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Mens Hoops Closes Home Stand with Bowling Green
The Ball State men's basketball team will host Bowling Green at 4 p.m. Saturday as the back half of the Ball State Basketball Bonanza at Worthen Arena. The women's team tips off the event with a game against Akron at noon.
The Cardinals (4-18, 1-10 MAC) will be playing their third game in a row at home, while Bowling Green (10-14, 4-7 MAC) is on the road for its second in a row.
Game Information
Ball State vs. Bowling Green
Saturday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. ET -- Worthen Arena (Muncie, Ind.)
Live Coverage
• Radio (Flagship): Ball State Radio Network (104.1 FM WLBC); Joel Godett (play-by-play); David Eha (analyst)
• Radio (Student): Sports Link Radio (91.3 FM WCRD); Luke Martin (play-by-play); Sean Stewart (analyst) & Petar Hood (sidelines)
• Internet: Live video and audio available through the Ball State All Access package at ballstatesports.com; Live stats also available.
What You Need to Know
• Ball State wraps up a three-game home stand Saturday against Bowling Green. The Cardinals are coming off a 73-62 loss Wednesday to Eastern Michigan.
• Senior guard Jesse Berry, who scored 17 points and drilled five 3-pointers in the Eastern Michigan game, enters the Bowling Green contest two treys shy of tying Jauwan Scaife's Ball State career record of 203.
• Ball State has been balanced offensively with four players averaging double figures: freshman Zavier Turner (12.5 ppg) and seniors Chris Bond (11.9), Majok Majok (10.8) and Jesse Berry (10.1).
• Majok is nearly averaging a double-double at 10.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. His rebounding average ranks 18th in the country.
• Turner is tied for ninth place on Ball State's all-time freshman scoring list with 275 points this year.
• Freshmen have accounted for better than 40 percent of Ball State's minutes and scoring, and the Cardinals have started three rookies for much of the year.
• Ken Pomeroy rates Ball State's non-conference schedule No. 38 in the country and its overall schedule No. 76. The Cardinals have played only four teams all season outside the Pomeroy top 200.
• Ball State is playing its 93rd season of basketball and its first under head coach James Whitford.
Scouting Bowling Green
• Bowling Green (10-14, 4-7 MAC) has lost five of its past six games, but four of those losses have come by five points or fewer.
• The Falcons own league wins over some of the top teams in the MAC, including Buffalo (74-68) at home and Ohio (58-56) and Western Michigan (69-64) on the road.
• Bowling Green most recently suffered a 62-61 loss Wednesday at Kent State when the Golden Flashes drained a 3-pointer in the final second.
• Richaun Holmes leads Bowling Green with averages of 13.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.9 blocked shots per game.
• Three other Bowling Green players are also averaging double-figure scoring: Jehvon Clarke (13.0 ppg), Spencer Parker (12.7) and Anthony Henderson (11.3).
• Bowling Green features the second-best scoring defense in the MAC, allowing 64.1 points per game.
The Series with Bowling Green
• Ball State and Bowling Green will be meeting for the 77th time with the Cardinals trailing 42-34 in the all-time series.
• Bowling Green won 19 of the first 23 meetings between the teams, but Ball State is 30-23 against the Falcons since the start of the 1984-85 season.
• Ball State owns a 24-13 advantage over Bowling Green in Muncie and has won 14 of the previous 18 matchups inside Worthen Arena.
• Bowling Green has won the past three meetings between the teams, including a 70-59 win last year in Bowling Green (Feb. 2, 2013).
• The Falcons also won the last meeting in Muncie, 61-54, on Feb. 8, 2012.
Schedule Strength
• Ball State's non-conference strength of schedule is ranked No. 38 in the country by Ken Pomeroy, while its overall SOS is No. 76.
• The Cardinals have played only four teams all year rated outside Pomeroy's top 200.
Home and Away
• Ball State has posted a 4-7 record at home this year but is still in search of its first road victory.
• The Cardinals' shooting numbers have been virtually the same no matter where they play -- 40.0 percent at home and 39.7 percent on the road.
• The biggest difference has come on the defensive end of the floor, where Ball State is allowing opponents to shoot 50.2 percent overall and 39.8 percent from 3-point range on the road.
• At home, the Cardinals are holding opponents to 42.4 percent shooting and 25.5 percent from beyond the arc.
Cardinals Excel on the Boards
• One of Ball State's biggest strengths this season has been rebounding.
• The Cardinals own a +3.5 average rebounding margin for the season, which ranks third in the MAC behind only Toledo (+5.0) and Northern Illinois (+4.3).
• In league play, Ball State has a +2.8 average rebounding margin, which ranks fourth in the conference.
• The Cardinals have outrebounded all but three of their MAC opponents: Western Michigan (36-34) on Jan. 26, Akron (34-28) on Jan. 29 and Buffalo (37-33) on Feb. 5.
• Last Saturday Ball State held a 39-33 advantage against Toledo, which leads the league in rebounding margin.
Turnovers Telling the Story
• Ball State has been prone to high turnover numbers this season.
• The Cardinals are turning the ball over more than any team in the MAC at 17.2 per game.
• Ball State has held its turnovers to 13.5 per game in its wins compared to 18.0 in its losses.
• The Cardinals turned it over a season-low 10 times in the Jan. 3 victory over Oakland City and a season-worst 23 times in the Dec. 17 loss at Marquette.
Persistent Crowder Gets His Chance
• Walk-on guard Kindon Crowder scored a career-high 10 points in a career-best 16 minutes Wednesday against Eastern Michigan, nearly doubling his previous season total of 11 points.
• Crowder, a former team manager who first earned a roster spot as a practice player a year ago, has seen action in 11 games, including 10 of the past 15.
• He played high school basketball his freshman year at St. Francis de Sales in Chicago but did not play his final three seasons at Munster High School in Indiana.
Berry Has 3-Point Record in Sights
• Jesse Berry is two 3-pointers away from tying the Ball State career record held by former teammate Jauwan Scaife (2009-13).
• Scaife hit 203 treys in his career, while Patrick Jackson (1998-2002) is second on the list with 202.
• Berry now owns 201 3-pointers after nailing five of them Wednesday against Eastern Michigan. He matched his career-high earlier this season with six treys Dec. 30 at James Madison.
• He already owns the school record for career 3's attempted (598).
Bond Having His Best Season Yet
• Senior forward Chris Bond is averaging a career-high 11.9 points per game in his final season for the Cardinals.
• Bond has reached double figures in 12 of the past 14 games and is leading the Cardinals in conference play at 13.3 points per game.
• He scored a career-high 20 points earlier this year against Southeast Missouri and has reached 16 points in six games.
Ball State's Iron Man
• Senior forward Chris Bond has made 53 consecutive starts dating back to the last game of the 2011-12 season.
• Bond is the only Ball State player to start every game this season and was one of only two (Jauwan Scaife) to start all 30 a year ago.
• He has started 91 games in his career, including all 80 in which he has played over the past three seasons.
Bond Keeping Good Company
• Chris Bond now owns career totals of 947 points, 556 rebounds and 142 steals.
• In surpassing 500 career rebounds Jan. 15 at Ohio, Bond became only the second player in Ball State history with at least 800 points, 500 rebounds and 125 steals in a career.
• Bonzi Wells (1994-98) is the other. He ended his career with 2,485 points, 843 rebounds and 347 steals.
1,000-Point Club
• Jesse Berry surpassed 1,000 points for his career Nov. 30 at Cleveland State. He now owns 1,142 career points, the most of any current Ball State player.
• Berry became the 27th member of Ball State's 1,000-point club, while fellow senior Chris Bond is also nearing the milestone.
• Bond needs 53 more points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Majok One of the Nation's Best on the Boards
• Senior center Majok Majok ranks 18th nationally in rebounding at 9.9 boards per game. Only Buffalo's Javon McCrea (10.2) averages more among MAC players.
• Majok owns 14 double-digit rebounding games this season, including a career-best 18-rebound effort Jan. 3 against Oakland City.
• Majok led the MAC last year and ranked 18th nationally at 9.8 rebounds per game.
Majok Majok's Double-Doubles
• Majok Majok is nearly averaging a double-double at 10.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Only 13 players in the country are averaging a double-double.
• The last Cardinal to average a double-double in a season was Theron Smith, who tallied 19.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game in 2001-02.
• Majok owns eight double-doubles on the year and 17 for his two-year Ball State career.
• With 25 points and 18 rebounds in the non-conference finale versus Oakland City, Majok became the first Ball State player with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds in a game since Terrance Chapman did it in a January 2005 game at Eastern Michigan.
• For his two-year Ball State career, Majok is averaging 10.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.
Turner from Beyond the Arc
• Zavier Turner ranks second in the MAC in 3-point percentage (.425) and third in the league in 3-pointers per game (2.2).
• Turner has hit at least three 3-pointers in 10 of the Cardinals' 22 games, including a career-high four against Marquette and Miami.
More Turner Rankings
• Zavier Turner also ranks in the top 20 in the MAC in free throw percentage (.885, 3rd), assists per game (3.4, 7th), minutes per game (32.1, 8th) and points per game (12.5, 17th).
• He leads MAC freshmen in each of those categories (including the ones in the previous note).
Historical View of Turner's Numbers
• Zavier Turner is climbing Ball State's all-time chart for scoring by a freshman. His 275 points are tied for ninth on the list with Duane Clemens (1996-97), nine shy of Jesse Berry (2010-11) for eighth.
• Turner, who leads Ball State with 12.5 points per game, has reached double figures a team-high 16 times this season.
• Earlier this season, Turner became the first Cardinal with at least 17 points and at least four assists in the first three games of a season since Larry Bullington in 1973-74 and just the second to accomplish the feat since Ball State began tracking assists in 1973.
• He became the first Ball State freshman with at least 17 points in the first three games of a season since Jim Fields in 1975-76 and just the second since freshmen became eligible for varsity competition in 1972.
Alstork's Big Night at Kent State
• Jan. 11 at Kent State, freshman guard Mark Alstork became the first player since 2008 to lead Ball State in points, rebounds and assists in a game. Alstork finished with career highs of 15 points and 10 rebounds and matched his career best with five assists.
• The last Ball State player to accomplish the feat was Peyton Stovall on Jan. 16, 2008 against Western Michigan. Stovall led the team with 18 points and tied for team-high honors with seven boards and one assist.
Youth and Experience
• Ball State's lineup this season is heavy on both experience and youth.
• There are only two scholarship players on the Cardinals' roster outside the freshman and senior classes, so those two classes account for the majority of the minutes on the floor.
• Ball State's freshmen have stepped in to make an immediate impact, accounting for more than 40 percent of the team's minutes and scoring.


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John Dolmayan: 'I Never Wanted Us to Take a Break in the First Place'
System of a Down
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System of a Down
John Dolmayan
has been pretty upfront with his feelings about the band's extended hiatus and reluctance to go back into the studio to work on another record.
"I never wanted us to take a break in the first place,"
he says.
"I think a break is five or six months and not four years. I've always talked about that and I've been very vocal about it for a long time. I tried to get the guys corralled and do it but everybody's got their own lives and you've got to learn as you get older to work around everybody else's as well as your own needs."
He finally relented and decided to put together his own project called
These Grey Men
A lover of music of all types, Dolmayan hit upon the idea of recording an album of cover songs but not in any traditional sense. Taking tracks from
, the
and others, John has reimagined the music in his own image.
"They're kind of rewritten in a lot of ways,"
he explains.
"I've changed parts and rearranged the order of the verse and chorus and all that stuff. I've extended things and put in guitar solos where none existed. They're not your typical cover where somebody just plays the song kind of like a standard the way it is on the original and then that's it."
Here, the drummer talks about System of a Down, These Grey Men and how to make a cover not a cover.
UG: In 2010, System of a Down got back together after being apart for four years. What was it like when you first met up again?
Anytime you take a long time away from each other, it's a little weird when you first get back together like an awkward feeling. But it went away pretty quickly and after the first tour or so, we were pretty much as close as ever if not closer.
It must be frustrating to work with a band for so many years trying to succeed and then once you do everybody wants to go in a different direction.
I think it's natural. I don't know of a single band in history that had a career from beginning to end and they were all single-minded and as focused as they were in the beginning. A lot of things happen not only as you get older but as you gain a certain level of success and you have your own life you have to live. I remember feeling relieved when we took our break initially because the only thing anybody ever wanted to talk about was System of a Down.
Isn't that how a successful band thinks?
When you're an individual after a while you're like,
"Well look, you knew me before System of a Down. Let's talk about something else. That doesn't encompass every part of my life."
There's positive and negatives to it. Of course we were extremely lucky to be in a band that was as popular as we were especially for a band that had the kind of sound we had. Who the hell expected us to be successful? Not us and not to that level. It's an amazing thing to have happen to you but it can become irritating when you're not remembered for anything else.
As an individual you get swallowed up by the machinery of the band?
I get it. I get the need to go and do your own thing and produce other art and come back to it. You come back to it eventually. I just don't agree with the timeline.
In 2013 you first brought up the idea for a covers album?
Maybe even longer. I've always wanted to do a cover album and talked about it with the guys. We were talking about maybe later on doing a cover album we well.
What happened?
I just didn't want to wait any longer. What happens when you're touring is you kinda miss recording and then if you're recording for too long you miss touring. You gotta have a balance of the two to be fully fulfilled. Because I didn't have the recording since 2008 when I did the "
Scars on Broadway
" album and that was the last time I was in the studio. After that I took a long break from drumming period. I didn't play drums for nearly a year straight.
Why did you do that?
I was concentrating on other things to kind of, I don't know, reestablish my passion for it or whatever you want to say. That's what I did. I took some time off. But doing a covers album was something I was always interested in and was on the backburner.
So System of a Down could have done this covers album or it was always going to be an outside project?
It could have been either way. It could have been with System or it could have been with other people. In some ways it's good I'm doing it not necessarily with System because it's also my vision on this album. When you're in a band you have to share the vision but this is something that's just singular to me.
Which is why solo projects are always different than band albums.
It's the way I want it to be. Of course
has input who's my partner on this. But it's something I came up with from beginning to end and I get to explore whatever I want to explore. When you're in a band you can do that to a certain extent but you also have to have a respect for what everybody else has a vision for and make sure everybody's included in everything and all that stuff. This is something where I can be completely selfish and just do exactly what I envision.
You never had a desire to do an album of originals? It was always going to be a covers album?
It was always gonna be the covers because I really just don't have the talent to write on the level I need to play to as far as songwriting. I can play to anybody's songs but I have to write something worthy of the other people's songs I play to. For example if I wrote a song and it was subpar, why would I bother? I have Daron, Serj and Shavo who've written such great songs that I've had the opportunity to play to. So why would I want something subpar out there when I already have something exceptional.
What about the idea of working with other songwriters?
That could be a possibility if I do a second album. That's something I hadn't thought about. Because you can't continue or well I guess you could but I don't know if I want to continue to make cover albums with These Grey Men. I know James has some songs he wants to play and we can explore that and if we solidify the rest of the band they might have some songs. But if it isn't exceptional, I just think we won't release it.
Why did you want to work with James Hazley?
James and I have been friends since we were 15, 16 years old. Pretty much when I started playing music and the same for him. He was also in a band called
C-ckeyed Ghost
, which was like an alternative, underground band from the '90s. He was the first one to get signed out of the two of us. He was the first one to go on tour and he was the first one to go to Europe. I was very proud of him back then and lived through him and his experiences. He was very supportive of me when I joined System so we've always had an admiration for each other and we've always been supportive of each other's careers.
Those kinds of relationships are hard to find in the music business.
Unfortunately he fell from grace and got into some addiction problems and that kind of put a halt to his musical aspirations. It's one thing to get to the top of the hill and then have those problems. It seems like the world is a little more willing to deal with it. But if you're getting there and you're on your way there, it seems like the patience isn't there for people.
That's true.
So he wasn't quite there and f--ked it up. Then he struggled a long time paying the price for that. He's been sober for seven years but really hasn't accomplished much musically since that deal aside from doing some producing and being in a couple of bands here and there. I just felt that was a crime and I was in a position to help remedy that. I think he would have done the same for me if not more.
You've talked about riding in your car and hearing songs on the radio and being inspired. Explain your vision.
I have a large music library and I put a small portion of that on numerous
s, which I can constantly lose and find again. I have like five of 'em. So I have one or the other in the car and I drive from Las Vegas where I live to Los Angeles where my family and friends live often. That's a three-and-a-half hour drive and a lot of time for solitude, thinking and listening to music. I did that quite often probably once a month if not more. I put the iPod on shuffle and whatever song would come on I'd listen to it or maybe skip it and another song would come on. I don't know if you have this experience but when I listen to music I'm constantly dissecting it and thinking about how I would play it.
That's a musician thing.
Thinking about where their mindset was when they were recording it and where the writer's mindset was when they were writing it. What were the times like? It takes me on an adventure. It's not just listening to a song. It's deeper than that. I did that with a lot of these songs and then I started thinking about what I would do more on them as opposed to the other things.
You started rearranging these songs in your head?
If there was a song that particularly stuck out where I could rearrange it to make something interesting happen, I would make a note of it. Sometimes I took pictures of it 'cause I was driving and sometimes I would write in my notes in my phone,
"Hey, interesting cover idea. Here's the person I would imagine singing it."
You really had this whole concept happening?
Yeah, this happened more and more often and pretty soon I had 30 songs on my list.
You've talked about songs by Radiohead, David Bowie and Outkast. What else can you tell us?
Yeah, there's Madonnna and Eminem.
Which songs?
I don't wanna give that up quite yet. I'm gonna be releasing that information later on as I solidify the list a little more. Some of the other artists are
Thin Lizzy
Neil Young
, f--k I can't remember any. There's no
or any of that stuff. There's a Beatles song though it's almost sacrilegious to cover the Beatles. I'm thinking about doing a Beatles song if the Who did it. That's how I'm approaching it.
What a cool idea.
I'm so mindless right now. Give me a second and let me think
[there is silence for a couple seconds]
Can you pull up your iPod and take a look?
That's what I'm about to do. One second, hah hah.
Steve Winwood
Alan Parsons Project
Talking Heads
, ELO, AFI and a ton of different things.
When you talk about the Who doing a Beatles song are you thinking about how Keith Moon would approach the drums?
Yeah, that's basically it.
Keith Moon
is my favorite drummer of all time. By the way, I am by no means comparing myself to Keith Moon.
I didn't think you were.
If I was mimicking Keith Moon, that's how I would imagine him playing if he was in the Beatles. Because that was actually a very real possibility back then. Keith Moon could easily have played for Zeppelin or Keith Moon could easily have played for the Who or Keith Moon could have played for the
or the Beatles. They were all around each other creating music at the same time.
Interesting idea.
They knew each other and a lot of 'em were studio guys. It could very easily have been that. It would have been a very different band and I think
was the perfect drummer for the Beatles. I wouldn't change that for anyone and I wouldn't change anyone else for the
aside from Keith Moon. He was just perfect for the Who.
So you were just conceptualizing the idea of you as a drummer looking at another drummer from one band playing the music of a third drummer in yet another band.
I don't know. It was just interesting to me. Play a Beatles song and how would it sound if Keith Moon was playing it? If I was doing my best Keith Moon impersonation, what would that be like? It creates an interesting thing and I'm not sure if it's gonna end up on the album but I'm doing it anyway and I'm gonna record it.
You will get rid of your hi-hat for the Keith Moon performance?
Yeah, you gotta go to the crashes if you're gonna do Keith Moon, hah hah. I'm gonna have to do that. I'm gonna do the best job I can so please don't be too hard on me.
You bring up another interesting point when you talk about it being sacrilegious covering a Beatles song. That is difficult territory to explore. Right?
The idea is and for what I'm doing here is that they're reimagined. The idea is you won't even be able to tell that it's that song. My goal is for people to listen to it and like it or dislike it or whatever it may be but feel like they know it but they don't know it.
You're changing the songs?
If these artists brought the songs to me and said,
"John, create drums to this,"
I would make the same suggestions. So it's not just a cover album and you can't call 'em originals 'cause they're not but you can't call 'em covers. I came up with the reimagined covers.
As you're dissecting these songs, have you really dived deeply into what these drummers were playing on the original tracks and the sounds they'd created?
Well what I tried to do is pretend those tracks don't even exist. That
Steve Winwood
brought me that song and said,
"Hey John, I came up with this song. Can you write some drums for this?"
That's how I look at it because that's really how I've been trained.
You learned by writing drum parts for songs?
Through the years, the way System works and the other bands I've worked with work is that somebody would bring in a song, I would listen to the song and then I would write drums in my head as they were playing it for the first time. Try to bring out something that made sense for the song that anticipated the needs of the song without overwhelming it.
Understanding arrangement and composition is something a drummer has to feel.
That's really the trick. When you're a drummer, the greatest trick is to do something interesting and rare but not overwhelm the song.
Was that your approach on a song like "Suite-Pee" from the "
System of a Down
" album?
Well I didn't actually write the drums for "
." There was a gentleman named
Andy Khachaturian
- good luck with the last name - and he was the original, well, the second drummer for System or the third. They were going through drummers in the beginning and he was the first solid drummer for System. He was involved in the writing process for most of the songs on the first album.
Andy obviously didn't remain in the band?
It didn't work out with Andy and I came into the picture and then I took those and reworked those and put my style into 'em. But he came up with the basics for those songs and I give him full credit for that. He's an excellent drummer but of course everything post that was me. You just brought up that song as an example and I just wanted to make sure he gets the credit he deserves.
So "Chop Suey" on "
" are all your drum ideas?
Yeah, everything after that was me and in fact about 30 percent of the first album was me as well as far as new songs. We just want to make sure the people who are putting in the work get the credit for their work. Andy was an excellent drummer and System wouldn't exist if it wasn't for him. In the beginning he did a lot to push the band forward and his skills are appreciated.
Your performance on "Chop Suey" was so seamless even though there were tempo changes and various rhythmic parts.
You gotta look at it like a piece. First of all it's a credit to the songwriter. When you look at a painting of a dramatic setting like a war or something like that, there's parts of that painting that are very busy and have a lot going on and there's other parts that don't. But they all encompass the painting. It's one image you're getting from the painting.
That's how you approach the drums in a song?
Same thing with a song. Yes, there are different parts of the song and yes there's different beats but the all coalesce into one song. So when you're painting the picture of your drumming, you have to think about the overall image when you're doing it.
Did "Chop Suey" immediately suggest different drum ideas?
I didn't even like "
Chop Suey
" when it first came in. That was number one on
for like a year. When that first came in, I hated it. Really I didn't like what I was doing on the drums when it first came in. That's really what it was. Finally I figured something out and then actually after three or four days I figured out something I really liked and then after that it was all good.
Steal This Album!
" was your favorite record?
It was. Look, I love all our songs but "
Steal This Album!
" was special because it was recorded during the same sessions as "
" and we had such a wealth of songs for "Toxicity." I think we still have like 10 songs we didn't release from that album that could probably make at least an album on their own but we're very particular about what we release.
There is another SOAD album sitting in the can?
A lot of that stuff got leaked. You know how it was back then and still is. We just didn't like the way they were leaked and they weren't finished. It wasn't a finished product and we didn't feel that's how we wanted to be represented so we got forced into making that album because of that but I'm really happy we did. Some of our best work is on that album in my opinion.
"Innervision" was one of your greatest grooves ever.
That was a three-day argument by the way. Yeah, I argued for three days for that to be on "Toxicity." It didn't make it. I'm not gonna say which song I wanted off the album for that to fit but it was three days of back and forth. It was just me against the band I think on that one. I was like,
"This is our big hit. This is it. This is the one that's gonna take us to the next level."
You heard the potential of that song from the beginning?
" from the first hit I was like,
"This is it. This is the song that's gonna take us to the next level"
and I was completely wrong, hah hah. It was "Chop Suey."
You won a Grammy for "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" from the "
" album. That must have felt amazing.
That f--ked up our record.
In what way?
We had a record of losing
Led Zeppelin
. Led Zeppelin has never won a Grammy. So I thought,
"Well, we're in good company."
Who would you rather be in the company of? Let's face it some of the people that win Grammys ... [hesitates] Let's not get into their music but Led Zeppelin who are godlike never won a Grammy. I thought,
"If we're not gonna win Grammys and we're in the company of Led Zeppelin, I think I can handle that."
Then we f--ked up and won one.
"Question" was one of the acoustic-based songs on "Mesmerize" that was very cool.
Another nightmare the first couple days.
brought that song in and there was almost no structure to the song. It's like he played it for me and
was sick - and he played it three times and didn't play it the same way twice. I was like,
"Serj, is there a structure anywhere in there as far as the timing in the beginning of the song?"
So I sat there with him and we worked it out and after the second day we had pretty much the whole structure. I said,
"How about this timing?"
and I gave him a couple different beats that would work. He liked one of 'em and we kinda went from there. Daron brought in the end part
[sings the riff]
and it coalesced and came together. Shavo showed up eventually and he learned it in like five minutes and there you go.
Daron did some singing on "Question," which was something pretty new for the band?
started singing more and more on "
." I don't know how people feel about it but that's the direction of the band. I think the more people we have doing things artistically the better off we are. It just expands your range.
If Darol Malakian had been a terrible singer then that decision wouldn't have been so smart.
Let's just say there's a reason why I don't try to sing, hah hah hah.
Drummers don't sing anyway.
Phil Collins
Did you know when you recorded "Hypnotize," it was going to be your last album?
We never know what's gonna happen with these records. We go in and we do the best job we can to please ourselves first and we're really not thinking about anybody else. I hope people aren't disappointed by hearing that but we're making these for ourselves first. That's why we don't compromise anything and we don't listen to the trends or anything else. We just make music we would listen to ourselves and then we put it for the world. Then it's no longer ours - it's yours.
There haven't been too many Armenian/Lebanese rock bands with the kind of success System of a Down had.
We're the only one I know of. Name another one?
I was being facetious. Did that shared cultural heritage impact on the sound of the band?
It certainly didn't hurt. I've had a lot of different girlfriends in my life and a lot of different nationalities, races, you name it. I'm presently dating an Armenian girl and it's been the easiest relationship I've been in because culturally she understands everything that I have been taught my whole life. Look, being with a woman is never easy. Don't get me wrong. She's a nightmare but this relationship is a lot easier than the other nightmares I was in. This nightmare has at least some semblance of happiness in it, hah hah hah. She would probably say the same about me.
I understand.
Being in a relationship with a band is the same thing as being in a relationship with a woman except you have to multiply it by four.
So it was the shared experiences System had rather than the musical approach that helped define the sound?
Musically we're also used to listening to a little bit more of a diverse range of music. My dad didn't really play in an Armenian band but everybody was Armenian and they played international standards at weddings and stuff like that. My dad was the sax player in the band and they went to Florida and the drummer couldn't make it so they hired a professional drummer like a session guy. They were doing rehearsals and they said,
"OK, do a bossa nova"
and the guy couldn't do a bossa nova. Bossa nova is Brazilian. Right?
It is.
Yeah. We're Armenian but because we're used to a little bit of a different feel in the music, the guy couldn't play it. So my dad sat down - he's a sax player - and he played the bossa nova. So now you know where my drumming style comes from - it comes from my dad in a lot of ways.
By the "Hypnotize" album, you're using double bass?
Oh, I'm terrible at double bass. Horrible. I'm a mediocre double bass player at best.
You did all the System stuff on single bass?
No, there's double bass there. It's just not very good.
Why did you feel you needed to play double bass?
Because those songs need it. If the songs needed triple bass, I would learn how to play that. If a song needs something and I'm the drummer, it's my job to learn it even if it isn't my area of expertise. I've never really played double bass in my life but because some of the songs needed it, I had to learn it to a certain capacity. My hands have always been very fast.
So you learned double bass more out of necessity than desire?
When I hear somebody like
Dave Lombardo
play double bass and then I hear myself play double bass, there's no comparison. Dave Lombardo is a master and I'm a student.
You couldn't have pulled off System's music with a single bass and double pedal?
Well, it's the same thing. It's still double bass. Even if you have a double pedal, it's the same effect. It's just on one kick instead of two. It still requires the technique on it and muscle memory. But I have a couple of disadvantages.
What are those?
I have really big feet, which doesn't make it very easy to do fast double bass playing 'cause I got so much weight there. Another disadvantage is I trained my whole life to be right-foot dominant and my right foot is so much stronger than my left. Even with the effort I put in, the catch-up time just wasn't the same. Plus my left foot was used to a certain finesse 'cause hi-hat is more of a finesse instrument. So there was a lot of things to consider there and I did the best I could in the circumstances and will continue to try to expand on that.
That's all any musician can do.
There are so many double bass players that blow me away. But I challenge them to beat me on
You mentioned Dave Lombardo as a master of double bass. What about Danny Carey?
or formerly of Slipknot. I don't know what he's doing now.
Those types of players are on your radar?
Well first of all they're friends. Drummers have a community like no other.
Very true.
There's a brotherhood that exists with drummers that just doesn't exist with singers or guitar players. We're not in competition with each other - we're inspiration to each other. And those guys are topnotch guys and sweet, goodhearted people. Joey and
are phenomenal drummers. Dave Lombardo is a phenomenal drummer. All three of 'em have done something to expand on drumming and elevate it to a new level and show people,
"Hey, you can still innovate even after hundreds of years of an instrument's existence."
Who else were you listening to?
You can go as far as
Buddy Rich
. These guys are all innovators and there's so much talent out there. There is so much talent you can spend an entire lifetime on
just looking at clips and being mesmerized and in awe. All these guys were my teachers. That's how I learned how to play drums - I put on albums and I played along to 'em. Which would probably explain why I have decent timing. It's because of those albums and a lot of 'em were probably played with click tracks or not, but I played along with all of 'em. They were my teachers.
Neal Peart
was my teacher; Keith Moon and
Stewart Copeland
. Buddy Rich.
Maynard Ferguson
and his drummers were my teachers. I was a very hungry student and luckily my father had a lot of albums.
You've been playing Tama Starclassics for a while?
Yes, I've been with them since 2000. My drumset I recorded the first album with was stolen on tour with the rest of my equipment. I came back and went to
Gene Provencio
was the guy at Tama and we had a conversation and he said,
"Hey, Tama is interested. We'd like to have you."
What was it about Tama that attracted you?
I'm sure Tama would like me to say that I couldn't do what I do on another drumset but the reality is it's not the drums, it's the drummer. An instrument is only as good as the instrument that uses it. Tama makes exceptional drums, top of the line stuff and so do the other companies. So it's just a matter of what works best for you. Tama's drums work really well for me. They're versatile and they have the feel I like in the bounce off the toms. The kicks are deep and they resonate well and it works real well for my solid drumming. It doesn't mean other drums won't but I endorse Tama drums and they work really well for me.
You're financing the These Grey Men project on Kickstarter. Can you explain why this is an attractive business model?
It's really just out of necessity. I've put in a little bit over $50,000 of my own money into this project so far. Doing the
program is not only good to raise additional funds needed but it's also good to awareness of the project. You and I wouldn't be having this conversation right now if I wasn't doing the Kickstarter program. So it gets it out there. I like to feed information to the minds of the people that are interested because it gives them something to look forward to.
Kickstarter becomes a promotional vehicle.
I can't wait 'til December to see the new "
" movie. I heard a year ago it was coming out in December so that anticipation leads to my fervor for it when I go into see it and the same thing with this. Plus when in our lifetime have we been able to interact or be involved with the making of an album?
If you gave me that opportunity when I was a kid, I would have jumped at the chance to do that. There are a lot of naysayers that say,
"No, you're a millionaire. Platinum albums, blah blah blah. Why you begging kids for money?"
What do you say to them?
Look, you don't have to be involved. I'm not holding a gun to you head saying give me money. You want to be involved? Fine. You don't? That's OK too. The bottom line is most people don't pay for music anymore and if you want music to be produced, at a certain point you need to pay for it. This is a way for you to pay for what you want. If you want them to produce something, help them to raise the money to do it. The traditional label route is kinda out the door.
Even for someone as successful as you? If you approached a label with These Grey Men, certainly there would be interest.
I could and I may still. But there's a couple positives to doing the Kickstarter program. One, I can do it immediately. I don't have to shop it. I don't have to get the best deal. I don't have to take months with my lawyer. Remember, I'm gonna have a lot of different people singing on this and there are a lot of clearances that have to happen. That could be a year process and I wanna record it now. Secondly, there are a ton of people that have never heard of Kickstarter that are now gonna be aware of it. That's good for all the other additional acts that don't have the recognition I have and don't have people calling 'em for interviews.
You see this approach as opening doors for lesser known artists?
Look, small minded people think in small minded ways, right? They've got the blinders on both sides and all they see is the picture in front of 'em. If they take the blinders off they'll see there's other things around 'em they didn't even take into consideration. So, that's all it is. Again, it's for people that wanna be involved in a process. There's a lot of things they could do. Somebody's gonna be producing one of their songs with me because they donated to Kickstarter. When the f--k have you had an opportunity to record with somebody important to you artistically and be involved in the process?
That is true. Does that mean you'll have to give up some creative control?
No, I'm not gonna give up any creative control. I'll listen to their suggestion; they're gonna be a part of the process and their name's gonna be on the album. Ultimately I have to endorse whatever's going out there. I'm not gonna produce crap. Whoever's gonna be involved will understand that and they'll know that going into it. It's gonna be co-produced by them and not just produced.
Can you talk about the different singers you'll be bringing in?
I can't yet because I don't want to utilize their names to raise the funds. But there's a ton of guys I have in mind and a lot of 'em have already agreed to do it. They're friends and they are people we've toured with. They're all people that are pretty well known but then there are some guys nobody knows that I just feel like they should be heard. They've got something to offer and they're talented. Being famous doesn't necessarily mean you're the best at something.
That's absolutely true.
But also on the flipside and the reverse of that is being unknown doesn't mean you shouldn't be known.
The plans at this point are to continue with the Kickstarter campaign and get the album recorded?
I've been working on it for the last year. In fact pre-production is almost done. We're gonna raise the money with Kickstarter and then we plan on going in and recording in August. Get the process started and hopefully have this thing out by January.
Will you produce this yourself?
I'm gonna produce this along with James who will co-produce. I'm gonna show it to
Rick Rubin
and I'm sure he'll have some suggestions and there's nobody better than Rick Rubin. Also I'm gonna take advice from everybody that's involved artistically from the singers to the banjo player. If they have a suggestion, I'm open to it because anything that makes it better is OK by me.
Interview by Steven Rosen
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posted on Aug 05, 2014 05:22 am
I'd appreciate this in audio form, if that's possible.
posted on Aug 05, 2014 06:23 am
The first thing I learned on the drums was Toxicity, so I've always loved John's drumming. Can't wait for his cover album. Really wondering which Beatles and AFI songs he's picked...
posted on Aug 05, 2014 10:18 am
john is a very down to earth person meet him once , cool guy
posted on Sep 28, 2014 05:42 pm
John Dolmayan, love his drumming on soad, its ****in great
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Scandal on video? All we find out is a sexy video and magazine covers and the hot and sexy young star Cristine Reyes.
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A white girl with a body that resembles a black girls features which attracts the typical hollister-wearing oreo black guy.
Damn Kennedy look at that first lady over there she got a lil booty on her.
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A housewife that lives in the state house,she does not pay tax and is usaully seen at charity events having free meals.
The first lady was seen at Donate a child.., fundraising event having free meals like always.
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A lady who is considered to be the best at every thing
She is the first lady of the family
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the hottest fucking bitches around,
and you wanna bang every one of them.
usually found at clubs and parties all over long island, to nyc, to jersey. they run shit.
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"that girl is so fucking gorgeous. she must be in the first ladies."
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Roasted Vegetable Pizza
TAKE-OUT PIZZA might be a midweek dinner staple in your home. But in just about the same time as you'd wait for pizza delivery, you can make delicious homemade pies.
Start with the crust: Making it from scratch is half the fun. Our simple, delicious skillet crust needs just 30 minutes to rise, which gives you time to prep your toppings. Select something exotic, or go with whichever ingredients are on hand. Better yet, add dressed salad greens to the finished pizza for a one-dish meal.
Intimidated by the crust? Check the water temperature with an instant-read thermometer before adding the yeast. If the water temperature is between 100° and 110°, you're headed toward success. Still frightened? Use crust from a mix, or make it even easier by starting with a prepared crust: French bread, refrigerated pizza crusts, halved bagels, halved English muffins, focaccia, or pita pockets all work. Simply rub the crust with a halved garlic clove to boost the flavor. Enjoy pizza tonight!
— Judy Feagin
Yield: 6 pizzas
The Recipe:
- 1 medium red onion, cut into thin wedges
- 2 medium sweet onions, cut into thin wedges
- 6 medium red potatoes, each cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 6 ounces goat cheese
- 6 8-inch Crisp Parmesan Pizza Crusts
- 1/2 cup roasted red pepper strips
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded provolone cheese
- Garnish: fresh rosemary sprigs
InstructionsToss together onions, potatoes, and olive oil. Spread on a lightly greased 15x10-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and rosemary. Bake at 450° 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring once. Set aside.
Spread goat cheese over pizza crusts. Top evenly with roasted vegetables, pepper strips, and shredded cheese. Bake at 425° 10 to 12 minutes or until pizza crust is lightly browned and cheese is melted. Garnish, if desired.
Crisp Parmesan Pizza Crusts
- 2-1/4-ounce envelopes active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 cup warm water (100° to 110°)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
InstructionsCombine the first three ingredients in a 2-cup liquid measuring cup and let stand 5 minutes. Combine the yeast mixture, flour, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; stir well. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead 5 minutes. Place the dough in a well-greased bowl, turning once so that entire ball is greased. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 30 minutes or until it is doubled in bulk.
Punch the dough down and knead it lightly 4 or 5 times. Divide dough into six equal portions, and roll each portion into an 8-inch circle. Cook each round on one side in a nonstick skillet brushed with olive oil, over medium heat, about 2 minutes or until lightly browned. Add toppings and bake, or cool on a wire rack and freeze up to 6 months.
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Hypoparathyroidism is a disorder in which the parathyroid glands in the neck do not produce enough parathyroid hormone (PTH).
There are four tiny parathyroid glands in the neck, near or attached to the back side of the thyroid gland.
The parathyroid glands help control calcium use and removal by the body. They do this by producing parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH helps control calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D levels in the blood and bone.
Hypoparathyroidism occurs when the glands produce too little PTH. The blood calcium level falls, and the phosphorus level rises.
The most common cause of hypoparathyroidism is injury to the parathyroid glands during thyroid or neck surgery. It may also be caused by any of the following:
- Radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism
- Very low magnesium level in the blood
- Autoimmune attack on the parathyroid glands
DiGeorge syndrome is a childhood disease in which hypoparathyroidism occurs because all the parathyroid glands are missing at birth.
Familial hypoparathyroidism occurs with other endocrine diseases, such as adrenal insufficiency, in a syndrome called type I polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA I).
Symptoms may include any of the following:
- Abdominal pain
- Brittle nails
- Cataracts
- Decreased consciousness
- Dry hair
- Dry, scaly skin
- Muscle cramps
- Muscle spasms called tetany (can affect the larynx, causing breathing difficulties)
- Pain in the face, legs, and feet
- Painful menstruation
- Seizures
- Teeth that do not grow in on time, or at all
- Tingling lips, fingers, and toes
- Weakened tooth enamel (in children)
Exams and Tests
Blood tests will be done to check calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and PTH levels. An ECG may show abnormal heart rhythms.
A urine test may be done to determine how much calcium is being removed from the body.
The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and restore the calcium and mineral balance in the body.
Treatment involves calcium carbonate and vitamin D supplements. These usually must be taken for life. Blood levels are measured regularly to make sure that the dose is correct. A high-calcium, low-phosphorous diet is recommended.
Persons who have life-threatening attacks of low calcium levels or prolonged muscle contractions are given calcium through a vein (IV). Precautions are taken to prevent seizures or larynx spasms. The heart is monitored for abnormal rhythms until the person is stable. When the life-threatening attack has been controlled, treatment continues with medicine taken by mouth.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The outcome is likely to be good if the diagnosis is made early. But changes in the teeth, cataracts, and brain calcifications cannot be reversed in children who have undiagnosed hypoparathyroidism during development.
Possible Complications
Hypoparathyroidism in children may lead to poor growth, abnormal teeth, and slow mental development.
Too much treatment with vitamin D and calcium can cause high blood calcium (hypercalcemia) or high urine calcium (hypercalciuria). Excess treatment may sometimes interfere with kidney function, or even cause kidney failure.
Hypoparathyroidism increases the risk of:
- Addison disease
- Cataracts
- Parkinson disease
- Pernicious anemia
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop any symptoms of hypoparathyroidism.
Seizures or breathing problems are an emergency. Call 911 or your local emergency number immediately.
Al-Azem H, Khan AA. Hypoparathyroidism. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012;26:517-22. PMID: 22863393 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22863393.
Bringhurst FR, DeMay MB, Kronenberg HM. Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 28.
Doyle DA. Hypoparathyroidism. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 565.
Review Date: 8/5/2014
Reviewed By: Brent Wisse, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Sorry guys, not sure if this is the right section.
For example, if I were to place a transformers DVD in my xbox, is there any way to save it to my HD?
Can You Save Movies From A Dvd Directly To Hd?
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Posted 12 August 2011 - 09:21 AM
DVD2Xbox 0.78
Posted 12 August 2011 - 09:28 PM
Thanks as always, Heimdall.
Posted 12 August 2011 - 09:41 PM
@eitsuop: And how is the file saved on the HD? Is it a ISO file or the VIDEO_TS folder on the HD?
Posted 13 August 2011 - 07:16 AM
Well, I know you can select either folder rip or ISO when ripping a game with DVDTOXBOX 0.7.8. Should be able to do it with a movie too. It would have to be a small DVD tho. I think there is a file size limit on Fatx, and most retail DVD's are dual-layer (I.E. over 5 Gb) and so the resulting ISO would be too..
Edited by xboxmods2977, 13 August 2011 - 07:22 AM.
Posted 14 August 2011 - 08:00 AM
@RoyalX When I copied the Movie to the HDD, It made a Video_TS folder. (If I remember correctly.)
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Like people in other faiths and traditions, Jews feel an obligation to help the poor. When we lived in an ancient agricultural society, people left the corners of their fields untouched, anyone could eat from your land in a year of shmita and there were offerings at the Temple that the poor could partake in freely.
In a post-industrial world, self-sustenance is more complicated, but our moral imperative to help people struggling with poverty is as commanding as it was thousands of years ago.
Though millennia have passed, the problem of poverty hasn't been alleviated. In fact, over the past decade, poverty has risen dramatically in the New York Jewish community, according to UJA-Federation of New York's "Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 Special Report on Poverty" http://www.ujafedny.org/jewish-community-study-special-reports/, released last week. One in five Jewish households is poor, and 45 percent of the children in Jewish households now live in poor or near-poor households. To give you a better sense of the scope, there are more Jewish people affected by poverty in the eight-county New York area than the entire Jewish population of other cities with large Jewish communities, such as Chicago or Washington, D.C.
While the numbers alone stir us to action, it is the individual stories that pull at our hearts. We can't stand by while a senior citizen is forced to choose between buying food and purchasing his/her medicine; while a child painfully feels the absence of school lunches in the summer time; while a single mother worries about how she will pay next month's rent.
The men, women, and children behind the numbers demand a coordinated response — from government, the voluntary sector, the philanthropic sector, and all segments of society. The report's findings suggest that organizations in the Jewish community need to work together to build on the current level of assistance and take a hard look at current planning, advocacy, service delivery and resource investment.
The results of the study provide a wealth of detail that shows far more than just the growth in poverty in New York's Jewish community. We designed the study to help us better serve the community by uncovering which parts of the region had high levels of poverty, which types of households were most affected, and how many people depend on public benefits, among many other valuable nuggets of information.
Since 1991, there has been 14 percent growth in the Jewish population, but the rate of Jewish poverty has doubled over the same period. The percentage of poor households with children increased, while the percentage of poor households with seniors decreased since the last study in 2002. There are many faces of Jewish poverty, but much of it is still concentrated among seniors, as well as among Russian-speaking and haredi households. The study also revealed that even when one or both spouses in a family have full-time work or are self-employed, many households still face privation.
UJA-Federation, working with our network agencies, is already spearheading multiple efforts to help impoverished members of the New York Jewish community. We are offering people in need emergency cash and food assistance, case management, public benefits screening and enrollment, legal and financial counseling, in-home support, and transportation. Our network allows us to respond swiftly in the wake of crises like the recession and Hurricane Sandy.
Perhaps most importantly, in keeping with Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah, we also support numerous programs that help people find jobs to sustain themselves and their families, through career services and small business development.
But we know that philanthropy alone cannot fully address poverty, so we harness the power of volunteers, who have the ability to do so much for their neighbors in need. And our Government Relations Department advocates with legislators and policy makers on behalf of at-risk individuals and families, which includes both people who face chronic poverty and those who have only recently fallen on hard times.
Moving forward, the data from the study will help us and others design more comprehensive intervention strategies to protect the most vulnerable members of our community through support, services, and advocacy. Though there are few fields in eight-county area today from which the poor could glean, the findings of this study will help us glean how best to help.
Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld is chair of UJA-Federation's Caring Commission and a partner in the New York investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, and Alex Roth-Kahn is managing director of the Caring Commission.
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Here's another suggestion: recognize the startling contrast of the deep poverty of the beneficiaries of UJA and its affiliated agencies and the excessive compensation of the executives of those agencies undertaking their holy calling.
My major suggestion which will get Rabbis, the Jewish community, Second Generation and Holocaust survivors involved is: those Holocaust survivors in need of food, medication, etc will be first priority. There are obviously some Holocaust survivors who are comfortable. The added funds from the Claims would be beneficial to their children and grandchildren for education, day schools , yeshivas, college tuition, programs on college campuses and Holocaust teaching programs on the university level with scholarships for these families.. This might awaken those who are uninterested because at this point they see no personal benefit. I don't know the legalities of this but I do know that children, grand children and great grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, especially if they are religious , are in need of these funds. There should be a way to include those families where the Holocaust survivors have perished, but their children and grandchildren could benefit greatly from the funds. These funds could also be used for other purposes for these 2G, 3G, and 4G families. Unfortunately the courts decided that survivors and their children and grandchildren should not have the same rights as every other American to sue insurers who cheat them out of their policy proceeds. That is the decision that an attorney has been trying to overturn via Federal legislation over the past 6 years, unsuccessfully of course. We should all fight to undo this injustice.
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Complex characters key to 'Gang Related'
Terry O'Quinn has one rule when taking on a new acting role -- he wants the character to be multi-leveled. His role on "Lost" had more levels than a video game, which made it hard to find a part that would be as complex.
He found it with the new Fox series "Gang Related, which premiered Thursday night.
"I want a character to have as wide a range of colors as possible," O'Quinn said. "I just always think it's interesting."
O'Quinn plays the leader of Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. He has a tough job, but his life is made more complex as the surrogate father figure to the rising star on the task force (Ramon Rodriguez) and being estranged from daughter (Shantel VanSanten), the city's assistant district attorney.
One of the big complications for O'Quinn's character is his relationship to his daughter.
"Their relationship is a little rocky. I think he's a good cop. He was a driven cop. I think he's one of those people who was great at his job and not so good at his family," O'Quinn said.
"He's a very loyal man, so I would assume that he cares deeply about his daughter. But as far as the relationship at the moment and at the outset, it's a little rocky."
Family is a major theme in the series from the father-daughter situation to members of the gang. O'Quinn likes that none of these relationships are shown as purely black and white, but with a lot of gray areas. That's definitely the coloring for how father and daughter get along.
VanSanten will be a great acting partner for O'Quinn because she has the same serious approach to her character. Even before filming started, she was active in making sure everything -- from the way the character dresses to her history -- was just right.
"One of my biggest questions was why is the character working as an assistant district attorney alongside my dad," VanSanten said. "We finally decided that my character was in San Francisco and she transferred to Los Angeles to keep an eye on her father.
"She knows that her dad has worked in a gray area all his life and while she really wants him to be a good guy, the main thing is to make sure he's not a bad guy."
She loves that the family stories are as complex as her character. There's so much going on that VanSanten has compiled six files on her computer that detail every action and bit of history about her character.
VanSanten has always gravitated to strong parts, with her playing everything from a heroin-addict lesbian to a girl with two personalities.
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Providing Effective Policing for Aboriginal Communities
By Chris D. Lewis, Commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario, Canada
Editor's Note: This is the second article in a two-part series. In the June 2011 issue of Police Chief magazine, Commissioner Lewis explored subject complexities in his article "Policing Aboriginal Critical Incidents." In this second article, Commissioner Lewis examines the challenges of providing and supporting regular policing in First Nations communities.
round the world, critical incidents related to issues of indigenous rights or social and economic conditions in indigenous communities often attract national and international media coverage, but day-to-day policing at the community level is rarely mentioned or explored. Many indigenous communities are small and isolated, and their unique needs make the task of providing effective local policing challenging, complex, and often frustrating.
The Ontario PerspectiveOntario, Canada, has the largest indigenous or Aboriginal population of any Canadian province; an estimated 296,495 individuals are identified as North American Indian (First Nations), Métis, or Inuit. Most live in urban centers throughout the province with only 30 percent of this population living in First Nations reserve communities. There are 133 such communities in Ontario, as identified by the Chiefs of Ontario, and 127 of these are recognized under the federal Indian Act.1 Many other jurisdictions in Canada and around the world have similar Aboriginal populations, although individual histories, language, cultural practices, and spiritual beliefs vary dramatically.
Historically, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provided all police services to Ontario First Nations, in keeping with the view that Indian affairs were at one time considered a federal responsibility. This began to change in the 1960s, when federal financial support for on-reserve policing began to replace direct-service delivery. The RCMP withdrew and, by the early 1970s, OPP officers, supplemented by local community special constables with limited authority, were policing all of Ontario's First Nations reserve communities.
Fly-in patrol units were established to reach the remote communities scattered throughout Ontario's far north. By the mid-1970s, these units were logging hundreds of thousands of flying hours supervising local special constables, offering guidance on federal Indian Act bylaw offenses, conducting investigations into serious crimes, and liaising with community leadership on policing issues. The distances, the isolation, the lack of radio communication, and the need to use frozen lakes and rivers as landing strips made for extremely challenging policing conditions.
By 1989, self-policing for First Nations was a growing focus. The Six Nations Police, established in 1989 and located in the southwest part of the province on the Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton, and the Akwesasne Mohawk Police, established in 1990 and located in the southeast, led the way as independent police services. In 1992, the concept of community choice and the self-directed policing option were entrenched in the Ontario First Nations Policing Agreement 1991–1996 (OFNPA), considered a landmark tripartite agreement among the federal government, the provincial government and the First Nations. This agreement and subsequent renewals set the stage for a gradual expansion of self-directed First Nations police services in Ontario.
Today, the OPP directly polices 19 First Nations communities, is the administrative support for policing in another 19 OFNPA communities, and provides operational and specialty services support for the 9 self-directed First Nations police services that provide frontline policing to 94 Ontario First Nations communities.
While the OPP no longer provides direct service delivery to most of Ontario's First Nations, it has a vested interest in the sustainability and the effectiveness of their policing. The priority is community safety, and the OPP continues to help train, support, and advocate for improved conditions so that policing can effectively meet First Nations' community needs in Ontario.
For a variety of complex reasons, particularly in remote and isolated communities, this remains an immense challenge.
Difficult Conditions
Social indicators for some of Canada's Aboriginal communities paint a bleak picture. The 2009 General Social Survey conducted by Statistics Canada found that people who self-identified as Aboriginal were significantly more likely to report being victimized compared to the general population. The survey used a list of eight offenses, including three types of violent crime, four household crimes, and theft.2
In addition, Aboriginal people are more likely to be victims of nonspousal violence and are more likely to report being victimized multiple times. In 2009, 12 percent of Aboriginal people reported being the victim of at least one nonspousal violent crime, which is more than double the rate of 5 percent for the non-Aboriginal population.3
Incarceration rates for Aboriginal people are telling: In 2008–2009, 35 percent of women and 23 percent of men admitted to adult-sentenced custody identified as Aboriginal, while 2006 census data show that Aboriginal men and women make up only 3 percent of the adult Canadian population.4
In 2000—the latest year for which statistics are available—the national suicide rate for Aboriginal people (24 per 100,000 of population) was twice that of the general population and significantly higher in certain communities and subgroups, notably Aboriginal youth.5 In Pikangikum, a small community with 2,334 residents, a recent spate of youth suicides (five within 44 days) led a former chief of the community to make a public plea for help.6
The OPP is currently studying the Ontario assistant coroner's Death Review of the Youth Suicides at the Pikangikum First Nation 2006–2008, which was recently released, to see how it can help address some of the challenges and contributing factors. The timely report is a detailed and comprehensive review of the deaths of 16 children between the ages of 10 to19 as a result of suicide in the years 2006–2008.7
Pikangikum is policed under the Ontario First Nations Policing Agreement by First Nations Constables employed by the community and supported by the OPP. Because of an extremely high number of incidents requiring a police response, the OPP continues to supplement the provision of police services by sending its own officers to Pikangikum on two-week live-in rotations.
The number of Aboriginal youth in Canada who drop out before completing high school is also high. A 2006 report states that 54 percent of people between the ages of 20 and 24 living on reserves had not graduated from high school. The comparable 2001 rate for all people in Canada was 16 percent.8
In 2001, the national unemployment rate for Aboriginal people living on reserves was 27.6 percent, four times that of the total Canadian work force.9 On northern, isolated reserves, the unemployment rate can be as high as 80 percent, although these populations are more likely to be involved in traditional pursuits such as hunting, fishing, and trapping, which are hard work but are not captured in employment statistics.
Other social indicators for the Aboriginal population can be equally alarming. Many live under crushing poverty. If living conditions—crowded, crumbling housing; inadequate infrastructure; poor-quality drinking water; and limited services—found on many First Nations reserves existed in any part of Toronto or any other large Canadian city, there would be outrage and cries for action.
These conditions—poverty, high unemployment, and limited opportunities—provide the perfect incubator for a growing phenomenon in Canada: organized crime gangs based on Aboriginal identity.
Among other activities, these gangs import and sell illegally obtained prescription drugs in Ontario's isolated First Nations communities, creating significant social and community safety issues. In October 2010, one remote First Nation community declared a state of emergency, appealing for help to fight a crisis of drug abuse, violence, and arson that plagued the health and safety of the community. Its First Nation police service, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), did not have the resources to cope. The OPP joined forces with NAPS and other criminal justice partners, and the partnership has achieved some success in stabilizing the situation and in stemming the flow of prescription drugs into the community.
While the numbers will vary, the social indicators for indigenous populations in many jurisdictions around the world would be equally alarming. Police services responsible for day-to-day policing in these communities and the officers who work there need to understand and plan for these conditions if they hope to be effective.
Recruitment and Retention
While the primary focus is to recruit First Nations officers from the community or the region where they will serve, some prospective officers likely will not want to police their home communities because it would mean policing their own families. Housing is an issue in virtually every First Nations community, and if a police officer is not from the community being served, adequate housing is rarely available.
Continuity is a further challenge, given that promotion and a desire for broader experience in specialized areas are not easily accommodated in small, isolated communities.
The OPP regularly recruits and sends newly minted officers to postings in many northern communities. Some may already have or soon develop a passion for the north and choose to spend their entire career policing in northern communities. But it is not for everyone.
Officers who are not of First Nations descent may have to adjust to delivering police services in communities with distinctly different approaches to authority, justice, and punishment. Native awareness training is one tool the OPP uses to help officers, in particular those who work in or with First Nations communities, develop cultural awareness and understanding. The training helps to make it possible to address critical staffing needs with officers who can work successfully within First Nations communities.
Adequate Resources
Policing in First Nations communities has to be seen as a desirable work prospect to attract and keep officers. Infrastructure is a critical factor to sustainability of First Nations policing in Ontario, yet many First Nations communities face infrastructure and housing issues that do little for desirability. Adequate funding to affect an adequate level of policing in First Nations communities is essential.
In January 2006, a fire broke out in the cell area of the NAPS building in Kashechewan First Nation. The building lacked a working smoke detector, a fire extinguisher, and a sprinkler, and it burned to the ground. NAPS officers tried to free the two men lodged in the cells but could not unlock the doors and had to flee. The two men perished in the fire and the officers were severely injured. The subsequent coroner's inquest heard the incident described as "another dark chapter in Canada's shameful history of neglecting First Nations people" and made 86 recommendations, including 16 grouped under the heading "Adequacy of Resources."10
In Ontario, 10 First Nations policing agreements, including the 9 self-directed police services and the OFNPA administered by the OPP, are funded by the Canadian and Ontario governments: 52 percent and 48 percent, respectively, for frontline policing. The OPP regularly supplements resources necessary to support the 19 OFNPA communities it administers and, on a number of occasions, has provided officers and resources to support First Nations police services. The existing structure severely limits the ability to adequately address policing needs in First Nations communities. Jurisdictional issues cannot be left to trump the need for workable solutions that address quality of police services and facilities.
Exceptional Incidents
Policing in remote First Nations communities requires a subtle and flexible approach, exceptional judgment, and advanced negotiating skills. Officers who may have just one or two colleagues in the community and are often a long flight from any backup can face situations unheard of in larger centers. An incident in June 2010 in a remote First Nation is one example.
During a domestic disturbance call, one of the two responding officers was forced to strike a subject who was attempting to gain control of the officer's firearm, which was holstered at the time.
The next day, with a Band Council resolution in hand, an angry crowd of more than 200 residents surrounded the police station, saying the OPP was no longer wanted in their community and demanding that all officers leave. The crowd cut communication lines and disabled police vehicles.
To buy time and calm the situation, the dozen officers agreed to relocate to the airport on foot, escorted by the crowd. At the airport they negotiated with the help of some outsiders respected in the community, but the OPP position was clear: Officers would not leave the community without police service. Eventually, relief OPP officers were flown in. They returned to the police station and carried on with regular duties. The embattled officers left for safety reasons, but continuity of policing was maintained through a difficult and volatile incident.
The majority of community members and the Band Council chief, who was away at the time of the incident, quickly made it clear that the actions of the crowd were not broadly supported and reiterated the desire to have the OPP continue to provide support for the community's policing.
Later, the officers involved received a letter of commendation from the commissioner of the OPP for their appropriate behavior under extreme duress, their minimal use of force during the lengthy standoff, and their strict maintenance of firearms discipline. The commendation was criticized by some First Nations leadership, underscoring the complicated nature of police work and community relations.
Lessons Learned
Some lessons can be learned from the OPP's long involvement in First Nations policing in Ontario.
1. Be an advocate. Police professionals and executives must tirelessly advocate in a professional and supportive manner for adequate and appropriate resources for Aboriginal communities. A shrug of the shoulders and passive acceptance of inadequacies are unacceptable.
2. Good liaison officers are essential. Strong, two-way communication between respected individuals is essential. Trained liaison officers can establish this rapport and maintain it in a way that melds with Aboriginal culture and community expectations.
3. Build partnerships. When First Nations leadership in Ontario singled out illicit drug activity in their communities as a major issue, the OPP listened and responded, and in doing so gained the confidence of the leadership and the support of the community for police enforcement action. Partnerships were struck with a variety of law enforcement agencies, including First Nations police services, to make the issue an investigative and enforcement priority. The number of investigations, charges, and quantities of drugs seized represent significant achievements. Acting without partnerships and community understanding, despite the staggering nature of the problem, would have been unacceptable in First Nations communities.
4. Cultural awareness is key. The OPP runs a respected five-day native awareness course open to all officers and civilians, and members of the department lecture on culture and history for all Ontario police recruits at the Ontario Police College. A variety of special events and lectures with an Aboriginal theme are held at OPP general headquarters and at other locations. The goal is to culturally prepare staff for any interaction or assignment with First Nations.
5. Have a long-term recruitment strategy for officers of Aboriginal descent. The OPP respects diversity and strives to reflect the communities it serves in its ranks. Aboriginal people are underrepresented in police work in Ontario, but they are essential to providing effective police service in First Nations communities. Any police service with these obligations needs an effective recruitment strategy to overcome cultural barriers and to position police work as an exciting career choice for Aboriginal youth.
6. Policing First Nations requires special strategies and skills. What works in a downtown urban environment may not work in an isolated, northern reserve. The OPP created its Aboriginal Policing Bureau in 2007 to ensure that the organization was well positioned to support effective policing for First Nations in Ontario.
7. Consider special programs, with a youth-oriented focus. OPP officers created and regularly provide youth programming designed to foster positive relationships between Aboriginal youth and police, build self-esteem in the participants, and help Aboriginal youth make positive lifestyle choices. The goal is to help instil in Aboriginal youth a pride in who they are and where they come from as a building block for the future.
8. Prepare for the future. There are no quick fixes or magic bullets to address some of the significant challenges facing First Nations communities and the services that police them. Establish long-term goals, set priorities, and celebrate incremental improvements.
The overall goal of most if not all Aboriginal communities is to create a safe and prosperous environment in which community members can live and work. Effective day-to-day policing is essential in helping to achieve that. ■
1"Aboriginal People in Ontario: Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs Quick Facts," Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, www.aboriginalaffairs.gov.on.ca/english/services/datasheets/aboriginal.asp (accessed November 4, 2011).2"Violent Victimization of Aboriginal People in the Provinces," Statistics Canada (2009), www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/110311/dq110311c-eng.htm (accessed November 1, 2011).3Ibid.4Tina Hotton Mahony, "Women and the Criminal Justice System," Statistics Canada, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-503-x/2010001/article/11416-eng.htm (accessed November 1, 2011).5Laurence J. Kirmayer et al., Suicide among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, The Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2007), www.ahf.ca/downloads/suicide.pdf (accessed November 1, 2011).6"Rash of Suicides Raises Call for Help," The Chronicle Journal, September 1, 2011, www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2011/09/01/rash-suicides-raises-call-help (accessed November 1, 2011).7 The Office of the Chief Coroner's Death Review of the Youth Suicides at the Pikangikum First Nation, 2006–2008 , Office of the Chief Coroner, Publications and Reports, provincialadvocate.on.ca/documents/en/Coroners_Pik_Report.pdf (accessed November 1, 2011).8Michael Mendelson, Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Caledon Institute of Social Policy, July 2006), www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/595ENG.pdf (accessed November 1, 2011).9"Review of Aboriginal Human Resources Development Agreements—Synthesis of Findings—December 2004," Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/publications_resources/evaluation/2004/sp_ah_667_12_04/page05.shtml (accessed November 1, 2011).10 Inquest Touching the Deaths of Ricardo Wesley and Jamie Goodwin: Jury Verdict and Recommendations , Chief Coroner, Province of Ontario, Canada,May 21, 2009, www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/wesley-goodwin-verdict-and-recs.pdf (accessed November 1, 2011).Please cite as: Chris D. Lewis, "Providing Effective Policing for Aboriginal Communities," The Police Chief 78 (December2011): 80–84.Click to view the digital edition.Top
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Cardinal Dolan Applauds Church Agencies As They Challenge HHS For Violating Religious Freedom
The news in the Catholic Church today centers around the 43 entities filing lawsuits against the HHS mandate announced earlier this year. In an unprecedented move, diocese, organizations, and universities from across the Catholic spectrum filed 12 different lawsuits in federal courts around the country defending our religious liberties.
This move is not surprising. The unity of Catholic institutions is encouraging. In response, Cardinal Dolan issued the following statement praising the coordinated response:
Cardinal Dolan Applauds Church Agencies As They Challenge HHS For Violating Religious Freedom
With time running out, dioceses, agencies resort to the courts
Church united in defense of religious liberty
Diversity of church ministries at stake
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in a May 21 statement applauded 43 dioceses, hospitals, schools and church agencies for filing 12 lawsuits around the nation saying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate violates religious freedom.
His statement follows.
"We have tried negotiation with the Administration and legislation with the Congress – and we'll keep at it – but there's still no fix. Time is running out, and our valuable ministries and fundamental rights hang in the balance, so we have to resort to the courts now. Though the Conference is not a party to the lawsuits, we applaud this courageous action by so many individual dioceses, charities, hospitals and schools across the nation, in coordination with the law firm of Jones Day. It is also a compelling display of the unity of the Church in defense of religious liberty. It's also a great show of the diversity of the Church's ministries that serve the common good and that are jeopardized by the mandate – ministries to the poor, the sick, and the uneducated, to people of any faith or no faith at all."


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Unemployment is at 9 percent, the housing market is moribund, "consumer confidence" is an oxymoron and three-fourths of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. So how is it that President Obama leads each of his likely Republican opponents in the polls? And why on earth is the gap widening rather than closing?
It's simple: Voters are paying attention to what the GOP field is saying -- not just the applause-line attacks on Obama but what the candidates propose to do about the economy. The more they talk, the more discouraged the electorate seems to become.
This should be the Republicans' election to lose. They seem well on their way.
An NBC-Wall Street Journal poll last week showed Obama beating Mitt Romney -- his most formidable opponent -- by a six-point margin, 49 percent to 43 percent. That is not a huge advantage, but the trend is in Obama's favor. Last month, the same poll had the president leading Romney by just two points; in August, Obama was only one point ahead.
A couple of months ago, the GOP was able to take solace in the fact that in a hypothetical match-up between Obama and a generic, unnamed Republican, polls showed the president narrowly losing. But the most recent surveys show that Obama has pulled even with "Not Obama" and perhaps nosed ahead.
What Republicans have utterly failed to do is develop a convincing narrative about the economy. The candidates act as if widespread disappointment with Obama and the Democrats will be enough to win the election. But voters are being given every reason to suspect that GOP policies will make things worse.
Look at the crisis in the housing market. No economic blow has been felt more widely than the collapse of real estate values. Banks need to clear a huge backlog of foreclosures, meaning that downward pressure on prices will continue.
The Obama administration's response has been weak and ineffective. So what do the Republican candidates say? Rather than blast the president for doing too little to help beleaguered homeowners, they blast him for even trying.
This was the consensus view at last Wednesday's debate. Romney said the Obama administration has tried to "hold off the foreclosure process, the normal market process," and he promised that if elected he would do "almost the exact opposite of what President Obama has done."
Asked if he would just let foreclosures proceed, no matter the impact, Romney answered with a question: "Exactly what would you do instead? Have the federal government to go out and buy all the homes in America? That's not going to happen in this country. Markets work."
Obama has been criticized for being cool and unemotional, but Romney makes him seem volcanic. You can imagine the former governor putting his arm around a homeowner who has just been evicted and saying, "Don't cry. Markets work."
According to polls, voters agree with the Democrats on major issues such as ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and preserving Social Security and Medicare. They agree with Republicans that the government should spend less, but seem increasingly doubtful that any of the GOP candidates would trim the budget in an intelligent and compassionate way.
Simply being Not Obama isn't enough. The Republican candidates are trying to sell a bunch of old trickle-down economic policies without even dressing them up in new rhetoric, and it looks to me as if voters aren't buying.


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Candida Lopez Calayagwas born on 02 October 1844 in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines to Jose Carlos Calayag and Maria Magdaleno Lopez.
Candida married Teodoro Roxas San Diego in Catholic rites on 20 October 1869 in San Pascual Baylon Parish in Obando, Bulacan. They had at least four children: Benito, Fortunato, Santiago and Valentin.
Family History Research Notes
1. Church Marriage Record of Teodoro Roxas San Diego and Candida Lopez Calayag, dated 20 October 1869.
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im MY self is calayag im 1 of the family
im a calayag, son of amparo calayag and demetrio ramos,my father is a batangueño
I am a living bloodline of the Calayag clan. my dad was born 1908-1993 son of Josefa Martinez Calayag 1888 – 1963 My GrandFather is Unknown. Thanks for the lead**. I am on a quest to search for my grandfather.
i am also a calayag, son of narciso calayag from obando, bulacan
I don't know if we are related. I am of a Calayag clan in Malolos Bulacan. I was told that my grandfather was of a Spanish blood but I am not sure. Though he was tall as well as my uncles, my father was not. I wonder why?
im a daugther of calayag .lots of calayag here in mindanao.especially in surigao ..here you'll know some history of our ancestors.