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The dawn of the post internet era? A group of bleeding-edge artists in Bushwick, Brooklyn, seem to think so.
As critic Allison Galgiani, writing in the Bushwick Daily, notes, "earlier this week the art world was aflutter with talk of the artspace.com's Andrew Goldstein's interview with self-proclaimed super collector Stefan Simchowitz, and the equally popular rebuttal by Jerry Saltz. In the interview, among other inflated statements of his own Pinky and the Brain plan to take over the art world, it was brought up that many of the artists that Simchowitz champions fall under the newly-minted term post-internet art. Aside from contemporary artists that fall under this category like Petra Cortright and Jordan Wolfson, Bushwick is notably on the map with net artists, such as the recent Internet of my Dreams show at Transfer Gallery, championing net and new media art. In a recent artnet.com article, NY art critic Paddy Johnson worries that what she deems 'our era's greatest art movement' has been almost entirely absent from the Whitney Biennials since 2002. This might be starting to change and the discourse has clearly shifted."
Interesting to see what happens here; I, for one, would welcome this shift.
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What is a fused fitness class format? It is taking a foundational class format, such as dance, step, cycling or kickboxing and fusing segments of different class or exercise program formats into that specific foundational class format. For example, you may combine a kickboxing class format, performing three "rounds" of intense kickboxing intervals with three weight training circuit interval segments, creating a fantastic fused class format (i.e. Kickboxing Circuit).
Why fuse formats? It is time efficient, when properly designed, provides natural cross training benefits and it is fun! There are, however, a few fundamentals that need to be present in order to create a smooth, safe and solid fused fitness class format. So this week, we will feature those fundamentals enabling you to implement this concept into your exercise program repertoire. As always, prior to beginning any exercise program, please consult your physician.
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-Fusing does not imply that you are weight training while you are cycling. Therefore, do not attempt to economize your time by performing one segment with another. Keep your segments separate and pure. Performing weight training with resistive tubing, dumbbells, or kettlebells, while you are cycling, stepping, dancing or kickboxing is counterproductive. Your cycling and weight training performance will suffer due to distraction from the central purpose. Overall successful outcomes are achieved with excellent program design and client performance.
-However, combining formats into interval segments works very well as long as the intervals are clear, concise, that equipment is easily accessible (i.e. not in the way during the foundational format of the class/workout), and that you understand completely what is expected during each interval.
-Additionally, if choosing a dance, kickboxing or step foundational class format, you will want to keep the choreography simple enough so that it may be learned in a short period of time, mastered and then performed effectively. If the movements are too complex, the intensity may decrease and the effectiveness of the class format will diminish.
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Alan...,
As an alternative to "think on these things", perhaps you could see it as "perceive as [instructed by the sutta]..."
The sutta advises that it is such ~ perceive experience in accordance with the Dhamma the sutta teaches.
i think this is a good point. i mentioned this somewhere before, the idea that one can watch the aggregates forever without knowing the dhamma with no progress, but once one knows the dhamma the mind puts it together without verbalization. whereas learning the dhamma and then pondering on it intellectually is not the same thing. like if you don't know about impermanence and just practice mindfulness you won't progress but if you know about it then you are subconsciously looking for it but not intellectualizing about it. or at least i think that's what you're saying.


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Nazdab will probably also win an ugly game 5 if Peja comes through again, and Shaq just sat out game 6, so it could come down to a game 7.
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Now I'm up 3-1,
Nazdab will probably also win an ugly game 5 if Peja comes through again, and Shaq just sat out game 6, so it could come down to a game 7.
Same here...
Come on Shaq 1 more game. Just one more. . . . Please.
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.
Then I saw I won game 4 but still really didn't have my hopes up.
Looks like I might have a chance in game 5 if a couple more things break my way.
Then it could get interesting. I don't wanna say I'm back in this thing yet but I am still breathing.
You definitely are.Originally Posted by Jose Slaughter
My big guns (Rashard, J-Rich, Elton) have been playing lousy all of a sudden. It's weird, and NOT appreciated!
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Also, unless Peja picks it up in the second half and gives you a 0.7 FPPM or so game, it won't matter since I'll win that ugly game 5.
I can't root against Peja, but lets hope for a Pacer win and a Hounds of Hell win at the same time!
18.5 FP in 31 minutes for Peja is NOT good enough for you to pull out game 5
ugly win for me but a win.


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This recipe for baked coconut donuts with chocolate glaze from Angela of Pattycakes 'n' Pancakes has us hankering for a strong cup of coffee and a lazy Sunday morning. Patytcakes 'n' Pancakes is a blog about raising a baby and eating healthy on a budget.
Coconut Donuts with Chocolate GlazeMakes 10 Donuts
- 1/2 cup of Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
- 1/2 cup of Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
- 6 Eggs
- 1/2 cup of melted Unsalted Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Glaze and Topping
- 1/2 cup of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- 2 Tbsp of Butter
- 2 Tbsp of Corn Syrup
- 1/4 cup of Bob's Red Mill Shredded Coconut (toasted)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Then with a mixer add in the wet ingredients until well blended. Take a well greased donut pan and fill each ring with about 2/3 of the batter. Bake for 20 minutes. They will be golden brown and you can test if they are done by inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean, the donuts are ready. Let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then take them out carefully and let them cool on a cooling rack.
Once the donuts are cooled to room temperature, you can start on the glaze. I toasted the coconut in a pan for 3-4 minutes at 350°F until the coconut turned brown.
Combine the chocolate, corn syrup, and butter in a bowl and microwave for about 30-45 seconds.
Make sure it doesn't scorch by stirring at 30 seconds. The more you stir, the more it all melts.
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There are untold ways that people show disapproval. Some may raise their voices, others roll their eyes, and yet others use sarcasm. From bouts of anger to withdrawal and pouting, this list is indeed long. How do we react when we are the object of someone's reproach? Do we become defensive? I would venture to say that we are most likely to feel self-protective when the person who is showing his or her disapprobation is someone we care about. Feelings of defensiveness are likely to result in a similar response, with our own show of displeasure. If this cycle is not reversed, accusation, counter-accusation and resentment intensify.
Marshall Rosenberg explains that we can overcome defensiveness when we stop hearing criticism (even if it was intended) and begin, instead, to listen for unmet needs. It is so liberating to see in other people's behavior and communication a set of unfulfilled needs rather than personal attacks. He calls this "receiving empathically."
Say a person shouts at you, uses sarcasm or manipulative tactics, or says things that you may experience as inconsiderate and hurtful. As long as you focus on your wounded feelings, the chances of a thoughtful response greatly diminish. Most likely, you end up saying something spiteful and insensitive back, and the defensive-aggressive cycle continues. Or, you may be left not knowing what to say and be accused of refusing to talk. Either way, it seems like a losing proposition.
Rosenberg suggests that instead of focusing on how we are receiving a message, we can concentrate on the person's implicitly suggested unmet needs (e.g., desire for acceptance, safety, order, appreciation, contribution, trust, etc.). We can thus break the cycle of defensiveness as we communicate back to others what we sense they are feeling (e.g., fear, hurt, worry) and needing. Rosenberg explains, "I think you'll find people to be less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you" (p. 95).
We may become overly sensitive when we permit ourselves to analyze how others are expressing themselves toward us. In essence, we are burdening ourselves with other people's imperfect communication patterns. If your intentions have ever been misunderstood-or if you have ever done the same when hearing others-you know that even in the best of circumstances effective communication is not easy. For me, the "aha moment" came when I realized that someone's ineffective-and at times dysfunctional-communication is more about him or her than about what I may have done or said. The concept may seem deceptively simple.
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Smyith wrote:if its been colored (i.e. supercolor) then its not the plastic but the coloring. its like tye-dye, it fells different from non-dyed plastic but it isnt. the reason why i dont like most dyed discs . but not all dyed discs are like that depends on the process that was used to dye it.
twmccoy wrote:Yeah, that DX wraith will probably outfly the other models. I think this because the DX orc outflies the pro and champion model.
BTW Josh, I picked up your CFR wraith out of the used bin at Wright Life when I was there last month. That disc is absolutely money. I don't see how you got rid of it.
Blake_T wrote:i thought the star valk's balance was downright awful and i feel that way about all the star discs... so rim heavy = increased gyroscopics.
presidio hills wrote:one thing i noticed with DX orcs is they get beat up quicker than other DX drivers... i think the flight plate is really thin and that's the cause. I'm concerned the DX wraiths will be the same way.
Blake_T wrote:increased gyroscopics = harder to turn over, but if it turns over it will increase the angle of turn. it also means it will have more natural low speed fade.
the dx orc is easily warpable and that is why it gets flippy fast.
the dx wraith plastic is much stiffer, guessing it will hold up similarly to the stiffer dx beasts.
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In my quest to find a place in the NYC area to buy Modular synth modules I came across MeMe Antenna. It seems they recently started carrying an interesting collection in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sometime next week I will head over there and check it out! They are located 218 Bedford Ave (Corner of N5 inside Mini Mall) Brooklyn, New York 11249.
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Another piece of software to help me build my audio time machine has been announced at Musikmesse 2011. Universal Audio and Lexicon are bringing the 224 to the UAD-1 platform. Wash the snare and spray your hair.
"The result of UA's acclaimed modeling expertise, the Lexicon 224 plug-in for UAD-2 precisely captures all eight reverb programs available in original 224 firmware version 4.4, including every tunable parameter, with unique fader-style controls — inviting easy experimentation and sonic exploration. In UA's exhaustive modeling tradition, the Lexicon 224 emulation also incorporates the original unit's input transformers and early AD/DA converters — nailing the entire signal path right down to the last detail." – sonicstate.com
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I have a few of those girls in my life now, and I love them! They (or their husbands) are connected to Justin, originally, back to high school and or middle school, so all of us can hang out together and have a great time due to that common history. Now, here's where the fun begins. All of our friends have one or more children! Too fun! We are child-free for now - but I love spending time with my friends kids. They always amaze me with something they say, or do.
One of those good friends is Amanda. She's expecting a baby girl in July... and has a three year old daughter, Adison. Amanda asked me to use my stellar sewing skills (right!) to make a few goodies for her that will be useful once baby girl comes. So here are those items:
A binkie (or binky? or paci? or nipple looking thing?) whatever you want to call it... BAG to attach to a diaper bag and hold a few pacifiers and keep them clean and handy. This is my 3rd go with a zipper, and it wasn't bad at all!
These are not just any ordinary cloth bags. They are specifically made to be used as a cold compress. Insert blue ice, frozen peas, or a Ziploc of ice cubes. Your bruise, sprain, strain, or boo boo will be feeling better in no time. Velcro at the top secures it shut.
Nothing extraordinary about this blanket... just that its SUPER soft minky on the backside and I want one in adult size for my bed. I loved this Amy Butler fabric and thought it wasn't too baby-ish for a baby girl. Yes, no, maybe?
So there we have it. Fun goodies for a good Friend - and I really had a great time creating them. I may have to make a few more binky bags and sell them on Etsy - they were just fun to make.


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Has the spark returned?
Hi Meredith,
I am a single woman in my early 30s and am involved in a "friends with benefits" situation. The gentleman is an ex-boyfriend from about a decade ago. We dated on and off for over 3 years but have stayed very close since we decided to finally call it quits. The break up was mutual.
We have supported each other through good times and bad over the years. We've been through deaths, other relationships, breakups, new jobs, and new apartments. We have a great connection that I never want to give up. We think alike and have the same dry wit. There is only one other person who can make me belly laugh like he does and that is my best friend from elementary school. We truly enjoy each other's company (in and outside the bedroom).
There are multiple reasons why we finally ended it but I will touch on just a few. We were young when we started dating, and we were both (admittedly) having a hard time committing and picturing ever settling down. He had a hard time believing that I didn't want to get married and have kids anytime soon. At one point he and his roommate started hanging out with a new group of friends, most of whom were women. Knowing he did not have many friends I encouraged it at first. Long story short, I started to get jealous. I have never been jealous in any other relationship prior or since and I hated how it made me feel. He started treating me differently and the spark was no longer there. I had to call it quits.
Over the years we have dated other people and keep a respectable distance during those times but always stayed in contact. The minute we are single, the "friends with benefits" arrangement kicks in. Over the past year we have really enjoyed each other, but there was no spark -- until the other night. It totally caught me (and I think him) off guard. We have kissed many times over the years since we separated but the kiss the other night sent shivers through my body and tears to my eyes. It was that spark that we had been missing. Not saying a word or knowing what to do, he snuggled in close to me and we just fell asleep. We've talked since then but "it" has not been discussed since. So here is my question: Do I bring it up? Do I leave it alone so not to rock the boat? I think I would be open to dating again but I am nervous of the rejection. I cannot stop thinking about it.
Thanks for reading!
– Unexpected Feelings, Boston
You must bring it up, UF. Even without that magic kiss, it'd be time for a discussion. You guys have been half committed to each other for years, which means that you've only been half committed to finding a real partner. The spark is obviously there. You just need to decide what to do about it.
Bring it up. Tell him that you want to try dating him again, because you do. If he doesn't, it's time to rock the boat so hard that he falls out of it.
And please know this: The spark never left. Sure, you didn't feel it until that kiss the other night, but it takes some spark to fuel a friends-with-benefits situation. The spark was moving things along, making you want to run into each other's arms every time you could. Your guy either wants to pursue that spark or he doesn't. And if he doesn't, you need some time and space to accept your reality.
Have the talk before you spend years feeling hopeful and confused for no good reason. Explain to him that all you want to do right now is try.
Readers? Was the spark ever gone? What's happening here? What should she tell him? What happened with the kiss? Will he want this? Does she have to rock the boat?
– Meredith


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ZEPHYRHILLS — A familiar face from classrooms past greeted Principal Julie Marks outside Chester Taylor Elementary Monday morning, soon after parents and students began arriving for the first day of school in Pasco County.
Years ago, Marks taught geography and math at Weightman Middle School.
One of her sixth-grade students, T.J. Griswold, remembered her well. And now Griswold was excited to learn that his former teacher will be principal for his son, Jordan, 5, a kindergartner.
A few years may have flown by, but Marks recognized her old student immediately.
"He has the same face," she said. "He's just all grown up."
It was a sea of generations Monday morning, with parents and grandparents sharing in the excitement of back-to-school time as unsure kindergartners or confident high school seniors launched themselves into the 2014-15 academic year.
The Pasco school district was expecting about 64,500 students,
One of the district's goals for Monday was to improve communication to parents of bus riders. In the past, late buses the first couple of weeks of school left some parents fuming, a problem exacerbated by the fact it was hard for them to track down anyone who could provide information.
This year, for those first two weeks the district is operating a call center where the parents can find out whether a bus is running late — and roughly how late — along with confirmation that their child boarded the bus.
Superintendent Kurt Browning decided to see firsthand how well the bus system was running. He took a ride on a bus this morning before visiting schools.
All across the county, parents photographed freshly scrubbed students and school parking lots overflowed.
Holly Brown of Zephyrhills experienced a busy morning.
First she needed to drop off daughter Brianna Gibson, 13, at Stewart Middle, where she is a seventh-grader.
Then it was on to Taylor Elementary, where her other children, Shauna Johns, 8, and Josh Johns, 7, were both starting second-grade.
Brown has been a huge fan of Taylor ever since once-struggling reader Brianna blossomed into an accelerated reader after enrolling.
"This is a good school," Brown said. "I love this school. They really, really care here."
Savanah Benner, 9, a third-grader, is a lover of science and math.
"I like when I do pluses and the numbers go higher," she said, adding she is now ready for multiplication.
Savanah has dropped hints to her parents that she would like a science kit so she can conduct experiments at home.
She is eager to do a science project this year. It will involve mold spores.
Once the school's gates opened at 9:25 a.m., children and parents flooded to the classrooms, greeting old friends and settling into their seats.
"I'm excited," said Brandon Mendez, 10, a fourth-grader. "I can get to see all my friends again."
With Brandon were his mother, Jessica Mendez, and sisters Jezbra and Nijah, 4-year-old twins who started voluntary prekindergarten. Jessica Mendez planned to have the girls wear different earrings to help their teacher tell them apart, but forgot. She hoped the teacher's familiarity with them would keep that from being a problem.
"They were in Head Start," she said. "They have the same teacher."
Some students were more excited than others.
Nervous kindergartner Lily Campbell, 5, clutched her mother's arm, unwilling to let her leave, even after all the other parents had departed. Her mother, Ashley Campbell, helped Lily color and assured her everything would be fine. She introduced her to the other girls at her table and teacher Dawn Rice told her how much fun she would have.
Finally, Lily released her grip and her mother dashed outside, taking one last peek through the classroom window.
"Now I've got to go home and cry," Ashley Campbell said. "She'll be all right. She'll be okay. I know she will. She's tough."
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The University of Colorado Boulder's Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology building has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, platinum rating -- the highest possible evaluation -- from the United States Green Building Council.
The 336,800-square-foot research and teaching facility opened in April on the university's east campus. More than 60 faculty and 500 researchers, staff and students work inside, tackling a wide swath of challenges from cancer and heart disease to the development of new biofuels. LEED certification is a national benchmark for sustainable design, construction, operation and maintenance.
The building posed intense energy and water needs as well as complex safety requirements. "Earning a LEED platinum rating for such a large research building highlights the engineering challenges of providing safe and practical research space while ensuring the highest level of sustainability," said Moe Tabrizi, director of campus sustainability.
The result is a building that is 30 percent more energy and water efficient than recently built buildings with a similar function. One tactic used by designers was to group labs with similar functions near each other in the building to centralize common lab equipment and maximize the efficiency of energy use, ventilation and heat recovery. The building's mechanical and electrical systems incorporate significant energy savings and resource recovery.
The facility will have an array of large-scale, ground-mounted solar panels to help fulfill its energy needs. It also features evaporativecooling, which is the most energy-efficient cooling method in Colorado's dry climate; daylight harvesting, lighting controls and LED technology; energy-efficient freezer compressors and lab exhaust fume hoods; low-flow plumbing and additional features.
The new building, which is prominent when accessing campus from Colorado Avenue and Foothills Parkway,also matches CU-Boulder's distinct architectural look.
"This project demonstrates that we can achieve a high-performing, technically complex facility that blends our Tuscan Vernacular -- or rural Italian -- style with the demands of cutting-edge, 21st century world-class research," said Paul Leef, campus architect.
The design team and campus engineers undertook a meticulous engineering process that combined best practices in green building, LEED requirements, and recommendations from Labs21, a program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy that is dedicated to improving the environmental performance of laboratories.
CU-Boulder is a sustainability leader in higher education. The campus currently has five LEED platinum rated buildings, eight gold rated buildings and one silver. The university is committed to earning gold ratings or higher for all new construction and renovations on campus.
For more information about the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building visit http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/04/24/new-cu-boulder-facility-be-used-tackle-challenges-ranging-cancer-and-tissue and http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/04/25/fact-sheet-jennie-smoly-caruthers-biotechnology-building.


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CHILDREN at a school near Stockbridge celebrated the arrival of a pre-historic guest at a special assembly.
Broughton Primary School welcomed Marwell Wildlife's Velma the Velociraptor, as part of the zoo's Design-a-Saurus competition.
The students drew their favourite dinosaur and described its features and habitat as well as how it moved and what it ate.
Alexander drew the winning 'Forestsaurus' – a herbivore with camouflaged skin which changed colour with the seasons to hide from predators.
He was presented with a Marwell Education Outreach Session for himself and his class, an individual animal adoption as well as tickets to the zoo.
Alexander's teacher, Miss Lake, said: "What a fantastic afternoon we had when Marwell came to visit. The brilliant education team came armed with a multitude of props and delivered a really engaging series of mini lessons on adaptation and conservation.
"Then came the highlight, when Velma the Velociraptor joined us for our school assembly. Happy, smiling faces all round!"
Sharon Bartholomew, education co-ordinator at Marwell Wildlife, said: "This session was a fun way to compare the adaptations of dinosaurs to some animals we have today. Using real animal artefacts to learn about the animals and meeting Velma the Velociraptor helped make the learning experience one to remember."
Velma features in the Rise of the Dinosaurs event at Marwell Zoo which is on until September 2.


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Submitted to: Great Lakes Entomologist
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/26/2003
Publication Date: 8/15/2003
Citation: Reed, H.C., Landolt, P.J. 2003. Trap response of Michigan social wasps (Hymenoptera:Vespidae)to the feeding attractants acetic acid, isobutanol, and heptyl butyrate. Great Lakes Entomologist. 35:71-78 Interpretive Summary: Because of concerns with adverse environmental and human health effects of many pesticides in use for controlling insects, new methods are needed to control insect pests of agricultural crops. Natural chemical attractants for insect pests are useful for trapping and killing targeted species. Researchers at the USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Laboratory are developing chemical attractants for several insect pests of tree fruits, including yellowjackets and paper wasps that are pests in apple and pear orchards, as well as vineyards. It was determined in collaborative studies with other researchers at Oral Roberts University that nine different species of these social wasps can be trapped with two different types of chemical attractants and that the wasps that are related toxonomically respond similarly to the chemical attractants. This new information is helpful in efforts to manage particular species that are pests by indicating which lures should be used for different types of wasps.
Technical Abstract: Nine species of social wasps were captured in traps baited with acetic acid, isobutanol, heptyl butyrate and combinations of acetic acid and either isobutanol or heptyl butyrate. Three yellowjacket species in the Vespula rufa species group were captured in traps (Vespula acadica [Sladen], Vespula consobrina [Saussure], Vespula vidua [Saussure]). They responded similarly, with attraction only to heptyl butyrate. Three yellowjacket species in the Vespula vulgaris species group were also captured in traps (Vespula vulgaris [L.], Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, Vespula maculifrons [Buyyson]). They responded similarly, with attraction primarily to the combination of acetic acid and isobutanol. The bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata [L], was attracted to acetic acid and was more strongly attracted to the combination of acetic acid and isobutanol. The aerial yellowjacket, Dolichovespula arenaria (Fabr.), was attracted to isobutanol and was more strongly attracted to the combination of acetic acid and isobutanol. These results add to our understanding of how to target various species of social wasps with chemical lures.


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So much for the U.S. presidential election clearing things up; I'd say it muddied the waters even more, because the "fiscal cliff" and Europe worries came back in a heartbeat.
Let's review the ugly day in two parts. I realize I seem to do this quite a bit lately, but that's because the market keeps setting up short-term rallies even as the longer-term indicators continue to point down. We'll begin with the immediate shorter-term, and look at some of the statistics that emerged from the decline that say the market should enjoy some sort of bounce.
The put-call ratio was at 121%, its highest level since June 13. Such a high reading tends to lead to a short-term rally. However, if you were looking for real panic, then let's put this in perspective: The panic low from last spring came in mid-May, with a put-call ratio of 145%. I'd say this reading indicates investors are somewhat scared.
Furthermore, the put-call ratio for ETFs was above 200%. Since January this has occurred four other times, and in three of those instances the market proceeded tumbled for another day or two -- and then rallied. In the other instance, the market rallied the very next day.
The Arms Index (TRIN) came in above 2. This, coupled with the fact that 90% of NYSE volume was on the downside, usually means we should see a market bounce.
If we throw in the fact that the market isn't yet overbought (that comes next week), then we should see a rally attempt within the next three days.
There is some other good news. In a reversal of fortune, this time the Dow industrials made a lower low, while the Dow Jones Transportation Average managed to stay above its recent low. That, so far, makes for a Dow Theory non-confirmation. But if I were putting these in order of importance, this item would not be high on the list.
Now comes the list of what is still problematic in the intermediate term. The McClellan Summation Index had a window to improve, and it appears the indicator will blow it: It could turn upward right now, but instead it will continue declining. The 30-day moving average of the equity put-call ratio is still heading up, a bearish indication. The banks rolled over badly Wednesday. The Dow Jones Utility Average, which often lead a turn in the market, has collapsed. The only good news is that, earlier this week, we calculated a target near 440 for the index -- and, much to my shock, it's getting there in a hurry.
Then there's the number of stocks making new lows, which refuse to contract and instead continue to expand.
Meanwhile, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) did not get jumpy, in my view. The Investors Intelligence readings continue to show too many bulls relative to bears, and the other surveys also do not show any panic. Panic leads to decent bottoms, while complacency leads to failed rallies -- and, in my view, sentiment remains complacent. That said, Wednesday's put-call ratio has at least put the market on the path toward capitulation. When we see capitulation we should be buyers. When there's complacency -- which I believe is the case right now -- we should be sellers into rallies.


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The "facts and figures" that get thrown around about Obamacare always give me a headache. Here's what the doctor has ordered to cure Tea Party hysteria: take 2 minutes and read the law.
?The "3.8 percent tax on home sales" is actually a tax on the profits of investment income. First, it will apply only to individuals with incomes over $200,000; couples with incomes over $250,000. If the home being sold is the primary residence, the current exclusion of the first $250,000 gain for individuals ($500,000 for couples) will still apply.?
So for a single person, the real math goes like this: sell your home for $250,000 more than you paid for it and you'll pay no tax on the profit. Sell it for an additional $100,000 more and you'll pay $3,800 tax on a gain of $350,000. That's a net tax rate of 1 percent. The math is even better for a couple.?
?For some people a 1 percent tax on 6-figure investment income is really just too much to pay for health care and education in our country. Welcome to the real Romney/Ryan territory. Educate yourself and vote. It matters.
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Start your tour in Nappanee by wending your way along the Heritage Trail to tour the entire Quilt Gardens show. 80,000 blooms, 16 gardens, 32 juried designs and seven communities await you. Quilt Gardens sites in Nappanee include McCormick Creek Golf Course and Amish Acres.
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He's a brilliant renaissance technician with hip-hop subject matter. His latest work focuses on young black men in a sadly familiar posture: Down. But in a world where bad is good, being down is not always such a bad thing.
The public perception of black male youth has arguably changed since artist Kehinde Wiley began painting his formal portraits while in residency at New York's Studio Museum in Harlem in 2000. Part of Wiley's process was lifting his subjects straight from the street and rendering them-complete with sneakers, track pants, tank tops, and team caps-in the visual language of classic European portraiture; the result wasn't so much brashly iconoclastic as brilliantly inclusive, a mash-up of museum treasure and the urban life outside of its gates. What remains so surprising about these works today is that the 31-year-old Los Angeles native's black males remain a rarity in the fine-art world, despite their prevalence, even dominance in pop culture. Wiley may have redefined portrait painting for a new century, but he's still cutting his own path in a field that purports to be progressive.
Wiley's practices have changed in the last decade and the results are increasingly visible. His recent show at the Studio Museum in Harlem called "The World Stage" took him all over the globe, from Lagos to New Delhi, to cast his models from the street and capture them in poses representing a larger world. His solo exhibition "Down" opens at Deitch Projects in New York City this month; "Down" features eight large-scale paintings of black youths based on iconic images of fallen warriors in art-from bullfighters to Christ. Here he talks about his work with his friend, fellow sampler, and pop star M.I.A. She managed to get stung by a bee during the interview, but the two still got around to tackling the demise of hip-hop and the death of the New York art scene.
M.I.A.: I wanted to ask you about the progression of your work these days. How are you finding it? Because New York is a really different place to make art compared to what it used to be.
KEHINDE WILEY: I came here almost 10 years ago now. It was my first experience of making a life for myself outside of school, and my career kind of snowballed at once. So there's really not much in the way of an alternative experience for me to contrast it with. These days I'm spending quite a bit of time on the road, which finally has allowed me to get some perspective. I'm starting a new project where I open up studios in different nations and do street casting. I just got back from Brazil and Nigeria and Senegal. Actually, tomorrow I'm leaving for New Delhi.
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M: Does leaving New York change your art?
KW: That type of process becomes the work in many ways-physically removing yourself from what your work was based on before. By and large what I'd been doing was mining the streets of African America, using a sort of urban vernacular. That changes radically when you remove yourself physically, especially around the world.
M: Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like it has peaked in culture. The Village Voice called it McHattan. It's just become impossible for young, creative artists to live in New York.
KW: Where do you find it most fruitful to work?
M: I think traveling really helps. I know some musicians who have studios in Trinidad. There's a collective of artists and painters there now who went to Central Saint Martins College [in London] with me. They live there and make art. It's neat to see that-[people] not led by money or pretentiousness. It's a small community, but you really have the space to observe and digest the culture. You go to a place where social commentary is rare and important and you can serve people. That's what's inspiring to me-finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.
KW: Yeah, I know.
M: You create that light, you create that visual or image.
In America, everything has been done. We've had everything. And now we're rerunning what's already been done.
KW: Right, recycling. The recycled object.
M: Exactly! I performed at a show at the MoMA. There was this big dinner there, and I was seated in this hall with the mayor of New York and all these extremely wealthy art-
supporting and art-buying people. There was a piece of work hanging in the hall-it was a fan. This fan was supposed to swing by the momentum of its own propeller. So, while we were having dinner, the fan was stopped, and the guy next to me, a curator at P.S.1, said, "Look, this is what art symbolizes today." Like, that piece of art is supposed to be moving, but just to have dinner we've stopped the art. That's what New York is like today. You can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop. The stuff on the street is a lot more interesting.
KW: I think so, too. There's a freshness. I remember being in West Africa and thinking about my father's country-he's from Nigeria-and I was there, opening up a studio, doing a lot of street casting, stopping people, and there was this film crew with me because we were doing a documentary on my process, and I was contrasting the experience I had there with the experience I had doing the exact same street casting in places like the Fulton Street Mall, in Brooklyn. And it's amazing how, in New York, there is almost a feeling of entitlement by the public-this very palpable lack of surprise at being stopped in the street and being asked to be the subject of a 12-foot monumental painting. I think part of that is mediated by a very televisual sense of instant celebrity, something that's sort of "just add water"-an age where reality television mediates the way that we see new faces entering our lives. Whereas when I was in Nigeria, in places like Lagos and Calabar, there was a very ineffable exchange where these guys were really curious but also so far removed from this artificial environment that I was creating. It gave something new to the work. In some ways, there is a look in the paintings that seems a bit more fragile.
M: It's like cinema, when you put someone onscreen who's never been on before. You show it to them and say, "This is you. This is what you look like on a 60-by-60-foot screen." It's a different understanding of art. Take India: Even though it's got a major movie industry, when it comes to contemporary art, artists on the streets don't see themselves as artists-it's like a skilled job. When they're painting a car and they decorate it with all this crazy stuff, I think, "Wow, this is amazing! It's something I would hang on my wall." But they're always really shocked when I go up to them and ask them to do something for me. Do you think that's what you're going for, looking for ideas outside of the disposable "just add water" kind of thing?
KW: My desire is to restart the conversation. It's akin to this idea that most 18-year-olds who are going to be voting for the first time this year in the American elections were 10 and 11 years old during the 9/11 attacks-this idea that we're all kind of collectively correcting and rebooting, this desire to throw away the old rules. This is something that, as artists, we constantly deal with-throwing away the past, slaying the father, and creating the new.
M: Yeah, change. You know, what really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart. As artists, that's the best commentary you can do because there's just so much vacuous content. For example, yesterday I stayed in bed for 24 hours and watched TV. I do that, like, every six months, where I just don't answer phone calls and the only thing I do is watch television. And it's insane! I couldn't tell the difference between the news and an advert. It's all Fox News, 30-second sound bites, and there was nothing I got from it at all. Where the fuck are all the Michael Moores in our culture? Where are the cool Democrats? Where are cool people on television? Where has cleverness gone?
ew york, there is almost a feeling of entitlement by the public—this very palpable lack of surprise at being stopped in the street and being asked to be the subject of a 12-foot monumental painting.—Kehinde Wiley
KW: The trouble is that the traditional targets have been so co-opted. It's hard to know where to cast your aim. So much of what changed American society in the '60s had to do with a very strong set of targets-what we can physically do with ourselves and our bodies. Now it's much more subtle. It's almost debilitating in a way because we can't organize either, artistically or politically or socially, against any specific thing, because it's more like an essence, an ether that floats in the air, poisoning our ability to really have an authentic moment.
M: That's what I miss, being a real human. Like, I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times and I just go, "Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that."
KW: When was the last time you were back in Sri Lanka?
M: Just before September 11th happened. After that it was insane to even try to go back, with all the new restrictions. When I was there I was already having a machine gun held to my head every five seconds, and every 50 yards I'd have to show my ID. I wasn't a singer at the time-I was just a random girl, an artist. I was making films, and I had just graduated from Saint Martins in London. I thought I was invincible. Like, I'm getting harassed and I have a British passport. I have a letter from the Ministry of Defence! What if I were just a random Tamil girl from the village. I could be dead! It was the weirdest experience. I couldn't even make a movie because you can't make one without having it okayed by the Sri Lankan embassy. So you can only have a one-sided story. Do you think art in America is like all other industries? That there are certain parameters you can't go past?
KW: Certainly. I think I've come through the art-industrial complex-I've been educated in some of the best institutions and been privy to some of the insider conversations around theory and the evolution of art. But that doesn't necessarily get spoken about outside of a very small group. When you operate outside those rules, you are changing the vernacular. I think that's partly the success of my work-the ability to straddle both of those worlds, the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence.
M: Yeah, that's how I felt about your work the first time I saw it. It felt establishment, but it was also breaking it a little bit and twisting it. Do you feel a responsibility to teach something in your work?
KW: That's a question I have always grappled with. Is that even my job? Is that gonna slow you down?
M: In the beginning I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ." Now I don't feel that so much . . . It's complicated. Hold on a second. Are you there? I just got stung by a bee.
KW: Are you serious?
M: Yeah. It's the first time I've ever been stung.
KW: You have to be careful with that. Some people have
major allergic reactions!
M: I know. I'm wearing flower-print pants. I think he thought I was a bunch of flowers.
KW: Drawn in by the flowers. That's great.
M: Anyway, getting back, do you feel a responsibility?
KW: That's a very complicated question. When I was growing up and going to art school and learning about African-American art, much of it was a type of political art that was very didactic and based on the '60s, and a social collective. I feel sometimes constrained by the expectation that the work should be solely political. I try to create a type of work that is at the service of my own set of criteria, which have to do with beauty and a type of utopia that in some ways speaks to the culture I'm located in. But Americans are so overly fixated on racial identity-and on identity in general.
M: I know. As an artist I could either sit there with a chip on my shoulder and just chip away every day, or I could transcend all of it, which really makes it about what you're actually saying-not being based on the burdens of the past but trying to make the world make more sense to you. If I actually had a chip on my shoulder and started, like, race bashing, they would have been more used to that. In school I was like, "I want to be a filmmaker." And they were like, "Well, you can't be a serious filmmaker if you're not wearing a plaid shirt." You can't turn up at college in stilettos and say you're gonna be a filmmaker. They were teaching me avant-garde filmmaking, where I had to make films that were, like, an hour long about nothing. [Wiley laughs] I just refused to do it, you know?
KW: It seems incredibly self-indulgent.
M: I just couldn't be like that, because this week this is what's happening in my life: So-and-so is going to jail, so-and-so got evicted, I'm getting busted for this, and blah, blah, blah. There was just, like, real-life shit going down in my house all the time. There was no need for me to go to college and learn how to film a blue screen for half an hour. I did my thesis on CB4 [1993]. Everyone freaked out. They tried to have me kicked out of school. They thought I was disgusting.
KW: I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.
M: Exactly! I want to find a taxi driver in India and ask him where he got the sticker that goes across his windshield. That decorative choice comes from the idea that maybe it's good to tell your vehicle apart from everyone else's when you get off of break.
KW: Right, very real.
M: They also do it because they want to show off. If they buy a shop, they're gonna name the shop after their kid. If they drive a taxi, they name the taxi after their mom.
KW: This sort of reminds me of growing up in South Central Los Angeles back in the '80s, you know, where so many people were flossing down Crenshaw Boulevard with their lowriders and hydraulics and stuff, and it was this major scene. For me it was always important to internalize that type of flossing. When I was at Yale, most of the students there were obsessed with this type of neo-minimalism that thought that any garish display or show of emotion or visceral beauty was something to be scoffed at. I think conversely it made me revert back to some of the more ornate or baroque features of black American culture.
M: That's exactly what happened with me. Because I spent time in L.A., too, growing up on gangster rap. My cousin was a gangster bitch, and she knew the Bloods and the Crips and she was Sri Lankan, so we'd go to all these clubs down on Crenshaw. Then I would come back to college at Saint Martins, and I was learning a whole other way. Like having that whole '90s hip-hop from L.A. and then going to Saint Martins, where it's all the Britpop stuff about being shy and hating yourself. I was a Sri Lankan refugee, like, the scum of society, and then I went right to Los Angeles, into African-American culture, and it was just incredible. I've never seen black people like that in England. In England black people still live within the parameters of white society. It was an eye-opener. Then I'd be in school and the students would be like, "I'm white, and I'm male, and I don't know what to do, I hate myself." I was just like, there is this contemporary culture in America that's writhing with so much good shit and bad shit that no one is really making art out of yet, you know?
KW: Sometimes there's that tipping point, where societies -embrace who they are without necessarily needing a dominant culture or center to recognize the periphery. I remember being in Nigeria back in 1997 and meeting a bunch of MCs practicing their skills outside this bar and I was just like, "This is an amazing scene!" And how many people really know about what was going on in the hip-hop scene in Nigeria back in the early '90s? These guys were really complaining about how they just couldn't get any play at home and how most of what was consumed in terms of black culture was American. Of course, now you go to Nigeria and it's a completely different scene. It's just overrun with amazing acts. And I think that's kind of indicative of a type of self-confidence that people develop when they recognize their own ability to create.
M: Yeah. Also, it could be the sort of declining grip of the American MTV-nation culture-the fact that MTV doesn't play so much music anymore. When I would go to Africa I used to get really pissed off that people would listen to 50 Cent in, like, a mud hut and want DVD players and a GPS in their SUVs, you know?
KW: Now, why would that piss you off?
M: I felt pissed off because I realized that you have to teach people in a clichéd way how to be happy-and happiness has become too one thing in American media. Achieving happiness is not really about having a flat stomach and the best car.
KW: Personally-and this comes from my experiences of seeing people from very hard lives, working their way toward a sort of middle class, and really wanting to embrace the signifiers for success-the question has always been, who am I to tell them that that's crap? You know, it's not for me, perhaps it's not my style but . . . [sighs] I know your feelings.
M: That's fine! You can say, "Get the SUV," but you can't say, "Get the SUV before you get a house." You know what I mean? Okay, there's a kid in a mud hut. I don't want to teach him bad habits because I live in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, New York City! And I feel like I'm living in the dead weeds of hip-hop. I live in the graveyard of what went wrong with hip-hop.
KW: Well, what went wrong with gangster rap?
M: It's not even gangster rap-it's just what's wrong with hip-hop. It became so one-dimensional; itbecame like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so far off about making money that now everyone can do it.
KW: I wonder, though, because I think about this quite a bit when I think of someone like Jeff Koons, whom I admire quite a bit, but aesthetically this type of emptiness is the point-this type of soullessness and devotion to the signifiers of happiness and consumption. Are you prepared to say that that type of hip-hop-soulless, empty hip-hop-is interesting on some level?
M: Well, I would have said, "yeah, it was," 10 years ago. But now I've had 10 years-
KW: [laughs] It's not funny anymore!
M: Yeah, it's not funny anymore. It's good you're taking your work everywhere and you're making it global. I think all relevant work needs to be like that.
KW: One of the really great things about working in Lagos is that it's such a crazy assault on the senses. The population has been rising since oil was discovered there in the late '60s, but public sculpture has been there since even before the colonial years. All my models are asked to choose which pose they're going to assume, and those poses are derived from portraits of former colonial masters or generals or military dictators or what have you, many of them cast in public squares. What comes out of people's minds about which person they'd prefer to be, now that they've been asked to sort of open their eyes to what's been there in their own backyard-
M: I have this artist I work with called Afrikan Boy. He was on my album, and he's from Lagos, Nigeria, and he's always like, "I want to be the African dream!" I think that's so cool. I like the way he represents more than that modern outsider.
KW: If I were going to paint you, if I could paint you as any historical figure, who would it be? Now, you have to realize it's all your look and feel, but I'm asking you about the pose.
M: A historical figure?
KW: And think about it in terms of a preexisting iconic work of art. For instance, when Ice-T came by, he wanted to be this really great painting of Napoleon by Ingres.
M: It's really hard. There are so many people who -inspire me. I'll have to think about it and e-mail you.
KW: Okay.
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Top 10 non-Royal Rumble matches in history
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The Royal Rumble match has overshadowed the undercard that has put on spectacular bouts over the years. It is time to list the top 10 matches in the undercard aka the 10 best non-Royal Rumble matches in history:
10.Yokozuna vs Undertaker casket WWF title(1994)-I'd say Taker losing this match and the moment afterwards will end up when his career is over still a top 10 moment in the history of the deadman. Their match will always be brought up when the undercard matches are brought up which is why it made my top 10 list.
9.HBK vs Edge(2005)-Edge and HBK had tons of great matches including at the Rumble match where they opened the show. They also competed in the Rumble match where I believe Edge was in the final 3. Back and forth match where Edge was using his new submission which I wish he would have used longer. The 1st meeting between the two ended in a great one.
8.HHH vs HBK Last Man Standing World title(2004)-I know some didn't like it, but I did. I enjoyed the rivalry these two had even though I hated the fact HHH would usually be the one who came out on top. The story telling match was great if you ask me. Anticipation of the fans after HBK hit HHH with the sweet chin music. Attempted to get up, but failed to get up by the count of 10. Ending the last man standing match in a draw. HBK refused the stretcher and walked out of the arena with some help from the refs. Made the story that much better!!
7.Rockers vs Orient Express(1991)-Match not mentioned enough is this match. I believe this was the opening match of the 91s Rumble ppv. Stole the show without question with great action. You could see why the Rockers were one of the best teams of there era with that tag team action.
6.Dudley Boyz vs Hardyz tables tag titles(2000)-The match that started a rivalry that is still talked about til this day. The tag division went to heights not seen before or seen since. The Tables match that was a classic has been overshadowed by another great match that happened on the same night: HHH vs Cactus in a street fight. However, it doesn't change the fact, it is one of the top matches in the history of the Royal Rumble. One could argue that it deserves to be in the top 5. I would have no problem with that myself.
5.John Cena vs Umaga Last Man Standing WWE title(2007)-What a great match. Arguably the best 2 ever had in their respective careers. Which is another reason why Cena deserves more respect for his in ring ability. Gets a lot of slack for the way his matches end, but matches are usually booked to end that way. If a match goes on too long they usually call the finish that way. Cena vs Umaga last man standing was great. The finish was probably the best finish for a last man standing match. The ring was took apart during the match. How often does that happen?
4.Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho Ladder IC title(2001)-The greatest time in my opinion when the IC title was at its very best was when these two were going at it along with Kurt Angle. The matches they had, we still talk about today. Under-rated match they had at WM2000 that will continue to be overlooked because the triangle ladder match happened on the same day. In any case, another Ladder match that told a great story. The walls of Jericho on top of the Ladder was awesome. The problem these days is the midcard talent don't get the oppurtunity to do this stuff like they did in the past. I'm sure a guy like Kofi could put on a great Ladder match for the IC title with just about any opponent. This is the same with the Divas division. Why do they have 0 gimmick matches? Submission match with Natalya would be great.
3.HHH vs Cactus Jack Street Fight WWF title(2000)-One of the very few matches that is brought up when talking about the undercard. Cactus vs HHH is arguably the best feud either has ever had. Me personally, I'd say HHH vs Rock and Mankind vs Undertaker. In any case, Foley put over HHH big time like he has done to a lot of young talent in the past. Showing yet again that this young talent can take punishment and still win. That is the problem now days when you see no blood, but I understand why there is none. I thought that was an issue when Miz was champion. Another reason why his career went down hill too. 2 pedigrees with the finish on the tacks. HHH left on the stretcher, but Foley rolled him back out to hit him one last time with Barbie.
2.Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit WWE title(2003)-A match that doesn't get as much buzz when best matches in the history of this ppv. I don't believe it gets enough credit. These two put on another clinic that again stole the show yet again. Wasn't the first time because their match stole the show at Mania 17. Benoit putting on the ankle lock on Angle among other great things is what I miss. I miss the 3 germans in a row. On rare occassions do you see a standing ovation particularly for the loser of the match. The respect that the talent gets post match for their effort makes those moments that much more special.
1.The Rock vs Mankind "I Quit" WWF title(1999)-The match most everyone including myself always think about when talking about the Royal Rumble is the "I Quit" match for the WWF title in 99 when Rock challenged the reigning champion Mankind. Didn't disappoint at all however, all the issues about health and head shots ring through my mind looking back at the match. Sometimes I think Foley is under-rated, but when I hear the praise he receives I think he is over-rated. However, no one can deny he put his body on the line to entertain the fans every single night. That is why everyone loves Foley. The dynamics of Rock being the corporate champion. Good looking guy compared to an average Joe who isn't as appealing. You couldn't help, but root for him when he faced the likes of The Rock or HHH. I hope to create a blog post in his honor before he is inducted in the Hall of Fame.
There you have it....the 10 best non-Royal Rumble matches in history!! Did I leave a match out that you think would make your top 10? What is your top 10? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below. Rate if you'd like to help me know what you think. Thanks for reading!
Blogs coming up(subject to change)
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DROITWICH completed their first double of the season in the Midlands Division Two West (South) on Saturday against their Worcestershire rivals.
Spa entered the second half of the season after a weather enforced winter break, having not played since December 15.
However, the form book was still in their favour having not lost a game since mid-September.
It was not to be easy though for Droitwich, who made life as difficult as possible with two yellow cards and a converted penalty try conceded all within the first five minutes.
Plenty of possession and territory was met with stern defence and this remained the story of the half as Spa looked to get there first score.
It took an excellent chip from Stephen Poke at the base of a ruck to get behind the defence, which could not cope with young try machine Ryan Hanley's pace as he grounded the loose ball to score his eighth score in just 11 appearances this season.
Spa stepped up their game in the second half and started to break through their well-drilled opponents.
They ran in four touch downs with Matthew Barnes scoring the first.
Following a good break into the opposition half, the ball was shipped wide and Barnes showed great strength coming in from wide to cross the line despite the best efforts of the Upton defence.
The next 20 minutes saw Droitwich dominate and Craig Mortlemans scored a try to confirm their superiority.
Matthew Jupp then used his considerable frame to cross the line after a series of rucks had piled the pressure on the opposition to score a fourth try for Droitwich and secure a bonus point.
Despite four excellent tries Spa had been unable to convert any of them and the away side were only 13 points ahead meaning Upton were still only within a score from a bonus point themselves.
But the win was ensured when Rob Poke produce some fine skill to touch down for a converted effort.
Spa return to action this week as they visit Coventry-based Bedworth on Saturday (2.30pm start), as they look to extend there 11-game winning streak and put further pressure on the top two, Kennilworth and leaders Old Laurentians.


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FOOTBALL star and TV personality Neil 'Razor' Ruddock will grace fans with his presence at an exclusive dinner in aid of the Adver's 160 Appeal for Prospect Hospice.
The retired sportsman, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham and Swindon Town among other teams, will be going over his successful career and share his future plans with guests at the event on Friday, May 9 at the Moonrakers.
The dinner party is the brainchild of Colin Yates and Sean Harper, who have organised various charity events featuring sports celebrities in the past.
Although they have already held such a dinner for charities including Prospect Hospice before, the meet-and-greet will be by far their most exciting to date.
"Razor Ruddock talks really well and he has been on TV a lot lately so hopefully that will make it more appealing for people to attend and he also played for Swindon before, " said Colin, 34, from Haydon Wick.
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"We did a sporting dinner last year for Prospect Hospice and raised £300 and when we heard about the 160 Appeal we decided to do it again for Prospect."
The 160 Appeal was launched in February to mark the Adver's 160th anniversary. The campaign aims to collect £160,000 towards end-of-life care at Prospect Hospice by the end of the year.
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In the jungle, some of the biggest problems come from the smallest of creatures.
Tiny maneaters can strike without ever being noticed, until they’ve had their fill.
This researcher has been infected with a chigoe flea, a parasite more commonly known as a sand flea or a chigger.
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