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Ask 411 Wrestling 02.20.13: Andre the Giant, Mass Transit, More
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Ask 411 Wrestling. I am Ryan Byers, and it's been a long, strange road that has brought me here this week.
Approximately one month ago, I was writing the 8-Ball here on 411mania, and I told the powers that be that, due to mounting responsibilities in my professional and personal lives, I was going to have to step aside from that role in the coming months, agreeing to hang on until they found a suitable replacement. (Writing one column that really pissed everybody off in the process.
This past Saturday, my replacement, the in-ken-parable Ken Hill debuted, and I thought that I was all ready to kick my feet up and sip mint juleps in my free time as opposed to writing about pro wrestling.
Then, on Monday, I got word that Mat Sforcina, the regular author of this column BROKE HIS HUMERUS (not kidding) while pursuing his independent wrestling career. Originally when I heard the story, I thought that he had kicked Bill DeMott's ass, but I apparently heard things wrong . . . he actually hurt his arm.
In any event, because I like Mat and because I like Ask 411, my resignation wound up being short-lived. I'm filling in for him until such time that his arm heals up to the point that he's comfortable typing again. Best of luck getting better, Massive Q. Hopefully this doesn't keep you sidelined for too long.
Due to the somewhat short notice for a fill-in brought about by Mat's injury, this week's version of the column will be a bit truncated compared to what I normally do, and I may lob myself some softballs from the backlog of questions, but hopefully things will be in full swing next week.
And now, the best damn banner on 411:
And what's a good banner without a good Twitter?
No Backtalking this week because I didn't write last week's column. However, if you call me an idiot in the comments section this week (trust me, I'm used to it), I might just put a response right here in seven days! Have at it!
Your Turn, Smart Guy
Here's a new question from yours truly:
The height of my career was 1987 in the United States, though I also got a fair amount of exposure in Japan the year before. Two of my biggest rivals were imposters of Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan, respectively. With my distinctive mask and pink-and-purple tights, I have one of the most unique looks in professional wrestling. Who am I?
Put your guesses down in the comments!
Questions, Questions, Who's Got the Questions?
Chico likes 'em big:
Besides Hogan, what wrestlers have gone one-on-one against both Andre the Giant and The Big Show?
Ric Flair immediately springs to mind. I don't know how many matches he has had overall against Andre, but he definitely defended the NWA Title against him on at least one occasion, going to a draw in Orlando on February 13, 1983. Flair had several matches against the Big Show, most notably with Show (then known as the Giant) defeating the Nature Boy for the WCW Title live on Monday Nitro in 1996.
Randy Savage did it as well. He defended the WWF Title against Andre several times, including on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event in November 1988. Savage and the Giant also met up in WCW, including a title match on Nitro in December 1995.
Jim Duggan is another person who meets the criteria. He had a house show program with Andre when he made his WWF debut in 1988 (including a match from the Spectrum that you can find online). Hacksaw and the Giant also had several WCW television matches over the years, albeit none of them a part of particularly memorable angles.
Really, unless they were always on opposite sides of the heel/face divide, just about any wrestler who was in the WWF in the late 1980's or early 1990's and jumped ship to WCW around the time of Nitro had the potential to have wrestled both Andre the Giant and the Big Show. It's not quite the oddity that you think it might be.
Patrick T. asks a question that could probably be filed in the "frequently asked" category:
Another one from my misty memories of 1999: Who fiddled with the briefcase when Austin faced Vince and Shane at KOTR '99? I can't remember it being stated on air. My brother and I assumed it was Steve Blackman, but I can't remember why, other than that he seemed vaguely associated with the McMahons at the time (could you shed some light on that angle too? Was there an aborted Blackman heel push on the cards?)
It was never directly stated, but it was very strongly implied that the responsible party was the Big Boss Man. The match had a stipulation in which any member of Vince McMahon's Corporation who interfered would be fired from the WWF. Shortly before the show, the Corporation appeared to get angry with the Boss Man and kicked him out of the group. Then, the briefcase mysteriously moved and, after the PPV, the cop from Cobb County was reinducted as a member of the Corporation. The almost-too-subtly-told story was that the McMahons had kicked the Boss Man out of their group for a brief period to avoid the stipulation that no member of the stable could interfere.
I have no idea where you got Steve Blackman from.
Night Wolf the Wise (Where do they come up with these names?) wants to take things to the extreme.
I remember reading a story about a fan that posed as a wrestler. He went to ECW and told Paul Heymen that he trained with Killer Kowalksi. He was granted a wrestling contract and then was killed facing New Jack. Is there any truth to this story? If so why didn't Paul Heymen check out this kid's story before letting him wrestle?
You're confused as to some of the details, but, yes, something roughly fitting that description did happen at an ECW house show in Massachusetts on November 23, 1996.
The young man was named Eric Kulas, and he attended the show, claiming to be a Kowalski-trained wrestler who competed under the name "Mass Transit," wearing a bus driver's uniform. Kulas probably would not have gotten his spot on the card if not for the fact that there was a no-show and Heyman felt he needed to fill out a spot on the card. You have to keep in mind that, in a lot of ways, ECW was similar to a modern independent wrestling promotion at this point in time, and it's actually not entirely unheard of for random local wrestlers to show up looking for work at independent shows. So, it wasn't out of the question that a legitimately trained wrestler would appear at the arena and ask Paul E. if he could get some form of tryout. Also, according to some accounts of the story, there was at least one individual known to be a professional wrestler (though not a regular part of the ECW roster) who vouched for Kulas and claimed he was trained, in addition to Kulas' father also supporting his son's request. So, the match was on, and then stuff like this happened:
Transit's opponents for the evening were the Gangstas, and New Jack brutalized the poor kid. He gave him hard weapons shots but, more infamously, he also bladed him, drawing a significant amount of blood. (Most sources agree that Kulas actually requested that New Jack blade him, because blood was a planned part of the match but Kulas had never bladed himself before.) Kulas and his family claimed that he had been assaulted and that New Jack's attacks went beyond the parameters of a normal pro wrestling match. However, Jack and ECW were vindicated when lawsuits brought against New Jack as a result of the incident resulted in a determination that he had neither criminal nor civil liability for the incident.
And, for the record, the incident did not result in Kulas being "killed" as was suggested in the question. Eric Kulas did die at the tragically young age of 22, but it had nothing to do with New Jack and had everything to do with medical problems he suffered as a result of gastric bypass surgery.
Keeping the ECW kick alive, Omar Magnus has two questions about the Eliminators:
Has any tag team done the Eliminators' finisher since them?
As far as a high profile tag team doing the exact same maneuver as "Total Elimination" (a leg sweep combined with a spinning heel kick), I believe that the answer is no. However, variations on the move have been pretty popular, with the most popular one being the finisher of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. It was essentially Total Elimination, except instead of performing a spinning heel kick, Cade would perform a lariat.
Why did the tag team of the Eliminators break up?
Because Perry Saturn signed with WCW and John Kronus did not.
jayzhoughton has a bit of a chicken and egg situation going on:
What came first: John Cena or PG? When John Cena was breaking through, was the WWE already changing to the PG and then John Cena came along and fit well with that idea or was it they had an over Cena who appealed to the women and kids and just went with it?
WWE decided to head in the PG direction for reasons that were completely unrelated to John Cena's persona. The company had been toning down its product for a couple of years beforehand, but the major change happened in approximately 2009, for two major reasons. The first is that WWE was attempting to court some new major business partners who were not happy to be associated with risqué content. The most notable example of this is Mattel, a major toy maker that WWE wanted to bring on board to make its wrestling dolls, replacing Jakks Pacific. There were additional sponsors that also came on board shortly after the change, including major retailer K-Mart. The second reason for the more pronounced toning down of the product was Linda McMahon's attempt at launching a political career, which began when she first announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in 2009. The promotion really had to mind its p's and q's with Linda running for major political office, as virtually anything that the wrestling promotion did could be (and in some instances was) used against her.
So, the switch to PG had nothing to do with the character that John Cena was portraying. In fact, when he first broke out, John Cena was actually pretty edgy, with his "freestyle" raps containing adult language and double entendre that wouldn't fly today.
Derek want to talk about one of the greatest (if not the greatest) independent wrestlers going today:
Had a question about how the WWE handles talent coming up from developmental. I just finished listening to Colt Cabana on Marc Maron's WTF podcast (great interview worth listening to) and he of course talks about how he was getting popular down in FCW and then was brought up to the main roster only to be in a few squash matches and a couple battle royals, got an internet show on wwe.com for a little bit, and then was fired not long after that whenever "creative had nothing for him." My question is why is that the WWE doesn't just send talent like that back to developmental whenever they can't think of anything for them instead of firing them? It just seems like if they really have no use for talent like Cabana on the road and on major television that the talent would benefit from hanging around developmental a little longer than just being fired and having to find somewhere else to wrestle.
The most likely answer to the question is that, in all reality, he wasn't fired just because creative had nothing for him. In all likelihood, he was fired because creative had nothing for him and there was also a person or persons somewhere in the company hierarchy who didn't care for what he was doing, whether it was performance or attitude related. (Both of which part of me has a hard time believing, because Colt is a damn fine performer and, though I don't know him personally, from listening to him on his own podcast, he sounds like a helluva nice guy.) If you want proof of that fact, just take a look at the number of guys who have meandered in the midcard for literally years with creative having nothing for them. Creative hasn't had anything meaningful for Kofi Kingston (and I include his last IC Title reign in that category) since 2009, and it's not like he gets released or sent back to developmental.
As far as what the specific problem with Cabana was, the week that he was fired, he had a match with Umaga at the WWE Smackdown tapings which had to be shot twice. There were rumblings at the time that no less than Vince McMahon himself was very unhappy with the first version of the match, which lead to it being reshot and also potentially contributed to the Coltster's release.
Elivs wants to comment on commentary:
Why does JBL (on commentary) pick on Matt Striker all the time? Does JBL have a legit beef with him, or is he just joking/storyline?
It's a combination of JBL being kind of a bully and Matt Striker drawing his ire by not being particularly good at his job, thus drawing a certain degree of contempt from the big Texan.
John Davis keeps his question short and sweet:
Why wasn't Hulk Hogan in The Land of 1,000 Dances video?
Hogan was the absolute top notch, A-number-one star of the World Wrestling Federation during the time that the video was shot. I think that the idea was that, if Hogan was in the video with every other WWF wrestler on the face of the earthy, including such luminaries as S.D. Jones and Dr. X, it would have made him look like just another member of the roster as opposed to a phenom who was on another level. It's the same reason that you didn't see the Hulkster wrestling on TV every week – the goal was to make his appearances rare and therefore more special so that they would draw more money.
Plus, word on the street is that he refused to share a trailer with Meat Loaf.
And, yes, before anybody asks, that last part was a joke.
Matt Slater is Pretty #1derful:
In pre-nWo WCW, Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorf was saddled with an angle that his name was allegedly "Paula". WCW went so far as to plant Paula signs in the crowd. This extended to his run with Paul Roma as part of Pretty Wonderful, when Sting alleged Roma's name is "Paulina". What was the thought behind the Paula angle? Was it meant to give Orndorf a decent angle? Was he being publicly punished?
I think that you're misunderstanding what was going on. The angle was not that Paul Orndorff's name was "Paula." The promotion just encouraged fans to chant "Paula" at Orndorff in order to draw his ire, just like the WWF encouraged fans to chant "Irrrrrrrrwin" at IRS or like ECW encouraged fans to chant "She's a crack whore!" at Francine. There was never any direct statement or implication that Orndorff's name was actually short for "Paula" or that Roma's name was actually short for "Paulina." It wasn't a punishment, it was just done for the sake of guaranteeing that there was always going to be some kind of reaction to his matches. And, actually, this was not something that originated in WCW. When Orndorff was a heel in the WWF in the 1980's, there were "Paula" chants and taunts directed at him there as well, as evidenced in this video:
My Damn Opinion
44 Ton Fandango Wildcat Gravy (no, seriously, that's what he calls himself) has a hypothetical question about Andre the Giant:
If Andre the Giant were alive today, do you think he would still play any sort of role in WWE? Do you think he would have ever won the title in the mid-90s thus prohibiting the pushes of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels? Would he have followed Hogan to WCW and could we have had a Giant vs. Giant match? Or do you think he would have stuck around and finished his career in the Attitude era?
This is a difficult if not impossible question to answer just because it's not as though Andre died suddenly while he was in peak physical condition. His health was in decline and his career was already trailing off, with fewer and fewer significant appearances. If we assume that he was going to be in roughly the same physical condition that he was in during December 1992 without dying in January 1993, I have a feeling that he never would have been in shape again to do any sort of significant wrestling in the United States.
If we're going to pretend that his physical condition did not trail off during the late 1980s and early 1990s and he would have a body that would hold up to the same extent as Hulk Hogan's, I think that he almost definitely would have jumped ship to WCW. The company was opening up its wallet and paying top dollar for any name wrestler that they could get, and Andre was legitimately one of the biggest stars in the entire history of the sport. In fact, there's a possibility that the WWF may not have even been able to afford a guaranteed contract big enough for the Giant, as they were having real financial difficulties at the time and could not honor the multi-million dollar commitment that they made to Bret Hart, precipitating his jump to the Turner-owned promotion.
Perhaps the biggest hypothetical consequence of Andre the Giant living and jumping to WCW would be that, if Andre were around for the Monday Night War, I sincerely doubt that we ever would have gotten a Big Show as a major wrestling star. Show was essentially signed for the sole purpose of being the modern day Andre to feud with (and put over) Hulk Hogan, and, if the genuine article was there, there would be no reason to build up Paul Wight as a contender. He may not ever have been signed by WCW or, if he were, he might have just wondered around aimlessly in the undercard like Ron Reese.
Hypothetical questions like these are virtually impossible to answer, but that's my best guess.
Dabid and Don (I think) is a disco sensation:
What was the deal with the Disco Inferno? As far as I can tell from what I've seen of him, he was a below-average comedy jobber character, but I have seen him listed on tons of PPVs and a huge list of title victories. Any match I've seen him in was mediocre at best, and the crowd seemed to have zero interest in him. Why was Disco Inferno seemingly pushed for so long and given so many opportunities when it seems like no one cared about him and he wasn't very good?
In some other questions he sent in, Dabid admitted that he didn't watch much of WCW when it was in business . . . and I think this question is probably born out of the fact that he didn't follow the product.
I was watching WCW at the time, and I completely disagree with the assessment of Disco's popularity and talent. He got plenty of heat for an undercard comedy heel and, though humor is obviously subjective, I always thought that he was pretty damned funny.
And, yes, he won some championships, but he was never pushed particularly hard, and most of his championship reigns were portrayed as flukes, especially his initial Television Title run. In all reality, he was essentially the late 1990's equivalent of Santino Marella. He wasn't the greatest in-ring technician in the world, but he was passable, and he had a unique character and a knack for integrating comedy into professional wrestling matches, so he developed a cult following and grabbed the occasional lower-tier championship as a result of it.
That's the deal with the Disco Inferno.
keifandom has a timely question about the "outsiders" currently in WWE:
What is your Damn Opinion about the WWE "Superstars" (there really are only like four actual Superstars right now, hence the quote marks) pissing and moaning about Rock and Brock taking the spotlight? Nobody asked, but I say if the boys just put their minds to it, they could get the ratings and buy rates and Vinnie wouldn't have to go outside the industry to keep his billion dollar company from going under. Opine, sir!
I think that any wrestler who is complaining about the Rock and Brock Lesnar taking the spotlight is losing sight of the fact that professional wrestling is a business and they should be in the professional wrestling business with the goal of making money for themselves and their families. If you're currently a midcard wrestler in WWE, Rock and Brock aren't preventing you from being a main eventer. You were going to be a midcarder anyway. John Cena, Sheamus, Randy Orton, Ryback, CM Punk . . . those guys would have made sure that you weren't breaking through to the main event without any help from the outsiders. If anything, Rock and Brock are going to HELP you, because they are proven to draw more money on pay per view than anybody who is on the regular roster, and their appearances on TV signal a hotter-than-usual part of the year for the E's business, with rising television ratings and house show attendance. That helps the company as a whole make more money. If the company as a whole is making more money, you, as generic midcard wrestler number eighty-two, will likely see more money in your pocketbook than you would otherwise.
In other words, if you're a WWE wrestler and don't like Lesnar and Rocky around because you feel it's cutting into your TV time, my advice for you is to just shut up and enjoy the extra cash that they're putting into your back pocket.
That's it for this week's Ask 411. If you can't get enough of Ryan, follow him on Twitter here.


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Lowrie's mission: Stay healthy in 2010
Lowrie's mission: Stay healthy in 2010
"I just need to prove I'm healthy," Lowrie said. "That's been my mantra all offseason: just get healthy. I'm aware of what I'm capable of when I'm healthy."
Marco Scutaro was signed off the free-agent market as Boston's starting shortstop because the Red Sox simply didn't have any assurances that Lowrie would be healthy. He played through a broken bone in his left wrist for most of the 2008 season, his power from the left side completely diminished. Then there was last year, when Lowrie thought he was healthy at the start of camp, only to have his wrist weaken as the weeks progressed.
By mid-April, Lowrie was on the disabled list. A couple of weeks after that, he was on the operating table. His season was almost a complete loss, with recurring woes once he returned from the disabled list after the All-Star break.
"For me, I just need to get healthy," said Lowrie. "I played all of 2008 with a broken wrist. I don't feel like I need to prove I'm tough enough. I just need to get healthy."
Will Lowrie be a utility man for manager Terry Francona or a starter at Triple-A Pawtucket? Obviously, he hopes for the former.
"I feel like I'm not going to lose that baseball eye," Lowrie said. "There's plenty of at-bats in Spring Training. To me, it's dependent on my wrist -- what the health of my wrist is. That's something that will shake out. We'll have an open dialogue with [general manager] Theo [Epstein] and everyone here."
It has been a productive offseason for Lowrie, who worked on new techniques for taping his wrist and spent the past few weeks working out in Tampa, Fla.
If Lowrie can remain healthy, he could be a useful piece for the 2010 Red Sox. Aside from his ability to play short, third and second, Lowrie is a switch-hitter with discipline and perhaps some power, a skill that has been nullified by the injured wrist to this point.
"Really, I think health is the most important thing for Jed," Epstein said. "We want to make sure he gets through this Spring Training healthy and prove that he can get through a Major League season healthy as well. It's been a long road now with the injury. He's feeling good. Through early batting practice the last couple of months, he's been swinging for about four to six weeks now. We've just got to keep him on the field."
Does Lowrie feel healthy at the outset of camp?
"I think it's full speed ahead as far as continuing to do everything that I have been doing," said Lowrie. "Whether that's everyone else's full speed, we'll find that out. Like I said, it's a completely different environment down here. I just need to do what I can, and be honest with them and honest with myself. You can look at this season as a rebound season, but I'm looking to have a long career. I'm not looking to just have one season."
However, there's no question that one fully healthy season would put a huge smile on Lowrie's face and move a sizable burden off his shoulders.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Migration, labour demand, housing markets and the drought in regional Australia
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Theoretical model of migration
- Background: Population dynamics in rural and regional Australia
- What is a drought?
- Selected data issues
- Labour market, housing market, migration and drought
- Descriptive analysis of relationships between recent drought and migration
- Multivariate analysis of out-migration, in-migration and net migration
- Drought and mobility in the RRFS
- Conclusion
- References
- Lists of tables and figures
- Appendix A: Gross migration flows across drought categories (total population)
- Appendix B: Gross migration flows across drought categories (all workers in the agricultural industry)
- Appendix C: Regression results
Theoretical model of migration
To understand the economic factors associated with migration, we follow the basic human capital model as developed in Sjaastad (1962), Harris and Todaro (1970) and elsewhere. According to this model, migration occurs when the anticipated future income stream available at a potential destination is greater than the future income stream at the person's current location plus the costs of migration. Individuals may therefore choose to move if they see another area as giving them a greater chance of obtaining employment or, if they are already employed, gaining a job with higher remuneration.
It is assumed, however, that the costs of migration are far from negligible. Hence, even if people do predict that there are areas where their income will be higher than it currently is, the increase in their predicted income from moving may not be enough to cover the costs of migration. These costs are perhaps best represented via a gravity model (developed originally in the 1940s, e.g., by Stewart, 1947). According to the modified gravity model in Greenwood (1997), the probability of moving between two areas is based in part on the size of the origin and destination populations, but inversely related to the distance between the two areas. The distance between the two areas is said to proxy the cost of migration, which could be either social or economic:
- Social (psychic) costs of migration: The main social cost of moving is related to the effect it has on a person's ability to maintain their existing social networks. The greater the distance between two areas, the more costly and time-consuming it is to make frequent return visits to maintain the social networks developed in the area. Distances from their source areas aside, individuals are able to build new social networks in their destination area. This is a possible reason why people move to areas with a high concentration of individuals with similar characteristics to themselves (based on ethnicity, country of birth, language, etc.) Other costs of migration are likely to vary throughout a person's life cycle. For example, those in mid- to late secondary school who move schools are likely to experience significant disruption to their studies (above and beyond the disruption to their peer social networks).
- Economic costs of migration: Moving to another area can also involve reasonably large economic costs. Firstly, there are the direct physical costs of moving oneself and one's family (e.g., transport, removalists, searching for accommodation). Secondly, especially in the short term, a family that moves may have to forego some of their income. That is, even though a person's income may increase in the long term, wages often decline in the short term because people lose firm specific human capital (Yankow, 2003). Furthermore, the opportunity costs in terms of spousal income may also be important; that is, for a married couple, moving to improve one spouse's income may come at the cost of their partner's income (Greenwood, 1997).
A further impediment to migration could be the uncertainty or risk involved with moving (Khwaja, 2002). If people already have a job lined up in another area, then they may be able to predict with reasonable accuracy the benefits of migration (at least in the short term). However, if people do not have a job in advance and are instead considering whether to move to improve their prospects of obtaining a job, then they may be less likely to feel that the uncertain future benefits are worth the risk (given the known economic and social costs).
To measure the association that area level variables have with migration decision, Biddle and Hunter (2006) assumed a two-step process. That is, individuals are assumed to first make the decision to move to a different SLA based on the characteristics of the source SLA or the SLA in which they lived in 2001. Once the decision to migrate has been made, the decision of where to move is assumed to be based on the characteristics of the potential destinations. Obviously this is a simplified assumption and, as pointed out by Greenwood (1997), individuals are likely to (a) make the decision to move based on the potential areas available to them; and (b) individuals are likely to make the decision about where to move based on where they are coming from.
Unlike Biddle and Hunter (2006), this report does not model the migration decision at the individual level because of a lack of access to the Census unit record data.1 Rather, we model the two migration decisions at an area level, using firstly the percentage of the population who moved out of an area between 2001 and 2006 (proxying for the decision to migrate), and secondly the percentage of the population who moved into an area between 2001 and 2006 (proxying for the choice of destination). We also separately model net migration or the difference between the rate of out-migration and in-migration in order to capture the effect of the two on population redistribution.
Notwithstanding the lack of suitable data to model the two-stage decision at an individual level, it is possible to use pairs of SLAs as the unit of analysis to model the joint effect of source and destination characteristics in influencing the two-stage migration decision. This is, however, left for future research.
1 There was an insufficient sample in the drought areas for the Census 1% sample to be of use for this analysis. The 5% sample for the 2006 Census has just been released, but the level of geographic detail provided is probably not adequate to analyse migration (ABS, 2009). For example, the lowest level of aggregation is statistical regions, and even then some of these regions have been aggregated in the released data.


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Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like
systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a
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operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
macro calls.
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Who the fvck is Well Hung Heart?
"Packed with youthful arrogance at a blues-laced crossroads between The Kills & early Stooges"
- Deli Magazine, LA
Well Hung Heart is an mostly American Rock band residing in Southern California, founded by Greta Valenti and Robin Davey. Originally a three piece (with Robin playing simultaneous guitar and bass), Well Hung Heart has transformed with the addition of Orange County bassist, Danielle Lehman to the group. Well Hung Heart's reckless and raw live performances earned the band a reputation as well as numerous awards including the Best Live Band & Best Music Video OC Music Awards. The group has have spent their first couple years in existence focusing on touring and songwriting; self-releasing a series of sold out Limited Edition Albums and EPs and booking tours across the US, UK & Europe. Appearing at the prestigious venues such as London's O2 Academy, the Paradiso in Amsterdam and many festivals including SXSW, Warped Tour, Rocklahoma, 35 Denton Festival, Center of the Universe Festival, Sturgis Buffalo Chip, Ink N' Iron, Make Music Festival and more.
Their high-energy performance and new rock sound, deriving from a rock and roll foundation, mashed with blistering flavors of blues and punk, and a front woman that the rock world has never seen, has earned them a diverse collection of shows playing alongside names as Linkin Park,Fitz & The Tantrums, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, Awolnation, Alice Cooper, Panic! at the Disco, Kongos, Grimes, Young The Giant, Grouplove, The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, Social Distortion, John Fogerty and Mohave Lords (members from QOTSA, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss). Well Hung Heart are currently playing select tour dates while in the studio working on their first album as a four piece and preparing for busy 2018.
From the beginning, Well Hung Heart's creative output has been completely self-propelled and even further boosted by their inventive audio-visual output via their YouTube Channel. The founding duo direct and produce their own award-winning music videos and TV Shows; including the award-winning web series "Made in 48", in which two artists collaborate to write and record a new song and conceptualize, film, edit and upload a music video in only 48 Hours. Watch that and more on: Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram.
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You Could Stay in a Castle — For Real
For families, castle vacations offer history and plenty of activities, including boating, falconry, fishing and archery.
For families, castle vacations offer history and plenty of activities, including boating, falconry, fishing and archery.
By AMY TARA KOCH
By DAVE SEMINARA
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, site of a 41-day occupation, is now mostly open, in time for a popular bird festival.
By DAVE SEMINARA
With no resolution to the standoff in sight, birders are concerned that one of the nation's premier observation spots for birds will be off limits for the foreseeable future.
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr
In Mississippi, a novice hunter who had long wanted to learn to shoot game birds on the wing, attempts to live up to a family legacy that skipped a generation.
By BARBARA WHITAKER
Following the trail of white storks through northeast Poland, where almost three-quarters of them live, offers an opportunity to explore the area's history, wildlife and landscapes.
By HELEN MACDONALD
Learning how to use a field guide can make you feel at home anywhere in the world.
By GUSTAVE AXELSON
Amid tiny towns and deserted dwellings sits a world-class birding site, the Sax-Zim Bog, where people from around the world travel to glimpse hard-to-spot species.
By JOHN BISHOP
Parahawking, an adventure sport that combines falconry and paragliding, draws bird lovers and thrill seekers alike.
By GUSTAVE AXELSON
Vanishing species congregate in Kauai, making it a birder's wonderland.
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
From the cold lakes of the Himalayas to the sand dunes of western Rajasthan to the tropical rain forests in the south, India hosts a dizzying variety of birds.
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Redknapp left 'bitterly disappointed'
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp today said he was 'bitterly disappointed' that police raided his house early yesterday morning.
Police searched Redknapp's home at around 6am - leaving his wife 'petrified' -while he was travelling back from a Champions League match in Germany, said the Portsmouth manager.
He was later arrested along with four other men by detectives investigating corruption in the sport.
Redknapp insists he is at a loss to explain why he was questioned.
The 60-year-old hit out at City of London Police for raiding his home, which he said was only to 'raise the profile' of their investigation.
He said: 'I still feel I was only called in because I have a high profile, I add a bit of a profile to the investigation.
'This has nothing whatsoever to do with me. What an agent does with his player has nothing to do with me.'
Redknapp said that he called the press conference at the club's training ground in Eastleigh, Hants, to clarify the chain of events surrounding his arrest yesterday.
He said he had gone to Germany on Tuesday to watch a match between Stuttgart and Rangers and when he returned yesterday he received a message from his wife saying their house had been raided by police.
'I had my wife on the phone leaving hysterical messages that the police had been round at 6am,' said Redknapp.
'They also raided Peter Storrie and Milan Mandaric. They took a computer away from my house which I bought my wife two years ago. I then got a message to report to Chichester Police Station where I spent a good part of the day.
'The whole crux of the meeting was the fact that an agent had been paid an agent's fee and had paid some of the money to the player. That was the top and bottom of the issue, the player and the football agent.
'I had a meeting today with the players and the staff because I wanted to be completely open with them. This is exactly what it was all about.'
Redknapp went on to say he could not understand why he had been arrested.
He said: 'I was wondering what I was doing there, I'm not involved in what an agent and a player does. I'm not involved.'
Redknapp gave his support to Portsmouth's chief executive Storrie, describing him as an honest man with integrity and added that Mr Mandaric had saved Portsmouth Football Club before moving on to Leicester.
Criticising the police, he continued: 'I was particularly disappointed that the police should come knocking on my door with photographers from a well-known newspaper.
'She (his wife) was absolutely petrified and if that's the way to treat someone that's not the world I was brought up in.'
He added: 'It was a bitter disappointment for me and my family, we were deeply hurt by the situation - why it had to be brought into the public domain when I wasn't involved in any part of it.'
Redknapp added that he had been receiving emails and messages of support from many football players and top managers and added that he just wanted to now concentrate on the club's forthcoming match against Everton on Saturday.
He said: 'Portsmouth is a well-run club from top to bottom. We are now playing the best football in the past 50 years and now we want to get on and concentrate with our football.'


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How many people applied for Trans savoie ?
Didn't get mine done in time , at least 3 of my mates did tho
Kimbers, that is remiss !!
The form only took about 30 seconds to fill in. I was abroad w/o access to the necessary email/excel/interweb bits so my next door neighbour filled it in for me, with info I supplied.
Just me then. Maybe I've got a chance of getting in.
got mine in - might need to train a bit if I get a number
Me too
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Kimbers, that is remiss !!
The form only took about 30 seconds to fill in. I was abroad w/o access to the necessary email/excel/interweb bits so my next door neighbour filled it in for me, with info I supplied.
the time was spent convincing my wife that I needed another trip away on the bike
Yep, mine is in. Fingers crossed
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@kimbers. It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Apply first, deal with fallout if you get a place.
PS I am in middle of divorce, so perhaps not best source of such advice.
With my knee injury 2014 was too early, would like to do this in 2015 if I can get in
Still waiting for an answer to find out if i have a place.
Just got my 'Dear Johnny' letter.
"It's not you, it's random selection"
I'm in
Nice one messiah - congrats. Now that must be an excuse for a new bike
No one wants me Bugger it i just applied for the Trans-Provence as well. See how that one pans out.
Missed it aswell. Arse !
Messiah nice one....best get training (though looking at it only about half as much climbing as TP)
@messiah - congrats, didn't you do it this year too ?
I applied but didn't get in
I'm in.
Rapidly running out of holiday for next year...
jambalaya - @messiah - congrats, didn't you do it this year too ?
Yes, I was lucky enough enough to get in last year too .
It was a hard event so training is important... but it was so much fun that I'm very happy to be given the opportunity to do it all again.
Good for you. We demand another de-brief !
Messiah, were you by any chance a serial Trail Addiction customer already ?
Yes I know I sound cynical !
Yes I know I sound cynical !
Why's that cynical ? Surely if you've been a regular customer and have enjoyed yourself that would make it more likely you'd want to try this event. isn't that what customer service and building customer loyalty is about ? I've been on a TA holiday and it was great, that makes it more likely I'd want to try another offering from them including this.
jamabalaya, I'm just feeling mean as I didn't get in. As a result my nasty alter ego just wondered how random the random selection thing was.
Fwiw, I don't particularly like that I thought this way, just being frank. (and miserable as I look out at the persistent rain and cold)
fwiw 2 of my mates got places, theyve never been on a TA holiday, im miserable too about not getting my application in, but on the plus side im really not sure I couldve afforded it!
@kimbers, I posted up last year I wondered how it would sell at £1,000 and I guess we know now. I'd like to do this but need to get stronger and much fitter and then get lucky enough to get a place. I will be interested to see the guided holiday version if they do make it available.
@pymwymis - I was not a TA customer before last years TS. I missed the first cut last year and was on the back-up list until a place became available.
I don't think entry for events like the TS and TP could ever be truly random as they ask questions about experience which need to be taken into account for event safety... so there must be some kind of ranking prior to random from a hat type choosing. As for me getting in again perhaps the organisers of a young event like the TS ranked last years veterans higher as a reward for supporting the event and helping make it the success it was in its first year?
Perhaps I should keep quiet and look away from the gift horse's mouth.
Well done dude, I tried and failed this time which is a massive disappointment as I was truly hoping for another crack! So as a veteran my self im a bit vexed, but hey ho I don't won't steal your thunder. Im hoping there may be a reserve list eventually.
Yeah well done messiah (I'm reconciled now) Just go and nail it !
@jambalaya, the rejection letter did mention the "holiday" version and the link gives an itinerary so I'm pretty sure it's going to be a "goer". That did mention that as an applicant for the race you would get preferential treatment for the holiday.
I know what you mean by the fitter / stronger thing - this trip was due to be my motivation / salvation. For some reason it's more urgent than just going as a holiday - I think the competitive element was what I was hoping would get me off my lazy arse .
The holiday version is there
I'm in too the best mail I have ever recieved
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Although there are a number of common credit factors in credit scoring models, different types of loans may involve different credit factors specific to the loan characteristics. For example, the credit factors for a credit card loan may include payment history, age, number of account, and credit card utilization; the credit factors for a mortgage loan may include down payment, job history, and loan size.
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The condition in which she was found would suggest Grace the pit bull knew little affection in her life.
The pit bull, assessed by vets at the emergency clinic at DeWitt Animal Hospital to be about 7 or 8 years old, should have weighed around 60 pounds. But Grace weighed roughly 30. She was emaciated, dehydrated, suffering from an eye infection. She couldn't walk. Her organs were shutting down.
Animal Cruelty Officer Rebecca Thompson of the Syracuse Police judged that she had been starved. Grace's condition was such that she had to be humanely euthanized. The dog's owner, Marquette Jamison, 35, of 1511 W. Onondaga St., was charged Oct. 3 failure to provide medical care to an animal that needs it and failure to provide proper sustenance. Both charges are misdemeanors. Jamison was released on an appearance ticket to appear in Syracuse City Court.
So it would appear that Grace was deprived of not only the basic care she needed and, indeed, deserved to survive, but also of the tenderness and respect many companion animals receive on a daily basis.
She might not have received that love in life, but she's getting it now that she's gone.
State Sen. David Valesky (D-Oneida) has signed on as a co-sponsor to legislation introduced in the last legislative session that will allow those charged with animal abuse or neglect to be charged with a felony under New York State Penal Law. Currently, crimes against companion animals are legislated under New York State Agriculture and Markets Law. This means that the most violators can be charged with is a misdemeanor. Valesky said in many cases, that's not enough.
"I think that the time has come," Valesky said. "We've seen far too many examples of companion animal abuse and neglect in Syracuse, most recently that of Grace the pit bull."
Valesky, as a member of the state senate's Agriculture Committee, was familiar with the proposed legislation before, but he was spurred to sign on as a co-sponsor after a petition was circulated via Change.org. The document was authored by Stefanie Heath-Higgins, president and co-founder of Cuse Pit Crew, a Syracuse-based group that advocates for pit bulls and related breeds and seeks to "refuel the human-animal connection in the city of Syracuse through community outreach and educational programming."
"We believe that Grace will be the vehicle for change in New York state," she said. "We cannot allow other animals to suffer at the hands of their owners. The Central New York community can come together to make a change for these animals. They need a voice, and we can be that for them."
The petition had garnered more than 1,800 signatures before it was sent to Valesky's office, but the issue had already been on his radar for some time.
"Actually, the Agriculture Committee held a hearing in Utica last spring, because they've had a similar situation," Valesky said. "It seems to be obvious to me that the way to address it is to move the animal cruelty statutes from NYS Agriculture and Markets Law and put it into the penal law, where the penalties for other crimes exist. That's something that's actually been suggested by law enforcement. The district attorney's office in Utica actually said that if we were to do that, it would give them more tools to go out and crack down on these offenders."
Though the bill didn't make it to the senate floor when it was first introduced earlier this year, Valesky said he hopes to see action on the bill when the legislature reconvenes in January.
"I'm hopeful that when the new session does convene, there will be a push toward getting this resolved," he said. "I think companion animals give so much comfort to so many people. How we treat them is important as a society. We ought to be doing everything we can to send a message that this kind of behavior is unacceptable."
Heath-Higgins said Central New Yorkers can still make their voices heard on the issue.
"At this point, people can write, email, or call Sen. Valesky thanking him for his support," she said. "Knowing the community is rallying around him will be sure to motivate him as he brings this to Albany. Also, Lobby Day for animals is every year in June and it would be great to have people from Syracuse go to Albany on this day. Once we have the date we will post on the CPC page and website. In the meantime, we will continue to post ways the community can stay involved and help the cause. This will include ways in which people can help ensure this passes in legislation."
Sarah Hall is the editor of the Eagle Star-Review and the Baldwinsville Messenger. The 2012 winner of the Syracuse Press Club's Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award, she has been with Eagle Newspapers since 2006. She is a Liverpool native.
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Diesel and the Future of Trucking
The greatest opportunity for cleaner air – now – is to get more truckers into clean diesel technology, as rapidly as possible.
November 26, 2012 | Diesel Technology Forum
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"The People's Tree" Stopped in 28 Cities During Three Week Trip to Nation's Capitol
Washington, D.C. – After a three-week, 28-city tour across the United States, the 73-foot Engelmann Spruce Christmas tree that will be illuminated outside the U.S. Capitol building arrived this morning in Washington, D.C.
"The People's Tree" began its 5,012 mile cross-country journey on November 2nd from the White River National Forest in Colorado en route to the nation's capital. The tree's journey was under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service.
The tree was transported across the country on a SmartWay-certified, MACK® Pinnacle™ clean diesel truck. The truck was driven by former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who represented the State of Colorado which provided the tree.
"A Mack truck is a well-known global icon for heavy duty vehicles and the entire trucking industry, representing a long heritage of durability, efficiency and performance," said Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum. "The Mack truck that transported this magnificent tree across the country is also a modern showcase of clean diesel technology.
"Selecting a new generation clean diesel technology truck using modern ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel was an easy choice for this journey, since no other energy source or fuel could have provided the combination of power, efficiency, fuel availability and near zero emissions that this advanced clean diesel truck provided.
"These new technology clean diesel trucks are not only near zero emissions but also are more energy efficient, and are proven to use 5 to 8 percent less fuel than previous generation of diesel technology, which means lower emissions of CO2 and lower fuel costs to truckers," Schaeffer said.
The Diesel Technology Forum is a "Forester Sponsor" of the 2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree tour.
Official Tree Lighting Ceremony Scheduled for December 4th
The Capitol Christmas Tree has been placed on the west lawn of the Capitol grounds and will now be decorated with 5,000 ornaments made by Colorado school children. It will officially be lit in a ceremony with Speaker of the House John Boehner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4th. After the lighting ceremony, the tree will be available for public viewing throughout the holiday season. The tree will be lit nightly from dusk until 11 p.m.
2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour
The following cities were included in the 2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour powered by clean diesel technology:
- November 6 – Rangely-Steamboat Springs, CO
- November 7 – Dillon – Glenwood Springs, CO
- November 8 – Grand Junction – Montrose, CO
- November 9 – Cortez – Durango, CO
- November 10 – Pagosa – Alamosa, CO
- November 11 – Colorado Springs – Denver, CO
- November 12 – Greeley – LaJunta, CO
- November 13 – Albuquerque, NM
- November 14 – Amarillo, TX
- November 15 – Dallas, TX
- November 16 – Oklahoma City, OK
- November 17 – Independence (Kansas City), MO
- November 18 – St. Louis, MO
- November 19 – Nashville, TN
- November 20 – Atlanta, GA
- November 21 – Asheville, NC
- November 22 – Concord, NC
- November 23 – Staunton, VA
- November 24 – Allentown, PA – Milford, PA
- November 25 – Andrews AFB
- November 26 – U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C.
The Diesel Technology Forum is a non-profit national organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of diesel engines, fuel and technology. Forum members are leaders in clean diesel technology and represent the three key elements of the modern clean-diesel system: advanced engines, vehicles and equipment, cleaner diesel fuel and emissions-control systems. For more information visit www.dieselforum.org.
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Belfast Free Library to hold annual book sale
The Friends of the Belfast Free Library will hold this year's annual book sale beginning Wednesday, June 20, and running through Saturday, June 23. On Wednesday the hours are 4 to 8 p.m. On that day only current Friends members may purchase books at a 10 percent discount. Hours on the following days are: Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Offered for sale this year are books of all types for all ages. Generally, hardcover and quality paperback books will sell for $1, and trade paperbacks will sell for 50 cents. In addition, there will be some audio books, CD's and DVD's. Some select books, priced accordingly, will be featured in the lobby.
Founded in 1992, the Friends membership assists the library in maintaining all of its services, and encourages community support of the library through contributions of books, money and volunteer time. The Friends promote the use of the library for the enrichment of life in the Belfast community. New members are always welcome. A single membership is $15, and a family membership is $20.
The primary fundraising efforts of the Friends are: an annual membership drive, the book sale in June, and the Friends Book Sale cart located across from the circulation desk in the library. In addition, the group sponsors seasonal dessert card parties and a yearly bottle drive at the Belfast Transfer Station (this year during the month of July). Funds raised by the Friends go toward the purchase of new books, program materials, multimedia resources and equipment. During the 2011-2012 year, the Friends have supported the library's 125th anniversary celebration, contributed to the Chess Club, purchased chairs for the children's room and continued to support the purchase of new DVDs for the library's collection.
Donations to the sale are welcome. Please call the library at 338-3884, ext. 10 first to determine what items are being accepted for the sale.
Come and get your beach reading for the summer, or your woodstove reading for the winter!


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A two-month-old baby from Tivon, in northern Israel, suffered severe burns to her extremities and chin Monday, after her mother accidently dropped a container of boiling water near the child.
The baby was rushed to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The mother told police that the she was about to put the water in a vaporizer and tripped, spilling them. The child has burns on 20% of her body and is in stable condition. (Ahiya Raved)


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Nobutaka Nakashima
Nobutaka Nakashima was born in Yobuko Saga, Japan, in 1972. He received the the Ph.D. degree from Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan, in 2000. Since 2000, he has been working with Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. From 2004 to 2006, he was working with Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, as a Guest Researcher. Presently, he is a Senior Researcher. He is mainly interested in developing biotechnological tools for bacteriology like expression vectors, RNA silencing methods, and gene disruption methods. Such tools are applied to recombinant protein expression, metabolic engineering, and gene function analyses in bacteria, as host bacteria, Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Escherichia coli are used.
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MONROE — The owner of a gun shop and shooting range in Monroe says he's seen an uptick in business since a Walton County woman shot and critically wounded an intruder.
On Friday, a woman in nearby Loganville was home with her children when she saw a suspicious man from her office window. Police say the man forced his way into the home and the woman and her children retreated to an attic. When the intruder arrived in the attic, the woman shot him five times. Police say the man — who is still in critical condition — had no relation to the would-be victim.
WGCL-TV reports (bit.ly/10a0UwL) the random nature of the incident motivated neighbors to consider buying guns to protect themselves in the event of a burglary or home invasion.


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Turn-of-the-century websites — R.I.P.
San Diego Polo Club, Charles Manson, Gulf War blog, pisser clams, CyberSleuths — all gone
Various Authors 1:52 p.m., Nov. 19
On May 25 a political committee called San Diego Works! Sponsored by San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO, contributed $25,000 to Too Extreme for San Diego -- A Committee to Oppose Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012, according to a disclosure statement covering the first half of this year that was filed Wednesday in Sacramento.
According to its disclosure filing, San Diego Works! raised $143,3000 during the reporting period, of that $138,000 in individual unitemized contributions under $100.
Among larger contributors were the San Diego Police Officers Association, the California Federation of Teachers, and the county Democratic party, each with $1500.
In addition to the anti-DeMaio effort, the committee also gave $25,000 to Just Say No, San Diego, also May 25. Just Say No is a labor-backed committee currently opposing a signature drive to qualify a measure backed by Mayor Jerry Sanders, DeMaio, the GOP Lincoln Club, and others to institute a 401(k) pension plan for most new city hires.
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Welcome, everyone!
Tonight's Indian Cultural Night has been a great success. As club president, I'm truly thankful to everyone who volunteered their time. I can tell every person here is committed to helping keep this club going strong, and it's really inspiring to see. This celebration of culture through dance, food, and language has stood the test of time, and tonight's event marks the 15th anniversary. I hope you all enjoy yourselves tonight!
Before we get to the eating and the dancing, there are a few people I want to thank for their amazing work these past few weeks.
For doing all the invitations, flyers, and every other type of promotional work you can think of, I want to acknowledge the kind folks at Sunny Press. They have taken this organization's countless ideas and made them better than we could have imagined.
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Thanks to our donors, too, who have been extraordinarily generous this year and really made this event possible.
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Chelsey Lynn Mitchener of Red Wing and Evan Joseph Klug of La Crosse, Wis., were married June 8, 2013, in the Central Park Band Shell in Red Wing. Pastor Loren Lucht officiated.
Chelsey is the daughter of Bill and Becky Mitchener of Red Wing.
Evan is the son of Bob and Jan Klug of Caledonia, Minn.
Maid of honor was Lindsey Mitchener of Red Wing, sister of bride.
Bridemaids were Alison Hinrichs of Red Wing and Nea Moyer of Hager City. Personal attendants were Alissa Peterson of Caledonia and Katelyn Klug of Eden Prairie, Minn., sisters of the groom.
Best man was Doug Schiltz of Caledonia. Groomsmen were Matthew Klug of Caledonia, brother of the groom, and Michael Peterson of Caledonia, brother-in-law of the groom.
Ushers were Ryan Rakstad of Valley Spring, S.D., cousin of the bride, and Josh Thorson of Dorchester, Iowa, cousin of the groom. Ring bearer was Romeo, the groom's dog.
Chelsey graduated in 2005 from Red Wing High School, in 2009 from Winona State University in 2009 with a pre-physical therapy major and from 2013 from Des Moines University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She is a physical therapist at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse.
Evan graduated from Caledonia High School in 2004 and Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical in 2006 as a luthier. He is employed at Dave's Guitar in La Crosse.
They live in La Crosse.


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by British Horseracing Authority News Headlines 4 years ago
Huntingdon's meeting on Friday is subject to a 7.30am precautionary inspection on raceday morning.
Officials at the track are on standby due to the threat of heavy showers within the next 24 hours.
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Spring 2017 Application is now open
Student Workers, after completing ITS provided media and support skills training, will provide technical support to faculty and staff, perform routine classroom, meeting rooms, and technology labs maintenance.
Additionally students will provide technical support for events on campus such as sound system and other audio/visual set ups, video recordings, and webcasts.
Students will have opportunities to specialize their skills in post production using Final Cut Pro and advance in their position to become managers for our various departments.
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MaryJane M.wrote a review of Ibex Balance Brief - Women's on October 8, 2012
Not everybody likes a hipster
I love these undies. After auditioning many pairs of wool undies from several companies, I find that the quality of this product far exceeds that of other companies. They aren't flimsy, they stay perfectly in place with no wedgies or riding up, and are just the kind of cut I prefer in a bikini. That being said, I echo the complaint that another reviewer made that they don't come in an XL. For comparison's sake, I take a size 6 in your average Jockey-type bikini, and got a large in the Ibex. They fit, but they're ever-so-slightly snug, and give just a little muffin top at the top band. This is not cool, and I feel like an XL would solve this problem. I really can't believe they aren't made in that size. This is the only reason I've knocked it down to 4 stars--otherwise I adore them. Honestly, Ibex!


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Legal Question in Insurance Law in District of Columbia
i am thinking of buy a car in dc but i dont have a drivers license. My boyfriend has one and i was thinking of making him the coowner of the vehicle is this possible? we need a car but i donot want to get jipped during the process.
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Lesly Longa Longa Law P.A.
There could be problems in co-owning the vehicle with your boyfriend, especially if you are the one making all of the payments. Get your driver's license first, and then go buy a car. Regards,
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Located in the small rural town of Upper Lake at the northwest end of Clear Lake, the Tallman is centered on the fully restored 1890s stage stop hotel building re-opened by owners Lynne and Bernie Butcher in 2006. Surrounding the main building with four single rooms are additional buildings with 9 single rooms, 4 suites and a small conference building. Lush gardens and a pool area make this an ideal location for a relaxing visit. All rooms are immaculately furnished and a high quality continental breakfast is served to hotel guests daily in the dining room.
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Hacker Workshop-sort of - Digital Stuff or whatever you want.
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- I plan to spend August 28th weekend on DEC/Digital repairs, if anyone is
interested in participating, they're welcome to come too. I will be
working at the office in Wilmington. You can bring whatever you want, it's
open form.
Here is what I personally plan to do, everyone is welcome.
1. Replace one of the lights in my PDP 8e (5th sense switch)
2. RK05 disk drive controller diagnosis and repair (M7104, 05, 06)
3. In general getting better at using the PDP8
4. Power supply component diagnosis and repair for PDP 11/40
5. Installing disk controller.
6. Assemble another PDP 11/05 from parts.
I have launched a new PC repair store at the office, it's open and we have
already started servicing customers. fun. Lots more to do, but it's a
I am slowly bringing more and more stuff to Wilmington. Eventually I'd
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store, passively.
RSVP if you're coming. I have repaired my arcade system.
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Golf Course Irrigation
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Golf course irrigation can present unique challenges particularly in Florida. Faced with periodic draught and well water supplies containing high quantities of chlorides, some managers of shoreline courses have relied on expensive municipally supplied water to meet their irrigation demands, until now. For this application, a Water Equipment Technologies reverse osmosis system provides up to 600,000 GPD of water for irrigation from brackish water wells. This unique system combines two 300,000 GPD systems on one skid. Each train can be operated independently of the other or at the same time.
One of the greatest benefits to the manager of the Golf Course is the realization that the cost of operating the RO system is much less that the cost of purchasing municipal water. The resulting savings has vastly increased the return on investment for this company.
Location: Palm Beach, FL
Application: Golf Course Irrigation
Start up date: November, 1995
Capacity: 600,000 GPD, Expandable to 800,000 GPD
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Feedwater TDS: 6,139 mg/L
Permeate TDS: 208 mg/L
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A rash of robberies and shoplifting has store owners on the offensive.
They're not depending on cops to keep bandits out.
Ricky Stallings isn't a paid employee...but everyday he comes to work hoping to make a difference.
He rides around patrolling this Broadway Shopping Center hoping to catch folks causing trouble.
"I'm the eyes for this parking lot," said Stallings.
But when he's not here, store owners like Hamish Amin have KPD's towers watching out for him.
"Since the tower has been here things are a little better. I had a drunk pass out in front of my door vomit everywhere," said Amin.
Along with a bank robbery that happened at the Suntrust Bank nearby.
"We want to clean it up and make it better for all of us," said Stallings.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011;
Constitution Avenue
The National Park Service begins preparations this week for a big project on Constitution Avenue that is likely to create traffic delays for many months.
The first signs of this project, between 15th and 23rd streets NW, will include temporary closings of the parking lanes during off-peak hours. The project will really become active the week of April 10, the Park Service says. The rebuilding of the roadway will occur throughout the day, overnight and on weekends. It will be done a block at a time, closing up to two lanes in each direction, until completed in early 2012.11th Street Bridge
The District Department of Transportation may close lanes during off-peak travel hours on the 11th Street Bridge spans and ramps, portions of the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, Interstate 295/DC 295 and local streets starting Wednesday and continuing through June 22. Work on the two spans that will carry highway traffic is scheduled to be done at the end of the year.Crowded Stations
Metro recorded three of its top five weekday ridership days and a 5.9 percent increase in overall ridership during last year's Cherry Blossom Festival, but not all of those extra passengers were heading for the Mall and the Tidal Basin.
Several stations outside downtown Washington became much more crowded last April: Woodley Park, near the National Zoo; Navy Yard, near Nationals Park, and Arlington Cemetery.
Of course, nothing can beat the crowds at Smithsonian Station, which doubled during the first week of April last year compared with MarchBeltway Bridge Reopened
The Idylwood Road bridge, between Interstate 66 and Route 7 south of Tysons Corner, reopened Friday. The reconstruction over the Capital Beltway is one of a series of milestones scheduled for the high-occupancy toll lanes project this year.
The new two-lane span is slightly wider than the old one, to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists.
All the bridges between Springfield and the Dulles Toll Road are being widened for the HOT lanes, and some will be completed later this year. The Idylwood project was unusual in that the bridge was shut down, rather than partially closed, to speed up reconstruction by a year and a half.'Cool Breeze' Coming
Metro riders may catch a break as the temperatures rise this spring: General Manager Richard Sarles announced last week that Metrorail has created a more aggressive program to repair and maintain the train air conditioners, which were a source of many complaints during the very hot summer of 2010.
The goal of the campaign, called Operation Cool Breeze and begun in February, is to inspect and overhaul units in the more than 1,000 cars in the rail fleet. That includes cleaning the condensers under the cars and the pipes, pans and filters over the riders' heads, said Damon Cannon, Metro's general superintendent of rail car maintenance, who led reporters on a tour of cars under repair at the New Carrollton yard. The intensified campaign of preventive maintenance and repair on the air conditioners will continue through the summer, he said.Circulator Changes
The D.C. Circulator's seasonal route around the Mall is the least successful of the Circulator routes and is likely to be discontinued.
Overall, the Circulator service has been a great success. With more than 5 million riders in 2010, it is now the fourth-largest bus service in the D.C. region. But the Mall loop, known as the Smithsonian-National Gallery of Art line, was averaging 10 riders an hour. The District Department of Transportation is interested in shifting the money it would have spent on the Mall route this year to extend the operating hours of the Union Station-Navy Yard line.
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Last October, a year after his death, Steve Jobs' final masterpiece, a 257-foot pleasure yacht he called Venus, was unveiled to a small group at the headquarters of legendary Dutch boat-builders Feadship. "I can clearly see the person behind it," says British yacht designer Bill Dixon of the ship, which cost an estimated $140 million, with its giant glass walls surrounding the main deck and the captain's bridge, where seven 27-inch iMacs stand side-by-side, controlling the vessel. "That incredibly pure, simple form, stripped back to the fundamentals."
Jobs decided to build Venus after chartering yachts for family vacations to Mexico, the South Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Frustrated by the boats' designs, he contacted Philippe Starck, the French restaurant, hotel, electronics, and yacht designer, and the two collaborated on Venus' every detail for years. "I didn't think I would be alive when it got done," Steve Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson. "But that made me so sad, and I decided that working on the design was fun to do." (Jobs's wife, Laurene, inherited Venus. It's unclear if she intends to keep it, but the market for luxury yachts is very small.) The end result is a long, slender, high-sided hull with what looks like two interior decks – one mostly below the waterline and one above it. On top, Venus has two more decks, including the main cabin, which is sheathed in floor-to-ceiling glass, and the captain's bridge. With its aluminum and glass, the silver-and-white Venus looks a bit like an Apple store – indeed, the chief engineer of Apple's stores reportedly designed a special glass that was able to provide structural support for the boat.
Not everyone is impressed: The craft lacks a bulwark to shield the decks from waves, and the forward-facing glass facade of the main cabin is an obvious safety concern. "Maybe Steve, being a brilliant conceptualizer of all things Apple, didn't quite understand that yachts have to cross oceans, to keep people safe," says Evan K. Marshall, a London-based yacht designer. Starck, however, told the BBC that "every time there's something new, people say stupid things. This...is...one of the best boats ever made."
See also: The World's Most Luxurious Yachts


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One would think the graphics of a Core i5 7600K "Kaby Lake" processor would be faster than the Core i5 6600K "Skylake" or even a Core i5 6500, but that's not always the case with the current state of the Linux driver support for the newest-generation Intel hardware.
With running a ton of end of year benchmarks for showing the latest Linux graphics driver performance at the end of 2016, it's mostly focused upon OpenGL and Vulkan, but for those desiring some fresh NVIDIA CUDA numbers, here they are for your viewing pleasure.
Unless you want your graphics card to keep you warm this winter, here's a big comparison of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards under Linux looking at their performance-per-Watt using the latest OpenGL Linux drivers as of the end of 2016. A few days back I posted a 31-way GeForce/Radeon Linux comparison looking at the raw performance with each company's latest Linux drivers going back to the Fermi and R700 days while for this article is looking at the system power consumption and power efficiency for this mass assortment of GPUs.
Last week I published some fresh AMD Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.1-dev benchmarks on many different AMD Radeon GPUs going all the way back to the Radeon HD 4800 series days. Today those numbers are being complemented by an extensive NVIDIA GeForce Fermi / Kepler / Maxwell / Pascal comparison to make up a 31-way NVIDIA/AMD Linux OpenGL performance comparison. If you are curious how the NVIDIA and AMD Linux performance is with the very latest drivers and going back several hardware generations, this holiday article is for you.
The latest installment of our year-end benchmarks is focusing upon the performance of the NVIDIA Linux driver against the open-source Radeon Vulkan (RADV) driver found within Mesa 13.1-dev. This comparison is particularly interesting given the continuous flow of improvements into Mesa Git, the NVIDIA 375.26 driver release from last week, the big Dota 2 7.00 update debuted earlier this month, and Croteam's Vulkan improvements have rolled into TTP stable.
This past weekend I published a number of year-end 2016 AMD Linux benchmarks on a wide-range of AMD GPUs going back many generations while using the Linux 4.9 kernel on Ubuntu along with the Mesa 13.1-development code for having the newest open-source Gallium3D drivers. Those results were very interesting and go check them out now if you haven't done so already. For this article is a sub-set of those tests carried out again while monitoring the AC power consumption, GPU temperature, and CPU utilization while also automatically calculating the performance-per-Watt.
With 2016 soon drawing to an end, it's time for all of my year-end recaps now of Linux drivers that I have been doing for the past 12 years. Today are benchmarks of a wide assortment of AMD graphics cards on both R600g and RadeonSI Gallium3D drivers when using Mesa 13.1-dev + LLVM 4.0 SVN and the Linux 4.9 kernel for providing a bleeding-edge look at the open-source AMD Linux graphics performance across hardware going from the Radeon HD 4890 series all the way up through the RX 480 and R9 Fury hardware. Here's a fun look at the OpenGL driver performance across this range of GPUs.
With having published some Darktable OpenCL benchmarks at the beginning of the week with 20 different GPUs (plus more follow-up benchmarks), it didn't take long before requests came in to see some fresh OpenCL Blender benchmarks.
Not that you would normally buy a cheap NVIDIA GeForce graphics card for deep learning tasks like the recently launched GTX 1050 series, as part of running some other fresh CUDA+OpenCL benchmarks I realized I hadn't run any Caffe benchmarks in a while so here are some fresh numbers today. With thirteen NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards including all the consumer GeForce GTX 1000 Pascal cards to date, here are some Caffe benchmarks using the latest NVIDIA 375.10 Linux driver on Ubuntu along with CUDA 8.0 and cuDNN.
Now having had the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards in my possession for a few days I have some more interesting data to share today compared to just last week's raw OpenGL/OpenCL/Vulkan raw Linux performance data. In this article is a look at the power use and performance-per-Watt of the GeForce GTX 650, GTX 750, GTX 750 Ti, GTX 950, GTX 1050, and GTX 1050 Ti compared to the AMD Radeon RX 460 and RX 470. Additionally, for the newer cards still relevant, there is also performance-per-dollar metrics too.
Yesterday I published the first GeForce GTX 1050 Linux benchmarks with OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan coverage. With now having my hands on the EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING graphics card, here are the first Linux benchmarks of the GTX 1050 Ti graphics card that can be fetched for less than $150 USD.
Earlier this week NVIDIA began shipping the GeForce GTX 1050 graphics cards and our first review is of a Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Mini. A GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Linux review is still coming up plus some other articles looking at performance-per-Watt and other interesting areas for these low-cost Pascal-based GPUs. Here are results of the latest NVIDIA Linux performance compared to the latest open-source AMD Linux driver with various Radeon GPUs.
In prepping for the GeForce GTX 1050 Linux graphics card reviews this week, I've been re-testing my various AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards atop the very latest driver stacks. As a precursor while waiting for the GeForce GTX 1050 Linux review in the days ahead, here are those fresh benchmarks of the other graphics cards.
With Mesa Git and Linux 4.9 I have done AMDGPU vs. Radeon, AMD OpenGL vs. Vulkan benchmarks, and other tests while in this article is our first side-by-side comparison of AMD Radeon GPUs on their open-source driver against NVIDIA GPUs on Nouveau when using Linux 4.9 Git and Mesa Git as of this week.
After running many OpenGL and Vulkan NVIDIA vs. AMD Linux benchmarks earlier this week, here is a 16-way graphics card comparison when testing the AMD Radeon "Polaris" and NVIDIA GeForce "Pascal" GPUs, among others, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and looking squarely at the OpenCL compute performance. Many OpenCL tests plus performance-per-Watt metrics too when using the latest NVIDIA proprietary Linux driver and AMDGPU-PRO.
Yesterday I published early open-source benchmarks of the Radeon RX 470 while today is a full 18-way graphics card comparison including the newly-launched Radeon RX 460 and Radeon RX 470 graphics cards alongside the RX 480 Polaris graphics card. All of the AMD graphics cards tested for this article were running the very latest open-source driver stack on the Linux 4.8 kernel and Mesa 12.1-dev Git.
With my Radeon RX 470 retail unit finally having arrived yesterday, I've been running many benchmarks of this graphics card compared to other AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards under Linux. For your viewing pleasure today is the very tip of the iceberg of many RX 460 and RX 470 Linux benchmarks to be published on Phoronix over the days to come.
To complement yesterday's launch-day GeForce GTX 1060 Linux review, here are some more benchmark results with the various NVIDIA x60 graphics cards I have available for testing going back to the GeForce GTX 460 Fermi. If you are curious about the raw OpenGL/OpenCL/CUDA performance and performance-per-Watt for these mid-range x60 graphics cards from Fermi, Kepler, Maxwell, and Pascal, here are these benchmarks from Ubuntu 16.04 Linux.
Today's the day that we can finally publish NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 benchmarks! Today the GTX 1060 begins shipping as NVIDIA's $249 Pascal graphics card to take the Radeon RX 480 head-on. Here's all of the Linux benchmarks you've been waiting to see for the GTX 1060 under Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenCL, and CUDA. compared to various other AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs on Ubuntu Linux.
One week after the launch of the Radeon RX 480, NVIDIA is lifting the lid this morning on the GeForce GTX 1060 Pascal graphics card with pricing at $249+ USD while delivering GeForce GTX 980 class performance. I already have been testing the GeForce GTX 1060 under Ubuntu Linux, but unfortunately that embargo doesn't expire today... But here's the run-down on all of the technical details on the GTX 1060.
With the Radeon RX 480 Linux review now being out of the way and our various other RX 480 Linux benchmarks, the latest results I have to share with being a benchmarking fanatic are RX 480 results with high-end AMD GPU tests of each generation going back to the Radeon HD 4850/4870 (RV770) days. This article has high-end GPUs from the RX 480 to RX 200, HD 7900, HD 6900, HD 6800, HD 5800, and HD 4800 series compared side-by-side with the latest open-source Radeon Linux graphics driver code. Not only is the raw performance being looked at but the system power consumption was also being polled in real-time for looking at the performance-per-Watt too. For any other benchmarking fanatics curious about the Radeon GPU evolution over the past eight years (RV770 launch in 2008), here are the numbers to enjoy.
After weeks of anticipation, AMD's high-end Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" graphics card is officially launching today! This graphics card starts at just $199 USD (or $239 USD for the 8GB version) and has day-one Linux support! There's available open-source driver support as well as an AMDGPU-PRO update that's expected today for those wanting to make use of this newer hybrid Linux driver stack. I've been testing the Radeon RX 480 under Linux the past week under both driver stacks and have my initial results to share this morning.
If you were amazed by the GeForce GTX 1080 performance under Linux but its ~$699 USD price-tag is too much to handle, the GeForce GTX 1070 is now shipping for $399~449 USD. NVIDIA sent over a GeForce GTX 1070 and I've been putting it through its paces under Linux with a variety of OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan benchmarks along with CUDA and deep learning benchmarks. Here's the first look at the GeForce GTX 1070 performance under Ubuntu Linux.
Last week I published the first Linux review of the GeForce GTX 1080 followed by some performance-per-Watt and OpenGL results from the GTX 1080 going as far back as the 9800GTX, among other interesting follow-up tests with OpenGL/Vulkan/OpenCL. Since then one of the most popular requests has been for doing some deep learning benchmarks on the GTX 1080 along with some CUDA benchmarks, for those not relying upon OpenCL for open GPGPU computing. Here are some raw performance numbers as well as performance-per-Watt in the CUDA space.
Last week when posting my initial NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Linux review the Radeon Linux performance numbers I included were from the latest open-source driver stack, since that's what most Phoronix readers seem interested in as of late given the rapid progress recently of OpenGL 4.x support inside Mesa, the hybrid driver stack also using the AMDGPU kernel driver, etc. But some people expressed curiosity over the AMDGPU-PRO performance relative to NVIDIA particularly with their new GTX 1080 graphics processor. So here is a fresh NVIDIA vs. AMDGPU-PRO graphics card comparison on Linux.
Now that my initial GeForce GTX 1080 Linux review is out the door, I spent this weekend working on a "fun" comparison out of curiosity to see how the raw OpenGL and OpenCL performance has improved over the generations going back to the once-powerful GeForce 9800GTX plus including the top-end cards of the GeForce 600/700/900 Kepler and Maxwell series too.
$699 USD is a lot to spend on a graphics card, but damn she is a beauty. Last month NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1080 as the current top-end Pascal card and looked great under Windows while now finally having my hands on the card the past few days I've been putting it through its paces under Ubuntu Linux with the major open APIs of OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, and VDPAU. Not only is the raw performance of the GeForce GTX 1080 on Linux fantastic, but the performance-per-Watt improvements made my jaw drop more than a few times. Here are my initial Linux results of the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founder's Edition.
In part due to the Phoronix 12th birthday this week with running various historical performance comparisons and other interesting benchamrks and in part due to prepping for some long-term comparison data to the Radeon RX 480 launch later this month, for your viewing pleasure this morning are benchmarks testing a variety of graphis cards going back to the Radeon HD 3000 (RV600) series up through the Radeon R9 Fury (Fiji) graphics cards. Enjoy this fun article focusing primarily on the OpenGL performance under Linux over the several generations of ATI/AMD GPUs along with calculating the performance-per-Watt.
Last week I published a 16-way NVIDIA GeForce performance comparison on Linux looking at the OpenGL performance evolution from the GeForce 9800GTX to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti / TITAN X, in getting ready to compare the long-term NVIDIA Linux performance to Pascal. This week I've done similar tests on the AMD Radeon side and compared these OpenGL performance and power consumption / performance-per-Watt numbers to NVIDIA.
Similar to this week's article of looking at the OpenGL performance from the GeForce 9800GTX through GeForce GTX 980 Ti and TITAN X in preparation for Pascal Linux testing ahead, today I am doing a similar comparison while looking at the OpenCL compute performance. For thirteen NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards from Fermi to Maxwell I ran a popular OpenCL benchmark while comparing not only the raw performance but also the performance-per-Watt.
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Good Points
A lightweight shoe for flexibility and board control
Bad Points
The suede wears away after a month and sometimes leaves a mark on your board
General Comments
The value for money of the shoe is good. The shoe is comfy and gives good protection all around. The style is as good or even better as other shoes
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