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Brian McGrath hits hard. Every time he snaps a punch or a kick into the leather pads, it creates a resounding crack that echoes through the Third Street basement studio of the Missoula Black Belt Club. He keeps at it, driving the punches home, pivoting on the balls of his feet for power, and again there is that crack, like the report of a pistol.
The sound still echoes in the air when he lands the next blow. And the next. And the next.
"That's it," says Matt Powers, owner of the Dog Pound Submission Fighting Academy where McGrath trains. "Come on, I know you're tired. Keep it up!" The problem is it doesn't seem as if the 20-year-old McGrath can keep it up much longer. He's been hammering away at these pads for four consecutive rounds of five minutes each, and his breathing has become labored. He is covered in sweat. His hands, barely covered by tiny four-ounce gloves, are gradually sinking below his chin as his arms grow heavier. This is the point where most people would head for the showers and call it a day.
Brian McGrath doesn't have that luxury.
At the moment he is preparing for July 9, when he will step into a cage at the Missoula Fairgrounds with a man who is determined to beat him into submission. Although he's trained in this sport for almost a year, this will be McGrath's first time in the cage, his first true test. If he drops his hands then, if he lets fatigue overtake him, he could pay for it with a high kick to the temple or an arm lock that wrenches his elbow and forces him to give up.
He is punishing himself now so he can punish someone else later.
McGrath knows that mixed martial arts, often referred to as MMA or ultimate fighting, is an unpredictable, unforgiving sport, and he has to be ready for almost anything.
MMA isn't boxing and it isn't wrestling, but rather an amalgamation of several different fighting styles, including Thai kickboxing, judo, boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Legal moves include not only punches and kicks, but knee and elbow strikes, as well as choke holds and painful joint locks.
The strange thing about this University of Montana student and Hellgate High graduate is his gentle, almost shy demeanor. Excessively polite and articulate, outside of the gym McGrath seems more like a boy scout than a cage fighter. Though he has a long history in the fighting arts, from karate to wrestling, he claims he doesn't enjoy hurting people at all.
"What's drawn me into the martial arts in general is just the competition," McGrath says. "I've never really been into inflicting pain on people or anything like that."
That isn't what most people would expect to hear from someone about to fight in a locked cage—for free. And after he talks me into holding a large foam pad against my thigh for him to practice his kicks on, it isn't something I'm sure I believe.
Whack. Whack. Whack.
McGrath hammers his shin into the pad over and over, each hit sending a stinging vibration into my leg. After only three minutes of this, I move the pad to see a deep red welt forming on my thigh. He tells me that if I think that's bad, I should try getting kicked in the leg without the protection.
In MMA, this is a common strategy. Kicks like these can pulverize the legs of a fighter, rendering him all but immobile in the late stages of a bout. It's just another part of the game for McGrath and his mentor, Matt Powers.
Though 15 years separates the two, Powers and McGrath look as though they were carved from the same stone. Both keep their heads shaved close, and both have the wide-shouldered build of born athletes. As the two begin to talk, however, the difference between them becomes apparent. Powers, an Oregon transplant and the co-owner of Missoula mortgage company Challenge Financial, is anything but shy.
Powers speaks with rapid enthusiasm about any topic, from fishing to politics. When he talks about mixed martial arts, he does so with passion in his voice, making sharp gestures with his hands. He is a man who appears to be in constant motion, and he is the brains behind Missoula's Dog Pound Fighting Academy, which he says he started last summer to give himself and his friends a place to train.
The Dog Pound is what is commonly known as a fight team—a group of men who train together and then compete in grappling tournaments and MMA events. The Dog Pound currently consists of about 15 regular members, most in their early twenties, and many of them University of Montana students like McGrath.
Powers says he plans to expand the Dog Pound's operations, and he has recently secured practice space in the National Guard armory on Reserve Street, in addition to the space he rents from the judo practitioners of the Missoula Black Belt Club at Third and Higgins.
It is Matt Powers who organized and promoted last weekend's Montana Caged Combat, and he is almost solely responsible for bringing the event to Missoula.
Powers says McGrath has been with the organization from its inception, and his humble attitude has mixed well with the Dog Pound's overall environment.
"We want people who can leave their ego at the door, and that was a good fit with Brian," Powers says.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship first introduced the no-holds-barred style of fighting to American audiences in 1993, though similar events had existed in Brazil for decades. The UFC opened to moderate success in the United States, but suffered setbacks when opponents accused the sport of being too dangerous and barbaric.
The UFC didn't help its own cause by promoting events as "no-holds-barred" fighting, where anything could happen. Fights went on without rounds, judges, or weight classes. Promoting the sport as a gladiatorial bloodbath only heightened the criticism of the UFC.
One of the most powerful and outspoken critics was Sen. John McCain, who denounced MMA as "human cockfighting" and led a legislative campaign against the sport. By 1997, he had convinced all but a handful of states to ban the fights, and pressured cable television companies to remove it from their pay-per-view selection.
The sport was illegal in Montana, where there is a strict ban on "spectacle fighting," until proponents like Powers went before the state athletic commission this year to prove its validity as a sport, and succeeded. Powers then helped create the Montana Fight Federation to oversee MMA events within the state.
Claims of barbarism still evoke a strong response from MMA fighters like Powers and McGrath.
"I think it is a much safer sport than boxing," McGrath says. "It isn't just hitting people. You have submissions, you have takedowns, and if you do get hit by someone wearing a four-ounce glove, you're not going to stand there and take it for several rounds the way boxers do."
It's true that boxing, where fighters wear 10- or 12- ounce gloves, has produced plenty of deaths over the years, yet is still accepted by the mainstream public. MMA enthusiasts proudly proclaim their sport has never had a death in a sanctioned event, but that doesn't mean the fighters are perfectly safe, either. Injuries like broken noses and jaws, as well as torn ligaments and fractured hands are common.
Still, Powers claims, the damage is no worse than those suffered by football players or other "extreme sports" athletes.
"I watch people who do BMX riding jump 90 feet in the air and land on their head. Then as soon as they get out of the hospital, they go and do it again," says Powers. "To me, that's suicide. This is a sport. To those who do it, it's an art and a passion, and they're competing against guys who feel the same way."
Recently, MMA events like the UFC have experienced a resurgence in America. The introduction of judges, rounds, weight classes and a stricter set of rules has helped to counteract claims of barbarism by the sport's detractors. Last spring, the UFC collaborated with cable network Spike TV to create a hit reality series "The Ultimate Fighter," in which 16 fighters competed for two $100,000 UFC contracts.
Spike aired a live finale for the show and an estimated 2.6 million viewers tuned in, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The question remains as to whether that success will carry over into Missoula. It is the latest of many American cities to embrace the new sport, and MMA already has a small groundswell of support in town. Ninjastar.tv, an MMA news website (full disclosure: I'm a contributing writer) is based in Missoula. And recent UFC events have drawn standing-room crowds to The Press Box.
Powers and McGrath are both hopeful for MMA in Missoula, pointing to the success of Wednesday night fights at the Wilma, in which McGrath competed three times. But the fact is that with the sport only recently legalized in Montana, it's nearly impossible to gauge the precise interest level before the fight.
Saturday night's Montana Caged Combat attracted fighters from Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, California, and even Pennsylvania to compete as amateurs. Though they received free lodging in Missoula, and were partially reimbursed for travel expenses, none were paid for their July 9 performance.
Even fighters recognized as professionals rarely make enough money from fighting to sustain themselves. Most work day jobs, and some coach at gyms or fighting academies to make ends meet. Almost all MMA fighters agree that it is not a sport in which there is a great deal of money to be made.
"I really don't think there are too many guys who fight and genuinely think they are going to turn pro and do this for a living," Powers says. "They do it because they love to do it."
In the many small-scale promotions that have popped up around the nation in the past five years, such as Sportfight in Portland, or King of the Cage in California, professionals often do battle for a few hundred dollars. Even in the UFC, only the elite fighters like Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz and light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell break six figures for a bout. Most fighters who compete in the UFC earn less than $10,000 for stepping into the cage.
Earning a living from fighting is the farthest thing from Brian McGrath's mind as he begins his final week of preparation before his match. A 4.0 student majoring in Health and Human Performance with a minor in Japanese, McGrath is scheduled to leave in August for Japan, where he will study for a year before returning to Missoula.
So why would a guy with so much going for him want to unnecessarily risk injury by fighting in a cage?
"This is important for me, mostly as a mental test," McGrath says. "I want to know how I'll handle it if I get in a tough situation. I want to know that I can stay calm and patient, and not freak out."
So McGrath concentrates on his physical preparation, which includes a grueling regimen of sprints, weight lifting, and fight training.
McGrath's opponent, Ryan Hart, fights for the prestigious Team Quest in Portland, Oregon. It is arguably the best fight team in the country, and its members include former Olympic wrestlers and a long list of professional fighters who compete at the sport's highest level—the UFC in America, and the Pride Fighting Championships in Japan, where the sport is vastly more popular.
Team Quest is lead by 43-year-old Randy Couture, a former Olympic wrestler who until recently was the UFC's light heavyweight champion. Like Couture, Team Quest fighters are known for their ability to take opponents down, push them against the cage, and then grind out victory with vicious strikes in a method commonly referred to as "ground and pound."
"Obviously, it's hard not to let that slip into your mind," says McGrath of his opponent's training. "But every fighter is different and just because a guy trains out of one school doesn't make him limited to that one style." If McGrath is trying not to think about the success Team Quest fighters have had in the past, it probably doesn't help that the Dog Pound is already 0-1 against them. In May, McGrath watched his friend and teammate, Lloyd Woodard, take on Team Quest fighter Ed Nuno in Portland's Sportfight. McGrath was in his high school pal's corner for the fight, and says he was hopeful when Woodard used his tremendous hand speed to control the opening minutes of the bout.
"I really felt like Lloyd was dominating the fight," McGrath says, reflecting on watching his longtime friend in the ring. "He was doing everything right."
That is, until he caught a looping overhand right on his chin.
Woodard went down, stunned. Unlike boxing, where a downed fighter is given at least until the count of eight to recover from a knockdown, in MMA the action goes to the ground when a fighter does. Nuno pounced on Woodard with a brutal flying punch—a move that involves a standing fighter diving down onto his opponent, putting his full weight behind the blow. It is one of the signature techniques of Team Quest fighters. The punch landed squarely, knocking Woodard out cold and giving him his first loss.
In MMA, it's just that easy to go from winning to losing. One mistake, one wrong step or moment's hesitation, and a fighter can suddenly find himself on the mat, unconscious and defeated. McGrath and Powers both know this. And they know how difficult it is to watch a teammate lose.
"When you go to the fights and watch people who you've trained with, it's tough," says Powers, who admits to being something of a father figure to the younger members of the Dog Pound. "You really care about them and when they get beat, it's heartbreaking. In training, you're with them when they bleed, when they get knocked down, when they don't want to go anymore, and then if they lose, your heart breaks because you know how disappointed they are."
Woodard may have lost the fight, but he wasn't beaten. In fact, he was right back in the gym the next week, training for Montana Caged Combat. As for McGrath, he admits he can't completely block out the image of his friend lying unconscious in the ring as Team Quest members celebrated around him. When asked if he'd like to knock Ryan Hart out as a measure of revenge against Team Quest, he can't help but grin sheepishly.
"Definitely," he says. "It'd be great to go out there and score one for Team Dog Pound."
Brain McGrath is trying to stay calm, but it can't be easy. As he paces the fighters' dressing room, which is little more than a curtained area with old wrestling mats thrown down on the concrete floor of the Missoula County Fairgrounds exhibition hall, the sound of the anxious crowd outside pours in.
McGrath turns his back to the noise and snaps punches into the empty air. On his face is a light sheen of sweat that glimmers in the dim light.
In a few minutes, he will emerge from the dressing room and make his way down the aisle to the caged ring erected in the middle of the hall. There, in front of a crowd of almost 2,000 fans, including his friends and family, McGrath will face his long-awaited mental and physical test.
Earlier fights this evening have proved what all MMA fighters already know: victory is never certain, and anything can happen.
In the third bout of the night, McGrath's Dog Pound teammate, Brett Cameron, spent three and a half minutes pounding on his "self-trained" Oregon opponent, only to be choked into submission in the last 25 seconds of the first round. Cameron, a former Marine, looked as shocked as anyone.
In the next match, Bozeman fighter Russell Detiene brought the crowd to its feet with a flurry of punches that thumped off his opponent's skull. Detiene later won the fight with an arm lock, stretching the elbow of Wyoming's Tyler Muniz almost to the point of snapping.
And yet throughout it all, the fighters always end by embracing each other before leaving the cage, many of them chatting amiably, despite the fact that they've spent the last few minutes trying to hurt each other. The violence now out of their systems, they can't help but have a friendly respect for their opponent.
For its part, the crowd has spent the last two and a half hours making it clear exactly what they came to see.
When, midway through the second round of a 170-pound bout, referee Marcus Lewis stopped the action to allow a ringside doctor to examine a cut over the eye of a fighter, the crowd filled the arena with boos, and then began chanting, "Fight, fight, fight!"
They got their wish, as the bout was allowed to continue, but that didn't stop them from expressing the same disapproval when a later bout was stopped by the referee after a fighter was dazed by a series of damaging punches and was no longer able to defend himself.
Mostly, however, the crowd appears enthusiastic and relatively knowledgeable about MMA, which Powers would later say he was surprised and happy to see. One look at the filled arena was enough to convince him that he might have a winning idea on his hands, and he mentions the possibility of future shows in Missoula before the night is over.
With only one fight left before his, McGrath allows himself a peek through the dressing room curtain to watch as teammate Lloyd Woodard makes his way to the cage.
Woodard's opponent is Wyoming Warrior's Guild fighter Randy Bingham. He appears much older than the 20-year-old Woodard, and when the fight begins, it becomes clear that he is no match for the athletic Dog Pound fighter.
As soon as the referee gives the signal to fight, Woodard charges across the cage and lands a straight right hand to his opponent's face, then presses him against the cage and takes him down to the mat. Within 30 seconds, Woodard has positioned himself behind Bingham and is choking the older fighter with a forearm across his throat. Overwhelmed and running short on oxygen, Bingham is forced to "tap-out," the signal for submission, thus ending the fight almost before it has really begun.
Now, with Woodard's match over, it is time for the main event. It's time for Brian McGrath to make his way into the cage for the first time.
In his corner, McGrath strips off his shirt and bounces from foot to foot. His face is relaxed and his trim physique shows the signs of his intensive preparation. Ryan Hart is shorter than McGrath, and does not have the same muscular definition. But with two MMA fights under his belt, Hart is the more experienced of the two fighters, and in this game experience can go a long way.
It also doesn't hurt that Hart has Team Quest fighter and star of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality TV series, Chris Leben, in his corner. Leben is popular with the Fairgrounds crowd, but during the introductions the audience makes clear that his popularity does not extend to Hart.
Just before the fight starts, McGrath and Hart lock eyes. This is the moment for which Brian McGrath has been training. This is why he sacrificed for so many months, and regardless of what happens, soon it will all be over.
As the bout begins, both fighters charge across the mat toward each other and Hart forces a clinch, a position in which Team Quest fighters are usually dangerous. McGrath pounds his knees into his opponent's body, while Hart works him back against the chain-link cage.
"Toe stomp!" Leben shouts from outside the cage, and Hart complies, bringing his heel down repeatedly on McGrath's toes.
The damage appears to be inconsequential, but it is a move designed to frustrate a fighter into making a mistake. McGrath isn't falling for it. But as the two struggle for position in the clinch, Hart manages to take McGrath down, putting his back on the mat and his head against the cage.
Here Hart is poised to begin the "ground and pound" technique, but McGrath doesn't stay still long enough to allow his opponent an opportunity to strike.
"Get out of there, Brian," Powers urges. "Stand up!"
After only a few seconds, McGrath manages to lean his back against the cage and rise to his feet, ducking a punch from Hart in the process.
The crowd explodes. In the bleacher section at the rear of the arena, they begin to chant McGrath's name. The rest of the first round is a back and forth war, with both fighters avoiding submissions and then reversing the position on their opponents. At one point, McGrath appears to be caught in a dangerous choke, known as the guillotine.
"You got him," Leben shouts to Ryan Hart. "He's choking. Finish it here."
McGrath's face turns a deep red, a sure sign that Hart's forearm is squeezing tightly on his trachea. But McGrath frees himself, and the crowd erupts as the horn sounds to signal the end of the first round.
This is only the third fight of the evening to reach into the second and final round. If both fighters can last another five minutes, the outcome will be decided by judges' score cards. In MMA, judges operate much as they do in boxing. They award points in each round based on damage done by a fighter, dominance in the round, and aggression.
After round one of Hart-McGrath, it looks like a tough call.
Between rounds Powers encourages McGrath to be more aggressive on his feet and use his superior striking skills, while avoiding the takedown. In the other corner, Leben gives a pep talk to an obviously winded Hart.
"Don't tell me you're tired," he says. "You didn't come all the way out here to get tired, did you?"
In round two the fighters fly at one another.
Hart again pins McGrath against the cage, but can't hold him there. As McGrath spins away, Hart goes down on one knee, his hands low. For a moment the fighters look at each other, as if they, like the crowd, are wondering what will happen next. Hart can't seem to bring his hands up, and as he lunges forward McGrath tags him with a left-right punch combination to the cheek.
Then they are back to the ground, Hart on top raining down punches, then McGrath reversing the position. At one point McGrath ends up on his back while Hart stands above him. It is the set-up to the flying punch that Team Quest fighters love to employ—the same flying punch that knocked out Lloyd Woodard less than two months ago.
Sure enough, Hart raises his right hand and then plunges down on McGrath, aiming for his chin. But McGrath has seen this before. By the time the punch arrives, he is no longer there. Instead, he is up and driving into Hart, pushing him onto his back.
The fight ends in a fever, with both men struggling for position. The crowd cries out for another round. When the fighters are brought to the center of the ring for the winner to be announced, the judges have rendered a split decision.
Only one point stands between winner and loser.
Just then, the referee raises Ryan Hart's hand. A moan rises up from the audience, not so much in argument as in commiseration. After a fight like that, it doesn't seem fair that one man should have to lose. McGrath only nods his head, and then he and Hart wrap their arms around each other again, only this time in mutual congratulation.
"He's a tough kid," the 26-year-old Hart says afterward. "A fight like this one is always mentally and physically exhausting, but it's great to be a part of."
As for Powers, he couldn't be more proud of his Dog Pound fighters, including McGrath.
"I was extremely happy with the way things went tonight," Powers says. "Brian fought a tough opponent, and fought him well all the way to the end."
As the house lights come on and the fans begin to shuffle out, the fighters stand among them with an odd air of self-satisfaction. You can tell who they are by the lumps on their foreheads, the swollen eyes beginning to change color. McGrath is among them, a bruise on his shoulder blade the only apparent damage.
He isn't upset about the decision, and he doesn't offer any excuses. He simply nods his head and agrees that while he did everything he could to win, this time it just wasn't enough.
"I think he was the better fighter tonight," McGrath says. "I'm sure I'll fight again. But now I see what I need to work on."
It's a good thing, too. Because on Monday the guys from the Dog Pound will be back at it again, pounding on each other and enjoying every minute of it.


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A Minute With: Nicole Kidman working on "Rabbit Hole"
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman has scored positive reviews, and a Golden Globe nomination, for her role as a mother dealing with the death of her child in the independent film "Rabbit Hole."
The film was released last week in major U.S. theaters and expands around the country starting on Christmas day.
"Rabbit Hole" is based on the Pulitzer prize-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Kidman stars alongside Aaron Eckhart as grieving couple Becca and Howie. Kidman also produced the film, marking it the inaugural project from her company, Blossom Films.
Kidman, who lives in Nashville with her country star husband Keith Urban and their daughter Sunday Rose, spoke Reuters about the film, her family and being a mother.
Q: How did you come across the play?
A: "I read the review of 'Rabbit Hole' in the New York Times. Living in Nashville, I get the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. That's my contact with the city because that's where I used to live and I'm a theater buff. When I read the review, I thought, 'Gosh, that sounds like rich material.'"
Q: As a mother, you felt for Becca's pain?
A: "When we first optioned the play, I wasn't pregnant. This has been years in the making, so there wasn't a thought of being pregnant. I thought I'd never get pregnant. But I get what she goes through. I get her relationship with her mother, her sister, God. I get the way in which she is so angry." Continued...


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T-Bird Men Host Sacramento State, Northern Arizona
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Southern Utah's men's basketball team opens its 2014 home schedule and its Big Sky home slate over the next week when it hosts Sacramento State and Northern Arizona. The Thunderbirds host the Hornets Saturday night, then welcome the Lumberjacks on Monday.
SUU (1-10/0-2 Big Sky) will be playing just its fourth home game of the season Saturday and will be looking to notch its first Big Sky win after opening with losses at North Dakota and Northern Colorado last week. The Thunderbirds opened conference play last Thursday with a hard-fought 65-61 setback at North Dakota, then ran into a red-hot Northern Colorado team that shot 62 percent en-route to a 91-55 victory.
Sacramento State (4-7, 0-2 Big Sky), which plays at Northern Arizona on Thursday, opened Big Sky play in Montana last week, where the Hornets lost a 70-55 decision to Montana State and an 82-70 setback at Montana. Like the Thunderbirds, the Hornets have been road warriors this season, with eight road games so far against four home contests. They host Portland State next week in their Big Sky home-opener.
Northern Arizona (4-9, 1-1 Big Sky) also opened its conference schedule with a swing through Montana last week, taking a 73-65 win at Montana before losing a heart-breaker at Montana State, 68-66. The Lumberjacks' win at Montana was the only road win on the opening weekend of conference play. NAU has also played the large majority of its games this season on the road, with just three of its non-conference games coming in Flagstaff.
The Games: Saturday – Sacramento State (4-7, 0-2 pending the outcome of Thursday's game at Northern Arizona) at Southern Utah (1-9/0-1), 7:05 p.m. in the Centrum Arena (5,300). Monday – Northern Arizona (4-9, 1-1, pending the outcome of Thursday's game) at Southern Utah, 7:05 p.m.
Practice Schedule: While at home the Thunderbirds work out daily, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Practices are held in the Centrum Arena. All practices are open to the public.
Media Availability: Players and coaches are made available for interviews on Tuesdays prior to practice at 2:30 p.m., with occasional adjustments because of travel and class schedules.
Radio: All SUU men's basketball games are broadcast live by Power 91 KSUU (91.1 FM) as well as on the internet at www.power91radio.com. Art Challis is in his 40th season as the Thunderbirds' basketball play-by-play voice. Dr. Challis is joined on home and selected road broadcasts by former SUU standout Dean O'Driscoll.
On The Internet: All of Southern Utah's home games and Big Sky road games will be available on Watch Big Sky, at www.bigskytv.org. Audio of SUU home and road games is available at the Thunderbirds' website at www.suutbirds.com or at www.power91radio.com.
Live Stats: Live stats of all of SUU's home games and selected road contests will be available at www.suutbirds.com.
Video Highlights: Video highlights of the Thunderbirds' home games will be available to accredited media outlets via SUU's FTP site. For information on obtaining those highlights contact SUU Director of Athletic Media Relations Neil Gardner.
The Series: Southern Utah holds a 14-7 advantage in the series with Sacramento State, including a 79-67 win the last time the teams met, last year in Cedar City, where the Thunderbirds hold an 8-2 edge in the series. The two teams, which competed against each other in the American West Conference from 1994 to 1996, split two games last year, with the Hornets taking a 64-59 home victory.
NAU holds a 13-9 edge in the series with the Thunderbirds, but SUU swept the series last year, picking up a 90-77 win in Flagstaff, then defending the home court with a 78-67 victory. During the 2002-03 season, the last times the teams met prior to this year, the Lumberjacks took a 73-56 win in Cedar City, then completed a season sweep with an 85-68 win in Flagstaff. Southern Utah holds a 6-3 edge in the series in games played in Cedar City.
The Coaches:
SUU Head Coach Nick Robinson (Stanford '05), a 2013 finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award which honors the top first-year coach in the nation, has a record of 12-30 in his second season at SUU and his second season overall as a head coach. In his first year at SUU Coach Robinson led the Thunderbirds to a sixth-place finish in the Big Sky Conference, earning a BSC tournament berth in the school's first season in the league. SUU posted an 11-20 overall record, including an 8-12 mark in Big Sky games last year, when two Thunderbirds, seniors Jackson Stevenett and Damon Heuir, earned all-conference honors. Coach Robinson came to Southern Utah from LSU, where he spent three seasons on the staff. Prior to his time at LSU, Robinson spent a season at William Jewell College and two on the staff at his alma mater, Stanford. During his time as an assistant coach, Robinson helped guide his teams to a combined record of 87-47 and four post-season appearances, including two NCAA, one NIT and one NAIA Division I national tournaments. Coach Robinson is 1-1 vs. Sacramento State and 2-0 vs. Northern Arizona.
Robinson is assisted by Todd Okeson (Nevada '05), Chad Bell (Nevada '06), and Drew Allen (Southern Utah '10). Yahosh Bonner (Northern Colorado '10) serves as Director of Basketball Operations. Okeson and Allen were with the Thunderbirds last season while Bell and Bonner are in their first seasons with the program.
Sacramento State is coached by Brian Katz (Sacramento State, 1980). Coach Katz, who is in his fifth season at Sac State and his fifth season overall as a head coach, takes an overall record of 46-112 into Thursday's game at NAU. Katz is 1-1 vs. SUU.
Northern Arizona is coached by Jack Murphy (Arizona, 2005). Coach Murphy is 15-30 in his second season at NAU and his second season overall as a head coach. Murphy is 0-2 vs. SUU.
Captains: This year's captains are seniors Jayson Cheesman and Jaren Jeffery and junior Chris Nsenki.
Pre-Conference Schedule: SUU played nine official non-conference games this year and will play Big Sky games exclusively throughout the remainder of the regular season. The Thunderbirds' non-conference schedule was one of the toughest in the nation, as SUU's strength of schedule to this point ranks 46th in Division I and second in the Big Sky. The Thunderbirds' 2013-14 SOS has been as high as 34th. The non-conference schedule was heavy with road contests as the team scheduled just three official games in the Centrum before the conference opener. The Thunderbirds went 1-2, with a win over Arizona Christian and losses to UC Riverside and UNLV, at home in the pre-season and 0-6 on the road. The road slate included games at No. 23 San Diego State, California, Utah State, San Diego, Portland and Cal State Northridge.
SUU by the Numbers: Overall, the Thunderbirds are averaging 56.4 points per game on 36.7 percent shooting (.329 threes) while knocking down 73.3 percent of their free throws. SUU has allowed opponents an average of 78.1 points on .492 shooting (.378 threes) and has been out-rebounded by an average of 39.3-28.5. Freshman point guard Trey Kennedy leads the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game, with sophomore wing A.J. Hess second at 8.1 ppg. Sophomore forward Casey Oliverson leads the team in rebounding with 5.0 per game while senior forward Jaren Jeffery is second on the squad with 3.5 caroms per game. Freshman guard John Marshall leads the team in assists and steals, with 2.6 dimes and 1.1 thefts per game. Senior Jayson Cheesman averages a team-best 1.2 blocks per outing.
Scouting Sacramento State:
The Hornets have prospered at home but struggled on the road, winning three of their four home contests but coming out on the wrong end of six of their seven road games. The road triumph was a 73-67 win at UC Davis, while the road losses came at CSU Bakersfield, UCLA, UTEP, CS Fullerton, Montana State and Montana.
Two Hornets carry double-figure scoring averages, junior guards Mikh McKinney (6-1, 175) and Dylan Garrity (6-2, 175), at 13.5 and 11.8 ppg, respectively. Wing Cody Demps (So, 6-0, 200) leads the team with 4.4 rebounds per game while F Nick Hornsby (6-7, 200, Fr) averages 3.7 boards per game. Garrity and McKinney are also 1-2 on the team in assists, with 3.1 and 3.0 per game.
As a team the Hornets average 63.3 ppg on .420 shooting (.341 threes) while giving up 68.2 ppg on .460 shooting (.369 threes). They have knocked down 69.8 percent of their free throws and have been out-rebounded 33.5-to-31.9 per game.
Scouting Northern Arizona:
The Lumberjacks come into the game with a 2-6 road mark. NAU won its season-opener at Texas-San Antonio, then lost at Texas Tech, USC, Loyola Marymount and top-ranked Arizona before defeating Montana and losing at Montana State last week.
Three 'Jacks carry double-figure scoring averages, led by JC transfer Quinton Upshur (G, 6-5, 207, Jr) at 14.1 ppg. Senior forward Max Jacobsen is second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, at 13.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg, while guard Aaseem Dixon, another JC transfer, averages 12.8 ppg and a team-best 2.8 assists. Junior forward Gaellan Bewernick (6-6, 215) is the team's top rebounder, with 7.1 per game.
As a team NAU averages 65.5 ppg on .429 shooting (.336 threes) while allowing an average of 70.9 points on .460 shooting (.369 threes). The Lumberjacks have knocked down 73.5 percent of their free throws and out-rebounded their opponents by an average of 33.8-to-32.4 caroms per game.
Young T-Birds: Southern Utah is one of the youngest teams in America, with just 10 combined seasons of collegiate experience heading into the 2013-14 campaign. SUU has five true freshmen (not including walk-ons) on the roster and three of the five have played in every game, with the other two appearing in all but one. Freshman point guard Trey Kennedy has started every game while guard John Marshall has started six games and wing Juwan Major has started four. Wing McKay Anderson has had one start – alongside Kennedy, Major and Marshall – at Cal State Northridge.
Block Party:
• Senior Jayson Cheesman leads the team with 13 blocked shots. He had a string of at least one rejection in nine straight games broken when he went without one at Northern Colorado. The only other game this season in which he didn't have a block was the season-opener vs. Arizona Christian. He now has 73 blocks in his SUU career, which ranks fourth on the SUU career list. He needs 12 to tie Kenyatta Clyde (1997-99) in third place with 85.
• Junior center Cal Hanks has five blocks this season. He blocked a shot at North Dakota to give him 41 in his career, the 10th-best total at SUU; he is four behind Richard Barton's (1990-93) 45.
• Casey Oliverson is second on the team with seven rejections. He blocked his first shot as a Thunderbird vs. UC Riverside and finished the game with three. He also had two at Portland and another at Northridge.
Northern Colorado Game Highlights:
• Eric Rippetoe came off the bench to lead the team in scoring for the second time in three games. The junior forward hit 4-of-6 shots (2-of-3 threes) for 10 points and also picked off a steal in 11 minutes on the court.
• Trey Kennedy had four assists, his second-highest total of the season and his most since dishing out five dimes in the season-opener.
• Drake Thomas scored a career-high six points and dished out a season-high tying two assists.
• Senior forward Jaren Jeffery knocked down the first 3-pointer of his career.
• SUU bounced back from a sub-par first half, in which it hit 8-of-24 shots, to connect on 10-of-19 in the second period, a 52.6 percent success rate.


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Vadra-DLF deals: Can't probe unless specific charge, says Chidambaram
As various Congress leaders continue to defend Robert Vadra, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said "unless there is specific allegation of quid pro quo government can`t probe private deals."
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New Delhi: As various Congress leaders continue to defend Congress chief Sonia Gandhi`s son-in-law Robert Vadra, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said "unless there is specific allegation of quid pro quo, government can`t probe private deals."
"...Unless there is a specific allegation of quid pro quo or corruption, I am afraid private transactions cannot and ought not to be allowed to be questioned on the basis of imputations and insinuations", he said while responding to a question on the Vadra-DLF deals at the Economic Editors` Conference here.
Earlier, reacting to Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan's allegations against Robert Vadra, Chidambaram on Saturday had said that from the information he had gathered, the transactions had been disclosed in the appropriate income-tax and other returns.
"I`m not aware of the rightness or wrongness of these allegations. Transactions between two private individuals cannot be questioned on the basis of certain imputed or implied act of corruption," the Finance Minister had said.
India Against Corruption`s Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan had last week alleged that realty major DLF had favoured Vadra in some property deals.
Kejriwal and Bhushan alleged that Vadra had bought properties worth over Rs 300 crore between 2007 and 2010 with an interest-free unsecured loan of Rs 65 crore provided by DLF.
They claimed that the properties were given at undervalued rates in exchange of favours allegedly received from Congress state governments in Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
The Congress has since then continued to target Kejriwal and his associates in India Against Corruption (IAC) over allegations against Vadra while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been saying said the Congress should "clear the situation" instead of trying to run down the activists.


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Remembering Marvin Gaye
We want to take a moment to mark a sad anniversary. Thirty years ago this week, Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father Marvin Gaye, Sr., in Los Angeles, a day before he would have turned 45.
Gaye is known for many songs, including "What's Going On," "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)," ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and "Sexual Healing."
On April 1, 1984, an argument between his father and his mother about a misplaced insurance document got out of control. Marvin Gaye confronted his father, hitting and kicking him. His father came to Marvin's room a few minutes later with a pistol and shot him in the chest, and then again.
Marvin Gaye, Sr., said at his sentencing, "If I could bring him back, I would. … I'm really sorry for everything that happened. I loved him. I wish he could step through this door right now. I'm paying the price now."


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Hi Gabby,
I am so very sorry for your loss. I too have had a sibling steal from a dying parent and it is not a pretty picture.
The first thing you need to remember is: If you are paying for the "Legal" counsel to handle the estate then you need to tell them what they can expect and can not expect!
They will advise you, but they should not be telling you how to do things merely advising you on how they legally feel things should be done.
You are the one paying the bill ... well the estate is ... so the attorney needs to follow your lead so to speak.
Also, there is a legal term for what your brother did and it's got to do with Elder Abuse in a sense, as he stole from the elderly and could be charged and put in jail if found guilty.
I could have gone that route with my sibling but I chose to merely not speak to my sibling any longer and we have not spoken one word since early 2005.
I do wish you the very best of luck with getting your father's estate settled but you also need to know it will not be a very fast process even if the estate is small it could take up to 2 years depending on what's involved.


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Tim Sherwood takes his side to St James' Park with a poor historical record to overcome but Alan Pardew's Magpies have not scored in six of their last seven Premier League games
Tim Sherwood's men are on a fine run of form, losing just two of their last 13 Premier League matches, but now head to a ground where they have struggled historically.
Spurs' last league win at Newcastle came way back in August 2004 and the Londoners are winless in their last seven Premier League visits, losing five of those.
|Tottenham are 2/1 with Betway to score in both halves against Newcastle
Defender Mathieu Debuchy will miss out after picking up a calf injury in the 3-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday, while striker Loic Remy serves the final game of a three-match suspension.
Cheikh Tiote (hamstring) and captain Fabricio Coloccini (knee) are still on the sidelines but striker Papiss Cisse (back), forward Yoan Gouffran (knock) and winger Gabriel Obertan (knee) could return.
Meanwhile, Tottenham may again be without Vlad Chiriches (back) and Sandro (calf) after the pair missed Sunday's 1-0 win over Everton, while winger Erik Lamela (thigh) is also out of action.
The Magpies could do the double over Spurs after a 1-0 triumph at White Hart Lane last November and Sherwood anticipates another difficult visit to Tyneside.
"[Newcastle] is a tough place to go, it always is," the Tottenham boss told reporters. "I'm hoping it is difficult for those players to play at home in front of their crowd because I am not sure what the mood is like up there but it will be a big crowd again and we will see if they have got any characters up there."


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In a sunny building, Edith Owen helps lead people through dark times. On the floor of her office, there are piles of utility receipts from residents down on their luck. Her filing cabinets are stuffed with the stories of families who are damaged, but not broken.
"I get calls from everywhere," Owen said. "We do what we can to keep these kids out of the welfare system."
Owen is the kinship care coordinator for Pierce County Relatives Raising Children Program (PCRRC). The mission of the program is to provide support, information, education and advocacy to strengthen relatives and non-relatives who have assumed care of children who are not their biological offspring. The idea for this service began in 1988, when Owen began witnessing a growing phenomenon.
"I noticed a lot of grandmas bringing kids in for their appointments," Owen said.
At the time, she was working as an outreach specialist for the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department's Division of Children's Mental Health. During her time working for the department, Owen said she was motivated to help people raising child relatives. In 1997, PCRRC was born and grew in a tiny corner of the department's offices. Several years later, the department needed to restructure, and funding to Owen's brainchild was at risk of being cut.
"I thought this program could go away, so I called the community together for help," she said.
With a little grit, determination and seed money from the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department, PCRRC grew to become the Child and Family Guidance Center. In February this year, the organization changed its name to Hope Sparks.
The organization has sprouted many divisions, some include maternity support, eating disorders and couples counseling. But no matter what, the organization has always stayed loyal to a theme of giving back to "non-traditional" families struggling in Pierce County.
While Owen shares the anonymous stories of families she has helped, she looks down at her phone.
"Only two missed calls so far, that's pretty low," she jokes.
In a job like this, people like Owen must constantly look forward and plan ahead. This fall, Hope Sparks will partner with Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing to provide healthcare to grandparents who are raising children.
"These grandmas and grandpas are phenomenal and deserve this care," she said. "Through thick and thin, they will do what they can to keep kids in their families."
Owen explained that many of the children and teens she helps have experienced hardships like the death of a parent or family members who are incarcerated or addicted to drugs. There can be a sense of shame associated with being raised by a relative, and not by a parent, she explained. But, the children usually tell her what is wrong with their actions, not by their words. What is most important is taking the time and energy to really listen, Owen said. And finding families who need a sympathetic ear is a lot simpler than most people would think.
"There is this great underground system that leads people here," Owen said.
She scrolls down a file on her computer and recites the list of how people found the program.
"A librarian told me."
"My friend."
"My DSHS counselor."
"I heard about it at a food bank."
The network of support stretches far, but Owen said Pierce County in particular has an "incredible culture of utilizing resources well."
A framed picture above Owen's desk reads, "no one stands alone." In Owen's mind, learning can only begin when issues are brought to the forefront, when the blinders come off and people start talking about them.
"We have to find ways to support these people," Owen said. "Because like all of us, no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes."


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I see that TW Cable now offers the four major networks in HD. Their HD package is becoming more interesting.
My question is, "Does anyone here have this service; and how does the picture quality compare to satellite?"
Current Status:
OTA summary is easy. Only NBC DT 46. That's it.
Well, there is DT 23, that is an independent. Seems to be all infomercials. Nothing I ever want to see. Makes one wonder how they can afforf the change to digital, and the local networks can not?
TW cable is now offering ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. I assume the local station have the capability to pass through the network HD broadcasts, even though they do not have local digital broadcasts. They also offer a few of the HD cable channels. The list can be found on the TW Cable web page.
I am also interested in this.
I'll make this the official Palm Springs thread and hopefully (eventually) more Palm Springs AVS members will join and participate.
Clapple: Can you summarize the OTA & Cable HD offerings in the area?
OTA summary is easy. Only NBC DT 46. That's it.
Well, there is DT 23, that is an independent. Seems to be all infomercials. Nothing I ever want to see. Makes one wonder how they can afforf the change to digital, and the local networks can not?
TW cable is now offering ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. I assume the local station have the capability to pass through the network HD broadcasts, even though they do not have local digital broadcasts. They also offer a few of the HD cable channels. The list can be found on the TW Cable web page.
I was hoping someone, who has the TW's HD service, could tell us about the picture quality and their DVR service.
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I am also interested in this.
Since no one else responded, I've decided to try it my self. Installation on April 26. No commitment, so there is nothing to lose.
Since we appear to be the only two here, from PS area, I'll report after I view it, for awhile.
KVMD-DT's sole reason for existance is to beam infomercials to the LA market. They aim their signal at LA and do a pretty good job getting in there. I am in Moreno Valley, just on the other side of Mt. San Jacinto about 45 miles away, but I can't see anything from Palm Springs here OTA. As I recall KESQ had a CP for a DT transmitter which would have made it powerful enough to pick up as far west as Riverside. I was really looking forward to a more "local" network station, especially for the news. Has anyone heard if KESQ still plans on covering the western part of the county?
On channel 631 (INHD2) the TWC banner reads that they are airing the Fox Sports West HD feed of the Kings vs. Red Wings game, but they are showing the regular INHD2 feed does anyone know who needs to be contacted to correct this (TWC or INHD)?
I'm new to AVS. I live on Mountain View CC and we have to use "Advanced Broadband" cable service. Needless to say they are not very advanced and offer no HD service.
I signed up for DirecTV HD - it should be installed this coming weekend.
So, I will continue to get local channels via Advanced Broadband using the basic cable service included in the home owners assoc. fees.
I know NBC does OTA HD at the moment. If I want to receive this stuff I need to an antenna. The homeowners assoc. refuses to let me have an antenna on the rook along with the dish.
Any suggestions??
Hi again,
I poked around the Directv website and it looks like I'm eligible for Distant Network Service (DNS). I guess I need to ask for this when I enable the service on Saturday.
It takes 45 days to then get the LA signals if approved, but the Directv website says I am eligible for ABC, FOX, CBS and maybe NBC.
Anyone gone through this out in 92253??
trying to set my dad up with QAM down here with Time Warner...I'll let you guys know if we get any channels...he can't get locals over D* because of multiple homes and his market is the Bay Area...he's gonna love me if I can get him Fox and NBC in HD...
I receive ABC, FOX, CBS via D* from LA in High Def. I also get the regular non-HD LA feed for NBC. This was pretty simple to setup. I asked D* to file a request with the local NBC station for a waiver - so far nothing.
Otherwise, I watched the Superbowl in HD for the first time and it was wonderful!
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I receive ABC, FOX, CBS via D* from LA in High Def. I also get the regular non-HD LA feed for NBC. This was pretty simple to setup. I asked D* to file a request with the local NBC station for a waiver - so far nothing.
Otherwise, I watched the Superbowl in HD for the first time and it was wonderful!
We've submitted and been denied about 4 times. It's not D*, they have been extremely helpful. He's getting ABC and CBS, that's it. At the main home he gets everything of course, including OTA channels.
So today we picked up an older LG LST-3510a, which is an upscaling DVD player, ATSC receiver, and QAM capable. Plugged it in to our Time Warner, got 22 channels, virtually all of them are scrambled. I think we picked up one music channel, and three garbage channels.
I keep telling him what Time Warner is doing is illegal, since they are required to digital simulcast, but I doubt he's going to fight them over it.
He's been with D* for many many many years and plans to stay put. I tried, but the QAM was a no go...too bad.
I am taking the LG unit with me to Seattle though, great unit! The build date was Nov. 04 and it was only $220 at Circuit City locally. Not bad for a 3 in one HD player with HDCP.
I just got an HD ready 27 inch LCD monitor from Sam's Club and will get a DirectTV HD receiver from Costco to see if I can get OTA reception for HD. I do not have Cable nor any satellite programming. I only get OTA programming. And so I will report here the OTA side of HDTV.
Cool. I am using DirecTV and get HD LA feeds but would prefer to get OTA - I see one OTA antenna in the complex I'm living in but otherwise I don't know what the signal is like.
Good luck!
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Cable changes irk some valley viewers
TimeWarner shifts channels, still negotiating with CW, NFL
Lou Hirsh, The Desert Sun
November 23, 2006
When he saw the notice that came with his recent cable TV bill, Kirk Gregory of Palm Desert was incredulous.
Effective Nov. 15, Time Warner Cable was removing 12 East Coast feeds of channels from its premium digital lineup, including extra versions of HBO, Showtime and Cinemax.
In addition, eight basic-cable offerings, including California Channel, TV Guide and Lifetime Movies, would be switching to new channel slots.
The basic offerings mainly stayed in the basic lineup and the pay-movie stations are now available via the cable company's On Demand service, which is already free to premium channel subscribers.
But the latest round of channel-changing irked Gregory - coming on the heels of recent events that have left offerings like the CW Network and NFL Network unavailable to local viewers.
"When I read this letter, I thought to myself, they're taking things away, but they're not lowering the bill or giving us something else that we want," said Gregory, 59, who has worked in ad sales at several Southern California TV and radio stations.
Local Time Warner officials said the changes reflect major shifts taking place in the cable industry nationwide.
Some are prompted by the ongoing transition of cable systems from analog to all-digital signal delivery.
Others come as cable companies are competing with satellite, phone and other telecommunications providers to offer bundled packages of Internet, telephone and TV services.
"We saw an opportunity to provide all of these through our own systems, and obviously we feel we can do it better than the phone and satellite companies," said Michael Bauerfeind, director of new business development for Time Warner Cable in Palm Desert. "That's a big reason behind the changes that our customers are seeing."
Bauerfeind said Time Warner notified its 150,000 valley customer households well in advance, with billing inserts, letters mailed directly to subscribers and recent newspaper ads.
"We've received very few complaints about this," he said.
Generally, Bauerfeind said Time Warner has been shifting some basic stations from high channel numbers to lower ones, with those above 75 generally reserved for digital offerings.
Eventually, all Time Warner systems nationwide will offer fully digital services.
Bauerfeind noted that nearly all of the basic or "advantage service" channels that saw their channel assignments change - including TV Guide channel, Los Angeles' KCBS and Lifetime Movies - remained in the same tier and will not see their availability or prices change.
In addition, he noted the company has added 11 On Demand channels - including Exercise TV, HD Pay-per-View and International Movies on Demand - at no extra cost to premium subscribers.
For now at least, the company has no major price increases on the horizon.
Instead, Bauerfeind said Time Warner is looking to offer more "a la carte" package offerings to blend different levels of basic and premium cable TV with phone service and various speeds of Internet service.
Packages would have a wider variety of prices based on services ordered. The company will be announcing new package offerings by year's end or early 2007.
Ongoing disputes
Still other changes upsetting viewers involve national and local disputes among networks, stations and cable providers over carriage rights to certain programming.
For instance, valley cable viewers won't be able to see the Thanksgiving Day debut of prime time pro football on the National Football League's own NFL Network.
That's because several national cable companies, including Time Warner, Cablevision and Charter Communications, have yet to reach a deal with the NFL to carry its eight-game schedule.
And more than two months after its national debut, the newly created CW Network - featuring former WB and UPN shows like "Gilmore Girls" and "America's Next Top Model" - is still missing on valley cable.
That stems from an impasse between Time Warner and Gulf-California Broadcast Co., which operates several valley TV stations.
In the meantime, Gulf-California's over-the-airwaves KCWQ has been broadcasting CW Network shows on non-cable Channel 2.
Bauerfeind said the two sides are close to an agreement after several weeks of negotiations.
Bob Allen, executive vice president of Gulf-California Broadcasting, said his company is waiting for a written version of a draft agreement to arrive from the national headquarters office of Time Warner Cable. Allen said he hopes both sides can sign off on a final deal within the next two or three weeks.
"We were able to hammer out most of the deal points about three weeks ago," he said.
More behind-the-scenes changes are ahead for Time Warner in the valley, Bauerfeind said.
The company is in the process of converting its Palm Desert office into a customer service center, while administration and maintenance support will be housed in a new headquarters building under construction in Indio.
I live on Dillon Road amout 5 miles nnw of Edom Hill transmitters.
With a Radio Shack HDTV Grey Dish Antenna($80) I pick up
2.3 KCWQ Test Pattern
23.3/4/5 KVMD stuff
33.2 KDFX Fox
Signal strength is > 70, Compression free Picture is Outstanding.
1. Advanced Closed Caption on KMIR is broken..I've sent a note to KMIR Engineering
2. When will KCWQ begin DT transmission (the new CW Network)?
3. When will the Hustons upgrade their station (Cable 2/UHF 38) to provide CBS-DT
Hey folks! It has been such a long time since anyone posted here.
I am in LQ around 30/40 miles from any transmitters (according to antennaweb) so I don't know if I would be able to get OTA or not. Any advice would be helpful.
I did read the article posted above - we have "Advanced Broadband" cable in my development which means that I need OTA or DirecTV to get HD - I chose D*. I understand that Advanced Broadband are selling their network to Time Warner so I was initially pleased about this but after reading the article I'm not too sure.
I get around 8/10 HD channels on D* otherwise it is all standard definition...
The RS 15-2187
HDTV Indoor/Outdoor
Directional Antenna
"Thank you for purchasing your HD Indoor/Outdoor Antenna
from RadioShack Its built in low noise amplifier receives
both analog and HDTV signals up to 50 miles away, and its
FM trap prevents strong FM stations from interfering with
TV channels 2-13. Its 20 width makes it ideal for many
mounting locations, such as a roof, sidewall, or attic."
This directional antenna is designed to receive UHF
DTV signals and most close-in VHF DTV signals.
Freq. (Channels) DTV Analog
VHF (2-6) up to 20 miles up to 15 miles
VHF (7-13) up to 40 miles up to 35 miles
UHF (14-69) up to 50 miles up to 45 miles
Cool! Thanks - I will check it out.
Time Warner Cable customers in Indio encounter troubles
The Desert Sun, December 6, 2006
Many Time Warner Cable customers in Indio began reporting problems Wednesday morning with cable TV access, connecting to the Internet or with digital phone service.
Customers began calling in and a message was put on the company's customer service phone line notifying anyone that the cable company was aware of the problem and has repair personnel responding to the issues.
As of 9:30 a.m. there was no estimated time that repairs would be completed, Time Warner Cable officials said.
Here are the Time Warner Cable changes going into effect in Desert Hot Springs Jan. 10.
Michael Perrault, The Desert Sun, December 15, 2006
Time Warner Cable television subscribers in Desert Hot Springs will notice a change in programming on Jan. 10.
Now that Time Warner Cable has taken over operations from former cable service provider Adelphia Communications and added new technology, it will be providing Desert Hot Springs with the same programming that Palm Springs, Palm Desert and other desert cities receive.
So it's a rather significant change for their community, said Kathi Jacobs, director of government and community relations for the company's Desert Cities operations.
The move comes after Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. this summer acquired the assets of Colorado-based Adelphia Communications, following approval by the Federal Communications Commission in late July.
The transaction opened the door for Time Warner Cable Desert Cities to extend its cable television and other products and services to residents living in Desert Hot Springs, Yucca Valley, Morongo Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms.
Residents will have an option to acquire its three-play option that includes a bundling of services to include cable television, Road Runner high speed internet and digital phone service, Jacobs said.
Additional features to come include a 100 percent digital quality channel lineup, Start Over and other interactive applications like fantasy sports, polling and voting, Caller ID on TV and eBay on TV.
I got this e-mail from Time Warner today:
"Dear Valued Customer,
We have some exciting news to share - regarding High Definition programming.
On December 28, INHD2 will combine their programming onto INHD. We are happy to announce that we will replace INHD2 with Universal HD. We are certain you will find Universal HD to be a great addition to the HD VIP Pak.
Universal HD offers unedited and uninterrupted films, award winning dramas, series, sports, specials and performance arts programming all from the Universal library.
We hope you enjoy this new high definition programming!
Visit our website at twcdesertcities.com
Time Warner Cable"
No mention of any additional channels (ESPN2 HD etc.)...
Nothing to do with HD, but TWC has started to switch channels from analog to digital (ie. KESQ, History Channel, HGTV, and many more.)
Sorry to bring this back up, but I was wondering if CBS is HD in desert on OTA yet? I pick up every other local HD OTA channel but I cant get CBS in HD. I can with my Sony HD-DVR via its QAM tuner picks it up as 38.1. The only Channels I have so far are
And that test patter on 2.3.
I'm using an Media Center PC with HDTV tuner built in to pick up the channels, and it will scan 38.1 if I add it my self, and it gives me 70% signal, but when I try and tune to that channel it says no signal. So i was just wondering if thats even a channel out here in the Desert.
SoCal executive replaced at Time Warner
04:37 PM PDT on Friday, March 16, 2007
By JONATHAN SHIKES
The Press-Enterprise
Time Warner Cable has replaced its top Southern California executive while the company continues to struggle with technical and customer-service problems related to the acquisition and integration of former Adelphia and Comcast systems.
Barry Rosenblum, who oversees the telecommunications provider's New York City operations, will replace Roger Keating, Time Warner said Friday. Rosenblum will bring three members of his management team to Southern California.
The nation's largest cable company took over more than 1.1 million Comcast and Adelphia accounts in Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties late last year. It now has 1.9 million subscribers in the region.
But when in tried to convert technology from three companies into a single operation, customers began experiencing cable outages and picture problems, missing channels, e-mail disruptions, major service delays and other problems.
"The company realizes there have been some missteps," said Time Warner spokeswoman Patti Rockenwagner. "The integration has not gone as we anticipated."
Customers were also frustrated by extraordinarily long hold times, rude service and inconsistent answers, said Moreno Valley spokeswoman Angela Rushen.
In November, after Time Warner switched former Adelphia customers, Moreno Valley dealt with 19 complaints. It usually gets one a month, Rushen said.
Time Warner acknowledged the problems in December and delayed the transition of some systems to better handle customer services and technical issues.
But problems have continued.
"We are seeing gradual, steady improvement," Rockenwagner said. "We are not quite where we want to be, but we are moving in the right direction."
Reach Jonathan Shikes at 951-368-9552 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cable disabled
Time Warner Cable has about 310,000 subscribers in western Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It has 425,000 customers in the Coachella Valley.
Hey guys, I work with TWC here in Palm Desert... any questions I may answer for you as a insider I would be glad to talk about!!
A few things to mention since I saw it on another post,
More HD channels are coming this fall, no specifics yet on which ones but they are coming, we are currently making room for bandwith on the cable so we can accomodate the new channels!! That is why you are slowly seeing channels disappear from the high 70's... we only go up to ch.73 now with ch 77 still in there for the hispanic population. We also are currently about 80% complete with getting all of the channels digitally simulcasted with their analog counterparts. Theres only about i think 12-15 more channels to go to switch over to digital, not only that, if you dont have a box and have standard service, the analog channels will look a lot better since we are not converting a digital signal into analog instead of analog to analog!! so yeah, its pretty awesome. Also future Roadrunner improvements on the way to compete with FiOS, currently RR is at 7Mb down and 500Kb up, soon to be around 10Mb down and 1 Mb up. more info as it comes to me! any other questions from previous posts or anything you guys may wanna know on the TWC side lemme know!!
Cable guy
Former Adelphia customers suing Time Warner Cable
By Nathan Baca
NewsChannel 3
Some Time Warner Cable customers here in the Desert could be getting some money back, if a class action lawsuit succeeds against the company.
When Adelphia Cable closed down its local operations centered in Desert Hot Springs and Thousand Palms, Time Warner Cable took over.
A new lawsuit accuses Time Warner of making promises to its new customers that it couldn't keep.
Some customers say they've experienced outages of their cable and internet services for days.
The class action lawsuit is looking for Time Warner Cable to pay refunds to former Adelphia customers.
"Maybe a month free or something," said Dolores Joseph, a customer angry at Time Warner Cable. "They said we were going to have the service by a certain time. They didn't have it by a certain time. We're still putting up with faulty pictures."
Lawyers say it could take a year for the class action lawsuit to get to court.
Time Warner says while they feel the lawsuit is meritless, it would be inappropriate for them to comment further.
If you are a former Adelphia customer and are interested in more info about the class action lawsuit against Time Warner Cable. E-mail Atty. Alexander Rufus-Issacs at email@example.com
I have a question. What is the most current setup box from hd that is a non dvr that you guys use.
We have 2. The Scientific Atlanta 3200HD and the Pace 551 model. I think that model for Pace is wrong, but its something like that!! I think the Pace is the better of the 2 boxes for the fact that it has HDMI outputs and looks a lil sleeker!!
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Whole Foods Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Recipe by Lateshow9
I found this recipe online somewhere. It's supposed to be a copy of the cold, Whole Foods Spinach and Artichoke Dip that they sell for $10/tub. I think it's pretty close, but not exactly like it tastes from the store. In any event, this is an easy, quick, and far cheaper way to make a very good spinach and artichoke dip. You'll love this.
Top Review by Chris from Kansas
This is a really great low-fat dip and tastes so fresh and light. I made it exactly as stated, but skipped the jalapenos because I thought it may be too spicy. I will experiment with that in the future as I'm sure I will make this often. Thanks for posting!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, all moisture removed
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained
- 1⁄2 cup roasted red pepper, from a jar, drained
- 1 bunch green onion, white and green parts
- 3⁄4 cup Hellmann's light mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 jalapenos, chopped
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
- 1 pinch sea salt
- pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Add drained spinach, drained artichoke hearts, drained fire roasted red peppers, jalapeños, and green onions to a food processor and chop until desired texture. If you like your dips chunky, you can skip the processor and chop by hand.
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together thoroughly.
- How easy is that? Now, season with salt and pepper to desired taste and refregerate for at least an hour before serving.
- Note: Feel free to play with the ingredient quantities. I like more spice, so I typically use 4 jalapeños. Adding more red peppers adds more color and flavor as well.


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Here you can find news about the book, festival, and what's happening with Heidi.
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I'm Teaching a Week-long Writing Workshop
I'm excited to announce that I'll teach a week-long writing workshop (Writing the Debut Novel the Non-MFA Way) in February 2015 at Djerassi, an idyllic writer's retreat where I was in residence for 4 weeks in 2005 and 2013. The workshop is geared to debut novelists and is well-suited for those writing about difference, race, and social justice. The workshop will include workshop manuscript critiques, time for new writing as well as workshop writing prompts, a private consultation of 50 pages of your manuscript, and talks on actionable steps you can take to start your career as a published writer. Includes up to 50 pages manuscript consultation in private 1/2 hour session with me. Full novel review available for an additional fee. Applicants accepted pending review of writing samples. Space is limited. I hope you'll apply and make the promise you've made to yourself come true: finish that novel you've always wanted to write! Learn more here.
Salem College: First Year Read Visit Sept. 16, 2014
I'm excited to visit what was once my homestate on Sept. 16. I'll be visiting with students and speaking at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. The school selected The Girl Who Fell From the Sky as the First-Year Read. It's an incredible honor and I can't wait to hear what the students have to say!
The Mixed Experience Podcast Season 2
I'm super excited to kick off the new season of The Mixed Experience, my weekly podcast, that features the musings of a mixed chick on a mixed-up world, culture, politics, and the arts. Season 2 begins with an interview with the wonderfully talented author Celeste Ng (Everything I Never Told You). Her book--which has received rave reviews--is a great-read: a literary thriller about an interracial family. Check out the interview here.
Mixed Remixed Festival Attracts More than 700 Multiracial Families and Individuals
More than 700 multiracial and multicultural families and individuals enjoyed a day of workshops, panel presentations, film screenings, readings and performance at the Mixed Remixed Festival June 14, 2014.
"The event was a huge success," said Festival Founder Heidi Durrow. "What people kept telling me was that they felt like they were coming home!"
The Festival featured more than 5 dozen writers, scholars, filmmakers and performers in a varied set of programs. Festival attendees were also treated to music DJ'ed by Power 106 and wonderful take-aways from Miss Jessie's hair products, Cards in Color, and LA Parent magazine.
The Festival culminated in an amazing performance that featured the talented TV actress and singer Erica Gimpel (Fame/Profiler), poet Aaron Samuels, musician Mya Greene, and the award-winning stage actress Khanisha Foster. The Storyteller's Prize was presented to Comedy Central's Key & Peele, Cheerios, and writer Susan Straight. The next Mixed Remixed Festival will be held in June 2015. Dates will be announced in September.--Heidi Durrow
Behind the Brilliance
I truly enjoyed this conversation with Lisa Nicole Bell, host of the podcast Behind the Brilliance. Check it out here. I've been off the interview circuit for so long, I didn't have my "rehearsed" stuff to say and end up sharing a lot of stuff I haven't shared before about my life and my process and writing The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Lisa called the show "From 48 Rejections to New York Times Bestseller." Let me know what you think!
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Help make The Girl Who Fell From the Sky a #1 Bestseller! It's currently #64 on Amazon Bestseller list for ALL ebooks. And it's on sale for $1.99 TODAY ONLY! You can also get it for Kobo (support indie bookstores!) and on Bookbub for $1.99 too!
Mixed Experience History Month 2014
It's May and that means it's Mixed Experience History Month, a month-long celebration of people and events that have shaped the Mixed experience. I founded this celebration in 2007 with the hope of bringing awareness to the long history of racial and cultural connectedness. I had become frustrated with the idea that my discussions of "mixed-ness" was for a small niche-group and set out to show that the Mixed experience is the American experience--that we're all part of this larger story.
Can you believe it's year 7? Over the years I've profiled close to 80 important historical figures of the Mixed Experience. The profiles have been of political dignitaries, activists, artists, religious leaders, inventors, and musicians. This year I promise to profile a diverse and dynamic bunch again.
Starting tomorrow I will post a new profile of a person or event in the Mixed experience each weekday of the month. If you have nominations for inclusion, please leave a comment below.
Mixed Experience History Month is the annual blog post series created by The New York Times best-selling author Heidi Durrow celebrating the history of the Mixed experience. Established in 2007, Mixed Experience History Month is an effort to highlight the long history of folks and events involved in the Mixed experience. Please look for more profiles of people, places and events of the Mixed experience every weekday of May at Lightskinned-ed Girl, the blog! Thanks for reading. And check out some of the previous year's profiles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Copyright 2014.
I Made Them All "Just White People"
We're doing a fundraiser for the Mixed Remixed Festival, www.mixedremixed.org, which will take place June 14, 2014 at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown LA. Please consider giving to the Festival. You can do good and get great stuff!. Check out the campaign here.
Are You Mixed: A Short Film
We're trying to spread the word about the Mixed Remixed Festival, www.mixedremixed.org, June 14, 2014 at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown LA. Here was one fun way we decided to do it!
Red Carpet Memories from the Image Awards
I don't know why this video was just posted two years after the event--but I loved seeing it and reliving my red carpet moment! Thanks NAACP Image Awards: that was an amazing day!


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NDSolve and Differential Equations
If you are like me and have a lot of differential equations to solve
numerically, and, perhaps, you have wondered about NDSolve, then I
recommend the tutorial: Advanced Numerical Differential Equation Solving
in Mathematica in the Mathematica Documentation. The tutorial and other
related ones are quite extensive.
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Jurrjens struggles as Braves settle for series split
Jurrjens struggles as Braves settle for series split
As Jurrjens endured yet another rough start in Sunday afternoon's 9-2 loss to the Nationals, he provided the Braves more reason to add a starting pitcher before the July 31 Trade Deadline. He also created reason to doubt whether he will ever make another start for Atlanta.
"Like I said a week or 10 days ago, we've struggled with our consistency because we've struggled at the end of our rotation, and we saw it today," Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said. "It's a little demoralizing when you're in a dogfight for your division and you're constantly fighting from behind."
After winning the first two games of this four-game set, the Braves had to settle for a series split that left them 3 1/2 games behind the Nationals in the National League East. If they are going to vault closer to the top of the division, they will likely need to improve a starting rotation that has posted a 6.62 ERA since the All-Star break.
"They've really been playing well," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "I think they had a seven-game winning streak that was just stopped. They had been playing the best in the division. To win the first two and then get a split out of here, if I were them, I'd feel deflated. You want to pick up some ground when you're playing well. They swung the bats really good this series, but so did we. We actually should've taken three out of four."
One year after he was a candidate to start the All-Star Game, Jurrjens finds himself as the weakest link in the Atlanta rotation. The 26-year-old right-hander surrendered two home runs to Ryan Zimmerman and was charged with six earned runs in just 2 1/3 innings against the Nationals.
"He got ahead of the hitters," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I think a couple of the at-bats, he was [ahead] and he just couldn't get his breaking ball to do what he wanted it to do."
In other words, this was simply a continuation of the struggles Jurrjens has endured dating back to when he was demoted to Triple-A Gwinnett in late April. When he returned to the Majors on June 22, he produced some false hope by limiting the Red Sox to one run in 7 2/3 innings. Two more decent starts would follow. But in two starts since the break, he has allowed 14 earned runs and totaled just 5 2/3 innings.
"That's just two bad starts," Jurrjens said. "I know it's really two ugly ones, but ever since I came up I've been dependable. Hopefully they give me a chance to prove myself again."
Jurrjens' plea to remain in the rotation is weakened by the 7.04 ERA that he has compiled in 10 starts this year and the 6.50 ERA he has compiled in 17 starts since pitching in the 2011 All-Star Game.
Still, less than 15 minutes after his team had concluded a key series in tough fashion, Gonzalez was not ready to reveal whether Jurrjens would make another start. The Braves can go with four starters until July 31. Instead of going with Jurrjens that day, it seems more likely that they would give the start to Randall Delgado or one of the starting pitchers they are hoping to acquire via a trade.
"We've got time to talk about that," Gonzalez said. "I have not even thought about that right now."
Jurrjens surrendered hits to nine of the 15 batters he faced on Sunday and exited in the third inning with the Nationals leading, 6-0. Unfortunately for the Braves, they were unable to match the comeback victory they notched after carrying a nine-run deficit into the sixth inning of Friday night's series opener.
The only two runs the Braves produced against Nationals starter Ross Detwiler on Sunday came after Martin Prado singled to start the sixth inning and Jason Heyward followed with a double. Prado also notched one of the three singles that helped Atlanta load the bases before Brian McCann grounded into a double play to end the top of the fourth inning.
"That kind of took the steam out of it," Gonzalez said of the fourth inning. "You feel like in the course of a game like that, there is going to be an opportunity where your team gets back in it somehow. That was our opportunity and we didn't take advantage of it. Detwiler settled down a little bit and the rest is history."
Zimmerman got the Nationals rolling with a two-run homer in a four-run first inning that also included a Danny Espinosa double. After getting through the second inning unscathed, Jurrjens began the third inning by surrendering Zimmerman's second home run and a Michael Morse double.
Two batters later, Espinosa ended Jurrjens' outing with an RBI single. This marked the first time since joining the Braves in 2008 that the veteran pitcher completed fewer than three innings when not influenced by injury or weather-related issues.
"Our chance to win the series was last night and we didn't get it done," Jones said. "Today was not good from pitch one. But we came in here, held our own and I thought we played well for the most part. We're right back to where we started."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.