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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
July 6th!!! Right around the corner!
Are the kids sleeping on campbeds or are the photos deceiving?? That is pretty much packed up!!!
They are... Kennedy and Keeghan are on cots. Kass and Kam are on the floor. They are all in one room because the girls' room is full of boxes. Kellsey is still in her room in her bed because she doesn't do change well (and because she doesn't sleep at night hardly ever so she needs to be in her room so she can be awake without bothering anyone). We sold the girls bunk beds and Kameron's bunk beds and Keeghan's toddler bed, so they're not packed, they are GONE! But Kassidy, Kennedy and Keeghan are all taking beds from my mom's house so we don't have to buy new. Kameron will be getting a "new" bed (new to us at least) once we get to Colorado. I really want a captain's bed for him. We'll see. *whew* I'm so excited they will each be in their own rooms!!! Bedtime has been rough with 4 in one room, just getting them to settle down at night! I'm ready to GO!!!!
Okay, now IF I was G*d (and I'm NOT!!!), I would have made Newborns stay tiny for 3 or 4 years and teenagers for only 1 year!! : )
What a beautiful baby girl! I know you must have been IN LOVE!! Come on? Wouldn't it be nice to have kept her that teeny, tiny baby for a few more years??
Hmmm Maybe... however, I do not miss changing all those diapers! ;)
I love the expression on her face in the 3rd picture (her 1st real picture)! She is such a pretty young lady :)
Me too, always been one of my favorites!
lovely!! I hope u do a blast from the past on them all. So darling. I adore the hospital photo, that's the sweetest hat. You must've gotten the biggest giggle from that! I like that 1st portrait too. Looks like Sears? Penneys?
Yes, I loved that hat! LOL I think Keeghan wore it, too! Actually, I think that portrait was done at Kiddie Kandids. We used to go to them a lot!
Does he still say his R's like that? I know this is old but it seems like he does in all videos....did he ever do speech therapy?
Whew! That video IS old!! One of my favorites of my little guy though! :) He was in speech therapy from 2 1/2 (when he wasn't talking at all) until almost 5 years old... when he was about 7 he asked me, "Mom, why do R and W make the same sound?" I said, "Only to you, baby!" As for now, I actually had to ask Frank if he still says his R's wrong (Kam's in bed right now) and Frank says no, he says them correctly now. I'm so used to the way he talks that I never notice things like that anymore!
Very cute. :) Is it just me, or was she a tiny baby? Especially when comparing her pictures to Kameron's I think she looks tiny.
Kennedy was 6lbs, 3oz when she was born. Kameron was 7lbs, 13oz, so Kennedy was small compared to him... however, Kassidy was only 5lbs, 13oz when she was born (I had toxemia and had to be induced early), so she wins for my tiniest baby. :) (Keeghan was 7 pounds even.) BUT Kennedy stayed tiny for the longest because she had a blockage in her intestine called a duodenal web that went undetected for the first 7 months of her life. She only weighed 7 pounds at 7 months old. It was a rough first 7 months of life... once that blockage was discovered though and they were able to get her nutritionally stable enough to operate she finally started growing!! Of course even now at 7 years old, she's only about 35 pounds, so I guess size is all relative! ;)
Can she still put her feet up to her head like that, lol? Very bendy ;).
I'm sure she could if she tried! She's very flexible!
She still looks exactly the same!!! Kass and Kam don't look anything like their baby pictures, but Kennedy is identical to hers, just bigger! LOL
I agree! I was looking back at these pictures thinking, "OH my goodness, she still makes these same faces!" hahaha
She sure was a little baby, and very bendable even with the neck. OUCH that hurts to think she slept like that. Can she still do that? I am assuming it was because of her neck issues is why or how she could do it but do not know for sure.
She can still bend her legs like that I think, but probably not her neck... she lost some range of motion after her surgery... there are lots of pins, wires and titanium plates in there!
How fun!! Who is the singer/songwriter, and what will they do with the video?
His name is Earl Arnold and he's been in the Christian music industry for years in different capacities. His plan is to take the video and get it out to churches nationwide (and he said he has some connections with the Jerry Lewis telethon, I think?). We will see what happens!!
What a cool experience for all of you! That is amazing how much Katie and Kennedy resemble each other. Please post the video to your site when it's finished, I would love to see it.
I will for sure! I can't wait to see it myself! :)
Oh my goodness! He was and still is such a cutie pie. I love those is brown eyes!
He is definitely going to steal some hearts one day but hopefully that will not happen for about 30yrs or so. LOL!!
LOL 30 years?! That would make him 34!! I hope he finds someone before then! ;)
Great question and great answer!!
I was wondering if you chose to have an amnio with Keeghan's pregnancy? Do you think it would be better to be prepared for a DS diagnosis before birth, or deal with it after the baby is born?
That is also a great question and I really have two different answers. Or maybe three different answers! HA! First, I know several parents whose babies were diagnosed with Down syndrome prenatally and many (but not all) of those parents have said they wish they didn't know. They have said that it made their pregnancy more stressful... they feared the unknown and there was nothing to "fix" in a sense (like heart issues for example) until the baby was born, so it made it harder. Now, the grass is always greener on the other side. I wish I would have known prenatally with Kennedy. I wish I could have researched and read up and found online forums of other parents who had kids with Ds already and looked at pictures of their children leading normal lives so when they handed me all that outdated paperwork from the 70's in the hospital I could have laughed in their faces! LOL I'm sure I still would have stressed, but I did anyway (because that's what I DO, I'm a stresser!). That being said, when we decided to have Keeghan we decided that even if he were born with Down syndrome, we would be absolutely 100% ok with that. If we weren't, we wouldn't have gotten pregnant. So, I did not have the amnio and in fact I declined the AFP (aka Triple screen or quad screen) as well. It simply didn't matter to us. What did matter to us however was whether or not he had heart issues, so we had level 2 ultrasound done just to make sure his heart was ok. We knew that the hospital on Post (where he was supposed to be born) could not accommodate a baby with severe heart defects so if there was anything going on in there, we wanted to have my OB care transferred to a larger hospital. Thankfully all was well. Towards the end of my pregnancy I ended up with cholestasis of pregnancy so my care was transferred anyway. Ahhh! Never a dull moment! :)
Keeghan is such a ham! What a cutie! On a completely different note, as I was typing that into my iPod, the auto-correct changed Keeghan to jewfish. How weird is that? And what the heck is a jewfish?? LOL!
I know! LOL It does that to me when I'm texting, too!!! LOL I cracked up the first time it did it! It also changes Kass to Lass and Kam to Jan! HA! SO annoying! And according to google, this is a jewfish! I think Keeghan is much cuter! ;)
Please know that this is an honest question coming from someone who is adopting, and who is going into it knowing full well the complications and emotions that may arise. I appreciate and 'listen' to you.
I will try to answer your questions the best I can... please remember that every child, every baby home is different...
Seeing the photos of kellsey, I am wondering, after so much time, how you are all doing?
We, as a family, are doing ok. We have had a really rough year and there have been extenuating circumstances that I really cannot go into that have made it more difficult that necessary. Some days are easier than others.
I know that you have spoken of difficulties in regards to her attachment. Do you believe that this is a result of her time in the orphanage? Do you believe this is simply 'kellsey?'
Yes. To both. I believe that some of it can be attributed to her time in the orphanage... she had a rough first three years of life and attachment disorders are common. I believe some of it is most definitely just Kellsey. And that's not to say that anything that she is going through is her "fault" in any way. She has a lot going on with her that needs attention. And of course, developmentally she's about 2 years old which means she's going through her "terrible twos" which is always fun! ;)
What, if anything, have you investigated to improve her connections to you?
We tried to get her help here and unfortunately the resources here are... not very good. Her pediatrician is wonderful and has given us some ideas about what is possibly going on with her... which wasn't a huge shock to us. We are anxious to get to Colorado and hopefully get her the help that she needs. We have heard great things about the resources available there and are hopeful for her future.
Knowing what you do about her, would you change anything about her adoption? For instance, time spent with her when you brought her home? How you interacted with her?
I don't think there's much I can change about the time I have spent with her... besides the time she was in school, I am always with her. I definitely would have done more research into the therapies I sought out for her. We went backwards instead of forwards. We'll fix that when we move. I'm sorry, I feel like I haven't answered this like you wanted, but I'm not really sure what you're looking for here.
For all the challenges that she has brought, if you could, what would be the one thing that she has brought that outweighs those challenges?
She has taught us that there is always something worth fighting for. She has made me bring out my "mama bear" and fight for her, for our family, for what's right. She's opened our eyes to other disabilities - with Kellsey it's not "just" Down syndrome we're dealing with... it's Reactive Attachment Disorder and possibly more. It's pulling her out of "her world" and hearing her giggle when we haven't heard it for days. And cherishing those moments. And it's made me realize that other people, on the outside looking in, will probably never understand. They'll probably never "get it". They'll never understand why she is happiest when she can just sit in "her spot" in the living room and obsessively draw circles on her magna doodle for hours, ignoring the world going on around her. They'll never understand how she can go from happy and charming one second to sulky and withdrawn then next without any provocation. They'll never understand why, even though she's having a blast swinging in the swing, she doesn't smile, doesn't laugh, but doesn't want to get out either. She just is. And so, I stop explaining. It does me no good. I can talk until I'm blue in the face and no matter what I say, I am in the wrong. But we know we are doing the very best for this very complex little girl who we do not understand. We are hoping that we find the right doctor in Colorado who can help her (and help us help her) reach her full potential. I have a feeling Kellsey has a lot to teach us... I'm just not sure what all that is yet. Either way, I know it's going to be quite the roller coaster ride!
Wow, scary stuff. Hopefully she'll be okay. Wonder how she picked up a staph infection? I know they can be pretty much anywhere though.
Who knows?! Sometimes I think it just stays in her body permanently!
For the shh, shh, shh... If the noise is bothering her enough at night, a white noise machine can help greatly with 'blocking' the noise. You can either buy a cheap machine or place a fan on medium.
Well, now that she's on the medicine, she hasn't mentioned the noise again, so I'm guessing it's gone? She does have a fan in her room that runs all night though. :)
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do you think she may be a carrier? My son is so he gets MSRA very easily!! :(
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 4:11:00 PM MDT
- mom2natnkatncj said...
Can't believe how fast your move is coming up. I wonder how Kellsey will deal without her spot ;). Just so you know CJ sometimes suddenly gets sullen and pouty for seemingly no reason. So I guess it could just be a toddler thing ;). I'm sure you'll find whatever you need to help get her out of her shell. When you think about it 3 years spent with little to no human interaction where your smiles weren't returned with smiles it all makes sense that she'd be so withdrawn. That didn't happen overnight so I guess you can't expect it to change overnight. And it might never fully be right, but I know you are doing everything you can for her. And of course she'll always be way better off with you than where she would have been had you not come into her life.
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 4:12:00 PM MDT
check out http://www.storinguptreasures.com/ for others dealing with RAD.
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 4:58:00 PM MDT
Just wondering, and sorry if you've already answered before...when does Kellsey sleep if rarely at night?
Also, I know you are sensitive to the attachment issues you've had with Kellsey. I think you should know that as an outsider who only knows your family through the pictures and stories you post, it is clear that she is happy. The early pictures when she first came home, her eyes were a little empty....confused. Now, every single picture you post of her, she looks like a little girl who knows she is loved and valued. You are doing a good job with her.
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 5:47:00 PM MDT
- Lori said...
"help us help her...reach her full potential. I have a feeling Kellsey has a lot to teach us... I'm just not sure what all that is yet."
Your post made me cry. I admire all your children, but having started to read your blog just as you announced you were planning to adopt Kellsey, I have a special place in my heart for her. Your parenting with her is admirable (don't let the mean people get you down) and--like our struggles as parents of children with cancer--no one is truly going to understand unless they've been there, done that. That she has a loving, UNDERSTANDING home makes all the difference. All children should be so fortunate.
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 5:59:00 PM MDT
- Lori said...
Just read Jennifer's comment and couldn't agree more. She looks like she belongs and is getting the hang of being a Garcia.
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 6:00:00 PM MDT
- Lea White said...
Hi Renee,
I read about you saying that Kellsey has R.A.D. and I recently discovered this blog - http://www.storinguptreasures.com. This lady has done quite a few adoptions and some of her children struggle with R.A.D.
Wow, your moving date is just around the corner. I always like the feeling of "a fresh start" that comes along with moving to a new place. :-)
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 6:44:00 PM MDT
- trooppetrie said...
I do not know why I did not think to ask you before. but how hard was it for you to get your adopted children into DEERS, was it easy because you had adoption papers. My husband niece just awarded us custody 2 weeks ago of a 1 and 3 year old. we have temp custody until Aug when we will have full custody which is when we can put them on DEERS. do you have any suggestion. I would love to invite you to read my private blog about the boys. I talk about them on my family blog but try to save the personal stuff for the private blog
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 7:04:00 PM MDT
- Laura and family said...
Renee, you are a fantastic mom- to ALL of your children! I greatly admire you. :)
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 8:59:00 PM MDT
- Laura and family said...
Renee, you are a fantastic mom- to ALL of your children! I greatly admire you. :)
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 8:59:00 PM MDT
Thank you so much for your insightful and helpful answers to my questions.
I don't know if you have ever read it but a book, written by a woman with Autisim called Thinking in Pictures is wonderful. It might be helpful because she too, as a child, would spend hours in her own 'world' the woman's name is Temple Grandin. While Kellsey might not have Autisim, the book can be helpful in 'seeing' the world you speak of that kellsey easily inhabits. It is also facinating because Temple went from being closed off to the world to the formost expert on a particular type of cattle farm equipment!!
- Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 1:14:00 AM MDT
- Kandi Ann said...
Hi, I love hearing about Kellsey so much. She reminds me of me. I am HFA/SPD (High functioning autistic and Sensory Perception disorder, previously SID (Integration disorder) I prefer to live in a Parallel world but its just not acceptable to 99% of the people 99% of the time. My husband (the one percent) allows for this for 1 full hour in the morning (and all time while he is at work) while he makes me breakfast, gets my meds, turns on my music and takes care of our pets. If I don't sleep, I have a horrid day. Today felt like I was watching myself from outside of myself. My husband said it scared him. It was weird. I do feel better though. Now, I cannot sleep without being medicated. I found that valerian root helps with anxiety though something stronger is needed for sleep. my question is Can you give Kellsey something natural to help with sleep? And it doesn't sound like any one has told you this yet, BUT OMGOSH to the ones who can't accept people like me and Kellsey. Just let it go. We are perfect the way God made us. The lesson to learn is definitely not ours. oh yeah, SPD, sensory issues. It sounds like Kellsey may have some. Can someone with Down Syndrome also be Autistic? She sure does sound a lot like me. Hugs to you and your family.
- Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 6:41:00 PM MDT


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A Word to the Wise (Parents)
There's a saying by Mark Twain that goes "When I was sixteen, my father was the most ignorant man in the world. By the time I reached 21, I was surprised at how much he had learned in five years."
Mark Twain wasn't kidding. I passed my 21st birthday about 4 months ago, and my parents are smarter than ever. I never necessarily thought my parents ignorant, but I was convinced that they said and made decisions based on how likely they were to irritate me. At times I was convinced they existed purely to make my life difficult. At no other time was I more convinced of this than the summer before I started college.
Parents, please. Treasure the time you have this summer with your children, but like Amanda said, let them go hang out with friends, make them mow the lawn, do laundry, etc. After all, the reason you had children in the first place was for manual labor! As a former RA, I'm giving you homework this summer to make sure your children come to college fully prepared.
1) TEACH - For the love of humanity, please teach your children basic life skills if you haven't already. Things like laundry, picking up after oneself (although you've probably been trying to teach that one for years now), how to "doctor" ramen to make it somewhat tastier, teach them to budget money, balance a checkbook, etc. Unless you don't mind getting phone calls about how Junior now needs new khakis because he/she has bleached them pink. Teach your daughter how to check and change oil in her car. Don't just give her AAA. We teenagers get to college and after a few weeks, we have a whole level of appreciation for the behind the scenes help our parents have been giving us for years. The gratitude will come, trust me. (THANK YOU MOM FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO MAKE BREAD AND USE BLEACH PROPERLY...Can we work on the ironing next time I come home?)
2) TELL - Tell your son/daughter you will miss them, but remind them how important college is. Tell them to take time out from school to engage in other activities. If all you do is study, you'll miss half of college. Tell them how much fun you had in college, even if they roll their eyes. They're listening. Remind them to be safe when making choices. Tell them to get a job. It'll be good training for learning to budget their own money. Tell them you expect good grades. Most importantly, tell them you love them no matter what. Every parent will get at least one phone call from a kid in tears, wanting to come home and quit it all. Listen, comfort them, and then throw them back into the fish pond. We can't grow up unless you let us.
3) RESTRAIN - Restrain yourself from being overbearing and preventing any fun this summer. I know, that's a parent's job, but...it more than likely is the last time they'll see some of their friends for a year. That's a long time. Please restrain yourself from buying out the Target "Back to College" aisle. Stick to the basics...your child's roommate will be thankful. There's only so much you can cram in a 9' x 11' space. And most importantly, restrain yourself from being the "helicopter" parent. You can't fight all our battles, and if we got a bad grade in a class, it more than likely really is our fault. At some point, you have to stop thinking of us as being a reflection on you, and start considering us the adults that you trained us to be. You did a good job; we wouldn't be in college if you didn't.
Now sit back and watch the show, because there should be some entertaining parts. Particularly when we call home demanding to know why our socks turned pink, and how come you never told us that our red shirt bleeds?
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Catherine AtneosenLove your advice. When I went off to college (several years ago), I had a roommate who didn't have a clue about laundry or cooking and it was sooo much fun watching her deal with it all. We have made a point of having our son do laundry and cooking for sometime now but I still wonder what those first loads will look like! It's different when mom is there to answer any questions and doing it all alone several hundred miles away. I guess we need to work on ironing this summer before he leaves. I do have a question about the dorms and mattress sizes. Will we know if he is having a standard twin or an extra long twin bed? It does make a difference in what sheets and mattress cover he will need. How much actual storage is there (closet size)? Will we be able to determine this on our visit? We are wondering if we should ship some of his stuff ahead of time or do we just bring what he needs at orientation (we live 1200 miles from Rochester). Any advice?
Sarah AlefThe dorms all have extra long twin beds, so yes, you need to look for those special sheets. Closet space varies from building to building, but plan on having about 3-4 small shelves or 2 really big shelves, each with a rack for clothing. When you visit, you will be able to take a dorm tour, which should give you an idea how how much space to plan for. I also live super far away from Rochester (only 650 miles though :) ) and what I did was to pack all my clothes, and go really light on items that I could purchase here in Rochester. Things like sheets, laundry detergent, lamps etc. All that can be bought here just as well as at home. It's also usually easier to do this with boys, since they're not as particular about colors and such things. The really small winter things like sweaters and vests, bring a couple with and then pick up the rest when you go home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Catherine AtneosenI have a question about lap tops. Our son will be in the physics department and he will be getting a new lap top before fall. We are doing the mac vs pc debate right now. Any suggestions on what would be better? I told him to check with someone in the department as well as to what requirements they might have. Is this reasonable advice? He is leaning toward a mac right now. Our home lap top is a Dell and none of us are real happy with Vista! He is leaving his desk top and printer at home because we understand that there are printers available at RIT and they just take up dorm desk space. Thanks!
Sarah AlefAs far as I know - the physics department has no specific requirement as to what type of computer their students use. If you need a program that only works on the other operating system, well, that's why we have lab computers. From my personal experience in the sciences, I prefer Macs. They generally are more stable than Windows, and if treated well will last you longer. My Macbook is still alive and kicking after three + years! I actually would recommend that you bring your printer if it's not too terribly big. You can print at RIT, but usually not in color, and printers are nice to have for your own projects and such. Also - you can emulate Windows on a Mac computer if you have a program that won't work on Macs. The reverse cannot be said :-)
Rose ChinI have question - what about a tv / and or gaming system in the room? My daughter wants to bring her x-box 360.
thanx for help
Sarah AlefNot a problem. I recommend talking with the roommate(s) to figure out who is bringing what, but more than likely your daughter will be more than welcome (and encouraged) to bring her 360. I have a N-64 in mine :-)
Cheryl (parent)A couple of questions: What's the male to female ratio at this point? How strong are the liberal arts courses? Any knowledge about the strength of Political Science/International Relations? Do you folks get experience in learning how to write? What would you say about the social skills of the male student body?
Sarah AlefLast I heard, the male to female ratio was 70-30, however, I do know that the class admitted this past fall was 60-40. YES - it is getting better. I always tell the guys that if they come out of their rooms, they will meet girls. We're here, but we're social creatures. Don't expect to find us on World of Warcraft. As far as male social skills go...I have a saying that I tell all the girls: The odds are good, but the goods are odd. Generally speaking though, the boys are fairly adept at being human and not too weird.
As far as the strength of the liberal arts courses, I certainly feel like they're good classes, but I only took my Russian and a philosophy course here at RIT. The rest I transferred in from community college. I do know that the International Relations program here requires international co-ops (which is pretty cool) and you choose a subcontinent and a language to focus your studies on.
As a science kid, I'm required to submit a writing sample in order to be eligible for graduation, and every student is required to take some sort of writing course. Engineers have to pass a written exam, usually in their 3rd year, and there's a series of creative writing courses specifically aimed at art students. There really is something for everyone here, and if you look hard enough, I promise you can find something you're interested in adding to your education. Your only limiting factor is time!
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By Richard Gambitta
Associate Professor and Director, UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs
(Oct. 20, 2006)--The UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs (ILPA) will host the second annual Law School Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27 in the University Center at the 1604 Campus.
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Law school representatives from approximately 100 accredited law schools from across the United States will come to the UTSA event to recruit students and answer questions concerning admissions, the application process and financial aid.
Columbia, Boston College, Syracuse, Michigan State, Indiana, Oklahoma, UCLA, USC and every law school in Texas, to name just a few, will send their law school deans of admissions and representatives to the event.
Partnering with the Southwestern Association of Pre-Law Advisors, ILPA offers the fair to give students planning to attend law school an outstanding opportunity to learn about the application process. Additionally, students will gain valuable information and contacts at the event.
We welcome and encourage students and alumni from all South and Central Texas universities interested in applying to law school to attend the fair.
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Temperature could reach 103 degrees today in Pleasanton, Tri-Valley
Original post made on Oct 1, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, October 1, 2012, 5:35 AM
a resident of Apperson Ridge
on Oct 1, 2012 at 8:34 pm
And where are the cooling stations for our elderly? At least mention some places
a resident of Stoneridge
on Oct 1, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Waiting for all the liberal loons to start clammoring about global warming. Thats okay, loons, just ignore all the science that says global warming is a hokes.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Oct 1, 2012 at 10:09 pm
a resident of Danbury Park
on Oct 2, 2012 at 7:34 am
That ought to drive the politicians indoors for awhile.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 2, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I agree with the first person to post a comment: why is there no mention of any "cooling center" in this story? Is the city not providing one for this heat wave for the seniors and other at-risk residents? Were there cutbacks? Or did the article neglect to include this vital information? Past PW references to the cooling center activation have been:
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a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Oct 3, 2012 at 10:00 am
It's the damn union's fault that the temps are so freaking high.


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Ok Guys, 6 more pairs shipped, I'll be pm'n the tracking numbers to you in a bit!!!! :thumbsup Only 4 more pairs to go and this run is complete!
THX Again Guys!
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Ok Guys, 6 more pairs shipped, I'll be pm'n the tracking numbers to you in a bit!!!! :thumbsup Only 4 more pairs to go and this run is complete!
THX Again Guys!
Just received mine today. These are damn nice and the fit is... well, just like a glove! Thanks again for doing these :thumbsup
Yippie! Me too! Great work, thank you thank you :)
GBH. Received the gloves today and they're even more fantastic in person! I can't imagine spending money on any other Boba glove when THE GBH Glove is available. Thanks for all the hard work, regular updates, and fast shipping. I love 'em (and the kids have already been told they are not, along with all the rest of the Fett attire, toys.).
AWESOME!!! It's great to hear everyone's pleased with their gloves, I'll definatley relay all the compliments back to "Good Ole' Moms"!!! She'll be very happy to hear all the kind words! :thumbsup
Received mine yesterday as well. Amazing work!!!
Great set of gloves! Cannot wait to get the ROTJ set
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Payment sent, sorry for the late reply
Although I just want to clarify, that there are still 4 pairs of gloves to finish for members on the first run, those will ship the end of next week! We then can get organized for the second run, so thank you again Justin for sending payment, yours will be the first up on the next run, but in no way should anyone else feel as though they're going to miss out if payment's not sent at this point in time. :)
no rush on mine dude, no rush at all... take your time. As long as I get them some day in the next 6 months I am happy. :) I am taking my upgrades slow.
Ok, 3 more pairs of ESB's shipped today (I've Pm'd your tracking numbers gentlemen) one more ROTJ pair to go and you can stick a fork in this first run!
THX Again Guys!
pm sent
Can I still get a pair of the ROTJ?
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaahhhhh bro, I am all over these!
Payment sent for a pair of ESB gloves. Will get measurements for you soon.
Right on bro, fellow ESB'rs Unite!!! :lol
I'll mark you down bud, just get me your stats when you can. Your making your TDH come back in a big way! :thumbsup:thumbsup
I'd be interested in a pair of ESB if there's room on a list?
Please add me for a set of ROTJ please!
thedustroom, Your already in the holding pattern at the 12. Spot! ;)
Ripcode, Marked you down for a ROTJ set!:thumbsup
LOL; sorry
Are you still taking orders for the gloves? If so Ill take an ESB set.
Let me know and Ill send money and size.
I received my pair of gloves a few days ago and I am impressed! Nice fit, nice material, and nice build quality! Definitely worth it if anyone is on the fence! Thanks for making these available GBH!
- Justin
Whew, just sold off some things so I am back on this. Payment coming this weekend! Thanks GBH - really looking forward to getting some of these!
Sheesh, I STILL haven't remembered to take my measurements!!! Alllll righty, only excuse I got is that I'm still getting everything ready for DCon!! Yeah, that's it!! :)


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While the leadership ranks are filled mostly with masculine faces, the number of women in positions of power is growing. The challenges these women face sometimes tie into their gender, but most of their obstacles are shared by everyone in the profession—male or female. Six top public infrastructure managers share advice on what it takes to climb the ladder.
Qiong Liu, PE, PTOE
Deputy director/city engineer
North Las Vegas, Nev.
Population: 178,166
Area: 78.5 square miles
Liu might stand a few inches shorter than most of her colleagues, but with her impressive educational background and history of public service, she stands shoulder to shoulder with the best in the profession.
Liu has served North Las Vegas—one of the fastest-growing cities in the country—for two years, including a six-month stint as interim director. Her passion for finding what makes things tick is rooted in her childhood; she was born in Beijing to two well-educated parents who enthusiastically supported her curious, energetic nature.
"I was a tomboy," she says. "I enjoyed creating and making things and overcoming challenges, which explains why I wanted to be an astronaut or an inventor, to make a big difference in people's lives."
At 17, she entered the Institute of Railway Sciences in Changsha, China, graduated with a civil engineering degree, and eventually moved to the United States to continue her education. In 2004, she earned a doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Arizona.
Liu has been in the United States for 17 years. She knows her city well, but she still struggles somewhat with American culture and language—a challenge she finds more daunting than gender differences.
"At the beginning, it is harder simply because it's a male-predominated field," Liu says. "But in the long term, it's different once you have gained respect from the people you work with, and because of the dynamics of the business and the people you interact with every day, and the diversity of the workforce."


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As Wang is freed, Chinese journalist Shi Tao still held
Chinese dissident Wang Xiaoning was released today after serving a 10-year prison term on charges of "incitement to subvert state power," a case built in good part on client information supplied by Yahoo. Wang had used his Yahoo email account and the discussion forum Yahoo Groups to spread ideas the government deemed dangerous. His case closely parallels that of journalist Shi Tao, another Yahoo user who fell afoul of the Chinese government. In 2005, Shi was convicted of "illegally leaking state secrets abroad" and given a 10-year sentence. Yahoo had helped authorities identify Shi through his account information.


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Jason Zumwalt (better known as Roman Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV) is reaching out to the community, he wants to do a Webseries Project that follows the life of Roman as he attempts to concur Hollywood (or should that be Vinewood?), however this project needs donations, with a target of $8,000 needed for him to do this, he's hoping to get as much help as he can from the community and is offering little bonuses to people who donate such as signed postcards from Roman and voicemail messages. So far he's done a teaser for the project:
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Mobile home park residents living without running water for days
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - UPDATE: An anonymous donor paid the park's water bill after our story aired. Read the update here
Some local residents are stuck between 'a rock and a hard place' after the owner of their mobile home park files for bankruptcy, and now they claim to be left high and dry.
You won't find a drop of running water at Amber Harwood's house in a mobile home park on Old Stage Trail in Sullivan County. She told us her water was turned off about three days before Christmas, and was turned back on for the holidays, and has since been back off for several days. "I went to go take a shower to go to work. I went to go turn the water on; no water," said Harwood.
It's the same waterless situation at neighbor Maranda Fraley's home, but not for lack of payment. "It's in our rent, and we've paid our rent. We're paid up," Fraley said.
We checked the court documents and learned the owner of the mobile home park, Joseph Sakellar filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy early in December, and his attorney, Bernard Via, told us Sakellar is now not responsible for that bill. The tenants have to make other arrangements.
However, the Blountville Utility District told us, there's an outstanding bill of over $1,000 on that water hook-up, but since there's only one water main, residents can't pay their own individual tab.
"We can't get it in our individual names, or else we would," Harwood said.
Meanwhile, residents are living life without running water, filling up jugs from other places just to get by. "We have certain ones for drinking, others for flushing our toilet and brushing our teeth, and all that stuff," Harwood explained.
"We have to boil water to mop, to wash dishes, everything," said Fraley.
It's a basic utility that's turned into a luxury far out of reach, until a legal battle ends.
Sakellar's attorney told us this bankruptcy case goes to court January 9. He said it's likely the property will be foreclosed on at some point.
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Michael Szpir
On the battleground of infectious disease, every bacterium is a little soldier. It must be specially equipped to handle the microterrain and conditions in the host's body if it's to mount a successful invasion. From the bacterium's perspective, some of the most hostile environments are those found in the digestive and urinary tracts, where the shear forces of flowing fluids threaten to sweep an invader into oblivion. Yet certain strains of Escherichia coli routinely achieve victories on these battlefronts—at least as measured by the millions of cases of diarrhea and bladder infections caused by E. coli every year. What's their secret weapon?
It turns out that E. coli has evolved specialized gear that allows it to hunker down when the going gets tough. It's been known for decades that E. coli must stick to the surface of a tissue before it can infect the body. Defensive actions by the host, such as sneezes, urination or mucosal secretions, are generally supposed to help vanquish the microbial invaders before they get too far inside defensive lines. But Wendy Thomas and her colleagues at the University of Washington recently discovered that E. coli actually hold on more tightly when the shear stresses imposed by flowing fluids are high (Cell, June 28).
It seems that the bacteria resist most when body fluids are trying to push them away, but then let go when the force is not threatening, and so can move against the flow toward their target. This defies conventional wisdom, which has always assumed that bacteria would have a more difficult time adhering to a surface in the face of shearing forces.
The trick of holding tight seems to involve a "sticky" molecule, called FimH, which is located at the tips of long, hairlike extensions (fimbriae) on each E. coli cell. Thomas and her colleagues found that the FimH molecule isn't just a passive piece of equipment—like, say, a rock-climber's piton; rather, it changes shape in response to local conditions. Computer simulations of FimH reveal that the molecule stretches in response to increasing shear, and so acts as a force sensor (see model, right). The scientists suggest that stretching might change the shape of the FimH molecule in such a way as to expose a previously hidden binding site or perhaps change the shape of the binding site from low to high affinity. In effect, FimH transduces shear-induced mechanical stress into a chemical change.
This makes FimH especially interesting, because scientists generally think of a protein as either binding or not binding. But FimH is able to do either, and it seems to be a tool perfectly designed for its task. The E. coli bacterium is not only a soldier, it is also a consummate nanotechnologist. No wonder it has proved to be such a formidable adversary.—Michael Szpir
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The Chargers 2011 off-season starts off with the NFL draft this coming April. However, the 2011 season is not yet over. Like most Charger fans, there are teams that you innately refuse to support because of the history and relationship to the bolts. Recently, in addition to all of the AFC West teams (especially the Raiders) teams like the Jets and Steelers have been hated foes in San Diego. Unfortunately two of the teams that tend to irk Charger fans most will meet in the Super Bowl this Sunday. The New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Bitterly and enviously we root for both of these teams failure, some more cynical fans might even "O.K" this scene from the new Dark Night Trailer to play out Sunday in Indy. (although there is no doubt in my mind Tom Brady figures out a way to survive)
Watching both of the super bowl participant's recent success gives the Chargers and their fans a healthy reminder of the state of the franchise and asks the question…what could have been?
It's easy to forget that the Chargers had the opportunity to draft Giant's quarterback Eli Manning with the first overall pick in 2004. Not as forgettable, is the crushing home loss to the aforementioned Patriots who decapitated the Charger's best regular season in franchise history (2006). Kaeding played the scapegoat role, missing field goals in a 23 to 20 divisional round loss to New England. Just get down Marlon McCree!!!!!!!!!!
As the cookie crumbled in 04', the Manning family, particularly Eli and Archie vetoed the San Diego franchise and rode off to the skyscrapers of New York. It's important to reflect on the magnitude of this trade and its effects both initially and in the long term. The always stubborn AJ Smith selected Eli Manning against his will; Yet to the relief of Charger fans was able to finagle a trade of the first overall selection. Philip Rivers, the fourth overall selection combined with a variety of players including soon to be Pro-Bowlers such as Shawne Merriman of Maryland and Nate Kaeding of Iowa. The Charger's first choice was always Rivers, who impressed the Charger's staff and then head coach Marty Schottenheimer during the senior bowl. The Chargers were widely considered the upfront winners of the deal. Ernie Accorsi was labeled a front office villain for an extended period following the 2004 draft. As Rivers and Merriman began to shine, and even win games against the Giants, fans started to let their distaste be heard.
The grumblings of New York Giant fans everywhere were abruptly silenced by Accorsi's draft pick after he lead the Giants over the undefeated patriots for his first Super Bowl championship in 2007. Owning a Super Bowl is the ultimate measuring tool. Manning now had the Super Bowl Rivers did not, and adding insult to injury, did it by beating quite possibly the best team ever.
Fast forward to 2011. Kaeding missed the entire campaign after just the opening kickoff where he suffered a torn ACL. Merriman who is now a Buffalo Bill suffered the same fate and ended up on the injured reserve list. Leaving Rivers as the sole survivor in 2011, from the Manning trade. I was fortunate enough to attend the 2004 draft in person and remember the moment that Eli Manning became a Giant and River's a Charger. The Chargers seemingly got a lot of bang for their buck and that's what was needed on an organizational level. Many Giants fans at the time thought that they gave up too much for a player who might end up suffering from little brother syndrome. As the next eight seasons unfolded, both Rivers and Manning have propelled themselves into the discussion of top current quarterbacks. However having already won a Super Bowl, in the eyes of many fans Manning still holds the upper hand. As a Charger fan it's hard to argue with the success of Phillip Rivers. It's more difficult to say that Eli Manning would have won a Super Bowl in San Diego. Remember they are different players, with different skill sets and most importantly have different players surrounding them. It is possible for a win-win trade in the NFL. Both quarterbacks have raised the level of play and expectation year in and year out for what were once a dismal organizations. Now the question still remains: Did the Giants win the trade?
They've won a Super Bowl and now have a chance to win another under Manning. I think the general consensus might say yes. However it is fair to the point. In a league of such parity, Rivers has provided not only elite numbers individually, but more importantly has given the Chargers a fighting chance as a consistent playoff contender. As the next couple of seasons unfold, it will be interesting to see how the careers of Rivers, Manning, along with Ben Roethlisberger will be compared. Rivers is the only of the three without a super bowl, he'll look to change that in 2012, while continuing his individual statistical dominance.
Rivers or Manning? Choose one Charger Fans.


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CDH4 Installation Guide
This CDH4 Installation Guide is for Apache Hadoop developers and system administrators interested in Hadoop installation. It describes how to install and configure version 4 of Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH4), and how to deploy it on a cluster.
The guide covers the following major topics.
Before You Start:
Installation tasks:
- Install CDH4. Start here for a new installation on a cluster.
- Deploy CDH4. Do these tasks after installing core Hadoop.
- Install components. Install additional components after installing and deploying HDFS and MapReduce.
Note: To install a release earlier than the current CDH4 release (for example if you want to add new nodes to a cluster without upgrading the cluster to the latest release), follow these instructions.
Upgrade tasks:
- Upgrade from CDH3 to CDH4. Use these instructions if you are currently running a CDH3 release; or
- Upgrade from an Earlier CDH4 release.Use these instructions if you are currently running a CDH4 release.
- Upgrade components. Upgrade all installed components after upgrading core Hadoop.
Note: Use these instructions to migrate data from a CDH3 cluster to a CDH4 cluster.
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text: Re: Trek Cruiser from CL Thanks for the feedback. The little guy is actually a 16". It's the first bike I ever stayed up on without training wheels(though my initial ride did end with me riding it directly into the side if my grandfather's barn at full speed.) Trying to come up with a name for this build. With the mixture of Huffy and Trek I'm thinking along the lines of "The Truffy."


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Residents want answers from Black Forest Fire Department Chief, Fire Board
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - Residents said Wednesday they are frustrated the Black Forest Fire Board and its chief will not comment on decisions made during the initial hours of the Black Forest Fire.
Residents attended a special meeting for the Black Forest Fire Board hoping to get answers from the board. Rick Nearhoof, who attended the meeting, said he walked away with his neighbors disappointed.
People want answers on the heels of the KRDO NewsChannel 13 investigative series into decisions made during the critical first hours of Colorado's most destructive fire.
Nearhoof's home survived the fire, but his outhouses and his horses didn't make it. His neighbors also lost their homes.
"I've been out here a long time, know all my neighbors on this street and it's been hard just because of the devastation," said Nearhoof.
Nearhoof, who spent 34 yeas as a firefighter, retired from Colorado Springs Fire Department this summer. Nearhoof said he knew about concerns about Fire Chief Bob Harvey's decisions made during the initial hours of the fire after talking to his colleagues in the fire fight.
El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said it took two hours for Chief Harvey to pass command of the fire to the Sheriff's Office. Maketa said it delayed resources from getting into the firefight.
Nearhoof attended a special meeting hosted by the Black Forest Fire Board hoping Harvey would talk about his decisions.
"The fire board comes out during that meeting and says we aren't answering any questions," said Nearhoof.
KRDO NewsChannel 13 has requested interviews with Fire Chief Bob Harvey.
Harvey has declined requests for an interview.
At the next Black Forest Fire Board meeting, Nearhoof and his neighbors plan to hand in a petition calling for the Fire Chief's dismissal. There is also now a petition circulating in Black Forest in support of Harvey.
Nearhoof plans to run for a position on the Fire Board.
"It's time for a change," said Nearhoof.
Ten Black Forest Fire Department staff members signed a letter to the Fire Board. They said in the letter they would be available for any further questions about Harvey's decisions during the initial hours of the fire. KRDO NewsChannel 13 contacted the fire station and asked if any of the people listed on the letter would like to discuss the decisions. They would not comment.


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Do you know how to catch a pig?
Original post made by Pablo, Downtown, on Mar 2, 2012
students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the
professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his
back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man
what was the
matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had
been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to
overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.
In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange
question. He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young
man said that it was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable
place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and
begin to come every day to eat the free corn.
"When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of
the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence,
they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.
"They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have
all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. "The pigs,
which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that
free corn again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around
inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free
corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the
woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity."
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening
in America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and
keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax exemptions, tobacco
subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare,
medicine, drugs, etc.
While we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.
One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a free
lunch and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper
than you can do it yourself. If you see that all of this wonderful
government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in
America, you might want to send this on to your friends.
If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will
probably delete this email.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 2, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Then there is the story of the Bear who took all the fish from the river. He didn't care about anybody but himself. Who cares what other people do or say. I just want all the fish because I've earned it. In fact, why should they have any fish? Then the bear met another animal that ate all the fruit from the fruit trees. Oh, they spent their time having so much fun eating all the food and laughing at all the people who didn't have what they had. They soon found a few other friends that gorged on everything in site. One became a dictator in a communist country, another became an investment banker and all the others just became corrupt. They loved their slogan: "As long as I have mine, who cares about the rest. We earned ours."
a resident of Livermore
on Mar 2, 2012 at 3:57 pm
I don't eat pork: Web Link
I don't tons of meat, however, I enjoy fish - squid, octopus, eel, and fresh fish fillets. I feel sorry for animals. They are so kind.
a resident of Birdland
on Mar 2, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Being corrupt isn't something that anyone can do. It takes skill. Just take a look at the unemployment lines. Obviously their parents didn't teach them how to take candy from babies.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Mar 2, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Too bad the younger generations will never know what is was like to be wild pigs(free). We are already fenced in on three sides. One Bay Area will be the last fence with only the trap door remaining.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 2, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Ho hum...that one is an oldie--you need to come up with some new material.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Mar 3, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Socialism and communism. I don't think those words mean what you think they mean...
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Love for All, Hatred for None.
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Official over wintering results report for the Miller Compound bees: We entered late fall (Early October after getting back from Montana elk hunting) with 81 hives. As of Easter Sunday we have 56 fully inspected, organized and booming hives. Booming enough I could easily split them if I had extra queens. Booming enough that with all the pollen and nectar coming in, I am making swarming manipulations (Basically a rough form of checkerboarding) and am supering to avoid early swarming conditions.
I am going to be doing a test graft a full month earlier than normal for my area.
That seems like quite a few losses, but that is not actually true. Almost all my 'losses' were in the hives I had overwintering in divided deeps with two colonies in each box. Double stacked boxes with each colony having 4 deep frames over 4. I was kind of dismayed to find my plywood dividers I so carefully installed had shrunk enough to let the bees mingle and almost all of those double colonies had one side abandon their queen for what ever reason and 'Jumped Ship' to the other side. THAT side was packed with bees-so my losses were technically 17 queens, not 17 colonies.
I also had five nucs, each with a queen and a frame or less of bees, that actually also made it and are growing, but will probably need some help eventually to get some strength. I count those five 'queen castles' as a loss-technically. I am holding on to those queens...just in case...until it is time to graft in my area. (Which won't be long if this beautiful weather holds up!)
That leaves only one nuc and one divided double deep with two colonies that I actually lost...Chances are I may have squashed or slimed the queen while inserting hop guard strips.
Would I use the divided deeps for overwintering again> Nope. They were too hard to manage when they were stacked and not worth the effort> But they do work very well in the summer for single story mating nucs.
I LOVED the colonies in single, double or triple stacked five frame nucs though. After overwintering in a few different types of box's and configurations, I am quite comfortable with exactly how to arrange the colonies so they have the correct feed and space for the the winter months. I even overwintered a five frame mini nuc! THAT was a bold move but I was a little too chicken to try more than one though.
I did have a few losses over the summer months..but not related to overwintering. Purchased nucs that never did well and I let them go. Lost a few larger hives to mites right after the flow. I waited too long to treat. I may split the large hives after the flow this year. Requeen, give them a brood break and make them more accessible if I still have to hop guard them. I purchased Apivar mite treatment this year and will try that too.
I took photos of each of my benches last fall, once I had the hives arranged for the winter. With the photos on a clip board, it was easy to write notes on the photos to keep track of their progress. Still, I was a little surprised to eventually see one side of each of the divided deeps crossed off with almost every double colony.
I know, it's hard to believe losses this minimal. I'd be calling BS if it were me reading this post, LOL. But I have my photos of my hives last fall and anyone is welcome to come out to view my hives currently and compare them.
My secret?
I'm pretty convinced it is largly due to my use of Localy mated queens. And since I raise my own I get the cream of the crop..or pick of the litter so to speak.
This is a shallow box, this is what I mean by a divided-2 colony hive.


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"A Leaf" by Duc Vuong Trong
Satellite Space hosts Duc Vuong Trong exhibit through April 3
(March 28, 2005)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History presents the exhibit, "Duc Vuong Trong: New Works," through April 3 at the UTSA Satellite Space in the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center.
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The multimedia show features large-scale woodcut prints, drawings, ceramics and a video by Vietnamese artist Duc Vuong Trong, who is presenting the exhibit as part of his M.F.A. degree program.
In his works, Trong uses a symbolic language in simple depictions of nature and figure relationships.
An opening reception, free and open to the public, is 6-9 p.m., Thursday, March 31 at the Satellite Space, 115 Blue Star, South Alamo and Probandt streets.
Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m., Friday-Sunday, or by appointment.
For more information, contact Julie Shipp, UTSA Satellite Space, at (210) 212-7146 or (214) 532-0220.


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Take Back the Tech! campaign starts targeting Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
Jul 21 (Take Back the Tech!)
What are you doing about violence against women? That's what we are asking Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We invite users to join the campaign beginning 21 July to demand answers and action.
Women visit social media sites more often than men and spend more time on them. Women send more tweets and share more posts. Women drive content, advertising and engagement, but by simply showing up on these platforms, they also face violence, with little support on the part of companies that profit from women. In more than 4,000 cases of cyberstalking reported to Halt Online Abuse since 2000, 70% of victims were female.
These sites have made some effort to respond to user concerns, but they haven't done enough, especially for women outside of the narrow scope of the US and Europe.
"Our research and our work with women around the world has shown us that many social media platforms do not respond adequately to women facing violence online. With this campaign, we want to amplify women's voices on this issue and find solutions that work," explains Sara Baker, Take Back the Tech! campaign coordinator.
Through mapping activities and research, many cases from all the world have been collected that show the continuum between offline and online violence against women that these social media platforms companies are not addressing informedly, consistently and seriously enough. Some of the cases speak for themselves:
A 16-year-old girl agreed to be photographed naked by her ex-boyfriend. A few days later, the pictures were published on his Facebook account and the news circulated in the community: Everyone knew about it. His family told him to remove the photos to which he replied saying he did not post the photos, and suspected that someone hacked his Facebook account. The girl believed that he was lying but could not prove it.
A student teacher was subjected to hacking and photomontage in a pornographic video labelled with her city and occupation. On two occasions, she was accosted by men on the street who said they had seen her naked. One of her friends contacted the porn website and had the video removed; however, there are still images of her circulating on similar web pages.
The life of this 13-year-old girl was turned upside down when her older sister's boyfriend began to sexually harass her and threaten her by cell phone, ultimately abducting her. For three months, she was deprived of her liberty, beaten and sexually abused. When she was finally able to escape, she and her mother registered a complaint for kidnapping and corruption of a minor with the prosecution service. The latest news was that the aggressor had not been found.
We need to promote transparency and safe spaces. So we are targeting the big three. We want Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take a clear stand on violence against women in their terms of service, and to engage with diverse civil society to find solutions for safer platforms.
Take Back the Tech! calls all users to take action in demanding these changes starting 21 July. Users can participate in the following ways:
• Asking: "What are you doing about violence against women?" Use our questions and tweets to request more information from these companies under #WhatAreYouDoingAboutVAW.
• Rating: Use our report card format to rate social media on various aspects related to violence against women. We'll compile all user report cards and share the results.
• Sharing: Have a story about your own experience? Let us know! Tweet, film, post and blog your stories. Add them anonymously to our map of tech-related violence against women.
• Demanding: Tell these companies what you want. Share your solutions. We'll follow up by sending them crowdsourced ideas they can put into practice.
Find more information and digital content in our campaign kit, use #WhatAreYouDoingAboutVAW and follow @takebackthetech for the continuing conversation. If you want to interview some of our team members and partners or need more information please contact us at email@example.com.
Download the flyer and spread the word out there
About the Take Back the Tech! campaign
Take Back the Tech! is a collaborative campaign to reclaim information and communication technologies (ICT) to end violence against women (VAW). The campaign calls on all ICT users – especially women and girls – to take control of technology and strategically use any ICT platform at hand (mobile phones, instant messengers, blogs, websites, digital cameras, email, podcasts and more) for activism against gender-based violence.
About the Association for Progressive Communications
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network and non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that wants everyone to have access to a free and open internet to improve lives and create a more just world.
Take Back the Tech! Campaign Coordinator
Sara Baker
Tel: +1 865 567 4157
Knoxville, TN, United States
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Tel: + 55 02477 640312
Pergamino, Argentina


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Council accepts clerk/treasurer Max's resignation
The Crosslake City Council hired Dan Vogt, of DJV Consulting and former Brainerd city administrator, and accepted the resignation of Clerk/Treasurer Jenny Max on Thursday morning, March 14.
Max addressed her letter of resignation at the council's regular monthly meeting Monday, March 11, but reconsidered when the council revisited a proposal she gave the council in January.
After deliberating, though, Max decided she will "continue on and pursue opportunities in California." Her resignation is effective March 22.
Max thanked many people and referred to the city staff as a family. The council thanked Max for her service. She was hired as city clerk/treasurer in 2009.
As Max resigned, Vogt came on board as the council approved a contract labeled "part-time city administration services."
The council hired Vogt at the March 11 meeting for consulting services on city staffing possibilities. The council directed him to review salary figures for a possible combination position of administrator/treasurer.
Previously, the council had three positions: an administrator, clerk/treasurer and deputy clerk. The council has yet to decide its direction since the administrator and clerk/treasurer have resigned.
Max had proposed in January to create two positions from the three: an administrator/treasurer and a clerk. The council asked Vogt to look at figures after voicing concerns over Max's proposed annual pay for the administrator/treasurer position at $99,276.75. Former city administrator Tom Swenson, by comparison, was paid $82,215 per year.
Max said March 11 that she used a formula to come up with the salary number and pointed out that her proposal would save the city more than $53,000.
Vogt told the council March 14, after researching salary figures of administrators and similar positions in comparable towns, that the average pay among 96 communities statewide was $86,215.78. The average did not include information from any metro area cities, he said.
Vogt advised the council that as a former city administrator, he believed in the position. He said that regardless of the title, some staff member would ultimately have supervisory duties under the council.
"The discussion you have to have," he told the council, "is how you want this place to operate. Whether you like it or not, someone is going to be the point person."
Council member Mark Wessels said he wasn't ready to go to an administrator position.
"There are cities around here that have a clerk/treasurer and it would be nice to talk to them and see what their challenges are," Wessels said.
"If you don't want an administrator, call the person a clerk/treasurer," Vogt said to the council. "But I have a feeling someone in the office here is going to be in charge. The only power you have is when you're sitting here as a council."
Vogt also advised the council not to communicate outside meetings.
"I would discourage you from having conversation outside this room. You've only got five people and it's difficult to stay in that open meeting," he said. "Don't talk between meetings. Don't text, don't email."
Vogt said he has candidates who might be interested in doing interim clerk work for the city in Max's absence. The council's general consensus was that hiring an interim clerk would give the council time to choose a direction and finalize any job descriptions.
Vogt also planned to gather clerk/treasurer job descriptions for the council for comparison.
The council chose to recess the meeting until 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, when it planned to meet with interim clerk candidates.


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Students Evacuated in Hayfork Due to Threat
HAYFORK,Calif - Classes were cancelled in schools in Hayfork due to a threat from former student.
39-year-old Robert Daniel Watkins was planning revenge on the school after reportedly being accused of purchasing alcohol for minors.
The school received a phone call around 6:30 a.m. from one of Watkins' relatives and Principal Michelle Hutchins did not hesitate to make sure that her students remained in a safe place.
The school was evacuated immediately.
"We posted staff at the entrances of the school so that the students that were being transported by parents were [sent back] home," says Hayfork High School Principal Michelle Hutchins.
Sheriff Bruce Haney said that the Trinity County Sheriff's Dept. has dealt with Watkins before. He said he is glad the school got the phone call.
Sheriff Haney said that Watkins' relative called and said that Robert Watkins was upset about the alcohol incident and told the relative that he had several firearms and that he was going to "shoot up" Hayfork High School.
Students riding the school bus were diverted to the Trinity County Fairgrounds so their parents could pick them up. Those who had to walk home were also taken care of.
"These students were immediately brought into a lockdown area, a safe area on the school [grounds] where we brought a special school bus to pick them up and escort them to the safe zone," said Principal Hutchins.
The Trinity County Sheriff's Office took Robert Watkins into custody after they found him walking along Highway 3. Officials said Watkins appears to be a transient with a history of mental health problems.
Several of Watkins' former classmates from Hayfork High School confirmed his history of mental illness and also mentioned that he was not always that way.
The Trinity County Sheriff's Office said that the investigation is ongoing. The next step, they say, will be a search around Watkins' campsite.


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I rubbed my littler motherfucker raw, and it was enjoyable thanks to cock slime! Its also tasty on my eggs
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Police looking for pharmacy robbery suspect
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - UPDATE: Police arrested a suspect in this robbery around lunchtime on March 11, 2013. Click here to read the story.
Kingsport police are looking for a suspect in a pharmacy robbery.
We're told it happened around 12:30 Sunday afternoon at CVS on Memorial Boulevard.
Detectives say the suspect is a man in his 50s, about six feet tall, with grey hair and a small patch of hair on his chin.
We're told the suspect went to the pharmacy with his hands in his pockets and told the pharmacist he had a gun and wanted Oxycontin.


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text: I am a big fan of Jeremy's skating and have followed his skating closely the last few years. I am not sure he has the personality type for competitive sports at the highest level. For the last couple years, he has been trying to see if he can learn to compete better, perhaps as a way of challenging himself. I respect his effort to do that and am curious where it takes him, though I try not to get too disappointed when he doesn't medal.


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About Project
Technology Learning Center
Linda Freeman and Michael Roesch, the Technology Learning Center (TLC) staff at the College of the Siskiyous, were the impetus behind the start of the Mount Shasta Companion project. Recognizing both the significance of the mountain to local educators and such a project's potential benefit to local students and community, they asked College of the Siskiyous to apply for a Fund for Instructional Improvement grant from the California Commmunity Colleges Chancellor's Office. The awarding of the grant allowed the TLC to purchase supplies for the project, provide stipends to thematic unit authors, and helped to make a great idea a reality.
The TLC's primary day-to-day function is to help COS faculty incorporate technology into the curriculum to improve student retention and success. The TLC proper consists of a small instructional computer lab outfitted with the latest technology. Getting ready to start its fourth year at COS, the TLC has become a popular resource. In fact, during the last year more than 80% of the college's fulltime faculty came to the TLC for assistance in such areas as putting course material online, instruction in software use, and how to best use scanners and digital cameras. A significant number of part-time faculty, classified staff, administrators, and community members also sought assistance at the TLC. Originally funded by a California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Fund for Student Success grant, the TLC is now solely supported by the College of the Siskiyous.
Besides the needed funds from the Chancellor's Office, the Mount Shasta Companion project received overwhelming support from the College of the Siskiyous. The college provided all the equipment, workspace, and technology support for the project. College staff also volunteered time, donated equipment, and freely offered their expertise to the project.
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Mary was enjoying the sex until Joe pulled out the Evening herald and started hitting her with it whilst whistling in a very odd fashion. He later explained The Jake Stevens
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Pharma Report 2012: Get Back in Shape
Pharma Report 2012: Get Back in Shape
8 GlaxoSmithKline $14.2B down 6.6%
Global revenue: $43.4B (7th); down 3.6%
R&D spend: $5.9B (7th), down 3.3%; 13.6% of rev.
Top brands: Advair ($4.6B), Lovaza ($899M), Flovent ($709M), Avodart ($525M), Vesicare ($199M)
Planned launches: Relovair (asthma); 444+719 (COPD); GSK1349572 (HIV/AIDS)
Promotional spend: $1.0B (5th); 7.3% of rev.
Patent expirations: Diskus device (2013-25); Avodart (2015), Lovaza (2017)
Despite three new vaccine approvals and a 12% return on R&D investment, GlaxoSmithKline continues to tread rough waters. The number eight pharmaceutical company has seen vaccine and pharmaceutical sales shrink 31% between 2009 and 2011, partly due to patent expirations. The company exhibits a dogged commitment to plan: despite a US government push to vaccinate boys against HPV, the company said girls and women will remain the target group for vaccine Cervarix, yielding the field to Merck's Gardasil; a generic of top seller Advair could launch soon; and the company has also given ground in the OTC market, including selling 17 brands to Prestige Brand Holdings, although it's having trouble unloading weight-loss drug Alli.


text: Not exactly a Topkick but heres some shots of the GM 350 engine in one of our 22' Isuzu box trucks at my office: She aint pretty but today was a birthday of sorts for her, she rolled over 350,000 miles without a major mechanical issue. At this point she's had 2 alternators, 2 fuel pumps, left side exhaust manifold, 4 injectors, plug wires X2, plugs x4, and the A/C compressor replaced. She's been treated to oil changes every 7000 miles needed or not, and coolant changes every 40,000 miles. She currently suffers from ticking lifters, slipping trans, looses 1qt of oil every 1000 miles, and the HVAC fan suddenly got finnicky about when it turns on. Thats the factory 700R4 behind her which has never failed, it gets a trans fluid change every 40,000 miles. The truck is a 2002 Isuzu NPR that was recieved November 2001 with 47 miles from Fort Worth Isuzu Industrial Power along with her sister that currently operates out of the shop with 297,000 miles and a similiar maintenance and repair record. Both trucks are driven daily anywhere from 10 to 200 miles carrying an avg of 5600lbs in city and hwy traffic, both avg 12mpg. She'll stay on the road until the engine dies, maybe longer depending on repair cost. So the answer to your question of how many miles can I expect from my GM engine is I dont know but if you take a moderate amount of care it'll last a long time.


text: After World War I ended in 1918, one of the most explosive decades of the century began: the Roaring Twenties. It was a time for change and prosperity in every way. Remembered for its speakeasies, flappers, Prohibition, music, social change, automobile craze, and advancements in radio, television, and film, the 1920s turned the nation upside down. The electrical industry was no exception. Just as


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Thread: Whats the right thing to do
10-18-2011, 03:40 PM #21Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
If you live in Massachusetts protect your 2nd Amendment rights and donate... Comm2a.org
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Oddly enough something a little like this happened to a friend of mine years ago while cutting through Otis AFB (pre-9/11). An MP tried to pull him over in an unmarked car by waving his flashlight out the window of his car. My friend kept driving until a MP in a marked car with blue lights got behind him. Once that happened he pulled right over and when asked why he didn't pull over for the other MP he simply said "would you pull over for a guy waving a flashlight out the window? He could be some looney trying to rob or kill me". The MP saw his point and sent him out the nearest exit to the base.
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I usually know what style un marked police vehicle they use, the Crown Vics, or something along those lines, and if you just look for grill lights, several other lights on top, not just one cheezy blue light, the way the front grill and lights seem to look, and especially if the guy coming over has a uniform on or not. Also, It seems as if though if I real officer was pulling you over, from my knowledge they dont seem to get out RIGHT away to come over. They sit for awhile call it, right some stuff down, etc. GRanted I know this could happen at night and its a bit harder, but I'd just use my eyes and ears to the best of my ability and go from there. I would do all this while NOT pulling over. Glad the lady is ok. Scum bag needs to get off the streets now.
10-23-2011, 09:07 PM #24JoseGuest
I've lived in several states where partially marked and totally unmarked police cars are used for traffic enforcement by the state patrol and sheriff's departments.
In every single instance the officer emerging out of one is in full duty uniform. There is very, very little doubt who you are dealing with.
IF the guy getting out is not in full, recognizable uniform, I will hit the road again while calling 911 and will pull over once a second cruiser shows up with uniforms on board.
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Hope they catch this dirtbag and flog accordingly. It's crap like this story that creates the additional paranoia <shiver>, I'm glad she was OK, relatively speaking. Probably pretty spooked afterwards, though.
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I've explained to my wife, and she's agreed to never EVER stop for an unmarked car. In CT, troopers on traffic detail must put their light bars on their cars.
Our agreed upon process is to pull into the right lane, if on the highway, and dial 911 and ask to be connected to the dispatcher that the officer would be talking to.
The dispatcher will know if the cop is real because he will be talking to the cop behind you if its real.
I don't really care if it pisses off the cop. My family's safety comes first.
If a CT officer is following protocol, this will not be an issue because the car will have a lightbar on it.
p.s. don't be afraid to call, the cops are VERY eager to follow up on anyone impersonating. I once had a car try to pull me over with nothing more than wig wags. Eventually they just passed me. I was on the phone with 911 and they asked me if I could follow the other car safely. I was happy to help. I was pissed. Eventually a we passed a cop waiting on an entrance ramp and he pulled the two guys over. I don't know what happened to them, but I definitely remember the dispatcher getting very eager to catch the guys, when I told them what happened.
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I know this is kind of an older thread but I just wanted to throw my two cents in. As a 911 dispatcher I can say I have never received any of these calls but I do see a flaw in dialing 911. You have to remember (and this at least applies to the state of Massachusetts) if you dial 911 from your cell phone you are going to be connected to one of two state police call centers before you are transferred to the proper town/police agency....and then if you don't know what town you are in you can get connected to the wrong town (or in my case I usually get calls for Eastham, and I work in Easton). So you might be looking at a few minutes until you get the proper police station. Granted most undercover cruisers are not doing motor vehicle stops and if they do they are usually with a marked cruiser....low pro cruisers all day long, but they are still marked. I've never posed this question to any of the police officers in my life, but I would probably put my hazards on and pull into a populated area/p-lot. It is a very scary situation, nonetheless.
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It makes perfect sense. At least to people who really think gun laws work and criminals could never possibly shoot you on the side of the road or break your window with a crowbar/bat/baton because obviously your driver side window is completely invincible.Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you wish for peace, prepare for war
Have you heard about the vast Libertarian conspiracy? We want to take over the government and then.... Leave you alone.
When I see what appears to be a civilian vehicle all lit up I yield immediately. But I will not stop, and neither will my wife. I'm happy to let the chips fall where they may.


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Southern California's economic recovery is moving slower than predicted and the results are varying greatly from county to county.
That's the conclusion of a Southern California Association of Governments economic report discussed last week at a meeting of industry and government leaders gathered at the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County headquarters in North Whittier.
A SCAG committee, led by President Glen Becerra, a city councilman from Simi Valley, will use the report to lobby Sacramento lawmakers this week to relax stringent regulations such as the California Environmental Quality Act and focus on improving California's business climate.
Becerra said the mission will be to convince Sacramento that it needs to help businesses grow by adding jobs and convince those here to stay.
"How many Fortune 500 companies are here anymore?" he asked the group. "The companies that can move, they are long gone."
The report characterized the six-county region's economic growth and job creation as "slow, uneven and inconsistent" and said returning to pre-recession employment will take longer than originally predicted by its economists in 2010.
Los Angeles County won't recover fully from the Great Recession until 2018, two years later than SCAG economists had predicted, according to the report entitled "Accelerating Southern California's Economic Recovery." A worst case scenario pushes recovery back to 2020.
"There's a lot of delay in terms of recovery (in L.A. County)," said Wallace Walrod, an economic advisor for the Orange County Business Council who presented the regional report.
"That is quite depressing news that we are looking at 2020 as fully recovering to where we were," he said.
L.A. County lost 400,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010, jobs that will not be replaced until 2020, he said. Its unemployment rate is 10.2 percent.
The outlook for San Bernardino County is similar, but more intensified. Although he predicts a best case recovery by 2016, it may not happen until 2018. Also, the unemployment rate is higher, at 10.8 percent.
About 1 million people are presently unemployed in San Bernardino and Riverside counties combined, the highest of any metro area in Southern California.
Nearby Orange County, on the other hand, is in the throes of robust growth.
"We've seen a broad recovery in Orange County," Walrod said. "Tourism and foreign visitors are two areas that didn't stop growing."
Service, construction, trade, financial, professional health services and leisure/hospitality all have grown in 2012, creating jobs and lowering unemployment in The O.C. from a high of 9.0 in 2010 to 6.8 percent today.
"The housing market in Orange County has turned around quite quickly ... it is doing well," Walrod said.
He said other counties can learn from Orange County by targeting certain industry clusters that will create the biggest bump in job creation.
Without a doubt, he said boosting construction should be the focus of cities across Southern California. Becerra said speeding up all construction - from homes to roads to trains - is the message of his team, which includes former governors George Deukmejian and Gray Davis.
"Caltrans says on average it takes 17 years for a project from start to finish," Becerra said. "If government regulators can shave just five years off that time, it would save $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion and you'd get construction jobs earlier."
Demand for new housing is so high in Southern California that building homes quickly would create jobs as well as grow the economy, Walrod said.
"In Orange County, we can use another 50,000 housing units just to meet demand. One of the key strategies to help Southern California recover is to get that construction engine going," Walrod said.
Housing growth in Riverside County's Coachella Valley is heating up, he said. Also, the Inland Empire has added 4,500 logistic jobs (warehouse) in the past 14 months. In outlying parts of the I.E. and in Imperial County, construction of wind and solar projects are also creating job growth.
Ventura County's economy is growing slowly and the county is not expected to see full recovery until 2018-2020, according to the report. "Ventura is becoming a Santa Barbara-like economy," he said.
In the aerospace and defense cluster, Tom Henderson with Lockheed Martin said his company is very worried about the effects of automatic cuts from the federal government known as sequestration, set to go into effect in March.
"Things are very much up in the air right now," he said, adding that his company is tentatively planning on laying off 75 employees from the Palmdale facility by March 31. "And once sequestration hits, more will come," he said.


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It's Showtime Brazil: Potential for Kickboxing in Brazil
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It's Showtime Brazil takes place on this Saturday, November 10. The event marks the first foray into the Brazillian market by a big time kickboxing organization in quite some time. I'm going to take a look at the event as a whole and evaluate the potential of kickboxing in Brazil.
With the recent explosion in popularity of the UFC and MMA in Brazil, MMA seems like the cool thing to do at the moment in terms of becoming a fighter. The reality also is that there's just a lot more money in MMA than there would be in kickboxing, and one is hard pressed to be making a living by fighting kickboxing or Muay Thai domestically, as opposed to doing MMA. A Brazillian kickboxer or nak muay would have to do just that in order to get some international opportunities where the money is more plausible.
It's Showtime Brazil for the moment, introduces a new dynamic. On Saturday there will be a platform for aspiring Brazillian kickboxers to get their names out there not only in the international kickboxing world but also in Brazil, as the event will be shown live on Esporte Interativo and Band Sports. Notably, Bellator is also shown on Esporte Interativo and has drawn great ratings as of late, garnering as many as 2.89 million viewers for Bellator 61 on March 16. Bellator's use of Brazillian fighters has obviously helped those ratings. It's Showtime's broadcasted card on Saturday will feature six fights and six Brazillian fighters in a "Brazil against the world" format.
The Brazillian market right now seems ripe for the picking when it comes to combat sports. Kickboxing has been showcased on TV throughout this year and last year, as WGP has been the major domestic promotion, running one night tournaments, in addition to qualification tournaments for It's Showtime Brazil. WGP are the co-promoters of the event on Saturday and have been quite successful in Brazil with their promotion over the last few years. To put it into context, WGP drew a packed house at the same venue that It's Showtime is using this weekend, on the same night as Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen back in July.
The infrastructure in Brazil with WGP seems to be sturdy, and with It's Showtime heading there on Saturday and Glory going next year, I think there's definitely potential for kickboxing to do well. Brazil has fighters that can draw good crowds locally and they're routinely showcased on WGP cards on TV. Add in some of the Brazillians that are already fighting internationally like Anderson "Braddock" Silva and Jhonata Diniz for Glory along with Saulo Calavari for K-1 and the potential is there for Brazil to start producing more good kickboxers is there, along with the potential for the sport to grow in popularity.
The success of MMA can only help grow kickboxing in my opinion. Fighting sports in general just seem to be on the rise in Brazil. There also is the factor of a lot of kickboxers or nak muays going to MMA like Thiago Michel, Cosmo Alexandre, and Ewerton Teixeira, so hopefully the sport can grow in Brazil and retain some of its premier fighters. For the time being though, kickboxing seems to be enjoying a slow but steady growth in Brazil.
Click here for the full fight card of It's Showtime Brazil. The event will not be live streamed but will be live on TV channels around the world that normally broadcast It's Showtime, like Fight Network in Canada, for example.