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M2C-PRO-CYL: 2.2 MP resolution color camera (CMOSIS CMV2000 sensor)+ µScope PRO software + 2m USB 3.0 locking cable.
The M2C-PRO-CYL microscopy color camera is based on a CMOSIS CMV2000 CMOS global shutter sensor with a 2/3" optical format.
The extensive built-in image processing possibilities (image pre-processing) result in outstanding image quality, less load on the system and higher performance.
This camera provides the user choice of 8-bit or 10- bit digitization and a dynamic range of 60dB in 10-bit mode.
PixeLINK will work with you to choose and integrate the optimal USB 3.0 camera for your microscopy project.
Ideal for use in any laboratory setting, PixeLINK cameras let you capture high-quality images with your existing microscope equipment.
Our microscopy cameras and associated software are designed to offer consistent, high-quality image acquisition and performance.
PixeLINK µScope software offers professional image analyses and features the latest in acquisition, analysis and reporting functionality.
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E-MU Program Shuffler is a useful application that was designed in order to provide you with the latest release of the program shuffler application for E-MU LONGboard / SHORTboard.
This application enables you to move programs around your LONGboard or SHORTboard to different bank or preset numbers. It is particularly useful if you want. Free download of E-MU Program Shuffler 126.96.36.199, size 0 b.
Rip DVD Movie Program , one of the Best DVD Ripper software, that could easily rip DVD to all popular video formats, like MP4, H.264, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 3GP, 3GPP, VOB, DivX, MOV, RM, RMVB, DPG, etc, even the HD video, and all popular audio formats, like MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc for almost all popular portable players with 6X. Free download of Rip DVD Movie Program 5.1.16, size 9.87 Mb.
Program Words is a lightweight application built in Java that you can use to search for anagrams, patterns, palindromes, regular expressions etc. using different search criteria.
The application comes with two dictionaries, for English and Russian, with over 100,000 words each. The word length and type are the criteria that you can. Freeware download of Program Words 3.7, size 0 b.
Intel SPMD Program Compiler provides you with a command line application designed for making single program multiple data (SPMD) applications run on Intel CPUs.
The Intel SPMD Program Compiler can generate C\C++ assembly language files and provides support for both x86 and x64 architecture types. Additionally, it can create host-side. Freeware download of Intel SPMD Program Compiler 1.4.2, size 0 b.
Forms Management Program allows you to get various source files for building a form administration for Windows-CLR.
We offer our MDI-Projektworkspace for Visual C# developers for the further development of their own products. The workspace needs Visual C# Express and contains all source files for the construction of a form administration. Free download of Forms Management Program 2.0.4371.35372, size 0 b.
CENU'S CALCULATOR PROGRAM is a lightweight command line utility that allows you to perform basic mathematical operations, such as additions, subtractions, multiplications and divisions.
Designed with ease of use in mind, CENU'S CALCULATOR PROGRAM enables you to select the operation you want to perform and enter the two numbers.
Math training program is a small, easy to use application, specially designed to help the kids who started to learn addition and multiplication tables.
This tool offers an easy interface, friendly desing. Features timer. Number of equations and math sign are set up by user.
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As its name suggests, Advanced Paint Program is a lightweight and easy to use application for free drawing.
You can insert different geometrical shapes and text boxes into your drawing and customize the pen size.The program can save the drawings in BMP format on your disk.
. Free download of Advanced Paint Program 1.0, size 0 b.
TI-Program Editor for Voyage 200 is a useful application especially designed to work with Texas Instruments devices and provide users with a means of creating and editing program-related files.
Using this tool you will be able to build and edit functions, string variables, text files as well as device programs. TI-Program Editor for. Free download of TI-Program Editor for Voyage 200 1.0.15, size 0 b.
Linear Program Solver is a small, simple, very easy to use tool specially designed to help you solve linear programming models.
This tool offers: informative solving reports, extended sensitivity analysis, mixed integer models engine. LiPS supports MPS format and simple LP format (like lpsolve).
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Vector Program is a small, easy to use, Python based tool specially designed to offer users a vector program, to calculate with two three-dimensions vectors (x,y,z).
As you might have imagined this application is really usefull to maths, so feel free to give it a try.
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TEMP CONVERTOR PROGRAM is a lightweight, command line tool that you can use to convert temperature values from Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa.
TEMP CONVERTOR PROGRAM prompts you to enter the conversion type and the desired value. The result is displayed in the main window.
. Freeware download of TEMP CONVERTOR PROGRAM New, size 0 b.
Bank Reconciliation Program provides you with a customizable Excel template that enables you to create bank reconciliations.
Featuring an intuitive interface, the template comes with easy to use macros for easily reconciling items. You can enter comments for each operation, sort items by date and create reports.
. Freeware download of Bank Reconciliation Program 2.01, size 0 b.
The Ward Mission Program or WMP is a simple and handy tool that can be used to track all of the missionary activity within a ward or branch.
This includes the families that are being taught, missionary exchanges and meals. Ward Mission Program was developed with the help of the Java programming language and should run on multiple. Free download of Ward Mission Program 0.6, size 0 b.
House Program is a simple, small, command prompt based application specially designed to enable you to enter a house`s information, and then displays that info.
Basically all it does is just let you enter a house`s information and then display`s that information, no big deal.
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Program Sentry will provide users with access control and usage management. When installed, it allows you to either create a list of blocked programs or a list of allowed programs. In the blocked programs mode, any program on the list is blocked.
In the allowed program mode, any program NOT on the list is blocked. Which mode you choose. Free download of Program Sentry 2.1.0, size 0 b.
Lock and unlock any program on your pc. Other features include the ability to choose your own message to display if anyone attempts to run one of your locked programs, and also includes password protection so only you can unlock the program when you are ready to use it. Allows the entire PC to remain active and running, and it only locks and. Free download of Program Lock Pro 2.14g, size 0 b.
The xCAT - Program Saver application was designed to help you run any program if you are not using your computer.
Compare it to a screensaver, that only runs when are not using your computer aswell, as soon as your computer is idle for a certain time this program will start the application you specify.
. Free download of xCAT - Program Saver 1.00, size 0 b.
Auto program installer is a small, easy to use application specially designed to offer users a tool to help them install certain tools like: Ccleaner, Frostwire and much more fast and easy.
Using this utility is as easy as can be: you select the app and Auto program installer will download it and start the installation process.
for. Freeware download of Auto program installer New, size 0 b.
If you need to start several programs simultanously, this program can be useful to you. It can start 5 groups of programs with up to 5 programs in each group, either manually or timer controlled. You can start *.exe files or document files, for which the standard program is started then. You can also specify arguments for the programs to start. Freeware download of Program Launcher 1.0, size 167.77 Kb.
Information on the Wood Finishing program offered at Dakota County Technical College.
Interview from CCTV-English Channel's Up Close program in WMV video format plus still photo and quotes.
The jazz program at this New York City university offers BFA degrees in jazz performance as well as composition and arranging. Offers FAQs and downloadable application form.
Greenesboro, NC - Includes competition results, band program information, calendar, photos, and links.
Most people on the Internet know about Eudora. The e-mail program, that is. Not so many, however, know that Eudora got its name after the Southern writer Eudora Welty.
International postgraduate program in architecture and urban culture, directed to graduates in architecture, the arts, or the humanities. This program seeks to research and recognize contemporary...
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IRS abuses power
Reports that the Internal Revenue Service gave additional scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status is reason for concern. The IRS is among the most powerful and punitive federal agencies. Using that authority to single out any group or movement for tougher treatment goes against our nation's democratic principles.
According to various reports, an inspector general will release a report this week outlining how IRS workers used trigger names - such as "tea party" or "patriot" and other names that would suggest promotion of right-wing agendas - to decide whether to ask more questions or demand more information.
The tougher reviews focused on applications to gain 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. The status can be granted to groups that promote "social-welfare" agendas, and that can mean advocating that the social welfare would be better off with less government. The tax status prohibits groups from becoming involved directly in political-campaign activity.
In assessing these applications the IRS should provide equal treatment regardless of a group's position on the political spectrum. We call upon the Obama administration to be fully transparent in providing all relevant information as to how and why this happened, who gave approval, and who was disciplined.
The IRS contends that the inspector general's report will show that the targeted reviews, dating as far back as 2010, were initiated by lower-level civil servants and that upper management stopped the practice when it became aware. According to the pending report, an application was more likely to face a probe if "statements in the case file criticize how the country is being run."
That is chilling.
There are indications that then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman knew about the misconduct when he told a congressional committee in March 2012 that there was no targeting of conservative groups. The IRS has responded with a lawyerly explanation: "IRS senior leadership was not aware of this level of specific detail" at the time of the March 2012 hearing. But Mr. Shulman knew something, apparently, and should have said so.
We don't like this tax exempt specification. Congress should eliminate it because it allows these organizations to hide the identity of donors seeking to influence public policy. But that is beside the point. It is the law and the IRS should carry out the law impartially.
The Day editorial board meets regularly with political, business and community leaders and convenes weekly to formulate editorial viewpoints. It is composed of President and Publisher Pat Richardson, Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere, retired Day editor Lisa McGinley, Managing Editor Tim Cotter and Staff Writer Julia Bergman. However, only the publisher and editorial page editor are responsible for developing the editorial opinions. The board operates independently from the Day newsroom.


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Precision Toolholding Solutions
The company offers its swissQuick toolholding system for ER 8 to ER 25 collets and clamping ranges from 0.5 to 13 mm.
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The company offers its swissQuick toolholding system for ER 8 to ER 25 collets and clamping ranges from 0.5 to 13 mm. According to the company, tools can be changed quickly, and tool assemblies can be preset offline to maximize production time. The toolholder is made from high-tensile-strength, case-hardened steel to reduce wear and increase component life.
Also on display are cylindrical holders, which are compatible with the company's ER collets and designed for various automatic machines. Ranging from ER 8 to ER 40, the holders can combine with other holders to extend cutting tools for small-part machining.
The tight-tolerance cylindrical holders offer 0.0001" runout and achieve high repeatability, the company says. Each holder features a distinct product marking to reduce tool-selection errors as well as a lot number for product traceability.
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Palma Violets, "180" (Rough Trade)
There were lots of whispers and mumbles about Palma Violets before the release of its debut album '180' in home country Great Britain, and quite rightly so.
The quartet really is bringing something fresh to a somewhat stale chart with growling guitars and pounding drums, and there isn't anything quite like it kicking around at the moment.
The album's opening track "Best of Friends" allows elements to slowly build, first with a carefully plucked chord set, then the pound of a drum, topped off with howling vocals. Lyrics are simplistic. "I wanna be your best friend," yowl singers Chilli Jesson and Sam Fryer, who have been dubbed 2013's answer to Carl Barat and Pete Doherty of The Libertines.
Highlights of the album include "We Found Love," again showcasing the simplistic yet optimistic lyrics, and "Three Stars," which brings a calmer moment to the otherwise raucous record.


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Cheesy, Creamy & Crispy: 20 Dishes to Comfort and Satisfy
Warning: There are zero salads in this bunch of recipes. If salads are your comfort food of choice, then my apologies. These recipes provide the kind of comfort that comes with plenty of cheese, an extra splash of cream, and some crispy edges. Not that they are all overly-indulgent...just most of them. Ahem. Enjoy!
• 1 Baked Potato Soup With Bacon, Green Onion & Cheddar
• 2 Baked Chicken with Bacon
• 3 How to Make Great Risotto at Home
• 4 Crispy Chicken Thighs & Warm Bread Salad
• 5 Lentil Soup with Lemon Yogurt Cream
• 6 Baked Beans with Pineapple and Bacon
• 7 Kimchi Fried Rice with Extra Greens
• 8 Bacon-Cheddar Twice Baked Potatoes
• 9 Minnesota Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup
• 10 Souther Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
• 11 Cheesy Potato Breakfast Casserole with Cheddar & Tomatoes
• 12 Authentic Spaghetti alla Carbonara
• 13 How to Make Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
• 14 Chicken and Andouille Sausage Gumbo
• 15 Shepherd's Pie
• 16 How to Make Creamy Macaroni and Cheese on the Stovetop
• 17 Cuban Black Bean Soup
• 18 Penne alla Vodka
• 19 White Chicken Chili
• 20 Easy Pasta Bake with Prosciutto, Tomato Sauce, and Mozzarella
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From December 17 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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Blair House Inn, a Texas Hill Country Bed and Breakfast, is located in the beautiful village of Wimberley. Known for providing gracious hospitality and attentive service, Blair House is the perfect location for a Romantic Weekend Getaway! This fine Texas Bed and Breakfast creates an environment that replenishes the soul, recharges the spirit, and strengthens the bonds of love and fellowship for both those who are newly in love, and those who have been together on a life-long journey.
The artists' community of Wimberley, known as the Star of the Texas Hill Country, offers a variety of art galleries and boutiques. Visit nearby wineries or experience the excitement of a zip line adventure. Within minutes of Blair House Bed and Breakfast there are three golf courses as well as swimming, tubing, fishing, boating, and skiing.
Blair House Art Gallery welcomes visitors and guests to experience oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings as well as metal and glass sculpture by artists from the Texas Hill Country and beyond. Pieces from the Art Gallery are also displayed in the decor throughout our Bed and Breakfast Inn.
The Blair House Cooking School offers classes throughout the year, from Texas barbecue to Italian, French, Hill Country cuisine and more. Special classes can be arranged for individual or small groups as well.
Our Hill Country Day Spa offers guests the opportunity to relax and rejuvenate with a romantic couples massage or facial from one of our licensed massage therapists in a peaceful environment.
Situated on 22 gorgeous acres, Blair House Inn offers a respite from today's busy world. At our Texas Hill Country Bed and Breakfast you can choose privacy or the camaraderie of other guests. Opt for idle leisure time or enjoy many of the area's recreational activities. Our relaxing environment will revive your spirit as gracious hospitality and attention to detail will make this your ideal Texas romantic getaway.


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Back in early 20th century America, during the hard times of the great depression, vagabonds known as the hobos took to the rails to survive. Just as they once rode the freights, the hobo spirit lives on in the modern traveller who rides their bike in search of unknown possibilities. Now, Moleskine comes together with Italian bicycle maker Cinelli to help today's Hobo cyclists capture their inner travelogues.
Take in the rushing of the wind, hit the road quick and record your thoughts and impressions as you pedal. Debossed on the notebook cover are Hobo icons, used to communicate with other travellers and signal water, shelter or danger. Inside, a selection of cards and pamphlets present the Hobo Biker code and rules, delve into the history of Hobo culture and list the specs of the bicycle itself. Play with the Hobo icons by leaving coded messages on the way using the stickers included.
Share your travelogue, discoveries and experiences online as well using both #bootleghobo and #moleskine on Twitter and Instagram. The images of the people and places you encounter, as well as the sketches, notes, codes and maps on the pages of your notebook, are sure to provide other travellers with inspiration for their own trips.
The Moleskine Cinelli notebook comes with every Hobo bicycle and is also available to buy separately on the Moleskine Store.
Rest of the world: Coming soon.
For further information on the Hobo bike visit the Bootleg Hobo website.
Win a Moleskine Cinelli notebook
Calling all Bikers:
Now's your chance to win a custom-made Moleskine Cinelli notebook. Share your bicycle experience with us: photograph your ride, send us a bicycle selfie, or show us some writing or sketches from your last trip. Upload your entry to myMoleskine with the tag #bootleghobo and if yours receives the most votes a notebook could be riding your way soon!


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Recent wildfires show need to step up mitigation efforts
The number of wildfires we have experienced so far this season should serve as a wake-up call for all of us living in the foothills. After the recent Bluebell Fire, I was traveling through the area on my bicycle and saw many signs thanking the firefighters for their work in stopping what could have been yet another major wildfire. These thanks are deserved, as the firefighters who worked this fire did a remarkable job in limiting its potential destruction.
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Color = flavor.
TIP: I dip the end of my cooking spoon to leave a "mark" where the liquid started from. Now, when I dip the spoon, after reducing the liquid, I can see that it's reduced enough.
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Based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, WomenNow covers lifestyle, politics, entertainment, community, family, and other issues of interest to the South Asian and Indian diaspora. The program brings you a scintillating panel of bright speakers and thinkers on a whole range of topics and ideas, bringing out the multifaceted woman of today. The window to a woman's mind and heart – the show to stir the senses.


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Welcome to the home of the $21 Challenge!
What exactly IS the $21 Challenge?
In a nutshell, it is a one-week grocery slashing marathon where you can save a big pile of money, declutter your pantry and learn new skills all at the same time!
How does it work?
Simple! For one week you try as hard as you possibly can to stay out of the shops. Instead of going out and doing your usual supermarket shop you have to stretch the food you already have in your cupboard, pantry, garden and freezer to stay within your $21 budget.
It is a fun way to save $300 in one week!
You see, the average household of four people spends $320 per week on food. By completing the $21 Challenge for just one week you will have an extra $300 in hand. This means if you do a $21 Challenge once a month in your household, you can save yourself $3600 in one year.
Can you do it? Absolutely!
We have already done all the hard work for you. All the information and inspiration you need to succeed is in this book. Enjoy learning great new skills, time-saving tips, and ideas to turn leftovers into delicious new meals.
The first and second chapters are free.
To help you get started here are links to the first and second chapters of the $21 Challenge book.
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Testimonies: Eczema
"I received prayer at the Healing Rooms for a skin type condition like eczema. Since it comes and goes, I totally forgot about it until my personal prayer time when God revealed He had healed it! Normally it got worse in the winter time, especially when it's very cold outside. With the cold we have had it was like 'wow, You're right. I don't remember the last time I had an eczema spot.' I have been going through a lot of forgiving of things that God had laid on my heart as well. Woo hoo, another testimony of God's healing & faithfulness!""
- Janie B. on January 30th, 2017
"I believe my son had the first of many victories to come! He has terrible eczema all over his body due to many food and environmental allergies. For the past 6 months he has had hive break outs weekly. We have had to give him Benadryl, steroids, or both at least once a week due to these mysterious allergic reactions. Last time I was here at the Healing Rooms it was spoken over me that Caleb would receive healing that week. For the next 3 weeks Caleb did not have a single new breakout and we did not have to give him any medicine! He still has eczema and we are by no means done with this battle. But to not have any new allergic reactions and to not need medicine has been a huge victory! I fully expect total and complete healing for my little boy!"
- Grace on June 11th, 2012
"I have had eczema most of my life off and on. My skin has never been completely clear of it. I had a breakout of eczema on my arms,legs and neck. Two days after Laura prayed for me I just had one tiny patch left on the back of my leg. Two days after that all the eczema was completely gone. It has never returned. And also all the scarring from it was gone. My skin is now like new! Thank You God!"
- Kaylee H. on May 4th, 2008
"Yesterday, my son received prayer for eczema (skin rash) and today the rash is gone. Today my knee has been healed and I can walk without pain. Thank you God! Thank you Jesus!"
- Andrea M. V. on October 19th, 2002
"I'm writing to you today to inform you that Jesus has used your ministry to heal me of eczema. This skin condition has bothered me for about 20 years, since about 14 years of age. I now have the smoothest skin on my fingers that I ever had. Praise God!! Also, just to let you know that before and after I received prayer at the Healing Rooms I was reading the manual "How to Minister to Specific Diseases." I found out about the roots of eczema that are fear, anxiety and stress and the scriptures to stand on for new skin. I realized that I had a fear from childhood that I did not want any one to find out about. I had confessed it to God and I knew I was forgiven, but the fear of people finding out was still there. On the way home I confessed it to my wife. I was in fear that she would turn her back on me. But, God is good and gave me a wife who, with His mercy, understood and even said it was not that big of a deal! I was healed as I went. Now it's been about two months since I received prayer and about two weeks since my skin has really turned around and no more cracks and dryness. I have used every kind of lotion you can think of -- only finding temporary relief. AFter all the years I can tell you that it is really gone."
- John H. on October 14th, 2002
"On 10/12/2000 at the dermatologist it was diagnosed that I had a genetically passed down skin disease. He called it a subdural eczema something. The rash had spread over both legs and had started up my body. It would itch so badly that I was constantly scratching. Both of my lower legs were a bloody mess and getting infected. I was given a perscription of medicine which helped a little. However, I still scratched. On the evening of 10/15/2000, I attended a meeting. At the close of the meeting I received prayer in agreement to break this generational curse and for healing. As of this writing on 10/16/2000 at 9:15 p.m. I have not felt the urge to scratch. I'm healed in Jesus' name!"
- Jan M. on October 16th, 2000
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"After an emotionally traumatic incident I was infected by a virus, which was followed by severe swelling that came up overnight, together with severe arthritis pain in my hands, wrists, arms and ankles. During this trial the Lord encouraged me with dreams that showed that, although I felt abandoned, He was at work to prepare a more heavenly place in my heart for Him and to bring me into much blessing. I received prayer at Healing Rooms Australia and Nowra Healing Rooms and each time felt the overwhelming love and compassion of Jesus. He healed me of trauma and a very deep emotional vulnerability from childhood. Not only has my body been healed, but I have come into a place of greater trust in my heavenly Father and He is blessing me abundantly. Ursula"
- Ursula R. on July 9th, 2012
"Laura, Just got back....it's midnight Thursday night. God's peace, presence & love saw me through this. Thank you so much for your prayers & counsel. The Dentist was amazing! He cleaned all of my teeth, drilled & filled my wisdom tooth, removed the infected bone graft / cavitation, removed the broken tooth, & filled another small cavity. I was sedated & don't remember anything. The procedure lasted four hours. I didn't have any pain. Both he & his wife are Christians, the environment was nurturing & caring. The Lord really blessed me. My incredulous description to my dentist regarding the total absence of pain, bleeding or swelling brought a bemused response from him. He said, "I would think that would be a good thing." It was & is but I was told so many other things by other dentists. That I would need a pain killer twice as strong as Vicodin, that there would be bruising & swelling. I actually feel wonderful & have since the surgery was done. Removing that much infection has had a very positive effect on my body. My knee is fine! The trip home was much easier walking thru the airports. No stiffness or pain anywhere in my body! I'm going to work in the morning.I praise Him & thank Him for his goodness. "
- Linda on August 2nd, 2009
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In the recent weeks, I've had to deal with some pissed off people sending emails back to the company because they contained viruses or some malicious content. Now, I know how easily the From and other parts of the email can be easily forged. Basically what's going on, is some smartass or multiple smartasses are going to our company website, copying the account names and forging the header information and sending emails to random people with virii and the like making it appear to the common user, that we're sending out dirty emails.
I understand the basics of email spoofing and how to trace the full path of an email .I also determined that this is indeed the work of an outsider (not a trojan/virus or co-worker). The emails are definately originating from mail servers outside our network. With all that being said, I was actually wondering if it's possible to spoof the IP in the Received: field in the email header. From my understanding, it's not possible (and this is what I've been using to trace the emails).
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Joe McGinniss Jr.
To say that the debut novel of Joe McGinniss Jr. delivers would be cliché and about as clever as an episode of Wife Swap. His book, aptly titled, The Delivery Man, does more than that.
Fresh off reading Imperial Bedrooms, a novel that Ellis hints at being his last, I was left with a few misgivings—most notably, the fact that I had devoured the thing in no time. Amongst my gripes about how I've possibly seen the last of one of my favorite authors, along comes our book club guy talking about McGinniss Jr.
"He reads a little bit like Bret," he said.
A few Amazon clicks and days later, The Delivery Man is in my living room and I've done a little research in the interim. His father, Joe McGinniss Sr., was a New York Times bestselling author. Subsequently, he would go on to teach a young Bret Easton Ellis right around the time he came out with a little novel called, Less Than Zero. Regarding McGinniss Jr. and his tale of twenty-somethings behaving badly in gritty Las Vegas, I didn't expect much. The bar felt too high. I was too busy looking up at the impossible standards set by his predecessors to see the kick in nuts coming. The Delivery Man is that good.
Joe recently took some time out to talk with me, the topics ranging from ignorant Amazon reviewers to why we hate vampires, and of course, that city of sin known as Las Vegas.
BT: You've got some literary blood in your veins. As some may or may not already know, your father, Joe McGinniss Sr., is also a writer and managed to land on The New York Times bestseller list at the age of twenty-six with his first book, The Selling of the President. How much of an influence did your father's writing career have on you becoming a novelist?
JMJ: Not much. My mother raised my older sisters and me. We spent weekends with my father and I lived with him for a year when I was in middle school (when he was writing Fatal Vision). I never wanted to be a writer. It seemed tedious. I just remember him on a typical day during the year I was living with him: shuffle around the kitchen making just enough noise to wake me up, walking upstairs, closing the door to his office at some ungodly hour, seven or eight, turning on the typewriter, that hum I can still hear, pounding away until lunchtime, then back to the kitchen, then back upstairs until five or six. Every day. Sundays off. Dreadfully dull. No appeal at all to a thirteen-year-old. I was into politics and thought writers were simply people who observed and reported what other people, important people, did. So his writing career, of which I couldn't be more proud and in awe of, had zero impact on my desire to write. If anything, it kept me from considering writing for much too long.
BT: I've read pretty much every blurb and review I could find on The Delivery Man for this interview. There's a ton of praise, but there's also those people whose expectations are completely out of whack. This one was probably the most ignorant (from Amazon):
"I had high hopes for this book as I have been a big fan of Joe McG, Sr. This is not his father's book. I can't believe anyone really liked it…"
JMJ: An Amazon reader review? Ruh-roh...
BT: Hold on, though…let's put that logic into a more ridiculous context:
"I had high hopes for The House Bunny because I'm a big fan of Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies, but Rumer Willis is not her father. I can't believe anyone really liked it."
JMJ: Rumer Willis? Sweet Jesus, I'm old...
BT: How do you respond to something like that? Is it a common occurrence that people expect to be reading a carbon copy of your father's work?
JMJ: Good question. Generally speaking, no. He wrote almost exclusively non-fiction, one novel called The Dream Team about horse racing and a young successful author (what a reach!) who goes off the rails with his newfound success (another reach). Anyone who reads my father's work is usually the parent or grandparent of my typical reader. So the idea that they'd be disappointed that my novel about teenage sex-workers in Las Vegas wasn't a carbon copy of my father's devastating portrayal of sociopathic green beret surgeon who murdered his wife and two daughters or his account of Richard Nixon's television media campaign engineered by Roger Ailes, is no surprise. But it's uncommon. Most readers of books tend to be more intelligent (Left Behind series aside), so they know what they're getting into if they pick it up.
BT: The Delivery Man often gets compared to Less Than Zero quite a bit, and in a way, I can see how those two dots are connected. There's a scent of Ellis in the writing. How your book largely differs is that where Ellis gives us the privileged and wealthy in characters like Clay and his group, whereas you give us characters who have to hustle for their money, and on top of that, are living well beyond their means. What made you decide to take on that particular demographic of twenty-somethings?
JMJ: Partially because I don't know the wealthy, privileged life. I do relative to the way my wife grew up. But my mother was all blue collar, father worked at GE Plant in Pittsfield, Mass and she raised us alone on a nurse's salary (and alimony). But there was a real middle class thing going at home. So Chase and Carly and their mother came easier for me. As well, I didn't care about the young trust fund fuck-ups. I mean, so what? They're bored. They're unmotivated. They're doing crazy shit. They're in and out of rehab. They score a reality show. They kill someone. I cared about kids who couldn't afford the chances they were taking. I met so many sad, young women in researching this book who were from all sorts of sad little places, flying around the country, staying in nice hotels in DC, NYC, Boston, Dallas, LA, booking appointments with men via Craigslist, putting their lives on the line, literally. (Through my source, when she was in Washington, DC on 'business,' I was introduced to a very nice young woman, gave her a copy of the novel, who tragically, was subsequently murdered by someone dubbed "the Craig's list killer" in a Boston hotel, an appointment my source booked). They wanted the wealthy lifestyle, the Audi, the nice house, the life that otherwise seemed out of reach but was now, thanks to the Internet, within reach…walking the tightrope without a net.
BT: So I've got to ask, in your research process regarding a "profession" where time (company) equate to money, were you required to pay for this information or were these women openly willing to share? Also, what attached you to the idea of sex trade in the first place as a basis for the novel?
JMJ: I did, in one instance, pay $100 in cash to "MaryBeth" for breakfast with her and her "colleague" after picking them up from their Bethesda Marriott and driving them to the Omni Shoreham in DC. She needed the cash and I needed time with them to hear stories. I paid for breakfast, too. Got some great little nuggets that went directly into the novel (see: Aubrey from El Cajon – suburb of San Diego). It wasn't so much the sex-trade as it was the exploitation of younger and younger women in the popular culture, the blurring or erasing of boundaries and lines that used to exist, the Internet and Craigslist and American Apparel catalogues and MTV and the Real World and "sluttiness" and greed and Paris Hilton and how far do you take it? How far do vulnerable, self-conscious wannabe celebrity teenage girls take it? Fiction often does and maybe should exaggerate to make a point. That's why I chose younger girls and sex for money.
BT: I think most authors that I've spoken with have that definitive day in which they started taking writing seriously. "Seriously," as in: this isn't casual anymore and I want to write and sell a book. Was this the case for you? If so, what do you think was the catalyst?
JMJ: Yes. I was in graduate school, getting my master's in public policy. In the mornings, debt piling up, I wrote what I thought was a novel. It was a mess. But I LOVED doing it. I'd tired of politics/policy after pursuing it since high school and creating a fictional world was a means of escape. It was the only thing about grad school that brought me pleasure. I would spend most of my time in class sketching character traits or scenes instead of taking notes. I was an idiot too. I was SURE I was writing a novel and that it was good. Why? Because it was coming so easily and because it was so much fun and because I had just picked up Less Than Zero and Play it as it Lays (from my mother's bookcase -- original hardcover printing -- killer picture of Joan Didion on the back looking so f-ing cool), and man, it read so easily, it must have been so easy to write and since my "novel" was practically writing itself, I was going to be a writer!
I made the mistake of sharing this "news" with my father. Actually, in retrospect, it was the best thing I could have done. At the time though, he couldn't have been more opposed to the idea. I was twenty-eight and he had no control over my life, wasn't paying for school, barely keeping his own writing career going. He wrote these blistering emails warning me that it was the biggest mistake of my life -- thinking I could make a living writing (he may be right). But he told me: STOP! Do NOT proceed. Find a career that brings you satisfaction, maybe work on a novel over years, in your spare time, but no matter what you do, how hard you try, writing will never bring you one ounce of the satisfaction you think you deserve. And it's not enough to want it...you have to need it, more than money, more than love. And even then, forget it.
That scared the shit out of me. I read those emails over and over. Printed them. Highlighted the most damning sections. He hadn't read a word of what I was writing, (which, by the way, I threw out). He just knew it was an impossible course to navigate and, as my father, felt it was his responsibility to warn me. Those emails would become the greatest motivation.
BT: This is actually doubly bad because it's coming from your father who is already in the field you're trying to get into. I can see how that would fuck with you a lot more than some random person saying you're going to fail. You can shake it off because they more than likely have no idea what they're talking about, but from a guy who's been doing it for years—it's hard not to listen. What's interesting to me is that he didn't have the foresight to see you'd rebel. So tell me this, how did it feel when you inked your book deal for The Delivery Man? Cathartic? And what was your dad's reaction?
JMJ: My father never stopped rooting for me, and worrying, and fearing the worst. Ha! But he knew the game. He answered his calling and made it big time, then suffered a long stretch of anonymity, great books that didn't sell, then broke through again and had an amazing run, then went through hell, then worse, then back again, maybe. So coming from him, it meant too many things to go into, boring psycho-literary crap that no one cares about. The real "Holy Shit" moment and catharsis/elation moment came when I got an email back from ICM saying that they would be calling. January 12, 2007, 3-ish in the afternoon. Agents were EVERYHING to me when I didn't have one, as they are with every aspiring writer. How to get an agent? And once you have one, you think you're there. And in many ways you are. And my father was beyond proud and relieved and just plain thrilled.
BT: So, in the vein of your work not being like your father's...when you wrote yours, did you have particular group of people in mind or are you a write-for-yourself kind of guy?
JMJ: It's all about emotion for me...and using writing and the novel to channel it. I never set out to write for people other than in the most general sense, i.e., I want people to read words on a page and FEEL something. But it's not about specifics or demographics...something lights a fire in me and compels me to write…whatever turns me on: vibe-wise, tonally, character-wise. Okay, it's much simpler and I'm rambling, but I write what I want to read. Period.
BT: What is that feeling that you were going for? I gotta say…I couldn't shake this sensation that I had no control. I always felt like your characters were playing too fast and loose to get away with it (sex trade) forever...always on the brink of that one wrong move that would fuck everything up for them. I'm mostly referring to your female lead, Michele.
JMJ: Good...that's the goal, right? When you were writing Out of Touch wasn't there something that you couldn't shake or that you at least felt the reader wouldn't be able to shake as they read...some sensation, whether dread, fear, some tension, the uninterrupted dream that fiction can create. Michele is this completely manic, broken woman...and her beauty and drive are hopefully keeping the reader turning the pages. She's relentless as though she was promised....something...and goddamn it, she was going to get what she was promised.
BT: It was like I was trying to see something deeper in perpetually shallow people with mine. And it's weird how that came off more like a feeling to me than a character study. Regardless, I couldn't shake it and continue to think about it still. I know Michele is technically your second lead in book, but she's got such a hold on Chase that she's essentially pulling the strings.
JMJ: Yes. She's the one.
BT: And I liked that fact that he was conscious of this, yet continued to let it happen. That came off more real to me. I've seen guys let that happen. Fuck...I've been that guy before.
JMJ: Haven't we all? Most of us…some. Okay, a couple of us.
BT: The few "lucky" ones, yes.
JMJ: But yes...sometimes people need an excuse. For stasis. I'm not putting this or my work or characters in the "Leaving Las Vegas" category but I just watched that movie again.
BT: I watched The Hangover today.
JMJ: (laughs) Great flick! Actually love that opening…the shots of Vegas…really well done.
BT: I gotta ask...having never been to Vegas myself, I've pretty much gauged it how it's presented to me in movies and whatnot: a place where everything is dunked in glitter and deep-fried, prostitutes and slot machines everywhere but no clocks. Seriously, is Vegas basically like a fun nightmare?
JMJ: Sure...if that's what you go for...it's everything you expect and less, but if you go with your eyes open, then it's really quite something. Ten miles off the strip and you're in some of the most beautiful desert landscape in the world. Red Rock Canyon, Spring Mountain, and if you look around with your sociologist glasses on, you see something so fundamentally American taking place. People who live there...it's mostly because it's a last resort kind of place, and a place where anyone willing to work can make a living. I should say, work HARD because there don't seem to be a lot of easy jobs in Vegas.
BT: I know you went over there to research for this book. Two years, was it?
JMJ: Oh no…not that long. I spent probably (combined) about a month or so over a few years. Most research was reading and interviews with Las Vegas natives.
BT: Flying back and forth from D.C.?
JMJ: Yes...or L.A. I was there with my wife for a while before we got married…went there for a few days on our honeymoon, too...because of the book. She's amazing. It was July in Vegas.
BT: Oh Christ, I don't know if my girlfriend would let that fly. You're a lucky man.
JMJ: Beyond lucky. Only reason there is a book is her…not an exaggeration. She'll never read this (no offense, she's a consultant and mother, no time)...so I'm not kissing her ass.
BT: Are you like me where your significant other is always the first person to read your new stuff?
JMJ: YES! And she grew to DREAD IT...and I was TERRIBLE and so damn immature about it. I grew up...but yeah, she's the bullshit detector. The tension when I knew she had some pages and was waiting for a reaction?!?!?! Brutal. I hope you were better about it.
BT: Oh, she doesn't automatically love it?
JMJ: (laughs) No.
BT: Okay, mine does. Then I throw my stuff down in workshop and wait for my asskicking. Or at least a few jabs.
JMJ: What kind of workshop?
BT: Chuck's Writers' Workshop.
JMJ: Sweet. Wow, that's got to be rough...no matter how polished and kick-ass your stuff is.
BT: Well, you have to go through a very long system of critiques and reviews in order to get it in front of him. I've only had my stuff read by him once. That's one more time than most people, so I feel lucky.
JMJ: Big time. How was it? What kind of feedback did he give?
BT: I wrote this piece about Robert Pattinson (pale dude from Twilight) buying conflict diamonds. Half of it was some generic praise and recommendations. The other half was him telling me I can't write about Robert Pattinson and how I'm going to get sued. A book like Glamorama makes you think you can use any celeb name you want.
JMJ: Oh man...does that make you wish you'd submitted something else? So you'd get the full critique and not legal advice?
BT: Nah, not really. I needed to hear it. Robert Pattinson, as big as he is right now, will soon become a dated issue. I changed the name and plan on using him as a main character in something else later. It worked out better that way.
JMJ: No question...his last movie tanked. He seems to be riding the vampire wave, which baffles and disturbs me to this day. I mean, what the hell is it with vampires?
BT: (sarcastically) You know, if you ever get stuck on your new book...just add vampires. That'll fix it right up.
JMJ: Are we all like, 9 years old again?
BT: I don't know...it's like being emo but with fangs. I guess it's fashionable? My sister is all into the shit. I seriously can't stand Meyer's writing.
JMJ: Wait, who's Meyer?
BT: Stephanie Meyer...the author.
JMJ: Has she written anything else? Or did she start with vampires? Was checking Amazon...
BT: No, she started off with those four books and then she did a spin-off of it. Then she did a sci-fi thing about aliens or Mormons or something.
JMJ: That's one brilliant woman...I hate her.
BT: I hate her money.
JMJ: Meaning, I respect the hell out of her…for nailing it the first time out.
BT: So what kind of writer do you classify yourself as? Is the term "transgressive" a complete turn-off?
JMJ: Shit...I wrote one novel...I don't qualify for a "class" or "school" or "style" yet. Seriously, I write what I like to read. If it's not fun, then there's no point.
BT: You don't do this for eight or nine years and it NOT be fun.
JMJ: It's brutal, but yes, must be pleasurable to endure the pain.
BT: What's your process or approach to writing? Do you need four cups of coffee just to get the synapses firing?
JMJ: When I'm into a story...it's usually about reading pages or notes from the previous day, listening to certain songs, looking at images of settings, maps of locales, some good coffee. I'll read other books too...that always helps. There are a handful of authors whose prose gets me fired up. Richard Lange, (Dead Boys), Ryan Harty (Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona), Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis, et al.
BT: The Delivery Man was recently optioned for a film adaptation. What details can you share about this?
JMJ: Oooh…want to talk about it but can't yet. Soon. Happy though. Very, very happy.
BT: Regarding film adaptations, some authors just see it as another paycheck while others see it from the marketability standpoint of being a big advertisement for the book. Which side do you fall on? Do have any reservations about Hollywood filmmaking now that it's being applied to your work?
JMJ: Both? It's pay for writing that's already done. Hard to argue with it. Hollywood, since the demise of independent film, the rise of animatronic 3-D franchise mega-pixel crap, is fucked. We're all losing because of it. Where are the Paul Thomas Andersons and Tarantinos? Miramax and New Line and all of these great indie companies succeeded when films were profitable, when distribution was doable, when there wasn't as much competition for people's attention and entertainment dollar. Now, it's bottom line in a way that is killing art. Period. Studios bought up/co-opted the most successful indies or started their own brands—Paramount Vantage, etc…then folded up shop because their films were getting killed or not even getting distribution, going straight to DVD. Could "Pulp Fiction" get made today? We'll see. It's brutal. And sad. Because the best movies, the most intelligent, moving films are all independents: "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," "Bully," "Jesus' Son," "You Can Count On Me," "Pulp Fiction," "Sideways," "28 Days Later," "Election," "Bodies," "Rest and Motion," "Rodger Dodger," "Swingers," "Run Lola Run," "In The Company of Men," "Queens Boulevard" (oh wait, that wasn't real, was it). Could go on and on. This is like the 80's all over again in Hollywood. Nothing but shit coming out. Maybe The Delivery Man will help turn the tide. The screenwriter – the brilliant artist Creighton Vero – believes it will. I'm rooting for it.
BT: It's horrible because—as a viewer, you have to wait through things like "Marmaduke," "Old Dogs," and a series of unnecessary sequels about pants that travel in order to get to something like "Inception" or "Moon" or "District 9" (I could also go on and on). I think as non-casual moviegoers, our tastes are so refined that the movie industry can't relate to that since it's all about target markets and numbers to them, and the artistic side sort of goes out the window or is outright neglected.
For instance, Craig Clevenger is getting his novel The Contortionist's Handbook adapted to film, starring Channing Tatum who was in "G.I. Joe." Now we love us some Clevenger around here, but as soon as we heard about the casting, there was a lot of negativity circulating over the use of this guy because (and I'm being nice about this) he's not really appropriate for the role. Inappropriate, like if Justin Beiber were cast as Tyler Durden.
Okay, it's a little bit of an exaggeration. I guess my question is: how much of an involvement are you going to have with this process? Do you feel a responsibility to contribute to the film since you came up with the source material?
JMJ: I hear you. As far as level of involvement: it's not up to me. I want to read the script. If they ask for feedback, I'll provide it. If they bypass me, that's their call. I'd like to contribute as much as possible if it improves the project. Do I want them to whitewash it and make Julia white and Michele a blonde from El Segundo instead of El Salvador, of course not. Might they? Who the hell knows. As far as responsibility, I feel a responsibility to my wife and son. Period. Get the best deal possible so that we can get a little closer to some financial security. If my son can have some money put away to help pay for his education, doesn't matter if they turn it into an animated musical. I'm a bit of a cynic. If they make it, which they won't because 97% percent of optioned material goes nowhere, it'll disappoint because it always does (except Jesus' Son, which was a spectacular adaptation). I know very little about Hollywood but what I've seen is ugly. What they produce is often rancid. So if they want to pay for my son's education, fine. But that's where I have to learn to draw the line as far as involvement. I have another book to write and college to pay for.
BT: Good deal. So what's the word on your second book? Is it in any way similar to your first or are you going in a completely new direction? I know you said you're not prolific by any means, but just give me an idea.
JMJ: A title...and a setting. A situation. A young-ish married couple with a young child
moves to a fictional town in southern California, and it's tonally similar to The Delivery Man, edgy, hopefully tense and fast, but is still very early on...they're looking to cut corners, cash in on real estate at just the wrong time...take a year for themselves...to do what so many of my friends complain they never did...move somewhere fun or cool or just different to start over. I like the idea of young, basically good-natured people taking risks with their money, their marriage, their lives even. I keep reading A.M. Homes and she's so fucking amazing (and she knows it too...)
But I can't help it. I love her work...all a little white, but still so much fun and ruthless. My dream team collaboration: Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis, and A.M. Homes.
Ten Moderately Hard Questions with Joe McGinniss Jr.:
1) Let's play a game of word association. I'll give the word and you say the first thing that pops into your mind: Twilight
JMJ: Cineplex.
BT: Not the answer I was expecting.
JMJ: Cineplex is not a good thing.
2) Who's the author you love to hate?
JMJ: Just one? okay...can I give initials?
BT: Sure.
BT: (laughs) I know this. He recently made a list of overrated writers on the New York Times or something. I forgot. I'll have to look it up.
JMJ: Yes...and he and his wife keep getting named to the New Yorker's Best Writers Ever list, like every year...whatever...he does good things with his money.
3) What's it like living next to the Obamas?
JMJ: Heaven.
4) What's your guilty pleasure?
JMJ: Asking my editor how other books are selling according to Bookscan (he has the raw numbers).
5) Better movie about Vegas: "Casino" or "The Hangover"?
JMJ: "The Cooler."
BT: No way is "The Cooler" better than "Casino."
JMJ: It's my answer...sorry. Honestly, I didn't see "Casino."
BT: Your favorite movie about Vegas is "Showgirls" starring that chick from "Saved by the Bell."
JMJ: That's my guilty pleasure.
6) What's the strangest stripper/escort name you've ever heard?
JMJ: Stallion.
BT: That sounds oddly masculine.
JMJ: She was smoking hot though.
BT: Like, in a buxom way?
JMJ: Facially -- the whole thing -- but who knows -- it was dark in there…according to people who went.
BT: Yeah...right.
JMJ: Research.
7) Favorite alcoholic beverage?
JMJ: Don't drink. No, not recovering either.
BT: So it's NyQuil by default then.
JMJ: Liquid codeine.
8) Someone (a fan) gets your signature tattooed on their body: creepy or awesome?
JMJ: Awesome! Are you kidding? People reading fiction and liking it enough to do that? Sign of hope for the future. People are still reading...books, not just tweets.
BT: Ugh...Twitter...don't see what the big deal is.
JMJ: Sad, really.
9) What's the big deal with Twitter?
JMJ: People just feeling the need to connect, manically, and to have the latest bit of information or "news" no matter how trivial...it's killing our culture and politics, by the way.
BT: I have one but I never use the thing.
JMJ: Just tried to open one because I thought I had a good nick-name for the Miami Heat's new Big Three (some ESPN guy was asking people to tweet them) and I just kept posting to myself...very confusing.
10) Lindsay Lohan in jail: sad or hilarious?
JMJ: I want her in The Delivery Man...she can actually act! Sad for her...sad for the media because they treat it like news...hilarious because Jon Stewart has material to work with.
Stewart does the best media bashing of anyone....and LiLo is their new low.
BT: Yeah, he needs to stick to the political stuff. Leave her to TMZ.
JMJ: But when he unleashes on the breathless "breaking news" on CNN about LiLo it's priceless...vapid media culture…what passes for "news." So Lindsay Lohan...she's the bastard child of O.J. Simpson. It all started with a white Ford Bronco and a low-speed chase in 1994.
BT: I'm sending The Parent Trap by FedEx so you can remember her in a positive light. She might not do much work after Machete.
JMJ: (laughs) She's got a bright future if she puts her mind to it.
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Brandon Tietz is the author of "Out of Touch" and the upcoming "Vanity" collection. He enjoys well-poured vodka tonics, the musical stylings of Röyksopp, and carbs.
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BUSHWICK — After decades of training some of the city's top amateur boxers, coach Juan Rivas is finally hosting the fiery brawls in his own neighborhood — in an eco-friendly gym just steps from his Bushwick apartment.
Rivas — a longtime Bushwick resident who has trained boxers for the past 42 years, including six Golden Gloves champions — is working with the neighborhood's 3-year-old Green Fitness Studio to host a match in the New York Golden Gloves annual tournament next month.
"I've put on shows for more than 30 years with the Golden Gloves," Rivas, 65, said of the citywide competition organized by the New York Daily News. "I just started working at Green Fitness. This is exciting — it's important for our community."
Rivas, known as "Argentina" after his country of birth, said the gym's boxing ring — made from recycled steel in the metal shop on the gym's ground floor — will host 16 male and female matches on the evening of March 6.
And five of Rivas' Green Fitness Studio students — Mauricio Sandoval, Oscar Moreno, Juan Lopez, Hector Ramirez and Alexis Gutierrez — will also compete in the tournament, the gym's owner Barry Borgen noted.
"They're all from Bushwick," Borgen said. "Everyone who visits our gym is from the neighborhood."
The New York tournament, which kicked off at the end of January and ends at the Barclays Center April 19, is part of USA Boxing's Golden Gloves of America.
When the tournament hits Bushwick, Borgen promised that his gym's 300-seat space on the second floor will be packed with high energy and entertainment.
"We're going to have a Latin DJ from Bushwick," Borgen said of the explosive event. "It's amazing they chose to come to us for the competition."
Green Fitness Studio's match starts at 7 p.m. March 6. Tickets, which are $25, can be purchased on the gym's website.


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Aviles' shot lifts Tribe over Birds
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Aviles homered leading off the 11th inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
Aviles connected on a 1-2 pitch from Brian Matusz (2-3), driving it onto the home run porch in left field for just Cleveland's second run in the past 22-plus innings. The Indians were shut out 1-0 by Arizona in 12 innings on Wednesday night.
As he neared home plate, Aviles slowed down and was splashed in the face with water by his jubilant teammates, who then embraced him and danced up the first-base line.
The walk-off win allowed the Indians to keep momentum in their playoff push. Cleveland has won four of five.
Scott Atchison (6-0) retired all six batters he faced and capped a night when the Indians got another big outing from starter Corey Kluber.
Kluber struck out 10 and allowed just one run and five hits in 7-plus innings. He remained unbeaten in eight starts since June.
Rookie Zach Walters homered for Cleveland.
The Orioles tied it in the eighth on J.J. Hardy's two-out single. After Kluber got two outs, Nelson Cruz singled off the right-hander, who has been on a remarkable run during the season's second half.
Kluber received a standing ovation from Cleveland's fans as he walked to the dugout, and he had barely taken a seat when the Orioles evened it against Bryan Shaw.
Delmon Young singled and Hardy, who missed the previous four games with a sprained left thumb, also singled, with Cruz scoring ahead of center fielder Michael Brantley's throw to the plate.
Even Kluber's no-decision was impressive. He has allowed just four runs in 47-plus innings in six second-half starts, giving him a formidable 0.76 ERA since July 6.
The stoic Kluber, nicknamed "Klubot" by for his passive demeanor, walked one.
Kluber's eight double-digit strikeout games this season are the most for an Indians pitcher since Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley in 1976.
Walters gave the Indians a 1-0 lead with a homer in the fifth off Baltimore's Wei-Yin Chen, who allowed only four hits in seven innings.
Walters hit his second homer since joining the Indians following a July 31 trade from Washington. He had grimaced after swinging and missing an earlier pitch, prompting manager Terry Francona and a trainer to visit him at the plate.
But Walters looked pain-free while driving 2-2 offering over the 19-foot-high wall in left-center field.
During his brilliant second-half stretch, Kluber has struck out 55 in less than 48 innings, outdueled Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, downed the Tigers and Yankees and carried a perfect game into the seventh at Kansas City on July 24 before getting a no-decision.
Kluber hasn't lost since June 30, and that was a 1-0 setback against the Dodgers.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Junior right-hander Sean Tracy (Farmingville, N.Y.) tossed a complete game, allowing just one run, as he led the Coker Cobras to a 3-1 win over Limestone College on Sunday afternoon in Conference Carolinas baseball action. The win gives Coker the series victory (2-1) and improves the Cobras to 13-21 overall and 5-10 in conference play. The Saints fall to 20-13 overall and 8-6 in the conference.
The Saints got on the board early thanks to an RBI single Micah Robinson that drove in Josh Troutman, who had got the offense started with a triple into right field, in the top of the first inning. However, that would be the only time Tracy would allow the Saints to score.
The Cobras answered Limestone's run with two of their own in the bottom of the first inning. The first run came by way of a bases loaded grounder to the second baseman by Matt Ammons (Chester, S.C.) that scored Zach Barnes (Monticello, Ind.). Unfortunately for the Saints the second Coker run came on the same play as Limestone's short stop sent his double play throw sailing over first base into the Coker dugout. The throwing error allowed Ammons to advance to second and plated Daniel Hiatt (Elwood, Ind.) from third base.
The score remained 2-1 until the bottom of the fifth when the Cobras added an insurance run by way of a bases loaded sac fly from Tyler Witzel (Melbourne, Fla.) that scored Jake Fraizer (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla.).
The rest of the game belonged to Tracy (2-5) on the mound. He was spectacular as he held the Saints scoreless for eight innings, scattering seven hits and striking out six along the way.
Matt Crisp (2-1) suffered the loss. He went six innings allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with four strikeouts.
Witzel was the Cobras leading hitter on the day with a pair of hits and an RBI, while Fraizer, Barnes and Hiatt each had a hit with a run scored and Nick Fuoco (Palm Bay, Fla.) also added a hit.
For the Saints, Troutman was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored, while Chad Balderman had two hits and Robinson drove in a run.
The series victory is Coker's second of the year, while the series loss is Limestone's first of the season.
The Cobras will be back in action on Thursday, March 30 when they travel to Augusta, Georgia to take on Paine College in a non-conference game starting at 2:00 p.m.


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Titus van Zon Hey Devon, I'm Titus, 19 years old and from Holland. I was planning a 2-3 month road trip east to west coast but my friend cancelled because of work. I still want to do a road trip through the US before i go to university. Your trip seems very interesting. I actually wanted to see some southern states but at this moment i'll take any chance i get because it's quite hard to find a travel partner. I just wanna go, enjoy and experience. If things dont work out we could always split. Let me know what you think. Greets, Titus
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Change 123
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In Change 123, we meet Makoto, a girl with a very strange problem. In order to cope with her 3 adoptive fathers' incredibly intensive training methods, she developed multiple personalities, each with a different martial specialty. But what happens if none of them can beat her opponent on their own? And what further nugget of wisdom will be imparted by the great Kamen Raider?
Does anyone else read this? I find it fun and of course ecchi stuff helps alot.
Lots of fighting, lots of ecchiness and the drawing of the girls are simply beautifull.. especially fujikkoneesan <3
The main girl char named Mokoto, an average meganekko shy girl, in face of danger however, one of 3 hidden personality of her took charge of her body. Hibiki, the bratty "I love trouble" kind of girl, Fujikko, the silent type oneesan <3, and the childish innocent moe Mikiri.
Throw in the typical standard guy, a kamen rider addict, who stumbled upon Mokoto's hidden personality.. Hilarity (and lots of ecchi thought) ensues.. Can Kosukegawa steal all 4 different girl personalities's hearts
Scanlation are up to chapter 14/volume 3.. Raw are available up to chapter 36/volume 8.
I declared Fujikkoneesan as mine! <3<3<3
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I've been reading this, very fun read and I think I'm gonna have to slap u down with a Kamehameha and take Fujikkoneeswan from ya!
.....infact I'm gonna take all 4 with me!!!
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Darnit KiNA, you beat me to it . After chap 14 was released yesterday(what an awesome cliffhanger btw), I was gonna make a topic about it. Oh well, saved me the trouble of writing a long post.
I'm just gonna point out that even though Kosukegawa is kinda weak, I like him as a character. At least he tries to protect Motoko and Hifumi in his own way can't wait to see what he does in chap 15.
You guys can have Fujiko, I'd much rater have Hibiki. Love those aggressive types .
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I've been reading this, and like it. Motoko reminds me of Kozue from Mahoraba for obvious reasons, but with the added element of being a martial artist.
The Kamen Rider Raider elements also keep me interested, since I've been a toku fan for a long time.
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Fujiko reminds me of CH's Saeko for some reason so it's a win in my book. So far the characters are OK, the art pleasing and the story is taking off : all good.
I'm not too much of a fan of the latest one, Zero. She's supposed to incarnate wrath but she looks like a mindless puppet...
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Why do I saw familiar faces again
We all have the same interest, eh
Zero failed to interest me as well, since she still have zero dialogue so far (and I've glimpse over all the raws too - must have more funee!)
Spoiler for ch38:
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Ah, I was actually going to do a search and see if this thread existed! Guess KiNA had that covered.
I love this manga! It's fun to read and has a nice balance of everything - romance, comedy, action, echhi...and it's grounded by a silly premise that actually has some merit to it with real life explanations. And the art is wonderful.
Spoiler for Chapter 14:
I don't think Zero's the "wild rage" type. I think she's the quiet "eye of the storm" type. She doesn't care, she doesn't feel, she doesn't think....she just kills whoever is in front of her. Kind of boring yeah, but I don't think she's going to be a recurring "villain" now that they've established how badass she is.
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Spoiler for response:
Been avoiding the raws because my understanding of written Japanese is nonexistent and I didn't want to only get half the story because of that. Well, that and I'm enjoying the somewhat weekly releases for now. When it switches to monthly I'm going to go into withdrawals like my other favorite monthly mangas.
I think I'm gonna do some renders of the artwork and make a few sigs though. Been itching to make some ROD sigs too. ^^
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I got into this manga only cause it reminded me of Gacha Gacha: Capsule with the multiple personalities and such but what I got was really funny Martial Arts comedy and an otaku main character whos into masked raider.
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When President Bush took office, his budget officials estimated the cumulative surplus for the years 2002-11 to be $5.6 trillion. Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its outlook for the next 10 years, in which it declared that the cumulative surplus for that 10-year period "has been all but eliminated." And that's before the president's proposed tax cuts or spending initiatives are factored into the budget.
We warned two years ago that the president was betting his budget on a blue-sky forecast and making his tax cuts so large that no margin was left for error. Now we are watching 15 years of fiscal effort unravel.
Faced with deficits as far out as we forecast, the president does not propose a budget summit, as his father did in 1990. He did not even mention the deficit in his State of the Union address. His 2004 budget, released yesterday, offers no solution -- just more of the same, particularly in the realm of tax reduction.
The tax cuts passed in June 2001 took a $1.35 trillion bite out of the surplus. To shoehorn them into the budget, they were written to expire by the end of 2010. The president now wants these tax cuts made permanent. If those and other expiring provisions are made permanent, the deficit will be increased by $617 billion between 2004 and 2013. On top of these tax cuts, the president wants $831 billion more, about half of which would go to exclude dividends from taxation. These two cuts together would exceed the first, and because all the surpluses are gone, every dollar to cover the reduction in revenue would have to be borrowed, adding $1.8 trillion (including interest) to the national debt. The spending increases in the president's budget are not quite as substantial as the tax decreases, but they are sizable:
* Annual defense spending will climb to $400 billion next year and $500 billion before the end of the decade.
* Though not included in the budget, the cost of a war in Iraq and its aftermath would be $50 billion to $100 billion.
* Homeland defense is a whole new account. The budget requests additional resources on top of the funding added since Sept. 11, 2001.
* Some $400 billion is sought over 10 years for prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
* Other, smaller initiatives, such as $15 billion to fight global AIDS, enlarge the total.
We have no quarrel with many of these spending requests. We argue with the notion that we can have it all and ignore the bottom line. We thought it was risky to pass a $1.3 trillion tax cut before knowing whether the $5.6 trillion surplus was likely to materialize. Now that the surplus is gone, we think it is irresponsible to add huge tax cuts on top of big spending increases, with no plan for bringing the budget out of deficit.
When the president came to office, people were debating how to put the Social Security surpluses in a "lockbox" so they could never be borrowed and spent again. The Bush administration proposed a standard: It said preserving surpluses "at least the size of the Social Security surplus" would be the "threshold condition of public finance." Under the budget just submitted, it proposes, without compunction, to borrow and spend all of the Social Security surplus over the next 10 years.
Two years ago we were also seriously debating how much of the $3.5 trillion in national debt could be paid. The president's budget would settle that debate too. Under it, none of the debt could be paid. Instead, over the next 10 years, the president's policies would add $2 trillion to $3 trillion in national debt.
Last September, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said, "History suggests that our abandonment of fiscal discipline will eventually push up interest rates, crowd out capital spending, lower productivity growth, and force harder choices upon us in the future." The president's budget threatens just such negative consequences. It would drain the resources needed to meet our long-term commitments to Social Security and Medicare. It would reduce national saving and investment, drive up long-term interest rates for consumers and businesses, and stifle future growth.
At this time of national challenge, we call on the president to respond in a unifying fashion. Like his father, he should convene a bipartisan budget summit. Democrats are ready to sit down with the president and hammer out a plan that puts us back on path toward balanced budgets while achieving our other national priorities.
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When it comes to sex, pro and amateur alike have issues. (It's a good thing too; otherwise I'd be out of work.) Weather one is just getting the hang of things or one is making bank pleasuring others, body awareness and sexual technique can be fine-tuned.
In our culture just about everyone, regardless of age, faces some kind of bugaboo about sex and/or intimacy. When we are young, inexperience and the sexual misconceptions and misinformation that accompanies youth can seem charming to some. Youth, after all, is a time for stumbling about.
Not so when we're all grown up. Those who are old enough to know better, but don't, are not judged as indulgently as greenhorn youth. Older folks are expected to learn the lessons of youth while we are young. And while there are a whole set of particular issues that arise for us in our middle years, it's exasperating to encounter an oldster who is still clueless about the fundamentals.
Hey Dick!
As you know, I am an escort. My business is doing very well. In fact, so well I need to ask if you know of any meds, besides Viagra, that I can take that will help me maintain an erection over a longer period of time?
Can I be frank? Here's the deal, let's say I have I have two one-hour clients during the day. Then a regular of mine calls and wants an all-nighter. That's not a problem other than the fact that this particular client wants to get fucked hard. I mean real hard, for hours at a time. He's an insatiable power bottom.
I want to be able to ride his ass, like the bitch he is. Hell, I'm even attracted to him. I just can't stay hard enough to fuck him like he likes (especially after having had the two clients before him that same day). Sometimes I have difficulty getting it up for him, and wind up finger-fucking him till my hand is sore. I do not want to lose this client. And shifting days is not the solution. Because when he wants it he wants it and I have to produce. That's what I do, I sell "muscle." I have a reputation for giving the best hard driving, dominating and controlling sex around.
Again, is there a medication I can take to maintain the erection?
— Works Hard
Dear WH,
Your life reads like a cheap porn movie script. Lordy, the good doctor nearly got the
vapors simply reading through your very explicit missive. (As you can see, I had to edit out some of the more gory details so I could protect your identity in this public forum.) Of course, as you suggest, it never hurts to advertise. You're so bad!
I thoroughly understand the pressures you and other sex workers face. It's not as glamorous a life as it is often portrayed, huh? Ok, so you're beautiful, men idolize you and crave your attention. You're getting loads of sex, putting all those "bitches" in their place, and crying all the way to the bank. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. But then again, there are all those sniggling performance issues that even a he-man like you must contend with.
The trouble lies in the fact that you are a workaholic. And that's never good, regardless of the work one does. Sex work, like any other work, will burn you out if you're not careful. If you don't learn to pace yourself, darlin', you'll fizzle. (How's that for an appropriate euphemism?) And from what you tell me, this is already beginning to happen. Keep it up (no pun intended), you won't be the first causality in this line of work, nor will you be the last. But If you ask me, and I happen to know a little something about sex work myself, the object here is to grow old (or older in your case) in your chosen profession.
I'm tellin' ya, WH, if the erectile burnout don't get ya the psychological torment will. I'll bet you're terrified the word will get out that MR. Big-Beautiful-29-year-old-Stud-Power-Fucker can't get it up. That would be real bad for business. And you know how those johns can gossip. Bitches! They don't know that you're servicing men at a rate that would make a superhero blush. All they see is limp willie and that spells trouble right there in River City.
It's not surprising that you are having erection concerns given the number of clients you are seeing in one day. I mean, girlfriend, when do you find time to eat? You don't need a new med, you need a vacation. If Viagra and a good cock ring don't do the trick, then, in my humble opinion, your body is telling you to slow the fuck down.
And here's another tip; research is beginning to show that prolonged and persistent use of Viagra can have some very unpleasant side effects. Those who overuse this potent cardiovascular drug, particularly young men who use it recreationally, may be in for some very unpleasant surprises down the road. So, I have one simple suggestion, WH, have a care about your sexual wellbeing and treat your dick gently. Despite the pounding you can inflict with it, it is a very delicate mechanism.
Good Luck
Dear doc, I am just about to turn 50 years of age. Is there a sex life ahead for me? I love sex clubs and anonymous sex. But is it too late for me to get into a relationship.
— Washed up?
I regret to inform you, Washed, sex does, indeed, come to a screeching halt right as you turn 50. In fact your dick is gonna fall off too, cuz you ain't gonna be needin' that little thing no more.
I mean, come on, I'm sure you know better than that. Thanks to the wonders of modern pharmacology even Bob Dole is getting laid, for Christ sake. Wake up and smell the coffee, Washed!
Oh, and one other thing, since there's no guarantee that you've taken note of this subtlety, especially seein' how you missed the big picture above, I have a tip for you. If it's relationship sex you're after, you're gonna have to look for that in a different venue than where you are currently skulking around for stand-up sex. And you can pretty much count on the fact that relationship sex is gonna demand a whole different set of skills than anonymous sex. Do you have what it takes? Hmmm, the jury is still out on that. But if you're just now lookin to nest at 50, I'd say an acquittal is highly unlikely.
Good Luck
Dear Doctor, I am gay, 49 and after a "broken heart" in my 30's I went back to the closet for 20 years. I feel so lonely. Seems I have wasted my life. At my age, how can I ever find a lover with whom I can truly be happy, both spiritually and sexually? This is very difficult for me and I really would appreciate any good advice. Thank you. Kind regards.
— Lonely in Louvain
Dear LL,
Hey, it's never too late to find what you are looking for. However, this particular quest is not for the faint of heart. If you're prone to retreat into your shell, or closet as the case may be, every time you are disappointed or rejected, don't even start this adventure. But, if your life of loneliness and isolation has taught you to value the companionship and love of others, then your years in the closet may not have been a total waste. Get out there and make a difference.
Live authentically; it is the best aphrodisiac. You may not find everything you are looking for in one package, but that shouldn't matter. That's the stuff for fairytales. The object is to satisfy your needs. So, if you find satisfying sex with one person and spiritual fulfillment with another, so be it.
And may I suggest that you try and expand your concepts of what defines happiness for you. You don't want to box yourself in now that you're finally venturing out of the closet.
Good Luck


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A recent MeriTalk survey revealed the problem federal agencies have managing the growing onslaught of records and recommended steps agencies could take to get on top of the situation.
Inefficient record management is hampering operations and causing agencies to exceed annual budgets by 17 percent, or $5 million, according to a new MeriTalk survey. Read more.
One thing the study does not address is whether the move to cloud computing could help agencies better manage the growth of records and promote more collaboration across agencies. The administration initially was wary of cloud as a storage option, but that appears to be changing.
The National Archives and Records Administration in 2010 released guidance to make federal records officers more aware of the implications of moving records management to cloud infrastructures. At the time, NARA officials said that cloud applications could lack the capability to maintain records in a way that maintains their functionality and integrity throughout the records' full lifecycle.
However, in August 2012, an Office of Management and Budget directive put NARA in charge of overseeing the development of a robust records management framework based on cloud architecture, secure storage and analytical tools.
The directive outlined a number of action items that should be completed by December 2013. One in particular relates to cloud computing. The directive states that NARA, working in conjunction with OMB, would "incorporate into existing reporting requirements an annual agency update on new cloud initiatives, including a description of how each new initiative meets Federal Records Act obligations and the goals outlined in the directive. For the initial report the agency will identify any existing use of cloud services or storage and the date of implementation."
State governments are also turning to the cloud as a way to efficiently manage records and save money.
For instance, a cloud-based records management system in the office of Oregon's Secretary of State produced such improvements in access and processing time that officials are now expanding it statewide. The Oregon Records Management Solution will let state, city and county agencies manage and provide access to records in an efficient, uniform manner and will save money on storage, risk and litigation costs, officials said.
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No. I don't care what system is out there eventually the hackers beat the system. Too much risk when dealing with privacy information. This has been proven historically and the government is no exception to the threat. When reductions come around the first individuals a Commander will get rid of is the IT people who normally continually search files for threats. Since IT has been centralized individuals can lose up to a month in lost production as all files are on computers and you can't get to them because servers have been taken down. Uneducated IT individuals with not enough certificate being assigned to do extremely valuable system loads have wiped out entire programs which can take days/weeks to recover. Don't see where the government is saving money by having a bunch of high level managers who don't do the ground work to keep programs going but draw big paychecks making decisions for organizations they have no clue about operational systems. Big mistake when IT operations were taken out of individual organizations; not it's just a bunch of finger pointing between bases blaming OPSEC and vice versus.
No, the "answer" is not. All it results in is a set of new questions that need to be answered. While Agencies use "private clouds" that are typically not accessible from outside, they still have to establish protocols for access and carefully manage them to ensure only those who REQUIRE access to content are allowed access to it. Much of the information stored is still sensitive or subject to privacy control requirements and must be properly protected from improper access. As people move from job to job within Agencies or between Agencies, they no longer have a "need to know" or "roight to access" certain information, so access controls must be turned on and off accordingly.
Also, depending on who manages the cloud and how it is backed up, challenges will exist for isolating content in those backups from improper access while the data is "at rest".
Federal Agencies should take a hard look at lessons learned by others who have failed to improperly secure and protect data placed in "cloud repositories" in the private sector- the medical, financial and education sectors have had problems with exposure... and certain public agencies at State and Local levels who have entrusted their email and document storage to the ubiquitous cloud have also experienced problems, mainly form failing to limit access and establish proper controls.
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If Thursday's selling was inflated by pre-weekend fears… then should Friday morning's rally have held onto at least some of its gains? Closing unchanged in such a wide intraday range, following two wide intraday slides, is an opportunity for a bottom. An opportunity. Meanwhile, it maintains potential simply to resume the decline.
Pattern points… (Setups and technicals)
Friday's 1375.50-1376.00 close was only fractionally (decimally?) higher than Thursday's close. In any case, it was not negative. And a future negative close is all but assured by Wednesday and Thursday's breakout and confirmation. So, this is not a low.
At least a new low close on Friday was avoided, which would have signaled the trend's momentum intact. It may be intact for other reasons, but that's one fewer.
The 1363.50 pre-open low was arrived at by probing the prior low temporarily, and then trending down lower. This is a "new Globex trend extreme" that requires being retested intraday.
Friday afternoon's trading range formed a Descending Triangle. A very wide one, at that. Closing back under 1376.50 suggested that it was preparing to break lower, with sufficiently lower targets to consider holding-short through the close. The setup is much less attractive into the weekend, since liquidity is days away in case of gapping up.
And gapping up instead is possible. Price trended down into Friday's close, and the afternoon's ~1384.00 high printed before the final hour. So, gapping up Monday to and/or through 1384.00 would trigger a "session-long rally" setup. And gapping up at all Monday in this wide of a range could gap up a lot.
What's Next… (Outlook and opportunities)
With a lower target in-play, and the potential for another corrective bounce, the Saturday Strategy Session will have plenty to discuss. Especially individual stocks, many of which have been jarred loose by the past week's action. See you there, say 9:30-ish? Great!
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Early in 2012, Trombone Shorty played one concert where he got so caught up watching the legendary players assembled onstage — Jeff Beck, B.B. King and Mick Jagger were among the musicians jamming with the New Orleans trombonist at the time — that he momentarily forgot where he was.
"I'm up there with all these heavy hitters, and then I looked out at the crowd and it was like, 'Oh yeah, I'm here with the President, too,'" said Shorty, born Troy Andrews 27 years ago. "I completely forgot I was at the White House."
These surreal experiences have become increasingly commonplace for the non-short jazzman (he's actually about six feet tall), who recently spoke by phone about everything from his recurring role on the HBO series "Treme" to the famous rapper who turned up at one of his band's gigs.
You got the nickname Shorty because the instrument was taller than you when you started playing. What inspired you to pick up the trombone at such an early age?
I have a really musical family. A bunch of my cousins play with the Rebirth Brass Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band and various bands around town, and my brother James is a trumpet player. Instruments were the toys growing up in my house. It was one of those things that was part of everyday life. As time went by, my brother put a little trombone in my hand and made me his sidekick.
You've said in the past that you were born humming "When the Saints Go Marching In."
That's what my mom told me. I don't know how true that is [laughs].
Does everyone in your family have some musical ability? Or do you have that one random accountant brother who can't even clap on beat?
[Laughs] New Orleans is really strange place. I think everyone here creates some type of music. I have some friends who don't know anything about music from a technical standpoint, but you can give them a drumstick and they'll play the most intricate rhythms just because they've grown up around it and heard it their whole life. It's a really musical city. Even when people speak to you and say your name there's a note to that. I see people at the bus stop with no headphones on just dancing for no reason. It's just that powerful.
Even the funerals are celebrations there. How much does that spirit inform your music?
The spirit is everything. We celebrate in New Orleans. At funerals, everyone is going to cry because of course we lost someone, but after we get through whatever it may be everyone starts dancing and doing whatever to celebrate the person's life. That is a part of my music. I played a bunch of those funerals ... and you can see it lift people up. My music is feel-good, and it's a direct product of the culture and the way we live.
What did it mean to you to perform your grandfather Jessie Hill's song "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" on an episode of "Treme"?
It was great. My brother, he spent a lot of time with my grandfather, and he keeps that song alive, so it felt great to be able to play that song with my brother standing alongside me. I was honored they allowed us to play it.
You grew up in the heart of the Treme. How has the neighborhood bounced back in the years since Hurricane Katrina? Has it recaptured some of the magic you remember from your childhood?
We got a little percentage of it left, but it's not what it was. My neighborhood didn't really get damaged by the storm [because] that part of the city is higher up. But the people that made the neighborhood what it was, they're not there. We hanging on. We have a little Treme Brass Band and we have one or two bars where we try to keep the music going. But when I was growing up I'd walk to school and I'd see a funeral going on and I'd come home at the end of the day and there was another celebration going on for someone's birthday party. Now it's different because you have people who may have moved into the Treme and may have heard of the Treme, but they have no idea what it's really about.
Dr. Dre recently attended one of your shows. How tempted were you to call out from the stage to ask if there was a doctor in the house?
[Laughs] I didn't want to put him on spot like that. I grew up listening to Dr. Dre, and for him to actually be there? I couldn't believe it. I got to talk to him for a while before the show, and it was a real dream come true.
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, 8 p.m. Nov. 8-9 at Vic Theatre. $26.
Q&A: Trombone Shorty
Early in 2012, Trombone Shorty played one concert where he got so caught up watching the legendary players assembled onstage — Jeff Beck, B.B. King and Mick Jagger were among the musicians jamming with the New Orleans trombonist at the time — that he momentarily forgot where he was.