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In my previous article, I introduced the Xerces-C++ XML toolkit and explained how to use Xerces for DOM parsing. This time, I'll explain Xerces SAX parsing, plus error handling and validation.
SAX and DOM offer very different approaches to reading XML. Many people say the difference between the two is just about memory efficiency--but it's also a matter of control. With SAX you pluck out exactly what you want from the XML document, instead of wandering the DOM tree.
Xerces provides customizable error handling for both types of parsing. This means you can (in limited fashion) tell the parser how to react to certain types of problems.
Finally, there's validation using DTD and XML schema. (Come to think of it, validation is the reason for a lot of error handling.) Letting the parser handle the validation means your code can (safely) assume a certain document structure. That keeps your code clean, because it can focus on the business logic behind what's in the XML instead of watching out for missing elements.
I compiled the sample code under Fedora Core 3/x86 using Xerces-C++ 2.6.0 and GCC 3.4.3. The code uses the helper classes described in the previous article, but you don't need to understand them to follow this article.
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Whereas DOM gives you an object graph of the entire document at once, SAX parsing is a streaming model. It reads a document sequentially, and hands your code chunks of data to process. You have to catch items of interest when they appear, because you can't rewind the stream to get them later. It's not unlike scrolling movie credits in that the information is gone once it rolls off the screen. SAX is reminiscent of parsing with lex and yacc, though it's much stronger: the rules of XML define much of the grammar for you.
Because you don't load the entire document into memory, SAX can be quite resource-efficient. On the other hand, it requires more elbow grease than DOM: it's up to your code to churn the stream of data into usable objects.
This makes SAX feel lower-level than DOM, similar to how people compare memory management in C and Java. It's true that SAX puts you closer to the raw parsing, but that's one reason to choose SAX over DOM. What if you have a large document and you're interested in only a few particular elements? DOM's overhead is wasteful in that case. SAX lets you sift through the data and extract just what you need.
At the code level, a SAX parser interprets an XML document as a series of events. The most common events are element start tags and end tags and the body content between them.
Each event is tied to a callback function on a handler object--this is the piece you write--that you register with the parser. When a parser encounters an element's start tag, for example, it passes the element and any attributes to the start tag callback. When it's parsing the body text between the start and end tags, it passes chunks of content to the body content callback.
In fact, the handler does all the work. The
main() function of the sample program step1 is very short. There's just enough code to create a parser, assign a handler, and run:
// ... skipping basic Xerces setup explained
// in the previous article ...
xercesc::SAX2XMLReader* p =
xercesc::ContentHandler* h =
new SimpleContentHandler() ;
p->setContentHandler( h ) ;
// ... set some options on the parser ...
p->parse( xmlFile ) ;
SAX handler classes implement the
ContentHandler class. The abbreviated interface is:
class ContentHandler {
void startDocument() ;
void endDocument() ;
void startElement(
const XMLCh* const uri,
const XMLCh* const localname,
const XMLCh* const qname,
const Attributes& attrs
) ;
void endElement(
const XMLCh* const uri,
const XMLCh* const localname,
const XMLCh* const qname
) ;
void characters(
const XMLCh* const chars,
const unsigned int length
) ;
void startPrefixMapping(
const XMLCh* const prefix,
const XMLCh* const uri
) ;
void endPrefixMapping(
const XMLCh* const prefix
) ;
void processingInstruction (
const XMLCh* const target,
const XMLCh* const data
) ;
// ... a couple of other member functions ...
} ;
Most of the methods are self-explanatory. When the parser encounters body content between a start and end tag, it calls
characters(). There may be several calls for the same element's body content, because the parser makes no guarantee that it will be able to hand you all that content at once. The parser's character buffer may be several kilobytes in size, so typically you might be able to assume that you'll have only one call element--but that's not a safe assumption. Do yourself a favor and stash
characters() data in a buffer, such as
ContentHandler is a pure virtual class, or interface, and it can be tedious to implement all its methods if you're interested only in certain events. (Most developers care only about
endElement(), and
characters().) Xerces includes a convenience class called
DefaultHandler that provides do-nothing implementations of
ContentHandler's methods. Your handler can simply inherit from
DefaultHandler and override the methods of interest.
The stub program step1 demonstrates this. It uses a simple "talking" handler, the callback methods of which announce when they are called. Here's a sample XML file and the corresponding output from step1.
[begin: parse]
[startElement( "airports" )]
[characters( XMLCh[11] ) ]
<airport name="CDG">
[startElement( "airport" )]
"name" => "CDG" (type: CDATA)
[characters( XMLCh[14] ) ]
[startElement( "aliases" )]
[characters( XMLCh[13] ) ]
<alias>Charles de Gaulle airport</alias>
[startElement( "alias" )]
[characters( XMLCh[25] ) ]
[endElement( "alias" )]
[characters( XMLCh[13] ) ]
<alias>Roissy airport</alias>
[startElement( "alias" )]
[characters( XMLCh[14] ) ]
[endElement( "alias" )]
[characters( XMLCh[10] ) ]
[endElement( "aliases" )]
[characters( XMLCh[14] ) ]
<location>Paris, France</location>
[startElement( "location" )]
[characters( XMLCh[13] ) ]
[endElement( "location" )]
[characters( XMLCh[14] ) ]
Terminal 3 has a very 1970s sci-fi decor
[startElement( "comment" )]
[characters( XMLCh[61] ) ]
[endElement( "comment" )]
[characters( XMLCh[11] ) ]
[endElement( "airport" )]
[characters( XMLCh[11] ) ]
<!-- ... other airport defs ... -->
[characters( XMLCh[8] ) ]
[endElement( "airports" )]
[end: parse]
This code is rather dull, even for a learning device. What it demonstrates, though, is that
startElement() and
endElement() announce the name of the current element. You can use this to create a selective handler, one that reports only a certain subset of SAX events.
Suppose that the sample file included definitions for several airports, and you wanted to see the names and aliases for each one. Your handler's
startElement() method would entail:
void startElement( ... element name , attributes , etc .. ){
if( ... element name is "airport" ... ){
... print the element's "name" attribute ...
} else if( ... element name is "alias" ... ){
... print the alias ...
} else {
... ignore it ...
Such a handler would show:
Roissy airport
Charles de Gaulle airport
(I'm cheating here, because I don't show how to capture the elements' body content. I'll explain that shortly.)
Another point made evident by the previous example is that SAX, unlike DOM, doesn't make XML comments available to your code. In the sample XML file, the phrase
... other airport defs ... is invisible to SAX handlers.
Also notice that the phrase
Terminal 3 has a very 1970s sci-fi decor has only 42 characters, yet the
characters() callback reports 61. The remaining characters constitute white space between the phrase and its surrounding tags. If I were to do anything useful with the
<comment> element in the example, I would have to trim the white space from either end.
Programs don't usually work with raw XML. Instead, they use XML as a storage and transport medium and parse it into objects. That is to say, an XML document typically reflects some data structure(s).
The sample program step2 is a more practical example, and it shows how to use SAX to turn XML into objects. As a bonus, it demonstrates SAX's power to extract small pieces of information from a large document.
The XML Package Metadata project defines an XML format that describes all the RPMs in a yum repository. step2's job is to extract the name, license, and vendor of each package defined in the file.
Instead of unmarshaling the entire document--roughly 5MB--you can use SAX to extract only the pieces of interest. Think of the package metadata file as a database and the handler as the query.
To quote a colleague, a SAX handler is just an event-driven state machine. Parsing a document into usable objects thus requires objects that you can assemble in stages, and a plan to match states--SAX events--to calls on those objects.
It's easier to start with the objects. Ideally, they can be simple data-holder classes with accessors (
getXyz) and mutators (
setXyz) to get and set properties, respectively.
step2 uses the
RPMInfo object:
class RPMInfo {
const std::string& getName() const throw() ;
void setName( const std::string& in ) ;
const std::string& getVersion() const throw() ;
void setVersion( const std::string& in ){
const std::string& getLicense() const throw() ;
void setLicense( const std::string& in ) ;
const std::string& getVendor() const throw() ;
void setVendor( const std::string& in ) ;
} ;
Next, the plan of attack. At a high level, the plan to parse the package metadata file is as follows:
namespace element action
{default} <package> rpm = new RPMInfo()
{default} <name> rpm->setName()
rpm <license> rpm->setLicense()
rpm <vendor> rpm->setVendor()
This isn't a completely accurate depiction of what happens, though. step2 looks at the body content of the
<license>, and
<vendor> elements. Unlike DOM parsing, where you get the entire element at once--body content and all--SAX requires a little more creativity. Going after body content requires you use start and end tags to mark state, then collect what you need in the
characters() handler callback.
In other words, a handler must keep track of the current tag so that it can decide what to do. There are many ways to do this. I use a function to match element names to symbolic constants, and push those constants onto a
std::stack of
int. In turn, each handler callback is a
switch() block:
switch( ... top element on stack ... ){
case ELEMENT_LICENSE:
... handle case for
<license> element ...
case ELEMENT_VENDOR:
... handle case for
<vendor> element ...
... and so on ...
The following table matches SAX events to handler actions:
|Note the element name, and put its corresponding numeric constant on the stack. If it's a
<package> start tag, create a new
RPMInfo object and assign it to a member variable.
|If the current element (based on the stack) is the target, stash the buffer content in a
|Based on the current element, assign the contents of the
std::ostringstream to one of the current
RPMInfo objects' mutator methods. Decrement the tag stack and clear the buffer used by
Generally speaking, start tag events are a good place to create a new object. End tag events are a place to wrap up: assign the character buffer to some property, decrement the tag stack, and so on.
Finally, note that step2 requires you to cheat; you must uncompress the package metadata file before you can parse it. This data is usually compressed, but writing code to decompress the file before feeding it to Xerces is beyond the scope of this article. I've included a small sample file for demonstrative purposes.
The previous example is incomplete, or at least optimistic. What happens if the input is missing a closing tag, or otherwise not well-formed XML? By default, the parser throws an exception and stops reading the document.
Xerces offers limited control over what to do in the event of an error. You can assign a custom error handler object to the parser, which gives you the chance to report a more useful error message (such as one that includes the error's filename and location) or, in some cases, ignore the error altogether. The sample program step3 describes the use of a simple error handler.
Custom error handlers implement the
ErrorHandler interface:
class ErrorHandler {
void warning( const SAXParseException& e )
void error( const SAXParseException& e )
void fatalError( const SAXParseException& e )
void resetErrors()
} ;
The first three methods are callbacks, which fire in the event of a warning, parsing error, and fatal parsing error, respectively.
resetErrors() is called at the end of each parse to give the object a chance to refresh itself. For example, if you track the number of errors you encounter, you can use
resetErrors() to reset that counter to zero.
Writing a custom
ErrorHandler doesn't offer too much in the way of recovery, though. You can choose to swallow the exceptions instead of rethrowing them; but consider whether the document is worth parsing after you get an error.
You can still use the error handler to tell you where the error occurred. (Hint: assign the same
Locator to both the parser and your custom error handler.) It's much nicer to report
"Error in file X, line Y, column Z" instead of just
"Your very large document has an error. Good luck."
Note the difference between well-formed and valid XML. The first is purely structural ("Does every start tag have a corresponding end tag?"), and the parser handles it automatically. The second is specific to your application ("Does the
<airport> element exist?"), and it is your responsibility to handle it, at least in part.
For example, the basic error handling in step3 will force the parser to halt if the document is not well-formed (not structurally sound); but if required element is missing, step3 will blindly pass half-formed
RPMInfo objects around the rest of the app. Code that handles
RPMInfo objects shouldn't have to worry about that. At the same time, how does a parser know when an XML document is suitable for your purposes?
Your side of the valid-document bargain is to provide a DTD or schema/XSD (collectively, grammars) that defines how your XML document should look. Grammars are a contract between your code and the incoming XML documents. Assign a grammar to the parser, and it will enforce that contract for you.
Declare a document's grammar in its XML prolog. For example, the following code excerpt declares a DTD:
<xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
... rest of XML document ...
The parser will ignore this unless you explicitly tell it to load external grammars and enable validation. For a Xerces SAX parser, that is:
// enable schema
xercesc::XMLUni::fgXercesSchema ,
) ;
// load external DTDs
xercesc::XMLUni::fgXercesLoadExternalDTD ,
) ;
// enable validation
xercesc::XMLUni::fgSAX2CoreValidation ,
) ;
The code is very similar for DOM parsers:
// load external DTDs
domParser->setLoadExternalDTD( true ) ;
// enable schema
domParser->setDoSchema( true ) ;
// enable validation
domParser->setDoValidation( true ) ;
XML validation makes your code cleaner because it focuses on the task at hand, knowing for certain the invariants of the contract will hold true ("There will always be a
<foo/> element")--or, if you don't already account for document structure in your code, validation lets you sleep easier in spite of the lack of explicit checks.
It's easy enough to point to a DTD or schema in a known path, but you may have noticed a lot of DTD and schema reference off-site URLs. You certainly don't expect to hit the internet every time you parse a document, do you? That and URLs-as-schema-IDs are more for uniqueness than anything else. Some of those URLs don't resolve to anything. How does this work?
Xerces handles this with an entity resolver (Xerces class
EntityResolver for SAX and
XMLEntityResolver for DOM). When the parser encounters an entity in the document, it asks the resolver where to find it. The default resolver just tries to load entities from whatever location is specified; custom entity resolvers match the incoming name to some other resource--local file, in-memory document, alternate URL--and return that instead.
EntityResolver class has a simple interface:
class EntityResolver {
xercesc::InputSource* resolveEntity (
const XMLCh* const publicId ,
const XMLCh* const systemId
} ;
resolveEntity() callback method returns an
InputSource from which the parser can read the grammar. For example, a
LocalFileInputSource reads from an on-disk file. A
MemBufInputSource loads data from an in-memory buffer.
(The code for DOM is only slightly different; it takes an
XMLResourceIdentifier object instead of the public ID/system ID pair.)
The sample program step4 demonstrates this using the resolver
SimpleEntityResolver. This class uses an internal map to match grammar URIs to local resources. Note that
resolveEntity() returns a new
InputSource each time it is called. The parser takes ownership of the pointer. The
resolveEntity() returns
NULL if it cannot find the document.
Xerces-C++ is a robust, feature-filled XML parser toolkit. These two articles have introduced the basics of using Xerces, but by no means do they cover everything you need to know. They should, however, serve as a starting point for further exploring the product documentation and trying your own experiments.
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WILLIAMSTOWN The principal, three teachers and the learning coordinator at Williamstown Middle/High School will all be absent today, but they have a pretty good excuse. The delegation will be at an education conference in Massachusetts outlining how theyve started to do things differently and why it seems to be working.
Principal Scott Lang said Williamstown was one of three Vermont school districts invited to speak at the conference called High School Redesign in Action sponsored by the New England Secondary School Consortium. Burlington and Essex were also invited.
Lang was accompanied to the conference by teachers Dennis Delena, Sandy FitzMorris and Lisa Paige, and by Alicia Rominger, the schools learning coordinator.
According to Lang, it was Rominger who suggested the school pursue the $45,000 grant that allowed it to take part in the consortiums League of Innovative Schools.
Through its participation, the district has advanced ideas that are changing everything from the way education is provided at the school to graduation requirements.
Rather than awarding credit based solely on seat time in core classes, Lang said, the school has adopted a more student-centered approach to learning one that has made the most of partnerships with the Community College of Vermont, the Randolph Technical and Career Center and other community partners.
Its really about preparing kids for their future and not teaching them about our past, he said, suggesting the school and its faculty have embraced a radically different way of thinking about how you prepare students for graduation.
Competence is still the goal were just giving students a broader way to demonstrate that, he said.
Some do it by taking courses at CCV or enrolling in courses online; others do it in a traditional classroom setting, and still others through independent projects and even work experience.
By creating flexible pathways to meet graduation requirements, Lang said the school is producing students who are college- and career-ready even if their transcripts dont necessarily look like everyone elses.
It is working, according to Lang, who said the school has managed to engage marginal students including some who would have likely dropped out by adopting a more personalized approach to their education.
The school has also started focusing on the educational needs of freshmen in a coordinated way, arranging interventions and supports where appropriate early on, and engaging them in the development of personalized learning plans.
Today the local educators will be telling their peers from all over New England what theyve been up to, while sharing their success stories and the mistakes they made along the way.
According to Lang, without some out-of-the-box thinking, the overarching goal of heightened student performance would have been difficult for a school that had chronically struggled to make adequate yearly progress on standardized tests.
We couldnt keep doing things the same way and expecting those things to change, he said.
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- Inflammation is essential to repair tissue damaged by physical, microbial or allergic mechanisms. Inappropriately zealous responses lead to destructive pathology or chronic disease cycles, whereas ideal outcomes are associated with complete and rapid restoration of tissue structure and function. The establishment of a rodent model investigating the different immune responses to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae infection in both the lung and the ear indicate an ability to clear bacteria and reduce inflammation following mucosal immunisation. Lung histochemistry, upregulaion of macrophages and polymorphonuclear neutrophils, recruitment of γδ+ and CD8+ T cells, cytokine levels and depletion studies all support the hypothesis that mucosal immunisation facilitates control of the immune response resulting in enhanced bacterial clearance and programming of inflammation which limits damage and promotes the rapid restoration of structural normality.
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Since I have been here, I haven't seen any leadership
I wish I could have written about this quote sooner. But, to be honest, I don't think there is much to say; I believe Papelbon's misspoke during a period of quick reflection. A reflection on a season's worth of disappointments that are understandable when compared to the high expectations the Phillies had entering 2012.
While his comments may have been understandable, that doesn't mean that he wasn't entirely wrong. Dead wrong.
Listen, any team that had won the last five division titles has leaders. The 2012 Phillies met that description and then some. Twice a World Series participant, once a winner, in those five years, someone must have been guiding the Phillies. There were more than a few constants from those five years who returned for 2012: Charlie Manuel, Rich Dubee, Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick, and Shane Victorino all entered the 2012 as Phillies who had been there from the beginning of their playoff run. So what gave in 2012? It's pretty obvious to me. Follow the jump for some beautiful visual evidence.
Injuries weren't the whole story but they were a much larger part than leadership. While I don't think the Phillies were a better team than the Nationals, they would have finished much closer to the Braves and made the second Wild Card competitive if they were completely healthy in 2012.
I can't imagine there would be a leadership dearth starting the season with seven players left from the 2008 championship team, most of the previous year's 102-win team on the roster, a pair of Cy Young winners, two MVPs, and several former All-Stars, but I suppose I could be wrong. But I think Papelbon was the one who was wrong here.
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I heard an interview with Papelbon last year where he said something to the effect that he tries to contribute to the team by example on the field.That is, If he's playing to win and playing hard he's doing what any player must do to help the team and be a leader.
Assuming I have paraphrased his comments correctly, why would he expect anything other than leadership by on-field example from his teammates?
Seems like he's looking in the wrong places for crux of the team's problem.
I think papelbon was wrong bringing this to the media. Any sports team is an extended family. We can speculate, but players have to keep everything in the clubhouse or it will start a controversy. If that's the way he felt, talk to someone in the clubhouse or try and be a leader himself. Who know, maybe he's right, but for sure, he has probably alienated himself from many of the players.
Leadership is one of those BS unquantifiable things like grit and motivation and momentum (at least with respect to sporting events). It's a useful word to throw into a post hoc narrative about why something happened, but the truth is they lost because they weren't good enough on the field, and so he's making this stuff up now as an explanation for why they lost. It's a classic example of attribution theory.
Matt Gelb wrote something similar about Papelbon's comments, as did Bill Baer at Crashburn Alley. Winning teams never have leadership problems and losing teams often have leadership problems, but that's not because leadership leads to winning…it's the other way around. Winning leads to "leadership" while losing leads to discontentedness. It's as simple as that.
Winning creates chemistry. Losing creates bad chemistry. If Papelbon had something to say, he should've said it in the clubhouse, instead of whine to the press about it. It's plain and simple.
Winning creates chemistry. Losing creates bad chemistry. If Papelbon had something to say, he should've said it in the clubhouse, instead of whine to the press about it. It's plain and simple. This really ticked me off and made me lose respect for him.
Wonder how much respect his teammates lost for him if they ever had any. Wasn't he part of that 2011 redsox team that had the worst leadership I've ever seen in a sports organization. Amazing things that we're confirmed in the media. So bad they had to dismantle the team. And he dares to bring any problems he saw with the Phil's.
Pap is right. He came from a winner, is a winner, and wants to continue in that vein with the phils. The old leaders on the field for the phils aren't speaking up and acting like leaders because they are not sure of themselves this coming year, and don't know if they can deliver. They do not want to embarrass themselves. If Pap wants to become the new leader on this team I say rally behind him. And if the old leaders step up and speak up to support him, all the better. The best scenario would be to get the team vets to get their swag back and start talking some trash.
That worked a few years ago and could again, but I don't think that works talking about your team in the media. Keep it in house. Sure, talk trash about other teams in the media. That's different.
When I think of player-run leadership, I think of leading not only by example but also by voice: helping the players, especially the youth, perform well (coaching) & effectively deal with the mental grind of a 162-game schedule. I think of Jamie Moyer giving tips to Roy Halladay, and a few weeks later, Halladay ends up throwing a perfecto (Jamie, if you're reading this, retire as a player and become a pitching coach.) – something we all knew Roy could do, and perhaps it was Jamie's tips that put the achievement within immediate reach. It will be up to Pap, Adams, & Durbin to help Bastardo & the young guys achieve.
He explained himself just fine. His intention was to shake it up, it worked and he was right. The clubhouse was a mess last year and how could it not be?
Give Paps some credit, if he falls short in the role which HE himself said he needs to improve on, then he rightfully deserves to be heaped in among the trash talkers with no backbone. Until then, throw out your chest, get them moving.
The Phils do have a lot to prove this year.
I did a double take on his perspective of he himself needs to be more of a leader this year. Struck me as good gift of gab, When did he wake up to that? Firstly, when he signed his contract, that should have been an eye opening sign that he should assume a leadership role.
Then, when the pen was such a disaster in the first half, did it not occur to him that maybe he could utilize his experience to help indoctrinate the young pen guys?
The copy's okay, it garnered atention, but for him to just come to this conclusion seems off.
I was reading an article by Jerry Crasnick for ESPN about Adam Eaton impressing the D'Backs. I had to read more, how could this bum resurrect such a false career? It appears that this Adam Eaton is not related in any way (from what I see). This guy plays the OF (mostly CF) is only 5'8″ with little power and has a minor league average over .350 with an OBP of over .450 – the guy can steal bases and get on base.
He only hit .259 for the bigs last year in 22 games last year for the D'Backs but still had a whopping .382 OBP.
Keep an eye out for this one.
I've had my eye on him. If no one else in my league grabs him first, I'm going to in the mid rounds.
Duh, really you thought this was the"old" Phillies pitcher. Go back to sleep Rip Van Winkle.
I think you give Eaton too much credit – he was a thief while he was here, not a pitcher.
If I'm not mistaken, he robbed Philadephia of close to $15 million dollars during his short stay here.
BTW – he is only 35 now.
Jon Papelbon, discussing the leaking of stories about players drinking beer and fried chicken in the Red Sox clubhouse in 2011: "I was surprised," he said. "I thought a lot of it was kind of unnecessary and a lot if it kind of didn't really play into the fact that there is still a game to be played and there is still baseball to be played besides what is going on in the clubhouse and the private things going on between players and coaches in the clubhouse."
Jon Papelbon discussing 2012: "It was an all-around leadership void from A to Z. From being a vocal leader to being an off-the-field leader to being an on-the-field leader to everything. You can't just point your finger at what type of leadership was missing. It was the whole part of the equation. Our team identity is formed by that leadership."
Which is it Jon? Should the private things that go on between players and coaches in the clubhouse be kept private or should players, coaches and the manager be called out for not being leaders?
Ha! hk, looks like I was typing mine while yours went up, I just noticed it, well stated.
In answer to your question, he doesn't know. He just opened his mouth and threw up all over himself as many fools do. My question is – Was it Jonathan or Cinco-Ocho speaking? One never knows.
You are right, I forgot about that the Phils are paying $50M over four years to both of them. Apparently, Jonathan thinks that what happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse while Cinco-Ocho thinks it's okay to discuss the team's lack of leadership.
What Papelbon means- is that there is no Beer or Fried Chicken in the dang clubhouse or dugout, now THAT's leadership! How can you expect real leadership without Sam Adams Boston Lager and KFC in between innings for crissakes?
And what about Cinco Ohco? What's his take on the whole thing? Cigarettes to help their endurance maybe?
This guy is a freakin' nutcase goofball with no credibility. And now he's going to be the leader of the bullpen? I wouldn't put that fool in charge of my dog for fear he'd teach it to piss all over the house. Ridiculous.
I'd tend to classify Papelbon's comments under the category of the old locker room adage, "What you see here, what you hear here, let it stay here." I don't see where discussing this publicly serves much purpose. It doesn't show much leadership.
That's my leaning, but I must admit that some managers and coaches have had practices of talking to their players through the press. Maybe it winds up serving some purpose.
I've found Papelbon a challenge to connect with for quite a while now during his career. I'm sure he's a well intending guy, but there's just something about him.
I'll just chalk it up to the "closer mentality". Some of these dude are completely off the wall and Papsmear is certainly no exception. Hell, Randy Myers used to play with toy soldiers in the bullpen for God's sake!
The bottom line now is simple…. Paps has to go out and BE A LEADER, pitch his ass off and this will all be forgotten in my book. I'm sure Jimmy, Chase, Ryan, Cole, Doc and the rest of the leaders on this club are watching, too!
I think Papelbon's comments have been blown way out of proportion. He's talented, but has for years been considered a goofball. I'm sure even his teamates know that and aren't going to lose any sleep over it.
One other thing I HAVE to say: It's pretty unfair to base an article on Papelbon's initial quote without any reference to his later remarks clarifying that quote. That's taking someone out of context. He may have waited too long to clear things up, but before this article was posted, he had done so.
I'm glad to hear paps say this one of the things you guys don't know is clubhouse chemistry. One of my good friends is real good friends with Worley. He was tellin us how the locker room is divided Doc was hurt hamels and lee aren't big talkers utley was out. Howard and j stroll literally couldn't be bothered anymore as Worley said its almost like they don't care they were there for a paycheck. Victorino was a straight cancer to the club hence why he got traded and why they had no interest in bringing him back And pence well he wasn't a leader type for us. This bothered Worley all year last year bc the veterans strong armed the young guys who couldn't speak up. After reading this I'm convinced it was a bad locker room last year.
You know, this is the kind of statement that could cause all kinds of trouble. The still relative new guy caused problems with the established players. That is not happening though. Jimmy Rollins came to his defense and the clubhouse leaders in general did not seem to be outraged. In fact, the took the statement as a sign that they had to do more and embarrassed that.
This is just adding to a strange sense of confidence that I am developing in the team this year.


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Doesn't make any sense to me....we would still be stucked with all of our bad contracts and give away 2 valuable assets.
I tried to enter this trade into our site's trade contest but kept getting kicked out! Anyways here it is please take for consideration!
New York Knicks

Incoming Players

 	Marcus Camby
Salary: $10,000,000 Years Remaining: 2
Outgoing Players: Malik Rose, David Lee
Los Angeles Clippers

Incoming Players

 	Malik Rose
Salary: $7,647,500 Years Remaining: 1

 	David Lee
Salary: $1,788,033 Years Remaining: 1
Outgoing Players: Marcus Camby
So we trade a current fan favorite for a former fan favorite. This deal brings the compliment to Zach The Knicks need. Marcus will get us around three blocks a game thus giving us the interior defensive presence we need so bad. Offensively this is a lateral move as well, Lee and Camby are about as good at scoring the ball. Camby's contract is smaller than what The Knicks would've given David Lee as an extension, plus expires at the critical year. Likely The Knicks could resign Camby at The MLE value of 5 million per when his current contract expires.
How this benefits the Clippers is that they get a nice compliment to Kaman in the post. David as a starter will get 10 rebs a game so he and Kaman should rebound exactly the same as Camby. Now where they lose in shotblocking, they gain in youth! Kaman and Lee will be the froncourt of the future where as Camby-Kaman probably ends when Camby's contract expires. David gets to stay in a Big Markert playing in LA. Malik ofcourse is just a throw in to this trade to make the numbers work.
Please let me know your thoughts!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
Doesn't make any sense to me....we would still be stucked with all of our bad contracts and give away 2 valuable assets.
It will make us better this year and right now, but we will still suck and the long term plans will be harder to implement. If we are going to trade Lee, we want to make sure we get rid of a bad contract with him. The idea is NOT to win more games this year. The idea is to improve the team now (or at least go sideways) AND MORE IMPORTANTLY improve it's long term position to be good enough to compete for it ALL in a few years.
that trade only thinks about what we can do this year.
We should only include Lee in a deal that helps us get rid of Zach or Curry.
If we want help this year, I think Walsh should call Mark Cuban and see if he's interested in swapping Kidd for Stephon, who have tradeable one year deals. But with all the talk of buying out STeph, it's obvious everyone is gonna play the waiting game on that one.
Bottom line, no to any deal involving Lee that doesn't help us get rid of those long-term deals that are eating up our cap for 2010.
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You don't get Lee unless you take something else....
scratchada my back ., ida scratchada your back
First off we have to stop being so obsessed with dumping Curry,Randolph or Jerome James' contracts! I know we need to move these contracts, but it probably not going to realistically happen this year especially with Eddy hurt! Not to mention trading David Lee and Zach Randolph leaves our front court completley bare. Zach is a player I would consider keeping if there is a player playing aside him that can compliment him, this trade does that.
Now one of you mentioned that we would be giving up two assets in this trade, and you're right! See generally that is how trades are done, you give up something of value in return for something of value. Giving up David Lee and Malik's contract to get us a rebounding shot blocker who fits into Dantoni's system is completley fair for The Knicks and Clippers. I know a lot of us have gotten used to Isiah's trades where we give up little to nothing for a player with more talent (and a bigger contract), but in order to rebuild our team we need to make some sacrifices.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
Clippers would laugh at this.
But I would love Camby here.
The only way I see Clippers doing this is if they're rebuilding.
I can't see them rebuilding with Davis, Kaman, Camby, and Mobley. They could be a competitive team if Thorton and Gordon develop into consistent players
Once the team has moved itself into a position of having a good mix of young diversified talent of good value relative to their salary structure, then the objective can be to fill out specific needs with trades, draft picks, free agents etc... because you have the salary cap room to do so.
It is incredibly difficult to try to simply shuffle players around year to year improving inch by inch to get to the promised land and also stay under the cap so you can re-sign or add some of the pieces you need to win it all etc...
Anyone that hasn't learned from the Isiah lesson is a crazy man!
Right now we have a handful of potential long term pieces to the puzzle at good salaries (Chandler, Robinson, Lee, and Gallinari). Everyone else is either very overpaid, old, flawed in some way, or some combination of the above. That doesn't mean one or more of the rest can't be part of an ultimate championship team as a key role player or even starter, but they should not be CORE in our thinking. That means we should be looking to move any and all of the others for more of those long term young key type players and more picks.
Of course, that doesn't mean you just give them away. You just try to get more value back than you give IN TERMS OF PLAYER VERSUS SALARY AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF PLAYER!!!!!!!
It's not about stockpiling good players. It's about stockpiling good players that don't make too much money so you can get as many of them on the team as possible and fill out ALL YOUR NEEDS!
It's a LONG TERM PROCESS!!!!
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We need a long term strategy, something Isiah did not have a clue about. Thankfully Walsh has a vision and I seriously doubt Camby fits in to our future.
D-LEE42FanLEE'S A BEAST!!!
Hear me out....I don't want to say that youth is overatted....but I think in our case we don't need it. If we continue to get younger then players like Crawford,Nate,Lee etc. become our vets and the problem with that is that they have been on losing teams their whole careers so who's teaching the youth on the team how to win?. Look I like Malik Rose I'm certain he gives great locker room speeches, but at some point we need veteran players making an impact on the floor. Plus Marcus Camby isnt Mutumbo, he is the same age as Duncan,AI,Baron Davis,Ray Allen etc. and we wouldnt call any of those players washed up. Marcus has been to The Finals he knows what is like to be successful in NY. I'm not saying he is the team's savior, I think that it would still be a stretch to make the playoffs even with him, but, he does help adress three major issues; interior defense,veteren leadership, and how to resign David Lee while montoiring the cap. Again we will have to give David around 9 million per which is less than what Marcus makes in his two final years on his contract. This deal doesnt affect our ability to get under the cap while making us a better team which is a win win for me! If we want to attract these free agents in 2010 then we need to show we can be a winning team, not just a young team with promise like Isiah had put together.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
P.S. If we can get Camby without losing Lee I am all for it. I think Lee packaged with Marbury can get us a better player than Camby.


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Skip to comments.Loughner...... Confirmed Leftist by Friend on Twitter
Posted on 01/08/2011 2:05:00 PM PST by blasater1960
caitieparker Caitie Parker @ @lakarune I haven't seen him since '07. Then, he was left wing.
caitieparker Caitie Parker @ @antderosa As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy.
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Definately a Tea Party type....../s
Leftist maybe but reading some of his postings I'd say the guy was more stark raving insane than political.
Jared Loughner the nutjob listed the Communist Manifesto (and National Socialist leader Hitler's Mein Kampf) as his favorite books...
Well then it looks like the media will wrap this up and end the coverage. Giffords is alive and there is nothing else to see here. Story over.
Favorite books include Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf
They'll learn nothing from this. In a just world whoever owns those media outlets would go through the newsroom like Genghis Kahn taking scalps.
Yep....story will be over by Monday. I saw another story saying he is a Daily Kos poster named BoyBlue.
Everyone needs to screenshot and save everything about this guy before the enemedia and Googlenazis scrub it all from history!
It's a big stretch that Palin prompted a lefty to shoot a blue dog democrat and a Bush appointed federal judge. But it's not a stretch for left wingers and the leftist media.
There was a county sheriff on msnbc blaming talk radio.
You aren't going to find any Tea Party types who list the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf as being a couple of their favorite books. You've got to go over to the DUmpster or Kos Kommie Kiddieland to find morons like that.
I don't believe the report that her window was shot out during the campaign. If that had really happened Chris Mathews would have drowned on his own slobber ranting about it.
Agreed. A moonbat shooting a Democrat. Maybe he thought she was a Republican.
It doesn't matter - now that the Left and MSM knows who he is, they'll shut their freakin' yaps!
Add him to the list...
Joe Stack (IRS plane crasher) sums up his manifesto with this, a popular Karl Marx quote and a stab at Capitalism...
The communist creed:
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed:
From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
-Joe Stack (1956-2010)
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"The woman accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville [Amy Bishop] was a suspect in a 1993 attempted mail bombing, according to a report by The Boston Globe.
The report broke the day after it was learned that Bishop fatally shot her brother in Braintree in 1986. ..."
"A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children - the youngest a third-grade boy - was a far-left political extremist who was "obsessed" with President Obama to the point of being off-putting."--Boston Herald, February 15, 2010
'Oddball' portrait of Amy Bishop emerges:
From SFGate.com:
Unabomber essay urges attacks on 'techno-industrial system'
July 27, 2002 | By Dan Eggen, Dominic Gates, Washington Post
In an article published this spring by Green Anarchy, a radical environmental newsletter, [unabomber Ted] Kaczynski calls on revolutionaries to "eliminate the entire techno-industrial system" by "hitting where it hurts" and disparages the activities of most radicals as "pointless."
From the Wall Street Journal
Oswald was a dedicated communist who had defected to the Soviet Union in 1959 out of disgust with American capitalism. After becoming disillusioned with Soviet life, he returned to the U.S. in 1962. In early 1963, he bought a scoped rifle through the mail and soon used it to fire a shot (which missed) at retired general Edwin Walker, the head of the John Birch Society in Dallas. In the summer of 1963, Oswald was active in street demonstrations in support of Castro. In September 1963, he visited the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City seeking a travel visa that would allow him to travel to Cuba.
Oswald was among the radicals of the time who saw Third World revolutionaries like Castro as the wave of the communist future. He was well aware of Kennedy's efforts to overthrow Castro's regime. As a Senate investigative committee suggested in 1975, Oswald shot Kennedy to interrupt his administration's plans to assassinate Castro or to overthrow his regime in Cuba.
Ignoring Oswald's communist links, journalists and political leaders quickly claimed the president was a martyr to civil rights. Earl Warren said that Kennedy had "suffered martyrdom as a result of the hatred and bitterness that has been injected into the life of our nation by bigots." Martin Luther King said the assassination had to be viewed against the backdrop of violence against civil rights marchers in the South. James Reston wrote in the New York Times that "something in the nation itself, some strain of madness and violence, had destroyed the highest symbol of law and order."
The consensus opinion was that Kennedy was a victim of hate and bigotry, a casualty of his support for civil rights. The Cold War and Kennedy's ongoing feud with Castro were rarely mentioned as factors behind the assassination. The reasons? Mrs. Kennedy wanted her husband remembered as a modern-day Abraham Lincoln. Lyndon Johnson feared complicating relations with the Soviet Union. Liberals feared a replay of the McCarthy period, when the Wisconsin senator inflamed public opinion about fears of domestic communism.
Agreed. A moonbat shooting a Democrat. Maybe he thought she was a Republican.
It doesn't matter - now that the Left and MSM knows who he is, they'll shut their freakin' yaps!
Remember the environmentalist wacko who held up the Discovery Channel HQ a few months ago?
Agreed. A moonbat shooting a Democrat. Maybe he thought she was a Republican.
It doesn't matter - now that the Left and MSM knows who he is, they'll shut their freakin' yaps!
Breaking: Did a Radical Daily Kos Reader try to Assassinate Rep. Giffords?
Update: BoyBlue has made several comments on DailyKos today, including that he was "gonna go" to the rally today.
This means that it is unlikely that he shot Giffords.
Update: Fox News is identifying the suspect in the Representative Gabrielle Giffords shooting as a 22-year-old male named Jared Laughner.
Today, House Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head while holding a public event in Tucson, Arizona. Another eleven were also shot; Giffords was reportedly shot at "point blank range." Giffords and those shot were then rushed to the hospital.
In the shot term, with few answers out there, the major question arises: who shot Representative Giffords and why? One startling possibility: an angry Daily Kos reader named "BoyBlue" may be behind the shooting.
In a diary written just two days ago, BoyBlue wrote a diary exclaiming that Rep. Giffords was "DEAD to me!" The headline was followed by a rambling diary that contained a passage in which BoyBlue stated that he "shot [himself] in the mouth in a serious suicide attempt" after his same-sex partner left him.
BoyBlue then went on a diatribe against Giffords, writing (with language cleaned up):
"Today, just a little while ago, I saw on Andrea Mitchell Reports (out of the one eye in can still see out of) that Giffords voted AGAINST Nancy Pelosi as our Minority Leader. Rhetorical question: I fought back from my condition and jumped in with both feet to help Gabrielle Giffords for THIS s**t???"
In other previous posts, BoyBlue rambled about his life as well. One exclaimed that he was leaving Daily Kos because it had turned "centrist." In the same post, BoyBlue exclaimed (once again, with language cleaned up): "Ask yourselves, "How 'progressive' is it to be f**king-over the ONE MAN who is fighting for "us" and one of our own steadfast allies? No good deed goes unpunished, I guess."
In an even earlier diary, BoyBlue defended someone who took hostages.
Now, according to reports, the attempted assassination was carried out by a man who shouted something before opening fire.
However, remember, all of these reports are preliminary. BoyBlue may very well be simply a crazed DailyKos reader.
According to his twitter friend His baked his noodle with alcohol, was treated for alcohol poisoning and he was a pot-head.
Jared Lee Loughner NOT a member of the TEAParty
He was a lefty?
Story dropped by Monday.
New media topic: WE NEED MORE GUN CONTROL!
Heads up.
If he turns out to be from the right, he'll end up as the Tea Party Assassin. If he's from the left, it will be a case of lax gun laws leading to violence.
Now we're getting somewhere. The lefties could wind up regretting this very badly. It would be fascinating to know what question he asked Gifford back in '07.
BTW, that seems like a very important detail if true — that he had had direct contact with her (during a time when he was a known lefty) and had declared her to be "stupid and unintelligent".
I really hope this boomerangs back in the left's face.
Well, as Michael Savage has pointed out, Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Do you know where you saw that ? source ? If so, that may wind up being a major major part of this story.
For all who are ready to cut him mental health slack.
Remember all leftist are mentally ill, just by falling for the crap that comes out of the Dum/socialist/Marxist leaders they follow.
Is THAT in the DSM-V
You got it, once there is no political bent, the focus of the socialists will go on to gun control. I can just here Shumer and Lauterburg warming up their vitriol now.
BTW, the link:http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/6/933828/-My-CongressWOMAN-voted-against-Nancy-Pelosi
It's been scrubbed from the KOS. I copied that link from my history file.
RS - Thanks for your post. That is some good information. CommieLib heads are going to be exploding all over the place when it comes out that he is one of them. First, they are going to have to learn how to spell his name. When you're dealing with liberals, that could take some time.
To brand him a lefty makes us as bad as those who would brand him a righty.
He's just nuts.
His rantings I've seen thus far are too garbled to qualify as developed ideology However, what there is of it is anarchist, socialistic and somewhat libertarian. Again, all of this is garbled and inconsistent — incoherence being the operative word on all I've see of it.
I as a high school teacher have seen 3 or 4 such mindless theoreticians per year oh, for the last 20 years or so. They make perfect sense to themselves. They like Nietzche, the French Syndicalists, some of the early anarchists, like Proudhon, and, of course, HL Mencken (while failing to understand any of them).
Did anybody retweet the tweet to Shemp Smith the jerk at FoxNews?
His rantings I've seen thus far are too garbled to qualify as developed ideology However, what there is of it is anarchist, socialistic and somewhat libertarian. Again, all of this is garbled and inconsistent — incoherence being the operative word on all I've see of it.
I as a high school teacher have seen 3 or 4 such mindless theoreticians per year oh, for the last 20 years or so. They make perfect sense to themselves. They like Nietzche, the French Syndicalists, some of the early anarchists, like Proudhon, and, of course, HL Mencken (while failing to understand any of them).
and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
You left out the Korean American guy from Va-Tech. Forget his name. He too was influenced by leftwing professors.
It is NOT Boy BLue:
The story is deleted but the comments remain. Most likely a leftist but NOT BoyBlue.
Oh lovely - can we look forward to more of this mayhem as 2012 approaches? Sad,sad, sad, So sorry for all the victims and families.And family of this poor lunatic.Am betting he was medicating himself,either legally or not.And now of course the drive to tighten gunlaws and keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill will begin.Wonder if he was taking anti-depressants,as so many of these shooters have.
You might want to add Jim Jones to your list. As you'll recall, he had a Democratic congressman killed as well.
Sarah Palin's Culpability in Attempted Assassination of Giffords
by BJ Rudell
Sat Jan 08, 2011 at 12:23:13 PM PST
Read his five postings above. Obviously, a mentally ill individual.
Read his five postings above. Obviously, a mentally ill individual.
Yeah, I think I know exactly the type you're talking about. Interesting how they share such a recognizable cluster of influences.
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- Prep Time: 45 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Ready Time: 150 min
- Yield: 14 brownies
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 (18.4 oz.) package Pillsbury™ Family Size Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
- 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil, divided
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 large eggs
- 6 ounces chocolate-flavored candy coating, cut into pieces
- 6 ounces vanilla-flavored candy coating, cut into pieces
- Decorator sprinkles (optional)
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- HEAT oven to 350°F. Line 13 x 9-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Coat foil with no-stick cooking spray. Prepare brownie mix according to package directions using 2/3 cup oil, water and eggs. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until set. Cool completely. Cover with foil. Ffreeze 30 minutes.
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- REPEAT with vanilla-flavored candy coating, remaining 1 tablespoon oil and remaining 7 brownies. Drizzle small amount of contrasting candy coating randomly over each brownie. Top with decorator sprinkles.
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FASTEST QUALIFYING TIME: 48.83 seconds by Buffalo's James Kolb
STATE RECORD: 45.19 by Mansfield Timberview's in 2012
CLASS 2A RECORD: 46.41 by Fred Hackney of Alto in 1996
PREVIEW: Zamzow makes his state meet debut as the ninth-fastest qualifier with a time of 51.69. Kolb is the only sub-49 qualifier. The other entrants are Crane's Austin Sandoval (49.12), Sunnyvale's Josh Quinn (49.18), Stanton's Jonathan Tomlinson (49.48), Sanford-Fritch's Andrew Reynolds (49.62), Commerce's Dlance Sharp (49.68), Karnes City's Paul Kinney (50.04) and Warren's Cody Hammonds (50.07). Quinn was third at last year's meet in 49.65. Reynolds (50.66) was fifth and Hammonds (52.20) was ninth.
SYNOPSIS: Zamzow, who will run in Lane 4, will need to run a sub-50 to have a chance to medal.
NEXT PREVIEW: Goliad's Ashtin Zamzow and Katelyn Salziger in the Class 2A girls 300-meter hurdles.


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Ms. Smith was born April 30, 1924, in Wayne, Okla., to Harvey and Tennie Baugh McFarland. She was a Baptist and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and Tennie McFarland; and a son, Larry Carpenter.
Survivors include a son, Bobby (Raymonde) Carpenter of San Angelo; a daughter, Barbara (Curtis) Cummings of Portland, Ore.; seven grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and a sister, Virginia Baugh of Garland.
Visitation was held Friday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home chapel in George West.
The funeral service was conducted there at 11 o'clock following visitation with Rev. Bruce Irving officiating. Burial followed in George West Cemetery.
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Lemonade - European tour dates
Those Brooklyn based scamps in Lemonade are crossing the Atlantic once more, a mere month or so since their last flying visit. This time they will be playing twelve shows, across eight countries - showcasing their strobe-drenched electro-nebula pop to full effect. Tell your friends baby. The dates read as follows: 13-Sep-12 - London, England - The Lexington 14-Sep-12 - Bristol, England - Start The Bus 15-Sep-12 - Dublin, Ireland - The Grand Social 17-Sep-12 - Glasgow, Scotland - The Captains Rest 18-Sep-12 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Sneaky Pete's 19-Sep-12 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son 21-Sep-12 - St Gallen, Switzerland - Grabenhalle 22-Sep-12 - Cologne, Germany - King Georg 23-Sep-12 - Brussels, Belgium - Bota Witloofbar 24-Sep-12 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Huset 25-Sep-12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Scandic Grand Central. 26-Sep-12 - Netherlands, Amsterdam - Paradiso
It's Summer, Get To Know Your TANLINES
SUMMER IS HERE!...ok well it officially starts tomorrow but we can't contain our excitement so we're getting started a day early. Ahhh Summer, the season of extended daylight, backyard BBQs, road trips with friends, summer playlists, and Tanlines + Lemonade of course. Apologies for that simple and obvious play on words. But honestly as sure as you're likely to have some tan lines after laying around the pool drinking a glass of lemonade this summer, we're convinced both bands (Tanlines and Lemonade) will be on your iPods/stereos while doing so. But don't take our word for it, Creator's Project said that Tanlines are "destined to become your summer soundtrack", and New York Magazine, Stereogum, and Refinery 29 couldn't agree more, naming "All Of Me" one of their Songs Of The Summer. Anyhow since we'll be spending all summer together, it's probably a good time to get to know your Tanlines better. Courtesy of Creator's Project, click HERE for an intimate look at the band Tanlines, their recording process, how they formed, and much much more. Also Tanlines will be performing across the US all summer long, starting tomorrow night with an official summer kick off show at the House of Vans in Brooklyn. A full list of summer tour dates is below. Mon, June 25 - Los Angeles, CA - School Night @ Bardot (DJ set only) Tue, June 26 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones (presented by 92.9 KJEE) Wed, June 27 - San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar Music Hall (presented by Live 105) Thu, June 28 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's (presented by 107.7 The End) Fri, July 13 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival Sun, July 15 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (discount for Pitchfork Festival wristband holders) Thu, July 19 - Miami, FL - Bardot Miami Fri, Aug 10 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival Sat, Aug 11 - Columbus, OH - Summerfest 2012 Sat, Sept 1 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival Thu, Sept 6 - Portland, OR - Music Fest NW
Lemonade - "Softkiss" video debuts
We are psyched up to show you the new video from Lemonade, "Softkiss", from the awesome (and available to purchase) album Diver. The video was directed by David Franklin (full video credits below), and the band curated a YouTube playlist to accompany the video premiere. Enjoy "Softkiss": Lemonade have a couple of shows coming up: Tue, June 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (Check Yo Ponytail) * with Grimes DJ set; Blood Diamonds; LE1F Thu, June 21 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Museum * with Small Black Video credits: Director: David Franklin Cinematographer: Violetta D'Agata Gaffer: Gautam Kadian Grip: Felipe Rosa Production Support: Rebecca An Editor/VFX Artist: David Franklin Produced by Artisanal Television www.artisanaltelevision.com "Diver traffics in cool, tropical-tinged electropop….bound to get stuck in your head for days." - TIME OUT NEW YORK "pulls in elements from every genre imaginable until their music is just one overwhelmed stew of world-music-informed hedonistic insecurity. It's a tricky line to walk, but on their sophomore album Diver they do it well. " - THE FADER
Listen to Lemonade's DIVER in full Right Now
Over the last few days, Lemonade have released the video for their incredible heartbreaker "Neptune"", and the yearning, soulful freestyle ballad "Softkiss". Now, without further ado, here is their majestic forthcoming album DIVER in its full glory. Thanks to Refinery 29 and Hype Machine for premiering it on their sites in tandem. Diver is out next week, 5.29.12!! (June 18 in UK) on True Panther Sounds: Order the record RIGHT NOW and get an instant grat MP3 download of the record, plus if you buy the lp it comes on a special Ltd. ed cola-bottle clear blue vinyl available only for mailorder customers and at forthcoming live shows. Buy DIVER HERE (get instant mp3 download of album and blue vinyl) Lemonade- Softkiss (MP3) TOUR DATES: TOUR DATES Sat 6.2 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/Teengirl Fantasy + Elite Gymnastics. Buy Tickets HERE Fri 6.8 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle * Buy Tickets Sun 6.10 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge * Buy Tickets Tue 6.12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza * Buy Tickets Wed 6.13 Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl * Buy Tickets Thu 6.14 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar * Buy Tickets Sun 6.17 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * Buy Tickets Mon 6.18 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho * Tue 6.19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/Grimes (DJ), Le1f, Blood Diamonds (Check Yr Ponytail) * Buy Tickets Thu 6.21 – Brooklyn NY @ Brooklyn Museum w/Small Black . Buy Tickets Tue 7.3 – London UK @ White Heat Buy Tickets Wed 7.4 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere w/Frankie Rose Buy Tickets Fri 7.6 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz *= Le1f
Lemonade "Neptune" Video and Tour Dates
Lemonade are just now getting back from their nationwide tour with Neon Indian We're happy to share Lemonade's new video for "Neptune" directed by House Plants + Weird Days. Also, the release of Diver is just about two weeks away. Although they've just come back from a nationwide tour with Neon Indian, they'll be traveling around the states and UK/Europe again. The show has gotten wild....truly special. To add to it, they're bringing their friend Le1f on the road with them. Enjoy the vid! Buy tix to see the band play! Buy the record wahoo!!!!!!! If you're in New York come and see them at their biggest headlining show to date, at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Teengirl Fantasy and Elite Gymnastics!! VOLTRON SHOW!!! ALBUM RELEASE!!!! Much more awesome news to come very very shortly!!! Buy Diver HERE (out on True Panther Sounds 5.29) [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/42302443[/vimeo] TOUR DATES Mon 6.2 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/Teengirl Fantasy + Elite Gymnastics. Buy Tickets HERE Fri 6.8 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle * Sun 6.10 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge * Tue 6.12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza * Wed 6.13 Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl * Thu 6.14 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar * Sat 6.17 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * Sun 6.18 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho * Mon 6.19 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA Thu 6.21 - Brooklyn NY @ Brooklyn Museum w/Small Black Tue 7.3 - London UK @ White Heat Wed 7.4 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere Fri 7.6 - Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz *= Le1f


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Danica Patrick turned 32 on Tuesday. She made racing history by becoming the first woman to win the pole position at the Daytona 500 in 2013, and was also the first woman to win an IndyCar event with her Indy Japan 300 title in 2008. Take a look at some of the other most notable women in the world of car racing.
Janet Guthrie became the first woman to compete in both the Indy 500 and the Daytona 500 in 1977. She won Rookie of the Year at the Daytona 500 that year.
Leilani Munter is the fourth woman to ever compete in the Indy Pro series. She also finished fourth in a USRA Super Late Model Series race in 2006, the best finish for a woman driver at any Texas Motor Speedway event. She's also an environmental activist.
Liz Halliday has earned a number of accolades in the Le Mans Series. She's also an equestrian who hopes to one day make the Olympic team in that sport.
Ashley Force Hood raced in the Funny Car division, and she became the fourth driver ever to win the Mac Tools U.S. nationals twice in a row. She competed against her father, John Force, in Funny Car races, and beat him when she won the Summit Southern Nationals in 2008. She stepped away from the driver's seat in 2010 and gave birth to a son in 2011. She is now president of John Force Entertainment.
In 1977, Shirley Muldowney became the first woman to win the Winston World Championship, and in 1982 became the first woman to win the championship three times in a row. She was also the first woman licensed to drive Top Fuel dragsters and the first woman to win a Top Fuel event, ultimately winning 18 national championships. She was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990.
Milka Duno won the Miami Grand Prix in 2004, becoming the first woman to win a major international sportscar race in North America. In 2007, she placed second in the 24 Hours of Daytona, the highest finish for a woman in the history of the race. She's also a naval engineer with four master's degrees.
Lyn St. James became the first woman to place at the Indy 500 in 1992, finishing 11th. That year, she became the first woman named Rookie of the Year at that race. She went on to have seven Indianapolis 500 starts from 1992 to 1997.
Melanie Troxel was the second woman to win in the NHRA's Funny Car division, and she's one of 14 drivers to win in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes. She was nominated for the best driver and best female athlete ESPY awards in 2006.
Shawna Robinson started in the Nascar 400 in 2001, becoming the first woman to start in a Winston Cup race since 1989. Robinson also had the first all-female pit crew in Nascar history at the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly 400 in 2003.
In 2005, Katherine Legge was the first woman to win a Toyota Atlantic Championship race. She became the first woman to race in the Champ Car World Series full time in 2006.
Erin Crocker started racing quarter midgets and moved up to the Nascar Craftsman Truck series. She's the only woman to ever win a World of Outlaws race.
Pippa Mann became the first British woman to ever compete in the Indianapolis 500 in 2011. She finished 20th.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson
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