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Trout Fishing In America first came together when Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet did a little show at a grade school after meeting in the adult folk band St. Elmo's Fire. From there they've gone on to a venerable career of children's music, along with a few adult releases. They've won four Grammys and a number of parents' choice awards, and they've kept up their fan bases in the old and young alike. Since 1979, they've release 19 records on Trout Records, and their latest, "Lookin' at Lucky", is an adult-aimed mix of folk influences.
"Lookin' at Lucky" features Grimwood on bass and vocals, with Idlet contributing vocals and quite the line up of instruments, including guitar, uke, banjo, bouzouki, and percussion. The album has quite a blues and bluegrass leaning, and song topics range from love and growing old to disappointment and distractions. Released in October, the album has gotten positive reactions from fans and critics alike. As the LA Times puts it, these guys have made and maintained their reputation as "some of the most lyrically creative, musically sophisticated, vocally muscular music-makers in the family music business."
Trout Fishing In America will be on the World Cafe stage this Friday, playing the Free at Noon. Don't miss it! This will be one great way to start off the weekend.
Trout Fishing in America also performs two family shows on Dec 11th at 11:30am and 2:00pm at Sellersville Theater.
MySpace: myspace.com/troutfishinginamerica
Recent Release: Lookin' At Lucky
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Label: Big Kids Productions
Origin: Prairie Grove, Arkansas
PARKING NOTICE and Directions
Due to the construction in the area, free parking is no longer available for XPN Free At Noon shows. Metered parking on 31st street is no longer available, and metered parking on Walnut Street is extremely limited as a result of the closure and reconstruction of the South Street Bridge, and the rerouting of traffic onto Walnut Street.
Public transportation to XPN Free At Noon is recommended. For more information on parking in the area visit World Cafe Live. Find more information on directions and public transportation here.
Serving People in Need - Help Drive Hunger from Our Communities
When you come to XPN's Free At Noon Concerts, bring a can of food to support Philabundance, Delaware Valley's hunger relief organization. We have drop-off boxes to collect canned goods for the needy. Current priority items include: canned pasta, chili, beef stew, tuna, mac & cheese, ready to eat cereal, pork & beans/ baked beans, green beans, corn, fruit cocktail, creamy peanut butter and/ or grape jelly (plastic containers only), and boxed sugar. Thanks!
WXPN and NPR Music Live Friday Free At Noon Concert Archives Include:
Dr. Dog, Carrie Rodriguez, Annuals, DeVotchKa, Adele, Angel Taylor, Winterpills, Sharon Little, Ollabelle, Andrew Lipke, The Low Anthem, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sean Lennon, Chris Smith, California Guitar trio, Joan Osborne, Disco Biscuits, Damien Rice, Cold War Kids, Marc Broussard, The Slip, Arlo Guthrie, Alice Smith, The Dears, Barenaked Ladies, and more...
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Click to visit our gallery for photos of the Free At Noon Concerts! Previous concerts include Hall & Oates, O.A.R., Citizen Cope, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kaki King and many more!


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is thanking workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency for doing their jobs under "less than optimal circumstances" during the government shutdown.
Obama made an unannounced visit to FEMA Monday as the shutdown neared the one-week mark. Some furloughed employees at the agency were recalled last week and worked without pay to help prepare for Tropical Storm Karen.
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Information on StopWatch is available at the World Wide Web page
StopWatch can be obtained from
where x.x is the version number. This is a gzipped tar file which must be uncompressed with gunzip and expanded by tar.
Untarring the file will create a directory called stopwatch with subdirectories doc and src. doc contains the User's Guide in postscript and html formats, man pages for every StopWatch subroutine, and an overview man page. src contains the source code for the stopwatch module, example programs, and makefiles.
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JINAN, China (AP) — Outside the courthouse where fallen political juggernaut Bo Xilai is about to stand trial, a woman pumped her fist, declared him a champion of ordinary folks and shouted that punishing him will turn the world upside down. Another woman rode up on a bicycle topped with a pink umbrella and yelled, "Give me justice!" But she wasn't talking about Bo at all.
China's most anticipated trial in years begins here Thursday when Bo, former Communist Party leader in the megacity of Chongqing, faces charges of corruption and abuse of power. But on Wednesday the venue presented a rare opportunity for a few dozen people, fans of the fallen politician and government critics alike, to let off steam in front of a gaggle of international reporters.
Police, usually keen to clamp down on any sign of public dissent, mostly left the protesters alone. By the afternoon they were stretching police tape across trees near the court entrance and setting up plastic road dividers along the curb.
Bo was a media-savvy politician who rose to great power as he championed populist policies and tapped into nostalgic feelings by encouraging the singing of old communist anthems. He fell from grace last year after his police chief made an embarrassing flight to a U.S. consulate with revelations that Bo's wife had murdered a British businessman.
Bo has not been seen publicly or by his family for a year and a half, but even now he enjoys some residual popularity.
"He did real work for the ordinary people," a woman in a blue dress said outside the marble-clad courthouse. She would give only her surname, Li.
A retired office worker who traveled from Beijing to attend the proceedings, Li said she was a fan of sing-alongs of old communist songs, but she faulted the Communist Party for high housing prices and unaffordable medical care.
"Where will the people's cries be heard? How can the people live in this society?" she said. "People believe that Bo Xilai is a good cadre and a good leader. If he should fall, this society's black and white has completely been reversed."
Bo's Communist revival efforts had alarmed the elite in China's previous administration who were wary of the violent excesses of the Mao Zedong's radical era and of any one politician gaining prominence. However, China's new Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, installed last fall, appears keen to use some of Mao's tactics, including an ideological campaign urging cadres to purify themselves of corruption and bind more closely to the masses.
The trial is widely expected to be a brief proceeding with a conviction virtually assured. There had been speculation that part of the trial might be held in secret ahead of the announced opening day, but there were little signs of any proceedings outside the courthouse Wednesday. Calls to Bo's lawyers rang unanswered.
A migrant worker in a white polo shirt was among those angry about the prosecution. He refused to give his name but said he traveled from his native Anhui province to show his admiration for the way Bo fought for laborers' wages in Chongqing.
"This trial is illegal. We will not acknowledge any verdict whatsoever," the bespectacled man said. "I live at society's lowest level, but I have a Chinese person's conscience."
Zhu Zhiyong, a judge from Yunnan county who was on holiday in Jinan, spoke out in defense of Chinese legal system as he stood outside the courthouse to read a notice about Bo's trial.
"Only the courts can define the crimes of suspects. No other organizations can judge whether someone is guilty or no," Zhu said. "I don't think what some people are saying is true, that this trial is only a formality."
Uniformed police officers stood on either side of the courthouse's main gate and on nearby street corners. Journalists gathered across a narrow two-lane street to photograph the building, as did curious onlookers, some of whom lugged folding chairs and babies in strollers.
The trial also drew people with grievances unrelated to the case. Jinan resident Chen Sixue rode to the courthouse in a yellow bicycle with a pink umbrella attachment, and later strode to the courthouse entrance, where she draped a long sheet of printed paper over her head. She yelled, "People should be equal before the law! Give me justice!"
Chen said she had been lobbying authorities to punish the criminal gang she held responsible for her husband's death in 1994. She spoke for several minutes before a few police officers pushed her away.
Wu Huizhen, a 58-year-old Beijing resident who says her home was demolished in 1993 without adequate compensation, said she traveled to Jinan to "see what Chinese justice looks like."
"Ordinary people have no protections," Wu said. "It's not only Bo Xilai who is corrupt. They are all corrupt."


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John and Diane Allard of Sampan Avenue wrote, "I'm certain you Dawgz can top the old Jamestown Bridge explosions pawz down."
Donations also came from Bob and Paula Florentino, Conanicus Avenue; K. Von Gunten and J. Donald Easton of Seaview Drive; Fae and Ira Murphy, East Shore Road; Norm and Joyce Beretta, Walcott Avenue, who wrote, "Support America: Greatest Country in the World"; Patty and Mo Vandal of Hamilton Avenue, who gave us a big "KA-BOOM"; Philip and Kristin Zhivago of Seaside Drive, who wrote, "Someone said recently that . . . . This is the land of the free because of the brave.' We salute you, Rocket Dawgz, for inspiring us every year. Please blast this money to high heaven!"
Also sending in checks are Serena Beretta of Walcott Avenue; Pat Holtzman of Beacon Avenue, who wrote, "Jay, Eric and I are ready for another fantastic show!!"; Lisa and William Tuttle of Seaside Drive; Tony and
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Also, Fritz and Pembroke Attaway of Decatur Street; Mary Brittain of View This, Conanicus Avenue, who said, "I just want to thank you for the awesome job. The displays are so beautiful. Every year we see displays that surpass every other town in the state. So lucky are we to have you here. Thanks!"; Charles and Alexis Pyle of Emerson Road; Pede Manchester and Marion Pierce, Beacon Avenue; and and J. Peter McGuirl of Skysail Court.
That's a great week. We're up to $6,500 - three weeks and $8,500 to go. Send your checks made out to Fireworks Fund to Box 1776, Jamestown 02835, and we'll blow them up on the 4th at Mackerel Cove.
Don't be left on the beach with no money riding in the shells. Send your check today! KA-BOOM!!
On that note, kudos to the cashiers at McQuade's who ask customers when handing them their change, "Can we blow it up?"
The grocery store is one of many on the island that support the fireworks by displaying donation cans on their counters.
The new Jamestown Women's Club island telephone directory should be in everyone's mailbox by July 1.
If you take Spike on a family swimming outing, he's one more body you'll have to keep your eyes on, says Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic in his Pet Tip of the Week.
"Pool and water safety for our pets is very similar to safety for children. Supervision when around the water is mandatory. Many dogs love to swim, but you never know when they will wear themselves out and be too weak or it becomes too slippery for them to get out of the pool.
"Some dogs do not like the water and may not be able to swim, so never throw your pet into the water. They may panic and make rescuing them more difficult. The heat and reflected sunlight off the pool or water are also more intense in the summer, so make sure your pets have shade and non-chlorinated water to drink to stay cool and hydrated. Whether playing in the pool or ocean, you should rinse your dog off with clean water after swimming to clean off any salt or chlorine that may irritate their skin and eyes." WOOF!
Robb Roach says fishing has "been pretty good." There are some "decent size" fish in the bay, and he's had some nice stripers off Brenton Reef.
Robb charters his 27-foot Cape Cod "Stella" that he keeps docked at the Conanicut Marina.
"We do light tackle and fly fishing, bottom fishing for fluke, or going outside for tuna and shark off Block Island," Robb said. He can be reached at 864-3111.
And, on that note, with the fishing season back and in full swing, the Jamestown Striper Club has a few openings for new members.
Call President Bruce Toppa, 423-2866, or Treasurer Dave Michael, 423-1110, for pertinent details.
Members of the Jamestown Youth and Conservation Litter Team were on hand at the dump Sunday afternoon helping residents dispose of their refuse.
"It's a meet and greet process we go through each year at this time so the people can meet the kids," said Bonnie Jamison, team supervisor.
On hand were team members Victoria Ring, Alex Rienzes and Emmy Lutes.
Last year, the litter team picked up 864 bags of garbage and recyclables in a never ending effort to keep our island clean. Kudos to them all.
One of the most frightening moments last week was when we read in the ProJo that the state is taking over the distribution of flu vaccine. The inoculation line will start at the General Assembly.
Father's Day is Sunday. We're calling our kids to remind them.
The summer solstice is on Wednesday. We feel warmer all ready.
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Call in your good stuff for this column to 423-0383 of 829-2760. E-mail us at jtnwalrus@hotmail. com or drop your items off at the Jamestown Press.
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Elvis Presley Enterprises says three new exhibits will open next year at Graceland in Memphis to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the entertainer's death.
The first exhibit looks at the 1972 documentary "Elvis on Tour," which chronicles a multi-city concert tour. The exhibit, which opens Jan. 5, will include jewelry and clothing worn by Elvis during the shows.
"Elvis.Through His Daughter's Eyes," which opens Feb. 1, will highlight Elvis' relationship with his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. It includes family photos and home movies that show her growing up at Graceland.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to have a mobile apps store up and running within 15 months. This is just one in a series of steps DISA is planning over the next few months to set up standards and processes for handling the growing number of mobile devices throughout the military, according to a top executive.
In addition to building an enterprise apps store, a key part of this effort will be setting software standards for developers and vendors, according to Bruce Bennett, program executive officer for communications at DISA, who spoke at the FOSE conference in Washington April 4.
In many ways, the Defense Department's effort is an attempt to keep up with the commercial marketplace, Bennett said. Describing the mobile sector as a "brave new world," he stated that DISA is trying to catch up with what the industry has been doing for three and a half years.
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There are currently some 17 million iPhone applications. For the agency to develop, clear and secure a large number of applications, it must set guidelines to provide warfighters with reliable and safe data, Bennett said.
DISA will include Android, Apple iOS and BlackBerry platforms as a part of these efforts. The different DOD commands and organizations have preferences for certain platforms, and it is DISA's responsibility to support them, Bennett said. But as it does so, it will also limit the initial numbers of mobile devices, he added, a result of DOD's need to handle classified data.
In the next few months, Bennett said DISA will take a number of steps to support the DOD-wide mobility effort, including hosting an industry day sometime in the next 60 days. When the project kicks off, DISA will rely on industry to do most of the developmental heavy lifting.
"We are not going to reinvent the wheel," said Bennett. To facilitate this, DISA will release security request guides (SAGs) to provide developers with the agency's security requirements for devices and the modifications necessary to meet government needs. The SAGs will be posted on the DISA website.
DISA will set up a process to let developers create applications and submit them to an agency certification authority for rapid appraisal. All of the applications accepted will be placed in a DOD-provided applications store residing securely within the DISA cloud.
The agency anticipates that the number of applications will grow quickly, Bennett said. To help with this process, DISA is reaching out to industry to help develop applications. "We have to figure out how we can adapt our needs to the best commercial applications and standards," he said.
DISA must remain aware of new commercial applications that it can adapt for its uses, Bennett explained. Vendors also need to think about licensing strategies for applications because DISA cannot work on a pay-as-you-go model, he added.
The agency also needs to protect its data. Bennett said DISA will look for vendors to improve and embed tools for identity management and software transport in their applications.
DISA also plans to use the best commercial security methods for managing unclassified data, and it is in discussions with the National Institute of Technology and Standards to develop standards for unclassified data, he said.
The DISA apps store will be a "federated" store — users can access it from a single DOD infrastructure. Besides selecting applications from the DISA store, they will be able to access the individual services' apps stores as well, said Bennett.
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The Dept of Defense and all of the other Federal Agencies have a unique position that begs for a cross network solution to share information from any agency to any other agency and world governments and military organization when needed. Having an app store is behind the times; as Mr. Bennett says DISA is building something that is already played out in industry. We need to stop wasting money on older technology that DISA can easily obtain and work on the cutting edge with industry and internal SYSCOMs on finding the right answer. Agility doesn't come from developers making more apps but from users using the right information and consuming, modifying and blending it when need on the fly.
Great, DISA, who does everything poorly, will mandate use of their poorly constructed App Store. They should just ask what NSA and DIA did with their App Mall and App Stores for virtual apps on thin/thick clients, and see what can translate. Then, they should not do it because they're DISA and DISA sucks.
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So, there's no F1 on the telly this weekend, and won't be until March. The most astonishing season many in the Sunday Afternoon Club can recall is over.
Eight drivers - eight - won races this year as their teams struggled to find the grip regulations had outlawed. Pirelli contributed to what at times must have felt like a lottery. In the end, predictably, the cream still found its way to the top; champion Sebastian Vettel, luckless-but-brilliant Lewis Hamilton and the endlessly canny and courageous Fernando Alonso, surely equal to Vettel in his performances this year. Handicapped, from the get-go in Australia, by a car that would never be better than third fastest, and often slower, the stoic often lonely-looking Spaniard, just got on with it. Never complained, never explained. And we remembered that we'd forgotten just how good Alonso is.
Vettel and the racing might have been the big winners this year, but for us at least, 2012 will be the year we came to love the man with the blue lid in the red car. So here, to help with your cold Turkey are the Sunday Afternoon Club's highlights of 2012.


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Topic Overview
Habit reversal is a promising behavioral therapy to help reduce tics. Habit reversal training (HRT) is a behavior therapy that has helped people who have hair pulling (trichotillomania), nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and tics associated with Tourette's disorder.
As with most therapies, it's helpful if your child agrees to treatment. Ask your child if he or she wants help to manage tics. This is a good, first step in letting your child feel that he or she has a part in treatment.
With your help, HRT may help your child:
- Notice the signs that a tic is starting.
- Become more aware of the settings in which tics are most likely to occur.
- Prevent tics.
- Do things in place of a tic. For example, instead of doing an eye blink tic, your child may learn to gently close his or her eyelids and hold them closed for several seconds.
- Learn relaxation techniques to manage stress, which if not managed, may make tics worse.
Families learn HRT from a qualified health professional who has experience with Tourette's disorder and the therapy. Do not use habit reversal training without proper guidance.
After you and your child learn what to do, you and your child will practice the techniques and responses daily at home and write about his or her progress. Set up a time and place to do habit reversal. Your child will not be able to monitor his or her tics throughout the entire day. Help your child practice in public places, if needed. Your child needs praise and support to keep doing the training. It's important to praise your child when he or she uses the treatment techniques. This way, your child receives praise for doing something he or she can control (using treatment techniques) rather than not doing something he or she cannot control (ticing). Relaxation techniques may also help your child succeed with HRT.
Many children and teens will notice a decrease in their tics within a couple of days. But the greatest change from using these habit reversal procedures occurs during the second and third month. Don't give up after only a couple of days or weeks.
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Did the Padres take us for another spin on Cheap Boulevard?
Was this a scream-inducing reprise of 2004 or 2001 or 2008, or some other year in which the Padres treated the draft's first round like a 99 Cents Only Store?
Put another way, did the Padres value dollars over scouting sense today when they passed on Mark Appel, the Stanford pitcher who fell to, and by, them at No. 7, less than 24 hours after several draft experts pegged him to go first to the Astros?
No, no and no, said Josh Byrnes when I pressed him on the subject.
The general manager knows why you'd be skeptical, even if he's only nine months into this job.
One of the Padres' low-revenue brethren, the Pirates, selected Appel at No. 8. Appel is advised by Scott Boras, knee-busting agent and ghost of haunted Padres drafts. It was Boras who counseled Stephen Drew and Jered Weaver in 2004, when the Padres went against their scouts, fled from Boras and chose Matt Bush first overall.
Were there a list of owners who despise Boras, Padres owner John Moores certainly would be near the top of it. Moores told me on the record several years ago that Padres research showed that Boras players usually aren't worth the above-standard draft deals they got. As if to prove Moores's point, the Padres drafted Donavan Tate, a Boras player, with the third pick in 2009 and gave him $6.25 million. Moores is trying to sell the Padres this summer. Just a guess, but further enriching Boras probably isn't on the Texas tycoon's moving checklist.
Byrnes, who gets along well with Boras, said he talked to the agent today but not so much about Appel. He said the Padres scouted Appel through recent days. He didn't say where Appel ranked on San Diego's draft board, but I'm confident in writing that he was fourth, only one spot of the player the Padres selected seventh, Southern California high school pitcher Max Fried of Encino. For more about Fried, read my story in Baseball America.
Byrnes said he chatted with Fried and the lefty's father when the pitcher visited Petco Park for a predraft workout. "They really, really wanted to be Padres, which was good to know," he said.
If the Padres were confident they could sign Fried for less than Appel would've cost them, perhaps far less, the savings could help them land another high school pitcher that Byrnes said they regard as a top-round talent, Walker Weickel. Such give-and-take isn't new to the draft but seems more critical this year. Baseball's new labor agreement prescribes bonuses for every pick in the first 10 rounds and levies stiffer penalties than under the previous pact. Rule-breakers will face steep taxes or the loss of picks. Scouts say this system won't be gamed nearly as easily as the last one.
It'll be interesting to see how much the Pirates pay Appel if they do sign him. And if they don't sign him, the No. 8 pick's assigned value, $2.9 million, would be removed from Pittsburgh's 11-pick draft pool, which is $6.6 million. The Padres seem confident that they'll sign both Fried and Weickel and two others taken today before the 56th pick. In all, the Padres have $9.9 million for their 14 picks within the top 10 rounds.
"It's a whole draft." Byrnes said. "You probably will see when our signings come in how we used our money."
Byrnes acknowledged that Weickel didn't have a strong spring but called him a legitimate first-round talent. MacDonald described the 6-foot-6 righty from Orlando, taken 55th, as a right-handed Fried. Of Appel, he said: "I thought he was a pretty good player. I think he's going to be a good major league player. And I have no idea why he fell."
Byrnes said the Padres scouted Appel "very thoroughly" with assistance from assistant GM A.J. Hinch, a former Stanford catcher.
Just because several reputable draftniks had Appel going first doesn't mean that teams high in the draft also did as well.
"Maybe our own evaluators didn't match some of the experts," Byrnes said. "I think if you read between the lines on how (the mock drafters) ultimately ranked the players, their draft order was different from their own rankings. I think they were trying to think along with the teams."
A scout not affiliated with the Padres whose club had a top-10 pick told me the Padres shouldn't be thought cheap or negligent for passing on Appel. "Fried has a chance to be the best pitcher from this draft in three, four years," he said. "He's not Cole Hamels, but he has a chance to anchor a staff."
Here, in order, are the players who occupied first, second and third on the Padres' draft board: Georgia high school outfielder Byron Buxton, taken second by the Twins; Puerto Rico prep academy shortstop Carlos Correa, selected first by the Astros; and LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman, chosen fourth by the Orioles.
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Good stuff Tom, I just wish we would go with guys that have played at a higher level vs kids in high school with great upside who always seem to get stuck in the minors. It's frustrating when you look at the history of the draft. What has there been in the last 15 years? I mean, what impact players have we seen???ReplyDeleteReplies
Since the Matt Bush disaster induced Moores to step back and hire a CEO (Alderson) to run the Padres, the Padres' drafts have been sufficient to turn a very bad minors leagues into the #1 rated minors in baseball.Delete
Great write-up, Tom. Although it seems like the Padres' might've been constrained by the new and improved CBA, I'm very happy with the team's picks and I'm looking forward to another strong draft.ReplyDelete
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There are Coloradans hopelessly in love with baseball who hate how lame ownership has allowed the Rockies to crumble.
Something must be done.
Boycott the Rockies.
Send owners Charlie and Dick Monfort a message.
We won't pay for bad baseball.
Beg them to do the right thing and sell this going-nowhere franchise to ownership that can afford more than dreams of mediocrity.
Isn't it about time the people of this state demand victories, rather than excuses?
After listening carefully in recent days to successful businessmen, advocates who worked to bring major-league baseball to town and alienated fans of the game, the frustration comes through loud and clear.
"These Rockies are a sham. We deserve more and we'll support more. I once owned seats 12 rows directly behind home plate. I couldn't take it anymore. Heck, I couldn't give my tickets away," former season-ticket holder Steve Morgan declared in an e-mail that passionately suggested a boycott of the Rockies.
"I have been a hardcore baseball fan, a bit of a baseball historian and a fan who will live and die with his team. But these Rockies are too hard to take. The management doesn't try. I will not attend another game until ownership changes."
How many Coloradans feel the same pain? We built Coors Field, then filled it with all the enthusiasm and revenue streams necessary for a winning franchise.
What have the Monforts given us in return? The emptiness of too many wasted summers.
This is not a knee-jerk reaction to 18 games on the 2007 schedule, but the result of many years of hollow promises and playoff-drought ineptitude.
What can you do to end the reign of hopelessness? Plenty. In this Internet age, more power has never been given to the people.
Launch a website dedicated to finding new ownership for the Rockies. "Why don't you get someone to start an online petition?" asked savvy fan Michael Harrison of Fort Collins, a man far smarter than me.
Protest in front of the ballpark on the first day of every homestand, urging patrons not to enter the gates and support lousy baseball by purchasing overpriced beer and hot dogs.
Refuse to buy tickets, unless you absolutely, positively need to see Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter start a double play or watch Cubs star Alfonso Soriano crunch a homer.
Pat Bowlen and Stan Kroenke make their money, but those two sports magnates have been good friends to Colorado, investing to bring us Super Bowl parades, sips from the Stanley Cup and even a comfy new home for soccer fans to kick back in.
The going rate for a roster stocked with hitters and pitchers who have a realistic shot at a championship is $75 million. Charlie and Dick Monfort are nice guys. But they are either unwilling or unable to ante up for winning baseball in the 21st century. On opening day, the Rockies' payroll was approximately $55 million.
Owning a baseball club in Denver must be more than an excuse to sit in the sun and enjoy a cold drink. Rockies manager Clint Hurdle and front-office executive Dan O'Dowd try hard, but rewarding their failed tenures with contract extensions on Day One of what rightly deserved to be a make-or-break season struck me as ownership blind to its civic responsibility.
"I gasped the day I heard that Hurdle and O'Dowd had received two-year extensions. Baseball will never be successful in Denver at the rate we are going," said former Rockies die-hard Cecilia Kelsey, who tells a tale of broken dreams.
"My father took me to see the Denver Bears when I was young, and I really looked forward to a major-league team. We had high hopes; now we have no hope."
We the people of Colorado built the Rockies the finest home in baseball.
And the Monforts have provided us a team that gives nobody any real sense of pride.
Coors Field is a place too many Coloradans who truly love the game now refuse to enter. A civic treasure that should be filled with laughter now collects way too much dust.
We deserve better than to be played for fools.
"Until the baseball lemmings in this town - the 'Gee whiz, I'm just glad we have a team' crowd - stop financing this farce, we will continue to see dwindling payrolls, last-place finishes and the inevitable small-market excuses," disgruntled fan Dave Eck of Highlands Ranch wrote me, pleading for somebody to take action. "How many more years of this tired Gen R campaign until people recognize it for the cheap fraud that is has always been?"
Trade Todd Helton? Wait around to lose Matt Holliday as a free agent? Grow old while the Rockies never get a sniff of the World Series?
You, the great sports fans in Colorado, are tired of the wrong answers.
Raise your voices and be heard.
Charlie and Dick must go.
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As a die-hard Boston Red Socks fan since I was 5, so 23 years now, and a fan of the local Rockies I cringe at how the Monforts have run this team as of late. Granted teams don't need to go all Red Socks and Yankees in spending but for Jebus sakes spend some money guys. Just think how much this team is going to tank when they refuse to match Holliday's, Hawpes, and Atkins salaries when they hit free agency. So much for home grown talent it will be home gone talent.
They thought they could do this whole embrace mediocrity thing and build a home grown team and fans would be patient. But this patience is not paying off. Its really sad to catch a game and sit pretty much anywhere I want in all the open seats.
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As perfect a debut as the four-tracked 24-song opus "A Prayer For Every Hour" was, it was with their second record "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block" that Danielson Famile really established themselves as premier album-makers. Recorded partly in a funeral parlor in South Jersey by Shimmy Disc guru Kramer, the album stands as a potent and surreal testament to eldest brother and chief songwriter Daniel's revisionist take on the daily moral struggle we all wage. He does so with conviction and commitment, while still maintaining a sense of humor without falling into the trap of over-ironizing. "He worries about 'fleshly' matters, dreams of making babies, recalls his own birth and calls his mother 'Mommy,' and plays it all as a family pageant," said CMJ magazine.
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Media and politics bring together strange bedfellows from time to time, and among the strangest, in my opinion, was the linkage between our fellow alt-weekly in Charlotte, Creative Loafing, and the conservative John Locke Foundation. Journalist and pundit Tara Servatius was the common denominator as a one-time columnist for the Loaf and contributing blogger for the Locke Foundation.
She hasn't written for the Loaf in awhile and last week her association with the Locke Foundation abruptly ended when outrage erupted at a cartoon she gleaned from the internet to illustrate a blog post about President Obama's public opposition to a proposed amendment to North Carolina's constitution that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman.
The offending image depicting the president in bizarre bondage gear with a bucket of KFC between his legs plays into a long history of demeaning stereotypes meant to oppress black people and a heightened sense of polarization currently swirling around social issues such as same-sex marriage and contraception.
Ironically, Servatius told the Charlotte Observer that the point of her article was to argue that the decision by the GOP-controlled General Assembly to put the marriage amendment on the ballot "is a bad political move in North Carolina because it could distract voters from the economy, which should be the main issue."


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With Apple's iOS 5 comes wireless iTunes synchronization. This allows a user's iOS device to wirelessly sync their movies, pictures, and music from their home computer and vice versa. This eliminates the need for cords and all the syncing goes on in the background, hiding it from the user. While there is no iCloud counterpart on Android quite yet, there are a few apps that come close. The most popular and probably the best is Winamp, but seeing that it's only for Windows, this post looks at a few wireless media syncing software for the Mac/Winamp alternatives.
The three apps being looked at are the popular DoubleTwist, simple TuneSync, and ambitious AudioGalaxy. All three of these apps offer different services but they all aim to basically do the same thing, offer a wireless way for you to sync or listen to the music on your computer on your phone. Seeing that all three require an application to be installed onto your Mac, that will be our jumping off point.
There couldn't exist a bigger difference between the applications needed by DoubleTwist, TuneSync, and AudioGalaxy. The latter two offer small, menu bar applications that run in the background and one, TuneSync, only has two options in its drop down menu. This is a total contrast to the behemoth of a program that DoubleTwist requires. The DoubleTwist app aims to be an Android version of iTunes, and is just as bloated and somehow slower. The program lags and frequently locks up for 30 seconds at a time. If you want an application to solely sync music over to your phone using a cable, DoubleTwist is not the best option. A plus for DoubleTwist is its ability to AirPlay music to an Apple TV, Xbox 360, and PS3.
That said, DoubleTwist's desktop app does serve its purpose and will get the job done. The paid AirSync add-on allows for your phone to appear on the list of devices even when not plugged into your computer. This lets you just drag and drop the files into your phone no matter where it is as long as its on the same network. It's Android app is also a media player, which I found very impressive. Unlike DoubleTwist, TuneSync does not come with a media player, which is not really much of a problem because most Android users already have a media player of choice. TuneSync lets you sync specific playlists from iTunes wirelessly to your phone. This may seem restrictive but it is really the opposite. Simply make a playlist in iTunes then add and delete songs freely and TuneSync will update your phone accordingly. By doing this you bypass the middle man and do everything in a program you already use. If you are an Amazon MP3 user, this app also has the ability to put your purchases onto your computer as well.
Being a whole other monster, AudioGalaxy has no desktop media player but a decent web app. Instead of merely syncing files to your phone, AudioGalaxy uses your computer as a media hub, scanning your library and putting the information online for you to access at any time. The media streams off your computer over the internet to either your phone or another computer. The advantage here is you don't need to pick and choose which songs to sync your whole library is available. The downside, obviously, is that your computer must be on and connected to the internet for this to work, and, if on 3G it will consume data. Songs can also be pegged for offline mode, which downloads the file to your phone. This process isn't as efficient as either TuneSync or DoubleTwist but that's not the main objective of this app. Still in the beta phase this web app shows a lot of promise once a few bugs are fixed.
When it comes to sync speed DoubleTwist is the fastest, with TuneSync coming in a close second, and AudioGalaxy obviously bringing up the rear. Even though downloading songs is not AudioGalaxy's main feature, the fact that you are unable to check on a songs download progress is a head scratcher. Both DoubleTwist and TuneSync show download progress with TuneSync shown song by song progress while DoubleTwist just gives brief overview.
In conclusion, as usual, it just depends what you are looking for. My personal recommendation if I had to choose one is TuneSync because of its simplicity. I have a media player that I love (UberMusic, shameless plug I know) and doing everything through iTunes is much easier than using DoubleTwist's problematic desktop app. Another point for TuneSync is that it can automatically sync when your phone is plugged into your computer. All three of these apps can work in great harmony by paying the 6 bucks and using TuneSync for syncing music, getting the free DoubleTwist mobile app for interacting with an Apple TV, PS3, or X-Box 360, and since AudioGalaxy is free, there's no risk in trying it out, especially if the computer you use is a desktop.


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Australian Swim Trials: As it happened
6 April 2014
SWIMMING: Updates from the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane which also acted as selection trials for the 2014 Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Games.
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Day 7 Wrap - Sullivan is back
On the final night of action in the pool, triple Olympian Eamon Sullivan grabbed the headlines as the fastest man in Australia over the 50m freestyle.
The Olympic silver medallist showed too much experience for his younger competitors to win in 21.90 and earn a place on the team to Glasgow with Cameron McEvoy second in 21.97 and Matthew Abood and James Magnussen dead heating for third in 22.02.
In the women's 400m freestyle Bronte Barratt picked up an individual swim in Glasgow with a solid 4:04.56, while 17-year-old Remy Fairweather from Pelican Waters Caloundra qualified for the Games in a time of 4:06.02. Jessica Ashwood was third in 4:07.30.
SOPAC Podium Performance Centre swimmer Daniel Tranter won his third men's 200m IM title in a row in an impressive time of 1:57.66, with 400m IM specialist Thomas Fraser-Holmes picking up the silver in 1:57.88. Mitch Larkin was third in 1:59.29.The final selection event of the night saw Mack Horton and Jordan Harrison go stroke for stroke through the first 500m of the men's 1500m freestyle. Horton then made his move at the 600m mark to move a body length ahead of Harrison, and then extended it over the next 300m to be two body lengths clear at the 1km mark. The 17-year-old from Melbourne only extended his lead in the final third of the race to win in a time of 14:51.55, the fourth fastest time ever by an Australian. Last year's winner Harrison was second in 15:03.24 with training partner Mathew Levings third in 15:09.67.
Day 6 Wrap - Here come the Campbell sisters
Sprint swim siblings Cate and Bronte Campbell claimed the top two spots at the Australian Swimming Championships for the second time this meet – this time in the blue ribband 100m freestyle event - making it the 50 and 100m double in Brisbane.
Cate, currently ranked as the fastest woman in the world in a textile suit, managed to swim another sub-53 time (52.68) – bettering her Australian all-comers record – despite admitting that she is not yet in peak condition.
But it was Bronte (53.02), who dropped her personal best by 0.8 – a time which would have won her bronze at last year's world championships - who was the real surprise achiever, drawing joking comparisons to tennis great Serena Williams. Serena of course eventually went on to overtake her superstar sister Venus.
"This time I managed to hold her. But I don't know about next time,'' Cate said from the Chandler Aquatic Centre.
"I'm sure it's only a matter of time before she beats me, but I'll try to prolong that for as long as I can.
"No one likes being beaten, even if it is by your best friend.''
Bronte said she was blown away by her performance because "we don't often get drops like that – ever" in sprint swimming.
She stressed, that it was very important to remember that both she and Cate were very different people, with different personalities, body types and rates of maturity.
"It's okay to do analogies, but we are not the same person,'' Bronte said.
Emma McKeon won the bronze in the event in a time of 53.57. All three are now eligible for Commonwealth Games selection.
London Olympian Mitchell Larkin also continued his stellar meet, winning the 200m backstroke in the Commonwealth and Australian record time of 1:55.26 and securing the 100 and 200m backstroke double.
Larkin topped his personal best time by 1.53 seconds (1:56.79), trumping Matson Lawson (1:56.35) and Josh Beaver (1:56.83) by more than a second and surprising even himself. All three are now eligible for Commonwealth Games selection.
"Tonight I was really hoping to go maybe 55 high, maybe just get the Australian record, but to go 55 low – I couldn't be happier,'' he said.
"Glasgow was always a goal of mine as a young kid of 15 and to be able to make the team and now to do that I'd like top three but it's a different story over there. It's all about racing.''
Meanwhile, London 100m freestyle silver medallist James Magnussen said he was "determined" to get it right in the 50m sprint tomorrow night, after losing his 100m title in a disappointing loss to Cameron McEvoy last night.
Magnussen (22.07), who has qualified second in the final to Eamon Sullivan (21.65), said he had developed a "thick skin" after the Olympic Games where he was touched into second place despite entering as the favourite.
"I've got no need to redeem myself. I'm on the team, I'm going to Comm Games. That's what this meet is about. It's called Commonwealth Games trials, not crap world record attempts,'' he said.
In a break-through performance Madeline Groves took out the 200m butterfly in a time of 2:06.95, with former British Olympian Ellen Gandy (2:08.60) claiming the silver and Brianna Throssell (2:09.83) the bronze. Groves' time gives her automatic Commonwealth Games eligibility.
Australian record holder Jessica Ashwood was a standout in the final of the women's 800m freestyle winning by more than eight seconds and qualifying for a place on the plane to Glasgow in the process. The 20-year-old from the SOPAC Podium Performance Centre in Sydney won the race in an A qualifying time of 8:22.51 ahead of Alanna Bowles in 8:30.52 and Laura Crockart third in 8:31.84.
Ten years ago Lorna Tonks missed out on a spot on the Great Britain Olympic team for Athens by just 0.3 of a second. Tonight, after three comebacks to the sport, she swam a B qualifier to give herself a chance of selection onto the team for Glasgow, as an Aussie. Hitting the wall in 1:07.31, the 25-year-old won the title ahead of Leiston Pickett (1:07.56) and Sally Hunter (1:07.73).
Chris Wright was the best of the male butterfly swimmers making it back-to-back titles in the men's 100m fly with a winning time of 52.16. Wright was just 0.05 of a second outside of the B qualifying time, with Tommaso D'Orsogna second in 52.21 and Jayden Hadler third in 52.33.
Day 5 Wrap- Sullivan makes a statement
Olympic silver medallist Eamon Sullivan said 'don't call me a veteran' after posting the fastest heat swim of the morning in the men's 50m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane.
The 28-year-old triple Olympian covered the one lap dash in 22.20 ahead of James Magnussen (22.29), Matthew Abood (22.44) and Andrew Abood (22.58). Cameron McEvoy was the fifth fastest through in 22.79, backing up from his 100m freestyle win last night, with the semi-finals to be swum tonight.
The men's 200m backstroke final promises to be a race in four, with Mitch Larkin, Ashley Delaney, Matson Lawson and Josh Beaver racing for the three spots on the team to Glasgow.
Both Larkin and Beaver have already qualified in the 100m back and were the fastest two through this morning in 1:58.86 and 1:58.89 respectively. Last year's title holder Lawson was the third fastest through in 1:59.89 while Ashley Delaney was the fourth fastest through in 2:00.33.
West Australian Brianna Thorssell was the best of the 200m butterfly swimmers in the heats this morning, qualifying in a personal best time of 2:11.22.
The 18-year-old from the City of Perth would be a surprise debutant on the Australian team if she can hit the qualifying mark of 2:07.86 tonight, while Ellen Gandy (2:11.57) and Madeline Groves (2:11.87) will also have an eye on the clock.
Day 4 Wrap - McEvoy takes the Freestyle double
London Olympian Cameron McEvoy has continued his stellar meet at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane tonight, winning the 100m freestyle from under James Magnussen's nose and securing the 100 and 200m freestyle double.
McEvoy, who swam a new personal best mark of 47.65, shocked himself with the win - edging out the world champion and Olympic silver medallist by 0.27 (47.92) and third placed Tommaso D'Orsogna by more than a second (48.72).
Having already claimed victory in the 200m freestyle over rival Thomas Fraser-Holmes on Monday night in a time of 1:45.46, the 19-year-old said he was surprised with the result.
"He's (Magnussen's) swum better than that multiple times before in his career, I think it was just about today,'' he said.
"I'd rather have someone in the country where we can be mates and work off each other than have someone across the other side of the world.''
Having swum sub-48 seconds six times this year including last night's semi-final where he clocked a time 0.09 faster than his final swim, Magnussen said McEvoy's swim will ensure that they both keep swimming fast in Australia
"It's better for us to work as a team and take on the rest of the world,'' he said.
"It keeps us both swimming fast here in Australia and that's good.''
Having already qualified for selection in the 100m backstroke, Belinda Hocking took out the 200m backstroke for the sixth year in a row with a time of 2:07:52. The world championship silver medallist was ahead of 100m backstroke London silver medallist Emily Seebohm (2:08.28) and Meagan Nay (2:08.44).
Hocking said while she was disappointed with her time, which was more than a second slower than her performance at the New South Wales State Championships: "sometimes it's just about getting on the podium, which I did tonight."
"I'm happy with the result. The time wasn't great, but I won so I'm happy,'' she said.
Delhi Commonwealth darling Alicia Coutts (2:08:89) continued her winning streak by winning the 200m individual medley ahead of Seebohm (2:11.25) and Kotuku Ngawati (2:13.08).
Coutts' world class time showed she will still be the one to beat when it comes to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as well as looking for that illusive Pan Pacs gold medal on the Gold Coast in August.
Twenty-two-year-old Ben Treffers was back to his best in the final of the men's 50m backstroke, hitting the wall in a blistering 24.54 to set a new Australian record in the event. Treffers emerged from a wave of white water at the 25 metre mark to steal the gold from silver medallist Bobby Hurley who finished in 25.41 and bronze medallist Daniel Arnamnart in 25.32.
Day 3 Wrap- Records tumble
The world class performances continued on night three at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane, with Taylor McKeown, Christian Sprenger, Cate Campbell, Daniel Fox and Emily Seebohm all rattling the world rankings in style.
Nineteen-year-old McKeown blitzed the field in the women's 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:22.10, becoming the second fastest Australian ever in the event behind the legendary Leisel Jones and confirming her eligibility for Commonwealth Games selection.
The time would have also won her a bronze medal at last year's World Championships in Barcelona, and ranks as the fastest 200m breaststroke in the Commonwealth and Pan Pacific regions this year.
"I didn't expect to go 2:22.10, which is another 1.8 off my PB that I did in January. I was just so stoked to drop that much in such a short amount of time,'' said McKeown.
Not to be outdone in the breaststroke stakes, and certainly not in putting on a show, world champion Christian Sprenger entered pool deck like a boxer and then punched out the fastest ever 100m breaststroke in Australian waters.
The Olympic silver medallist unveiled his 'Gold Speedo Coat' before hitting the wall in 58.46 and throwing down the gauntlet to Olympic and Commonwealth rival Cameron Van der Burgh.
Sprint star siblings Cate and Bronte Campbell also came one step closer to their dream of standing on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow together, after taking out the top two spots in the 50m freestyle, clocking times of 24.18 and 24.58, ahead of Melanie Schlanger (24.82).
While Emily Seebohm claimed the gold in the 100m backstroke for the seventh year in a row, in a return-to-form (58.92) unseen for the past 12 months after struggling with illness and injury.
The Olympic silver medallist attributes a new training program to her success, which saw her snatch victory from long-term rivals Belinda Hocking (59.83) and Meagen Nay going under the minute for the first time in 59.90.
McKeown, who edged out former Aussie champion Sally Hunter (2:24.91) and Tessa Wallace (2:25.29) in her swim, said she had idolised Jones since the age of 14 when she first began specialising in breaststroke.
"To be matched up with somebody like Leisel Jones, who is obviously one of Australia's biggest icons in sporting history, is just a great feeling,'' McKeown said.
"She is someone I have always looked up to, so hopefully one day if I can be as good as she is that is my goal.''
Meanwhile Sprenger said his sub 59 swim had potentially put the 200m breaststroke – which he won on Tuesday night – back on the table in Glasgow although he was yet to make a definitive decision.
"It was a really good opportunity for me to come out and really set the mark not only in Australia but in the rest of the world,'' Sprenger said.
"Times like that (58) weren't even talked about three years ago.
"To be able to do them with some of the greats like (Kosuke) Kitajima and obviously Cameron is pretty special.''
Jake Packard (1:01.38) and Buster Sykes (1:01.73) completed the top three 200m breast spots.
Rounding out the ranking rattlers, Brisbane local Daniel Fox qualified for selection onto Commonwealth Games team in world record time for his Para Sport 200m freestyle, and then had the crowd in the palm of his hand during his post-race interview.
After a record breaking swim this morning Fox continued to drop his world mark winning in 1:57.68, with 18-year-old Mitchell Kilduff (2:00.60) and Joshua Alford (2:02.72) finishing with personal best times in second and third respectively. All three boys have qualified for 2014 Commonwealth Games selection.
In other Olympic class events…
Men's 200m Butterfly
St Peters Western Podium Performance Centre swimmer Grant Irvine made it back-to-back titles in the men's 200m butterfly to open night three of the championships, with a come from behind victory. Led out by Mitchell Pratt from Tigersharks in Victoria, Irvine hit the wall in 1:56.23, just outside the A qualifying time, with Pratt second in 1:57.00 and Daniel Tranter third in 1:57.48.
Men's 100m Freestyle Semi
Dual world champion and Olympic silver medallist James Magnussen will be the one to watch in the men's 100m freestyle final, after another sub 48 second swim in the semi-finals. The 22-year-old from the SOPAC Podium Performance Centre covered the two laps in an impressive 47.83, with Gold Coast 19-year-old Cameron McEvoy a shade behind in 48.14. West Australian Tommaso D'Orsogna and Kenneth To from Trinity Grammar in Sydney qualified in equal third for the final in a time of 49.03.
Day 2 Wrap - McEvoy thanks mum for self-belief
SWIMMING: Cameron McEvoy has revealed his secret weapon after qualifying for Commonwealth Games selection in the 200m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane on Wednesday night - his psychologist mum!
McEvoy, who won the race in a personal best mark of 1:45.46 - admits his mother Janine McEvoy could have been the key to finally trumping his long-term rival and former Australian 200m champion Thomas Fraser-Holmes by just 0.02 of a second.
The 19-year-old Gold Coast physics student, who trains under Richard Scarce, said he had long struggled with self-doubt
"The worst thing with swimming is that you can have all the self-belief in the world but if when you come into a race you're worrying about all the guys next to you, you start to doubt yourself no matter how quick you've been racing,'' he said.
"That's the thing I've been trying to get around - not worrying about other people.
"I'd say she'd (mum) probably do the undercover psychologist every now and again, sort of psychoanalysing myself and see what's happening and if there's anything's up and then go round about it without me really noticing. Having her as a psychologist and mum is obviously really awesome.''
McEvoy's new found self-confidence really came into play when he dug deep in the final metres, refusing to allow Fraser-Holmes to snatch back his crown in a trademark come-from-behind challenge.
Fraser-Holmes, David McKeon (1:46.37) and Ned McKendry (1:47.16) also qualified for Commonwealth Games selection with A qualifying times.
For Fraser-Holmes the 200m free was the first of two events for the night, with the 22-year-old backing up well to win the 400m individual medley in a world class time of 4:10.68.
The Commonwealth record holder in the event, Fraser-Holmes was too strong for Travis Mahoney (4:17.39) and Jared Gilliland (4:17.77), and said he loved the challenge of having his two pet events on the same night.
Commonwealth Games gold medal collector Alicia Coutts said she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders after winning the 100m butterfly in an A qualifying time of 57.70, edging out former British Olympian Ellen Gandy (57.98) and Emma McKeon (57.99).
With all three swimmers eligible for Games selection, Coutts said she's now looking forward to the 50m butterfly starting Thursday.
London Olympian Mitch Larkin showed some good speed to win his first national title in the men's 100m backstroke hitting the wall in a Commonwealth Games A qualifying time of 53.46, with Ben Treffers also swimming an A qualifier in 53.73. Victorian Swimmer Josh Beaver was third swimming a B qualifier of 53.84.
In other Olympic class events…
Women's 50m Freestyle Semi
Cate Campbell continues to drop time in the 50m freestyle, qualifying fastest for Thursday night's final in 24.13 ahead of younger sister Bronte (24.60) and Melanie Schlanger in 24.69. A silver medallist in the event at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Cate's time was just a shade off the Australian record set by Libby Trickett in 2008 which stands at 23.97.
Men's 100m Breaststroke Semi
World champion Christian Sprenger will be the one to watch ahead of the 100m breaststroke final after hitting the wall in 59.99. Already a national champion in the 200m breaststroke at this meet, Sprenger was more than a second and a half ahead of the rest of the field with Jake Packard second fastest in 1:01.55 and Tommy Sucipto third through in 1:02.46.
Women's 100m Backstroke Semi
A silver medallist at the Olympic Games and World Championships, Emily Seebohm will be looking for gold at the Australian Championships Thursday night in the women's 100m backstroke. The 21-year-old was half a second quicker than the rest of the field in the semi-finals, hitting the wall in 59.34 with Belinda Hocking second fastest through in 59.87 and Meagen Nay third in 1:00.47.
For full results go to www.swimming.org.au
Day 1 Wrap - McKeon legacy continues
SWIMMING: Sibling act David and Emma McKeon didn't just win berths onto the Commonwealth Games team in Brisbane - they secured a family legacy on the opening night (Tuesday) of the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships.
The pair, who won the 400 and 200m freestyle respectively – will now head to their first Commonwealth Games, following in the wake of mum (the former Susie Woodhouse), dad (Ron McKeon) and uncle (Rob Woodhouse).
Emma, who won the 200m free in the Australian record time of 1:55.68, was adamant their family pedigree had provided the inspiration and not the pressure to perform.
"My mum, dad and my uncle all made the Commonwealth Games team in the same year. Now me and my brother have made it,'' she said at the Chandler Aquatic Centre. "There's definitely no pressure at all. I just do it because I enjoy it.''
David's time of 3:43.72 was the second fastest mark set this year and would have won him a silver medal at last year's world championships in Barcelona.
David agreed family history had helped him perform.
"It was only a few years ago that I realised that my dad's got six Commonwealth gold medals on the wall at home. I'd never really seen them before.
"That's when I really started swimming good.''
The Wollongong pair, who moved to Brisbane at the start of this year to be based at the Chandler Podium Performance Centre under coach Vince Raleigh, said there was now no doubting they had made the right move.
David said he still had a lot of work to do before Glasgow.
"I was sick at the end of last year at Queensland States ... I'm still not a hundred per cent fit yet,'' he said.
"I was hoping to go a little bit quicker tonight - closer to 3:40s - but I think I'll be able to do that come Glasgow."
Emma was almost a full second ahead of Olympic relay gold medallists Bronte Barratt (1:56.61) and Brittany Elmslie (1:57.64), with Barratt also scoring a guaranteed games spot.
David finished about a body length ahead of rising star 17-year-old Mack Horton, who touched with a Junior world record breaking time of 3:44.60 and Jordan Harrison (3:47.42). Both scored automatic Commonwealth Games qualification.
World champion and Olympic silver medallist in the 100m breaststroke, Christian Sprenger showed he's in top form, swimming a world class 200m breast to qualify for selection onto the team for Glasgow. Sprenger hit the wall in 2:08.63, a time that would have seen him win bronze at last year's world championships, with Daniel Tranter second in 2:12.26 and Buster Sykes third overall in 2:12.95.
Despite the world class time, Sprenger said he' still unlikely to contest the event in Glasgow.
"The ultimate goal for me is the gold medal in the 100m at Commonwealths over Cameron (Van der Burgh). At this point the 200 doesn't really show up on my radar," said Sprenger.
In other Olympic class events…
Keryn McMaster swam a Commonwealth B qualifying time of 4:39.69 to win the women's 400m IM ahead of Ellen Gandy (4:41.11) and Jessica Pengelly who was third in 4:44.32.
Five-time London Olympic medallists Alicia Coutts will go into the final of the women's 100m butterfly as the one to chase qualifying fastest in 58.22 to win her semi, ahead of Ellen Gandy (58.51) and Marieke D'Cruz third in 59.04. Emma McKeon was fourth overall in 59.14 while Olympic relay gold medallist Brittany Elmslie was disqualified after false starting.
Canberra swimmer Ben Treffers was the best of the male backstrokers in the 100m semi-finals, posting a strong time of 53.55 ahead of Ashley Delaney (53.67) and Mitch Larkin third in 53.87.
Australia's best swimmers will converge in Brisbane for the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships incorporating selection trials for 2014 Australian Commonwealth Games Team, Para Pan Pacs and Pan Pacific Championships.
Some of the must see events
Tuesday, April 1 - women's 200m freestyle final
An event so tough that Olympic bronze medallist Bronte Barratt is at risk of missing out on qualifying for a 200m individual swim for the Glasgow Games. Exciting teenager Emma McKeon heads the field of challengers that also include Brittany Elmslie and veterans Kylie Palmer and Melanie Schlanger.
Thursday, April 3 - men's 100m breaststroke and women's 100m backstroke finals
World 100m breaststroke champion Christian Sprenger may be denied much needed domestic competition with Brenton Rickard's retirement but won't be slowing down ahead of an inevitable Glasgow showdown with South African nemesis, Olympic champ Cameron van der Burgh. And Olympic and world titles silver medallist Emily Seebohm will look to exploit her hometown advantage against the likes of Belinda Hocking and Madison Wilson.
Friday, April 4 - men's 100m freestyle and women's 200m individual medley finals
Rising star Cameron McEvoy will attempt to end world champion James Magnussen's stunning run of three straight national crowns in the two lap sprint. Easier said than done. The London Games debacle is a distant memory for a relaxed Magnussen after his 2013 world titles success. One of London's few success stories in the pool - five-time medallist Alicia Coutts - will look to extend a stunning run in the 200m IM. Remarkably Coutts has medalled in this event in every major international competition since 2010. The medley master may have toyed with the idea of retirement but Coutts is still the one to beat in a field also expected to boast Seebohm and surprise packet Taylor McKeown.
Saturday, April 5 - women's 100m freestyle final
World champion Cate Campbell may be the fastest woman in history in a textile suit in the event but is expected to be kept honest by a field boasting McKeon, Coutts, Schlanger and Elmslie.
Sunday, April 6 - men's 1,500m freestyle final
Following in the footsteps of Grant Hackett and Kieren Perkins, exciting youngsters Mack Horton and Jordan Harrison will go head to head in an event Australia once dominated at international level. Multiple junior world titles gold medallist Horton is expected to pressure Harrison, who claimed the 2013 national crown by becoming the first Aussie in five years to break the 15 minute barrier.
Australian Championships Preview
Close to 700 swimmers from across Australia, representing 182 clubs will be in action over the six days of competition at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler from Tuesday 1 April to Sunday 6 April.
This year, Australia's premier swim meet will double as a selection event for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Para Pan Pacs in California and the Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Championships on the Gold Coast in August.
Reigning World Champions Cate Campbell, James Magnussen and Christian Sprenger have all entered their respective world title events and will be a tough trio to beat in Brisbane.
Campbell and Magnussen have stuck to their pet events, entering both the 50 and 100m freestyle while Sprenger will test his skills across the 50, 100 and 200m breaststroke events.
Five-time World Championship silver medallist, and five-time gold medallist at the last Commonwealth Games in Delhi Alicia Coutts, will once again look to demonstrate her dominance across a range of events, entering the 50 and 100m butterfly, the 100m freestyle and the 200m individual medley.
They will be joined by a host of their fellow World Championship representatives including Bronte Barratt, Jessica Ashwood, Cameron McEvoy, Jordan Harrison and siblings David and Emma McKeon.
Swimming Australia National Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren said the Trials will showcase some of the best swimmers from across Australia.
"We have a good mix of emerging talent and experienced competitors entered, and I think that this will make for an exciting event and some strong times," said Verhaeren.
"We've already seen some really good swimming in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney this year, and I'm looking forward to seeing which athletes are able to step up at Trials."
"I know the swimmers are looking forward to racing and Australia has a great history of success at the Commonwealth Games and we want to continue that tradition, starting in Brisbane next month."
Heats will start at 10.00am with finals from 6.30pm April 1-5 and 7:30pm on Sunday April 6.
Finals will also be broadcast live through Network Ten on ONE. Check local guides for details.
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This week the Cal Ripken Sr Foundation came together with NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) to discuss Safe to Compete and address sexual abuse in sports.
What did we learn that would make sports a better place and a safe and positive environment for all athletes?
The highlight of the conference was that there seems to be a general consensus in the room; to unify background checks. There is a need to the fill the gaps to expose the abuser that continually beats the system and fall through the cracks because of inconsistencies across agencies that maintain felony files. Another issue that was raised is the ability to flag coaches/volunteers that had a sexual abuse charge dismissed that pertained to a minor. If a system can be put in place to install a more meaningful database that all people can draw from so we have a better chance of identifying abusers who have left organizations before suspension, termination or completion of investigations.
Another highlight was data around gender equity in sports leadership. In sports where the board of directors is 50/50 there is significantly less sexual abuse.
The low-lights of the conference were the lack of knowledge about and sensitivity to sexual abuse in competitive sports. There seems to have been a misconception about the number of unprotected athletes that we are talking about -- there are 60 million young athletes in open amateur sport community-based multi-sport organizations.
What wasn't touched on or insufficiently addressed is the multiple levels of abuse that an athlete experiences, many of which are often justified in the guise of "sport" -- abuse like physical punishment and verbal and emotional abuse. The problem became bigger as we realized that we don't understand why these commonly acceptable sport behaviors constitute abuse. With the growing number of women now in sports, this demographic is even more susceptible to all aspects of abuse especially sexual abuse and harassment. A study that came out of Japanese Olympic Committee found that 12 percent of Judo athletes complained about some sort of abuse or sexual harassment according to the BBC Sports. This number doesn't account for those who don't feel safe to speak up or athletes who don't know want abuse is.
In closing, on another low-light is the imbalance of women in leadership roles as sports coaches as well as on the boards of leagues and associations.
We can make a difference today by adopting effective and thorough policies already available at Safe4Athletes.org. We need to know that the culture of abuse in sports will not be addressed through the court system which will handle only the most egregious cases. Each of us at the local program level must be protectors. This means we must educate our coaches, athletes and parents and we must adopt and enforce policies. We cannot wait for someone else to act.


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Panthers.com reports the Carolina Panthers have released OL Justin Geisinger and S Kevin Kaesviharn. The team waived WR Larry Beavers, RB DeCori Birmingham, DL Casper Brinkley, OL Patrick Brown, QB Hunter Cantwell, WR Jason Chery, S Paul Chara, DB D.J. Clark, TE Andrew Davie, DT Marlon Favorite, DB Joe Fields, OL Keith Gray, LB Anthony Heygood, DT George Hypolite, LB Mortty Ivy, RB Jamall Lee, LB Jeremy Leman, WR Kevin McMahan, WR Marcus Monk, OL Jonathan Palmer and LB Kelvin Smith.
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Convicted murderer Ryan Wyngarden talked for almost an hour, proclaiming his innocence at least a dozen times and belittling the prosecutors, detectives and judge throughout his sentencing at Ottawa County Circuit Court in Grand Haven on Monday morning.
When Judge Jon Hulsing began to speak, Wyngarden continued talking, just as he had done during the three-week trial.
�I did not interrupt you, sir. Now it�s my turn,� Hulsing said, though Wyngarden continued to murmur and once cursed to the judge.
�Do I have to bind and gag you? I�ll have deputies duct tape your mouth,� Hulsing pointedly told him.
Hulsing sentenced Wyngarden to the state required life in prison without parole for the execution-style murder of Gail and Rick Brink in their Park Township home 26 years ago.
�You are a brutal, cold-blooded murderer,� the judge said. Both victims were shot in the head.
A jury convicted Wyngarden on March 28 on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for the Nov. 21, 1987, shooting deaths of his sister Gail and her husband. The prosecution said Wyngarden killed the couple because he was jealous of the pair and didn�t want it known that he had sex with his sister Gail.
Budd Brink, brother of Rick, thanked the court and detectives on Monday for the �unrelenting investigative process� that solved the cold case killings.
�For over 25 years, we�ve looked over our shoulders wondering who committed this crime,� Brink told the judge.
Brink said the punishment will not bring Rick back and will not reform Wyngarden, but it will keep him from committing more crimes.
�This is not the work of the Lord,� Brink said, quoting the minister from Gail and Rick�s funeral in 1987. �It is the work of the devil.�
Wyngarden defended his alibi, saying detectives at the time of the killings failed to interview the people who could confirm his whereabouts the night of the crime. He also said police manipulated his wife, Pam, changing her memories.
Pam Wyngarden�s testimony was key to her husband�s conviction.
Ryan Wyngarden�s confession immediately after the murders to his then-girlfriend Pam Maracchini in Holland was the key to the case. Ryan and Pam later married and were still married at the time of the trial. Pam has since filed for divorce.
Pam said she could no longer keep the confession secret after more than two decades and opened up to detectives.
Several times during his rambling, often disjointed talk before the judge, Ryan Wyngarden turned to God, at one point looking up and saying, �Lord, why are you doing this to me? I�m a good man. Why? Why is this happening?�
He called the cold case detectives Dave Blakely and Venus Repper �the goon squad,� Hulsing �the unjust judge� and prosecutors Lee Fisher and Doug Mesman �scandalous.�
Hulsing called Wyngarden a �very controlling individual,� noting Wyngarden�s verbal battles with attorneys and the judge himself while on the stand during the three-week trial.
Because he could not control his sister, Wyngarden killed her, the judge said.
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Ryan Wyngarden sentenced to life in prison for 1987 killings of sister, her husband
Convicted murderer Ryan Wyngarden talked for almost an hour, proclaiming his innocence at least a dozen times and belittling the prosecutors, detectives and judge throughout his sentencing at Ottawa County Circuit Court in Grand Haven on Monday morning.