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The Premier League's cash bonanza continues with the conclusion of a new three year sponsorship deal with Barclays Bank. It will be worth £120m over the three years, £40m a year compared with the current £27.5m.
Taken together with the recent television deal with BSkyB and BT Vision, this means that the bottom club in 2014 should receive a £60m payment from the Premiership, equivalent to the amount title winners Manchester City received this year. One consequence will be increased pressure on Championship clubs to get at least one season in the top flight.

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Harris: Can Wallace adequately replace MVP Holmes?
It's two seasons later, but the memory lingers like the stench of garbage soaked in cheap perfume.
Santonio Holmes, pigeon-toed with his cleats straddling millimeters inside the sideline, catches a bullet pass from Ben Roethlisberger for the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII.
Holmes, MVP of that game, was traded four months ago for conduct unbecoming a star player entering the final year of his contract.
Which brings us to one of the most important questions in the NFL this season.
Can Mike Wallace adequately replace Holmes as the Steelers' new split end?
It's a more important question than whether the New York Jets made a mistake signing LaDainian Tomlinson. More important than why the Washington Redskins paid Albert Haynesworth $100 million. Even more important than whether Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens can coexist peacefully in Cincinnati.
Holmes was a jumble of contradictions who made clutch third-down receptions, took punt returns back to the house and blocked like a fullback in the running game. On the other hand, besides his off-field issues, Holmes had an ego and he believed he was underutilized in the passing game.
"He was one of the premiere dudes in this league," Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said Monday. "He was outstanding."
Arians had this to say about Wallace, who admired Holmes as a teammate but not enough not to want to take his job: "That's the beauty of the Steelers. When an opportunity comes, somebody's always stepped up. Guys fill the role as good or better."
There's probably more pressure on Wallace than any offensive player on the roster, even more than the quarterback who will replace Roethlisberger for the first four games of the season.
Holmes' ability to attract double-teams resulted in Hines Ward and Wallace facing single coverage last season: Ward's 95 receptions were his highest total since 2003; Wallace led all NFL receivers with 19.4 yards per catch.
With defenses intent on stopping the pass, Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 1,108 yards on a hefty 4.6 yards per carry.
Wallace isn't concerned about replacing Holmes; he's wondering what took him so long to receive the opportunity.
Like most NFL receivers, Wallace is supremely confident in his ability to get open on every play, something he learned from being around Holmes and Ward as a rookie in 2009.
"I want the guys to trust me, to believe they have a good guy out there who's not a drop-off from Santonio," said Wallace, whose focus on football has heightened since the birth of his daughter, Maliha, on Friday. "I have some big shoes to fill -- he's a great player, that's my guy. We talk all the time. (But) I plan on doing an even better job than he did.
"Not just the third guy, (or) the deep guy, but a guy they can depend on any down. I look forward to going against the No. 1 (cornerback). They're going to try to press me and see if I can get off the jam. I'm stronger (this season). I'm going to be ready for them."
Wallace plans to elevate his game beyond the cartoon caricature of him being roadrunner fast and little else. He wants to be taken seriously as a complete football player who can work free against any type of coverage and takes pride in his blocking skills.
"It's just the mentality. You have to want to block. As the year went on, I was getting a lot of knockdowns, crackbacks," Wallace said. "Both of those guys (Ward and Holmes) were Super Bowl MVPs and they're out there throwing their head in there. If they can get in there, I can get in there."
To be sure, Wallace also wants to be respected for clutch moments like his 19-yard touchdown grab from Roethlisberger against Green Bay on the final play of the game. Wallace rounded off his route under duress in the end zone and made a difficult catch before tumbling out of bounds in the Steelers' 37-36 victory at Heinz Field.
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Another politician has jumped off the "NeverTrump" team and is now on the Trump Train. This guy is kicking and screaming about having to do it, but he's off nonetheless.
It wasn't long ago that Fox News was sorting candidates based on popularity. There was the main stage, and the undercard. One of the undercards tried to get himself on the main stage by ripping at Trump. But it never worked. But that was then.
Former GOP presidential candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal still does not like Donald Trump – in fact, based upon his letter posted yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, he practically despises him – but he announced yesterday that he's definitely going to vote for him – because he says Hillary is even worse.
For a Trump critic, Jindal still makes excellent points. Below is his letter in full, written directly to all Republicans who have vowed they will NEVER vote for Donald Trump:
By BOBBY JINDAL
May 8, 2016 4:23 p.m. ET
Some of my fellow Republicans have declared they will never, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump. They are pessimistic about the party's chances in November and seem more motivated by long-term considerations. They think devotion to the "anybody but Trump" movement is a principled and courageous stance that will help preserve a remnant of the conservative movement and its credibility, which can then serve as a foundation for renewal.
I sympathize with this perspective, but I am planning to vote for Donald Trump. Why? Because the stakes for my country, not merely my party, are simply too high.
I was one of the earliest and loudest critics of Mr. Trump. I mocked his appearance, demeanor, ideology and ego in the strongest language I have ever used to publicly criticize anyone in politics. I worked harder than most, with little apparent effect, to stop his ascendancy. I have not experienced a sudden epiphany and am not here to detail an evolution in my perspective.
I believe this presidential election cycle favors Republicans, due more to President Obama's shortcomings than to any of our virtues or cleverness. I also believe that Donald Trump will have the hardest time of any of the Republican candidates in winning. He has stubbornly stuck to the same outlandish behavior and tactics that have served him so well to date. Mr. Trump continues to have the last laugh at the expense of his critics and competitors, myself included.
I think electing Donald Trump would be the second-worst thing we could do this November, better only than electing Hillary Clinton to serve as the third term for the Obama administration's radical policies. I am not pretending that Mr. Trump has suddenly become a conservative champion or even a reliable Republican: He is completely unpredictable. The problem is that Hillary is predictably liberal.
There will be none of her husband's triangulation. Republicans are fooling themselves if they think this President Clinton would sign into law policies like Nafta, the crime bill, welfare reform, or the deficit reduction packages that marked Bill's tenure. While Bill felt compelled to confront Sister Souljah—and less directly Jesse Jackson—to appeal to moderate voters, Hillary is more responsive to pressure from Black Lives Matter and the far left. I have no idea what Mr. Trump might do, while Mrs. Clinton is predictable. Both are scary, the former less so.
The next president will make a critical appointment to the Supreme Court, who will cast the tiebreaking vote in important cases that will set precedents for years to come. Issues like the sanctity of innocent human life, constitutional protections for religious liberty and Second Amendment rights, and limits on the unelected federal bureaucracy hang in the balance.
In my lifetime, no Democrat in the White House has ever appointed a Supreme Court justice who surprised the nation by becoming more conservative, while the opposite certainly cannot be said for Republican appointments. Mr. Trump might not support a constitutionalist conservative focused on original intent and limits on the court's powers. He may be more likely to appoint Judge Judy. However, there is only a chance that a President Trump would nominate a bad justice, while Mrs. Clinton certainly would.
The current president has abused his executive powers to implement ObamaCare and to grant de facto amnesty for illegal immigrants, in defiance of Congress and the courts. The next president will make critical decisions on whether to renew these executive orders or issue new ones repealing past abuses, and will make key appointments who will decide whether to continue bending the law to prop up ObamaCare.
Repealing and replacing ObamaCare will require congressional action. But President Obama has proven how much can be done by a determined executive. I admire his tenacity, though not his goals or disregard for constitutional limits. Mr. Trump has had a decidedly mixed record of both supporting and opposing more government involvement in health care. Mrs. Clinton has been much more consistent in favor of a big-government approach, dating to her own failed efforts in the 1990s.
If elected, Mrs. Clinton will continue hindering affordable domestic energy, increasing dependence on government and the growth of welfare programs, growing the nation's debt and weakening America abroad. She will more firmly establish a culture of victimhood and identity politics, further dividing Americans rather than uniting us, and will continue promoting redistribution and government interference rather than growth and freedom.
I do not pretend Donald Trump is the Reaganesque leader we so desperately need, but he is certainly the better of two bad choices. Hardly an inspiring slogan, I know. It would be better to vote for a candidate rather than simply against one. If current trends hold, I will be among the many complaining this fall about my choices.
I understand why so many of my Republican friends are in denial, while many of my Democratic friends gleefully anticipate and applaud defections. The media is poised to reward those "courageous" Republicans ready to do the "right thing" and endorse Hillary. Count me out.


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Trake - Sunday, August 01, 2004 - linkbah, you are indeed correct. too bad you didn't post a couple days ago. :-) it would have saved me a whole lot of time. The AOpen 5700 just, not "LE", is indeed a good buy. I discovered that my friend's was in fact an AOpen 5700 whereas the one i purchased, by mistake no less, was 5700LE. My apologies to the good people at anandtech. Reply
PrinceGaz - Sunday, August 01, 2004 - link256MB versions of mid-range (and low-end) cards often use slower memory than the 128MB versions, which makes them slower cards overall. If you use something like Coolbits (just Google for it if unsure) you can check the current core and memory clock of your card to see how it compares with other 5700's.
The usual speed of a 5700 is core 425, memory 550. There are also the faster 5700 Ultra (core 475, memory 900), and the really slow 5700LE (core 250, memory 400).
That should be enough for you to find out how your 5700 compares with the standard. Reply
Trake - Saturday, July 31, 2004 - linkPlease don't ever recommend the AOpen 5700 again. Using a benchmark I heard of here at anandtech (aguamark 3) I found that it is a terribly underperforming card (i have 3dmark2003 but didn't bother because the AQ3 rating was so poor). I used a friends 5700 a couple weeks ago to see what kind of gains i'd get by upgrading, they were substantial, though i didn't know the brand. I have a pixelview 5600. The AOpen 5700 didn't even outperform my 5600, not to mention come even close to the performance of my friends 5700. The AOpen 5700 performed about 8% worse than my pixelview 5600 and a whopping 33% worse than my friends 5700. 33%!!!! and it's SUPPOSED to use the same nvidia chipset? I bought it because of the recommendations here and man am i now sorry. In all fairness to anandtech, i did buy the 256 version and not the 128... not sure what kind of difference that would make. It's not a driver issue either because i made sure all tests used the same and most recent drivers. AOpen = suck Reply


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Ray Scheideman, 71, of Lodi, died June 13 at a local hospital of natural causes following a brief illness. He was born on Dec. 17, 1930, in Lodi, where he was raised.
Mr. Scheideman attended Fresno State University following his graduation from Monterey Bay Academy. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-54 during the Korean War. He was employed by Solari Vineyards in Calistoga, and later by Paul Masson Vineyards in the Salinas Valley, retiring in 1991.
He was a member of the Lodi Elks Lodge No. 1900 and a past member of the Lions Club in Fresno. He enjoyed boating, air shows, fishing, camping and attending Fresno State reunions.
He is survived by his daughters, Jacqueline Vinecour of Linden and Janise Karmi of Redding; sons, David Ray, Danny Kay and Darren Lee Scheideman of Redding; brothers, Kenneth Scheideman of Lodi, Dale Scheideman of Shafter and Wayne Scheideman of Lodi; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Kathy Scheideman-Luis; and brother, Lyle Scheideman.
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The secretary of state has been admitted to the hospital for a potentially serious blood clot. The concussion forced Clinton to cancel weeks' worth of engagements, including scheduled testimony before Congress on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Republicans have been highly critical of President Obama's response to Benghazi, with many suggesting that the administration tried to cover up the incident. Clinton's illness prompted several conservative commentators and prominent members of the GOP to speculate that she was faking her concussion to avoid testifying.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association presents The Big Picture: Hitchcock!, a thrilling tribute to the groundbreaking films of Alfred Hitchcock, at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 7:30 PM. Hosted by Academy award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest), the evening will feature mesmerizing, haunting and psychologically gripping scores by Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa and more. Iconic scenes from such Hitchcock classics as Vertigo, Psycho, Dial M for Murder, Rebecca, Spellbound, North by Northwest and more will be projected in HD on the Hollywood Bowl's big screens while the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by David Newman, performs selections from the films' magnificent scores.
The Master of Suspense, as Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) came to be known, directed more than 50 feature films, beginning in the silent era in England and ending in Hollywood in the late 1970s. Today's filmmakers are constantly studying his six-decade output for clues about story structure, the role of montage, manipulating actors, and generally entertaining audiences within the thriller genre.
Eva Marie Saint is a motion picture, stage and television star without peer. Among her triumphs are the films On The Waterfront (1954), North by Northwest (1959), A Hatful of Rain (1957), Raintree County (1957), Exodus (1960), The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966), All Fall Down (1962), 36 Hours (1965), The Stalking Moon (1968), Grand Prix (1966) and Loving (1970). The names of her leading men read like a galaxy of stars: Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Warren Beatty, Richard Burton, Burt Lancaster and Cary Grant. Saint attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with the intention of becoming a school teacher. Thankfully, she changed her major to Theater Arts and the University has since dedicated the theater on campus in her name. Saint studied at the Actors Studio in New York and began her work in "live" television and theatre. Elia Kazan saw her in A Trip to Bountiful on Broadway and cast her in On the Waterfront, for which she won an Academy Award. Her stage credits on Broadway, in Los Angeles and at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center include Summer and Smoke, Desire Under the Elms, Candida, The Rainmaker, Winesburg, Ohio; Duet for One, The Lincoln Mask, First Monday in October, The Fatal Weakness, Death of a Salesman and The Country Girl, for which she received the LA Drama-Logue Award. On television, Saint has earned five Emmy nominations for Middle of the Night (1954), by Paddy Chayefsky; the musical version of Our Town (1955), with Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman; the miniseries event How the West Was Won (1977); and Hallmark Hall of Fame's Taxi!! (1978), with Martin Sheen. She won the Emmy for the miniseries People Like Us (1990) on NBC. Saint's more recent films include I Dreamed of Africa (2000), Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), Don't Come Knocking (2005), Superman Returns (2006) and Winter's Tale (2014). Saint has been married for 62 years to director Jeffrey Hayden, with whom she has collaborated on many theatrical projects. They have performed together in Love Letters and Willa Cather's On the Divide in theatres across America. They have two children and three grandchildren and consider them their best work so far.


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When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers declined to match the more than $3 million offer the Detroit Lions made to restricted free agent Kalvin Pearson, they effectively kissed goodbye their top special teams performer of the last three years.
He led the Bucs in special teams tackles with 25 in 2005, added 13 more in 2006 and last year led the team in special teams tackles with 21.
Pearson's agent told Bucsblitz.com last month that both he and Pearson thought that was enough to get a long-term deal out of the Bucs.
It wasn't.
The nature of special teams performers is that they're replaceable. Special teams players are almost never starters. They're usually young players that are waiting for their turn to start or journeyman veterans, like Pearson, who never will start but have value in special teams.
Witness linebacker Barrett Ruud. He transitioned from special teams contributor in his first two years to a full-time starter last year. He rarely darkened the door of special teams last year.
The Buccaneers probably thought the asking price for Pearson, a safety by trade, was too high.
They also probably thought they could find his replacement in house. Special teams coordinator Richard Bisaccia has done a fine job in recent years of crafting solid, and at times, spectacular coverage units. At times last season the kickoff coverage unit was No. 1 in the NFL. The unit eventually fell off, but not by much.
It's clear Bisaccia knows how to coach special teams. But Pearson was a gunner, one of those fearless players that runs down the field full-tilt, takes on the first blockers and hurtles himself into ball carriers. Who will fill that void? Here are the early candidates to be the Bucs' leading special teams tackler in 2008:
Maurice Stovall: Barring his elbow injury, Stovall should be in shape for training camp. He was second in special teams tackles with 18 and he specialized in timing his tackles as the returner caught the football — and he rarely let go. He's not the prototypical gunner, but he gets the job done.
Quincy Black: The linebacker is flat out fast and made his own open-field tackles on special teams last year, including a forced fumble. He had 17 tackles last year and he's my early candidate to lead the team in special teams tackles in 2008.
Adam Hayward: Another fleet linebacker who didn't have a huge impact on special teams last year, making only 11 tackles. He's the player I think who could see the biggest surge in production on special teams in 2008, thanks to his speed.
Sabby Piscitelli: He missed most of last year, but he was on both coverage units before the injury. He's not as fast as Black and Hayward, but he sure can hit and since he'll likely sit behind Jermaine Phillips, he'll have plenty of time to work under Bisaccia.
The Bucs will miss Pearson's speed and tackling ability on special teams, but they correctly gambled by not re-signing him. Special teams, while important, is an area in which teams must get quality play out of a player that gives them a good contract value. The days of signing players like Steve Tasker and Bill Bates just to play special teams is over.
Pearson will do fine in Detroit. And chances are one of the aforementioned players will step up in 2008 for Tampa Bay.
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Suno Spring 2014
"We're starting off with an all-white look, just to be controversial," said designer Erin Beatty with a wink (because Suno, we know, is that line that's all about colorful, exuberant African prints). "One thing we try never to be is predictable."
Which is not to say that there isn't print in Suno's spring collection. There's much of it—it's just been simplified, minimized. "Digital printing has become so accessible that right now these really bold, graphic, bi-color prints feel a little bit more special to me and Max [Osterweis]," Beatty explained. Applied to roomy tops and boxy, cropped cargo pants—the kind that hinted heavily at nineties hip-hop–wear—the collection's blocky florals were as naïve as they were new. "How do you make a woman look sexy without giving in to something superfitted and skinny?" was the question that Beatty and Osterweis tried to answer with this collection. Did they succeed? Not with sack-y silhouettes and flat two-tone prints, though the crop tops and hemlined looks they had helped.
"A big part of us is just about having a sense of humor," said Beatty, explaining that spring is less about a concept than a now-established Suno girl going on an adventure that could be anywhere (in Africa, where the label's roots are, or not), like the look that mixes something identifiably African-esque (a running-zebra print) with a more conservative black-and-white jacket. "It's like your mom going on safari, and she's mixing her own clothes with what she's picked up," Beatty said, acknowledging that texture and weight, which are big in looks like this one, are two things that Suno's fabrics have a lot of this season. "With all of our collections, there's a maximalist quality," she says, pointing to some of embroidered gold and Swarovski-embellished separates toward the end of the show. "We got into gold, and then we got into more gold." Never a bad thing in our books.


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He had built up his herd of cattle on Redland Park Station, south of Julia Creek in north-west Queensland, to the point where he could start to pick and choose what to sell.
Things were looking up, but then in 2013 the drought hit – and hit hard. The lack of grass forced him to sell 80 per cent of his herd, or about 2500 head of cattle, at a time when almost every grazier in Queensland and the Northern Territory was doing the same.
"This is the worst we have seen it in 28 years," says Brodie (pictured left).
"We had just bought out the rest of the family. We were making money and we were paying tax because we had three good years. But now I am feeding the rest of my stock on cotton seed and supplements."
The prices for cattle plummeted. Earnings dried up and the debate has started to build as to whether the government should increase assistance to viable farmers through this tough time. With a strong contingent of economic rationalists in Canberra, removal of assistance might be the thing farmers need to be more concerned about.
"I believe there is a very strong case to support agriculture through the cycle," Mr Brodie says. "But I am a big advocate of self-planning and self-support and I don't believe in relying on government handouts for poor farmers.
"I have been a recipient of grants and government help before and I have put my hand up for assistance when I really need it."
Betting the farm
The ups and downs in Australia's agricultural industry have been much more volatile than anything seen in the heavily subsidised manufacturing sector, such as car-making, but farmers such as Brodie and his wife, Wendy, have held on through profitable and unprofitable years. They have taken the gamble just like farmers in competing countries.
The Productivity Commission records that Australia's motor vehicle and parts sector receives more than $1.1 billion in government assistance every year, while sheep, cattle and grain farming receives less than half that every year.
Anyone who thinks the removal of subsidies from the car industry is based on the same argument for the removal of subsidies in the bush, must surely consider the pure economic viability of the two sectors first.
When the head of international operations at General Motors, Stefan Jacoby, said this month that "Australia is just too small" to drive the car-making business, it was a giveaway that the industry was no longer viable.
Comments from leaders with skin in Australia's farming game don't express the same views on agriculture.
The banker to Brodie and his 40,000-hectare property is Rabobank's Queensland and Northern Territory manager Brad James.
Agriculture v manufacturing
"The fundamental difference between agriculture and manufacturing is that our agriculture producers can compete globally, whereas manufacturers tend to find it much more difficult to do so," particularly those with high labour inputs," he says.
"We are prepared to continue backing agriculture financially with sustainable lending practices that mitigate risk to both the producer and ourselves."
Most importantly, James says, there is no welfare mentality in the bush.
"Primary producers in many of our competing nations benefit enormously from farm subsidies, which tends to make the playing field a little uneven, but my experience is that there is a general reluctance from many of our primary producers to take up subsidies."
The Productivity Commission's last in-depth report on agriculture notes that OECD countries transfer around $US300 billion ($341 billion) to agriculture via government support policies each year – equivalent to about 30 per cent of farm receipts. At that time Australia provided the second lowest level of support among OECD countries, at a rate of about 4 per cent of farm receipts.
That kind of low welfare mentality has captured global attention from institutional investors such as BNY Mellon Company's Insight Investments.
Reza Vishkai, who manages Insight Investment's Insight Global Farmland Fund, which bought a 500,000-hectare cattle station in the Northern Territory for $32 million, said Australia's low-subsidised agricultural sector was likely to attract significant investment in the next few years.
"We have a preference for markets where they are already competitive in the absence of subsidies, which is exactly the story of places like Australia, New Zealand and Brazil," Vishkai said.
Brodie doesn't want to see farmers get lazy and he doesn't want handouts as such – low interest loans help enormously during these times. He just wants government to back decent farming operations when they get caught out during totally unpredictable droughts.
Returning a favour
"If you keep us going through the bad times, then it comes back to the government in tax," he says.
His property usually receives more than 400 millimetres of rain per year. In 2013 it received only 52 millimetres.
With the traditional northern wet season disappearing fast, he thinks conditions for graziers will get worse.
But the volatility has not just been from the weather. The former Labor government suspended live cattle exports, which led to a calamitous shutdown of the sector and a massive oversupply of cattle in Australia.
As that oversupply has now washed through the markets and the drought continues to bite, the balance is expected to tip the other way, where demand for beef will start to exceed supply.
Maybe politicians will reconsider removing subsidies when they see the price of steak in six months. "Maybe the government could look into the supermarket duopoly instead – or the foreign ownership of our abattoirs," Brodie suggests.
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This Chinatown stalwart may be something of an eyesore, its bustling ground floor overly bright and garish (bag a table on the more atmospheric first floor if possible), but the food remains affordable and authentic.
A starter of deep-fried pork dumplings did little to stir the senses, but another of roll-your-own seafood lettuce wraps was a revelation, the leaves crisp and the egg-fried filling a rich mince of prawn, cod, squid and assorted vegetables.
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The souls of the dearly departed will be paying a visit to Sherman Heights. And the residents of this historic Mexican neighborhood in San Diego will give them a warm welcome.
Perhaps no other community in San Diego County celebrates the Day of the Dead with such fervor as Sherman Heights, home to many people of Mexican descent.
That's where Maribel Guzmán grew up. She is a barista at Latté Mi Corazón, a cultural café in the heart of community. On the Day of the Dead, she will remember her mother, Evelia Guzmán.
"People like my mom encouraged pride in our Mexican traditions," she says.
Year-round, Latté Mi Corazón offers the "La Llorona," coffee with a shot of espresso that packs enough caffeine to raise the dead.
But during this Halloween and Day of the Dead season, the café offers a special menu that features seasonal ingredients. There's the pumpkin and cinnamon lattés and the chocolate and pumpkin pastries.
"It gets colder in the fall and people want their coffee," says Ricardo Medina, one of the cafés owners. "The coffees and snacks we serve reflect the season."
And since this café has focused on promoting Chicano culture in Sherman Heights since it opened in June, on Oct. 27, at 6 p.m., they will have a Day of the Dead celebration. Customers will be able to drink a latté — or a more traditional coffee — and participate in the altar in remembrance of their dearly departed.
The altar, on display until Nov. 3, will include photographs of Evelia Guzmán, one of the founders of the Sherman Heights Community Center, which will also host a big celebration of the Day of the Dead.
The community center will mark its 15th annual event on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 with more than 20 altars, Aztec dancers and family entertainment. Weekday tours of the altars will be offered for nearby schools.
"It's very important to teach our children about our traditions," says Irma Esquivias, on of the volunteer organizers at the community center.
The La Buena bakery, one of the most traditional in the community, already has Day of the Dead bread for sale.
"This is the bread that our ancestors used for this celebration," says Felipe Enciso, La Buena's owner.
"Our grandfathers and grandmothers would be proud to see how alive we maintain pur traditions," says Esquivias.
Day of the Dead San Diego
"Café con muertos"
Until Nov. 1
Exhibit inspired by the Day of the Dead by artist Daniel F. Martínez. Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. $8, $5 seniors, students free with school ID. Martínez will hold a talk on Saturday at 2 p.m. and a workshop on making papier maché skulls on Nov. 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. (760) 435-3721 ord oma-online.org .
La Buena bakery
Through Nov. 2
Day of the Dead bread, $1.50-$5, depending on size. 2582 Imperial Ave., San Diego, (619) 696-0611.
Bazaar del Mundo Oct. 26 to Nov. 2
Altars, food and music in celebration of the Day of the Dead. 4133 Taylor St., in Old Town. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays and Mondays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free. (619) 296-3161.
Latté Mi Corazón
Oct. 27
Altar and community celebration at the café on 129 25th St., in Sherman Heights. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. (619) 863-4261 or lattemicorazon.com .
"Day of the Dead in the USA"
Oct. 29
Presentation of this book about the Day of the Dead in the United States, written by Regina Marchi. Back from Tomboctou, 3564 Adams Ave., in Normal Heights. 6 p.m. Free. backfromtomboctou.com .
Offerings for the dead
Oct. 30 to Nov. 3
An altar erected by Chicano artists from San Diego. Back from Tomboctou, 3564 Adams Ave., in Normal Heights. Free. redcalacartscollective.org or backfromtomboctou.com.
San Diego Museum of Man
Oct. 31
The museum celebrates the Mexican holiday with altars and children's activities. 12 to 4 p.m. San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Park. Free. (619) 239-2001 or museumofman.org .
Sherman Heights Community Center
Oct. 31 and Nov. 1More than 20 altars, Aztec dancers and family entertainment. Free. 2258 Island Ave., San Diego, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. (619) 232-5181.
California Center for the Arts
Nov. 1
The center presents "Muerte de todos ofrenda de participación," a community altar created by artist Eloy Tarciso to which the entire community can add offerings. There will also be snacks and children's workshops. 340 N. Escondido Blvd., in Escondido. 6 a 9 p.m. Free. artcenter.org .
Day of the Dead with Mariachi Champaña Nevín
Nov. 1
The San Diego mariachi pays tribute to the great singers, including Pedro Infante and José Alfredo Jiménez. Presented by the San Diego Symphony. Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St. 7:30 p.m. $20-$85. (619) 235-0804 or sandiegosymphony.com.
Nov. 1
The Day of the Dead Festival will be at the San Luis Rey Mission, 4050 Mission Ave. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. mslrdiadelosmuertos.com .
Word and Song for the Dead
Nov. 2
Chicano writers from San Diego pay tribute to the dearly departed. Back from Tomboctou, 3564 Adams Ave., in Normal Heights. Free. redcalacartscollective.org or backfromtomboctou.com .
Day of the Dead workshops Through October
Gallery and cultural center Back from Tomboctou will hold its traditional sugar skull, cut paper and altar workshops every weekend in October. 3564 Adams Ave., in Normal Heights. $15 and $20. Schedule: backfromtomboctou.com .
Live shows
Poncho Sanchez: Latin jazz. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. 8 p.m. Today . $18 in advanced, $20 at the door. (858) 481-8140 or bellyup.com .
"Noches latinas": Latin music, from regional Mexican to salsa. Oasis Lounge, Harrah's Rincon Casino, 777 Harrah's Rincon Way, Valley Center. 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Every Thursday. Free; harrahsrincon.com .
Lila Downs: Latin alternative. House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave., San Diego. Today . 8:30 p.m. $27.50 to $45; four-pack, $83; there's a limited number of tickets for $10 at the ticket booth; ticketmaster.com.
The Needemann Brothers: Tango show with Jorge Luis Abreu and Anthony Bollotta at Schroeder's at Tango Del Rey, 3567 Del Rey St. 8:30 p.m. Saturday. $22. (858) 794-9044 or tangodelrey.com .
"Public Art / Private Works": Chicana painter Judith F. Baca presents her works at the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, 7250 Mesa College Drive. Through Nov. 12. Free; sdmesa.edu/art-gallery .
"Baja California": Photos that capture the natural beauty of the peninsula. The San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park. Through Jan. 3. $13, adults; $11, seniors; $8, students; $7, children 3 to 12; children under 3, free. (619) 232-0248 or sdnhm.org .
"Gods & Gold": Pre-Columbian treasures from Mexico to Peru. San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Park. (619) 239-2001 or museumofman.org .
Tijuana Movies
"Momias": This IMAX film gives a tour through ancient Egypt. Cecut, Paseo de los Héroes and Mina, zona Río. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx.
Live shows
"Serenata de otoño": Concert with the Baja California Orchestra. Cecut, Paseo de los Heroes and Mina, zona Rio. 8 p.m. Today. 150 and 200 pesos. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx .
Mijares: Pop. Club Campestre, Blvd. Agua Caliente, Tijuana. 5 p.m. Saturday. 530 to 980 pesos; ticketmovil.com.mx .
Alejandro Filio: Trova. Cecut, Paseo de los Heroes and Mina, zona Rio. 8 p.m. Saturday. 300 pesos. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx .
"Tardes de jazz": Local jazz bands perform at Cecut, Paseo de los Héroes and Mina, zona Río. Every Wednesday afternoon. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx.
"Tijuana Latin Jazz Project": Pianist Turiya Mareya plays with a collective at Dragón Rojo Bar, Calle Primera, between Revolución and Constitución, in front of Plaza Santa Cecilia. 8 p.m. Every Thursday. 011-52-664-166-9474 or dragonrojobar.com .
"Animated Painting / Pintura animada": Fourteen international artists present digital paintings at El Cubo, Cecut, Paseo de los Héroes and Mina, zona Río. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx .
Tijuana Wax Museum: More than 80 wax representations of historic, religious and political figures. Museo de Cera, Calle Primera 8281, zona Centro. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 15 pesos. 011-52-664-688-2478.
Wrestling: At the Auditorio Municipal, Boulevard Agua Caliente, east of downtown Tijuana. 8 p.m. most Fridays; call for schedule. Tickets start at 60 pesos. 011-52-664-250-9015.
Cecuti: An interactive area for children and teens at Cecut, Paseo de los Héroes y Mina, zona Río. Saturdays and Sundays. Free. 011-52-664-687-9600 or cecut.gob.mx .
"Tijuana en Revolución": More than 70 artists will present dance, music, poetry and visual art in a new festival this weekend, using empty storefronts and alleys on the tourist-oriented Avenida Revolución. The festival runs tomorrow, 6 to 10 p.m., with the inauguration at 7, Saturday noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 011-52-664-111-9649.
Looking ahead
Enrique Bunbury: Nov. 6. Rock. 4th & B, 345 B St., San Diego. 8 p.m.; ticketmaster.com .
Selena Gomez: Nov. 15. Pop. House of Blues, 1055 5th Ave., San Diego. 3 p.m. $25 to $30; four ticket packet for $75; ticketmaster.com .
Panda: Nov. 21. Pop rock. Playas de Tijuana bullring. 200 to 450 pesos; produccionesbulldog.com .
Café Tacvba: Nov. 25. Rock en espanol. House of Blues, 1055 5th Ave., San Diego. 8:30 p.m. $40 to $70; four ticket packet for $120; ticketmaster.com.
Enanitos Verdes: Dec. 5. Rock en espanol. Playas de Tijuana bullring. 150 to 350 pesos; produccionesbulldog.com .
Aventura: Dec. 12. Bachata. San Diego Sports Arena, 3500 Sports Arena Blvd. 8 p.m. $36 a $106; ticketmaster.com .


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Enjoy the Lassez-Faire Electronic Cigarette Party While You Can
By Stephen Drill
With high-profile investors like Sean Parker, big tobacco companies throwing their weight into the market, and a lively New York Times feature last week, electronic cigarettes seem to be gathering momentum. The big question that still remains unanswered: How will regulators treat the new smokeless smokes? Just the same as regular cigarettes? Or something a little more lassez-faire?
Right now, the later is winning out. A constellation of small new e-cigarette makes have released new products to market, complete with the kind of colorful marketing, fruit flavors and sleek, enticing packaging that traditional tobacco products could never get away with. And for now, you can get away with puffing on your e-cigarette indoors in plenty of places. There's no smoke, after all.
But for how long will such relaxed rules remain in place? A small town in Massachusetts may set an interesting precedent on this tonight, when it votes on a proposed outright ban on the sale of e-cigarettes.
The Canton Board of Health has recommended that the legal age for sales of all tobacco products be raised from 18 to 21 years of age. And as part of the change, to be voted on at a Canton town meeting Monday night, all e-cigarette sales would be outlawed.
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Maintains security of Champaign County jail facilities and provides for the well-being of the current residents.
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Takes head count of residents.
Administers medications to residents as directed by the nurse.
Checks cells for suicide attempts and makes cell checks.
Serves meals to residents, takes inmate photographs and fingerprints.
Transports prisoners to court, within facility and to other detention facilities.
Patrols assigned areas to maintain discipline and order.
Books in new prisoners, assists inmates in placing telephone calls, distributes mail and monitors visitors.
Arranges for issue of supplies.
Interviews complainants and witnesses regarding incidents occurring inside the Correctional Center.
Conducts cell and inmate searches, conducts drug tests.
Prepares disciplinary and other reports.
Maintains contact with various governmental agencies.
Responsible for area sanitation.
This job does not exercise supervisory responsibilities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of training and experience. Requires working knowledge of Correctional Officer rules and regulations. Requires skill in interviewing techniques and in personal and cell searches.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as jail regulations, operating instructions, legal documents and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before the public or employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in unusual situations. Ability to work in stressful situations.
Valid Driver's License required.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and talk; or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Jail facility with some exposure to physical concern. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Note: This job description contains wording of a general class of positions within the Champaign County salary administration program. The description contains examples of duties and responsibilities which may or may not be considered to be "essential functions" to a particular job or position within the job class. "Essential functions" are to be determined at the position or job level within each department.


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This week the five biggest U.S. defense contractors reported their most recent quarterly results. Boeing (NYSE:BA), Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) all did better then predicted. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), unfortunately, missed analyst's estimates of their earnings. Over the week stock prices for the companies have also been mixed with Lockheed and GD holding on to small gains the other stocks dropping less then 2%.
As the chart below illustrates for the last 52 weeks all of their stock prices have tracked up with Raytheon having the best performance.
General Dynamics
The company announced that earnings were only $1.70 a share or $600 million compared to the prior year's $1.83 on $665 million. This was generated on revenues of just under $8 billion. Analysts had predicted $1.78 on just over $8 billion in revenue. Operating income fell 14%. As with all of the defense contractors the company continued to do some acquisitions, and increase pension funding this quarter but did not continue to buy back its shares.
The company, while it is mainly defense, focused also manufactures Gulfstream aircraft and demand for those increased with their Aerospace products division seeing 20% growth from the year before. While there have been some significant contract wins defense overall saw a drop and the company will face some issues if the defense budget is cut as much as planned under the proposed sequestration.
One proposed part of the U.S. Army budget that may negatively affect GD is if M1 Abrams tank work at the Lima, IL plant is actually put on hold for 2 years. Congress, though, has not seemed inclined to support this proposal and has included funding in the different bills to keep the plant going in the near term. The company though did receive a contract to begin the engineering work on the next version of the tank worth almost $400 million.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed is the largest defense contractor in the United States and it reported on Wednesday that earnings were $2.21 a share on $11.9 billion in sales. This was an increase of 22 cents on a sales decline of $200 million. This was well above estimates of only $1.85 a share. The company also raised its 2012 full year forecasts by 30 cents. Lockheed also continued to buy back stocks and pay into their pension fund. It also increased its dividend rate 15% to $1.15 a quarter.
The company reported declines in sales compared to the same quarter last year in 3 of its 4 segments although for the year to date net sales were up. Aeronautics especially was affected by lower deliveries of C-130 transports, F-16 fighters and the end of F-22 production. Offsetting this is the steadily growing revenue related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program which is seeing increasing numbers of aircraft ordered and delivered. The government and Lockheed are currently negotiating the next production batch of this the most expensive military program in history.
Lockheed has consistently outperformed this year both when compared to estimates and its compatriots. The company despite what is considered a bad budgetary year has consistently delivered. It does expect 2013 to be slightly worse in sales although right now it is hard to predict exactly what will happen with the Federal budget.
The Chicago based aerospace company like Lockheed also beat by over 20 cents delivering $1.35 a share compared to predictions of $1.12. It had a solid quarter mainly due to commercial aircraft sales and some improvement at the Defense, Space & Security division. Its revenue was $20 billion.
Deliveries of commercial aircraft are up 25% for the year with a corresponding increase of 37% in revenue. The day before earnings were released the company stated that it would be increasing production of the 777 model by 20 percent due to strong demand. Defense earnings were led by military aircraft which have seen an 11% increase for the year in earnings providing over 50% or their earnings from operations. This includes the F/A-18 fighter as well as the P-8I new patrol aircraft which is just starting production.
The company is now predicting full year revenues of just over $80 billion and earnings per share of $4.80-4.95 which is a significant increase of the $4.40-$4.60 from last quarter.
The company is different from the other major defense contractors as it has significant commercial aircraft deliveries as well. This has allowed it to weather downturns in the industry better than others.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop also beat by 4 cents on slightly down revenue for $1.82 a diluted share. EPS were 4 cents lower this quarter than last year. The majority of the decline was due to poor pension performance.
The company now predicts sales for 2012 will be approximately $25 billion which is in the middle of the last prediction while EPS will increase 15-30 cents. 3 of the 4 segments of the company saw declines compared to the similar quarter last year. For the nine months to date, though, all have seen drops of 2 to 9%. Aerospace Systems is leading in sales and operating income primarily due to unmanned aerial vehicles and support for Lockheed's F-35 program.
Northrop Grumman continues to buy back their stock and pay into its pension fund. The stock is up almost 20% for the year well above Boeing and GD but below Raytheon and Lockheed.
The manufacturer of missiles, electronic systems and radars did the best this quarter. They outperformed estimates by 33 cents with earnings of $1.60 a share. This was on slightly down revenue of just over $6 billion.
3 of its 6 segments saw increases in sales and operating income. For the full year the company has lowered its estimates slightly to $24.3 to $24.7 billion down about $250 million from the previous quarter.
Raytheon too has been buying back stock and 27 cents of the improvement this year in EPS is due to the reduction in share amount. Another 24 cents is due to reductions in cost and margins. Overall Raytheon is on track for a solid year with stock price outperforming the market the last 52 weeks by 16%.
The question facing these large corporations is how their dependence on U.S. government spending will be shaped as the "Fiscal Cliff" approaches. This is the combination of the expiration of the "Bush Tax Cuts" and the implementation of sequestration on Federal spending.
The defense budget is already planned to drop a few billion in 2013. Sequestration could be a much larger cut of $50-60 billion. This money will come out of the core programs for all of the large defense contractors. Ships, airplanes, missiles and other large procurement programs will be reduced or eliminated. Overall operational tempo and the size of the force will be cut back leading to less demand for existing equipment and there will be reduced investment in new ones.
These types of reduction in spending will cause drops in revenue. The will have to continue to adjust by increasing margin, reducing overhead and personnel, and maximizing return from existing contracts. They all have done a decent job of this over the past year as they adjusted to the first wave of reductions. Much more will need to be done to maintain value and return to shareholders.
Boeing also will face a challenge if the situation causes a drop in the economy as a whole. The airline industry continues to slowly recover from the 2009-2009 recession. If it happens again there could be a drop in demand for new aircraft reducing future sales.
Of the five companies Lockheed, Raytheon and Boeing are most likely the best prepared for the upcoming financial issues. It is certainly possible that political changes may cause the defense budget to not be cut much beyond the draw down associated with ending the Afghanistan commitment. This means most programs would maintain current plans and expenditures. GD and Northrop have had their struggles and have not maintained the momentum of the others. They also have some core programs that might be easier to cut then others such as the F-35 or missile defense systems.
The next year may see some contraction and major M&A in this sector if things develop the way they are currently planned.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Fear "almost took my breath away," former journalist Amanda Lindhout says about her return to East Africa this summer for the first time since spending 15 months in captivity in Somalia.
CBC's Curt Petrovich accompanied Lindhout as she travelled to Kenya for several weeks in July to see first-hand the mass flight of starving Somalis into refugee camps, a trip partly intended as research for a charity she founded but also a mission to confront her own demons.
It was on her first day in Kenya, on a sandy road to a refugee camp in Dadaab, home to many Somali refugees, that the full significance of her return to the region hit her.
"It was on a road just like that that I was taken," said Lindhout. "And the fear that I felt in that initial trip from the compound to the camp was very intense, very intense. It almost took my breath away."
"I don't think I was totally prepared for how hard it was actually going to be for me," she says.


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I have, I think, found a solution (suggested to me yesterday in the "Too Hot to Exercise!" thread by DiabetesCanKissMyButt.
I have to eat first. I can't exercise on an empty stomach and still avoid a spike.
I just did a ten-minute intense strength training session about a half hour after finishing eating. My sugars went down! Always before, they've gone up 20 to 40 points. This is amazing. Tomorrow I'll find out if it works equally well for cardio. If it does, I'm in clover.
I didn't get nauseated this time, either, and I always have before when I've eaten prior to exercise.
I also wonder: could my intake of coconut oil have something to do with both the lack of nausea and the lowered sugars after exercise? Because that's really the only change I've made since the last time I tried this. Thoughts, experiences?


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NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.--Despite 16 points and seven rebounds from senior Caitlin Bopp (Baltimore, Md./Inst. of Notre Dame), the Rider University women's basketball team lost at Niagara University 62-58 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Friday evening.
Bopp moved into third place all-time on the Rider rebounding list with 804.
Tied at 51-51 after a tip-in by junior MyNeshia McKenzie (Springfield, Pa./Springfield (Delco)), (the sixth and final tie of the evening), Niagara scored the next four points to take a 55-51 lead with 2:58 left in the game. McKenzie finished with 13 points and nine rebounds, logging 25 minutes. McKenzie missed the first 11 minutes of the second half with an upper body injury.
"The game was in our grasp and we let it slip away at the end," said head coach Lynn Milligan. "We needed a few defensive stops and we didn't get them. Then we got a few foul calls. I thought we played pretty good defense."
McKenzie made a layup with 2:25 left to bring Rider (7-9, 2-3 MAAC) to within one (55-54) before Meghan McGuinness hit a three-pointer giving Niagara a four-point lead with 1:54 left. McGuinness finished with 10 points and four rebounds.
"I thought we played a good ball game," Milligan added. "We had too many fouls called at the end and didn't get the stop we needed. It was really that simple."
Niagara (8-8, 3-2 MAAC) was led by Kayla Stroman with 13 points.
Rider opened the game on a 4-0 run, two points each by McKenzie and sophomore Emily Fazzini (Wayne, Pa./Archbishop Carroll). Fazzini finished with five points and four rebounds.
Tied at 4-4, Rider went on a 7-0 run, three points by Fazzini as the Broncs took an 11-4 lead with 12:11 left in the opening half.
The Purple Eagles responded with a 9-0 run as Niagara went ahead 13-11, 10 minutes into the contest.
Three players scored for the Broncs as part of a 6-0 run as Rider went back into the lead 17-13 with 9:21 left in the opening half.
Rider made its first 13 free throws and the Broncs were 18-23 for the game from the charity stripe.
Graduate student Carleigh Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) ended the opening half with a steal and a three-point play, giving Rider a 35-31 lead at intermission. C. Brown finished with five points and three rebounds to go along with three steals, two assists and two blocks. C. Brown moved into 20th place all-time on the Rider rebounding list with 453.
Also for the Broncs, senior Sironda Chambers (Wilmington, Del.) had nine points and five rebounds.
Rider had 23 turnovers in the game compared to just 12 for Niagara.
"We had too many turnovers," Milligan said. "That cut down on our attempts at the basket. We were a little undisciplined in the types of passes we were trying to make."
Each team shot 39 percent.
Rider entered the game tied for fifth nationally in road wins with six.
This was the 35th meeting between Rider and Niagara with the Niagara winning for the 20th time. Rider's last win at Niagara was in triple overtime, 79-73 on February 18, 2011. The teams meet again at Rider on February 2, 2013 at 2pm in Alumni Gymnasium.
"This is one we are going to look back on and know we made mistakes we can control," Milligan said. "Especially when you are on the road, we have to play a little tougher."
10 of Rider's 16 games have been decided by seven points or less this season.
Rider travels to Canisius for a Sunday afternoon game at 2pm. The Golden Griffins lost to Marist Friday evening. Canisius defeated Rider 51-50 on January 10 in Alumni Gym.


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My lunching partner's name was – well, never mind his name, club members have a thing about anonymity. But his manners were impeccable and in keeping with the gentlemen's etiquette expected at Perth's most exclusive men-only club.
I know what you are thinking, and it's not that type of establishment. Women working at Perth's 140-year-old Weld Club are fully clothed; in fact they wear bow ties and use extravagant hand gestures to introduce the special of the day in a way that makes you feel like a character in The Great Gatsby.
These sorts of clubs are said to be dying; a throwback to generations past when men brokered deals in a cigar smoke-filled room over a suitably aged scotch.
But those establishments that have run into trouble don't have the millions of dollars flowing into their coffers that the Weld Club does.
Named after English-born Western Australian governor Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, the Weld Club has hosted everyone from Gough Whitlam to John Howard, and has acted as the backdrop to some of the state's most historic and infamous meetings.
In the 1880s, chief justice of the minor crown colony of Western Australia, Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley, promptly quit as president of the club after just three weeks at the helm over a falling out with a club member.
The resignation prompted the state's newspaper to print a mock advertisement for a new president.
"He must be . . . portly, courtly and of grave demeanour; free from all taint of radicalism; thoroughly acquainted with the politics of the West Australian; a cordial hater of the current administration; secretive, a good whist player and partial to porter. . .," the advertisement read.
Little has changed at the club, in the heart of Perth's business and legal precinct, even if the classic English card game of whist and the dark porter brew are no longer frequently played or drunk.
Being secretive, as the ad reads, remains a sought after trait for club presidents. Just ask property developer and current Weld Club president
"Are you the president?" I asked Wallace.
"No comment," he responded.
"What's the problem? I'll tell you all the clubs I'm a member of," I replied.
"No comment."
The Weld Club's secrecy and exclusivity has long bristled critics who want to rid the conservative state of what they deem to be "elitist" and "sexist" establishments. The secrecy is also somewhat strange considering a published list of club officials is pinned on a board just metres from the club's entrance in full view of visitors.
Not that just anyone can visit.
Diners need an invitation from a member whom they must name, as with a password, when greeted by the woman at the other end of the intercom. Guests then enter through the club's heritage-listed front doors and onto the royal green carpet.
After receiving my invitation and going through the intercom process, I was politely ushered into the bar where a group of retired doctors lounged under a 16-bulb chandelier, hard liquor in hand.
At 31, I was at least 20 years younger than most in the room, until a group of mature lawyers came in with their (all-male) successors in tow.
The bar, at that moment, resembled the club's broader membership make-up, dominated by lawyers and doctors.
Over the course of the next three hours, I saw just a handful of women dining – women can dine with members but can't be members themselves – out of the 60 to 70 people eating at the club on a Friday lunchtime. All the men wore a suit and tie, as is the required dress code.
The club's secrecy is the cause of some derision in Perth but it is its exclusivity that really gets the mining town talking.
Former state Labor attorney-general
"There is no justification for the continued exclusion of women from the Weld Club, other than if you believe that women are inferior beings and don't deserve the right to be treated as full human beings," McGinty tells The Weekend Financial Review.
McGinty says the equal opportunity reforms, requiring state-based legislation, effectively came to an end when the Labor state government was tossed out in 2008.
According to one member, at the time there was a substantial push from within the club to open up its membership, but it was the "traditionalists" who won the day.
"Women have their female-only clubs, like Karrakatta," says one traditionalist member, waving in the direction of Perth's 117-year-old, women-only Karrakatta Club. "Why can't we have ours?"
A compelling argument? McGinty says the two aren't comparable.
"No one would suggest clubs like Karrakatta wield anything like the political, financial, legal or corporate clout that the Weld Club does."
WA's Equal Opportunity Commissioner Yvonne Henderson says proposed reforms that have never been acted on would have also encompassed opening women-only clubs to men.
"Nonetheless, I think a lot of women would say the Karrakatta Club doesn't have anything like the clout in the business world that making social connections in the Weld Club does," Henderson says.
Australia has dozens of single-sex clubs, many of which date back to the 1800s, the Melbourne Club and Sydney's The Australian Club among the oldest.
The clubs, many of which have reciprocal arrangements in place with other clubs in Australia and in Britain – colonial architect of the clubs – follow a general principle that the club is to serve as a haven from the rough-and-tumble of working life.
Why that excludes women is not abundantly clear. However, the atmosphere within the club is more of relaxation than superiority.
Single-sex clubs tend to have similar rules, with business card exchanges and business talk prohibited in certain areas, while the bathrooms come complete with shoe polish and nicely folded hand towels, without a paper towel in sight.
(Investment banker Tony Burgess is said to have fallen foul of the Melbourne Club's strict rules on talking business last year and subsequently served a suspension.)
The reforms of some clubs have had as much to do with dwindling finances and a need to broaden memberships than equal opportunity.
But the Weld Club does not fall into that category.
There are 750 members at the Weld Club who pay a $1200 annual membership fee, totalling $900,000, in addition to paying for their meals and drinks. The club also receives about $850,000 a year in ground rent, according to sources, because it owns the land on which the neighbouring office tower, the Exchange Plaza, was built.
The club is also understood to have a substantial share portfolio that brings its annual income into the millions of dollars even before members pay "cost plus 10 per cent" for a bottle of wine from the club's impressive cellar.
The Weld Club's financial arrangements mean that, even if it is a relic, it should lumber along without facing the financial concerns of counterparts such as The Tattersalls Club in Sydney, which famously put out an SOS for member donations in 2007 (only 10 per cent of members came to the club's aid when years of losses started to mount).
Aside from its networking perks, membership at the Weld Club will give you the ability to lunch over a bottle of Dom Perignon for $275, which is not much higher than the price paid at mass market bottle shops and significantly lower than what most restaurants charge.
As for the food, it can be best described as good club food, complete with royal theatrics.
"The speciality entrée today is ham and pea soup," said a very amicable waitress, with arms waving every which way.
I chose the soup and a 250 gram Black Angus steak, medium, for the main course, which came with a serve of what the waitress called "famous fries". (They were actually very good.)
They may well be the last "famous fries" I ever eat. Publishing insights into the secretive Weld Club, including its financial arrangements, will no doubt put me on a banned list of sorts, and few clubs blackball as well as the Weld Club.
The Weld Club's main watcher, the West Australian's satirical Inside Cover, recently noted that former lord mayor
News of membership rejections rarely go public because neither the club nor the rejected want the rejection known. Weld Club insiders say that the most controversial rejection of all time had to be that of
As the story goes, Boan had all the credentials of a suitable member, in that he was a high-profile businessman with strong charity ties. One can only speculate about the sin that kept the late Boan from membership, although Nattrass's rejection suggests it might not have been significant.
"You have to join when you are virginal," one member told me. "You know, before you are old enough to upset someone."
The enduring vestige of colonialism means that membership has little to do with wealth and more to do with respectability. The membership process, which starts with an invitation to apply, is said to be onerous and can be easily vetoed by a member over the most trivial of grievances.
Notwithstanding the Weld Club president's property credentials – Wallace is also the former president of the exclusive Peppermint Grove shire – even exceptionally wealthy property types are unlikely to garner the same support for their applications as a lawyer, accountant or doctor.
(Wallace is actually embroiled in controversy at the moment because his property company, Ironbridge, is facing a wind-up application from an out-of-pocket contractor.)
The club's committee, for example, has more than its share of men representing the noble professions, with Perth legal fraternity members
The Weld Club's exclusivity and secrecy often gives non-members the impression that they are locked out of where all the high-ranking executives execute deals.
Some of the more high-profile members are understood to include Rio Tinto's iron ore boss
But for every prominent member there are equally prominent Perth businessmen who don't sit in the club's boardroom, decorated with paintings by landscape artist Robert Juniper and figurative painter Robert Dickerson.
Media mogul Kerry Stokes, mining magnate Andrew Forrest and building billionaire Len Buckeridge are just some of Perth's business elite who aren't members.
On the Friday afternoon I visited the Weld Club – Friday of course a traditional long-lunching afternoon on which business relationships are cemented – the club soon emptied. Isn't this the club where cigar-puffing, scotch-drinking executives have long lunches and make decisions that affect the rest of the wealthy mining city?
There was not one person in the club's impressive library which, again, could have come out of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. The rooms where talking business is allowed were empty also.
That left the snooker room, where I expected to find business executives betting mining tenements on games of snooker.
"Would you like to join the snooker competition; we're short of new players," one member said to me, as we entered the quiet upstairs room complete with three pristine snooker tables.
It doesn't come as a surprise that the club is short of new players, as there is little evidence that the coming generations will fill the void of their predecessors.
What was even more surprising was that, as I chalked the cue, no one thought to wager a cattle station or two on the result of the game.
Isn't that the type of thing that goes on at an exclusive, men's-only club?
The Australian Financial Review