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Zouridakis Named Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies
George Zouridakis, who has served as a professor in the University of Houston College of Technology Department of Engineering Technology for...
$2.1 Million Grant Will Spread Innovative Program to Other Institutions
Rupa Iyer, principal investigator on the grant and founding director of the biotechnology program in the UH College of Technology, will impl...
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Ray Taylor, mechanical engineering technology research professor, looks forward to working in collaboration with Technical University of Den...
Tech-savvy Minds Transform a Shipping Container into a Solar-powered Computer Lab
The innovative uses of shipping containers seem to be attracting attention these days. Engineering technology students at the University of ...
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Fred Lewallen, a long-time University of Houston engineering technology professor and associate dean died on Sunday, June 12, 2016. He was 7...
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text: Video News: United Kingdom Florida jury resumes deliberations in Zimmerman case ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: - A Florida jury on Saturday resumed deliberating the fate of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, a case that has sparked debate in the U.S. public for more than a year. The jury of six women, sequestered since the trial began last month, deliberated for more than three hours on Friday without reaching a decision of second-degree murder, manslaughter or acquittal for Zimmerman, who says he shot the teen in self-defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. Zimmerman, 29, says Martin attacked him on the rainy night of Feb. 26, 2012, in the central Florida town of Sanford. Prosecutors contend Zimmerman was a "wannabe cop" who tracked down the teenager and shot him without justification. The jury, which must reach a unanimous verdict, heard 12 days of testimony and two days of closing arguments under the eyes of Seminole County Judge Debra Nelson. The judge said she will © DailyMotion - Saturday, July 13, 2013


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May 27, 2008
GamersFirst Debuts Newest Title
SplashFighters comes to the U.S
K2 Network Inc., one of today's most popular free-to-play online game publishers for gaming enthusiasts, announces SplashFighters as the newest addition to GamersFirst.
SplashFighters is a casual multiplayer, 3D, action fighting game, and has been extremely popular in Asia. In the game, players from around the world can battle one another in challenge, deathmatch, capture-the-flag, soccer and other modes. A unique skin edit tool allows users to customize their character's looks, and the combat system allows for over 1.8M combinations thanks to the large number of available fighting styles, accessories and weapons.
"We are excited to add SplashFighters to the GamersFirst lineup." stated Patrick Ford, Vice President of Marketing and Community Development, K2 Network Inc. "This is the beginning of many new offerings we will have in the coming year."
SplashFighters has over 24 million users globally and will soon be made available to GamersFirst's 16 million registered users. GamersFirst provides a universal currency for players to purchase in game items and power ups and is the central location to find all of the K2 network titles, access customer service and view current game promotions.
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An Aiken shooting suspect is in custody, police said Monday.
According to a release from the Aiken Department of Public Safety, Devontay Kaseem Gordon is being held at the Aiken County Detention Center on a charge of attempted murder in a shooting on Colleton Avenue last Wednesday.
Gordon surrendered at the detention center Monday morning, police said.
Anthony Oakman, 35, was found in front of Colleton Court Apartments with gunshot wounds after shots were fired about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center, and hospital officials would not release his condition Monday.
Latoya Denise Edwards was charged last week with attempted murder in the case, according to the public safety department.
Additional arrests might be made. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers of the Midlands at (888) CRIME-SC. Callers will remain anonymous and could be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.


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LOS ANGELES - American tennis superstar Serena Williams hopes to return to action this summer as she continues to recover from a recent health scare.
The 13-time major champion found herself in the hospital last month, at which time blood clots were discovered in her lungs.
The 29-year-old Williams said it was "the scariest moment in my life." She also said she hasn't left her Los Angeles home that often since checking in at the hospital on February 18, when she said she "couldn't breathe" as the result of a pulmonary embolism.
Williams underwent a CT scan of her lungs, at which time "several blood clots" were discovered. Part of her treatment involved self-injecting blood thinners, and she then developed a hematoma in her stomach the size of "a grapefruit," which was surgically removed.
The American great had already been sidelined since last July after having surgery on her foot following an injury suffered when she stepped on some broken glass at a German restaurant.
The reigning Wimbledon champ hasn't played an official match since prevailing at the All England Club eight months ago.


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Social Question
Can one really become unconscious at his/her will?
I saw so many realistic evidences about people that become unconscious at their own will (i.e. when one saw one of his/her family member is dead,when one hear incredibly exciting news,etc). Basically,I don't believe if one can become unconscious at will. I'm sure people like that did that on purpose to earn some sympathy or maybe they're just over-reacted. I also believe emotion and depression play some role on it but I'm just not really sure about it. I myself never ended up unconscious even after I have dealt with many sudden destructive incident with major effect. It's interesting to know if we(human) can become unconscious(really unconscious) on purpose. So,I curious about how physically/biologically one could become unconscious? (Hmm…. This could enhance my acting ability).


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A year-and-a-half ago I moved from one side of town to the other. I entered the Pleasure Point neighborhood and found that Eastsiders are, in fact, quite welcoming folks. They've also got great style. Case in point—my nextdoor neighbors.
While I've never met them, I've been eyeing their home since I joined the community.
Whoever they are, they're living in one of the most beautiful homes I've seen in this town. It may not be the biggest, or the flashiest, and it's tucked in an unnoticeable alley, but it's a remarkable work of modern architecture. There's Zen-like landscaping and generous dashes of both industrial and natural elements that when combined create a two-story dream house that seems to have fallen right out of the pages of Dwell magazine.
Every day I walk by it and wonder who constructed the home, as its aesthetic is different than much in the area. So, when a friend suggested that I write about the designers at Fuse Architects for this column, I pulled up their website, and was taken aback by what I saw. There on the front page was the house next door. And as the pictures began to scroll through on a slide show, up came another favorite place in town that has top-notch taste — Verve on Pacific Avenue.
The duo behind these designs is
and DAN GOMEZ.
Together, they've been helming Fuse for the last 12 years and are responsible for the aforementioned creations as well as many others, and they're currently working on some new local projects as well.
"Our focus is to take natural and man-made materials and compose them into beautiful works of art," says Gomez. "That's where we got the name Fuse. We call our work 'progressive architecture.' It's rooted in modernism with the creative use of colors, materials and textures."
Gomez and Townsend handsketch every design for each client that they work with. They've also received international design awards for their work with Verve on Pacific Avenue and Verve on Seabright Avenue. These awards were noted in Architectural Record Magazine, and Fuse was mentioned alongside some of the other top firms in the world.
Check out fusearchitecture.com to see more of their work.
I'll be the first to admit it — my personal website is sorry looking. I designed it myself using MobileMe and iWeb, Apple's now defunct Web design platform. It's really no wonder that Apple discontinued MobileMe—the service needed a boost and the iWeb portion was subpar. So, I've long thought that if I could spring for it, I'd turn to a professional Web design company to revamp my site.
When that day comes, I just might look to Octopus Creative, a local company helmed by RYAN WILKE and JAMES HOBBS.
After having met at NextSpace, the pair launched Octopus Creative in April 2011 and things took off.
"The type of art that we're focusing on is mostly based around making beautiful, simple designs for apps, websites and products," Wilke says. "What sets us apart is the speed and efficiency at which we're able to design interfaces and experiences for companies who are starting often with nothing more than just an idea. We help them flesh out their ideas and bring them to life through our design."
When designing a project, their process is similar to that of many artists — they start with sketching.
That drawing is then fleshed out in Illustrator or Photoshop.
As for the marine-influenced moniker of Octopuscreative.com, "The name came out of a discussion James was having with a friend over dinner," says Wilke. "He was describing the type of work that we do, how we have many talents and skill sets, and his friend casually threw out the idea of the 'Octopus' as the type of animal who is adaptive, has many arms, skills, etc. We liked it immediately and didn't have to search any further than that."
Jewelry artist/metal worker/ sculptor NORA DOUGHERTY has come up with a brilliant idea.
She's taking her work on the road and selling it (along with that of other artists) in a mobile gallery of sorts. Meet her invention: "work.
shop." And it has a catchy slogan, "Coming to a pull-out near you."
Her art gallery on wheels is a revamped old trailer that will be open on the weekends from noon to 6 p.m. found just north of Coast Road on Highway 1. Also look for it at future First Fridays around town at various destinations.
There, visitors can get a glimpse of her one-of-a-kind mostly bronze and sterling silver necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets that range in price from $40 to $500.
She refers to her work as sculptural jewelry — small sculptures that are meant to be worn. And while her pieces are sold in places like Wallflower, Artisans Gallery and Many Hands, it's this new traveling gallery venture that's going to broaden the exposure of her work (also found at noradougherty.com).
"I think the most important thing to me about doing this work is that it allows me to feel as if I am a force of nature," Dougherty says. "The same as the wind and the water, the earth and the sun. There is the physical aspect — I am literally working with the elements, melting metal with fire, quenching things in water, carving and cutting wax and metal with drills, files and saws. But the shapes themselves, they are almost always a surprise to me. I don't know what they are going to look like until they are complete. So there is this detachment during the process that is so peaceful. And then an excitement at the end of all that quiet, wondering what the piece is going to be."
Look for Dougherty's work at the Experience Metal event at the Museum of Art & History this weekend.
Also on my metal radar is MIKE WOOD, a Santa Cruz blacksmith who will, in addition to Dougherty and many others, be involved with the MAH's Experience Metal event this weekend. After working in the blacksmithing field for the last 13 years as a professional, he admits that, "I feel I have just barely scratched the surface." At the MAH event on Saturday, Wood will be demonstrating blacksmithing techniques utilizing strikers.
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Last year, Milla Jovovich starred in Faces in the Crowd, a direct-to-DVD thriller that nobody saw. In the movie, Jovovich's character is attacked by a serial killer and left with a rare psychological condition that prevents her from recognizing faces. This, of course, becomes a problem when she can't identify her attacker and he comes after her to finish the job. That film only debuted on home video in October, but apparently that's more than enough time for the folks behind Katherine Heigl's next project.
Deadline is reporting that Heigl is now attached to star in Face Blind, a movie with almost the exact same plot as Faces in the Crowd. Like Jovovich's character, Heigl is also stricken with the affliction - which, in medical terms, is called Prosopagnosia - only in this film she is a psychologist being stalked by one of her crazy patients. While she knows the trouble that she is in, her husband is convinced that she is losing her mind. In addition to starring, Heigl will also produce the project, along with Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray. The script was written by Dominic Harari and Teresa De Pelegri and is described as being similar in tone to the Nicole Kidman horror film The Others. The article doesn't mention if a director is attached at this time.
The actress' most recent film, the Janet Evanovich adaptation One For The Money, came out last weekend and was torn apart by critics (it currently has only one good review on Rotten Tomatoes out of 37 entries) and opened at number three at the box office, pulling in only $11.5 million.
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iODBC is a cross-platform Driver Manager that comforms to the Microsoft ODBC 2.x & 3.x and X/Open SQL CLI data access specs. It enables the development of database-centric solutions that are both database and platform independent. This is a great SDK for porting WIN32-based ODBC applications to Linux and other OS platforms.
jBASE is an Application Development and Database Independent Management System that enhances and extends the UNIX, Windows NT and Windows '95 Operating Systems. jBASE also facilitates easy migration, and therefore to those Operating Systems, from other DBMS's, including Pick and Reality. jBASE consists of run-time, development and administrative components and is designed with Open Systems and Open Software in mind. jBASE allows the most flexible overall computing environment possible by allowing multiple Operating Systems and multiple Databases to interact together in one overall heterogeneous solution.
KWC (Key Width Calculator) calculates the bit count required to represent a specified number of combinations. It additionally calculates key width in platform bytes (C char type), actual number of combinations covered by that many bits, and the difference and ratio of requested and actual coverage.
ldap-abook is an LDAP-based addressbook application, intended for users wishing to maintain a centralized server based addressbook. It provides a schema for an LDAP directory, a Perl library module, and a CGI script. The Web interface is used to view, add, modify, and delete entries. Any LDAP-aware email client (eg. Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, etc.) can be configured to look up email addresses on the LDAP server. The package also includes a Perl script which can be used to dump the directory onto a PalmOS device.
This release of Domino further demonstrates Lotus' commitment to supporting multiple platforms on Domino and continuing the strong momentum Linux has generated in the enterprise and outsource community.

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A Web to email gateway script.
An applicant tracking system.


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Review for Camp Unalayee Association, Palo Alto, CA, USA
I went to Camp Unalayee as a boy. My brother, two nephews, and my son went to camp there, between them and me for 25 summers cumulatively. I have also been a donor and for several years I was a member of the Board, 2 years of which I was proud to serve as president of the Board. My father served as treasurer many years ago. I guess it should be apparent by now that I have nothing good things to say about Camp Unalayee. Camp provides a tremendous experience for children and can provide a life changing experience, as it did for me. Never hesitate to get involved, make donations, send your children there and attend yourself during family days.
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Viewpoint: Scary history of socialism
Back in January 1963, Rep. A.S. Herlong Jr. of Florida read into the Congressional Record a list of 45 goals of the Communist Party. The list had originally appeared in The Naked Communist by Cleon Skausen.
This is not to argue that the communists have taken over the country, but it is chilling to note how many of these objectives have been attained in the socialist mode in the last 39 years.
The first three goals on the list have not come about. They are: 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the sole alternative to nuclear war; 2. U.S. willingness to surrender rather than fight a nuclear war; 3. Develop the idea that total disarmament by the U.S. would show moral strength.
From there on, the result is quite different. We have seen the promotion and establishment of free trade among all nations regardless of Marxist regimes and whether the trade goods could be used for war.
There has also been extension of long-term loans to Russia and its former satellites. U.S. foreign aid goes to nearly all nations regardless of what system is dominant there.
Red China has been recognized and given Most Favored Nation trade status and has been welcomed into the U.N. So have former Soviet satellite countries.
The U.S. has pulled out of the nuclear test ban treaty.
We are seeing the U.N. promoted as the only hope of mankind. Many urge that the world body be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces (NATO is suggested as the nucleus).
Another objective is to capture one or both U.S. political parties. Results of that one are open to debate.
Use court decisions to weaken basic American institutions, claiming their activities violate civil rights.
Next, get control of the schools. Use them to spread socialism and communist propaganda. Weaken the curriculum. Get control of teacher associations and put the party line into textbooks. Then gain control of student newspapers. This last does not appear to have happened.
Another objective was to use student riots to generate public protests against programs or groups being attacked by communist agents.
Yet another goal was to infiltrate the press and get control of such things as editorial writing, book reviews and get into policy making positions. Gain control of key jobs in radio, TV and movies.
Also in the entertainment area: continue to discredit American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. One U.S. cell was told to eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.
Along with that was the goal of controlling art critics and directors of art museums. Our plan, the program said, is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.
Also, eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them censorship and a violation of free speech and free press. Break down standards of morality by pushing pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, movies, radio and TV.
Still another goal stated was: present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as normal, natural and healthy.
Continuing the assault on the moral foundations of American culture: infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with social religion. Discredit the Bible and stress the need for intellectual maturity, which doesnt need a religious crutch. Also, remove prayer or any kind of religious expression in the schools on grounds it violates the principle of separation of church and state.
Now discredit the U.S. Constitution by terming it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, and a hindrance to cooperation among nations on a global basis.
Along with that, discredit the American Founding Fathers. Paint them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the common man. Also, belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the grounds it was only a minor part of the big picture. Stress Russian history after the Communists took over.
Back any socialist movement to provide central control over any part of U.S. culture, including education, social agencies, welfare programs and mental health clinics.
Still another goal: eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
Infiltrate and gain control of more unions. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
A few of the other goals include: discrediting the family as an institution. Encouraging promiscuity and easy divorce and promoting the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents.
There also was: internationalize the Panama Canal. And, establish the impression that violence and insurrection are proper aspects of American tradition, and students and special interest groups should use force to solve political, social or economic problems.
What is the next step? Where do we go from here? Is there any real national security left?


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I've been wanting to provide a more male-friendly alternative to the Steel Magnolias quiz of a couple of weeks ago. For some reason, Rocky came to mind!
If you're an original Rocky fan, drop by and take the quiz tomorrow night! Here are the details:
WHAT: Rocky quiz
WHERE: Here!
WHEN: Tuesday, December 13, 6:00 pm Pacific Time
WHY: Because…ADRIAN!!!!!!!!!!
All questions in the quiz will relate to the original Rocky classic.
Prizes will be shiny and fun. A side of beef will NOT be among the prizes.
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The MIT Gospel Choir, in association with several Boston-area collegiate gospel music groups, is proud to announce the second annual Gospel Fest on Saturday April 4th, 2009. On this evening, several college gospel choirs and gospel music groups from the greater Boston area will come together for one of the most exciting concerts of the year.
Taking place on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this event is the first of its kind in Bostons History. Our objective is to use our many voices and talents to share the soulful sounds and inspirational message of gospel music with those in the greater Boston area.
The Gospel Fest planning committee consists of an eager group of students from several Boston area colleges and universities. Although this is only our second Gospel Fest, we are no strangers to producing and hosting successful gospel concerts. Our committee members are all greatly involved in their own gospel choirs and gospel groups and have put together many wonderful concerts and performances. With the same dedication and determination that made our own events successful, we have all come together again to present Gospel Fest 2009.


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Results for Tuesday's Special Elections
Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:57:57 GMT —
Tuesday was election day in some parts of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan and WNWO has compiled the results of the major issues on the ballot.
The first, the Swanton local school district asked voters to approve a bond and tax levy after a similar request was defeated 3 months ago.
The new request was also defeated, on Tuesday, with the majority of voters in both Fulton and Lucas Counties voting against it.
This time 62% of residents, in Lucas and Fulton Counties, voted against the proposal.
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In that case, voters again rejected the the proposal for a 10-year, 6.73-mill levy in a vote of 2,142 to 2,482.
In Michigan, voters in Lenawee County had four issues on the ballot including a levy for Blissfield Community Schools.
Officials said the money would be used to help pay for building projects and repairs but was also defeated on Tuesday.


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Decision makers
- Representative Robin VosJFC Co-Chair
- Senator Alberta DarlingJFC Co-Chair
- Scott WalkerGovernor
- Dennis SmithDHS Secretary
Save BadgerCare!
BadgerCare is Wisconsin's award-winning Medicaid program that provides health care coverage for more than 750,000 men and women—and their children—from across the state. Established in 1997 as a bipartisan effort to encourage work and improve health care in Wisconsin, BadgerCare has proven to be a highly effective—and cost-effective—program, successful in both rural and urban communities, in good economies and bad. Current plans to cut Medicaid and BadgerCare in Wisconsin will lead to higher rates of uninsured, cost-shifting, and long term economic costs to our state. We need to speak out to Save BadgerCare and to maintain its eligibility, quality and affordability for Wisconsin working families!
Wisconsin's Medicaid deficit is now expected to be $322 million less than was anticipated a few months ago, and the state has just received a $24 million federal bonus for BadgerCare's success. Those developments enable the state to protect BadgerCare, while also lifting the cap on the Family Care program.
Please join us in fighting to preserve BadgerCare and to oppose changes that would adversely affect children, people with disabilities, and adults, and would result in thousands of families becoming uninsured.
- JFC Co-Chair
Representative Robin Vos
- JFC Co-Chair
Senator Alberta Darling
- Governor
Scott Walker
- DHS Secretary
Dennis Smith
I just signed the following petition addressed to: Governor Scott Walker & DHS Secretary Dennis Smith.
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The state got some very good news in late December and early January regarding the Medicaid budget, as a result of the significantly lower estimate of the deficit and also the federal performance bonus funds that Wisconsin was awarded for the success of BadgerCare in improving coverage of low-income children. These developments provide an opportunity for policymakers, advocates and the public to reconsider the changes to BadgerCare that DHS recommended when the deficit was thought to be $322 million larger.
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The elk-busting Weatherby Ultra Lightweight
Mark V in 7mm Weatherby Magnum does the
job with Nosler Partition bullets.
Roy Weatherby was the most influential American designer of hunting rifles in the quarter century after World War Two. He got his start in the firearms business during the war in a Los Angeles suburb, where he re-formed .300 Holland & Holland cases into different cartridges, chambered in custom rifles of what came to be known as the "California" style.
Within a few years Weatherby ammunition was made by Norma in Sweden, and the rifles on various commercial actions in Europe. Norma has made Weatherby ammo ever since, but eventually Roy Weatherby designed his own action, the Mark V, a big push-feed action with multiple locking lugs and a fast lock time. The first Mark Vs were built in Germany by Sauer, but in 1970 manufacturing was moved to Japan. Recent Weatherby Mark V barreled actions are built in Minnesota, then stocked and test-fired in today's Weatherby headquarters in Paso Robles, Calif., a 3-hour drive north of Roy Weatherby's first shop.
Some bolt-action purists make fun of push-feed rifles, especially the Mark V in any chambering suitable for "dangerous" game, but they work pretty slickly, thanks to the lugs being smaller in diameter than the bolt body. In fact I know two African professional hunters who've used them for years, one carrying a .378 Weatherby Magnum and the other a .460. One excellent Mark V feature found on relatively few bolt-actions today is the safety actually locks the bolt down.
The original Weatherby magnum was the .270, appearing around 1943, but the 7mm Weatherby (the .270 necked up slightly) followed closely. It was the first commercial American 7mm Magnum, and remains one of the best, partly because it fits in a .30-06 length magazine. This was a common design feature with early wildcat and commercial magnums, due to an abundance of cheap 98 Mauser and 1903 Springfield rifles.
Not many shooters build rifles on Springfield actions anymore, but quite a few use 98 Mausers. The 7mm Weatherby is an excellent choice for such rifles, due to the extra-long chamber throat ("freebore") used in most Weatherby magnums. Slow-burning, progressive powders produce less peak pressure when bullets are started further back from the rifling, so more powder can be burned safely. The 7mm Weatherby has just about the same powder capacity as the 7mm Remington Magnum, but its ballistics match or closely approach larger 7mm magnums, as indicated by the top velocities from handloading data for 160-grain bullets from Norma and Nosler (see chart). They're not bad for a 70 year old!
Modern handloaders believe seating bullets close to the lands is necessary for the best accuracy, so regard freebore as a subversion of their inalienable right to small groups. However, an extra-long throat slightly above bullet diameter prevents bullets from tilting before entering the rifling, the main reason for seating bullets close to the lands. Recent Weatherby rifles apparently have nice, tight freebores, because I've shot several in chamberings from .240 to .300 Weatherby Magnum over the past few years, all grouping well under an inch at 100 yards.
Early in 2012 Tim Frampton, Weatherby's marketing coordinator, asked if I'd be interested in a horseback elk and deer hunt in Montana about 100 miles from my home. This sounded good, since the older I get any help with dead elk is appreciated.
The Weatherby factory ammo, loaded with the 160-grain Nosler Partition, grouped under
an inch at 100 yards, and actually slightly exceeded the listed muzzle velocity of 3,200 fps.
The Mk V's 26-inch barrel is fluted to reduce weight yet remain stiff enough to shoot accurately.
Tim asked me to pick out a rifle to use on the hunt, and after a little thought I chose the Mark V Ultra Lightweight in 7mm Weatherby Magnum, the only Weatherby Magnum from .240 to .300 I'd never hunted with. Swarovski was also involved in the hunt, so I mounted my 3-9×36 Z3 in Weatherby steel rings made by Talley. With scope and mounts the rifle weighed a little over 8 pounds, fine for hiking around elk country, especially with preliminary help from a horse. The trigger broke crisply right at 4 pounds, typical of recent Mark V triggers.
I also requested some Weatherby factory loads with the 160-grain Nosler Partition spitzer. Partitions are considered somewhat old-fashioned by many 21st century hunters, since other controlled expansion bullets retain more weight, and many bullets (including Nosler's AccuBond) have higher ballistic coefficients. But I've been shooting Partitions for over 35 years now, and they kill big game animals quite well. (Somehow the killing part of the equation often gets left out when we rate bullets by numbers, whether ballistic coefficient or weight retention.)
The ammo slightly beat the advertised 3,200 fps over my Oehler 35P chronograph, and 3-shot groups averaged under an inch at 100 yards. One interesting aspect of the ULW is the rifling twist of one turn in 10 inches, while most 7mm rifles have a twist around 1:9 inches. The excellent twist program in Brian Litz's Point Mass Ballistics Solver 2.0, however, indicated a 1:10 will fully stabilize any 7mm hunting bullet at typical elk elevations in the Rockies, as well as ultra-long long target bullets up to 168 grains. It certainly stabilized the 160 Partition nicely.
After measuring the plex reticle in the Z3 against a target with 1-inch gridlines, my calculations indicated that with the scope set on 6X and the rifle sighted to shoot 2 inches high at 100 yards, the tip of the bottom post would provide an aiming point at 500 yards.
After sighting in at 100, I took several shots out to 500, and found the calculations correct.
Early November turned out a little warm for ideal elk hunting, but we were on a big ranch bordered one side by National Forest, and the rifle season had been open for over a week. Elk tend to head for safer country after the first shots are fired, whether further back on public land or to private land with much lighter hunting pressure.
The four hunters in our party (me, Tim, Rob Lancellotti of Swarovski, and fellow gun writer Terry Wieland) were split between Tim Beardsley and Mike Myer of Adventures Outfitting. We all gathered on the ranch the afternoon before the hunt started, spending the little time before dark in making sure the rifles were sighted-in. Rob and I were guided by Tim Beardsley, and rode out of the creek-bottom ranch corrals just as gray light filtered over the mountains in front of us. At first we rode along a pickup track, but as the light brightened to legal, Tim veered off over a series of ridges, each higher than the last. Before crossing each ridge we stopped and dismounted, easing up to the ridge-top on foot and glassing carefully, seeing a few mule deer but none with antlers.
We topped out on the highest ridge as the sun came over the horizon, and glassed from a sandstone outcropping across a canyon with a small creek winding along its bottom. The other side of the canyon was the north-facing slope of a wide mountain, covered by dark conifers and a few patches of white-trunked quaking aspen except for a mile-long meadow on the very top.
Meadows are known in the Rockies as "parks," and their grass attracts elk. As we sat on the cool sandstone with our elbows on our knees and Swarovski binoculars at our eyes, we saw some elk trot into the tan grass on the far side of the park, then stop to graze. We took turns looking through a spotting scope, finding clusters of elk all around the irregular edges of the park, including several bulls with antlers rising 3 feet or more above their heads.
After making sure no elk fed along the creek below, we saddled up and rode into the canyon and then up into the dark timber. When within about a 1/2-mile of the park, we tied the horses in the shade and started uphill on foot, a light breeze in our faces, stopping behind every patch of timber to look for elk.
Soon two bull elk, each with six tines on both antlers, appeared across a hillside ahead of us, moving left through light timber. The range was over 600 yards, so we moved uphill through some trees to the upper edge of the timber. The range was now right around 500, but on the steep slope there was no way to hold steadily enough, even with shooting sticks. The bulls moved on around the curve of the mountain, so we turned toward the park again, in a few minutes easing up to the lower edge.
The park wasn't nearly as level as it appeared from a mile away, with gentle ridges rising and falling in every direction. We couldn't see much more than 200 yards, but a line of light timber followed a shallow drainage into the park. We sneaked through the trees, glassing constantly, after a few hundred yards nearing the far side of the park. We were standing among three trees when I looked to the left and, over a slight rise, saw the moving heads of three bull elk, perhaps 250 yards away. Every few seconds the antlers disappeared as the bulls dropped their heads to feed, and sometimes the very tops of their backs appeared. We'd decided I'd get first shot, so I bent over and started duck-walking toward the rise.
After a few steps I had to go down on my hands and knees, and eventually sank to my belly and crawled like a lizard, pushing the rifle ahead of me on the ground before slithering another foot or two. Soon I could see the bodies of all three bulls, and put my daypack on the ground for a rifle rest—but noticed the muzzle was low enough for a bullet to possibly clip the grass, or even the sandy ground. (Meanwhile, Rob and Tim were back in the trees, wondering when the hell I was going to shoot.)
John's shots were taken with the Weatherby's fore-end resting on a soft daypack.
Eventually I slithered far enough for the muzzle to clear the grass, the bulls still feeding amid knee-high sagebrush. They were all about the same size, so I waited until one turned broadside, put the reticle on the rear crease of the shoulder a third of the way up the chest, and squeezed the trigger. The bull's legs buckled, but then he recovered and started walking very slowly away, and I put another Partition in the rear of his ribs, angled toward the far shoulder. The bull dropped, only his top antler visible above the sage, as the other two elk trotted around, confused. I waved at Rob and Tim to come on, not knowing whether they could see the bulls.
By the time they approached me, most of the elk on the park had gathered at the west end, 250 to 300 yards below us. Rob sat down and kept aiming, but every time the crosshairs settled on a bull, another elk moved up behind it. Soon the herd turned and moved into the timber, showing up a few minutes later on an open hillside 3/4 of a mile away, and we counted 3-dozen branch-antlered bulls before they wandered over the hill.
As we walked down to my bull it was plain why so many elk gathered on the park. The bunch grass stood shin-high in places, with elk-droppings everywhere. The grass on the rest of the ranch had been close-cropped by cattle.
My bull was a good 6-point, and over the next two days the other three hunters each killed a similar bull. I was with Rob on the third evening when he killed the last one—his first elk. We were on the same ridge where we'd glassed my bull but further up the canyon. We could hear the faint sound of the creek below, but from our glassing point couldn't see the creek.
We'd been glassing some smaller parks on the side of another mountain for half an hour, when for some reason I decided to move forward and look into the creek-bottom. Three 6-point bulls grazed along the edge of the stream, so I ducked my head and trotted back to Rob and Tim, whispering, "You want to kill a bull elk?" They made a little stalk down a line of trees, and soon I heard a shot from Rob's Vanguard Back Country .30-06—and then the solid thump of a bullet hitting elk. The three bulls took off running, but one only went 45 yards before falling.
The range was 365 yards, the longest shot of the hunt. Tim and Terry used the .257 and .270 Weatherby Magnums, and by pure coincidence all four of us used Nosler Partitions, and the old-fashioned bullets worked perfectly from some even older cartridges. While driving home the next morning with an elk in the back of my pickup, I decided Weatherby wasn't getting their rifle back.
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Resistance isn't just limited to herbicide-resistant weeds. Any control measure aimed at a pest can be rendered ineffective if it is repeated again and again.
Biotypes of a soybean disease, frogeye leafspot, have resisted strobilurin fungicides (Headline, Quadris, Evito) in states including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. One way to forestall resistance is to use a fungicide with multiple modes of action.
That's the story behind that Xemium fungicide brands that contain both strobilurin and SDHI inhibitor modes of action. It's also provided impetus for companies like BASF to research newer compounds.
"It increases our vigilance to look for mixtures with additional modes of action to make sure we are not destroying very valuable (current) chemistries by using them with just a single mode of action," says Markus Heldt, president of BASF's crop protection division.
Heldt said at last week's BASF annual press conference in Limburgerhof, Germany, that BASF is developing future chemistry to complement currently used fungicides. The company annually screens over 100,000 compounds in the fungicide area, he says.


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After all the work that has been put into this week's upcoming title, Power Stone 2, you would think that Capcom would take a little rest before bringing another game home. Well, they aren't. Already announced is the upcoming title Gunspike, and from what we have seen and heard about it so far, Capcom and developer Psykio are on their way to another success.
Much like Power Stone 2, Gunspike is set for both an arcade and Dreamcast release. No specifics as to compatibility between the two versions have been revealed yet, and neither has a release date. What has been disclosed however are a bunch of gameplay details that will make you being to crave this game, like we already are.
Gunspike will serve to fill the void of a certain genre that has been nothing short of lacking on the Dreamcast: straightforward action games. In case you haven't noticed, aside from Expendable, the Dreamcast is missing much in the way of a Contra or Shock Troopers. Gunspike not only will feature the insane mass killing of those other titles, but it will combine in overhead shooter-like gameplay and nostalgic characters as bonuses.
Instead of being a simple "point and kill" action title, Capcom is actually rewarding players who do more than that. A system is being implemented that measures the distance you are from an enemy when you kill them. This system will award you more points for good marksmanship rather than OJ Simpson kills. There are three buttons that will be used in Gunspike, and up to five different attacks can be performed through various combinations of the buttons. We all know that, despite all these add-ons, Gunspike falls into the category of shooting games that will be best enjoyed by just going kamikaze while playing. Nothing is better than bashing buttons until everything on the screen is blown up.
As far as those previously mentioned nostalgic characters go, this title could just be renamed to Gunspike vs Capcom. There will be several selectable characters, but some of them will be from other Capcom titles. Already confirmed are Nash and Cammy from the Street Fighter Zero series and Arthur from Ghouls and Ghosts. The thought of seeing that armor-wearing midget armed with lasers and a rifle is almost reason enough to want to try this game.
As mentioned before, Gunspike will be released for both the arcade and Dreamcast, with the arcade version will run off of the NAOMI board. Release dates have yet to be released, but rest assured we will keep you notified of any information we receive about this game.
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Susan Costanza is generously giving away a pass to her newest online class (valued at $25)! "Double Dutch Daily Dose" is all about sketches and will be running at Willow Traders beginning in March.
Here are some details about the class:
"Ever play double dutch, jumping from one rope to another? Well, in this class you will jump from a single layout sketch to a double layout sketch for an entire month. Alternating between single and double layouts, each day you will receive a sketch along with two layout ideas, one from (Susan) and the other from class artist Gab McCann. (One sample is shown at right.) That's 31 sketches plus 62 ideas headed your way. You can keep up with the fast pace or take your time. There will be a private forum, special class gallery, and prizes!
Your March Double Dutch Daily Dose Class includes:
~ A Sketch posted daily alternating between a single layout design and double page layout design. (16 single layout sketches and 15 double layout sketches).
~ Two layout examples for each class.
~ Tips on how to use the sketch and alternate options.
~ Double Dutch private forum opened a total of 3 months (1 month for class information, 2 months extra time to work on classes) Forum opens Feb 29th and closes May 31st.
~ Special Class Gallery to upload your class layouts.
~ Prizes announced in private forum. You do not need to keep up in order to win!"
You can get more info on Susan's blog here or at Willow Traders here. Note, you need to register to access the forum.
For your chance to win one (1) spot in Susan's class, please comment to this post. We'd love to hear something about the project you have on your scrap table right now. What are you working on? You have lots of time to enter as our deadline is Jan 31st midnight EST. (One entry per person, so please only comment once). A winner will be announced on Feb 1st.


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Whistle Stop Hobbies of Metter, GA (authorized Lionel Service Station #82) is pleased to announce that we are distributing Toy Train Restoration Products tools and parts. TTRP is the country's leading manufacturer of toy train repair tools, specializing in wheel and rivet press systems, e-unit assembly jigs, pinion gear pullers and specialized prewar motor repair parts!TTRP offers two sizes of Rivet and Wheel Press systems including the smaller STX-150 one-half ton press and the STX-350 one ton press. Other than the press size and capacity, both systems are identical and come with the complete STX-350 Rivet tool set and STX-350-34 Threaded Anvil Holder. The STX-150 system is suitable for all applications except the larger Standard and Wide gauge trains. These new systems both utilize the Universal Base Plate to facilitate riveting tools and wheel cups. The Universal Base Plate is designed to be moved and has three different positions or holes. T is a special hole for the riveting anvils, one for the wheel cups and a solid area for general pressing. With this specially designed base plate, the STX press has the highest throat ( largest capacity ) of any press on the market. STX System Configurations STX-350 RivetingTools STX-150 Includes STX-350 Includes (all tools included ... read more


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THOMSON --- McDuffie County's museum opened its doors Saturday, starting with a six-week display of a traveling Smithsonian Institute exhibit.
For area leaders, Saturday's celebration was the culmination of years of planning and months of construction and renovation.
"I think it's fabulous," said Hazel Mobley, a member of the museum's advisory board. "I'm glad it's not only going to be artsy, but will include our history, too. It's a long time coming."
Saturday's event was invitation-only. The museum's public grand opening is today. It will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. At center stage is the Smithsonian Institute's Museum on Main Street program "Key Ingredients: America by Food."
"The Smithsonian told us that we had more applications than any other state that is hosting this exhibit, so that makes it even more important that Thomson was chosen to be a host site, because it was very competitive," said Arden Williams, a program officer for the Georgia Humanities Council.
Officials point to the museum as one more step in revitalizing downtown Thomson. The old First National Bank of Thomson and pharmacy buildings on Main Street have been remodeled into a state-of-the-art facility. SunTrust donated the bank building to the effort.
"SunTrust was very accommodating with their donation of this building, in making this possible," said former Thomson Mayor Bob Knox Jr., who serves on the museum board.
Sponsored and created by the Smithsonian Institute and the Georgia Humanities Council, the Key Ingredients exhibit focuses on how Americans produce, prepare, preserve and present foods. The exhibit also will focus on foods prepared in the region.
Members of the humanities council came to Thomson last summer and interviewed cooks featured in a book that accompanies the exhibit. Thomson is one of 12 sites in Georgia that will show the exhibit.
The museum can be contacted at (706) 595-9923 or (877) 595-9923. Admission is free.


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At a press conference in advance of World Blood Donor Day celebrations, the Minister for Health and Community Welfare spoke of the need for more blood donated on a voluntary basis. He emphasized the requirement to phase out the system of family replacement blood donation in favour of 100% voluntary non-remunerated blood donation. Tanzania currently faces serious blood shortages. The need is for 600 000 units per annum, of which Tanzania supplies only 150 000. Of these donations, only 20% are voluntary.
World Blood Donor Day itself celebrated those who save lives by coming forward to donate their blood on a voluntary non-remunerated basis.


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Interview with Marcus Oakley
What is your greatest achievement?
I'm not sure if it was my greatest?? Last week I cycled from london to norfolk. I'm a rather slow cyclist and so it took me just over 14 hours to pedal 140 miles, it was a fun wiggly route through the strange and ambient landscape of East Anglia.
What piece of advice would you give your 15 year old self?
Keep it smooth
When are you happiest?
Drawing and drinking tea, daydreaming about drawing and drinking tea, sleeping in a tent, walking or cycling up and down hills, swimming in the sea, listening to the Beach Boys and playing the Guitar
What 3 things can't you live without?
Tea, The Beach Boys and pens & pencils.
If you didn't do what you do, what would you like to do?
A park ranger or a baker
Where was your last holiday?
A slightly soggy camping and hiking trip to Edale in the Peak District.
Who would you like to have dinner with?
Nicolas Crane (the chap on Coast) like me he likes maps, walking and cycling so I imagine it would be a pleasant evening.
If I gave you £1000 what would you do with it?
Take some friends out for dinner or buy a small steam injected bakers oven.
What was the first concert you went to?
A british punk band called Snuff, it was quite at riotous evening, it was the era of stage diving. I remember my ears were still ringing whilst as school in the morning.
What are you doing on Saturday night?
Having a Gyoza dumpling party.


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To develop Afghanistan's higher education sector, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) established the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in 2006 in in Kabul. To encourage more female students to enroll, USAID is constructing a new dormitory through its Promote Gender Equity and Women's Empowerment program.
Долбоордун максаты – Кыргыз Республикасында кургак учуктун залакасын азайтуу. Долбоордун иши бул оорунун дары-дармекке туруктуу түрүнүн таралышын чектөөгө, калктын аярлуу топтору үчүн кургак учук боюнча сапаттуу кызматка жол ачууга жана улуттук саламаттык сактоо системасын чыңдоого багытталган.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funds the Training, Economic Empowerment, Assistive Technologies and Medical Rehabilitation (TEAM) project to increase availability and access to programs that help persons with disabilities in conflict-affected countries.
The U.S. Agency for International Development partners with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the IOM X campaign to encourage safe migration and public action to stop human trafficking and raise awareness among youth about the dangers of being exploited.
The USAID Clean Power Asia Initiative works with Lower Mekong countries and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to encourage power sector investments in environmentally-friendly, clean energy sources. The initiative specifically focuses on bringing greater quantities of renewable energy into the region's electricity grids.
The goal of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project in the Kyrgyz Republic is to improve the nutritional status of children under the age of two and women of reproductive age.
The Agency reported more than 422 active public-private partnerships in 2016 with at least one private sector partner, with 127 new reported partnerships since 2015. These partnerships engaged more than 1,193 partners, including 882 private sector parters, 237 of which were U.S.-based companies. The partnerships spanned 98 countrie
The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been partners for nearly 40 years, working together on shared goals of stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia. Engagement with Southeast Asia, a strategically important, economically dynamic region at the heart of the Asia-Pacific, is a central pillar of the U.S. Rebalance to Asia. The United States is committed to this strategic partnership which advances our shared interest in building and sustaining a rules-based order in the Asia-Pacific, one in which countries can pursue their objectives peacefully and in accordance with international law and norms.
The United States is a strong advocate for increased international cooperation and responsibility-sharing on irregular migration, refugee, and trafficking in persons issues in East Asia and the Pacific. At today's East Asia Summit (EAS), the region's leaders responded to President Obama's call for strengthened cooperation by endorsing the EAS Leaders' "Declaration on Strengthening Responses to Migrants in Crisis and Trafficking in Persons." To support this stronger focus on human trafficking and irregular migration challenges, President Obama announced USAID's comprehensive, five-year plan of action. The plan commits nearly $12 million in the first year, including support for a new regional program which will strengthen cross-border collaboration between source, transit, and destination countries; leverage the private sector to reduce human trafficking in person in global food supply chains; and support improved research and data collection to ensure that interventions against trafficking in persons are targeted and effective.
U.S.-ASEAN Connect ("Connect") is the U.S. Government's strategic framework for economic engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Member States. Connect was announced by President Obama on February 15, 2016, at the historic U.S.-ASEAN special Leaders' Summit in Sunnylands, California. Organized around four pillars – Business Connect, Energy Connect, Innovation Connect, and Policy Connect – the initiative provides strategic focus to ongoing and future U.S. economic activities in the region. U.S.-ASEAN Connect brings together all the resources and expertise of the U.S. government and private sector to create a whole-of-U.S. approach to economic engagement in the region. It reflects both the U.S. government and U.S. private sector's desire to support ASEAN's continued integration, including the success of the ASEAN Economic Community, and increased U.S.-ASEAN trade and investment.
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Bassler Equipment won both matches this week to resume its perch atop the Yatesville Bocce League standings.
The Bassler Boys are led by Paul Santarelli, Bob Barbacci, Henry Korpushik and Jim Pisano filling in for Henry Rodegherio who is on the D.L.
The courts are in great shape thanks to the work of Joe Zambetti Sr. who takes the condition of the courts to heart. Great work, Joe.
Team, Wins-Losses, Points:
Bassler Equipment 11-5, 160
Blandina Apartments 10-6, 154
Atlas Realty 9-7, 161
Roberts' Repairs 8-8, 151
Cuz's Bar & Grill 8-8, 150
Dyller Law Firm 8-8, 144
Old Forge Chiropractic 7-9, 149
JetSurge Power Cleaning & Windows 7-9, 114
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Learn how to shake your booty with this dance video from Howcast.
Loretta: Hey guys, what's up? My name's Loretta and this is Ava. We're the Double Time Twins and today we're going to teach you how to shake your booty. First thing to remember when you're doing this is, really just have fun and be confident. Because if you own it and you love it and you think it's sexy.
Ava: Other people will love it, too.
Loretta: Other people will love it, too, there you go. Okay, so Ava is going to demonstrate it and I'll talk you through it. So to get started, first we're just going to start with your feet shoulder width apart. I'll have Ava do it so you can watch and I'll talk you through it. Okay, so face this way so they can see. So, feet shoulder width apart. And back down. So it's parallel to the floor. Okay. Say this is your audience or the club or whoever you want to impress, you can look at them, as opposed to looking at the ground or looking somewhere else, because then it's just weird, right? Again, if you own it, you love it, they're going to love it, too. So, first we're going to start with your hips going front and back. That's it. Hips, go. Front and back and front and back and front and back and frond and back. Awesome. Let's try that one more time.
Ava: Also, have your hand stay up here, because you don't want to have them down dangling, right?
Loretta: Or you could point. Ooh, you could point too.
Ava: That looks good, too.
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Saturday, April 12, 2014 | 2 a.m.
Cameo Word Up!
Larry Blackmon, the founder and lead singer of Cameo who is headlining Saturday's Las Vegas Soul Festival at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV, continues to tour because he loves it, as do the band's longtime fans.
"It is our duty to treat them to a good show," Blackmon said. "We treat every show as if it is our first show. We play it with the same excitement."
R&B and funk band Cameo, who formed in the early 1970s and whose hits include "Word Up!" (with the memorable video featuring Blackmon in a bright red codpiece), "Candy" and the 2001 Mariah Carey collaboration "Loverboy," are the headliners of the festival that also includes Tony Toni Tone, Con Funk Shun, Lenny Williams, Next, The Dramatics and Ray Goodman & Brown.
The charming and polite Blackmon, 57, who founded Atlanta Artist Records (which branched out to include Atlanta Artist Productions and Atlanta Artist Management) on Wednesday talked over the phone ahead of the concert about Saturday's Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley rematch, the red codpiece and Miley Cyrus.
So what can fans expect from you as the headliner of the Las Vegas Soul Festival this Saturday?
A good dose of Cameo and the energy we bring to a live show instead of hearing us over the radio. We want the audiences to really enjoy themselves. This festival has an interesting lineup.
Do you ever get tired of playing your big 1986 hit "Word Up!"?
No, never. It's what the audiences deserve. It is our duty to treat them to a good show. We treat every show as if it is our first show. We play it with the same excitement.
I have to ask, even though it's been 28 years: What was up with that red codpiece you were wearing in the video?
That's our costume! The codpieces were sewn on by our costumer Bernard Johnson, God bless his soul; he is no longer with us now. When we filmed the "Word Up!" video, he brought over a box along with my wardrobe, and I got the surprise of my life (laughs).
It's what the audiences want, so I can't take it off. I should have it sewn on my everyday clothes (laughs)!
Do you own it? It's a music history relic.
Yes! How would I not? Who would want to own it after all these years of me wearing it (laughs). It's part of the Cameo genre, and we want to give audiences what they want.
OK, enough codpiece talk: Have you been to Las Vegas before?
Oh, yes, several times.
What do you like to do when you're in Las Vegas?
I like to look at all the hotels, stop at a few and throw a few dice around. I enjoy the buffets. But it's very rare that we have time to do anything. I'm looking forward to this performance and an extended stay of two to three days.
Are there any shows you're hoping to see here in town?
I was just asking a friend about what shows are in town. I think Robin Thicke is there this weekend and the Manny Pacquiao fight, but I'm working.
What's your prediction on the fight?
Pacquiao is going to win. He really won the first time. But Timothy Bradley is a worthy opponent. He has impressed me since that last fight. I'm going to try to see the fight somehow.
Who are some of your favorite artists out there right now?
Miley Cyrus is quite interesting. She is a true entertainer and obviously is not doing it for the money. I don't find her naked thing appealing, but I like what she's done with her artistry. There is a chemistry in her material and her performance.
What are some of the projects you're working on right now?
We're currently working with Eric Benet and Cee-Lo. It's an exciting time.
Final thoughts?
We appreciate our Cameo fans. They have been with us for a long time. We consider ourselves the urban Rolling Stones, if I may be so bold. We tour year-round because we find what we do exhilarating — our hearts are in it.
The Las Vegas Soul Festival, featuring Cameo, Tony Toni Tone, Con Funk Shun, Lenny Williams, Next, The Dramatics and Ray Goodman & Brown, is at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV on Saturday. Go to the UNLV website for more information.
Don Chareunsy is senior editor for arts and entertainment of the Las Vegas Sun.
Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
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This happened during my cousin's debut. 2 events actually happened here. It was my cousin's coming of age and my other cousin's first dance...
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kiwi_explorer (12209) 2006-07-15 19:42
Must have been a very memorable moment for everybody. Life is a journey and this is one of the milestones worth celebrating. Well done ... you certainly have captured that moment in this photo.TFS.
PeterDF (421) 2006-07-15 20:15
I don't usually post on family photos, but this one is really very nice...very nice! It's a lovely photo especially with her being older than him, but his expression really makes this priceless. The colors and swirling lights make a nice touch, too. Very well done!
voyagenation (1180) 2006-07-15 23:25
perhaps we can call it a "double major" event.
a warm info on both cousins.
slr2006 (402) 2006-07-18 6:27
The image is nice and the main subjects with the abstract lighting is attractive. I only wish if the background distractions could be more minimized maybe by choosing a different viewpiont or by blurring them down with a wider aperture. Overall looks good Raiz TFS
quovadis (1867) 2012-08-25 6:33
Hi Raiz!
A warm, family oriented capture, great colours and the action style is like from an old fashioned film.
A true treasure for a photo album !
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Freed hikers back home from Iran
NEW YORK — Declaring that they were detained because of their nationality, not their actions, two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison came home Sunday, ending a diplomatic and personal ordeal with a sharp rebuke of the country that accused them of crossing the border from Iraq.
Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer, both 29, were freed last week under a $1 million bail deal and arrived Wednesday in Oman, greeted by relatives and fellow hiker Sarah Shourd, who was released last year.
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Their saga began in July 2009 with what they called a wrong turn into the wrong country. The three say they were hiking together in Iraq's relatively peaceful Kurdish region along the Iran-Iraq border when Iranian guards detained them. They always maintained their innocence, saying they might have accidentally wandered into Iran.
The two men were convicted of spying last month. Shourd, to whom Bauer proposed marriage while they were imprisoned, was charged but freed before any trial.
The men took turns reading statements at a news conference Sunday in New York, surrounded by relatives and with Shourd at their side. They didn't take questions from reporters.
Fattal said he wanted to make clear that while he and Bauer "applaud Iranian authorities for finally making the right decision, they "do not deserve undue credit for ending what they had no right and no justification to start in the first place."
"From the very start, the only reason we have been held hostage is because we are American," he said, adding that "Iran has always tied our case to its political disputes with the U.S."
The two countries severed diplomatic ties three decades ago during the hostage crisis. Since then, both have tried to limit the other's influence in the Middle East, and the United States and other Western nations see Iran as the greatest nuclear threat in the region.
The hikers' detention, Bauer said, was "never about crossing the unmarked border between Iran and Iraq. We were held because of our nationality."
He said they don't know whether they had crossed the border. "We will probably never know."
The irony of it all, he said, "is that Sarah, Josh and I oppose U.S. policies towards Iran which perpetuate this hostility."
The two also told of difficult prison conditions, where they were held in near isolation.
"Many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten and there was nothing we could do to help them," said Fattal.
Added Bauer: "How can we forgive the Iranian government when it continues to imprison so many other innocent people and prisoners of conscience?"
They said their phone calls with family members amounted to a total of 15 minutes in two years, and they had to go on repeated hunger strikes to receive letters. Eventually, they were told - falsely - that their families had stopped writing them letters.


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The Democrat party leadership has gone full retard and will be launching itself off the nearest cliff this November.
According to Politico, the DNC will include the support of gay marriage in its platform to be unveiled at its convention in early September. The Platform Drafting Committee approved the language at a meeting in Minneapolis but it won't be official until an August 10 meeting in Detroit. From there, it will be promoted at the DNC Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. A source at the Minneapolis meeting said that they think the inclusion of gay marriage into the platform is "not controversial".
For those of you keeping track, the number of states where elections have resulted in the legalization of gay marriage is currently a big, fat zero. The number of states where gay marriage is banned is thirty. In fact, in those elections, gay marriage has not only failed, it has failed by wide margins. North Carolina, where the DNC is struggling to hold its convention, voted to ban gay marriage by a margin of greater than 20%.
To compound the "what the hell are they thinking" question, there are also rumors that Elizabeth "Princess Wanamakabucks" Warren will be the keynote address at that convention, where she will no doubt push the "you didn't build that" meme. Considering that Obama had to cut a commercial to try and stem the self-imposed bleeding his statement made, it's possible that one side will be running from the other and the center of the floor will be as empty as a junior high school dance.
So, just what the hell are the democrats thinking by adopting not just a losing position, but a very unpopular and divisive losing position?
From a strictly moralist perspective, if they believe their stand is right they can and should adopt it regardless of the political cost. I don't agree with them, but if they have the heart to stand up for it, good on them.
From a strictly political perspective, this platform is a death sentence for every democrat running for office outside of any district or state not firmly in democrat hands by a margin of 10% or more.
This move signals that the DNC leadership knows that the rest of the election is now almost a foregone conclusion, and it's going to be a disaster for them. Obama has spent the last three months and most of his cash trying to define Romney and destroy his popularity and the best he has managed to do is appear to trail closely. The DNC leadership knows that within weeks Romney will unleash advertising buys highlighting Romney's positive message and Obama's failures that will make Obama shrivel like a snail on a salt flat. Worse for democrats, polling shows that instead of picking up seats in the Senate and House, democrats will likely lose the Senate and suffer more losses in the House. The best the DNC can hope for is to strip off the moderate disguise and lurch to the left as a beacon of socialism and hedonism to shore up their flagging base for what they see as coming tsunami of electoral failures.


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Well it took more than 45 minutes, but in his press conference Wednesday afternoon, Jason Garrett announced that the Dallas Cowboys new play caller is... Yet to be determined.
Garrett opened up with a long introduction of each and every one of the new hires, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, defensive line coach Rod Marinelli, et al, and offered up praise for each of the coaches that left or were cast off from Dallas this offseason. But as for who will be calling plays in 2013, we don't know any more than we did this morning.
"As we go we'll work through it," Garrett said, per the Dallas Morning News. "We trust the process and we're pretty confident we'll get it right."
Garrett went on to suggest that the team's gameplan-by-committee approach means that naming an offensive play-caller isn't a terribly pressing matter.
"It's a collective process," he said. "We gameplan together. It's not like everyone sits around and I come up with the gameplan. That's not how we operate. We have never operated that way. I think it's stupid to operate that way. When you have great resources on your staff, you try to rely on those resources during the week and during the ballgame.
"That's always how we've done it. It's worked pretty well for us."
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