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Pittsfield Community Development Approves Pair of Subdivisions
|Mitchell Boraski represented Leon Mongue at the Tuesday morning meeting.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Community Development Board gave the go-ahead to a pair of subdivisions during a brief meeting Tuesday morning.
The board ruled that subdivision approvals are not needed for property on Deming Street and another one at the intersection of Mill and Hawthorne streets.
The latter is in between the Mill Street dam and commercial buildings on Hawthorne. The property is owned by Leo Nash Realty.
The other parcel, at 82 Deming, owned by Leon Mongue, was won through a court settlement. It is located near the intersection of Deming and East Housatonic streets.
The committee had only three of five board members present — Carolyn Valli, Craig Strassel and David Hathaway.
The votes were unanimous and the meeting took only 10 minutes or so.
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Each day we offer headlines from the world press along with our comments.
USA, NY Daily News: "Man Robs Store To Get Health Care"
That's OK, Republicans rob America to give wealthy better health care.
Ireland, Independent: "Jailed For Being Critical of Salty Noodles"
This leaves me with a desire for a drink,
Australia, Sydney Morning Herald: "Five People With No Jobs Get Paid"
Big deal, over 400 in Congress who never work get paid.
New Zealand, New Zealand Herald: "Dead In Portable Toilet"
One shitty story if you ask me.
Egypt, Al Ahram: "Going Nowhere"
Sounds like America in 2011.
USA, Army Times: "Accused Of Impersonating Soldier"
Send him to the front line so he can impersonate fighting.
France, Connexion: 'Marries Dead Partner"
Did she consummate the marriage?

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Sobering Words about Baptism
By admin | January 28, 2010
From Benjamin Keach's Tropologia or Preaching from the Types and Metaphors of the Bible page 632:
We would caution all that would approach to this sacred evangelical ordinance, unless they be dead to sin, that is, such as truly and really hate wickedness, and the empty vanities of the world; and unless they have a prospect of, and long to have an interest in that never-fading inheritance, promised by our dear Lord Jesus to his children; not to profane this blessed institution; because, if they want [i.e. lack] the due qualification of serious and converted souls, viz., faith, repentance, and good lives, they are hereby entitled, not real members of Christ, but hypocrites, and incur as great a hazard, as such do who eat and drink unworthily of the Lord's supper.
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Where is Obamerica?
Where is ObaMerica? Who lives there? How did they vote? What's the murder rate in ObaMerica? Daniel Greenfield has an excellent think piece. Then, Tim Case wonders about "Lawless or Armed Citizens." Useful. Then, why do dysfunctional politicians treat the rest of us as if WE are dysfunctional


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did you try on the boots a half size smaller? If you bought them from a shop which I believe you did, then go back and try on the smaller size. If it's really uncomfortable and your toes curl up than you may either want to try another boot or just stick with them. At around $200 invested I'd want to make sure they're the shizzle and fit right. I mean I have a bit of heel lift in my boots nothing major but it's there. My problem is I'm like a 12.75 and noone even makes a 12.5 so my only option is a bit too big or a bit too small. The too small is super uncomfortable so I always go with the boot that has the least amount of noticible heel lift and the one in which my toes are closest to the front so I don't have to worry about them sliding forward too much when they pack out.
Oh and enjoy the board!
Swtich Out Sizes On Boots?
Ok, so i just dropped around $175 - $190 on some ROME SDS boots. They're pretty comfortable and all and they fit the board well (recently purchased RIDE prophet, thanks lisevo) but i seem to be having a little problem with heel lift and i don't know if i should go down half a size. I mean everything else is pretty comfortable EXCEPT for that one aspect.
There's about less than a cm before my toe touches the edge of the lining and whenever i try to do a hard toe turn, i can get like an inch lift or so. However, I haven't bought any snowboarding socks (JUST purchased some) so i don't know how it's going to affect the fitting. I also heard that buying insoles can minimize the lift as well. I mean, it's not big deal goin half a size down, but i don't wanna go through the hassle of returning them either.
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I loved the one where a woman kills her husband with a leg of lamb then feeds the lamb to the cops who come see about the murder.
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I loved the one where a woman kills her husband with a leg of lamb then feeds the lamb to the cops who come see about the murder.
Hitchcock's TV series, Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Superman, Little Rascals, Jerry Lewis, What's My Line, This is Your Life, Sky King, when Cher was young, when the Beatles went on Ed Sullivan, etc. Remember when Jet Airline aircraft first were going into operation and flew on one of the first. Flew on the props prior to that, as a kid of course.
And, who are you calling old ? Old, is totally relative.... and better than being dead. I'm amazed really that "most" people think they will get to old age.... I've known too many who have died well before anything that could be called old. I don't think I"m old yet, but I'm getting much closer. But, don't make assumptions.
My sister, was alive when WWII was in it's beginnings and Pearl Harbor hadn't happened. I should point out, she's definitely older than I .... but she still shoots, etc. all of the time.
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
I always liked Tim Conway too.
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This link might help some who don't remember the title to your fav's find it:
List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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AntennaTV, MeTV, TVLand, and the Hallmark Channel all air an assortment of these old series including Have Gun Will Travel, Laredo, Daniel Boone, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock, Suspense Theater, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Route 66, Dragnet, Adam 12, It Takes a Thief, Peter Gunn, Combat, Mission Impossible, The Untouchables, and a lot more.
An armed society is a polite society
OD.....You mean the one where a guy would offer money if you could light your lighter 10 times?
If it failed to light, he chopped off your finger.
Nightmare fodder for me at the time.
Hulu - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Man With a Problem - Watch the full episode now.
And the other is "Breakdown." Hulu - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown - Watch the full episode now.
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I remember, not so much watching it, but being in the room when it was on TV. It came on like at 9 or 10:00 and I would fall asleep with my head on my mother's lap while she stroked my hair and rubbed my back. Hey, I was two years old already!!
Alfred Hitchcok Presents, "Man From The South" - YouTube
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Watch: Three Interviews From The Strokes' European Tour
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- 1 July 3, 2011 at 9:55 am
The Strokes @ Hove. Entire Show
What does Julian say at the end of YOLO? (32:00)
Lately that part has been like a confessionary to him!
- 2 July 3, 2011 at 1:03 pm
anyone know whats the intro music they used for hove festival!? sounded cool!
- 3 July 3, 2011 at 3:13 pm
scarface theme
come on man that's a classic
- 4 July 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm
ahhh, speaking of the intro music: anyone know if the strokes themselves chose to have "train in vain" playing in the speakers right after their concert at roskilde festival?
- 5 July 3, 2011 at 9:47 pm
@ marc
thanks!dont know how i forgot bout that one! it seems its like a lounge chill mix nehow!
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WRC round 1 of 13
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It's been a long time coming, but four months after the 2009 World Rally Championship reached its thrilling conclusion in Wales, the fuse is well and truly lit on the 2010 competition.
On 11 February the WRC ignites again, with one of the most spectacular challenges of the year - the 200kph snow-fest that is Rally Sweden.
Kicking off the 13-round 2010 season, Sweden is the only winter round this year, and makes a welcome return after a year out in 2009, when Norway hosted the WRC's annual snow and ice fixture instead.
Like in 2008, the rally is based from the central Sweden city of Karlstad. Unlike the last edition, however, much of the competitive action has been shifted north around a Service Park 85km away at Hagfors airport. Organisers took this step in an effort to guarantee good snow cover on the gravel roads of the Varmland and Dalarna regions, where the majority of the stages are based.
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The first rally of the FIA's new championship for Super 2000 cars gets underway on 11 February as part of the opening round of the 2010 WRC, Rally Sweden. And with a world class selection of drivers, including four FIA champions, at the wheel of the newest cars in the series, there's a lot of pride at stake in the battle to take the first S-WRC rally win.
Ten rounds of this year's WRC count towards the new S-WRC support championship, and drivers must tackle eight of those ten to be eligible for the title. This year's only winter round of the WRC, Rally Sweden, is the first of the ten rallies and has been nominated by five of the ten drivers registered for the series so far.
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Reigning Production Car World Rally Champion Armindo Araujo will begin the defence of his title on Rally Sweden next week, when the Portuguese driver is hoping to find the same form he showed on the 2009 season's winter fixture in Norway.
On that occasion Araujo finished second, losing out by more than two minutes to the Super 2000 Skoda Fabia of Patrik Sandell. This year, however, with the P-WRC competition once again restricted to 'traditional' Group N cars like the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Lancer, Araujo starts the event as favourite to take victory.
Armed with the latest spec Lancer EvoX - the car he drove to a class win in Rally GB last year - Araujo will go up against six other P-WRC drivers in Sweden who have also nominated the winter rally as the opening round of their 2010 programmes.
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Wow I think I'll try the ball method alot of you seem to use. I broke my spine in 2 places about 5 years ago and after seeing 4 neurosurgeons and 1 orthopedic spine specialist they all said they could do nothing for me as the nerves got permanently damaged when the spine broke. I live everyday with back pain and I have left foot drop and pain and numbness in my left leg. I also have 6 bulged disc , spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, and arthritis of the spine. Apparently I had lived with the 6 bulged disc for quite some time. I try to do my back exercises but they always make me feel worse so the ball thing I might just try. Docs and our family chiropractor advise against me getting adjusted as they say I was lucky to not be totally paralyzed and to get adjusted I would be risking it . I was suprised to hear our family chiro agree with the docs on that issue.
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As capitalism's contradictions deepen, efforts to hoist the costs of the economic and ecological crises onto the backs of the working class, people of color, and the Global South will intensify and will require militant resistance. As revolutionary socialists, we must go beyond resistance and begin fighting to win, translating the crisis of state legitimacy and of the neoliberal consensus into an opportunity for Left growth.
Now is the time to promote socialism and to expose capitalism's ruthless exploitation of people and the planet as the source of crisis. More and more people are questioning the willingness and even the ability of capitalism to resolve the problems we face. In this period we see an enormous opportunity to talk about socialism, an opportunity unlike anything we've seen in decades—but it cannot be the socialism of the 20th century. Twenty-first century socialism must be a socialism renewed by intersectionality, ecological sustainability, and radical democracy. A renewed vision of socialism must be rooted in deeper theoretical development, our innovative and power-building mass work, and dialogue with other parts of the party and social movement Left. It is this kind of vision that we must share boldly and broadly with masses of people.
Our mass work in the social movements must reflect both our understanding of the crises and our 21st-century socialist vision. As jobs and the social wage intensify as targets of ruling class efforts to shift the burden of the crisis onto the working class, we must be at the forefront of the struggle. We must work in a way that helps move us beyond resistance and towards power. This means developing strategies and demands that challenge the logics of capitalism, neoliberalism, and ecological exploitation and puts forward counter-proposals for how the crises can be resolved, with capital paying the costs. It also means fighting the crises in a way that roots us more deeply amongst the poorer sections of the working class and amongst public sector workers.
We must also put more resources into developing new kinds of organizing. New Working Class Organizations that combine electoral mass democratic work with fight-back organizing while building alternative institutions are leading the development of multi-tactic strategies. These strategies move us beyond resistance, offer methods for building power on a broader scale, and look at building local and regional power blocs capable of challenging capitalist modes of governance. At the same time they see municipal and local governments led by the Left as important steps in that process.
Building new movements in this country cannot be disconnected from the struggle against imperialism, in particular US imperialism and the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. The people of this country, who have already decisively rejected the Iraq War, are slowly beginning to turn against the Afghanistan War. While the anti-war movement has been slow to rebuild in the wake of the gravitational pull of the 2008 election campaign, mass sentiment against the wars is growing. Organizationally we need to assess where and how participation in anti-war work is possible and intentionally rebuild our active role in this movement.
Given all that is required of us in this moment, we know that we cannot accomplish our goals without a stronger Left. Left Refoundation work must continue to play a guiding role in our strategies. Building on relationships we've developed with advanced forces in the social movement Left, we will embark on a new Left Refoundation effort, the construction of a new "Socialist Front." This Front will provide an opportunity to collaborate with left forces around shared work. In addition to the Front, the US Social Forum and continued participation in Revolutionary Work in Our Times (RWIOT) will also be important elements in our Left Refoundation work.
If we are to rise to these tasks and take on the crises of our times, then we must also strengthen our own organization, applying our strategies with discipline and grounding our work and our vision in a firm grasp of the conditions in which we must act.
The crisis we face is represented by the intersection of economic, political, and ecological forces. We know that capitalism, as a system, brings with it crises; that there is no other capitalism. In the aftermath of these crises a new method of accumulation emerges out of the ashes of the old. The form of accumulation and the nature of the state structure have depended on the dynamics of the class struggle. The crisis we face today however, particularly in relation to its ecological aspect, is a different sort of crisis that endangers the very survival of human—and for that matter all—life. The multi-sided nature of these crises makes this moment an extremely dangerous one, as well as one containing immense possibilities.
The Economic Collapse
The economic meltdown that commenced in 2007 and really got rolling in 2008 is not just the most significant capitalist crisis since the Great Depression, but signals the end of a capitalist "regime of accumulation"—neoliberalism—that had defined the ruling consensus in the US since the early 1980s. After nearly 30 years, the neo-liberal ruling consensus is unraveling. Its reliance on the "invisible hand" of the market to promote economic growth, on the promotion of bubbles and easy credit to offset the driving down of real wages in the US, on the shredding of the social safety net and the "globalization" of industrial production to work around the tendency of the rate of profit to fall—all these strategies have run up against objective limits. The current economic crisis, what can best be described as a global recession or depression, represents both the results of a crisis of overproduction and a crisis brought on by financial speculation.
As the housing market, commercial real estate and small banks collapse, unemployment continues to climb and state budget crises are imposing huge hardships on tens of millions. These conditions will affect the majority of people in this country, with deep consequences for the working class, especially immigrants and people from oppressed nationality communities.
The Political Crisis
The capitalist state has historically achieved legitimacy through a combination of both hegemony and repression. It is critical to acknowledge that stable capitalist societies cannot rely on repression alone. Legitimacy exists to a great extent to the degree to which the capitalist state is perceived as "fair" to a critical mass of people. Part of being fair is protecting the citizens of the nation-state. Insofar as the state is unable or unwilling to protect its citizens and allows them to be ravaged, the state loses legitimacy.
Neoliberal globalization—the global reorganization of capitalism—brought with it the weakening of the sovereignty of many capitalist states. Insofar as they were linked to one another, particularly through free-trade agreements, those agreements put restrictions on the ability of the state to act in the interests of the population of their respective countries. The erosion of various protections to the citizenry has led to the sense that the state is no longer a legitimate actor.
This crisis of legitimacy has been sharpened not only by the economic collapse and its effects but also by ruling class responses to the collapse. While the very financial institutions that triggered the current economic meltdown and contributed most to global warming have been bailed out at public expense, working-class people—both the so-called middle class and the poor—have been faced with growing foreclosures and evictions, widespread layoffs and unemployment, and the slashing of government budgets and service provision. This strong state intervention in the economy not only directly contradicts neoliberal ideologies of the "free market," but does so clearly in favor of capital, revealing the capitalist state as an instrument of the ruling class rather than the legitimate upholder of the common good.
The Ecological Crises
The deterioration of the environment has moved much faster than had been assumed by many. Most of the Left took environmental issues less than seriously, with the exception of nuclear power, and, in some cases, toxic waste. It has become increasingly clear, however, that the intersecting ecological crises, including but not limited to water, climate, food, toxics, and bio-diversity, deeply affect all living beings. The issue of whether we as humanity can survive these crises is squarely in front of us, and is no longer a distant problem or theoretical question. Climate change, peak oil, the depletion of the oceans through over-fishing, loss of forested areas, declining availability of drinking water, degradation of food, and chemical pollution of air, soil, and water are all issues of immediate and pressing concern.
This ecological factor is the unstable element in the larger equation of our conditions. Unlike previous capitalist crises, the current intersection of economic, political, and ecological forces has resulted in a situation that could quite possibly mean the end of human civilization. It is clear that capitalism, with its endless drive for accumulation, is hurtling us faster and faster towards catastrophe and that liberalism's partial remedies offer no real solutions. But it is also true that traditional Marxist-Leninist thinking around "the development of productive forces" or economic development and production, mostly through massive industrialization, has been part of the problem.
Indigenous, oppressed-nationality, and small-scale agricultural and fishing communities—particularly women of color—have been disproportionately affected by ecological crises and have been at the vanguard of the struggle against the many ways that capitalism destroys environments and people. These communities, across the globe from the South to the North, and their environments have been subjected to the ruthless pillage of ongoing "primitive accumulation" (the extraction of raw materials for capitalist benefit) and have historically been the places that toxic waste has been disposed of. Now they are the places most devastated by ecological disasters. It is essential that we look to the movements of those most affected for direction in developing movements and solutions.
Although these three intersecting crises represent an unprecedented opportunity for the Left to expose capitalism, win over greater numbers to socialism, and unite broad sectors behind its leadership, history has demonstrated that crisis does not automatically favor the Left. The response to neo-liberal globalization—and the response to the current threefold crisis—has come from both the Right and the Left. Right-wing populism is particularly dangerous because, contrary to other forms of right-wing ideology, it is generally based within social movements and tends to utilize some of the rhetoric of the Left. Unless the Left is willing and able to lead stronger movements on a greater scale, there are very serious possibilities that ecological crises will reach beyond the point of no return or that the Right will seize the initiative. There are signs that this is already happening. Recent polls show that fewer people than one year ago think there is human impacted climate change and global warming.
It is in this context that we situate our strategic orientation for the next three years, focusing on socialist interventions that will organize the working-class and oppressed nationality peoples against crisis austerity measures and around left strategies for winning power.
Left Refoundation:
Deepen relationships and collaboration with organized and social movement Left forces
In the last period we recognized that the Left was "poorly situated to participate in, offer leadership to and help connect" ongoing struggles in a significant way and that "left forces in most of these movements are weak, fragmented, and usually drowned out by the more organized bourgeois forces." As a result we focused on raising the question of organization and working towards "greater interconnection, cross-fertilization and common praxis between the organized, more consciously socialist or 'party' left, and the left forces of the social movements."
This outlook continues to inform this period's Left Refoundation orientation, which will focus on building a new "Socialist Front," participation in the US Social Forum, and Revolutionary Work In Our Times (RWIOT).
Red Communications:
Boldly and broadly share a renewed vision of socialism
Historically, resistance to capitalism globally happened through national liberation struggles and Third-World Marxist struggles that were almost always tied to either the USSR or China in opposition to US imperialism. Within the US this was reflected as a larger revolutionary Left that participated in various people's struggles and red work. For the past several decades, revolutionary forces and the broader left have been divided and operating under the assumption that an explicit call for socialism is not a practical strategy. Despite the seemingly obvious material contradictions that oppressed peoples experience on a daily basis, nearly all of our energy has been focused on practical, day-to-day organizing.
The recent economic crisis, however, has raised doubts among the masses about the infallibility of capitalism. There is a sizable crack in the system that presents the opportunity to re-introduce, re-imagine and de-mystify socialism as a viable alternative. Now is the time to popularize socialist ideas, dispel myths that have been propagated by the defenders of capitalism, and launch a campaign designed to move thousands and ultimately hundreds of thousands of people towards socialism.
Mass Work:
Bring analysis of the crisis and counter-hegemonic demands to mass work
Socialists active in the social movements must be encouraging resistance to crises based on an understanding of its three intersecting elements. This does not mean simply fighting back, but it means constructing (and organizing around) counterproposals to those that are being advanced by capital to address the three crises, e.g., the Left proposing nationalization of banks and of abandoned means of production (like auto plants), calling for a "retooling" of these means of production for the social good (using the abandoned auto plants to build mass transit vehicles and for other ecologically sustainable uses) and the development of regional planning systems.
In keeping with the analysis of a "lower/deeper" orientation, we must concentrate ourselves in the sectors of the working class where low-income oppressed-nationality workers, especially women, play a leading role. This often means fights around broader "social wage" issues, fights that incorporate community and workplace considerations in their struggles—demanding the reincorporation of public coverage for public needs like health care, education, childcare, social security, etc.
The inclusion of public sector workers must also be central to our analysis and work. These workers, many of whom are women of color, deliver the social wage that we seek to protect and expand and, as the economic crisis deepens, are on the frontlines of mass layoffs and budget cuts. Just as more and more folks turn to social-safety-net services to survive, the workers delivering these services are cut back below the already bare-bones, pre-crisis levels.
Mass Democratic Projects:
Study, support, and strengthen this work
For some time now, the leading edge of left responses to neoliberal globalization and its crises have worked by combining popular movements in the streets with a strategic orientation towards the state. The Bolivarian circles in Venezuela, Evo Morales's indigenismo orientation to the social movement left in Bolivia, and the FMLN in El Salvador are all examples of this approach in Latin America. In Nepal, the Unified Communist Party (Maoist) has combined people's war with electoral organizing and now mass insurrectionary activity. While the conditions in the US are different than Latin America or South Asia, we draw inspiration from these multi-tactic approaches to revolutionary strategy.
One of the most visible and exciting efforts at such multi-tactic strategies in the US has been the mass democratic projects developed out of New Working Class Organizations (NWCO). These projects seek to move beyond individual "communities," and build alliances with broad progressive forces under the leadership of low-income, working-class people of color. They have been inspired by the Left in other countries who have used public office at the local level to win important structural reforms, build their base, and challenge neoliberalism. At the same time they challenge bourgeois democratic governance practices by mobilizing and organizing the "lower/deeper" layers of society through participatory democracy.
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Rush announces more U.S. dates
Rush's upcoming "Clockwork Angels" tour is growing. The Canadian band has announced 15 new stops across North America.
The run of summer shows will begin in Hershey, Pennsylvania on June 21st. The trek includes dates in Chicago, Cincinnati, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Denver, as well as a July 4th appearance at Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Summerfest.
Rush will also visit Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 30th and Halifax, Nova Scotia on July 12th, marking the group's first shows in those cities in more than a decade.
The group will still launch the road trip with nine U.S. shows this spring, starting in Austin, Texas on April 23rd. Rush will then head overseas, kicking off their European trek in Manchester, England on May 22nd. The group is on the road in support of their most recent album, "Clockwork Angels."
Rush North American Tour Dates
April 23 - Austin, Texas, at the Frank Erwin Center
April 26 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, at the BB&T Center
April 28 - Orlando, Florida, at the Amway Center
May 1 - Nashville, Tennessee, at the Bridgestone Arena
May 3 - Raleigh, North Carolina, at the PNC Arena
May 5 - Virginia Beach, Virginia, at the Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
May 7 - Baltimore, Maryland, at the 1st Mariner Arena
May 9 - Uncasville, Connecticut, at the Mohegan Sun
May 11 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the Etess Arena
June 21 - Hershey, Pennsylvania, at the Giant Center
June 23 - Wantagh, New York, at the Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
June 25 - Saratoga, New York at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 28 - Chicago, Illinois, at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
June 30 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the Van Andel Arena
July 2 - Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Riverbend Music Center
July 4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Summerfest
July 6 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at Copps Coliseum
July 12 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the Halifax Metro Center
July 24 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the Scotiabank Saddledome
July 26 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
July 28 - Portland, Oregon, at the Sleep Country Amphitheater
July 31 - Salt Lake City, Utah, at the USANA Amphitheater
August 2 - Denver, Colorado, at the Pepsi Center
August 4 - Kansas City, Missouri, at the Sprint Center
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2013-14 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 35 contests on the year, totaling 358 minutes (10.2 avg.), one of nine UTEP players to average 10-plus minutes per game on the year ... averaged 3.8 ppg with a .418 field goal percentage and a .314 three-point percentage ... scored a season high 18 points at home against Marshall (1/29) ... in the Marshall game, she tied a career-high in field goals made (six) and attempted (nine) ... registered six double-digit scoring efforts ... collected a season-high seven rebounds at home against Texas Southern (12/29) ... finished 29 for 39 from the FT line (.744) ... appeared in the first 25 games on the year ... dished out a career-high 60 assists during the campaign ... connected on six of seven field goal attempts against Northern Colorado (11/27) ... logged double figures in playing time the final three tilts of regular season.
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Two standards of grief
Lovelle Mixon's mother and wife among the mourners during a vigil on March 25
Dana Blanchard looks behind the sensationalistic media coverage of the killing of four Oakland police officers to examine the factors that led to the tragedy.
March 30, 2009
Lovelle Mixon's mother and wife among the mourners during a vigil on March 25Lovelle Mixon's mother and wife among the mourners during a vigil on March 25
ON MARCH 27, thousands of police from California massed at the Oracle Arena in Oakland to pay tribute to the four Oakland police officers who were shot and killed the previous weekend by 26-year-old Lovelle Mixon.
Two of the officers were shot by Mixon during what was called a routine traffic stop in impoverished East Oakland. Mixon, apparently terrified of being sent back to prison, then fled to his sister's apartment, where he killed two more officers before being gunned down by police in an operation that terrorized the residential neighborhood for almost an hour.
The memorial service was broadcast on all the major news networks, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein flew in from Washington to pay her respects, along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Attorney General Jerry Brown.
The spectacle at the sports stadium is being used to rehabilitate the scandal-ridden Oakland Police Department and draw attention away from the police shooting of Oscar Grant III on a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station platform on New Year's Day.
But the funeral pageantry has been unable to hide the broken system of prisons and parole that leave former inmates like Mixon--who had been in and out of prison for almost half of his life--without jobs, homes, education or hope.
In contrast to the scene at Oracle Arena is the mourning of Lovelle Mixon's family members, who are trying to call attention to his plight. Two days before the stadium event, the family was part of a procession through East Oakland. The participants wore T-shirts emblazoned with Mixon's picture and tried to understand how their loved one ended up in this situation.
Lolo Darnell, one of Mixon's cousins who was at the demonstration, said, "He needs sympathy, too. If he's a criminal, everybody's a criminal."
There has been no letter from President Barack Obama to Mixon's family, nor a public funeral or big-name speakers on his behalf. There has, however, been a lot of quiet support for family members from the community, which knows what if feels like to be occupied by the Oakland police and can empathize with a man desperate to stay out of jail who saw no options for himself.
On the Internet, local listservs are filled with comments asking questions like the Oakland police will stop acting like an occupying army that treats residents "like terrorists in their own neighborhood." On the sides of the boarded-up apartment building where Mixon made his final stand against dozens of SWAT team officers, there are impromptu messages like "Stop state killing" and "RIP L.M."
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THE TWO standards of grief in this tragedy are even more clear when considered against the backdrop of Oscar Grant's killing on New Year's Day by BART police officer Joahnnes Mehserle.
The struggle to win justice for Oscar and his family has taken to the streets in demonstrations of thousands, forcing the Alameda County District Attorney to charge Mehserle with murder. But even in this case of the death of a young man whose only crime was being Black, the state has been pretty clear where its sympathies lie.
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums was one of the first on the scene at Highland Hospital to grieve with the slain officers' families after Lovelle Mixon shot them. But he made excuses for the BART police who stood by and watched Oscar Grant die, and who subsequently arrested and brutalized his friends.
As Jack Bryson, the father of two of the young men on the platform with Oscar that night, put it, "Some lives are worth more than others. Where was Governor Schwarzenegger when Oscar got killed?"
At a recent town hall meeting, local Black ministers made the connections between the murder of Oscar Grant and the reasons why four cops were killed in Oakland. "This young man [Lovelle Mixon] has been in the system for 12 years," one of the ministers said. "He was not a violent man when he went in, the system made him that way. These cops were not born racist, the system made them that way."
The need to continue to press for the police to be held accountable in Oscar's death was made even clearer in the aftermath of the shooting of the four officers. Mehserle's first court hearing was postponed until May last week--because Mehserle's attorney, a former officer, said he was too distraught over the loss of his department friends to provide adequate counsel.
This excuse rings hollow to many of us who have seen countless defendants without means represented by inadequate attorneys and shuffled off to prison without a second thought.
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THE RESPONSE from the community shows that many people--especially people of color who have been living through the violence of economic crisis and police brutality--feel that what Lovelle Mixon did wasn't simply a senseless act of violence, but was rooted in the whole relationship of Blacks and Latinos to the criminal justice system in Oakland.
Mixon was 26 years old when he died after the SWAT team raided his sister's house. He had just been released after serving nine months in prison for identity theft and forgery. It was his second time in prison--previously, he served six years as a youth for his part in an armed robbery.
After parole officers went several times to his mother's house to find Mixon after a missed appointment in February, a warrant was issued for his arrest. When Mixon was pulled over that day, he knew he was headed back to prison.
It's neither surprising nor unusual for people serving time in California state prisons to get out and then be sent right back after being paroled--over 70 percent of parolees in the state return to prison within three years.
Why? California is in the midst of a severe economic and fiscal crisis, with an unemployment rate of 10 percent. That means there are almost no job prospects or social services for parolees and their families. Lovelle Mixon was depressed and violent not because that's who he was, but because the system made him that way.
Attorney General Jerry Brown acknowledges that the criminal justice system didn't work in this case, but rather than propose providing money for social services and job training for those caught up in the system, his solution is more cops on the streets and more harassment by parole officers.
Brown, for example, proposed that the state highway patrol, county sheriff's department and the city police force "should have a list of the more dangerous, threatening parolees so they can keep a watch on them." What evidence does Brown have that Lovelle Mixon was any more threatening than anyone else? Nothing more than false accusations and a record showing he was unable to find work.
Brown went so far as to say that there could have been as many as "a hundred shooters" in East Oakland--and no wonder, if his criteria for what makes a person violent is that they are depressed, unemployed and sick of the system.
This racist assessment of the Oakland community by people like Jerry Brown goes hand in hand with the call for the militarization of the police and more cops on the streets. It is up to us to organize for an alternative and stand up for all the victims of police brutality. We shouldn't allow the shooting of four police officers to be used as a way to downplay the murder of Oscar Grant and to justify choices about the budget that mean more spending on cops, and less on social services and schools.
We in Oakland have had enough of police terror, gentrification and racism. We demand our humanity and our community back, in the name of Oscar Grant and Lovelle Mixon.
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Monday Mar 30th, 2009 10:11 PM
The March 25th Vigil was organized by the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, which has upheld the right of the African community to resist the public policy of police containment. The Uhuru Movement calls for reparations for the families of victims of police violence. An end to the public policy of police containment of the African community and true economic development to the African community. This is the only solution for the conditions that have been imposed on East and West Oakland's African community.
Tuesday Mar 31st, 2009 12:38 PM
These politicans talk about non-violence. They have led those with little resources to death and destruction whenever they could be it Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan or in the streets of US Cities.
Schwarzenegger showed his true colors when he permitted the execution of Tookie Williams. Talk about humanity and compassion. Tookie had been sitting on death row for almost 30 years. He changed and wrote positive books for kids. He was no threat or harm to anyone. Why then, would the so called peace loving Governor and state of California permit an execution of this man to take place? Why? Because they wanted to demoralize a certain group of people in California. They wanted to show the power of the state to destroy life when they could have shown compassion and love (which they don't have any.)
If they wanted change in the community, they might consider changing the way the government conducts its own business. Also, does anyone with any ingelligence not believe that Reagan and his cohorts permitted cocaine into the US to pay for weapons for their dirty wars in central america?
Tuesday Mar 31st, 2009 2:11 PM
"Talk about humanity and compassion. "
No doubt. What can you say about someone who doesn't even try to cover up that the reason for signing Tookie's death warrant was because of his political past -- and before you right-wingers and such start in again, Arnie explictly stated as such in his denial to stay the execution.
Wednesday Apr 1st, 2009 2:24 AM
Thanks for countering the recent police state propaganda blitz. Here are related posts that reveal the hypocrisy:
Text of Obama's letter to the police funeral: Oakland Police Killed: "Change" Has Come
Barbara Lee, Renegade from Peace and Justice, Honors Oakland's "Fallen Heroes"
Another double standard was revealed at the police funeral when laughter and applause arose as Schwarzenegger was identified as "The Terminator": a movie character whose most famous scene is an orgy of cop-killing (Remember when Ice-T, after he played a cop in "New Jack City", sang one character's revenge fantasy in "Cop Killer", that brought protests from President George Bush 1 and pressure from the National Association of Chiefs of Police? Ice T couldn't compare to Terminator/Schwarzenegger's body count, yet while Ice T bowed to the pressure, withdrew "Cop Killer", and returned to a cop role (TV's "Law and Order" ), cop-killer Terminator/Schwarzenegger are honored at a funeral following a real "cop killing".
Oakland PD's Favorite Cop-Killer: Gov. Schwarzenegger


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Tenor Anthony Kearns Performs at Pre-Inaugural Reception Hosted by Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Today
World-renowned Tenor Anthony Kearns will be the guest of Army GenerAl Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a Pre-Inaugural Brunch in honor of The Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The private luncheon honoring America's Medal of Honor recipients will take place today, January 20, 2013, and will be attended by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior enlisted advisors, and other special guests.
General Dempsey serves as the highest-ranking military officer in charge of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States.
Said Mr. Kearns: "I appreciate General Dempsey's invitation to perform during this historic inauguration celebration - and it's an honor to perform for the Medal of Honor recipients who served with such courage and bravery. It's also been a pleasure working with Captain Curtis Kinzey, Director of the U.S. Army Chorus."
News about Kearns' appearance with the U.S. Army Chorus, the vocal counterpart of The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," at the Pre-Inaugural Brunch was announced on The National Defense Radio Show today, January 18, 2013. The National Defense Radio Show is heard on 125 radio stations in the U.S., and over 400 stations in the American Forces Network. To listen, visit: www.thenationaldefense.com.
Mr. Kearns will sing solo renditions of "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," and his new song, "O' America," as well as other selections with the U.S. Army Chorus. As one of the nation's only professional men's choruses, they frequently perform at many prestigious state functions, frequently at the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, and other venues.
Kearns previously performed, "O' America," with the U.S. Air Force Band during the Veterans Day Special, "America's Veterans: A Military Tribute," that aired on Maryland Public Television (PBS). The beautiful song resulted from a collaborative effort between Irish songwriter Brendan Graham and American William Joseph.


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UPDATE 2-Canada's Shopify expects surging 2016 revenue after strong Q4
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By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO Feb 17 (Reuters) - Canada's Shopify Inc , a maker of software that helps retailers manage online stores, forecast a sharp jump in 2016 revenue as the company reported a record number of new merchants signed up for its service in the fourth quarter.
The Ottawa-based company, which went public in May, said the total value of sales processed on its platform more than doubled from a year ago, hitting $2.8 billion in the quarter that includes both post-Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping.
Its U.S.-listed shares surged 19 percent to $24.47 and it jumped 18 percent to C$33.58 in Toronto in early trade on Wednesday.
The company's founder and chief executive, Tobi Lütke, said Shopify had "cracked the code" on mobile commerce, with almost half its orders in the quarter made via mobile phone.
Shopify has in recent months struck deals allowing retailers to sell products from Amazon.com and from social media networks operated by companies including Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest.
The company has also partnered with taxi-hailing service company Uber for its UberRUSH same-day delivery service.
"This company will never ever be limited by its ambitions," Lütke told investors and analysts on a conference call. Continued...


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Russia may soften religion law over Putin concerns
By Gabriela Baczynska
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers are reworking a draft law introducing prison terms for religious offences after signs that Vladimir Putin is concerned it could undermine the delicate balance between the country's many religions.
The president's party proposed the law after two members of the Pussy Riot punk band were jailed for two years over a protest in a cathedral against Putin's increasingly close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.
Putin has trod a thin line between celebrating a secular state of many religions and promoting the Russian Orthodox Church since rising to power in 2000, but has leaned more on the Orthodox Church for support since starting his third term as president in May following protests against his rule.
Opponents say the draft law is intended as part of broader Kremlin moves to suppress dissent and bolster public support by casting Putin, a former KGB spy, as the protector of religious believers.
Critics have also said the definition of offending religious feelings is so broad and vaguely defined in the draft law that it risks being ineffective or applied selectively in practice, hurting relations between Russia's many religions.
"The impression is that in the Kremlin they understood that somehow they have overdone it," said Alexei Malashenko, a religion expert at the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank.
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Citation: Corwin, D.L., Lesch, S.M. 2005. Characterizing soil spatial variability with apparent soil electrical conductivity: I. Survey Protocols. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 46:103-133. Interpretive Summary: Over short distances soils are highly variable with respect to chemical and physical properties. This is called spatial variability. Surveying a field for apparent soil electrical conductivity (ECa) is one means of characterizing the spatial variability of soil for a variety of important properties such as bulk density, texture, water content, salinity, and organic matter. Spatial measurements of ECa are a quick, easy, and reliable means of mapping and monitoring changes in these properties in space and time. In the past, researchers have used surveys of ECa with inconsistent results partly because of the lack of a standardized set of ECa survey protocols. A set of detailed protocols was developed to guide researchers in conducting an ECa survey and to assist researchers in understanding and interpreting ECa survey measurements. This will provide researchers with a set of steps to follow in their data collection that will assure reliability, consistency, and compatibility of ECa survey measurements and their interpretation for characterizing spatial variability. The information to characterize spatial variability plays a significant role in (i) the movement of chemicals through soil, (ii) soil quality, and (iii) precision agriculture.
Technical Abstract: Spatial characterization of the variability of soil physico-chemical properties is a fundamental element of (i) soil quality assessment, (ii) modeling non-point source pollutants in soil, and (iii) precision agriculture. Apparent soil electrical conductivity (ECa) is a quick, reliable measurement that is frequently used for the spatio-temporal characterization of edaphic (e.g., salinity, water content, texture, and bulk density) and anthropogenic (e.g., leaching fraction) properties. It is the objective of this paper to provide the protocols for conducting a field-scale ECa survey (Part I) and to apply these protocols to a soil quality assessment in central California's San Joaquin Valley (Part II). The protocols are comprised of eight general steps: (i) site description and ECa survey design, (ii) ECa data collection with mobile GPS-based equipment, (iii) soil sampling design, (iv) soil core sampling, (v) laboratory analysis, (vi) calibration of ECa to ECe, (vii) spatial statistical analysis, and (viii) GIS database development and graphic display. The developed protocols provide the guidelines to assure reliability, consistency, and compatibility of ECa survey measurements and their interpretation.


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I've tried to track this down before and couldn't find any legit source as to a minimum/maximum blade length. According to Jon Gutmacher, in the FL SC case of LB vs State it ruled a folded pocket knife with a blade 4" inches or less is not a "weapon" unless "used as such." But in J.D.L.R. vs State a 3 1/2" folding knife with fingerguard and "combat grip" was a weapon.
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Will Genia, the wonderful Wallaby half-back with the all-seeing eye, spotted something amid the fire and fury of last week's Test in Brisbane that told him everything he needed to know about Jonathan Sexton, just about the most important individual in a Lions team now standing on the brink of a something too rare to be dismissed as merely special: a series victory in the southern hemisphere.
It was nothing so delicate as a perfectly weighted pass or clever little chip into space, still less a barely perceptible readjustment of balance that had a marauding back-row forward clutching filthy great handfuls of thin air instead of grabbing his man by the short and curlies. What impressed Genia, right down to his marrow, was the way Sexton tore strips off his own captain, the Welsh flanker Sam Warburton, for daring to stand in the wrong place.
"He has some composure about him, but he's also decisive with his players," the Australian said yesterday. "He knows what he wants them to do and he tells them. There was a moment in last Saturday's game when he seemed to be getting stuck into Warburton because he wasn't where he should have been." Genia might have added that if the Wallabies had a game manager of the same quality at outside-half, instead of one who stays out until 4am in the middle of a Test week, they might not be 1-0 down with two to play. But that's another story.
When Sexton feels the need to go off-piste, a late-night feed at the kind of downtown fast-food joint frequented by the errant James O'Connor is not his first choice, or even his 101st. At home in Ireland, he has been known to leave the bustle of Dublin for a quiet spell at a favourite spot in County Kerry, spending hours on the cliffs near Ballybunion, where he holidayed as a kid. Here in Australia, where solitude is not an option for anyone with the remotest connection to the Lions, he disappears into himself as a big game approaches, re-emerging into view only when he knows he must, shortly before kick-off.
"All the talk about how big this game is… it gets the nerves going," he said. "But it's normal enough for me to be nervous at this stage of the week. There's something about the really important occasions that makes you feel different. It starts the day before the match and my way of dealing it is to go quiet for a while. I try not to talk about what's coming up with anyone until we're maybe four hours away. Once I'm out on the pitch it always seems like any other game of rugby, even if the potential rewards are greater. But yes, I do have to control my nerves during the build-up.
"There's an interesting mix in the squad right now. There are guys who played for the midweek team against the Rebels who are not directly involved in this game and are a million miles away from where we are at the moment. So you have some people relaxing a little and others who are torn up with nerves. The pressure on us is really kicking in."
Sexton's reward for absorbing that pressure and getting it right today will be rich indeed, not least in the historical sense. No Irish outside-half has ever piloted the Lions to a series victory: not Tony Ward, not Ollie Campbell… not even the great Jackie Kyle, who tried everything he knew – and he knew as much as anyone who ever played the game – to beat the All Blacks in 1950, yet left New Zealand with nothing to show for it but a single, solitary draw in damp, dank Dunedin. If Sexton can strike gold here in Melbourne, he will join Barry John and Phil Bennett of Wales, Rob Andrew of England and Gregor Townsend of Scotland as a winning No 10.
The 27-year-old Leinsterman – he turns 28 five days after the completion of this tour – understands all this: the value of securing a seat in the pantheon is not lost on him. "As a player, you want to be talked about in years to come," he acknowledged. "This is our chance to make sure that happens. And we have to take the chance while it's there: certainly, we don't have the luxury of thinking 'if we lose, there's still Sydney next week'. If we win this game, we achieve what we set out to achieve. Should the Wallabies win it, all the momentum will be with them.
"Brian O'Driscoll [the four-time Lion who has spent the last few years operating alongside Sexton in the Leinster midfield] has been the one putting this into the correct perspective. He spoke to us about coming here on his first tour in 2001 and thinking he'd have other chances to win a series, and making the point that in actual fact, the chances don't come around too often. He's made us realise that we need to grab it while it's there – not just for ourselves as individual players, but also for people like Brian and Paul O'Connell, guys who deserve it most after all they've done for the sport.
"Paul is injured and out of the series now, but he's still playing such a big part. I haven't been in any of the forwards' meetings, where I'm sure he's been contributing a lot, but even for us backs, he's a major presence – a very important figure. He's not going to be out there on the pitch with us, but having him around has been great. In a way, it doesn't feel like we've lost him at all."
According to Rob Howley, the Lions' attack coach, Sexton is "very composed, a natural navigator and extremely open to new ideas". The former scrum-half also believes he has forged a mature understanding with O'Driscoll from which his approach to game management has evolved. "Jonny likes to play," Howley said, "and there are times when he tries to play in areas of the field or in match situations that are not absolutely ideal. You can see Brian communicating with him, sometimes with just a look. It's a 'not here, not now' message, and Jonny responds to it. You don't always see that in a top-class international No 10, do you?"
What is more, Sexton has responded more positively than he might have done to the loss of the goal-kicking job – a task he confidently expected to perform when he was selected for this tour back in April. Neil Jenkins, the kicking coach, mentioned earlier this week that the Irishman was "disappointed" with the situation and there was a moment yesterday when he let it show. "I'm finding it different," he confessed when asked about being beaten to the tee by the Welsh full-back Leigh Halfpenny. "I've worked all year with this in the back of my mind and it hasn't happened. Whenever I've been on the pitch, Leigh has been there too – and his stats speak for themselves. You can't argue with them. It's the same as Owen Farrell [Sexton's understudy at outside-half]. He's been hitting the ball really well.
"Since the last World Cup, when I had a bit of a blip, I've been happy with my kicking, and I'm continuing to work on it here in case Leigh goes down or has a bad day. I'd like to do the job, obviously: it's something I've done all my life and not doing it is strange. But it means there's a little less in the way of pressure. I can enjoy that, for sure."
All things considered, the Lions are lucky to have Sexton. His innate rugby intelligence has allowed him to build a prosperous partnership with his fellow inside back Jonathan Davies, even though the resourceful Welshman is more suited to the outside centre position, and the coaches expect him to do the same today with the England scrum-half Ben Youngs, with whom he has spent precious little time in a match situation.
"We played together a little bit at the end of the game against Queensland Reds," he remarked, calm as you like, "and we've trained all week. We're pretty much on the same wavelength." He might just as well have shrugged and asked: "Why all the fuss?"
Many moons ago, the aforementioned Barry John cut short a technical discussion about passing trajectories with Gareth Edwards by uttering one of rugby's most celebrated one-liners. "You throw it, Gar, and I'll catch it," he said. There will probably be a bit more to it when the Wallabies come rampaging at the red-shirted half-backs today, but if Sexton can bring the best of himself to the arena, a 33-minute "get to know you" session with Youngs in Queensland and a handful of training sessions may just be enough to cement another winning Lions half-back axis.
Sexton statistics: fly-half in figures
36 Tests played by Sexton for Ireland – making 28 starts – after 11 appearances for Ireland A
282 Points scored by the 27-year-old in Test matches for Ireland, since his debut four years ago
3 Number of Heineken Cups Sexton has won with Leinster – in 2008-09, 2010-11 and 2011-12
110 Matches played by Sexton in seven years at Leinster – scoring 16 tries and 1,027 points overall
16 Points scored on Ireland debut, against Fiji in November 2009
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England's Working for a Nuclear Free City worked on their new album The Jojo Burger Tempest from a British warehouse and a French cottage and, over the course of just a few days, came up with 2,800 song ideas, so they say. The latest evidence of this prolific streak of electronic rock goodness is "Alphaville", the record's second single. Decidely shoegazey with swirling textures, bubbling electronics and haunting choruses, "Alphaville" sounds like a distinct ecosystem captured in digital sound.
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Portland's Horse Feathers has already impressed this year with Thistled Spring. Matthew Fiander wrote that Justin Ringle's singing was in top form and that the album evoked the "sound of rebirth" and went on to discuss how the record " is bracing because it refuses to wallow anymore. It recognizes all the past's ache, and gives it a sound, but the album turns itself over to hope in the end." The band has more in store for us this year with a superb 7-inch single releasing next Tuesday, with a moving cover of Nirvana's "Drain You" as the A-side, backed by "Bonnet of Briars". We are extremely proud to present the online premiere of "Drain You" this afternoon. Make sure you pick up the 7-inch release too because, you know, vinyl really does rule.
Of all the various consumes that Vanilla Ice has donned over the years (pop-rap crossover icon, street thug, hardcore metalhead), this latest—that of a home improvement contractor—might be his most sincere. Now airing on the DiY Network, The Vanilla Ice Project follows Robert Van Winkle as he renovates multi-million dollar mansions. The early episodes are pretty promising, showcasing his impressive knowledge of construction, as well as his theatrical skill in front of the camera.
All-in-all, as unlikely as it might sound, The Vanilla Ice Project works quite well. Of course, there's no guarantee on how long the show will work. But, just like a fresh coat of paint in your living room, it's good for now.
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(Washington, D.C. -- WAMU) For the first time Gov. McDonnell says he is willing to compromise on his plan to eliminate the state's gas tax, an idea Senate Democrats are unhappy with because it would shift transportation funding to general revenues.
"I think we can talk about that," says McDonnell. "I think this is the best solution to be able to eliminate it."
On Tuesday, the Virginia State Senate will take up Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation funding plan that passed the House of Delegates last week. But what the governor still calls the "best solution" is still dead on arrival in the Senate.
"We will have to compromise. There's no way I'm voting for a total elimination of the gas tax. That's absolutely insane," says Democratic Sen. Chap Petersen, who represents parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. He says Democrats are open to a mix of solutions for paying for transportation, but the gas tax will have to be part of it.
Petersen says his colleagues are now more open to working with the governor since an unrelated but controversial redistricting measure was dumped.
"It can't help but improve things around here," says Peterson. "I think when that redistricting bill happened, it cast a shadow over the session."
If the Senate passes the measure, it will have to be conferenced with the House bill. The legislative session ends in about three weeks.
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A large collection of deeds and other documents produced before the Commissioners of the Forfeited Estates and relating to the estates of persons attainted during the rebellion of 1715. Some of these documents date back at least to the sixteenth century. They are arranged for the most part under the names of the attainted persons. They include: original claims of the various persons upon the several estates forfeited to the Crown; proceedings of the commissioners, including correspondence, minutes and memoranda, accounts, lists and schedules, and inventories of documents; returns by clerks of the peace of the names and estates of papist recusants in England and Wales arranged by counties; rentals and particulars of estates sold; and informations respecting lands given to superstitious uses.
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So I'm talkin' to this fella this afternoon and I mention the event at EF&G because I know he's a member there also as am I.........he then tells me he was standing next to the fella that got hit when it happened on Sunday...this is what I was told.
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'"Thomas made some huge saves over there as did Ryan," said Buffalo Derek Roy, who had a goal and an assist. "We had some opportunities that would have been goals and they just took them right away. Good goaltending goes a long way."'
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