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"Shreve Williams is best in class. Any writer looking to navigate the part of the process that can be the most challenging (the selling part that comes after the writing part) would be smart to have them on board. They are with their authors every step of the way, with contacts, savvy, and attention to detail that are unmatched."
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To Tell the Truth was one of my favorite TV game shows when I was a kid.
If you are not familiar with it, during each episode a panel of celebrities would try to correctly identify a contestant with a special talent. The contestant was mixed in with two impostors who pretended to be the contestant.
Now the contestant was sworn to tell the truth, but the two imposters were allowed to lie, in order to confuse the celebrity judges. At the end, after the celebrities all voted , the host would ask, "Will the real [person's name] please stand up?"
It seems everytime I walk into court, I end up playing "To Tell The Truth", with the banks playing the role of the contestant. Except in this version (perhaps I should call it To Tell The Truth, Foreclosure Edition) when it comes time for the real lender to 'please stand up', no one does!
It is as if all the 'contestants' are imposters. An example of this twisted game show is now playing itself out in a Palm Beach County courtroom.
In 2009, HSBC Bank brought a foreclosure action against Abby Lopez. But Bank of America has also claimed to be the lender in this case. Bank of America was the company that included email exchanges between bank representatives about who was the lender of the loan and how to proceed with the foreclosure case.
And yet, Bank of America is not named as a plaintiff in Lopez's case, only HSBC is.
When Bank of America realized that it should be the plaintiff, it tried to request the foreclosure be changed to show the correct plaintiff. Yet they ultimately decided that the best route would be for HSBC to proceed with the foreclosure and just quit-claim the property to them after the foreclosure was complete.
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Defacement in the Chapel!Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Art is to be appreciated from afar, rarely touched, and certainly never altered from the artist's original vision. One would never pencil in eyebrows on the Mona Lisa or dare to bolt mannequin arms to the Venus de Milo.
Yet, despite all this, there is a well-known piece of art that has been blatantly defaced. What is even stranger is that the offending defacer, though he meant to do his nasty work, did not WANT to. His identity was known, yet he was never arrested and never punished. Quite the opposite, his defacement was encouraged by the highest of powers in his day.
What is the piece of art?
HintIt's in the Sistine Chapel...
AnswerThe work in question is Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel. The fresco depicts the Earth, Heaven, and Hell. The figures are of various saints, all bearing the instruments of their deaths.
These figures, each and every one, is entirely nude. Or at least they WERE. Michelangelo originally painted every figure completely naked, saying that in the end times the fresco represents, there would be no secrets, nothing would be unknown.
These nude figures caused quite a stir even before the final masterpiece was revealed. Many called it shocking and obscene, but it wasn't until 23 years later that anything was done. Pope Pius IV brought in Daniele da Volterra, one of Michelangelo's students, against his will to cover up the objectionable parts with painted cloths.
Some of the cloths have since been professionally removed, but the debate over the decency of the painting continues to this day.
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Europe is home to some of the world's best known treks. People come from all over the world to enjoy completing the challenge of the Tour du Mont Blanc alpine circuit and Corsica's GR20 is reputedly Europe's toughest trek. Other treks have a historical perspective such as Northern Spain's Camino de Santiago which follows a legendary medieval pilgrimage route or the ancient Greek sites visited along Turkey's Lycian Way.
While many of Europe's treks offer the chance to walk point to point, an increasingly popular option is to stay in a single place and strike out on day walks. Centre-based walking holidays often offer the chance to mix in a little sightseeing or other activities on your days off. So you can visit Pompeii when walking on the Amalfi coast or spend a day enjoying adrenalin-fuelled whitewater rafting and paragliding in the Alps. Centre- based walking holidays in Europe generally stay in small family-run hotels and guesthouses which offer the opportunity to sample the lifestyle and cuisine of the country and great value for money.
Trekking is a great way to discover more off-beat destinations and can get you far off the tourist trail. Countries such as Albania, Montenegro and Georgia all have fantastic scenery and a warm welcome for adventurous trekkers.
Wherever you choose to go, Europe's diverse landscapes offer an incredible variety of routes for trekkers of all interests and abilities to choose from; you could spend a lifetime exploring on foot here and never run out of options.


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Mao on the other hand took a whopper of a fall at '08 Worlds and took 10 seconds or so to compose herself before she could continue.
Not to knock Mao - and that is actually when I became a big fan of hers - but as a few of the experts here at GS have said "not all falls are equal."
I have NO IDEA what they mean by that .......................
Anyway, the negative GOE already takes approximately 3 points off the base value for the element with the fall, depending on the start value of the element.
Then the fall deduction takes off an additional 1 point from the total score.
That's up to 4 points off for a fall. What more do you want?
And, if there is a program disruption, there can be an additional 2 points off the program (skate lace, fall/injury like the Zhangs...)
For the triple axel, a fall plus mandatory deduction is worth 4.5 points; and for the quad toe, it's 6.3 points (the equivalent of completing a tirple Lutz). So essentially, the system is rewarding skaters for mainly rotating in the air rather than the outcome. I can concede to the point that rotating in the air should be worth something, but a fall on an element should reduce its overall value to something extremely low (at most, 2).
The proposal would be that a sort-of OK almost Lutzy-flutz would receive base value for a Cinquanta. If you want to get credit for Cinquanta + edge bonus you would have to hold a deep outside edge and pop off it with such authority that no one in the house has a doubt.
The skater has taken the tech caller out of the picture.
I don't see how. The bonus still comes from the caller/judges. The statement "with such authority that no one in the house has a doubt" isn't any more firm because it sounds declarative.
There has been nothing wrong with the definition of the jump but how it has been credited by judges. I don't think judges' eyes, all of sudden, become as sharp as an eagle's eyes and they are able to make calls no one can dispute. If it were possible, skaters would have gotten credit for their lutz only if they were able to "hold a deep outside edge and pop off it with such authority that no one in the house would have a doubt"
On the other matter of Falls, do the GoEs take off full point(s) or partials?
The proposed change is that this jump would get base value for a Cinquanta, say 5.3 points. If it is clearly on the inside edge, that also gets base value for a Cinquanta. If it is on a clear, deep outside edge, that also gets base value for a Cinquanta. (Just like the toe-wally versus the toe-loop. They both get the same base value.)
Now we turn to GOE. There are several features that contribute to positive GOEs. These would include extraordinary height and distance, exceptional flow out of the landing, steps and turns into the entrance...and an extraordinarily deep and steady outside edge. Yes, the judges would have to make a judgment about this feature -- how deep is deep -- just like they have to make a judgment about height, flow, etc. Yes, there will still be some borderline calls where some judges give the bonus and others don't -- it's just that we have moved the "border" from an "eh" outside edge to a great outside edge.
How many skaters are there in the world in 2010 who are able to generate three rotations off a lutz entry edge vs. how many can do it from a toe loop takeoff? I'd estimate something like two to three hundred for the lutz, including both male and female skaters. More male than female, even though the absolute number of female skaters in the world is much larger.
Probably well over a thousand for the toe loop.
For one thing, a toe loop doesn't need a full 360 degrees in the first revolution; a true lutz needs a little more than 360.
Suppose we have a requirement of "an axel jump" as is currently the case in a long program. Number of rotations optional.I can concede to the point that rotating in the air should be worth something, but a fall on an element should reduce its overall value to something extremely low (at most, 2).
Suppose several skaters each fall on their attempts, but this is what they achieve before falling:
A. Fully rotated triple axel
B. Triple axel short by >90 degrees
C. Fully rotated double axel
D. Double axel short by >90 degrees
E. Rotated single axel
F. Popped waltz jump or one revolution of axel
They all fell. Should they all receive the same reward (or punishment) for the attempt?
At the club competitions where I've seen the IJS in use, I think there was one fairly large monitor for the tech panel as a whole. When they do the reviews after the program, they can all watch the same monitor.
(During the actual program, they'd be watching the live skater on the ice.)
No.Does that monitor have a line built in the system showing the boundary of a back outside takeoff?
The angle of the edge would always be different in relation to the monitor depending where the skater was on the ice.
Hah, I suppose for a technical event they could paint circles on the ice or use the hockey circles and say "Put your lutz on this circle. We'll judge the takeoff by how well it follows the line, with deductions if it swerves onto a tangent circle on an inside edge." There'd still be at least two acceptable placements for the lutzes, for clockwise and counterclockwise jumpers.
But that wouldn't work for programs, where skaters are encouraged to be creative in the placement and approaches to elements, and where they might be off by a couple of feet from one performance to the next, especially on rinks with different dimensions.


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Lake County Commissioner Robert E. Aufuldish was elected Monday by his two fellow commissioners to serve as the board's president for 2013.
Aufuldish's appointment was made during the commissioners' annual organizational meeting, required by law to be held the second Monday of the year.
The president runs the meetings and is often the first person contacted about upcoming issues. The position of president does not come with any additional authority or pay.
Former Commissioner Raymond E. Sines had held the position for the previous two years.
Aufuldish was also appointed as the commissioners' representative to the Lake County Geographic Information System Board, Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (known as LEEDCo), and Lake County Land Reutilization Corp. (known as the county land bank).
Commissioner Judy Moran was appointed as the commissioners' representative to the Lake County Automatic Data Processing Board, Lake County Microfilming Board, Lake County Narcotics Agency Executive Board, and Lake County Visitors Bureau Board of Trustees.
Commissioner Daniel P. Troy was appointed as the commissioners' representative to the Lake County Solid Waste Management Policy Committee and Lake County Board of Revision.
Moran and Troy were also selected as members of the Lake County Investment Advisory Committee, which along with the county Treasurer, meets quarterly to review the county's investment portfolio.
At the organizational meeting each year, commissioners typically appoint a county apiary inspector, and they again selected Jim Davis, who held the job last year.
The position, which is mandated by state law, does not require a license and is generally filled by someone who has beehives themselves.
The inspector, who works on a part-time basis, is paid $14 per hour plus 50 cents per mile and goes into the hives once a year to look for potential diseases.


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Now in its 21st year, Gospel Meets Symphony returns to The University of Akron's EJ Thomas Hall Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
For one night only, witness the power of the 200 voice Gospel Meets Symphony Choir as it joins forces with the Akron Symphony Orchestra to perform some of the world's most inspiring gospel and classical music under the direction of Christopher Wilkins, the Akron Symphony Orchestra Music Director, and Chorus Master Jennifer Mekel Jones.
"Gospel is all about good news. Symphony brings musical genius to life. Each can stand alone, but its pure magic to see them come together," said Gospel Meets Symphony Chorus Master, Jennifer Mekel Jones. "If you haven't witnessed it before, I assure you that you won't be able to stay in your seat."
"Plenty of other cities do gospel music concerts with their orchestras, but what's unique in Akron is the emphasis on community," said Maestro Christopher Wilkins. "It isn't just a concert of music from a multitude of traditions. The music is a tool for bringing people together and inviting their wholehearted participation with us. That's the higher purpose of Gospel Meets Symphony."
Gospel Meets Symphony is Akron's premiere collaborative concert, bringing the Akron community together for an unforgettable evening of inspiration and celebration. Concertgoers will also enjoy vocal appearances by Wanda Hunt, Johnathon Turner, Marquetta Wootson, Ethel Satterwhite, Charmaine Wilson, Doretha Folds-Williams and Charlene DeJournett. Chuck Collins of Rubber City Radio Group will return as emcee.
"The Gospel Meets Symphony choir itself is a means of connecting with a diversity of communities in our city through our Akron-based musicians, including university faculty and students, teachers, church musicians, professional instrumentalists and singers, and amateur musicians," said Wilkins. "No symphony tradition has done more to foster deep bonds within this community than our annual Gospel Meets Symphony program."
Tickets for Gospel Meets Symphony are on sale and range from $25 to $55 with discounts for seniors, students (50 percent off) and groups of 10 or more (25 percent off).
To order tickets, call the Akron Symphony at 330-535-8131, order online at www.akronsymphony.org, or purchase through EJ Thomas Hall at 330-972-7570 or www.uaevents.com. Visit the Akron Symphony website for a complete concert calendar and additional program details. Patron tickets are available for an additional $35 each and include valet parking, a listing in the concert program and an invitation to the post-concert reception. Patron tickets can only be purchased through the Akron Symphony office. Interpreters will be available at this concert.


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Mr. Brunengo was born July 18, 1922, in Portland. He attended Sellwood Grammar School, Benson Tech, Multnomah Junior College and Oregon State. He completed midshipman school at Columbia University and was commissioned an ensign in 1944. He married Iris Lundstrom in 1951, and they lived in Eastmoreland. They moved to Happy Valley in 1962. After returning from military service, he went to work for Portland Gas & Coke and rose to regional manager for Owens Corning Fiberglas, before purchasing Pacific Insulation in 1968.
He was preceded in death by sisters, Lena Polli and Mary Gattuccio Pence. He is survived by wife, Iris; son, Matthew; daughters, Diane Dieni (Frank) and Victoria Cox (Alistair); and three grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 29, at St. Peter Church. Memorial donations can be made to the St. Peter Church St. Vincent de Paul.


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Judge says North Carolina possum drop allowed to go on
Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:48:11 GMT —
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) " A judge says the annual New Year's Eve possum drop can go on as planned in a North Carolina town.
The judge says he won't block the organizer of a mountain town's celebration from getting a state permit allowing him to capture a possum and lower it in a cage at midnight.
Attorneys for the Wildlife Resources Commission and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were in court in Raleigh on Monday. The animal-welfare organization sought to block the annual Possum Drop in Brasstown. A PETA lawyer says the lights, noise and crowd of people can wreck a possum's nerves and health.
The state commission issued a permit Friday allowing the organizer to capture the animal.
The judge ruled the show in Brasstown can go on.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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text: Warm weather could make ducks harder to locate By John McCoy December 15, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Conventional wisdom dictates that mild winters equal lousy late-season duck and goose hunting.While that's a good rule of thumb, it isn't always right.Last winter should have been disastrous. There was almost no snow, and temperatures stayed fairly moderate. The bitterly cold two- or three-week period that usually pushes waves of waterfowl south into West Virginia never happened.It stands to reason, then, that hunters should have had a really difficult time finding ducks or geese.They didn't."I was kind of surprised when we did our midwinter waterfowl survey," said Steve Wilson, waterfowl project leader for the state Division of Natural Resources. "Before we started counting, I figured we wouldn't see many birds at all. The numbers turned out to be down a little, but not a lot. We counted considerably more than I thought we would."The survey took place in January. Wilson overflew all the areas of the state where waterfowl tend to congregate - along the Ohio, Kanawha, New and Shenandoah rivers and on Tygart and Bluestone lakes.Waterfowl tend to congregate there in January because that's where most of the unfrozen water is.Last year, nothing was frozen. Not only did birds not come down from the north, but birds that were already here stayed scattered around the small streams and ponds they normally inhabit. "Still, we counted more than I thought we would," Wilson said. "I've seen mild years when we didn't count many birds at all, but last year the numbers were decent."For duck hunters' sake, Wilson is hoping a couple of bitterly cold "Alberta clippers" sweep down out of central Canada and put the Mountain State in a late-December deep freeze."That would certainly make it a lot easier on duck and goose hunters," he said. "It would push birds down here from the lowlands around Lake Erie. When all the water gets frozen in those areas, [ducks and geese] tend to head our way. They usually don't come any farther south than they need to get by, and because we almost always have open water along our large rivers, they stop here."Most of the ducks that move south are mallards and black ducks, but Wilson said other species show up, too - species West Virginians don't often see."When the weather is right, it's not unusual to see canvasbacks, ring-necked ducks and gadwalls mixed in with the mallards and blacks," he said.Ironically, geese don't usually make the trip. "We don't really get that many migrants," Wilson said. "If you're hunting and seeing geese around here, they probably are from here. The Ohio Valley might get a few, but we'd really have to have an unusual weather situation to get many migrant geese in here. Fortunately, we've always got plenty of resident geese around."If we get that late-December cold snap, Wilson has some advice for waterfowl hunters who aren't sure where to look."If it gets really cold, and if ponds and marshes and small slow streams freeze over, the only open water is the big stuff and water that's moving really fast. Throw a foot of snow over the ground and it really restricts them. They head for big rivers and lakes."Once you know where they have to go, it makes for mighty good hunting. If it stays thawed and warm, you'll have to do a lot more scouting to find them." Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about a sandwich 5 Toyota announces new $115 million project for WV plant Outdoors notes -- Dec. 16 Previous Story Hummers in December, hmm? Next Story


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Vital Vox Festival to Celebrate Power of the Human Voice at Roulette, 3/25-26
The Vital Vox Festival-an event that explores the myriad power of the human voice in its solo and ensemble forms across a multitude of genres-will take place at 8pm on March 25 and 26, 2013 at Roulette, located at 509 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, NY (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, G, D, M, N, R, B & Q trains and the LIRR).
Tickets are $15 ($10 Students/Seniors/Members) and can be purchased at www.roulette.org or by calling 917-267-0363. More information on the festival and the performers can be found at www.vitalfoxfest.com. The fourth annual festival has been rescheduled from October 29 & 30, 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy.
Over the course of two diverse evenings, the Vital Vox Festival will explore the theme of 'vox electronics,' featuring artists who expand their sonic vocabulary with electronics of all kinds. Performances will draw from wide-ranging international influences and genres including jazz, experimental, contemporary, free improvisation, interactive electro-acoustic and world music, as well as audio sampling.
The March 25 program includes vocalist Philip Hamilton performing "Vocalscapes: Solitude", vocalist/composer Sabrina Lastman performing her original piece "An Encounter with 'El Duende'", and Unearthish-a duo comprised of violinist/composer/vocalist Sarah Bernstein and percussionist/electronic musician Satoshi Takeishi-performing Bernstein's compositions.
The March 26 program includes composer/vocalist/video and performance artist Lisa Karrer in collaboration with composer/multi-instrumentalist David Simons performing "Collision Theory: Works & Premieres for Voice & Multi-Media", composer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Sasha Bogdanowitsch performing his new song cycle "Timbre Tree seeds" with interdisciplinary theater group Loom Ensemble, and composer/performer Pamela Z performing works for voice, live processing and video. (Full program and performer details below.)
VITAL VOX premiered in May 2009 at Teatro IATI (International Theatre Arts Institute) in the East Village then continued in 2010 at ISSUE Project Room before moving to Roulette in 2011. Since its founding, the Festival has brought together some of the most talented & creative vocalists in NYC and featured nearly 20 projects and 30 vocalists. Sasha Bogdanowitsch & Sabrina Lastman are Artistic Directors for the festival, which is produced by World in One & Roulette. Roulette is a major New York City venue for contemporary music and inter-media art, internationally recognized for the presentation and promotion of experimental contemporary music, an incubator for young talent, and a laboratory where new ideas and new technologies are examined, appraised and developed.
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 8pm
Event link: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox
PHILIP HAMILTON - Vocalscapes: Solitude
Vocal explorer Philip Hamilton takes audiences on a Journey of sounds using his voice, percussion and electronics. Hamilton, creator of the hit a cappella show "VOICES", uses vocal styles from across the globe to expand the imagination. (www.voicestheshow.blogspot.com)
SABRINA LASTMAN - An Encounter with 'El Duende'
Sabrina Lastman will present excerpts from her original piece "An Encounter with 'El Duende'", a multidisciplinary music performance for voice, sound, bowed psaltery, megaphone, percussion & visuals. Federico Garcia Lorca's eerily passionate world comes to life through this re-imagination of his written & visual artistry. Visuals by Shige Moriya. (www.sabrina-lastman.com)
Unearthish is the duo of Sarah Bernstein (voice, violin, electronics) with Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), performing Bernstein's compositions. Minimalist motifs meet avant-jazz formations, integrating sung and spoken poetry with acoustic and electric sound sculpture. (www.sarahbernstein.com)
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 8pm
Event link: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox-2
LISA KARRER - Collision Theory: Works & Premieres for Voice & Multi-Media
Lisa Karrer (in collaboration with composer/multi-instrumentalist David Simons) will present works for voice, electronics, interactive video, triggered theremin and keyboard, including premieres of Karrer's "Meeting Max: Vocal Experiments with Interactive Video Mixer", and Simons's "The Opera Within the Opera". (http://www.simons-karrer.com)
SASHA BOGDANOWITSCH with Loom Ensemble - Timbre Tree seeds
A new song cycle for solo voice, vocal trio & instruments that explores the 'reflecting glass' of live looping & processing. The work delves into the intersection between sung text and vocables, and is accompanied by an assortment of original instruments, such as wind instruments like the syrinx, fujara, and koncovka. All of this is intermingled with the tenori-on, a unique visual electronic instrument. The work will also feature dance and vocals from interdisciplinary theater group Loom Ensemble (Andrew Broaddus, Helen Joyce, Raphael Sacks, Kate Hamilton and Michael Bauer on Cyr Wheel). (www.sashabmusic.com)
PAMELA Z - Works for Voice, Live Processing, and Video
Pamela Z will perform short works for voice, live processing, gesture-controlled samples and interactive video, including excepts from her piece "Memory Trace". (www.pamelaz.com)
Philip Hamilton one of the most captivating voices in music today. Possessed with a voice that conveys a Warrior's strength, a Blues man's soul, a Romantic's heart and a Muezzin's spirit, The New York Times calls this inventive vocalist/composer "contemporary and cutting-edge" for his explosive recordings and performances. Hamilton worked with John Cage as a teenager which helped shape his love for sound and the unexpected; as such, Hamilton is a true original who has performed or recorded with some of the leading musical minds of our time, including the Pat Metheny Group, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan's Donald Fagan, Gilberto Gil, Mike Stern and John Cage. His solo performances challenge audiences to redefine the voice and celebrate its limitless potential. His larger ensembles also cross musical boundaries as they take listeners on journeys inspired by the blues, rock, jazz, classical, as well as sounds from around the world. His ensembles have featured some of the music world's best and brightest performers including Greg Osby, Chieli Minucci, John Medeski, Matt Garrison, Bill Evans, Mike Manieri, Richard Bona, Gil Goldstein, Ottmar Liebert and Vernon Reid. Philip Hamilton is also recognized as the leading contemporary composer of music for dance. The recipient of 2004 New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for his Body of Work in the field of Composition for Dance. He has composed for the world's leading choreographers and dance companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ron Brown, Mia Michaels, Ballet Hispanico, Rennie Harris, Robert Battle and Ann Reinking, the Tony award-winning choreographer of Chicago and Fosse. Ezekiel's Wheel, Hamilton's critically acclaimed work with Danny Buraczeski/Jazzdance is hailed as "a modern masterwork" in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. His globe trotting hit a cappella show "VOICES" blends vocal styles from around the corner and around the world. (www.voicestheshow.blogspot.com)
Sabrina Lastman (Uruguay/ Israel) is a New York-based vocalist and composer born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Drawing from jazz, Latin American and contemporary music, often integrating extended vocal techniques, Sabrina concentrates her work on jazz projects like the Sabrina Lastman Quartet and the creation of interdisciplinary new music performances combining voice, sound, movement and visuals. Such works include: Dialogues of Silence, On Becoming & Inelement (with SoCorpo), River of Painted Birds, and An Encounter with El Duende. Sabrina has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Classical Guitar Association of New York, Blues Alley Jazz, Blue Note, Juilliard, New York University, City University of New York, La Mama, Roulette, and ISSUE Project Room. She has played with musicians such as Fernando Otero, Bakithi Kumalo, Tali Roth, Pablo Aslan, Emilio Solla, Pedro Giraudo, David Silliman, Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Meg Okura, Alexander Norris, The M6 and Philip Hamilton. Sabrina was awarded grants by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) & New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Her album The Folds of the Soul was nominated by the Graffiti Award 2008 as one of the best jazz albums of the year. Sabrina has toured internationally playing in many musical and interdisciplinary projects from Tango to New Music. She graduated from The Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance in Israel. Her latest album The Candombe Jazz Sessions (ZOHO Music) was released in March 2012. (www.sabrina-lastman.com)
Sarah Bernstein is a violinist, composer, improviser, vocalist and poet. She leads the duo Unearthish with Satoshi Takeishi, presenting minimalist motifs with avant-jazz song form and original poetry, and is part of The Improv trio Iron Dog with Stuart Popejoy and Andrew Drury, which showcases her sonic range on processed violin and spoken word. The recently debuted Sarah Bernstein Chamber Project introduces new acoustic compositions for nine instruments in various configurations. She performs and records with artists such as Anthony Braxton, Adam Rudolph, Joseph Daley, Dave Scott, and the Jazz & Poetry Choir Collective. Her film scores include the web documentaries of photojournalist Katja Heinemann. Originally from San Francisco, Sarah lives in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BFA in Violin Performance from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in Jazz Studies from CUNY Queens College. (sarahbernstein.com)
Satoshi Takeishi, a drummer, percussionist, and electronic musician, is a native of Mito, Japan. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, then lived in Colombia and Miami, Florida before moving to New York in 1991. He has performed and recorded in a vast variety of genres from world, jazz, contemporary classical to experimental electronic music, with musicians such as Ray Barretto, Carlos 'Patato' Valdes, Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Anthony Braxton, Mark Murphy, Herbie Mann, Paul Winter Consort, Rabih Abu Khalil, Erik Friedlander, Ned Rothenberg, Michael Attias, Shoko Nagai, Paul Giger, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band, Ying String Quartet, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Dhafer Youssef, Lalo Schifrin and Pablo Ziegler. He continues to explore multi-cultural, electronic and improvisational music with local and international musicians.
Lisa Karrer is a composer, vocalist, video and performance artist, and collaborates with numerous artists and ensembles, including projects in Estonia, Western Europe, Israel, and Indonesia. She has produced albums for the ensembles Music For Homemade Instruments and Gamelan Son of Lion, and with co-composer David Simons, has recorded and released their chamber opera The Birth of George on Harvestworks' TELLUS label. Lisa's compositions for Gamelan orchestra appear on Gamelan Son of Lion albums Bending the Gending and Sonogram, released on Innova Records. Other large-scale multi-media works include Puhamu, a music theatre project premiered in Estonia, her wayang opera Woman's Song: The Story of Roro Mendut, co-produced by the Kitchen and the World Music Institute, and Schismism pt 1: Fractured America produced by The Flea Theater in 2007. Schismism: Natural Law, based on the life of Charles Darwin premiered at NYC's Living Theatre in October 2008; since then it has been produced in NYC and at venues across the U.S. Lisa's video and sound installations have been exhibited at galleries such as Garnerville Arts Center, Rockland Center for the Arts, and A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn. Her multi-media works include collaborations with visual artists such as Gregory Barsamian, Jenny Lynn McNutt, Mary Ziegler, Peeter Laurits, Jackie Shatz, Pat Hickman and Bill Hochhausen. Recent appearances include the Microtonal Festival with Skip LaPlante, and The Stone with The Hunter Gatherers. Lisa's new chamber work "The Language of Life", commissioned by NYC's Flexible Orchestra premiered October 25 at the Ukranian National Home in downtown Manhattan. (http://www.simons-karrer.com)
David Simons is a composer and performer specializing in percussion, Theremin, electronics, homemade instruments, and World Music. Recordings of his works include two CDs on Tzadik records, Fung Sha Noon (2009) and Prismatic Hearing (2005); three CDs for Gamelan Son of Lion including compositions "Kebyar Leyak", "Cool it Wayang" and "Naked We Stand"; his string quartet Cipher on the new NYFA Collection released on Innova Records; the opera The Birth of George (Tellus/Harvestworks) with Lisa Karrer; and on albums by God is My Co-Pilot, Stockhausen, Shelley Hirsch, Denman Maroney, Music for Homemade Instruments, and many others. David's work in music for theater and dance has brought him to Europe, Asia, Guantanamo, Honolulu, and Bali. He has been awarded a Rockefeller Bellagio residency, NYFA fellowships, commissions from American Composers Forum, Mary Flagler Cary, Meet the Composer; travel grants from Artslink and Arts International. Simons' composition "Odentity for the Harry Partch instruments" was premiered by Newband in 2007, and is featured on his newest Tzadik CD, FUNG SHA NOON. David is currently writing an opera influenced by the work of Marshall McLuhan. His writings on music and sound are published in Radiotexte (Semiotexte#16), EAR magazine, and Soundings.
Sasha Bogdanowitsch is a composer, vocalist & multi-instrumentalist whose work ranges from music for theater, dance, and film to interdisciplinary performance and original songs. For the voice, Sasha often uses a language of sounds and has developed a way of singing that incorporates his studies in world, early, and contemporary new music. He has worked with many artists and companies such as Loom, SoCorpo, Meredith Monk, Lou Harrison, Erdem Helvacioglu, and the American Festival of Microtonal Music, and has performed throughout the world and at various NYC venues including Carnegie Hall, Whitney Museum, Symphony Space, BAM, La MaMa and the Stone. He is co-artistic director of Vital Vox and a co-founder of the arts non-profit World In One (www.worldinone.org) as well as the Loom Ensemble (www.loomensemble.com). Sasha is currently active composing and performing solo as well as with interdisciplinary theater ensemble Loom, and vocal duo SoCorpo. (www.sashabmusic.com)
Pamela Z is a San Francisco-based composer/performer and media artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, sampling technology, and video. A pioneer of live digital looping techniques, she creates solo works combining experimental extended vocal techniques, operatic bel canto, found objects, text, digital processing, and MIDI controllers that allow her to manipulate sound with physical gestures. In addition to her solo work, she has composed and recorded scores for dance, theatre, film, and new music chamber ensembles. Her large-scale multi-media works have been presented at venues including Theater Artaud and ODC in SanFrancisco, and The Kitchen in New York, and her media works have been presented in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum (NY) , the Diözesanmuseum (Cologne), and the Krannert Art Museum (IL). Her multi-media opera Wunderkabinet - inspired by the Museum of Jurassic Technology (co-composed with Matthew Brubeck) has been presented at The LAB Gallery (San Francisco), REDCAT (Disney Hall, Los Angeles), and Open Ears Festival, Toronto. Pamela Z has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. She has performed in numerous festivals including Bang on a Can at Lincoln Center (New York), Interlink (Japan), Other Minds (San Francisco), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), and Pina Bausch Tanztheater Festival (Wuppertal, Germany). She is the recipient of numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Creative Capital Fund, the CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts, The MAP Fund, the ASCAP Music Award, an Ars Electronica honorable mention, and the NEA and Japan/US Friendship Commission Fellowship. She holds a music degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (www.pamelaz.com)
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Vital Vox - March 25 Event Page: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox
Vital Vox - March 26 Event Page: http://roulette.org/events/vital-vox-2
Pictured: Vital Vox 2013 Performers (clockwise from upper left): Philip Hamilton, Sabrina Lastman, Sarah Bernstein, Pamela Z, Sasha Bogdanowitsch, and Lisa Karrer with David Simons.


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NEW YORK Deloitte's 25th annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends found that 66% of consumers surveyed indicate their financial situation is the same or better compared with this time a year ago, and 62% plan to spend the same or more on the holidays compared with 2009. However, 50% of consumers feel the economy is either in a recession or heading back into one.
Despite the mixed view, one group of consumers -- the $100,000 and higher income bracket -- is leading the upswing in sentiment with nearly half (45%) of households feeling the economy will improve next year, compared with 39% of all other survey respondents, Deloitte reported. Additionally, more than half (52%) say their job is extremely or very secure, 10 percentage points higher than the survey average. This group is also planning to splurge the most on the holiday season, spending a total of $826 on gifts this year, 77% higher than all survey respondents.
"Consumers who are feeling secure in their financial situation appear more willing to engage in some retail therapy, satisfying some pent up demand," said Alison Paul, vice chairman and retail sector leader for Deloitte LLP. "At the same time, there are households that remain focused on necessities due to a job loss or other issues impacting their incomes. Other consumers report an improvement in their personal finances, yet remain cautious about the economy."
Deloitte found that consumers aged 45 to 60 years were more concerned about the economy. Four out of 10 (40%) respondents indicate their household financial situation is worse compared with last year at this time, compared with 35% of overall respondents. The highest number of respondents who said they will spend less this holiday season (46%) and that they have permanently cut back on the amount of money they spend (41%) came from the 45 to 60 years old age group.
Conversely, the 18 to 29 years old age group is ready to revisit retailers this holiday season after closely managing their finances, with nearly 37% citing careful spending throughout the year as a reason they're hoping to spend more on the holidays, Deloitte found. While their expected gift spending is lower than other age groups, they may make it up in non-gift spending plans as they expect to spend 50% more than the average on entertaining at home, non-gift clothing, socializing and home/holiday furnishings combined, bringing their total holiday spend on gift and non-gift items to $1,394, compared with an average of $1,160 among all survey respondents.
In addition to gauging holiday spending intentions in the 25th Annual Holiday Survey, Deloitte said it asked consumers to share their views on the most significant shopping changes in their lifetimes. In response, consumers frequently cited the Web's influence on their shopping. Almost half of consumers (46%) said that today they are smarter about prices as a result of comparison shopping online. Nearly four out of 10 (37%) indicate shopping is simpler because of the ability to shop in stores and online to find items they want. Also, 25% of consumers said the ability to check online recommendations from others has given them more confidence in buying a product.
"Among all the innovations over the years, respondents appear to value consumer technologies that provide convenience, simplicity, and access to information to empower them as shoppers," continued Paul. "Today's connected consumer is a precise and demanding consumer. Retailers that understand shoppers' priorities and can provide consistent product, assortment and service across multiple channels will likely better engage consumers this holiday season and beyond."


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I believe it was last week I posted part 1. I can't remember because I've been busy with work and making music. And I will say what I always say but this time I will emphasize it because I will be doing some big names: THIS IS ALL IN MY OPINION
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I read in the forum about putting Drew McIntyre back in his Chosen one gimmick and I stopped and thought of all the horrible and amazing transitions that either broke the character or helped the character. In this blog I will talk about the ones I can remember. Ones like Mark Henry, Kane, Drew McIntyre and others.
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Its been a while since I have actually done a blog. But I've been watching some of the younger and mid card talent and couldn't help but to think of some veterans they remind me of. So in this blog I will discuss some of my dream opponents for these mid card talents.
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This is Mikey A and my first blog will be about what I look forward to the most: finishers. A finisher can make or break the superstar. IMO Santino was a good wretler up until the cobra. Christian before the frog splash. Sin cara before the Swanton Bomb. So without further ado, lets just jump right into it.
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The Pacers were able to come back and win last night for only one reason: David West
took a ton of shots in the second half and made almost all of them. To be precise, West
put up 14 shots in the second half (9 in the fourth quarter). For perspective, Kobe Bryant
by far led the league in field goal attempts per game last season with 23.0 a night.
(Kevin Durant was a distant second with 19.7 per.)
Extrapolated over a full game, if West were to shoot as often as he did in the second
half last night and take 28 shots per game, he would be shooting a full five times per
night more than Kobe does. Thats a lot. Bryant has never averaged that many per
night, even when he was scoring 35.4 points per game. Michael Jordan, even when he
was averaging 37.1 points per game, never averaged 28 shot attempts per night.
Neither Allen Iverson nor Tracy McGrady, who combined to win all five scoring titles
between the 1999-2000 and 2004-05 seasons, ever averaged 28 FGAs per night.
You get the point. Its a lot of shots to be taking in a half, especially in the fourth.
David West, 4th Quarter Shooting vs Toronto
As you can see, one of his two misses in the fourth even came on a three with the
shot clock dwindling. We went over in more detail how he got all these good shots
last night (Andrea Bargnani was overmatched, Raptors made some strange team
defensive decisions, Paul George and West had some uncanny chemistry). But the
takeaway is that Indiana, despite not playing particularly well for much of the game
on offense, was able to get good looks when it matter.
Mostly, because West put the team on his back.
Early on, however, there were other guys who found ways to score well. Roy Hibbert
was able to find position early (not so much in the second half when Toronto played
him less straight up, however) and convert some nice moves. And Paul George came
out the gates gunning, apparently ready to burden the load left vacant by Danny
Granger. While he was very effective early (see his first-half shooting chart) and
showed some growth by, for example, knowing when to quick-shoot over a flat-
footed, shorter defender when he found himself with the ball on the wing, there was
still a lack of...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s
SacBees Kings Corner: Ailene Voisin: Smart is Ready to Put Stamp on Kings
Keith Smart finally feels like a head coach. Not an interim head coach auditioning
for one of the NBA's 30 jobs, or worse, a lame-duck head coach waiting for the
new owners to cut him loose.
For the first time in his career, Smart arrives at training camp as the man in
charge, bolstered by a one-year contract extension and empowered to transform
his team into his image or someone else's image.
These are his Kings. Their identity is his to choose.
Will the model be the Lakers of the 1980s? Celtics of the 1980s? Jazz of the
1990s? Spurs of the past decade? Nellie's Golden State Warriors of the Run TMC
"I watched a lot of tape this summer, and when I looked at our team, first of all,
I saw that there was too much dribbling," Smart said in something of an
understatement. "The floor started to shrink. I can't change the fact that we have
creative one-on-one players, but I believe I can train them to play differently.
You move, you cut, you shoot, and you're going to have success. But there has*
to be a system. I think I got into too much pick-and-roll action last year with our
guys forcing jumpers or catch and dribble."
Smart spent much of the offseason hunkered down either at the Kings' practice
facility or on the living room couch at his family's home in Danville. He half-
jokingly says he wore out his laptop and the big-screen TV in both places.
Perusing the Internet, he found footage of games dating back more than 60
years, and with little hesitation, pulled out a credit card.
When large boxes of old DVDs and videotapes started arriving at the house, his
puzzled wife, Carol, shot him a look.
"What are you doing with that stuff?" she asked.
"You won't believe what I found," he replied.
Recalling the scene Monday, Smart laughed and shook his head.
"She thought I was crazy. But I studied college games, college coaches, NBA
coaches, went and talked to everybody," Smart said. "I looked at systems from
way back to 1949, and one thing that struck me was that we (NBA teams) all
want to run. But when guys get jammed up, there is no spacing. Draw and kick
and then the guy can't make a shot. This goes back to what they teach kids in
AAU. I have two boys. I know what they're learning. But we have to be more
Smart refuses to reveal details from his summerlong brainstorming sessions
and barnstorming travels...CONTINUE READING AT SACBEE.COM
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Fairfax County Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebrates Care for the Environment
To celebrate Fairfax County Earth Day/Arbor Day, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and area businesses and community groups are sponsoring a day of activities on the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free event marks the 34th anniversary of the Earth Day celebration and the annual observance of Arbor Day.
The program includes performances by Billy B, a nationally known environmental entertainer, Barnett Williams on the drums and a play by Glee Mania. Those attending can visit the petting zoo and Reptiles and Amphibians in Our Back Yard, and view a presentation by the Wildlife Center of Virginia. Other activities include demonstrations and exhibits, free tree seedling giveaways, food, games, free Segway rides, bug house making, hybrid vehicle displays and much more.
The event will feature an awards ceremony at 1 p.m. on the main stage. Michael McMahon, chairperson of the Fairfax County Tree Commission, will present the commission's Friends of Trees Awards. The award winners are:
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- Peterson Management
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A Trash Fashion Contest will be held for children and adults to compete to make high fashion couture from recyclable items in four categories. The winner in each category will win a $50 gift certificate. Materials will be available to make costumes onsite or participants can make their costumes at home and bring them to the event.
The Fairfax County Division of Solid Waste Collection and Recycling will also be on hand with the e-waste collection program at the Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration. This collection program, made possible through a partnership with Computer Donations Management and Service Source, enables the county to collect old computers and electronics for recycling. There is a $10 charge for computer monitor disposal. The cost of the computer and the $10 disposal charge are tax-deductible. Compost bins will also be available for sale for $37, which is less than half the retail price.
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Laurel Whitney | September 28, 2011
By Laurel Whitney • Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 16:02
Finally, a vestigial government-funded program actually worth cutting gets taken out as Denmark's new regime change is opting to excise Bjorn Lomborg's $1.6 million in funding for his Copenhagen Consensus Center.
"It's been very strange that particular researchers have received special treatment due to ideology. We're going to run fiscal policy differently," said Ida Auken from the Socialist People's Party.
Lomborg is notorious for touting economic woes pertaining to the costs of mitigating climate change. He has often suggested that it is either too expensive to tax carbon and cap emissions to solve climate change, except when he was advocating his 1900 robotic ship army idea to spray sea water and ameliorate warming through geoengineering.
Either way, the almighty free market that laissez-faire economists pray to has spoken (Lomborg's movie 'Cool It' raked in all of $62,713 in box office sales), and it's out with excessive climate-denier-mobiles. It's like the irony is killing…off his program. Literally.
"Our starting point is that money which is given to people who do not agree that there are climate change problems should be chucked out," stated Social Democrat environmental spokesperson Mette Gjerskov.
In response to the news, our friends at the Carbon Brief noted about Lomborg's funding loss, "that's a lot of tight t-shirts."
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
As the americanism has it,
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Lomberg got government funding for his blathering – I never imagined! What a ratio: $1.6 Million from the Danish government, $62 Thousand in sales.
RickJames replied on Permalink
This should be just the
This should be just the beginning of cutting unnecessary grants and gifts. Cut now and cut deep. No more freeloaders.
This is great news. The
This is great news. The previous government appears to have towed the right wing agenda in promoting deniers & liars for hire. Unfortunately Lomborg will ply his deception trade elsewhere, as there is never a shortage of gullible people out there for his type of messaging.
I see the new government is going to hit it hard with their cleantech options.
- Actual legislation on CO2 targets and reduction rate - CO2 emissions reduced by at least 40% by 2020
- Half of electricity from wind and biogas produced from all major agricultural manure by 2020
- Fossil energy replaced with renewable energy in electricity and heating sector by 2035
- Gross energy consumption to be reduced by at least 40% and fossil energy for transport phased out by 2050
- Accelerated construction of planned off shore wind farms, new near-shore wind farms and new turbines on land
- Increased energy saving requirements of energy companies and increased funding for energy research and development
- Accelerated energy renovation of public buildings and public housing
- Copenhagen road paywall, investment in improved public transport, accelerated infrastructure for electric cars and a tax on flight tickets
Good for them. Even if half of this is achieved, it's a massive turn around for a country that was tetering towards economic doom with no prospect of turn around.
"They forgot to put in the
"They forgot to put in the part about a flying car in every garage by 2025."
Well that sort of propulsion or any sort of planetary propulsion outside of mars isn't going to happen with old school neanderthal fossil fuel energy is it?
A lot of the technology we probably could have had by today has been held up or suppressed by the fossil fuel industries and governments.
"We're going to run fiscal
"We're going to run fiscal policy differently," said Ida Auken from the Socialist People's Party."
Oh, I bet they will – with the predictable results.
I guess this is what they do to enemies of the state, who don't conform to socialist ideology.
Oh nooo, it's reds under yer
Oh nooo, it's reds under yer beds eh David? Can be any worse than the previous right wingers that ran their country into the ground & employed deniers & liars for hire.
The new government have a big job ahead of them fixing up the economic shambles the conservatives created in the past 10 years. Creating a clean tech economy is a good first step.
"The new government have a
"The new government have a big job ahead of them fixing up the economic shambles the conservatives created in the past 10 years."
Please tell us, Phil, in what way is Denmark's economy any more of a "shambles" than other European countries? If anything, compared to the rest of the EU, they've done fairly well. Then again, I'm merely going by the widely available and undisputed facts and figures.
"Then again, I'm merely going
"Then again, I'm merely going by the widely available and undisputed facts and figures."
You could have provided a link for those "facts", but chose not to. It was just sooo good that the people voted them out eh?
"We need socialist parties to
"We need socialist parties to make us remember why they suck so much."
Ralph, you might be waiting a long time buddy…… because they are social democrats that practice the "Third Way", or centrism. Others you may have hear of that practiced the 3rd way of recent note are the Clinton government. The Blair government & the Hawke, as well as current Labor/Gillard government in Australia.
Many political pundits I've seen believe that these governments are more like the Conservative governments of yesteryear & many of the current conservative governments like in Australia, Canada & the USA are actually right wing now. Hence why many conservatives in these countries see the conservatives in Europe as not really conservatives anymore. By conservative they mean right wing.
"Thanks Denmark for taking the sucker punch for the rest of us. I hope the rest of us can learn from your upcoming economic contraction."
Well you don't have to wait too long Ralph, we practice the 3rd way here in Australia. Debt is 26% of GDP & we have 5.1% unemployment. None of our banks failed.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/6202.0
Peter Moss replied on Permalink
Great pic of Lomborg. A
Great pic of Lomborg. A nice, steady, wide open mouth just waiting for his foot.
RickJames replied on Permalink
the famous evenhandedness of
the famous evenhandedness of desmog coming through in the picture selection.
"the famous evenhandedness of
"the famous evenhandedness of desmog coming through in the picture selection."
On a blog that opposes Lomborgs stance, you expected a picture of him hoisted upon shoulders, with great crowds waving banners saying "Lomborg the great!" or some such thing?!
You don't check out WUWT much do you?
I didn't see your complaint about Al Gores photo. Or the dozens of other ones with him breathing fire onto our planet.


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NEW YORK, NY—International humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International has launched an emergency response to assist the victims of ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan. An estimated 300,000 people have been internally displaced and at least 75,000 people have fled to neighboring Uzbekistan since violent clashes erupted in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan in mid-June.
Action Against Hunger's top priority is providing displaced populations in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan with access to food and safe drinking water with a focus on the most vulnerable—children, expecting and nursing mothers, and the elderly. The humanitarian group, which already secured permission to enter an area of Uzbekistan where thousands of refugees have congregated, has deployed emergency response teams to both countries yesterday. Experts in food security and water & sanitation will immediately begin providing clean drinking water to 30,000 people in Osh and carry out rapid assessments in affected areas to determine immediate needs. A cargo plane carrying emergency supplies is scheduled to arrive within the next few days.
Action Against Hunger learned that makeshift refugee camps have been established in Uzbekistan, but the humanitarian situation for the displaced in Kyrgyzstan remains unknown. Tens of thousands of people are caught on the Uzbek side of the border with Kyrgyzstan, where authorities have registered 32,000 refugee families, mostly comprised of women and children. The distribution of basic supplies is extremely limited due to insecurity, continued population displacement, and the closure of the Osh airport.
"The wounded and sick are unable to reach hospitals for fear of being exposed to violence, and there have even been attacks against medical personnel while trying to evacuate patients," said Olivier Longue, Executive Director for ACF-Spain. "Humanitarian access is still very limited. Very few agencies are on the ground because of ongoing fighting."
Hospitals and health centers are running out of food and fuel as the number of wounded continues to rise. In the city of Osh, where many grocery stores, markets, and restaurants remain closed, the population faces rising food insecurity. Household food stocks are being rapidly depleted because of looting and restrictions on movement and on the delivery of supplies. With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees, the water supply in some areas of Osh has been disrupted due to power outages. Stocks of bottled water have also run out or been looted.
"We are especially concerned about indiscriminate attacks on civilians, gender violence, looting, the destruction of personal property, and the lack of protection afforded to those displaced by the violence," said Javier Perez, head of the emergency team for Action Against Hunger.
The organization calls on all parties involved to cease the killings, stop the destruction, and allow humanitarian actors to safely respond to the immediate needs of the affected populations.


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He was also in his 2nd year then but most people wanted to cut his throat and send him out of town then too. If I were him, I'd want out of Indy. Seems like everytime he struggles people just turn the knife at him his whole career here.
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He was also in his 2nd year then but most people wanted to cut his throat and send him out of town then too. If I were him, I'd want out of Indy. Seems like everytime he struggles people just turn the knife at him his whole career here.
Perhaps he just wants to play Jamaal up to the NY fans and make him sound like the best thing ever so that when the Pacers trade him to the Knicks for Stephon Marbury that the fans don't go crazy over it...Helping sway the fans' opinions before his buddy Isaiah makes a deal...Just an idea...
You can do a search on my posts, not that you care, but I never ever wanted Tins gone. He is very tough mentally and is in control. He veers of at times and just needs to mature a little, which he will do with age (in the next couple of years) and we will be real good.
However, he needs to work out real hard to stay fit. Conditioning is definitely a problem with him.
Tinsley was the one guy who played well against Boston in '03. After everything he'd just been through, I knew then he was who I wanted at point. So, of course we ran out and got Kenny.
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Wow I completely disagree.
If my memory serves me well, Tinsley had one good shooting game, game #1 and after that he was horrible. In fact Hardaway played a lot in game #5 and I remember suggesting that was the best point guard play the pacers got in that series.
Artest and J.O played well, and that was it.
That series convinced me Tinsley had to go.
Tinsley was getting eaten alive by Tony Delk. That was the year when Tinsley refused to get into a defensive stance, and his defense was beyond bad. I remember the next preseason I remarked, at least Tinsley is in a defensive stance for once.
Edit: I just checked the stats, and yes Tinsley shot well 57%, but only averaged 8.2 pts per game.
J.O averages over 17 rebs per game
How many points do you want Tinsley to average? And 57% for Tinsley two years ago was like 93% for anybody else.Originally Posted by Unclebuck
Yes, you're right, I forgot JO put up some monster numbers that series.
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While most are ripping on Vecsey, I will at least mention that the man does like to dig for a story. I just wish a beat reporter or columnist for that matter, for the star; had the nut sack to attempt to scoop a story.
I remember when Vescey slammed Montieth about his lack of knowledge on the Al Harrington (will he stay, or will he go) hype, and basically saying he scooped the team's beat writer. I recall Montieth getting so upset that he claimed he went to Al Harrington himself and was getting the word from the "horses mouth and not the horses ***" as Vescey sought his info through agents, friends and the like. Vescey pretty much reported that Harrington was wanting a trade, where Montieth reported that Harrington backed off his trade demands. As we all know, Vecsey got the scoop!
I know Vecsey is hit and miss, but I really really feel that players are more willing to be a little more open with media types that are not local and guys they don't have to look at everyday. Look at Mike Vanderjagt, he went on Canadian TV to give his feelings on Peyton and the Colts a couple years ago...eventhough it still blew up in his face, notice, he didn't talk to a local guy. Anyway, what benefit is it to a player to speculate to a local beat guy, or columnist on anything contriversial or against the team...especially in this market where no one goes against the team!!!
Vecsey does his fair share of f*&king up, but I give him a ton of credit for having the sack to do the work and not wait for an orginization to drop a story in his lap! Too bad the Star is still so worried about pissing someone off at Pacers Sports and Entertainment to try to get a scoop.
Do you remember the wire report around the trade deadline that appeared in the Star?
Remember how it listed players that were speculated to be traded?
Remember how the "actual" wire report had Pacer players listed, but the Star edited their papers and removed any mention of the Pacers from the report???
That more then proves my point about the Star not trying to **** off someone at PS&E
If that is not Yellow Journalism....I Dont know what is!!!!!!!
My only point about the scoring average was to suggest that he did not take many shots. I have no problem if he scores 5 points per game.
But I know he played very poorly in that series.
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Isiah never wanted Jamaal traded, I think he was talking about Larry.
Larry cares about how people keep themselves in condition in the off season and Jamaal does not have a stellar rep, although he has improved.