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BEMIDJI – For three of the invited participants in Thursday night's U. S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus concert at the Sanford Center, it will be a look back at their own stint in the U.S. Army.
Several local singers and musicians will take the stage to join in a performance of the march "El Capitan" by John Philip Sousa.
For Paul Mork and his trombone, it will probably feel like old times when he joins the band.
"It was during the Vietnam War and my draft number was low," said Paul Mork, "so I joined the Army after my junior year of college in January of 1969."
Mork, who played trombone in the band at Worthington High School, spoke highly of his band director Glenn Evensen who, Mork says, "produced a lot of decent players."
"I was in basic training when I auditioned for the First Army Band," Mork said. "I was accepted and transferred to Fort Meade, Md., where the U.S. Army Field Band was also stationed. "
Mork spoke to those years as a "musical ambassador" for the Army for they played concert tours along with traditional functions like "Pass and Review" ceremonies which mark a change in command or other important event.
"We played to receive troops home from Vietnam," said Mork, "and for awards ceremonies. There is a historical tradition to music in the services that dates back in this country when Fife and Drum Corps lead the columns of men during the Revolutionary War."
Mork returned back to the University of Minnesota and graduated with a degree in biological sciences. He was the park manager at Lake Bemidji State Park for 22 years until his retirement in 2009.
Another person who remembers her days in the U.S. Army is Andrea LeVasseur, who will be singing with the chorus for this concert.
"I was a radio traffic analyst and learned Russian in the Army," said LeVasseur. "I was stationed in Germany by the Czech border and monitored Soviet ground forces (during the Cold War."
Alto LeVasseur was in the Army from 1973 to 1977 and retired to resume her college career under the GI Bill.
Bass singer Stephen Bomgren served in Germany from 1962 through 1965 in intelligence monitoring the radio networks in East Germany.
Two other members of the Bemidji Chorale, Becky Leuben (soprano) and Sutton Stewart (tenor), also will perform.
"We just jump at the chance to bring concerts like this to the Bemidji area," said Dennis Doeden, publisher of the Bemidji Pioneer.
Paul Bunyan Broadcasting, with their affiliate on-air stations, and the Pioneer have been longtime partners in presenting these free concerts to the public. The first concert was in 2001 with the Air Force Band at Bemidji High School. A second was with the Army Jazz Ambassadors on the campus of Bemidji State University. Several other concerts have been staged in the Bemidji High School auditorium and this year the venue is the Sanford Center.
Although the military band concerts do not charge a fee to the presenters, the actual cost of producing these events has increased. This year, two presenting sponsors stepped forward to assume the major financial backing: First National Bank Bemidji and Coca Cola Bottling.
"We were thrilled to find both vocalists and instrumentalists," said Doeden.
Four members of the Bemidji High School band, under the direction of Derek Wickum, will perform: Issac Flaa on alto sax, Kayla Hewitt on trumpet, Erin Jones on French horn and Mark Switajski on trombone. Bemidji Area Community Band members who will play along with Mork are Glenn Seibel on the euphonium, Steve Konecne on saxophone and Darrel Rodekuhr on bassoon. Senior trumpet student Lexie Kruse will represent the music department at BSU.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Sanford Center, with Col. Timothy J. Holtan as conductor of the band and chorus. Tickets are free and available now at the Bemidji Pioneer, First National Bank Bemidji, Paul Bunyan Broadcasting offices at Fifth Street and Beltrami Avenue, and at the Sanford Center Ford Pickup Window.
The arena doors will open at 6:10 p.m. with open seating.


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As you may know, the Biebs is feeling a bit gwumpy following his "snub" by the Grammy board. These tensions came to a head on Monday when he expressed his frustrations by chucking a water bottle at his constant companions, the paparazzi. The resulting picture was a veritable portrait of a pop idol in decline, benign object flying from his angry yet cherubic face. Nobody knows why he did it, but AceShowbiz reports that he was out shopping sans Selena Gomez, who seems to be a calming influence on him.
Here's a tip for you, Justin Bieber: if you're going to go after the paparazzi, you have to really scare them. Otherwise, they're just going to come at you that much harder when they realize you pose zero physical threat to them. For inspiration, look to Sean Penn. He had sex with Madonna and is one of the most highly regarded filmmakers of our time. Throwing a water bottle just reminds people of that scene in Tiny Furniture where Lena Dunham's character is fighting with her sister Grace, and Grace is going at her with a water bottle and Lena's all like "stop hitting me, because it doesn't hurt!" Is that what you want to remind people of? I didn't think so.
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Would you be interested in a high-end audio broadcast medium?
The technology exists to create high-end audio programming that could finally solve the problem audiophiles have had with FM radio for years. But would you be interested enough to buy the equipment and/or pay for the service?
The quest for better quality and variety of audio programming is one of the main reasons I got a Big Ugly Dish and a GI 4DTV satellite receiver. It's terrific! I'll be interested to hear what the signal from CD radio sounds like when they start satellite broadcasting next year.
Stereophile's on-line Q/A session is the Barber Shop/Locker Room of the 90's. No women answered the question last week; none will proably read or answer the question this week. Forget talking audio. We don't this kind of freedom often
Yes, I would love to listen to high-end broadcasts, as long as the equipment and monthly charges (?) are reasonable. I have previously listened to digital musical channels on cable and enjoyed it very much. I am assuming that when you say high-end audio, it is at least CD-quality sound, if not better.
Of course, I listen to FM broadcasts daily and I'm not unhappy with the sound. Sometimes late at night it can be startling it's so good. Then again, my expectations are lower than for any other music source. I'd welcome an upgrade in broadcast quality if it came with an upgrade in program quality. Maybe the heightened interest in broadcast media would generate a demand for higher quality programming, or maybe not. We don't really need more of the same at any quality.
As with television technologies such as satellite, HDTV, etc., the opportunity for improvement lies in the programming content. No matter what the audio/video quality, having 100 channels of "fluff" to surf through still leaves you with "fluff" as "entertainment"!
It'd either have to be real inexpensive or real good, and that assumes that I wanta listen to what's being broadcast---preferably hours and hours of Grateful Dead shows done on DAT from soundboard feeds. Yeah, I'd be real interested if the Dead stuff was there; then I'd pay for it. Otherwise, it's just interesting.
Presently very satisfied with the quality of sound I get from my Yamaha TX-950 receiver. Have no desire to junk it and move to new equipment. Hoping that digital broadcasting does not make such a change necessary until my hearing deteriorates to the point I won't care.
Buy the equipment? Perhaps. I listen to classical music on the radio and I wish it could sound better. Pay for the service? NO. No one has had to PAY to listen to the radio since Marconi's day.
Sound quality is not the issue. Who wants to listen to radio or any other broadcast medium where someone else controls the playlist? Radio is for the car; at home, I want to program my own music.
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While listening to and collecting your own music library is one of the most enjoyable pastimes I know of, there is still something to be said for just sitting back, reading a book, and listening to the radio. Where else can you find a never-ending supply of very different music FOR FREE? The only problem with radio is that it, well, sounds like crap most of the time. (I, unfortunately, don't have enough disposable income to blow on a $5000 tuner.) Anything that could possibly make FM radio sound better should be embraced by audiophiles everywhere---if not all, then at least those who find themselves listening to the radio for more than five minutes a day.
My FM-radio listening is done in the car. While my home audio system retails for an obscene amount of money, I would never spend any $ to upgrade my car audio system. If I want to listen to FM-type music at home, I use my DSS system. And since it is only for background music, I sure would not pay more for better quality.
This is, of course, a tangled query: 1) It all depends on the equipment at both sending and receiving ends. 2) Is this what broadcast media should be doing to begin with? I'm sure you at Stereophile, as well as myself, could spend pages in discussion of this 50-year misstep! 3) It's about damn time!!!
The problem that I would have with another medium for broadcasting audio is variety. Not everyone has the same tastes in music. Right now, over FM radio, one can listen to just about any kind of music. A new, high-end system for broadcasting audio must incorporate all types of music, not just what is the most popular.
As long as I live in Japan, I could not care less about the audio quality of FM radio, since all stations here transmit only nonsense programs anyway. When I go back to Sweden in the future, although there are a lot of quality programs, the problem is that they rarely transmit the interesting stuff whan I want to listen to it. That is why a huge private record collection is so convenient.
Depends on the cost and the type of music. If it is strictly high brow snob classical then no. If it is blues/rock or lite jazz then maybe yes. Direct TV provides music channels that are good for background music. If they could improve the sound by switching to MLP or a different compression program then we would already be there. Well almost, we still need a decent DBS reciever.
Audio quality is, IMHO, the least of the problems with FM radio. Most listeners have four choices: rock and roll, recycled and non-recycled, country, and classical with a short playlist and stuffy, pretentious announcers. No real jazz ("smooth jazz," Kenny G, etc. doesn't count). Better reproduction of the same poor programming is not much of an improvement.


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This is activity that is criminal in its failure to act in the best interest of future generations.
You think Greece, Portugal and Italy have problems? You think that Greece is alone in criminal acts hiding their debt with OTC derivatives? If so, you are a victim of MSM MOPE.
The US has problems looming as large and larger than Euroland. QE must and will go to infinity regardless of how many denials come out of the doer, the Fed.
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A new report forces the question: How could Illinois pols do this to taxpayers
April 8, 2012
"Previous legislators and previous governors even awarded taxpayer funded health insurance benefits to themselves and 82,000 retirees, where 90 percent of them pay nothing on their insurance premiums. This lack of fiscal accountability has cost us dearly today."
—Gov. Pat Quinn, Feb. 22, 2012
"All told, state government is on pace to spend nearly $1 billion on retiree health care benefits in fiscal year 2013, more than double what it spent in 2003. Worse yet, these liabilities are growing more than twice as fast as tax revenues."
—Illinois Policy Institute, April 9, 2012
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There will be another Jim Sinclair in this gold market that has both the money, balls and knowledge to bury the sociopaths at the gold banks All arguments to the contrary are the ranting of imbeciles without market experience of half a century, especially the one from the expert that dances around the stage blowing a horn and hitting a bell to tell you gold is going to hell.
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NEW DELHI | Thu Apr 5, 2012 8:19am EDT
(Reuters) – The Indian government will offer tax incentives to exporters for sales in rupees to Iran, in the latest effort by New Delhi to bolster exports in return for oil from the Islamic Republic squeezed by Western sanctions, a finance ministry official said.
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There may be 35 Euro summit meetings and denials by the score, but whatever is required will be provided with QE to infinity.
Portugal's domestic banks tap ECB for record amounts of funding
Bank of Portugal says domestic banks' use of European Central Bank's facilities rose to a record €56.3bn in March
The reliance of eurozone banks on the European Central Bank was demonstrated on Monday when Portugal revealed that its domestic banks were tapping the central bank for record amounts of funding.
The Bank of Portugal said the use by domestic banks for the various facilities available from the ECB rose to €56.3bn in March – up from €47.5bn in February and greater than the previous record level of €49.1bn in August 2010.
Bailed out by the EU and International Monetary Fund in April 2011 for €78bn, Portugal has €12bn earmarked for bolstering its banks' capital positions if necessary in the months ahead.
The plight of Portugal's banks was revealed following the cash injection by the ECB in February when the central bank lent €529bn to 800 banks across the eurozone through its long-term refinancing operation (LTRO).
Portuguese banks were among those frozen out from the wholesale funding markets – where banks borrow from each other or professional investors – during the height of the eurozone crisis and as a result are among a number in the eurozone that utilise ECB funding.
"I think it's natural and reasonable for banks to have taken advantage of these funds under the circumstances, especially after the ECB relaxed some collateral requirements before February's injection," Teresa Gil Pinheiro, chief economist at Banco BPI in Lisbon, told Reuters.


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My GF is jealous of my Wife...what do I do?
Ok warning, this will be long. Also, since I havent posted in a while, here is an update to my situation, before I ask for your opinion on my current situation. I have a live-in GF, Sue (not her real name). Sue never knew about Poly until we met so when I told her that Kat would know everything that happens, she thought that I was lying and just wanted to cheat on Kat and she was cool with the cheating (disturbingly, this is something I found to be more common this area). So she was reluctant to meet Kat but she did, they got alone, Sue started to come over more, and about two months later, she was sleeping more at our home then hers. Now I must admit, I didnt go into this relationship for anything other than sex and since both Sue and I have a high sex drive so this was perfect for me then, I developed feelings and feel in love. We (the 3 of us) had a discussion about her moving in and it happened a month later. Life was great until I start noticing that Sue was unhappy with me showing Kat affection in front of her. Then, Sue started to do little things to sabotage Kat and my marriage (this would never work because we have a GREAT line of open communication). Then we had to talk to her and let her know that my relationship with Kat could never be in danger based on her lies and that maybe this Poly thing was not for her. She assured us that she was not trying to break us up and she wanted this to work because she loved me and has never been happier in her life. This pattern repeated itself two other times before we noticed that it only happened after she had been drinking and the apology came after she was sober. We talked to her about it and we decided that we cant have any serious conversations if any of us had been drinking. This seemed to work until I started noticing that Sue would still covertly say little things to try to put a wedge in our relationship. Nothing blatant or outright lies, but little misleading statements. Also, Sue still get jealous when Kat and I have any kind of date night or weekend get-aways.
Now, that you have the background here is my current situation, Im not sure how long I can stay with this situation feeling that Sue has an alternative motive. Also, my love for her is dimensioning because of this feeling (and the fact that we argue more than not). I think I should have a one on one conversation with her (Kat agrees) about my feelings. I know it may lead to a break-up but I dont think she is prepared for this to happen. When we decided to live together (January), she had just lost her last job, her car had just died, and her lease was up on her house. Sue was unemployed for about 3 months and has had her current job for about 3 months. So, she uses our vehicles to go wherever she wants (to include work), we dont let her pay rent (want her to save her money for her a vehicle and a savings account), and only let her contribute very little towards household items. If we were to break up, I would want her to stay at the house until she could fully support herself. The issue is that if this happens, I wouldnt have sex with her anymore (regardless of how much I wanted to) because I wouldnt want her to think that we are good again.
So, my questions are:
1) How do I approach the conversation about my feeling for you have changed for the worse?
2) If it comes to a break-up, how do I let her know that we are not trying to kick her out and we still want to help until she get on her feet?
3) Have anyone had a partner that turned into a roommate and did it work?
Thanks in advance for reading this and responding.
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How To Recover From A Weekend Of Festival Partying
Oh man, if you partied at Coachella over the weekend, I hope you don't feel too beat right now. Ehh, you probably do. I'm sure you have no regrets and feel all yolo or whatever the kids are saying these days, but that doesn't mean you aren't a hungover mess. All that fun in the California desert sunshine can really do a number on the old human bod. Luckily there are ways to feel like your everyday self again.
Here are a few things you can do to help yourself recover from a weekend of festival debauchery:
Drink Water. This one is a big "duh." You need to hydrate. Indio is hot as all get out and you were probably drunk or on all sorts of dehydrating club drugs. You need to replenish your system. Go drink a tall glass of water. Now, please.
Shower. Not only do you have to scrub the sin and body paint off of yourself, but you need to think about what you've done. The shower is the best place to get some self reflection time in.
Take a Bath. Once you've scrubbed yourself of filth, help your sore muscles by soaking them in a hot bath full of epsom salts.
Eat Normal Food. After a few days of eating nothing but drugs, soft pretzels and popsicles, your body could use some vitamins. Eat a vegetable.
Stretch. You sat in a car for hours, were huddled among crowds of human bodies for ages, you slept in a van, and you danced, danced, danced the weekend away. Stretch out your aching muscles, they deserve a treat.
Sleep In A Bed Like A Person. No matter how young you are, a few days of hardly sleeping on the ground at a raucous camping ground is going to take a toll. Tuck yourself in to a clean bed and catch up on ZZZs.
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Zathura is a third-person action adventure game based on the just-released movie of the same name. The movie is based on the children's book from author Chris Van Allburg, who also brought us Jumanji. Like Jumanji, Zathura is about an enchanted board game that whisks players away on all sorts of fantastical adventures. The game is your basic platformer with plenty of shallow combat and not much else. Zathura is obviously intended for a younger audience, but the game is too short and frustrating to be recommendable to anyone, regardless of age.
Zathura the game sticks fairly close to the movie, so you won't find any surprises if you've seen the movie already. The game starts off with two young brothers being left at home alone one afternoon. Danny, the whiny younger brother, pleads with Walter, his bullying older brother, to make him some lunch. Eventually the two end up fighting, and Danny ends up all alone in the basement, where he finds a strange board game called Zathura. Danny hits a button on the game, and a card pops out. When he has Walter read the card for him, a meteor shower suddenly starts smashing the house to splinters. When it's over, the remainder of the house is floating through space with the two young boys stranded inside. To get back to earth, the boys have to finish playing the game, but each time they take a turn, something crazy happens. The adventure will take you to a couple of typical sci-fi worlds where you'll fight rampaging robots, lizard-men known as Zorgons, and, well, that's about it actually. There isn't much to this game, and you can easily beat it in two or three hours. When you finish the game, you're rewarded with two trailers for Zathura and one for Jumanji--great.
There are a few fun moments to be found in Zathura, but for the most part it's as generic as they come. You'll jump from platform to platform, fight some enemies, and occasionally go up against a boss. The boss fights are the highlight of the game, but there are only a couple of bosses, and they don't put up much of a fight. There are three playable characters: Danny, Walter, and a large robot that is programmed to protect the boys. You don't get to choose which character to play as, since the character transitions are built into the game at specific moments.
You might play as Danny for one section of a level, then switch off to play as Walter for another section. Each of the characters has different abilities. Danny is a weakling, so he can't do much but run around and shoot enemies with a slingshot. He can do a couple of kicks, but they aren't very effective since his legs are so short that you have to get right up on an enemy to make contact. Danny can collect different kinds of ammo for his slingshot by breaking objects like crates and boxes. He has infinite moon rocks, but he can collect only limited supplies of electric shots, freezing shots, and explosive crystal bombs. Walter is similar to Danny except he's a bit stronger, so he can do things like swing on bars and hang on ropes. Walter is also much better at hand-to-hand combat. His main weapon is a metal robot arm collected early in the game. He can swing it like a bat to beat down enemies or deflect ranged attacks. Walter can throw things like radioactive waste containers and sand-crab eggs to damage enemies from afar. The robot has two melee attacks and a built-in cannon that can fire pulse ammo, bombs, missiles, and homing charges. The robot can also jump higher than the boys, and it can perform a boost charge.
The controls are pretty simple regardless of which character you use. You can lock on to enemies by holding a button, which is about the only way to effectively use ranged attacks. You can also crouch, strafe, and side-dodge. Usually, you can adjust the camera with the right analog stick, but sometimes the camera will become fixed at a terrible angle that makes it tough to see what's going on. There are also some platforming sections where the screwy perspective makes it difficult to judge your jumps, so you'll end up missing a lot of platforms and falling to your death. It doesn't help that the characters never seem to make contact with the ground, and sometimes they float around as if they're on ice.
Zathura is very forgiving when it comes to dying. You have unlimited lives, and when you do die you usually respawn almost right where you left off. It really takes away any sense of danger or risk this game might have had. On one level we found that when we fell off a platform it was easier to commit suicide and respawn at the top of the level rather than to climb all the way back up. Even without the infinite lives and frequent health pickups, this game is supereasy except for a few poorly designed platforming sections.
In addition to the generic gameplay, the graphics are pretty unremarkable. Some of the enemies--like the zorgons--look detailed and animate well. For the most part, though, the characters aren't the least bit interesting. The three playable characters have only a few animations that quickly get old. The environments are standard fare for a sci-fi game of this type. There's the industrial stage with lots of metal crates and laser beams, the lava stage with, well, lots of lava everywhere, and one level that has you hopping around on the surface of an asteroid. None of the levels look particularly interesting, and the few themes you'll see here don't feel very distinct. The Xbox version of Zathura suffers from the occasional bout of slowdown, but it's head and shoulders above the PlayStation 2 version of the game, which is constantly plagued by a choppy frame rate.
The sound in Zathura fares a bit better, but it's still nothing special. Most of the music sounds like it was taken straight from the movie. The soundtrack is about the only thing that makes this feel like an epic adventure. The actors from the movie lend their voices to the characters in the game, and while it isn't Oscar material, it's competent enough. Walter and Danny's father and sister both have roles in the movie, but they have been cut entirely from the game. That doesn't matter much since the game focuses on the two boys anyway. The sound effects are rather shallow in Zathura. You'll hear the same metallic creak every time your robot swings his arms, the same laser sound whenever an enemy turret fires, and the same hollow clatter when you destroy a box or piece of machinery.
Zathura is ultimately just another perfunctory action game based on a movie license. For the price of this game you could go see the movie twice and then go pick up the recently released Jumanji (Deluxe Edition) DVD and still have money left over. In doing so, you'd be getting about three times as much entertainment as you'll find in this game. If you've seen the movie, though, and just can't get enough, you might find something to enjoy here, but Zathura is way too short and uninteresting to be worth the $40 selling price.


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A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq
As of Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at least 1,874 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,455 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is two higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EDT Friday.
The British military has reported 93 deaths; Italy, 26; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; El Salvador, Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia, one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,735 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,346 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Kennedy cousin's bid for new trial implicates others
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, convicted three years ago of bludgeoning his neighbor to death with a golf club in 1975, will seek a new trial based on a claim by a cousin of basketball star Kobe Bryant that implicates two other people in Martha Moxley's murder.
Skakel's attorneys plan to file the petition for a new trial Monday. The Associated Press on Friday obtained a copy of the legal papers, which have been served on state officials.
Gitano "Tony" Bryant's allegation surfaced in 2003 after Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of killing Moxley in their gated neighborhood in wealthy Greenwich when they were both 15. Skakel, now 44, is serving a term of 20 years to life in prison.
Bryant, who attended the private Brunswick School with Skakel, said he was with two friends from New York in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich the night Moxley was killed, according to Skakel's attorneys. Bryant was not with Skakel that night, the attorneys said, and the two friends are not identified in the petition.
Post office issuing Arthur Ashe stamp
WASHINGTON -- The post office is honoring star tennis player Arthur Ashe with a postage stamp.
The first day of issue ceremonies for the 37-cent stamp were scheduled Saturday as part of Arthur Ashe Kids Day activities in New York. The stamp will be available nationwide on Monday.
In addition to his tennis fame, Ashe established foundations to help disenfranchised youth and to support the fight against AIDS, which he contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery.
Ashe, who died in 1993, was a native of Richmond, Va., where he learned to play tennis on the blacks-only Brook Field playground. Racial barriers limited Ashe's freedom to compete in the South, but he eventually played in the world's top tennis tournaments and had three victories in Grand Slam play. He won Wimbledon in 1975.
Wilson says she'll stop glamorizing smokeless tobacco
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country music's "Redneck Woman" promises to keep her can of Skoal in her back pocket from now on.
Tennessee's attorney general had asked Gretchen Wilson not to pull out a can of smokeless tobacco during performances of her new song "Skoal Ring" because it glamorized tobacco use. A warning letter said the routine might violate the 1998 tobacco settlement, which forbids tobacco ads targeting young people.
Attorney General Paul Summers said the singer's representative apologized Friday and said Wilson would not use the Skoal can in concert again. It was not used at a Cincinnati concert Thursday night, his office said.
Mouth wash being recalled for bacteria threat
Medline-labeled alcohol-free mouthwash, sold by Irving, Texas-based Carrington Labs, because it may contain Burkholderia cepacia. Also recalled are Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline Industries Inc. Personal Hygiene Admission kits containing the same alcohol-free mouthwash. There have been two hospital illnesses in two states associated with the mouthwash, which was distributed to hospitals, medical centers and long-term care facilities nationwide. Burkholderia cepacia, which is often resistant to common antibiotics, poses little risk to healthy people, but those with weakened immune systems or chronic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis may be susceptible to infections.
Besides the bottles in the hygiene kits, 2-ounce Medline label containers with reorder number MDS095029 and 4-ounce Medline label containers with reorder number MDS095030 are being recalled. Customers with the affected product should stop using it and call (800) MEDLINE or go to www.medline.com for details.
Aruba re-arrests two brothers in missing U.S. teen case
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Two Surinamese brothers who had been detained and released in the Natalee Holloway case were arrested again Friday in her disappearance, officials said.
Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were arrested after authorities uncovered "new facts and circumstances," in the investigation of Holloway's disappearance, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
The brothers were detained on suspicion of involvement, with unidentified "other people," in premeditated murder and rape, the prosecutor's office said.
To arrest them again, "there had to be new facts and circumstances. That is the case," the statement said.
Satish, 18, and Deepak, 21, were released from jail in July after a judge ruled there was not enough evidence to hold them in the disappearance of the 18-year-old American who vanished on the final night of a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island.
Court sentences 5 men to death for plot to kill Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A Pakistani military court on Friday sentenced five men to death for their roles in a 2003 suicide plot to kill President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, an army spokesman said.
The men, one of them a soldier, were arrested after suicide bombers tried to ram two explosives-laden vehicles into Musharraf's motorcade on a road in the city of Rawalpindi, near the capital of Islamabad, on Dec. 25, 2003, said Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan. Musharraf escaped unharmed, but 16 people, mostly the president's police guards, were killed. Three other civilians were given lesser sentences Friday in connection with the plot, but Sultan declined to provide further details. Authorities have not said how any of the group were involved in the assassination attempt, and Sultan would not say where the trial, which was closed to the public, was held.
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Is this the worst tattoo EVER? Tattoo fan gets graphic sex act inking
BODYSHOCKERS was definitely the right name for this Channel 4 show.
Jack Woodman stole the show in Channel 4's Bodyshockers: Nips, Tucks and Tattoos after getting a tattoo of a sexually explicit act on his back.
The 23-year-old's mum even called him a "k***head" for his disturbing new tat.
The show, presented by Katie Piper, follows people from across the UK who have undergone shocking transformations to their bodies.
And Jack was definitely a highlight of the new series.
The young tattoo lover showed off the crude inking of him appearing to be licking a woman's bum which is set to cover his entire back.
The tattoo will then be completed with Jack's signature.
Jack – who is already covered in several tattoos – declared he wanted to become the "god of sex tattoos."
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Great Vista Horse Trials (Jun 2012) Omnibus Listing
Career2 NY Second Career Thoroughbred Circuit - T,N,BN Enter your registered Thoroughbreed and compete to Win $400 Prize Money at all levels and ribbons.
Career2 is sponsored by NY Racing Association (NYRA) operators of Saratoga, Belmont and Adequduct and NY Thoroughbreed Horsemen's Association (NYTHA).
Compete in any of the 10 NY Second Career Circuit events honoring the retraining of Second Career Thoroughbreds (SCTBs), bred anywhere in the world, in the sport of Eventing. The Grand Finale will be held at Millbrook Horse Trials August 2-5.
Competition will be using the Rider-Keeper Pinney holders for all except the Intro entrants (see Misc section for more information).
Competition will be using the Rider-Keeper Pinney holders for all except the Intro entrants (see Misc section for more information).
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Event Date: Jun 23, 2012
Open Date: May 08 Close Date: Jun 05
Address: 556 Paris Rd, Fort Plain, NY 13339. Route 90 (NY Thruway) to Exit 29 Canajoharie; at end of exit turn right on 5S. Stay on 5S in Fort Plain, follow truck route (take right at light, straight thru second light, at end turn right). Go up Sand Hill, near top of hill, turn left on Paris Rd. 1 mile to Farm on left. Look for large brown barn for secretary and information. Watch for signage from thruway.
USEF Endorsed/USEA Recognized: PT,T,N,BN
USEA Recognized Tests: Intro
Fri: Cross-country course opens-3 pm.
Sat: Dressage-8 am; Show Jumping-10 am; Cross-country-Immediately after Stadium.
Available from sec´y as of Wed, June 20, on the Area 1 website, www.area1usea.org or by phone after 6pm. Postcards will not be sent. However emails are sent - Please make sure your email address is legible on your entry.
Judges: Pres: Jane Cory (PA); Dressage & SJ Judge: Margie Hutchison (NY)
CD: X-C: Ronan Moloney SJ: Sarah Dalton-Morris
Please note on entry if you are a current student of any of the officials.
Send Entries to:
Erin Keehan
PO Box 374
Guilderland, NY 12084-0374
(518) 428-4386
[email protected]
EventEntries.com - check, MC/Visa accepted at Event Entries. By mail, check only.
Org: Sarah Dalton-Morris, 556 Paris Rd, Fort Plain, NY 13339.
Event Fees Directory. Draw checks to Great Vista Farm.
- Intro: $125 || BN, N, T, PT: $150
- BN riders not USEA members please additional $25 non-member fee - Not applicable to for Intro Eventing Test entires
- USEA starter and drug fee to be added to entry fee, see entry form for amounts (not applicable for Intro Eventing Test entries)
- Double Entries: $10.00
- Stabling: Limited on-site - $75.00 for the duration (3 nights maximum), initial bedding included; Off-site - 0-3 miles, $30/night, no bedding
- Stall Cleaning Deposit: $25.00 (separate check)
- Competitors Party: $10.00 (additional tickets; competitors free)
- Returned check fee $30.
- Competitors Party: Great food, Friday, beginning around 6pm at Brown Barn. Competitors free, all others $10/person; please include with entry.
- Pinneys provided to Intro entrants only. Competition using the Rider-Keeper holders. Limited quantity available at show; or contact Bit-O-Britain to purchase.
- Now offering Intro Eventing Test for riders and horses new to eventing
- Refunds: Before C.D..-Entry and Stabling fee refunded in full; After C.D. Less $25 only if place can be filled from a wait list. Competition cancellation-No refund.
- Any changes made to entry after C.D. will be assessed a $25 processing fee per change.
- Cancellations by phone not accepted - please send email to ensure withdraw date confirmation.
- Neg. Coggins within 12 months required for all horses; must accompany entry (dated no later than 6/22/11).
Trophy & 8 ribbons per division. Career2 NY Second Career Thoroughbred Circuit: All levels win, 1st place $300 plus saddle pad, 2nd place $100 and ribbons for placements 1-6. $100 of 1st prize and saddle pad is sponsored by TIP, the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program. See Area I website for Career2 details.
- Limited on site stabling: $75 for the duration (3 night maximum), 37 permanent/temporary stalls (first come, first served), intial bedding provided. Off-site: 0-3 miles from event, $30/night, no bedding.
- $25 stall cleaning deposit required for all stabling - separate check made payable to Great Vista. Check destroyed if stall cleaned/cashed if not.
- Feed/Bedding/Hay available for purchase; further info from sec´y or organizer.
- Veterinarian: Lynn Geoffroy, DVM, 518.469.0968; Farrier: Laura Miller, 203.417.3888. Both numbers will be posted at sec´y´s stand & stabling.
- Heritage Meadows Farm B&B in Ephratah, NY, (518) 568-2997, www.heritagemeadowsfarm.com
- Hazelnut Inn B&B, (518) 993-3346
- Inn at Palatine Bridge-8 mi., (518) 673-2845
- A White Rose-5 mi., (518) 993-3339
- Gansevoors House B&B-12 mi., (315) 823-3969
- Portobello Inn B&B - 15 mi., (315) 823-9376
- Rodeway Inn at Palatine Bridge.-8 mi., (518) 673-3233
- Best Western at Little Falls.-12 mi., (315) 823-4954
- Camping: Crystal Grove Campsite - 8 mi., (518) 568-2914
For other local B&Bs, please visit: cnybb.com
Test & arena sizes:
- P/T-2010 USEF Prelime Test A-Sm.
- T-2010 USEF Training Test A-Sm.
- N-2010 USEF Novice Test A-Sm.
- BN-2010 USEF Beginner Novice Test B-Sm.
- Intro Eventing Test - 2010 USEF Beginner Novice Test A-Sm
Arenas: All weather surface.
T-2000 m @ 450 mpm. N.-1900 m @ 400 mpm. BN.-1800 m @ 350 mpm. Intro Eventing Test - 300 mpm and 2'3".
Terrain: Open field, rolling hills. All courses: Average, for horses with some experience at these levels. Includes natural obstacles, banks, mounds, water at all levels (optional at Intro), ditches.
- Competitors Party: Great food, Friday, beginning around 6pm at Brown Barn. Competitors free, all others $10/person; please include with entry. Food available Saturday 6am to 6pm.
- Cross-country course closed May 12.
- Riders limited to 2 horses/level, or 4 horses/entire event.
- Levels may be divided/combined as entries warrant; state preferences under the Eligible Section and birth date on entry.
- Food available on grounds.
- Dogs must be leashed: loose dogs will be impounded; $50 loose dog fine.
- Using Rider-Keeper pinney holders (except for Intro - pinneys provided). Limited quantity available on site or contact Bit-O-Britain to purchase.
- Jumper Derby & Dressage Schooling Show on Sunday, June 24. Visit www.greatvistafarm.com or contact secretary for entry and additional details.
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