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The Haysbert Principle
Vaulted into stardom by his role as President David Palmer on "24," Dennis Haysbert brings his trademark integrity to new role.
All political correctness aside, size matters. Especially in Hollywood. And in politics.
Actor Dennis Haysbert—at a height of 6 feet 4 inches and with the depth and breadth of voice that brings to mind a cross between Barry White, Isaac Hayes and the meanest, most kick-ass cop or drill sergeant a bad dream can produce—can attest to the power that size brings to both worlds. Even after more than 25 years as an actor, with roles on television and in movies such as Far From Heaven, Jarhead and Absolute Power, it's his recent role as President David Palmer in the hit TV drama "24" that has people from Beverly Hills to Johannesburg calling out, "Mr. President!" when they spot him.
Let's face it: at that height, and with the shoulders and build of a trim, in-fighting-shape football player, Haysbert is just plain hard to miss.
On-screen and off.
Dennis Haysbert's birth certificate (dated June 2, 1954) lists Dexter as his middle name, but it might as well have been "discipline." As an actor, he projects the same quiet, determined fortitude that he brought to his role on "24," on which he plays an ethics-driven senator running for president of the United States—and who wins. This, it seems, is part and parcel of who Haysbert, the man, has always been.
Take, for example, the photo caption in his San Mateo, California, high school yearbook. In it, Haysbert cites having his face on the cover of Ebony and TV Guide as life goals. That both were achieved—in the case of TV Guide many, many times—shouldn't be terribly surprising, considering the apparent ease with which he's landed roles throughout his career. What is surprising is that the odds against Dennis Haysbert living beyond early childhood and making it to high school, much less achieving stardom, weren't all that good.
The eighth of nine children, Haysbert was born with a hole in his heart, a defect, he says, that caused the entire family to baby and protect him for many years. "I was never coddled," Haysbert muses, "but always protected. [My family has said] that when I'd come into the room as a child, it would go silent because people could actually hear my heart working."
The heart healed by itself and, looking at the fit 52-year-old actor, it's hard to imagine him as anything other than a natural athlete. With a 15 handicap, Haysbert plays golf whenever he can. "No one gets to play as much as they'd like unless you're a pro," he says. He also enjoys tennis and scuba diving. Haysbert holds the world record for a deep-sea dive wearing a movie mask, a feat he accomplished while filming the 2004 documentary special "Secrets of Pearl Harbor" for the Discovery Channel.
In the course of creating the documentary, the actor, who is a huge history buff, became the first civilian diver to investigate a midget submarine, one of five sent to Hawaii to sink American battleships. The midget sub, sunk by a single cannon shot, has a location that, prior to Haysbert and the Discovery Channel's underwater photographers, was known only to the U.S. Navy, the Department of State and the U.S. Park Service. In addition to the midget, Haysbert investigated the USS Arizona, the USS Saratoga and the Nagato, the ship from which Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
To film the special, Haysbert dove 160 feet below the surface of the sea, wearing a specially constructed mask that required the actor to turn off his air in order to speak, and then remember to turn it back on again when he finished talking. He also had to use a special oxygen gas mixture to speed up the process of decompression.
With the exception of a brief gleam in his eye at the adventure of it all, Haysbert appears completely blasé about the potential danger involved or the coordination required to maintain an even, modulated narrator's voice while remembering not only to breathe, but to constantly turn on and off a valve that would enable that very basic need to occur. One might say that his demeanor is very, well, Jonas Blane-like.
In the highly successful CBS television drama "The Unit," Haysbert plays Sgt. Major Jonas Blane, the commander of a crack Special Forces team that confronts and defuses whatever threat might befall the United States before they return home to their families.
The show is produced by Pulitzer Prize— and Academy Award—winning playwright David Mamet, and based on the book Inside Delta Force, author Eric Haney's 2002 memoir about his experiences as a founding member of the elite counterterrorist unit known as Delta Force. "The Unit" specializes in guns, the latest high-tech, über-spy equipment (for which no one ever seems to need an instruction manual or training), skirmishes, exotic locales and, back at home, strong, beautiful women who can get the lawn mowed and the house painted on their own.
The role of Blane appears perfectly suited to Haysbert—industry rumor has it that no one else was considered for the part—and, short of the hugs that seem to occur frequently and spontaneously on the show's set ("I'm a hugger," Haysbert says, shrugging, "and we all honestly like each other here; we're a band of brothers…brothers and sisters."), an almost palpable sense of real-life action and adventure wafts through the plywood sets, props and movable walls.
Southern California's weather is certainly adding to the aura of a scene being shot, in which the actors are supposedly sweating and dripping their way through yet another life-or-death adventure in a hot locale; it's barely past noon and it's already 106 degrees. The overtaxed air conditioner in the enclosed stage hangar gives one last cough—more of a death rattle, really—before dying.
The scene introduces Blane's lucky hat—a khaki-colored safari hat that, although brand-new yesterday, has been meticulously aged overnight to look as if it's carrying the sweat and dirt stains of a decade—and, suddenly, the sweat stains on the hat and on each actor's fatigues aren't all glycerin and Hollywood magic.
Before the end of the afternoon it will hit 109 in the desert above Los Angeles, and while any normal man might be forgiven for getting a tad irritable or limiting his physical contact with others, Haysbert redefines "chilled out." He's cool and calm, doling out and receiving hugs and slaps on the back as though he were at a pool party, wearing Tommy Bahama and drinking an ice-cold beer.
Adding to the incongruity of the scene is costar Scott Foley, offering up a $1,000 bet that no one on the set can drink a gallon of milk and keep it down. Apparently, this is a running bet among cast and crew, one that's seen plenty of downed dairy, but no prize money paid out.
When word hits Haysbert that Foley's just offered the bet to a visiting camera crew from a popular news-magazine show, he just smiles a slow smile and shakes his head.
"We call [Foley] 'Never Not,'" says Haysbert, fondly. "It's short for 'Never Not Funny.' He's our resident prankster."
When pressed on whether he's ever taken Foley up on one of his bets or fallen for one of his pranks, Haysbert briefly arches one eyebrow in amusement. "No. I have a sense of humor but I'm, you know, not the straight man. The jokes don't work on me because I never buy into them. The thing is, he will pay you [and] he offers up a lot of money, but I know it's a trick, know it's a sucker bet."
Most anything can be feigned on a television production set, but there's no sign of anything other than unadulterated affection when Haysbert's name comes up among the cast and crew. Oh, sure, he's the lead actor in a show that keeps hundreds of people employed, and speaking well of the man could be beneficial to one's job security, but people just can't seem to stop wanting to touch the guy.
Max Martini and Demore Barnes, both regulars on "The Unit," try to explain the mystique that seems to follow Haysbert.
"In some respects, what you see on the show—the bonding, the trust in Dennis, the strategizing to make sure that an operation goes smoothly—is what we're like in real life," says Martini, who plays Mack Gerhardt on the show. "During the first season we were all so 'first-season nervous' about the success of the show that we used to have potlucks at each other's homes every Tuesday night when the show aired. We'd all watch the show, cheer each other on when there were on-screen scenes and eat dinner as a group."
Barnes, who plays Hector Williams on "The Unit," puts it a little differently. "Dennis brings leadership, egoless leadership, to the cast, and he's got a kindness and accessibility that you don't see very often. You know, it's so hard from an actor's perspective; it's so hard to get a pilot made, and then if you're lucky you get a contract for 13 episodes. If you make it [through] a single season, it's a gift, and then to have a hit show, to get picked up for additional seasons…Dennis never seems to doubt or lose his cool about this stuff. He's just calm, stable…you just kind of think that things are going to work out right if he's right there, part of it and in charge."
Therein, perhaps, lies the dichotomy that is Dennis Haysbert. That the man is smart, scary smart, is undeniable, but that intelligence is subtly amplified by his very cool, very controlled demeanor.
That same gravitas, combined with an innate ability to draw his fellow actors close to him, and the way he is deliberately sought out for hugs and included in their lives, their potlucks and even their pranks, makes him a fascinating man, a fascinating actor and, some have suggested, even a potentially fascinating real-life political candidate.
Haysbert admits that the topic came up a few times while he was playing President Palmer on the hit Fox drama "24," but claims that he has no interest, at least for now. "It's come up, half-kiddingly," says Haysbert. "Or maybe not."
After working consistently for nearly three decades on stage and in television and film, Haysbert finally garnered the kind of viewer recognition and fan base that some actors only dream of with his portrayal of Senator David Palmer, later President David Palmer, on "24."
He also garnered some positive attention from the critics. Haysbert received a Golden Globe nomination in 2002, won a Golden Satellite Award in 2003, was nominated in 2003, 2004 and 2006 for an NAACP Image Award and, together with the rest of the "24" cast, was nominated in both 2003 and 2005 for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Centered on a government counterterrorist unit (CTU) that takes orders from and helps protect the president of the United States, the series became a cult phenomenon in spite of, or perhaps because of, the show's premise that colored outside of the box in terms of concept, casting and dialogue. Each episode was written with the script and action calling for one hour of television equal to one hour of real time.
With the lead actor of the series, Kiefer Sutherland, playing CTU agent Jack Bauer, the role of the stoic, ethical senator who becomes a leading contender for the presidency was a unique opportunity on many levels, says Haysbert. For one, it allowed him to base the inspiration for his role as a U.S. president on some names he personally respects—names such as Powell, Clinton, Eisenhower, Carter and Mandela.
When asked about how much of Palmer's persona came from the writers and how much came from Haysbert, he admits that it was a genuine mix. The role was well defined early on, says Haysbert, and "I auditioned like several other actors did, [but] I think a little 'Dennis Haysbert' did creep in. I wanted David [Palmer] to have a dignity, a love for the common man. Power was not what he wanted to exploit…he wanted to empower the people to control their own destiny."
Haysbert smiles when addressed as "Mr. President" and, while he agrees that the show itself, along with its design and premise, broke new ground for television, he hesitates to call the role of David Palmer his own, personal breakthrough.
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Free Outdoor Theatre Presented by Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, 6/20-28
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London's largest and longest established festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts. From 20 - 28 June the Festival will present the very best of UK and international outdoor arts in locations stretching from Royal Greenwich to Mile End Park via Woolwich, Canary Wharf and, for the first time, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Full details are at www.festival.org
Inspired by the global connections and vision of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which underlie London's newest and most spectacular Park, the Festival will be presenting a midweek, evening programme of exciting outdoor theatre close to the ArcelorMittal Orbit at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London's newest visitor destination.
Featuring thought-provoking and compelling contemporary outdoor productions telling globally resonant stories, the programme includes new work created specifically for the Festival by Libya's National Theatre of Tripoli in collaboration with Periplum; a contemporary fable from Britain's leading African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi; and the UK premiere of a Chilean street theatre production exploring the tragedy of child soldiers, which combines heartfelt performances, live music, ingenious staging and fire effects.
Bradley Hemmings, Artistic Director of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, who was also co-Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, said "It's immensely exciting to be see the opening of such major new public spaces for outdoor theatre here at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and we're delighted to be presenting new work here by British and international outdoor theatre artists, reminding us of our strong local history of global connections here in East London".
Mon 23 - Thurs 26 June, 20.30
The Legend of Hamba by Tiata Fahodzi
In 1914 young Hamba sets off to war. He wins and loses empires, becomes a king, a beggar, an oligarch and a thief. But 100 years later he is no closer to home and his spirit lives on in a strange and powerful mask.
The Legend of Hamba is a modern mystery play created by Tiata Fahodzi, Britain's leading African theatre company. This name, meaning 'let's go' in Ndebele, one of the three major languages of Zimbabwe, sets the whirlwind pace for this timeless fable of winning, losing and surviving told in a unique physical style by extraordinary looking characters from another world.
"Architecture, technology and lyricism never trump the truth: a good story, told with invention doesn't need a huge budget to work. Now is our time to be honest and courageous and hope you are transfixed!" Lucian Msamati, Artistic Director Tiata Fahodzi.
Mon 23 - Fri 27 June, 21.30
Kadogo, Child Soldier by La Patriótico Interesante
Chilean company La Patriótico Interesante presents the UK premiere of this gripping, poignant and visually stunning story highlighting the plight of child soldiers. Gritty, urgent and ultimately touching, Kadogo, Child Soldier looks at the themes of loss, childhood and innocence in a world where children are drawn into the realms of narco-trafficking and guerrilla warfare.
Performed in circus style, La Patriótico Interesante's heartfelt performance combines Iive music, fire effects and hugely inventive staging to devastating effect. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Wed 25 - Thurs 26 June, 19.30
Libyan Street Theatre by The National Theatre of Tripoli and Periplum
Last year, thanks to support from the British Council, GDIF Associate Director Nathan Curry, worked with performers from the National Theatre of Tripoli to create the first ever piece of Libyan Street Theatre, which was performed in a public park and was hugely appreciated by enthusiastic crowds. In a first for UK/Libyan street theatre collaboration, GDIF welcomes six Libyan actors and musicians to create a new piece of street theatre following a residency at the Festival and work with UK outdoor theatre company Periplum.
"It was a humbling experience to see the hunger and desire for storytelling and a community experience in Libya. It worked really well and we were all thrilled with the response." Nathan Curry, GDIF Associate Director
Global Streets at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is supported by London Legacy Development Corporation, The Legacy List, British Council, Without Walls and the European Commission.
Full details of GDIF2014 are at www.festival.org

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Sixth new campus building to complete Arts Complex
With fund raising in full swing, preliminary phases of construction for the Louis Palmer Art Gallery are underway with an anticipated grand opening this summer. The Palmer Gallery, a teaching and lecture art gallery, honors the memory of Louis O. Palmer, prominent professor of art and music at Muskingum from 1956 until 1981.
Our new Studio Arts Complex is designed to heighten the artistic experience for students, alumni, visitors, and friends of the University. Located on the east lawn, the Studio Arts Complex complements Muskingum's new music facility and includes Paul Hall, the John and Ruth Neptune Center and the new Louis O. Palmer Gallery. Together, these facilities transform the east lawn into a functional, inspirational setting for creative and artistic learning.
Slated for completion this summer, the 2,400-square-foot gallery will showcase the work of students, faculty, alumni and guest artists. Because it will be equipped with special lighting, technology, furnishings and window treatments to darken the space, the Gallery will also be an ideal venue for speakers and lecture series on the arts.
With the completion of the Louis 0. Palmer Art Gallery, the Studio Arts Complex on the East Campus will become Muskingum's new "front door," creating a welcoming entrance for friends and guests who arrive on campus via College Drive. The Gallery will be located at the heart of the East Campus Studio Arts Complex and will be connected, via pathways, to Muskingum's historic academic quadrangle between Montgomery Hall and John Glenn Gymnasium.
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A NIGHT of live music will be held in Northwich on Saturday to raise money for a much-loved charity.
The second annual St Lukefest will take place at Winnington Park Recreation Club, in Park Road, starring five mid Cheshire bands that promise a lively evening.
The first event in May 2013 raised more than £1,700 for St Luke's in memory of organiser Colin Tolley's father-in-law Bill Lorimer.
Colin, from Lostock, said: "Everyone knows someone that's been in St Luke's.
"It's an amazing place that does amazing work and anyone that's had any connection with it has nothing but positives to say about it.
"We approached a few local bands and had an absolutely amazing night."
Bands playing on Saturday include the Jam Town Rockers, House of Cain, The John Colins Band, Salt Rox and a last minute addition of The Penguin Incident.
Colin said: "Jam Town Rockers are a proper rock band and do rock the way it should be played, loud and proud.
"House of Cain are bluesy rock and do all their own stuff.
"Ourselves, the John Colins Band, are just out for a good time and getting everyone dancing.
"Salt Rox are a new band and are gathering quite a lot of momentum."
Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the door.
Colin said: "Where else can you get five bands for a fiver – its £1 a band – and we're all good listening bands.
"People that come will have a great time."
Doors open at 7pm.
Tickets are available from Macks Music, at Northwich Indoor Market, by ringing Colin on 07943 811840 or Naomi on 07983 543861 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Another University of North Carolina student has been murdered, four years after the murder of Eve Carson, Faith Hedgepeth's body was found in her apartment Friday. Friends said Faith Hedgepeth was a biology major on a full scholarship, who wanted to be a doctor, CBS affiliate WTVR reports.
Police said her death is an 'obvious homicide' and are speaking with those who last saw her. Law enforcement doesn't believe this was a random act. Faith Hedgepeth was a member of North Carolina's Haliwa-Saponi Native American tribe and the UNC American Indian Center, where she was a volunteer, CNN reports.


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mean, you mentioned in other thread that realisation is very rare and we have seen so many great teachers passed away last years and all the great teachears we have left are getting old. so who is going to carry the transmission? or who will have the ability to spread the transmission?
can even DC survive without someone giving the transmissions? do you think Jim Valby will do?
It will all become clear in time.
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Large fans will pull gases off manure pits and exhaust outside so the pigs will have fresh air. Concern from audience was expressed about the harmful gases that could impact human health in areas surrounding the farm.
2 million gallons of manure will be spread twice per year, and he can haul and apply the manure anywhere he wants in the area with owner permission. He further stated that any farmer can buy the manure and apply anywhere they want even if not associated with CAFO.
Manure will be hauled by tractor to fields close to hog barns, and a semi will be used for everything over 1.5 miles. He estimated it will take 100 semi loads for each manure application.
They do not test the manure for pharmaceuticals prior to land application.
He was asked what happens to the nitrogen, phosphorus, etc. in the manure when it is applied in the fall after the harvest. His answer was they could plant cover crops to absorb nutrients and then disc them into the ground in the spring.
His operation or the semi haulers will not be bonded.
The dead hog compost facility will be covered so rain can't get in. When asked if buzzards, coyotes, etc., can get in, he stated it will always be open in the front.
Wet sawdust will cover the decaying hogs, there will be very little odor, even bones will break down, and decomposed matter will be spread on area fields.
Questions from the audience centered around potential harm to the environment, human health and recreational uses of our lakes. It was stated millions were spent to create the Steuben Lakes Regional Waste District so we can maintain and protect lake and drinking water quality from septic runoff. Area residents on the SLRWD sewer system are paying $80 a month to protect water quality and are not happy that a proposed CAFO may be allowed to apply 2 million gallons of untreated manure directly to fields around our pristine lakes and wetlands.
We don't question Werner's farming ability or good intentions, just the things he can't control, like the weather, seepage into the ground water and air quality.
After Werner's presentation, board members voted, 16-1 to approve a $5,000 pledge to Steuben Lakes Environmental Consortium, LLC to help fight the CAFO.
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We basically need to send TJ Ford and his salary somewhere
and get something backwe could use.
However I couldn't find more than 3 teams that would consider Ford,
Maybe the Lakers for expiring contracts.
How about a trade with the Bobcats? Maybe we have to add a second round
pick or give more:-o
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Change in Team Outlook: +1.4 ppg, -1.1 rpg, and +1.4 apg.
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Boris Diaw 6-8 PF from France (Foreign)
10.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 apg in 34.1 minutes
D.J. Augustin 6-0 PG from Texas
5.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.1 apg in 17.7 minutes
Outgoing Players
T.J. Ford 5-11 PG from Texas
9.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.6 apg in 24.9 minutes
Solomon Jones 6-10 PF from South Florida
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The Fighting Irish (11-0) caught a huge break when Trojan senior quarterback Matt Barkley got injured last week against UCLA and won't play this week. Throughout this season, the Trojans have averaged over 467.5 yards and 36 points per game.
"It's what you thought," Kelly said. "It's the USC offense with great weapons, great balance, and it will be great challenge."
The obvious plan to slow an explosive offense down is to figure out some type of defensive scheme that can stymie the Trojans' plans. However, in actuality, the Irish running backs may be as responsible for that chore as the Notre Dame defense will be.
The best way to keep USC from scoring is to not let them take the field offensively and that can be done by the Irish running the ball successfully and eating up huge chunks of time.
USC has only allowed opponents to rush for 150 yards per game. However, Kelly's guys are accumulating over 200 yards on the ground each time out, so something has to give.
Kelly spoke this week of the importance of running through a defense that his coaching staff has taught this season, as opposed to trying to run away from a defense – in particular – one that has the speed of the Trojans.
"It is much more difficult to make a head on tackle," Kelly said. "It's easier to run with speed and make an angle tackle. When you're running north and south, we have run through so many tackles this year when we get north and south, and so that's been a point of emphasis."
Though he isn't his team's leading rusher this season (720 yards trails senior Theo Riddick's 734) as he was last year (1,102 yards), senior runner Cierre Wood has made strides in running with a purpose according to his coach.
"Route running (and) ball catching, those are two huge areas where he has elevated his game," Kelly said. "Practice, he practices with a purpose every day now. He is locked in. He's getting more north and south in his running. The inside outside zone scheme is set to run north and south. We don't want a lot of cutting."
With a victory, the Irish will receive an opportunity to play for their first national title since 1988, so a lot rides on this game. However, Kelly isn't trying to overanalyze anything.
"Stopping the run and running the football and taking care of it are really what we're built on," Kelly said.Notre Dame is traveling to do battle with hated-rival USC on Saturday at 8 p.m. (ABC). The Trojans have dominated this series over the past decade (nine victories). Here is some information to keep in mind:
* No fear
USC has played the top-ranked team in college football 18 times and won seven of those games, including four of five in Los Angeles Coliseum.
The Trojans have beaten Notre Dame as the No. 1-ranked squad twice in seven meetings overall, with both of those victories having come in California.
* Lots of 'pub'
Not only will this epic game air on national television in prime time, but the ESPN GameDay crew will be broadcasting from the Coliseum beginning Saturday morning. The Trojans are 6-2 when the show broadcasts a Trojan home game.
* No worries?
Three of the last four games that Notre Dame has played as the No. 1-ranked team in the country the Fighting Irish have lost, including each of the last two (vs. Penn State in 1990 and Boston College in 1993).
* Goodman to go
Bishop Dwenger High School graduate John Goodman will start his second game of this season (according to the depth chart released Tuesday). The fifth-year wide receiver also started the season-opening game against Navy.
* Pressure up front
Notre Dame is ranked 13th in the country in generating sacks (2.82 per game) and will be facing a redshirt freshman quarterback (Max Wittek), who is making his first career start in place of injured senior Matt Barkley.
Irish defensive end Stephon Tuitt ranks fourth nationally with 1.09 sacks per game (12 for the season).
* Coverage in back
USC features the wide receiving tandem of Marquise Lee and Robert Woods, who Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly termed the Trojan receiving corps as the "the best in the country."
Lee (107 receptions for 1,605 yards and 14 touchdowns) and Woods (66 receptions for 721 yards and 10 scores) will be covered by an Irish secondary that ranks 11th nationally in pass efficiency defense.
The Fighting Irish are allowing 195 yards passing per game, while USC generates 307 yards passing each time out.


text: Failure to finish irks WVU's Rigg By Dave Hickman September 3, 2012 Story Share MORGANTOWN - Doug Rigg should have finished the first game of his junior season fairly well satisfied, and to a certain extent he did.After all, West Virginia's 6-foot-1, 246-pound inside linebacker had a couple of tackles, two assists and was a part of a ridiculously easy opening-game win over Marshall.He even got his hands on the ball, intercepting a tipped Rakeem Cato pass and running 46 yards to the Marshall 3-yard line to set up WVU's 10th touchdown early in the fourth quarter. That one made the score a laughable 69-20.That the Herd scored two late touchdowns to make the final score 69-34 wasn't even that big a deal to Rigg and the Mountaineer defense. After all, isn't there a natural tendency to let up leading by seven touchdowns?"Yeah, I think so,'' Rigg said. "People started cramping up, too. It was really humid out there. It's not like we gave up, but I think we did take our foot off the gas a little bit."It won't happen again. It was a first-game thing - 'Hey, we're up big.' I think we just let up.''Then why, 30 minutes after the resounding romp, was Rigg sitting in a theater chair in the team's meeting room almost embarrassed by what had just happened?It was because that 46-yard interception return wasn't a 49-yard touchdown. The fact that Rigg fell short wasn't the issue. It was why he fell short."He did more than tackle me,'' Rigg said, embarrassed but still able to laugh about it. "He slammed me.''Now, had the "he'' been, oh, one of Marshall's four 300-pound offensive lineman, that would have been one thing. Had it been 240-pound tight end Gator Hoskins or 193-pound tailback Travon Van or even 200-pound receiver Aaron Dobson, fine.But it wasn't. The guy who slammed Rigg to the ground was Cato, giving up an inch and 60 pounds to Rigg. "It actually kind of hurt,'' Rigg said. "I didn't want to tell anybody that, but it hurt.''It's hard to hurt Rigg. Ask pretty much anyone involved with West Virginia's football team and they'll tell you Rigg is the prototype for what they all wish they looked like. The guy is strong and he's cut. His muscles have muscles.Yet there he was, letting Cato toss him around. "I'm not sure I want to see the film,'' Rigg said, the smile never leaving his face but the absurdity still there. "It had to look pretty bad getting slammed like that.''Of course, if that's the worst thing that happens to Rigg this season, well, he won't complain. After all, he's part of a defense that is basically learning on the job. There's a new scheme, new coaches, new goals and a whole bunch of new players.Take the group that lines up in front of Rigg and the rest of the linebackers, for instance. It took only two series before five different defensive linemen had played the three spots up front. J.B. Lageman and true freshman Christian Brown were subbing up front eight plays into the game. Another true freshman, Kyle Rose, was in there shortly afterward, followed by Korey Harris and Eric Kinsey.In all, 10 defensive linemen played, in part because of the heat and humidity, but in even greater part because the coaches are still trying to figure out who can play.That makes the job of linebackers like Rigg just a bit more complicated."You look up at the guys up front, in front of you, and you know that maybe some guys are going to get into the spot better than others just because they've been there before,'' Rigg said. "You need to know that if there's a young guy up there you might need to pay closer attention. But it's really not a huge drop off. We have a lot of talented people all through the two-deep.'' That's just one of the issues facing West Virginia's defense, of course, and they will all take some time to figure out. Perhaps those matters will be enough to distract everyone from dwelling on what happened to Rigg in the opener."I didn't have enough left in the tank,'' Rigg said. "I would have stepped on him if I'd had a little more left in the tank.''Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 2 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 3 New leaders begin to emerge for Marshall football 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Herd looking forward to Saturday's reunion with ex-mate Sullivan Previous Story Some kinks to iron out Next Story


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- What he did:
Henry's administration came forward in November with his first package of proposals for the Legacy money, totaling about $20 million, including a riverfront development study, downtown development fund, downtown higher education loan fund and improvements to city gateways. Although City Council wrangled over the philosophy behind the spending proposals, the panel ultimately endorsed all Henry's proposals with only a couple of minor changes.- What he said:
"The Harrison will help us fulfill some of our priority downtown goals – creating new opportunities to live, work and play in the heart of our city," Henry said of the long-delayed $18 million retail, office and apartment building, which had just begun construction at the time.
- What he did:
The first business, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union, moved into the Harrison in late January, and residents began moving into their apartments Thursday.- What he said:
"Our city finances are strong. The state of our city is strong," Henry said in his 2012 State of the City address. He touted his careful stewardship of the city's finances, including four straight years of flat budgets and $19 million in cash reserves.
- What he did:
Henry faced perhaps his toughest budget challenge yet last year as his administration crafted a spending plan for 2013. Faced with a $6 million deficit, Henry sought an extra $6 million in property taxes but was denied by City Council. In the end, Henry and council agreed to use interest money from the city's $75 million "Legacy" fund, along with about $3 million from the cash reserves, to fill the gap without raising taxes.
While Henry's administration granted a 2 percent raise to most city workers, it only budgeted enough money for about $2 million in street work – a fraction of the city's needs – and Fort Wayne Police went a second straight year without hiring new officers. The city's cash reserves decreased to about $12 million, as the city spend unbudgeted money on cleanup from a summer windstorm and a new city-county 911 radio system.
In response to the tightening fiscal situation, Henry formed a fiscal policy study group to look at ways to fill the annual budget shortfall. The group is expected to weigh a variety of options, such as budget cuts and higher local income taxes.- What he said:
"The welcome mat is out! We are streamlining out permitting process and creating a one-stop shop for economic growth." Henry pledged results from a $1.4 million city-county project intended to make it easier for businesses to get land-use permits. The plan is supposed to streamline the permitting process by aligning city and Allen County policies, ordinances and procedures.
- What he did:
Two of three key elements of the plan have been implemented: An online portal where businesses can apply and keep track of their permits, and a permitting "ombudsman" meant to serve as the main contact for businesses as they go through the process. The third major element, a reboot of city-county zoning ordinances, is ongoing, but the city and county revealed and started gathering input on some of the proposed changes last month.- What he said:
"This final stage of co-location will bring the sheriff's department, city police, fire, 911 communication and emergency management together in one location," Henry said, referring to the new joint city-county public safety headquarters in the former City-County Building, now known as the Ed Rousseau Centre.
- What he did:
Fort Wayne Police moved in March to the Rousseau Centre, which they share with the Allen County Sheriff's Department and other public safety agencies. However, city and county officials spent much of the year trying to find a new space for the joint 911 dispatch center, which is expected to outgrow its current location in the Rousseau Centre basement. In late 2012, local officials decided to move the dispatch center – but not very far. The call center is expected to move to the Rousseau Centre's sixth floor, which will provide about 13,000 square feet.- What he said:
"I'm issuing a challenge to the citizens of Fort Wayne. Let's increase our recycling participation rate from 70 to 80 percent," Henry said in his 2012 address.
- What he did:
What he did: City officials launched a campaign to increase participation in the one-cart recycling program by reaching out to residents and even paying a local advertising agency to run an ad campaign.
According to Henry's office, participation in the program has increased to 78 percent, just off his goal of 80 percent. It's a 45 percentage-point increase from the 33 percent participation rate before the city went to the one-cart system in early 2011. Fort Wayne's recycling program has won multiple statewide and national honors.- What he said:
"A Fort Wayne that is built for success is a city filled with great neighborhoods that offer its residents great places to call home and enjoy life."
- What he did:
The city Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services worked with private organizations on several tax-subsidized housing developments in south- and southeast Fort Wayne.
All 66 units of a rent-to-own development in the Renaissance Pointe neighborhood have been completed and leased. Private developers also are working with the city to revamp the run-down Eden Green apartment complex and to convert the vacant Coca-Cola bottling plant on Pontiac Street into an apartment complex. The city is also supporting a part of nonprofits that hopes to build housing at the site of the old Duemling Clinic for youths aging out of foster care.- What he said:
"As our downtown activity grows, we must keep traffic flowing smoothly and make our sidewalks as pedestrian friendly as possible," Henry said in his 2012 address, adding that city officials were considering plans to narrow Jefferson and Washington boulevards. He also announced plans to convert Ewing Street and Fairfield Avenue to two-way traffic and add a roundabout at the intersection of Ewing, Fairfield and Wells and Superior streets.
- What he did:
The narrowing of Jefferson between Ewing and Harrison streets is expected to be completed Feb. 15, but a timeline and funding have not been established for the narrowing of Washington. The Ewing-Fairfield project will likely be funded with Legacy money and is set to start this year, with completion scheduled for 2014.Over the past year, Henry also took up issues that he did not mention in his 2012 State of the City address.
- Transfer of Public Safety Academy:
In August, Henry and officials with Ivy Tech-Northeast announced that Ivy Tech would be taking over day-to-day operations of the southeast-side Public Safety Academy, saving the city more than half a million dollars in annual costs.
Built in 2007 for $27 million, the safety academy had been envisioned as a self-sustaining complex but became a money pit for the city when private support did not materialize. Under the new agreement with Ivy Tech, the college is leasing the entire complex and will have a purchase option after the expiration in 2021 of the original bond that funded the construction.
- Proposed takeover of Aqua Indiana's southwest-side water system
In November, Henry announced that the city would move toward a takeover of Aqua Indiana's southwest-side water utility, which serves about 12,000 customers primarily in Aboite Township. Aqua has faced frequent complaints from its southwest-side customers because of high prices and a perceived lack of water quality and pressure.
For weeks, Aqua and the city have been locked in negotiations over an acquisition of the system. If those negotiations fail, City Council would have the option of condemning the system, which would allow the city to get an appraisal and make an offer. If Aqua were to reject that offer, the matter would go to the courts, which would set a value for the system, likely triggering a legal battle that could drag on for years.


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I'd have to go with Edgerrin James, man it was great to have a consistent running back like him. Edge was also trying to go north and south on every run which is really something you don't see as much as you should anymore.
And while Edge was great as he was, it is amazing to think what he could have been. Remember, he led the league in rushing his first two seasons and was on his way to doing it again before blowing out his knee in Kansas City. He was never really the same after that knee injury, and had he been able to have been healthier in his younger years he could be in the conversation for one of the better backs of all time other than just being "really good."


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12 U.S. Code § 1148a–1 to 1148a–3 - Repealed.
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Section 1148a–1, acts Apr. 6, 1949, ch. 49, § 1,63 Stat. 43; Aug. 5, 1950, ch. 592, § 1(a),64 Stat. 414, provided for transfer of functions of Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, Washington, D.C., to Secretary of Agriculture to make disaster loans, abolished such corporation, provided for transfer of assets, funds, rights, liabilities, use of revolving, transfer of personnel and delegation of authority by Secretary of Agriculture.
Section 1148a–2, acts Apr. 6, 1949, ch. 49, § 2,63 Stat. 44; July 14, 1953, ch. 192, § 1,67 Stat. 149; July 7, 1955, ch. 278, §§ 1, 2,69 Stat. 263; July 15, 1955, ch. 373, 69 Stat. 366; July 11, 1958, Pub. L. 85–516, 72 Stat. 357; July 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–106, 75 Stat. 220, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to farmers and stockmen, prescribed the rates of interest and terms and conditions of the loans, provided for economic disaster loans and rates of interest and terms thereof, special livestock loans, the effective period of such loans, security, rate of interest, terms and conditions of such loans and local loan committees, emergency assistance in furnishing feed and seed, utilization of Agriculture Department agencies, utilization of revolving fund and transfer of funds into the revolving fund.
Section 1148a–3, act Apr. 6, 1949, ch. 49, § 3(a),63 Stat. 44, provided that no suit or other judicial proceeding instituted by or against the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation shall abate by reason of sections 1148a–1 and 1148a–2 of this title and permitted substitution of the Secretary as a party in place of the Corporation within six months after Apr. 16, 1949.
Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective one hundred and twenty days after Aug. 8, 1961, or such earlier date as the provisions of chapter 50 of Title 7, Agriculture, are made effective by regulations of Secretary of Agriculture, except that repeal of section 1148a–2 (c) of this title shall not be effective prior to Jan. 1, 1962, see section 341(a) ofPub. L. 87–128, set out as a note under section 1921 of Title 7.
Repeal effective Oct. 15, 1961, by former section 300.1 of Title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, see Effective Date note set out under section 1921 of Title 7.
Credit Emergency Loans: Termination Date
Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1145, 68 Stat. 999, as amended by acts June 30, 1955, ch. 249, 69 Stat. 223; July 7, 1955, ch. 278, § 3,69 Stat. 263; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 829, § 4,70 Stat. 804, which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency loans for any agricultural purpose until June 30, 1957, described persons eligible for such loans and provided for utilization of a revolving fund of the Farm Credit Administration for loans and administrative expenses and additions to such fund from liquidation of loans, was repealed effective one hundred and twenty days after Aug. 8, 1961, or such earlier date as the provisions of chapter 50 of Title 7, Agriculture, are made effective by regulations of Secretary of Agriculture by provisions of section 341(a) ofPub. L. 87–128, set out as a note under section 1921 of Title 7. See section 1961 et seq. of Title 7.
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My rule marked the beginning of a period filled with ruthlessness and brutality.
A mausoleum of immortality seemed the only answer to my questions of a divine life.
People will find me on a farm,
but a farm it is no longer.
Men, horses and weapons guarded me, but alas, although my silent warriors resembled the days of pomp and vigour, they were crushed to pieces by my enemy.
Who am I?
AnswerI am the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, or more simply, the Emperor Qin, the first Emperor of China.
Upon ascending the throne at the age of 13 (in 246 BC), Qin Shi Huang had work begun on his mausoleum. It took 11 years to finish. He had the Terracotta Warriors fashioned to guard his sacred tomb. It is speculated that many buried treasures and sacrificial objects had accompanied the emperor in his afterlife. The tomb of the Terracotta Warriors was later completely destroyed by raiding Mongol hordes.
The site of his burial chamber was originally a farm, and was discovered by accident by three farmers digging a well on their property.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi province, China.
Archaeologists are continuing attempting to piece together the smashed statues. (Qin also had the most substantial work done to the Great Wall of China).
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In November 2018, Holland America will unveil its second Pinnacle-class ship, Nieuw Statendam. The ship will be nearly identical to Koningsdam, although it is expected to introduce a number of new features (including a specialty restaurant that has yet to be revealed).
Fifteen ships comprise Holland America's fleet, which is divided into seven classes. Classes vary by ship size and what's offered onboard (ships within each class typically share a similar design, layout and features).
Koningsdam, the first in the newest Pinnacle class of ships, is the largest and most innovative in the fleet with a passenger capacity of 2,650. It includes a handful of firsts for the line, including a two-tiered Lido Pool with an outdoor movie screen, a main theater with an 270-degree LED screen and new restaurants (for example: Sel de Mer, which serves up seafood and French fare in a traditional brasserie setting).
Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam, which make up the line's Signature Class, are the second-largest in the fleet -- and the newest before Koningsdam. Both roughly 2,100-passenger ships lean more toward the trendy side of traditional, with features like Tamarind, the line's specialty Asian restaurant, and basketball courts instead of tennis courts.
The line's Vista Class includes four ships: Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam. All cater to slightly more than 1,900 passengers. These ships introduced to the fleet more cabins with ocean views, expanded public areas and contemporary touches like glass-walled elevators.
The Rotterdam Class, which was spearheaded by 61,849-ton Rotterdam in 1997, was designed to show off traditional Holland America at its best. Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Volendam and Zaandam are perhaps the most opulent ships in the fleet, with gleaming dark woods, ornate dining facilities, grand atriums and original artwork throughout.
Maasdam, Ryndam, Statendam and Veendam make up the Statendam Class, the smallest of Holland America's mid-sized ships. Launched between 1993 and 1996, these four vessels epitomize the line's vintage charm as the oldest in the fleet. The ships were ordered not long after Carnival Corporation bought Holland America. Since Carnival didn't want the Holland America ships to compete as heavily with its own Carnival Cruise Lines, the Statendam ships were kept to a more modest size, ranging from 1,258 to 1,350 passengers. It's a nice configuration that feels more spacious than other mid-sized ships.
Unique in its own way is Holland America's Prinsendam, the only ship in the line's Elegant Explorer Class. Holland America purchased the 835-passenger ship in 2002. Originally built in 1988, the updated Prinsendam still has its Old World charm, with dark woods and brass accents throughout. But it also has plenty of modern amenities, including a nicely equipped Internet cafe with wireless access and a small but lovely Pinnacle Grill restaurant.
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If you had to pick one word to describe Holland America Line, that word would be "venerable." The brand is arguably the most historic and tradition-laden on the seas. Its first ship, Rotterdam, set sail on a voyage between Holland and New York in 1873, and, today, Holland America ships sail all around the globe.
The line was originally named the Netherlands-America Steamship Company, but it soon became known as the Holland America Line because it carried great numbers of immigrants from Holland to America. The company concentrated on the transatlantic passenger trade, as well as on commercial freight shipping until the 1970s. Its first purpose-built passenger ship was constructed in 1973, and, since then, the line has excelled in cruise vacation travel.
In 1978, Holland America moved its headquarters from Rotterdam to Stamford, Connecticut. The company's headquarters then moved to Seattle, Washington, in 1983, in order to consolidate operations with Westours, an Alaska tour company in which Holland America purchased a controlling interest. In 1988, Holland America purchased Windstar Cruises, operator of four- and five-masted, computer-guided sailing ships. It ultimately sold Windstar to a smaller ship operator.
One year later, Carnival Corporation acquired Holland America Line, which remains headquartered in Seattle.
Holland America is now a U.S.-based cruise line, but it continues to maintain strong ties with its Netherlands heritage. Ships in its fleet -- since the 1890s and continuing today -- bear the suffix "dam." Most of the names are inspired by actual dams that traverse the rivers of the Netherlands. Others, such as those within the Vista Class, represent points of the compass. (Oosterdam is east, Westerdam is west, Noordam is north, and Zuiderdam is south.) Many of the names are in their fourth, fifth or sixth incarnations. Eurodam was christened in Rotterdam in 2008 by none other than the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix. Nieuw Amsterdam, HAL's newest offering, was christened in 2010 by the Netherlands' Princess Maxima, marking the 11th time a member of the Dutch Royal Family served as a HAL godmother.
Holland America's ships afford a traditional cruising experience with modern touches that don't feel overbearing. The refined fleet holds onto numerous traditions, such as afternoon tea and extensive art collections, but keeps the onboard ambience fresh with innovative dining and entertainment options. All of the ships bear a similar look and feel with vintage-style navy blue hulls, understated decor with pops of color and artsy fixtures, classy dining venues, bold theaters and simplified pool areas (no waterslides or party stages).
The line offers a wide array of daily activities, which include enrichment programs like cooking classes, wine tastings, mixology classes, art events, themed trivia games, fitness classes, Digital Workshop seminars, movies and other special interest events during the day. Nightlife is fairly understated with predinner cocktails generally being the liveliest time. However, numerous entertainment options run the gamut from production shows and live band performances to dancing, piano bar sing-alongs and occasional late nights in the nightclub.
Holland America has introduced some innovative options, including new partnerships with Afar, BBC Earth and UTrip. Afar destination guides will provide exclusive digital content (on the line's website) for up to 400 ports, as well as "authentic recommendations" for top attractions, new destination content for shore excursions and more. BBC Earth offers a plethora of onboard enrichment, including live musical concerts, photography classes, an interactive BBC quiz show and exclusive programs for kids. Details of the UTrip partnership are still being rolled out, but the new linkup will eventually allow passengers to build and customize "the perfect trip."
The B.B. King's Blues Club experience, which debuted on Eurodam in March 2013 and has since been added to a handful of ships, is a HAL favorite. In each ship's Queen's Lounge, passengers can enjoy music and entertainment straight from Beale Street in Memphis. HAL also has recently teamed up with Billboard Onboard to add a new musical experience under the same time. Found on Eurodam, Koningsdam and Oosterdam, it consists of a sing-along piano/guitar spot focusing on hits from a number of eras and genres like pop, rock and country.
Holland America has always paid attention to the culinary arts in its dining and enrichment offerings. It offers both traditional set-time, same-tablemates dining, as well as "As You Wish" dining, which allows passengers more flexibility in choosing when and with whom they eat. The line was a pioneer in introducing the alternative restaurant concept, with the introduction of Odyssey Restaurant (now Pinnacle Grill) onboard Rotterdam. This signature fine dining venue has consistently offered excellent dishes inspired by the Pacific Northwest; it also hosts "An Evening at Le Cirque" once per cruise, on sailings longer than a week. The pop-up experience consists of a tailored menu of French Continental cuisine, wine selections and decor from the land-based venue of the same name.
By summer 2017, a Sel de Mer pop-up experience will be available in Pinnacle Grill restaurants on all Vista-class (Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam) and Signature-class (Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam) ships.
As the alternative dining trend continues, Holland America has added venues to several ships, including Canaletto (a family-style Italian option) and Tamarind (Asian-fusion). For passengers wishing to do the cooking and not just the eating, Holland America, a leader in onboard culinary enrichment programs, offers Culinary Arts Center show kitchens for demos and hands-on classes. On Koningsdam, the Center also will serve as a farm-to-table dinner venue, available to book for an additional fee.
Another signature space is the line's Explorations Cafe, which debuted on the line's Vista-class ships and has since been expanded to other vessels in the fleet. It's akin to an onboard coffee house with a coffee bar selling for-fee beverages, computer stations with Internet, a fantastic library, card and game tables, and comfortable reading chairs that face out to the sea.
All cabins offer Mariner's Dream bedding and Euro-top mattresses, Elemis Aromapure bath products, complimentary fresh fruit, no-fee 24-hour room service, bathrobes, nightly turndown service and more. While cabin categories remain fairly standard, the line has introduced spa cabins and lanai cabins (with back doors that open directly onto the wraparound promenade outer deck) on select ships.


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Paul presented the perspective of the environmental, health and safety situations and problems that construction workers faced in dealing w/ the clean-up and rebuilding of the infrastructure in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
As an instructor working for the Construction Safety Council (CSC) and working under a Susan Harwood Training Grant from OSHA, Paul has traveled throughout the Gulf Coast Region conducting safety and health training. The focus of the training is to increase the number of competent and trained individuals who can work under the unique circumstances of post disaster events. Since the tragic events of 9/11, the construction worker has been recognized as a person who brings a valuable skill in support of disaster and emergency response teams.
Most training in the Gulf consisted of job-site visits, such as âTool-Box Talksâ, and formal competent person training, i.e. fall protection, work zone, excavation safety, etc. However, the CSC was also instrumental in organizing area wide safety and health conferences. Since the rebuilding started in early 2006, CSC has trained a total of 2,949 eligible workers.
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The humiliating and dastardly beating-up of MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma by party youths or infiltrators, as the party says, and we hear many others including the party's secretary-general Tendai Biti and youth leader Promise Mkwananzi may have sealed the fate of the MDC-T as an alternative governing party.
The MDC-T, as I wrote a few weeks, has run its full circle as a political party, and now appears bereft of ideas and turning on each other is the last act in that process. The MDC-T has equally run full circle in fully assuming its new identity as MDC-Morgan Tsvangirai, this either by design or fate of party leader Tsvangirai.
The events of the past weekend follow a series of blunders by the party leadership, from failure to take advantage of their presence in the Government of National Unity (GNU), failed electoral strategy and now a failed leadership in taking the party forward.
Since its electoral defeat on July 31, the MDC-T has failed to craft a coherent response and mobilisation strategy that would focus on its role as the main opposition party. Equally a strategy that would, above all, be shared by the citizens of Zimbabwe, as an alternative to the now dominant Zanu PF thinking.
The failure of leadership is more evident by the flip-flopping positions on the rebellious councillors as well as the well-documented discord within the party over its divisions in Manicaland where leaders do not even greet each other and appear more violent to each other than their common opponents.
We have seen leadership failure especially by Tsvangirai in dealing with all these issues, more importantly the call for his resignation as party leader. The call is a legitimate democratic process that needed sober thinking and to be handled democratically and not violently.
Indeed, Tsvangirai is entitled to his ambition no matter how faltering that ambition may be, but the MDC-T has always fashioned itself as a people's project, yet it is increasingly being fashioned as Tsvangirai's project.
By merely opposing Zanu PF, the MDC-T accomplished a lot in exposing the demons in Zanu PF leading to regional and international interventions in bringing sanity to Zimbabwe. Outside this, the MDC-T, however, is now in sixes and sevens on the way forward.
The party has failed to coherently deal with the electoral defeat critically whether there is need for leadership renewal or not. The party leadership has been talking at cross purpose, and parallel to each other. Many have read what the leaders think more on social media sites than clear-cut positions.
As a result, the party is relying on the media to keep itself alive through intermittent statements attacking Zanu PF blunders while eating itself from inside. On the substantive issues, the party has no policies and is even blundering even more as indicated by the party MPs' proposed salaries and other demands to the Speaker of Parliament.
The MDC-T is now damaged goods especially as a result of the party's failed era in the GNU, this being cemented by events of the past week. No sane Zimbabwean wants to be associated with violence. If citizens reject and abhor violence by and from Zanu PF, the same applies to the MDC-T and even more so.
The MDC-T may still have as many people who support it, but the numbers are certainly dwindling over leadership failure. In the past there used to be a vision of sorts, driven by the need for an open, accountable and transparent governance system that would address economic and social changes.
The MDC-T has, however, failed to grow and build on the political capital accruing from this vision-of-sorts, the sympathy and anger with Zanu PF.
Instead as we saw over the weekend, there is so much confusion in the MDC-T akin to the camp of an army that turns on itself instead of facing the opponent. It appears there was never a common strategy and ideology within the leadership on what it means to be MDC-T. If there was, then Tsvangirai would see it prudent to ponder over the calls to step down.
If he, as opposition leader, has failed to unseat Zanu PF over the past 14 years, then what makes him think that he can do so in the future? It is a given that the Zimbabwean political landscape is not level, but it is up to Tsvangirai as the political aspirant to get it right, but he has failed.
This has not happened as the Tsvangirai brand is severely compromised, even by his failure to manage his personal life. Can we then trust him with managing the affairs of this country? By the admission of as many in the party, there has been failure to manage even corruption within the party.
The MDC-T has, therefore, betrayed its supporters many of whom paid the ultimate price at the hands of Zanu PF thugs. The sense of betrayal is turning into anger against the party leadership which is not contrite, but instead unleashing violence on some of its own. The leadership is clueless in addressing or confronting Zanu PF on the myriad of challenges citizens face.
As things stand, I repeat what I wrote a few weeks ago that Zimbabwe has entered a second phase of Zanu PF dominance which will likely go on for some time. It is up to Zanu PF to either lose or maintain power as there appears to be nothing else outside, threatening its hold on power.
The MDC-T is now a walking grave by means of its own making. The images of a distraught Elton Mangoma wearing a torn shirt will linger long in the minds of the normal MDC-T supporter or sympathiser.
It appears the MDC-T leadership learnt much more from Zanu PF than the comforts of the being in government. They learnt the deployment of violence as a political weapon. If as the party says there is infiltration by Zanu PF and even if the youths who beat Mangoma were Zanu PF, the buck still stops at Tsvangirai's door to protect his party and leadership.
Whatever way to look at this and from whichever angle, it's all about leadership failure writ large. The MDC-T no longer stands as a political alternative.
Rashweat Mukundu is a Zimbabwean journalist. He can be reached on firstname.lastname@example.com


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It's been a few weeks since that kid from Connecticut famously goofed on "Jeopardy!"
It's been a few weeks since that kid from Connecticut famously goofed on "Jeopardy!" (barely) misspelling the word "emancipation" and losing his final "Jeopardy!" bet.
The story has "legs" as we say in the news business. Or maybe that's the red wine business. People are still buzzing about it.
The dilemma is whether or not the kid was mistreated by the judges.
After all, Thomas Hurley, grade 8, nailed "proclamation" so it was obvious what he meant. It's not like he scribbled "I Like Pig Butts I Cannot Lie" which I saw on a ball cap worn by the guy ahead of me at the grocery store. And, yes, I totally want that cap.
Thomas had a tiny meltdown after the show and said that he'd been "cheated" by the judge's decision.
This led to a huge chorus of outrage on both sides and his mama admitting that the whole episode left her son "stunned" and "embarrassed."
Facebook, the smiley place for outrage and dunderheaded comments, lit up.
The consensus seemed to be that Thomas might as well learn now that life would feature plenty of disappointing stuff when he got older that would make this whole misspelling kerfuffle look like a trip to Disney.
Yes, on Facebook, when things go right, it's all pretty pictures of last night's pot roast and potatoes. But when things go wrong, like an adolescent boy momentarily whining about his "Jeopardy!" appearance, things get ugly pretty fast.
I bet you're wondering what Dr. Laura would say about all this.
She's a radio advice-giver of some renown in sanctimonious circles.
Sometimes I like to listen to her when I want to feel like I'm not the worst person in the world.
A lot of Dr. Laura's callers preface their questions with a giddy admission that "I know what you're going to say!"
That's because she has a way of getting into your head like an earworm and all the Debrox drops in the world won't wash her out.
That's how I know that she'd tell young Thomas: "You accepted the rules of play and now you're complaining the rules aren't fair. Shut up. Now go do the right thing."
The earworm has spoken and I basically agree with it. Her. Thomas agreed to play by the spelling rule when he signed on for the show.
Being a kid didn't make him exempt or special in any way.
It's not like if you go to, say, a major league baseball game and you actually manage to catch a fly ball and, sure, it's really yours to keep but everybody around you is chanting "Give it to the kid!" because there's one sitting in your general area with his stupid glove looking all baleful and stuff. Not that anything like that has ever happened to me.
Besides, if Thomas wants to sue "Jeopardy!" and his parents don't agree, he can always file for emanciptation. Yeah, I couldn't resist that.
Celia Rivenbark is the author of the upcoming "Rude Bitches Make Me Tired," available Oct. 22. Visit www.CeliaRivenbark.com.


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The flooding in Thailand led to a 29% reduction in the number of hard drives shipped in Q4 2012. That significant reduction in shipments is expected to end and production will be completely recovered by Q3 of 2012. The company reports that hard drive shipments increased by 18% to 145 million units in Q1 2012 and in Q2 increase by 10% to 159 million units.
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"HDD manufacturers now have greater pricing power than they did in 2011, allowing them to keep ASPs steady," said Fang Zhang, analyst for storage systems at IHS. "With the two mega-mergers between Seagate/Samsung and Western Digital/Hitachi GST, the two top suppliers held 85 percent of HDD market share in the first quarter 2012. This was up from 62 percent in the third quarter of 2011, before the mergers. The concentration of market share has resulted in an oligarchy where the top players can control pricing and are able to keep ASPs at a relatively high level."
One reason pricing won't decline is that a number of original equipment manufacturers in the computer industry signed a long-term agreements with hard drive makers to guarantee drive shipments but locking in prices about 20% higher than were paid before the flooding.
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Updated with afternoon market action. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- In the aftermath of the election, one thing that investors can count on is that President Obama wants more of their money. Judging from the initial market reaction -- with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
down over 270 points to 12,973.37, the S&P 500 ( SPX.X) down nearly 29 points to 1,399.70 and the NASDAQ Composite down nearly 67 points to 2,945.42 in afternoon trading -- investors are less than thrilled with the result. Financial names have been hit even harder, with the KBW Bank Index ( I:BKX) dropping nearly 4% to 47.78 Wednesday afternoon. Now that the 2012 presidential election has been decided, the next major political event on the nation's agenda is resolving -- or not resolving -- the "fiscal cliff," which is a combination of tax increases and federal spending cuts mandated under the August 2010 deal between President Obama and Republican members of Congress, that allowed the federal debt ceiling to be raised. Without further action from our friends in Washington, tax cuts that were passed when George W. Bush was president and extended by President Obama as part of the debt-ceiling deal will expire, which, along with the mandated concurrent federal spending cuts, could send the U.S. economy back into recession, according to many economists. FBR financial policy analyst Edward Mills on Wednesday wrote that the "status quo" election -- with President Obama staying in office, the Democratic Party retaining control of the Senate and the Republicans retaining control over the House of Representatives - "dramatically increases" the risk of going off the fiscal cliff. "While it will take several days for the full narrative of the election to develop," Mills said, "we view the result as significantly increasing the volatility related to the negotiations" between the President and Congress, and that "with a slim margin for the President and Republican control of the House, both sides could argue that they have the upper hand in negotiations and will view the election as a validation of their positions." Credit Suisse global equity strategist Andrew Garthwaite took a much mellower tone when discussing the fiscal cliff on Wednesday, saying that the "Obama victory might make compromise over the fiscal cliff easier than a narrow Republican victory." Then again, Garthaite summed up the target on investors' back pretty nicely, saying that "Obama proposes to raise the top rate of tax from 15% to 39.6% on dividends (for those earning more than $200K a year) and from 15% to 20% on capital gains (both of these would be raised by a further 3.8% surcharge on investment income under Obamacare), and said that "if implemented in full, we estimate this would take roughly 5% off our fair value of the S&P 500 (a third of the US equity market is owned by individual investors who earn more than $200K a year)."
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Jenny Scheinman is a singer, violin player, composer, and arranger. She has been on
numerous Grammy-winning recordings and has been one of the top violinists in the
DownBeat Critics Poll for more than a decade. She grew up on a homestead in
Northern California in a family of folk musicians, studied at Oberlin Conservatory,
graduated with a degree in English literature from UC Berkeley, and has been performing
since she was a teenager. She spent her early 20s in the San Francisco Bay Area, moved to
Brooklyn in 1998, and is considered a leader in the Brooklyn arts renaissance.
Scheinman has spent much of the last four years on the road with Bruce Cockburn, Jimmie
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worked closely with Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Lou Reed, and Madeleine Peyroux. Her
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his longtime manager Lee Townsend. Since then, they have made 12 studio albums and more
than a dozen live recordings together.
In 2009, Scheinman released her fifth and most extravagant instrumental album to date,
Crossing the Field, which features colleagues Frisell, Jason Moran, Doug
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Brooklyn Rider. Since then, she has been exploring smaller instrumentations. In 2012, she
released Mischief & Mayhem with Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Jim Black,
and Todd Sickafoose. She has just recorded a trio album with Frisell and Brian
Blade, as well as a suite of solo fiddle/violin music.
Scheinman moved back to Northern California in 2012, where she now resides with her two
young children and her partner, artist Andrew Nofsinger. She believes that the arts are
integral to the conscience and evolution of our culture, and is working to bring music into
the lives of rural kids in her hometown.
Frisell's career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 35 years and over 250
recordings, including 40 albums of his own. He has collaborated with a wide range of
artists, filmmakers, and legendary musicians, but it is his work as a leader that has
garnered increasing attention and accolades. In 2006, Frisell was named a USA Rasmuson
Fellow grant recipient, offered by United States Artists. He is also a recipient of grants
from Meet the Composer and National Performance Network, and in 2012 was awarded a Doris
Duke Fellowship.
The multi-talented Blade is widely respected in the jazz world as a drummer, composer, and
leader of The Fellowship Band, with whom he has released three albums. He is also known for
his work with Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Wayne Shorter, Bill Frisell, and
Emmylou Harris. Blade is always searching for the balance that gives a song a personal
story with an outward-reaching resonance. In 2009, he released his first recording as a
singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Mama Rosa.
Scheinman's trio with Frisell and Blade was born in New York City's venerable Village
Vanguard in December 2011. She had always wanted to perform with Brian Blade, and a
weeklong-run in the intimate space of the Vanguard presented the perfect opportunity. "By
the end of that week, I felt like we really knew each other, and the trio had developed a
way of playing that was it's own-spontaneous, impulsive, emotional, but really clear,"
Scheinman says. The shows were instrumental, but they included several covers that
Scheinman included on her debut vocal album, a Lucinda Williams tune, and "Love" by John
Lennon. "One of the exciting things about this trio is the breadth of repertoire," she
continues. "We can shift from a bebop instrumental to a country love song and no one gets
hurt." A year later, Scheinman brought the trio together at Tucker Martine's studio in
Portland. "I had a set of songs with words that I was dying to record, and I wanted to do
something new with the trio," she says. The result was 10 songs-seven with words and three
When Jenny Scheinman performs at Zankel Hall on March 23, the
violinist and vocalist will be both on familiar ground and stepping
into relatively unknown territory. One of her collaborators,
renowned guitarist Bill Frisell, has been a regular musical partner
for more than a decade—the two have shared many stages together and
contributed often to one another's recordings. But drummer Brian
Blade—although one of the most in-demand and prolific in jazz—had
worked with Frisell but never with Scheinman until a year ago, when
this particular trio made its debut at a downtown club. Since then,
the three have recorded an album together and performed a handful
of further dates, but Scheinman is still feeling out exactly what
they are capable of as a unit—and marveling at what she's
"I love the way they play together," she says about Blade and
Frisell. "Whenever there's fewer players, there's more
vulnerability, more exposure, more intimacy, more flexibility. I
like the possibilities. Brian lights Bill on fire, and Bill's sound
hugs the violin. You can hear everything."
Scheinman has never been afraid to step into new and often
disparate worlds. Her music bridges the free-spiritedness of jazz
with the back-porch homey casualness of folk and country, a
seemingly odd hybrid that makes perfect sense when her back story
is revealed: Scheinman grew up in rural Northern California in a
family where music was plentiful, but "there wasn't much else to
do." She left at age 16 and ultimately came of age professionally
amidst New York City's bustling, competitive jazz scene. Now she's
recognized for both her virtuoso violin work and as a song stylist,
having supplemented her instrumental music with songs drawn from
the folk idiom to which she was exposed during her childhood.
"Those American country-folk type songs are where I come from,"
says Scheinman, who is now residing back in California with her own
family, "and with Brian and Bill the differences between the two
sides of my music are bridged. That was a real revelation to me in
the studio, to be able to go between instrumental music and these
songs that I thought of as country songs. But the fun was that we
approached them the same way."
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Damn it Luck missed Wayne.
RG3 got knocked out of the game
Not a catch.
God that was worse than the hit Luck took earlier.
On the sides lines, somebody is paying some money.
If this holds up as an interception, I think Hilton is as much to blame as Luck. I think Hilton may have stopped his route while Luck thought T.Y. would continue on the slant.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
RGIII was absolutely crushed on that hit. Luck has never gotten blasted like that. And now he's out of the game and Kirk Cousins is throwing for the Skins. Wow.
50 yarder for Vinny. Sweet. Keeping it close. Get that D to step up again and we got a ball game.
Kid better learn to run outta bounds
I thought he was sliding feet first and got nailed on the floor.
Edit: Got to see the replay yeah that's just a freak accident I guess.
This is a one possession game. I don't know whether to have hope or not.
That was a bad penalty by Bethea.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
The D is looking better today, I didn't expect that this year.
He (RGIII) wasn't sliding yet. He was still off the turf when those guys sandwiched him. I'm sure that will be the excuse though is that it was an illegal hit.
Conner takes out Mike McCarthy. Freeney being back's made a giant difference.
Kirk Cousins comes in and throws a 77 yard TD pass already.
Play action I assume, Atlanta'd been crowding the line all day
I smell a QB controversy in Washington!
We can do it!!!!
That guy is a superstar! Doesn't float passes, has a rocket arm, and throws for TD's...hard to not think he's the real deal!
Matt Cassell hurt. Fans chanting BRADY QUINN. Stay classy Kansas City.
Brown is pretty quietly having a decent day carrying the ball. His blocking of course sucks as usual.
That's a weak call but I'll take it.
And man, there's a LOT of Packers fans there.
OMG what a catch


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Well, I had my first dose of gemzar and cisplatin yesterday. So far so good. Slept decently last night and had breakfast and lunch as normal today. I'm hoping the drugs do the trick and shrink the tumors enough so that they can do radiation, then resect my left lobe.
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In a press release issued Thursday, Fairfield police again stressed the ongoing efforts by investigators and their work with other law enforcement agencies as they seek justice for a 13-year-old Suisun City girl who was killed last week.
The investigation into her death, which was ruled a homicide, began Friday when Genelle Conway-Allen's unclothed body was discovered around 6:45 a.m. Friday in a parking lot at Fairfield's Allan Witt Park -- a day after being reported missing when she didn't returned to her foster home after school, police said.
According to Sgt. Matt Bloesch, investigators "are diligently following up on every lead" as they try "to identify, locate and arrest the person or persons responsible for this horrendous crime."
Police are now asking for the public's help to determine what happened from the time Conway-Allen was last seen in the area of Railroad Avenue in Suisun City on Thursday, Jan. 31, and when her body was found 3.5 miles away in Allan Witt Park in Fairfield the following morning, Bloesch said. Officials are urging anyone who may have seen Genelle during that time to contact the Fairfield Police Department at 428-7345.
"The investigation is progressing," Bloesch added. "Several law enforcement agencies are assisting in our efforts, including the FBI and the California Department of Justice."
Bloesch noted that it is not unusual for the outside agencies to assist in "high-profile crimes." Fairfield police have spoken to investigators from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department about similarities between Conway-Allen's murder and cases they have investigated.
However, Bloesch said, the involvement of the other agencies cannot be revealed for fear of compromising "the integrity of the investigation."
Police said the foster family Conway-Allen had been living with "is fully cooperating" with the authorities in the investigation, and on Wednesday released a statement thanking Fairfield authorities for their efforts in the case.
"This has been a devastating tragedy for our family and community," the statement read. "We need to thank everyone for the outpouring of support at the memorial site. We are very grateful for your love and support."
A candlelight vigil is being held at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Allan Witt Park, 1714 West Texas St., Fairfield, where Genelle's body was discovered. To show support, attendees are being asked to wear purple, Genelle's favorite color. Midsi Sanchez, a former kidnap victim and Klass Kids Foundation representative for missing and exploited children, will attend the vigil.
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