire Fela Kuti album with ears open is intoxicating and exciting, and one does
see where his troubles began.
Fela spoke out in his music, without fear of reprisal, but reprisals came. When your albums
carry titles like Coffin For Head Of State, Zombie (a reference to the mentality of the
soldiers) and Authority Stealing, and you live in a place where the government makes up
their own rules, you're going to have trouble. Fela was regularly arrested, tortured,
or at very least harassed. His band members and others associated with him could expect
similar treatment. Since Fela was rarely seen without a joint in his mouth, he gave the
government an excuse to pick him up whenever they wanted to. Perhaps he wanted that martyr
image. If I'm poking the tiger with a stick, I'm not going to be wearing a steak around my
neck. Whatever his reasons, he did what he did, took the chances he took, and God bless him
for speaking out against such a terrible dictatorship.
After a particularly rousing concert in 1977, a thousand soldiers made a midnight raid on the
complex where Fela and his family and band lived and recorded. They beat the hell out of
everyone, and before they burned it all to the ground they threw Fela's 82 year old mother out
an upstairs window. She didn't die right away, unfortunately for her. She lingered a while,
another Nigerian suffering at the hands of the zombies of the military regime. Outraged
beyond consolation, Fela's attacks grew sharper and the cycle grew ever more vicious.
MCA's re-release series offers, in most cases, two Fela albums on each CD. Some of Fela's
albums were too long for this to be possible, so there are a few singles in the series.
Among the many highlights in a discography that is, after all, one enormous highlight, are
Expensive Shit/He Miss Road, Coffin for Head of State/Unknown Soldier, Teacher Don't Teach
Me Nonsense, Zombie, Yellow Fever/Na Poi, and V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)/Authority Stealing,
none of which endeared him to his government. Fela's tongue grew ever sharper and the
soldiers kept coming until the government found a way to put Fela in prison for ten years
on a trumped up charge of currency smuggling. Amnesty International took up his cause, but
it took a change of governments in Nigeria to actually bring about his release. As the 80s
drew to a close, Fela released Beasts Of No Nation (now backed with O.D.O.O.), which includes
attacks against Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It would be among his final direct hits
against perceived oppressors. Fela seemed to back off. As it turned out, Fela was very ill.
Fela spent his final years out of the spotlight, saving his fast-fading strength. To those
on the outside it must have seemed that he had finally been beaten into submission, and in a
way he had, but not by the gun butts of soldiers. Fela, who had changed his family name of
Ransome Kuti to Anikulapo (which means "one who keeps death in his pouch") Kuti, died on August
2nd, 1997 at the age of 58. Many of his followers say he died because of a weakened body due
to years of torture by the government, but the official cause of death is listed as heart
failure due to complications from AIDS.
There are many reasons to believe this to be the case, just as there are many reasons a
writer might struggle when faced with telling the story of a man who was a hero in so many
ways and also, unfortunately, an unrepentant jerk. Although Fela's mother was a feminist and
her country's first female politician, Fela seemed to harbor a lot of anger toward women and
view them mostly as objects of his own pleasure. He once married 27 women in one ceremony
while wearing his trademark bikini briefs. If one of his women said something he didn't like,
she risked suffering his wrath. His wives couldn't count on his fidelity, and he saw no reason
to be discrete about it. Fela had a lot of sex with a lot of different women in a country
where AIDS is fairly rampant. That's gambling against a stacked deck. You can only keep death
in your pouch if you play the odds. Fela left behind over 50 albums that document the struggles
of a nation and the outrage of a man who never let anybody tell him to shut up.
His son, Femi Kuti, who played in his band, has broken out on his own and now has two
outstanding albums to his credit. The most recent, Fight To Win, suggests Femi Kuti
has taken up the reigns and will carry on as the voice of freedom for the oppressed,
but he's bringing in modern elements such as hip-hop without losing the main theme of
Afro-Beat. So a unique form of music continues to evolve and thrive, and its history
is made readily available in the United States. How fragile, when you think about it.
Femi Kuti may have gone another way. Fela certainly had many other children who did.
And MCA, a major label whose executives have to know Fela Kuti won't sell in mass quantities,
spent a fortune preserving history. Best not to ask why. Just put on Zombie, turn up
the volume and turn down the lights.
Koola Lobitos 1964-1968/The '69 Los Angeles
Up Side Down/Music of Many Colours
Yellow Fever/Na Poi
Ikoyi Blindness/Kalakuta Show
Expensive Shit/He Miss Road
Stalemate/Fear Not For Man
Shakara/London Scene
Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement
Opposite People/Sorrow Tears and Blood
J.J.D./Unnecessary Begging
Monkey Banana/Excuse O
Open and Close/Afrodisiac
Coffin for Head of State/Unknown Soldier
V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)/Authority Stealing
Original Suffer Head/I.T.T.
Beasts of No Nation/O.D.O.O.
Live In Amsterdam
Underground System
Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
Army Arrangement
Fela With Ginger Baker Live!
Roforofo Fight (with bonus tracks)
(C) 2002 - DJ Johnson


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Swiss Daniel Albrecht crashed into the nets and was airlifted to the medical station, with an update on his condition yet to arrive.
Despite the better conditions the pace was almost a second slower than on Wednesday, when Max Franz and Klaus Kroell led an Austrian one-two in soft snow.
Svindal's time of a minute 51.43 seconds was 0.13s faster than Georg Streitberger with Kroell (+0.38) and Joachim Puchner (+0.49) following.
There were five inches of overnight snow but cold temperatures hardened the base, preserving the course.
Franz was almost a second and a half slower than his Wednesday time, finishing down in ninth.
"Today it was a completely different story on the slope, the snow is more compact and it was fun to ski," said Puchner.
"I must admit that I was a little surprised with the times at first – but it actually makes sense if you think of it, the new snow is the 'squeaky' one and it's slower."
Svindal, the reigning super-G champion, won the downhill at Lake Louise last year. There will be one more training run on Friday before the World Cup downhill on Saturday and super-G on Sunday.
Top 10 times
1. SVINDAL Aksel Lund NOR 1:51.43
2. STREITBERGER Georg AUT 1:51.56
3. KROELL Klaus AUT 1:51.81
4. PUCHNER Joachim AUT 1:51.92
5. DEFAGO Didier SUI 1:51.94
6. GUAY Erik CAN 1:52.01
6. JANSRUD Kjetil NOR 1:52.01
8. THEAUX Adrien FRA 1:52.03
9. FRANZ Max AUT 1:52.13
10. CLAREY Johan FRA 1:52.24
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Whatever is a word you use when....yeah, yeah whatever....
Saddam: Pleeeeease don't lock me in that hole!
Bush: . . . . whatever
Bush: . . . . whatever
লিখেছেন- ingrid 14 de জুলাই de 2004
what homosexuals or women say when they dont know what to say
(me)hey ricci get your thumb out of your ass you little bitch
(ricci)What eveeeerrrr
(ricci)What eveeeerrrr
লিখেছেন- harry pothead 26 de জুলাই de 2003
When in a lazy mood, you must always reply 'Whatever!!!' to the person talking to you. It really annoys them and it may result in losing your friends but, Hey! Its irritatingly fun all the same!
"Maria? Are you even listening to me?"
"No, seriosly. Anyway how was your day?"
"Maria, how's school?"
"No, seriosly. Anyway how was your day?"
"Maria, how's school?"
লিখেছেন- xxX !MaRiA! Xxx ~ Riot Girl 26 de এপ্রিল de 2004
The process in which a male uses his mouth to pleasure the breast region of his female counterpart.
So last night Jake and were making out and then my shirt was off and he did whatever. It was really fun.
লিখেছেন- CMoney5863 5 de জুন de 2007
its like whatever someone wants it to be
a u wanna go to the store,iight den its whatevr
লিখেছেন- chyanne hicks 4 de জানুয়ারি de 2003
when someone is a butthead and doesnt say thanks for free porn
post giving
Bob-"here you go...free porn"
Whatever guy/girl-"<silence>
Bob-"here you go...free porn"
Whatever guy/girl-"<silence>
লিখেছেন- d, dela cruz 28 de অক্টোবার de 2004
song sung by our lady peace used for chris benoit as his theme
but whatever you need
whatever you got
whatever you want
i'll take back again
whatever you got
whatever you want
i'll take back again
লিখেছেন- justin 18 de অগাস্ট de 2004


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655203023071900204.post6192206762561389063..comments2016-06-12T02:13:33.309-04:00Comments on IndyCar Advocate: Could Kickstarter Fund An IndyCar Driver?Zachary Houghtonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655203023071900204.post-8762737715416727922013-01-25T23:46:44.351-05:002013-01-25T23:46:44.351-05:00Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s just kicked off a crowdfun...Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s just kicked off a crowdfunding campaign today for his 2013 Stadium Supertrucks ride! http://www.indiegogo.com/arieAn ArieJr firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655203023071900204.post-27589232485645483672013-01-09T12:30:03.939-05:002013-01-09T12:30:03.939-05:00Kamui Kobayashi has used a similar approach to try...Kamui Kobayashi has used a similar approach to try fund a 2013 F1 ride, but although he gathered several millions $, he ws left ride-less in the end. But considering the amount of money he received, the initiative can still be considered a success firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655203023071900204.post-7798701337067073762013-01-09T09:14:21.145-05:002013-01-09T09:14:21.145-05:00I think it's a slick idea. I think it could wo...I think it's a slick idea. I think it could work in a one-off race like Indy, even if to not get the full amount but to help an up-start email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655203023071900204.post-32948393620652823422013-01-09T08:43:26.216-05:002013-01-09T08:43:26.216-05:00One of the problems vis-a-vis Indycar is that Kick...One of the problems vis-a-vis Indycar is that Kickstarter really works best if there's a business model being proposed that just needs to get over an initial hump with revenue soon following. While it's possible that an Indycar driver could suddenly get so popular with an Indy500 run that he/she picks up sponsors from it, it's really a dicey proposition. Remember that the late Dan Wheldon **won** the race and didn't pick up a ride for the rest of that season; recall, too, that even a driver like Tony Kanaan had trouble, and F1 longtimer Rubens Barrichelo is now racing in Brazil because of sponsorship woes. If you're not on team Penske or Gannasi, or your name's not "Danica Patrick", funding's a tough thing to get.

At the same time, I don't want to sound too pessimistic over this, because it *is* a wonderful avenue to prove your worth as a fan draw. How powerful would it be to go in front of sponsors after an Indy 500 - or better yet, a successful run at Indy - and be able to say "You need proof of my fan base? They funded that race for me." So it's not impossible for Kickstarter or some other sort of crowdsourcing to aid a driver in such an endeavor. It's just that there's also the risk of "Ok, what next?" after the race if sponsorship doesn't arise.

I hate to say it - I mean, I **really** hate to say this because I'm primarily an Indycar fan, and this other series hardly needs any help, but: Given the popularity of NASCAR, I fear such a project would be more successful to fund a run in one of their races because it would also have a greater chance of attracting a long term sponsor after the fact. Sponsors would flock to fund the Next Great Stock Car Driver, but they're hard to move for even great Indycar ones nowadays. Which saddens me beyond belief, but that's a whole other email@example.com


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I fear a tectonic shift will be evident on all of these uploaded photos. The Earth obviously shifted from the occurrences of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR this past weekend in Seven Springs, Pa.
Anyhow, this is my friend, Jami showing off her pink wristband, since she is a girl and was there for two days to boot. I did not take a photo of my friend, Scott, who is a boy wearing a pink band for two days. (He toughed that out.) Need I say that wearing a plastic type band for two days for my OCD types of friends who shower everyday was a bit of a challenge but they survived.
Hmm, just tried to upload another photo. It was the wind turbine megaphone that doubled as a generator of energy from the wind and megaphone for the entire event (just kidding, but that would have been cool, plus an example of permaculture stacking principles). And if you turned it sideways, which this blog system was probably going to do, it looked like a cool flower that was on steroids. But alas, my Mac system and the blogging system are not overly compatible (John from MOTHER EARTH NEWS confirmed this yesterday when I went into the media room at the FAIR to try to get it problem-solved. Sigh).
But I just realized something. If you type the acronym for the magazine — MOTHER EARTH NEWS — it becomes 'MEN.' How very odd. I mean we refer to the planet as 'she.' It seems to be a feminine planet. And yet magazine is purportedly News from Mother Earth. Which it certainly does seem to be.
So we have a feminine magazine name. A feminine planet. And then there is 'MEN.' Hmm. Could this be a subtle, subtle call for us to learn that we need to balance the masculine and feminine these days, and not be so beholden to the masculine systems that are a wee bit patriarchal and love machines and have forgotten how to love the Earth?
Sorry, can't help it, still ruminating on some of the ramblings from that earlier blog on cloning and machines.
Now to find a Rumination Workshop for more advanced learnings on that. I'm outta here.
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The Setup
It might've been a while since I've ran a SLI setup, but it's still as easy as ever. Since we already had the Palit GTX 470 installed, I slotted in the Galaxy one, added the SLI connector, got into Windows, waited a few minutes and rebooted the system which resulted in it saying my hardware was ready.
Once that was done, I uninstalled the driver and reinstalled it just to make sure I didn't run into any problems. Once installed you need to just quickly pop into the NVIDIA control panel and enable SLI.
To make sure everything was working, we did two things. First, we checked GPU-Z to make sure that SLI was shown as being enabled.
We then did a quick run of Vantage to make sure the performance increase was seen. Fortunately both areas checked out A-OK and it was time to get stuck into some benchmarking to see how the tech is going these days.


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Gujarat riots: Crime Branch to probe Teesta Setalvad's collection of funds
Gulbarg Society resudents had alleged that Teesta Setalvad had collected donations in the name of the society and had not distributed the money.
New Delhi: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch is likely to conduct an inquiry into activist Teesta Setalvad's collection of funds for Gulbarg Society. The residents had alleged that Teesta had collected donations in the name of Gulbarg Society and had not distributed the money.
A section of Gulberg Society residents met Joint Commissioner of police on Tuesday and sought an inquiry against the activist who then referred the case to the Ahmedabad Crime Branch.
The row dates back to 2006 when Setalvad had proposed to purchase the 5,200 square metre Gulbarg Society land from the residents to set up a museum of resistance through her trust. However, with property prices escalating, residents now want a larger sum. The deal fell through, but Setalvad's trust had already collected donations.
The Gulbarg judgement is still awaited, but differences between riot victims over the property have only begun. The human rights activist finds herself at the receiving end after a set of Gulbarg Society residents sent her a notice, asking her to distribute funds collected by her among the riot victims.


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The Real Star of the Knicks-Nuggets Trade
The primary asset Carmelo Anthony brings to the Knicks is his ability to score points — a lot of them. Yet even judging by offense, the trade acquiring Anthony from the Denver Nuggets looks bad for the Knicks.
That's because Anthony simply isn't as efficient at converting possessions into points as other superstars — including such players as Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Dwight Howard whom the Knicks might want to combine with Anthony and Amare Stoudemire when they become available. That quest will be difficult if Anthony, as expected, signs a rich long-term deal with the team. Over the last five seasons, counting this one, Howard's true-shooting percentage — an adjusted field-goal percentage that rewards players for hitting three-pointers and taking and making many free throws — is 61.6%, third-best in the league among regulars who also accounted for at least 22% of their team's possessions while on the floor (the average figure is 20%, since each team has five players on the court at any time). Paul's is 58%. And Williams's is 57.2%. Anthony, though, shoots 55.1%. Such differences add up in a big way over a season — considering that Anthony averages more than 19 field goals and 8 free-throw attempts per game.
That's a measure of the offensive opportunity cost the Knicks might face, if signing Anthony inhibits their ability to pick up one of those other players — a big if, considering all the premier free agents who spurned them last offseason before Stoudemire signed on. The more immediate cost is in the three regulars New York gave up to acquire Anthony: Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari. Felton's and Chandler's career true-shooting percentages are below Anthony's, but Gallinari's is higher. By scoring efficiency alone, Anthony represents just a modest upgrade, at a big cost in roster flexibility — those three Knicks together are making about $4 million less than Anthony this year.
None of this means Gallinari is a better player than Anthony. It's easier to maintain a higher shooting percentage when taking fewer shots, as Gallinari does — just 18.4% of the shots while he's on the floor. But when some players are in a lineup for skills other than shooting, someone has to pick up the slack, which sometimes means taking an undue share of tough shots and double teams and freeing up teammates to shoot better — as stats analyst Nate Silver argued Anthony has done with the Nuggets. When players' usage rates go up, their efficiency drops. Conversely, Anthony may see a bump in scoring efficiency now that he's being paired with another high-usage player in Stoudemire. And Stoudemire could offload some of the shooting burden, as his true-shooting percentage dropped from 61.5% in his five previous full seasons to 57% this year, in part because his usage rate has gone up. (Stoudemire and Anthony each rank in the bottom six among regulars at their positions in percentage of time they pass when touching the ball.) And without Anthony, the Nuggets may find themselves in a bad position — just good enough to miss out on both postseason success and lottery picks.
But LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant all have managed higher scoring efficiency levels than Anthony while using at least as many possessions. The Knicks' cost to acquire him suggests he is good as those players. On the offensive end, he isn't. Silver concluded as much, relying on John Hollinger's player stats — which are based largely on offensive output, and reward low-efficiency scorers for shooting more. (Hollinger himself gives the Knicks a D+ for the trade, in large part because they were essentially the market for Anthony, yet seemed to bid against themselves.)
Add defense into the equation, and the trade is even more problematic for New York — and better for Denver. With Anthony, Denver has had one of the NBA's best seven offenses — by points scored per 100 possessions — in each of the last three seasons. This year, it ranks No. 1. But never in Anthony's career has Denver ranked in the top seven in defense, and only twice in the Top 10. This year, the Nuggets rank 23rd. The Knicks, meanwhile rank 21st, and in Stoudemire's eight full seasons, his team has ranked in the top half of the league in defense just twice — and never in the Top 10. By every measure, including the naked eye, Anthony is an average defender at best. This season the Nuggets have yielded four more points per 100 possessions with Anthony off the court than on, a positive sign for his defense. But Denver has been either better on D or essentially unchanged in the previous three seasons.
Another stat that takes into account D doesn't think much of Anthony's value on that end of the court. Basketball Reference's defensive-rating measure assigns defensive ability to individual players on the court, based in part on his team's overall defense, and in part on his defensive stats. Anthony's defensive rating in each of the last two seasons is 109, worse than league average (though slightly better than the three Knicks going to Denver). Combine his above-average offense with his below-average defense, and his win shares per 48 minutes, an all-encompassing stat whose average value is 0.1, is a modest 0.118 this season. That's why he ranks a mere 65th on the site's list of players who were traded during a season, using the win shares stat. (The defensively indifferent Bob McAdoo ranks fourth, but didn't help the Knicks much when they picked him up 35 years ago.)
The good news for the Knicks: Another player they're acquiring, Chauncey Billups, ranks 28th on the list — in part because his true shooting is the fourth-highest in the NBA over the last five seasons among high-usage players. The bad news is that Billups is 34 years old and showing signs of decline. (A younger version of Billups was the third-best player traded at midseason when he was dealt to Denver three years ago.) Anthony tipped his hat to himself for his strong play while his trade was rumored, but the Knicks don't deserve much of a hat tip for acquiring him in the way they did.


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At 57, Waylon Jennings Is Still Known as Hoss, but He's Actually a Teddy Bear
These days, Jennings is more likely to be called Papaw than Outlaw. On his adventurous new album (his 68th), Waymore's Blues (Part II), he sings in his burly baritone wry and probing new songs. "A man in love is what I want to be," he rumbles. "I guess that makes me an endangered species." Last year the father of seven—and grandfather of seven—even put out a children's album, Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt. "I think the most important thing in the world is to listen to a kid and give him time," he says. "We build our life around Shooter now."
Shooter is Waylon Albright Jennings, 15, the singer's son with his fourth wife, Jessi Colter. This month, Waylon and Jessi celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. And the hard-livin' hell-raiser who has sold 28 million albums and racked up hits like "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" and "Good Hearted Woman [In Love with a Good Timin' Man]" (with Willie) credits Jessi with making their marriage work. "She never gave up," he says. "I have black-white, yes-no, right-wrong. But she can see both sides. If she thought the same way I did, she'd have run me off a long time ago."
Jessi, 51, brushes off the praise. "It takes two to dance," says Colter, who had her own No. 1 hit, "I'm Not Lisa," in 1975. "I was crazy about him from the start, and he was crazy about me."
Even today the couple's mutual affection is obvious. Waylon, who underwent surgery on both hands in June to relieve the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome (caused, he suspects, by a lifetime of intense guitar strumming), talks fondly about Jessi's fussing over him—"especially those little baths she gives me." Says the singer: "We're a pretty hot couple. Every once in a while she tells me, 'I ain't gonna be married to no old man,' and I tell her the same thing."
At home, the two tease each other constantly about their respective foibles (his fast driving, her chronic lateness). They swim together in their pool, go to movies and ball games and roller-skate in a neighborhood park. And when Jennings goes on tour, Jessi comes too. "We're a little like George Burns and Gracie Allen. We get in trouble when we're not together," says Jennings, who frequently brings Jessi out to sing with him onstage. "I want her with me all the time."
When he's not in school, Shooter often joins them on the road. "I blew it with some of my kids," Waylon admits. "I have a couple who were kind of alienated, but with Shooter, I'll tell you what: He's a perfect example of it working."
Jennings admits he was a little nervous about confessing his former drug problems to his son. ("It was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life, but I didn't want someone else telling him about it," he says.) But he thinks Shooter has taken it in stride. Just this past summer, father and son were discussing the family budget, when Shooter interrupted: "Of course, if you hadn't done all those drugs for all those years, we wouldn't even be having this conversation." Says Waylon with a laugh: "Set me up good and then just nailed my butt."
Although father and son disagree about music ("I hate most country music," says Shooter. "I mean, I despise it"), they've managed to find some common ground. On the road, Shooter plays congas in Dad's band ("I like my dad's new album a lot"), and Waylon tries to appreciate the music his son enjoys. "He's got me listening to—what's it called?—Nine Inch Nails? Sounds like a train wreck sometimes, but every once in a while you hear something good."
Of course, when the inevitable generational battles erupt, it's Jessi who keeps the new Waylon rooted in reality. Recently the family sat around the kitchen table. Waylon needled his son about his mop-top hairstyle, "Shooter, I wanna know how you see through that hair." Said Jessi with a smile: "Don't you remember, honey?"
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Vacationing at her summer home, actress Mado (Nicole Garcia) is joined by her lover, movie director Brice (Bernard Giraudeau), her son Julien (Robinson Stévenin) and his girlfriend, Lili (Ludivine Sagnier). Julien debuts a short film starring Lili, but Mado and Brice pan the film. Ambitious Lili runs off to Paris with Brice, who makes her a movie star. Years later, Lili contacts Julien when she hears he's about to shoot his first feature film.


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LAS VEGAS — In this, the second part of an exclusive interview with Tim Bradley, the newly-crowned WBO welterweight titleholder shared more of his thoughts on Saturday's controversial split-decision victory over Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Bradley (29-0, 12 knockouts), who has been wheelchair-bound since the post-fight press conference, said that his left foot is fractured, his right, sprained, and that both feet are in splints.
He claims that the left foot was injured in the second round and the right somewhere during the middle of the fight, and says the fact that he overcame the injuries is a testament to the sheer will and toughness that it took for him prevail over Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs).
Bradley was awarded the decision, 115-113, by judges C.J. Ross and Duane Ford, while Jerry Roth had it for Pacquiao by the same score, as did RingTV.com's Lem Satterfield.
An informal poll of 51 writers by Ryan Maquinana favored Pacquiao over Bradley, 48-3.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters, has called for "the attorney general for the state of Nevada to do an investigation to see who, if anybody, is responsible," adding, "we want them to tell everybody what happened so we can get clarification."
Arum said that there is a rematch clause for Bradley to face Pacquiao again on Nov. 10, that is, if Pacquiao does not elect to take a fourth bout with four-division titlewinner Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao won a disputed majority decision over Marquez in November after having previously battled through a draw and a split-decision victory with him, respectively.
Against Bradley, however, Pacquiao out-landed his opponent in 10 of the 12 rounds, with the overall count in his favor 253-to-159. He also scored with more total jabs (63-51) and power punches (190-108).
Bradley out-landed Pacquiao in only the ninth round, while the 10th was even in punches connected with each landing 14.
Bradley addressed the fight in this Q&A below.
RingTV.com: How do you feel that you twisted your feet?
RingTV.com: At what points did you hurt each of your feet?
RingTV.com: How so?
But when I did it, I had gone back to get out of the way of a punch and lost my footing. When that happened, man, I had more problems. I couldn't get out of the way of punches as easily.
RingTV.com: What adjustments did you have to make as a result?
The last eight, nine, 10 and 11 rounds of the fight, where I was moving and boxing him, I had to suck it up. You know, I was hitting him with the jab and he couldn't get past the jab when I was able to use it.
When I did that, I was sticking him all night and I was able to land good body shots on him. You know, man, it was a great fight. I thought that it was an entertaining fight for the fans, and under the circumstances, I did the best that I possibly could.
You know, the judges got it right. They definitely got it right. We're going to have the rematch, and we can settle it then.
RingTV.com: When you watch this tape, how much more do you feel that you could have done if you had both feet?
That's why there were times in the fight when he was backing up, slapping his gloves together, saying, "come on, fight me, fight me, fight me," you know what I mean?
At times, you know, I would. At other times, I wouldn't. But the times that I wouldn't do that, you know, I was clearly out-boxing him. He was absolutely frustrated, because, you know what? He wasn't landing a lot of the big punches that he was hoping to land on me. I wasn't one of those guys that was going to stand right there in front of him. I was bobbing and weaving and making it hard for him to hit me solidly every time.
RingTV.com: You have mentioned that you were hurt at times in the fight?
Manny Pacquiao was supposed to stop me. He was supposed to knock me out. But I took his punches and I fought back hard. I honestly feel that I won the fight.
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WACO, Texas – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi volleyball team rallied to a 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23) victory over Portland today in the first match of the Baylor Invitational at the Ferrell Center. Senior Brianna Brink powered the Islanders' offense with a match-high 21 kills on .308 hitting while juniors Ivy Baresh and Chelby Stanford tallied their first double-doubles of the season.
A&M - Corpus Christi (1-0) hit .253 in the match while holding the Pilots (0-1) to .218 hitting. The Islanders jumped out to a 2-0 lead after clinching the first two sets before Portland squeezed out a 25-23 third set. The fourth set featured 10 ties before the Islanders secured a 25-23 victory.
Along with Brink's 21 kills, senior Ashley Phelps collected 15 kills, and Baresh chipped in 13 kills and 11 digs. Stanford dished out a match-high 31 assists and registered 13 digs. Defensively, Hailey King notched a team-high 21 digs, just one shy of her career high of 22. Freshman Kristyn Nicholson recorded 20 assists in her college debut.
The Islanders jumped out a 25-21 victory on .286 hitting in the first set and limited the Pilots to just .261 hitting. Brink led the set with seven kills and King chipped in six digs. A&M - Corpus Christi pushed out to an early 8-6 lead before the Pilots put together a 3-0 run to take a 9-8 lead. After rallying back and forth, Phelps smashed it down to start a 5-0 run for the Islanders. After a timeout by Portland, the Islanders padded their lead to 20-16 after Brink registered her seventh kill of the set. After trading points, the Islanders secured the set, 25-21.
The Islanders kept the momentum rolling into the second set with a 25-23 victory on a set-high .366 hitting. The team took an early 8-3 lead after freshman Brittany Gilpin put down her first kill of her career. A&M - Corpus Christi padded its lead to 12-7 after a kill by Kelsee Felux. The Islanders capped the set, 25-23, after Brink exploded for her 12th kill of the match.
Portland opened with a 7-3 lead in the third set before sealing a 25-23 victory. After Felux pulled the Islanders within one with her third kill of her career, the Pilots put together a 4-1 run to force the Islanders to call a timeout at 12-8. A&M - Corpus Christi and Portland went neck-and-neck before a 4-0 run tied the set at 21-21. After consecutive points by the Pilots, Gilpin and Nicholson teamed up for a block assist to knot the set at 23-23. Portland garnered the next two points to notch the 25-23 win.
The Islanders fell behind early in the fourth set, 12-9, before Baresh put down a kill to tie the set at 13-13. Both teams rallied back and forth throughout the set. Brink registered her 20th kill to even the set at 20-20 before both teams traded points. The Islanders then closed the match and set on a 3-0 run. During the run, Baresh and Nicholson both recorded kills. The Islanders hit .204 and held the Pilots to .189 hitting. Brink chipped in six kills while Nicholson dished out 12 assists.
The Islanders will continue play in the Baylor Invitational on Saturday against host Baylor at 10 a.m., before wrapping competition at 4:30 p.m. against Southland foe Abilene Christian.
For all the latest on Islanders Volleyball, like the team on Facebook (IslandersVolleyball) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersVB).


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SIKESTON - The Scott County Central Bravettes improved to 13-3 on the season by whipping Neelyville 80-17 on Monday.
Scott Central led 24-7 after one quarter and blanked Neelyville in the second quarter to lead 38-7 at the half.
The Bravettes had four players in double figures led by Brittany Peet's 22 points. Brittany Godwin had 19 points, Janet Penrod had 17 points and Trice Johnson added 10 points.
Scott Central will host NMCC on Monday at 6 p.m.
The Scott Central junior varsity beat Neelyville 57-20.
BENTON - The Kelly Lady Hawks basketball team won their eighth straight game as they handled St. Vincent 70-48 on Monday at Kelly High School.
"They girls played hard and played as a team," said Kelly coach Rod McQuerter.
Kelly (14-1) was led by Kelly Essner's 26 points. Mindy Robert followed up with 17 points.
Kelly will play at Dexter on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
SIKESTON - The Sikeston ninth grade basketball team fell to 3-10 on the season with a 43-38 loss to New Madrid County Central on Monday at the Field House.
Sikeston couldn't overcome a sub-par performance from the free throw line as they were just 4-of-20 on the night.
Sikeston led 10-9 after one quarter but NMCC took over after that, leading 18-17 at the half and 28-24 after three quarters.
Sikeston was led by Tommie Strong's 11 points and Stephen Jackson's nine points.
NMCC got 11 points out of Lance Price and nine from Darrence Perkins.
Sikeston will next compete in the Jackson Tournament Wednesday.


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Barcode data: Tinamus major
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 4 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Tinamus major
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Based on a model of future deforestation in the Amazon basin, and the species's susceptibility to habitat fragmentation and hunting, it is suspected that its population will decline by 25-30% over the next three generations, and it has therefore been uplisted to Near Threatened.
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None is known.
Conservation Actions ProposedExpand the protected area network to effectively protect IBAs. Effectively resource and manage existing and new protected areas, utilising emerging opportunities to finance protected area management with the joint aims of reducing carbon emissions and maximizing biodiversity conservation. Conservation on private lands, through expanding market pressures for sound land management and preventing forest clearance on lands unsuitable for agriculture, is also essential (Soares-Filho et al. 2006).
Great tinamou
The great tinamou (Tinamus major) also called mountain hen[4] is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration.
Great tinamou are approximately 44 cm (17 in) long, 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) in weight and size and shape of a small turkey. It ranges from light to dark olive-green in color with a whitish throat and belly,[4] flanks barred black, and undertail cinnamon. Crown and neck rufous, occipital crest and supercilium blackish. Its legs are blue-grey in color. All these features enable great tinamou to be well-camouflaged in the rainforest understory.
The great tinamou has a distinctive call, three short, tremulous, but powerful piping notes which can be heard in its rainforest habitat in the early evenings.[4]
All tinamous are from the family Tinamidae, and are the closest living relatives of the ratites. Unlike ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds.[4]
There are twelve sub-species
- T. m. percautus occurs in southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, and Petén department in Guatemala.[5]
- T. m. robustus occurs in the lowlands of southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua.[5]
- T. m. fuscipennis occurs in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama.[5]
- T. m. castaneiceps occurs in southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama.[5]
- T. m. brunniventris occurs in south central Panama.[5]
- T. m. saturatus occurs on Pacific slope of eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia.[5]
- T. m. latifrons occurs in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador.[5]
- T. m. zuliensis occurs in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.[5]
- T. m. major occurs in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northeastern Brazil.[5]
- T. m. olivascens occurs in Brazilian Amazon.[5]
- T. m. peruvianus occurs in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru.[5]
- T. m. serratus occurs in extreme southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil[5]
Johann Friedrich Gmelin identified the great tinamou from a specimen located in Cayenne, French Guyana, in 1789.[4]
The great tinamou is a polygynandrous species, and one that features exclusive male parental care. A female will mate with a male and lay an average of four eggs which he then incubates until hatching. He cares for the chicks for approximately 3 weeks before moving on to find another female. Meanwhile, the female has left clutches of eggs with other males. She may start nests with five or six males during each breeding season, leaving all parental care to the males. The breeding season is long, lasting from mid-winter to late summer. The eggs are large, shiny, and bright blue or violet in color, and the nests are usually rudimentary scrapings in the buttress roots of trees.[4]
Except during mating, when a pair stay together until the eggs are laid, great tinamous are solitary and roam the dark understory alone, seeking seeds, fruit, and small animals such as insects, spiders, frogs and small lizards in the leaf litter. They are especially fond of Lauraceae, annonaceae, myrtaceae, sapotaceae.[4]
Great tinamou lives in subtropical and tropical forest such as rainforest, lowland evergreen forest, river-edge forest,[3] swamp forest and cloud forest at altitudes from 300 to 1,500 m (1,000–4,900 ft). Unlike some other tinamous, the great tinamou isn't as affected by forest fragmentation.[1] Its nest can be found at the base of a tree.
This species is widespread throughout its large range (6,600,000 km2 (2,500,000 sq mi)),[6] and it was evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] They are hunted with no major effect on their population.[4] In 2012 the species was reclassified as Near Threatened.[7]
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2012). "Tinamus major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Brands, S. (2008)
- ^ a b American Ornithologists' Union (1998)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Clements, J (2007)
- ^ BirdLife International (2008)
- ^ "Recently recategorised species". Birdlife International. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- American Ornithologists' Union (1998) [1983]. "Tinamiformes: Tinamidae: Tinamous". Check-list of North American Birds (PDF) (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union . p. 1 . ISBN 1-891276-00-X.
- BirdLife International (2008). "Great Tinamou - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Data Zone. Retrieved 6 Feb 2009.
- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Tinamus major". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 2009.
- Brennan, P. T. R. (2004). Techniques for studying the behavioral ecology of forest-dwelling tinamous (Tinamidae). Ornitologia Neotropical 15(Suppl.) 329-337.
- Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
- Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57–59, 61–62. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- Stiles, & Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
External links[edit]
- Great Tinamou videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Stamps (for Honduras, Panama) with RangeMap
- Great Tinamou photo gallery VIREO
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ANTIOCH -- Members of an embattled charter school formed to help at-risk students catch up with their peers pleaded their case last week for a five-year renewal.
Dozens of students, teachers and parents from RAAMP Charter Academy crammed into the Antioch Unified board room at Wednesday's public hearing, touting the merits of the school programs and positive influence on children.
Antioch trustees will consider approval of the charter later this month.
The charter renewal request comes two months after the California Charter Schools Association called for RAAMP's closure, saying it falls below its minimum criteria for renewal based on low standardized test scores.
Karla Branch, RAAMP's executive director, told trustees Wednesday that test scores for the school's two primary subgroups -- African-American and socioeconomically disadvantaged students -- are "right in the range" of those groups in other Antioch schools, and meets the state education code for renewal.
"But, we're more than test scores. We are a very small community school, but we are doing great things for our kids," Branch said.
Semetra Lee, a single mother of a seventh-grader and second-grade twin boys in the charter, agrees. Lee said that previous schools her sons attended have not cared, but "RAAMP has embraced my children with open arms."
"They started off a little rocky, but now they love their school, they love their teachers, and their teachers love them back," said Lee, fighting back tears. "Without RAAMP, I don't know where I would be or where my kids would be."
Other parents lauded the school's program for the one-on-one attention students receive, small class sizes, the presence of male role models and extended staff hours, including academic schooling on Saturday.
All but two of the 23 public speakers at the meeting were in support of RAAMP.
Elizabeth Robitaille, the charter school association's senior vice president of achievement and performance management, told trustees that RAAMP is underperforming compared with other state and district schools, based on "not just our metrics, but almost every academic achievement measure that is currently available."
RAAMP scored 623 on the API (Academic Performance Index) last spring. API scores range from a low of 200 to a high of 1,000. Its test results have fluctuated in its three years of recording, going from 649 in 2011 to 689 in 2012, before dropping last spring. The charter's student population changed by 58 percent last school year, Branch said.
Like a startup business, Branch said the charter has dealt with some "uphill battles," including multiple locations, fluctuating enrollment and financial instability. The charter received a three-year, $120,000 grant last May and expects an increase in per-student funds from the Local Control Funding Formula.
"We've had some challenges, but we also have a strategy to improve. We desire to do better and intend to," said Cheryl Cooper, RAAMP's board chairwoman.
Following the hearing, trustee Claire Smith asked for more information ahead of the Feb. 26 meeting showing whether the school is fiscally solvent and can be for the next five years.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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Bold times call for bold moves, and that's what is about to go down with the Celtics when they announce the signing of Stephon "Give me that youthier feeling" Marbury. I couldn't be happier with the last 24 hours of activity. Cleveland should be very worried, Los Angeles should be very worried…The league should be very worried.


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Scenes from Sunday's District 67 Major Division Tournament of Champions game
Scenes from the Manteca Parks and Recreation Department's T-Ball clinic.
STOCKTON - Dakota Connors threw a five-inning, mercy-shortened no-hitter to key the Northgate Yankees' 10-0 victory over the Manteca Bisons in a Little League District 67 Tournament of Champions contest at Paul E. Weston Park Thursday.
The Manteca Futbol Club United under-23 men's soccer team locked up with the Bay Oaks Earthquakes at Woodward Park Thursday in NorCal Premier Soccer Gold Division action. The visiting Earthquakes prevailed, 2-1.
STOCKTON - In a game that had more errors than hits Wednesday night, No. 9 hitter Spencer Hulsebosch laced a two-out single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh inning to score two runs and give the Northgate Reds a 9-8 walk-off win over the Weston Ranch Ports at Paul Weston Field in Little League District 67 Junior Tournament of Champion action.
After closing out an impressive four-year career with the Fresno State men's bowling team, East Union High graduate Paul Hogan was recognized by the United States Bowling Congress as the intercollegiate winner of the Chris Steer Sportsmanship Award.
PLEASANT HILL – Kyle Harman kicked off his 2010 summer season in style, rebounding from a lackluster opening round to win the Northern California Professional Golfers' Association Junior Tour Summer Circuit Championship Tuesday at the Contra Costa Country Club.
OAKDALE - Eighteen new meet records were set at the Oakdale Invitational swim meet this past weekend at Royse Memorial Pool, and 11 of them belong to the Ripon Sea Lions.
Jamille Grady threw the first pitch of Monday's Spreckels Park Little League minor division championship game at Brock Elliot School, and it was fittingly he who recorded the final out.
Scenes from the first BMX race at Spreckels Park.
Jacob Garcia helped ignite the Dodgers when he got on base and used his speed to turn in their first run. He would save his biggest contribution, though, for later.
The Astros improved their chances of securing a District 67 Tournament of Champions berth by taking an instant 8-0 lead, but held off a determined White Sox group for a 9-6 Northgate Little League major division title-clinching win.
Scenes from Ripon Christian's annual baseball camp.
Grinding on the mat throughout the past few months just started making a lot of sense to 10-year-old Jaysen Reindel after he earned a trip to the West Kids and Cadets Regional Championships in Pocatello, ID, beginning June 21 with a sixth place overall finish in the Dave Schultz Kids FS State Championships June 6 in Fresno.
Scenes from Ripon High's advanced basketball camp.
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TURLOCK – The ball finally started to bounce Northgate's way in the sixth inning Tuesday, but it was too little too late as Tracy American ...
The Northgate and Spreckels Park 10-11-year-old all-stars followed up their lengthy sixth-inning slugfest from two days prior with a clean-and-tidy, one-hour, 20-minute pitcher's duel ...
LATHROP - It is win-or-go-home time.
SACRAMENTO - The Pacific Challenge Series presented by PenneyLawyers.com will have one of its most coveted races of the year with Saturday's Ron Strmiska ...
Trying unsuccessfully to fight off problems in the field and at the plate, the Northgate Braves gave up six runs in the fifth inning to ...
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Melogale everetti is only found on Mt. Kinabalu on the Northern tip of the island of Borneo. Mt. Kinabalu is in Kinabalu Park in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. It is the only ferret badger to inhabit this region.
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So far so good. It adheres well. Takes a little time to dry in high humidity without airflow. Putting it in the sun with a fan on it seems to help. I've only used this on a garage cart and an automotive battery hold-down clamp. The coating seems to stay very soft. It makes me question durability, but I haven't seen any negative results yet. Maybe it takes some time to truly cure or this is the proper texture. I'd do some long-term testing before applying to visible portions of your car.
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This stuff is wonderful would purchase again.
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More than just an undercoating
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Although this product is intended as an undercoating, it works great to seal the roof of RV's as well. Sealed the seams on my RV better than the stuff RV dealers sell you, at less than half the cost, and time. I would recommend this product to everyone that owns an RV/Trailer.
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Used this to coat my roll cage on my Rhino. Works great. Nice product and dries fast. Use two coats.
Seems to work fine.
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Easy to apply, does smell bad while applying. So far so good.
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This works great sprayed behind the cab of work trucks to improve looks and value to old trucks it also helps cover a rust patch and prevents more rust.....
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Great undercoating in a spray can. Used on the bottom of my trailer.
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With the current purchase I tried to waterproof the seams on my deck. Didn't work like I thought, but this isn't what it's meant for. I have used it on a 4x4 in the wheel wells and frame, and it worked like a champ.
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> that I want to be read only and available without password (for anyone
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> My issue is that the ubuntu server insists on authenticating the user,
> even for read only shares. How can I make it acept anyone, without
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Are there effective medicines for treating core autism symptoms?
This week's "Got Questions" answer comes from Joseph Horrigan, MD, Autism Speaks assistant vice president, head of medical research.
First, it's important to note that medicines for treating autism are most effective when used in conjunction with behavioral therapies. Ideally, medicines are a complement to other treatment strategies.
Medicines for treating autism's three core symptoms—communication difficulties, social challenges and repetitive behavior—have long represented a huge area of unmet need. Unfortunately, few drugs on the market today effectively relieve these symptoms and none of the options most often prescribed by practitioners work well for every individual.
In fact, while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two drugs for treating irritability associated with the autism (risperidone and aripiprazole), it has yet to approve a medicine for treating autism's three core characteristics. Nonetheless, medicines such as risperidone and aripiprazole can be beneficial in ways that can ease these core symptoms, because relieving irritability often improves sociability while reducing tantrums, aggressive outbursts and self-injurious behaviors.
The good news is that the range of medication options may soon change, thanks to recent advances in our understanding of the biology that produces autism's core symptoms. This has made it possible for researchers to begin testing compounds that may help normalize crucial brain functions involved in autism. Early experiments suggest that several compounds with different mechanisms of action have great potential for clinical use, and many are now in clinical trials. [This link takes you to the search engine of the NIH clinical trial network, with results under the search term "autism."]
Although these developments are exciting and hold real promise for bettering the lives of people with autism, we will have to wait at least a few more years before we know if any of these drug studies produce enough information on safety and effectiveness to merit FDA approval for the treatment of core symptoms.
Today, most medicines prescribed to ease autism's disabling symptoms are used "off label," meaning that their FDA approval is for other, sometimes-related conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sleep disturbances or depression. Such off-label use is common in virtually all areas of medicine and is usually done to relieve significant suffering in the absence of sufficiently large and targeted studies.
An example in autism would be the class of medicines known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), including fluoxetine. Several of these medicines are FDA-approved for the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression, in children as well as adults. Although large clinical trials have yet to demonstrate their effectiveness, parents and clinicians have found that they can ease social difficulties among some people with autism. However, it has proven to be difficult to predict which medicines in this class may produce the greatest benefit for a given patient with autism. Similarly, determining the best dose can be quite challenging.
Another example would be naltrexone, which is FDA-approved for the treatment of alcohol and opioid addictions. It can ease disabling repetitive and self-injurious behaviors in some children and adults with autism.
These medicines do not work for everyone, and all medicines have side effects. And as noted above, each person may respond differently to medicines. In addition, changes in response to a medicine can occur as time goes on, even when the dose is not changed. Over time, some people develop tolerance (when a drug stops being effective) or sensitization (when side effects worsen).
Because using these medications in children and adolescents can be a difficult decision for parents, you may find it helpful to use our Medication Decision Tool Kit, a guide for actively working with a physician to find the approach that fits best with your values and goals. You can download it free here.
These are exciting times in the development of new medicines for relieving autism's most disabling symptoms, and Autism Speaks is increasing its funding and focus in this promising area, while placing great emphasis on ensuring the safety of promising new medicines. Please stay tuned!
Read more science news and perspective on the Science Page.
Autism Speaks Participates in FasterCures "Crossing the Valley of Death" Forum
As more and more is learned about the biology of autism, the development of novel medicines to treat its core symptoms is no longer just a hope. Therefore Autism Speaks was pleased to be invited to participate in the 5th annual FasterCures-Esquire Leadership Forum, devoted this year to the topic of translational research, that is, how to translate knowledge gained from basic research into products that can provide real healthcare benefits for patients.
FasterCures, a Washington D.C. think tank focused on accelerating medical solutions, is based on the founding principle that saving time saves lives. Since 2005 they have brought together a cross-disciplinary group of innovative thinkers to explore novel approaches that hold the potential to accelerate the search for new treatments and cures for diseases. With representatives of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and patient advocacy organizations in attendance, the theme for this year's small workshop was to determine action items to achieve innovation in drug development. Attendees agreed that in order for this to happen as fast as possible, there needs to be better integration between all stakeholders – patients, financiers, academic researchers and for-profit companies alike. The meeting participants called for the identification of new business models and research paradigms to achieve this integration.
Full of buzz words such as "open innovation," "collaboration," and "entrepreneurship," the discussions focused on identifying the organizational and cultural barriers that influence the interface between traditional academic research and industry-related drug development. This interface has long been called the "Valley of Death" because of the enormous difficulty in translating research discoveries into viable medical solutions. While the government has begun several initiatives to push biomedical research forward across the Valley of Death, for-profit organizations such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are beginning to unite to address the challenges that make it inefficient and, at times, impossible, to carry forward such risky and costly research on their own. Some of the challenges identified at the meeting include the many knowledge gaps that remain in our basic understanding of human biology, the lack of financial incentives to work in some disease areas, and the constraints created by business policies that are meant to provide competitive advantages but instead often hinder progress.
The short meeting highlighted lessons learned from other industries and several new models of collaboration. At its conclusion the participants agreed that streamlining the drug development process will involve not just procedural improvements but much more partnering than has ever been attempted before, including between individual pharmaceutical companies and between pharmaceutical companies and academia. This opens a role for non-profit advocacy organizations such as Autism Speaks in bringing together the many diverse players, each with their own motivations and incentives. Towards this end, Autism Speaks has recently formed a Translational Research Initiative that aims to enhance communication between academic scientists and industry representatives and nurture our renewed hopes for successful translational research in autism and new healthcare solutions.
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Oprah Winfrey said if she had kids they would hate her.
Well ... yeah.
Winfrey recently talked to the Hollywood Reporter about why children and her career wouldn't have mixed, her supposed nervous breakdown, and what she wants to do in the future.
"If I had kids, my kids would hate me," Winfrey said. "They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something (in my life) would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them."
Don't sell yourself short, Oprah. You make lots of us suffer without being our mother.
After 25 years of doing her talk show, Winfrey ended her talk show in 2011 to launch her own TV network OWN.
"When (my producers) called me in and said, 'I know, we could take the audience to outer space,' I knew it was time to go," Winfrey said.
Wrong. That would've been awesome. I bet Maury Povich wouldn't be afraid of taking his audience into outer space.
Winfrey discussed the problems with her network, which have included bad press and lack of profits. Her troubles prompted Access Hollywood to report in 2012 that Winfrey had mental issues.
"I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail," Winfrey said. "I never had a nervous breakdown. I thought that was such sensational exploitation."
Right. Oprah Winfrey wouldn't want to have anything to do sensational exploitation.
Things are looking up for the media mogul. There's talk she may garner an Oscar nomination for her role in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." She also said she'd like to act on Broadway.
"It's something I would like to do, but I'd like to get settled in my house, have a life and then make the next move," she said. "I'd just like to be in the space where I really feel like I have nothing to prove. I think I'm just about there."
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Saeed, I will be volunteering at and attending the ProductCamp event and I am looking forward to your talk on Product Management Metrics (if current voting holds)!
I may be a bit of an outsider, as I have not claimed a Product Manager title yet, but hope to make the official transition soon. I have found your blog inspiring as I move from technology sales to take on more and more PM responsibilities, would be great to meet at the event!


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The MVP Case for Mike Trout
An American League batter is close to completing a historically great season, with achievements not seen in decades, if ever before, in Major League Baseball history. Not that he's a lock to win the league's Most Valuable Player award or anything.
He's Mike Trout. He turned 21 this summer and most certainly is a lock for the Rookie of the Year award, at least. Yet he's outperformed everyone in baseball, not just rookies. That includes Miguel Cabrera, who's competing for a historic achievement of his own: The first Triple Crown in either league since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski won it in 1967. Cabrera leads the AL in runs batted in and batting average by comfortable margins, making it likely that at least one Cabrera will win a batting title this year. And he is tied for the lead in home runs with Josh Hamilton.
Trout, though, has delivered a body of work that has simply been better and more valuable than Cabrera's. Wins above replacement, an imperfect stat that still does a better job than any other of encapsulating a player's overall on-field value, suggests Cabrera has been worth 6.8 more wins to his Tigers than a replacement-level player would have been worth, according to Baseball Reference. That's an excellent total, though it's not extraordinary: Cabrera had half a win more last year, and no one has led the majors with a total as low as 6.8 WAR since the first year for which Baseball Reference keeps the stat, 1871, when George Zettlein had 4.4 WAR while starting as pitcher for all 28 games played by the Philadelphia Athletics.
Trout leads the majors with 10.4 WAR, 3.6 ahead of Cabrera, his Tigers teammate Justin Verlander and the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen, who are in a three-way tie for second. That 3.6 WAR edge, which could widen in the season's last nine games, is wider than the lead of the majors' leading WAR man for every season since Walter Johnson blew away all contenders in 1913 – back when the majors' best faced more limited competition than today because of the color barrier. In other words, Trout's is the clearest case in 99 years as the majors' MVP. (Because of how MLB awards are distributed, he'd have to settle for just the American League version of the trophy.) That's just how much better he's been than his peers.
Or at least, that's how much better he's been according to Baseball Reference's method of counting wins above replacement. A big challenge to Trout's candidacy, to his backers and to supporters of more advanced stats is that they aren't anywhere nearly as simple and transparent as the traditional triple crown stats. Home runs and RBIs can be counted; batting average is the result of a single act of division. WAR involves complex, separate formulas governing batting, pitching, fielding, baserunning and even grounding into double plays. And not everyone agrees on the right formulas. FanGraphs has its own valid formula, which shows Trout with just 9.5 WAR, and just 1.6 more WAR than the second-place player. But this measure is, if anything, even less kind to Cabrera, who is no longer that second-place player but instead ranks sixth in the majors, though second in the AL.
In addition to the fuzziness of his numbers, Trout presents a complex case because he defies some of the clichés of the debate between traditional and advanced stats. In 2009, Stuart Miller argued in the New York Times for what he called the modern Triple Crown, to recognize Albert Pujols's achievement in seeking to lead the NL in home runs, runs batted in and on-base percentage. Joe Posnanski responded in Sports Illustrated with his own proposal of a Triple Crown for leading in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging. Both proposed triple crowns have the advantage over WAR of being clear-cut and transparent. And in both, Cabrera still leads the majors in two of three categories, while having an outside shot at overtaking Joe Mauer for the AL lead in OBP. Trout trails Cabrera in each of the percentages, and by a big margin in slugging. Even according to WAR, Cabrera has been the better hitter than Trout, worth five more runs according to Baseball Reference and three more according to FanGraphs.
That's not really surprising. While my esteemed Fix colleague Jeremy Gordon had a nice line last week – "any amateur sabermetrician will tell you with only a barely blown gasket that batting average, runs batted in and home runs have no place in a post-Bill James world" – home runs and batting average are crucial ingredients in all the advanced offensive stats. (Side note: Runs batted in, which have as much to do with opportunity as hitting, really do have no place. Leadoff man Mike Trout has driven in 18% of baserunners to Cabrera's 22% yet has 55 fewer RBIs; more than negated by Trout's 45% rate of scoring when reaching base to Cabrera's 29%, which translates to a run-scoring edge of 17 runs.)
That helps explain why triple crown winners often are as dominant over other position players in their leagues as Trout is over all his peers this year. But the traditional and the proposed modern triple crowns only reward hitting. Cabrera adds no net value with his glove or with his baserunning, which isn't bad – some guys subtract value in those areas. A superficial reading of "Moneyball" –might suggest that the post-Bill James world has no place for fielding and baserunning, but those are the areas where Trout truly excels compared to Cabrera. Trout he's saved 25 runs with his glove and generated another 12 on the bases and by avoiding double plays. Sabermetricians supposedly eschew stolen bases, yet they really eschew failed stolen-base attempts. Trout is 46 for 50, one of the best success rates ever for a player with so many steals.
Trout's batting numbers make him an excellent rookie and legitimate top-five MVP vote-getter. His fielding and baserunning make him a clear MVP choice, one of the clearest in major-league history. And they put him on pace to deliver the most value by a position player 22 or under in a season in history, as well.
So rather than lament the possibility of a triple-crown winner failing to win an MVP, baseball should celebrate that in the same year, in the same league, the best batter has delivered a hitting performance for the ages, and the best player has delivered one of history's most remarkable all-around season. The only thing worth lamenting is that both likely won't be able to continue their great seasons in the playoffs. Missing the playoffs used to be a barrier to winning an MVP award, a tough standard when each league had just two playoff teams. Voters evolved from that position. Can they also evolve enough to place a triple-crown winner second on their ballot when someone else deserves the top spot?


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Christian Louboutins for $90?
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Oh my gosh, these are so beautiful! You have the Louboutins?? AMAZING!ReplyDelete
U have the louboutins??? Lucky!!!! U should take some pics, and i'd feature you on my blog and link back to urs ;)ReplyDelete
nooo i don't have louboutins :( Just the JS copies...lolReplyDelete
omg, these are fabulous!!!! They look so similiarReplyDelete
Have you ever seen this sight? I came across it last night and I haven't really examined it yet, just bookmarked it to examine later....ReplyDelete
I haven't read the fine print, not sure that there is any! Let me know what you think....
oh lala, i want them!!ReplyDelete
I love the color of Jessica's!ReplyDelete
oooh I love those shoes! gorgeous! Love the blog, come check out mine sometime xReplyDelete
They are perfect *sigh*. I am trying very hard not to be too jealous haha!ReplyDelete
i do love the navy color of JS's version. are they comfy, tho?ReplyDelete
Hmm...I'm wondering the same as Nina, are the JS shoes comfy?ReplyDelete
YES! and they're tall, just like the Louboutins but they have the double platform in the front, do they dont seem tall and are super easy to walk in! :)ReplyDelete
Wow, they look so similar to the real deal. I love the navy color.ReplyDelete


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2011 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives
Shiny! Pint Glass
First up is our shiny new pint glass. Literally. Produced by the California Browncoats in a very limited run, you can get this exclusive 15 oz. pint glass for a $8.00 donation to The Dyslexia Foundation. The Dyslexia Foundation is supported by Jewel Staite, and we felt this particular item would remind you both of her, and our favorite Firefly mechanic, Kaylee. Get yours quick, there are only 99 available.
Firefrog Print
Our next exclusive is an out of this world mash-up. Recent Browncoat and Relentlessly Cheerful Artist James Hance has done this awesome Firefrog print just for Comic-Con. It features your favorite Firefly class ship Serenity and its crew mashed into the Muppet world. This 8×10 heavy cardstock print is limited to only 200 copies and can be yours for a $10.00 donation. We're going to send 100% of that donation split equally to all 5 charities we are supporting at Comic-Con this year. That means you can walk away with a cool exclusive and $2.00 will go to each of this year's charities: Equality Now, Kids Need to Read, Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation, The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, and The Dyslexia Foundation. That makes this a win-win situation, and we all know Mal…er…Kermit…uh…The Captain likes to win!
These exclusives won't stick around long, and when they're gone, there won't be any more produced. Hurry on over to tables A7/A8 and get yours!


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APR 29, 2013 - Benzinga
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TNT Express's quarterly adjusted earnings before interest and tax declined 16% to 38 million euros ($49.5 million).
Its revenue dropped 4.5% to 1.67 billion euros.
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Three Big Moves for Glaxo
Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline's new CEO, is starting to shake things up. A few key moves announced in the past day:
A panel including a venture capitalist and the CEO of a biotech company will decide how to parcel out $1 billion a year in funding to Glaxo researchers, the Financial Times reports.
"This will be analogous to a university spin-out going to a venture capitalist, and having to answer the questions of whether their strategy stacks up with the market place and is the team the right one to deliver," Witty told the FT. Research teams will also be split into smaller units of five to 80 scientists.
The company will sell unpatented (i.e. generic) drugs in the developing world through an agreement with the South African drugmaker Aspen. The drugs will be sold under the Aspen brand (as branded generics, in the confusing parlance of the industry), and the two companies will share in the profits.
The deal — part of Witty's push to grow in the developing world — should not be mistaken for a sign that the company's going to be getting into the generics business in the U.S. or other developed markets. Witty recently told the Health Blog that he has "no interest in the classic U.S.-style generic marketplace."
Glaxo just hired Daniel Troy, a former chief counsel at the FDA, as Glaxo's new general counsel, the WSJ reports. Troy has been working as a partner at a Washington law firm, representing pharmaceutical companies and trade associations that deal with the FDA. He'll replace Mark Werner, interim counsel since March, when Rupert Bondy left for oil giant BP.


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|Lygin, Anatoliy - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
|Li, Shuxian
|Vittal, R - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
|Hartman, Glen
|Widholm, Jack - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
|Lozovaya, Vera - UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Submitted to: Phytopathology
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Publication Acceptance Date: May 4, 2009
Publication Date: August 1, 2009
Citation: Lygin, A., Li, S., Vittal, R., Hartman, G.L., Widholm, J., Lozovaya, V. 2009. Glyceollin and Lignin Limit the Growth of Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Phytopathology. 99(5):S77 Technical Abstract: Soybean rust, caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a devastating foliar disease of soybean. Understanding the biochemistry of the plant defense mechanism to this disease will assist in development of cultivars resistant to soybean rust. In this study, differences in phenolic metabolism were analyzed between inoculated and non-inoculated, two susceptible and three resistant soybean lines with known resistance genes. Accumulation of isoflavonoids and flavonoids in soybean leaves was greatly increased in response to rust infection in all genotypes tested. While the soybean phytoalexin glyceollin was not detected in leaves of uninfected plants, accumulation of this compound at marked levels occurred in rust infected leaves. There was a correlation between glyceollin concentration in soybean leaves and rust resistance. In addition, there was inhibition of P. pachyrhizi spore germination by glyceollin measured on agar plates. Lignin synthesis also increased in all inoculated soybean lines while there was no significant difference in all non-inoculated soybean lines. Cell wall lignification was markedly higher in inoculated resistant lines compared to inoculated susceptible lines indicating possible protective role of lignin in rust infection development.


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MAR 28, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
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San Jose scores a minute into the game during a three-goal first period during a 4-0 defeat of Anaheim.SAN JOSE -- Joe Pavelski scored a minute into the game to start a three-goal first period spree, Antti Niemi earned his second shutout of the season and the San Jose Sharks swept a home-and-home against first-place Anaheim by beating the Ducks, 4-0, on Wednesday night.
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