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And here's the text of the piece the BBC aired in September, or you can listen here.
There is an old saying here in the Middle East that a woman's grave remains open for forty days after childbirth; so I guess now is a good time to reflect on my recent experience of the maternity ward of a large hospital here in Beirut.
That's far from the only adage I've heard over the last nine months. Folk wisdom is held in higher esteem than white coats and I was warned against a great many evils, from ketchup to crossing my legs. My local well-wishers spurned modern ultrasound and confidently told me the baby's gender, basing their conclusions on what I ate and whether I looked more or less attractive than pre-pregnancy. Admittedly, their gender predictions were only wrong half the time. The few who were not categorical invariably told me, "Inshallah it's a boy, God willing."
Given this traditional social backdrop, I wasn't sure what to expect during my brief hospital stay for the delivery, so I dropped by for a tour of the facilities. The façade was shiny and modern, though the effect was somewhat undermined by signs warning visitors that: "Firearms are strictly forbidden in the hospital". In the delivery suite I innocently asked the doctor whether there would be a mirror on the day to see the crowning as in some European hospitals. "No," he told me, deadpan, "that's what you get for giving birth in the third world."
The irony became apparent when the midwife showed me round the accommodation options, which have clearly been borrowed from a hotel brochure. "There's first class, second class, junior suite and VIP," she said. "The top-end rooms boast a separate sitting room, a fridge, a PC, Wi-Fi and a webcam." I looked at the plaque on the door of the sitting room marking it as the exclusive reserve of the patient's guests. "That must help keep all those visitors out of your way," I suggested, and she made a face.
"What's the no-frills option like?" I asked. She showed me rooms shared by two beds with an en suite loo and the shower down the corridor. Not exactly hardship. Still, what would people think? In death, perhaps, all are equal, but for the Lebanese, social distinction is just as important in sickness as in health.
The fact that a hospital does better business by reducing its patient capacity in order to provide hotel-style creature comforts is rather telling. In this tiny country, where first world meets third, luxury has become almost mundane. Extravagance is not just for the rich, the lower middle classes are getting their dose too.
Domestic help epitomises this trend. Here, live-in maids are more common than dishwashers. Unlike the latest Whirlpool appliance, they still work during the daily power cuts and they've got a lot more functions. And just like those one-time luxury machines in the West, immigrant workers are now cheap enough in Lebanon for families on a very average income, costing about $200/£150 a month.
But cheap labour is not the only factor behind this generalisation of luxury. Society here feels an overriding need to be seen living the high life. The civil war shook up the fortunes of many and new money has been decisive to the way that people have tried to redefine their sense of identity. When dozens of friends and family turn up the day after you've given birth – because they will – it now matters that you have a VIP lounge with your name on it and a fridge to store the delicacies they bring. Once home, having hired staff open the door to your guests in a frilly apron is just another way to keep up with the neighbours.
In fact, 24/7 home help is so run-of-the-mill in Beirut that new distinctions are needed to establish one's social standing, giving free rein to racial prejudice. A Filipina with pale skin and good English may be favoured over a Bangladeshi, while a Malagasy import tops the charts for many who want their children to grow up speaking French.
As I leave the hospital, I give the parking guy my pink ticket – because valet parking isn't just for posh restaurants and hotels, it's for anything from corner shops to fast food chains. He expects a decent tip, of course. After all, aren't all Westerners rich? I wonder what he would think if he knew that back home we park our own cars when we're not on the bus, and that most people giving birth share a ward with another three to five women.
Thinking back, as my grave prepares to close again, I reckon there are harder places to dodge death for forty days.


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National Safe Boating Week; Friends of Man�s Best Friend annual golf event
Week to emphasize safe boating
In recognition of National Safe Boating Week, Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy has proclaimed Saturday through May 24 as Safe Boating Week in Kinston.
To kick off the week, the Kinston Sail & Power Squadron is offering free boat inspections or vessel safety checks beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Neuse Sport Shop on Highway 70 East. Certified examiners will check boats for safety items and, upon passing inspection, the boat will receive a decal verifying that it meets federal safety requirements.
The squadron also promotes water safety through its �Wear It� campaign. New innovations in life jackets have produced a smaller, sleeker and more comfortable version, leaving no reason not to �wear it.�
The Kinston squadron is chartered to the United States Power Squadrons, America�s largest family boating organization dedicated to boating education, civic service and fun. Members operate sail and power boats, and ownership of a boat is not a requirement for membership.
The Kinston squadron offers Coast Guard approved safe boating classes throughout the year, plus two-hour seminars on a variety of boat related topics and numerous advanced courses for members.
For more information about inspections, call Robert Pittman at 252-361-4304; for course information, call Chip Athey at 252-522-3287; for squadron membership information, call Hyman Stadiem at 252-522-4591.
Fundraiser to help animals, shelters
Friends of Man�s Best Friend will have its eighth annual golf and tennis charity event at noon May 30 at the Kinston Country Club.
Sponsored by Happy Jack Inc. since 1946, the event will welcome North Carolina golf professionals and their guests for a day of golf, food and fun. Participants can bid on season tickets to the Carolina Panthers and at least four Duke vs. UNC basketball tickets. ECU and N.C. State University tickets also will be on the auction block.
Friends� primary effort is to reduce the population of unwanted pets by subsidizing the cost of spay/neuter procedures. Spay/neuter certificates are funded by Friends and sold by Happy Jack and Second Chances Thrift Store. They are accepted by veterinary clinics in Lenoir and Greene counties and surrounding areas.
Proceeds from this event are the major source of funds for Friends and their efforts to reduce admissions to animal shelters. Sponsorships are available.
For information, call the Happy Jack office at 252-747-2911 or Second Changes at 252-520-0003.

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R&B Comedy: 10 Most Ridiculous R. Kelly Jams
Most people won't admit to liking R. Kelly in 2013 for obvious reasons but they still play his classics on the lowest of lows when no one's around. Say what you want about the 8th grader-loving sicko (allegedly), he's an R&B legend responsible for pure audio comedy. Whether it's intentional or not, we'll never know (or care).
Here are the ten most ridiculous R. Kelly jams. Take a look.
"Real Talk" –
The combination of Kellz being dead serious and the lyrics being completely ridiculous make this record hilarious. At some point, you expect him to burst into uncontrollable laughter but he never does.
"Thoia Thong" –
Neither Google nor God know what "Thoia Thong" means. In 2013, it's one of R&B's greatest unsolved mysteries.
"Feelin' on yo Booty" –
Kellz went from "playas wanna play, ballers wanna ball, rollers wanna roll" to "put your arms around me, I'm feelin' on your booty" to laughter while the record faded to black. He knew.
"You Remind Me of Something" –
"You remind me of something…I just don't know what it is." So, you chose to compare her to a jeep, Kellz?
"Ignition" –
You really have to be a stone-cold creep to whisper "let me stick my key in your ignition, baby" in a chick's ear. And if you did, we doubt you'd ever see her nekkid.
"In the Kitchen" –
Kellz compared a woman to a jeep, offered to stick his key in her ignition and now wants to make love on the kitchen counter, by the butter rolls? Kellz gotta be the creepiest creep of all R&B creeps.
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"Trapped in the Closet, Pt. 1/57" –
"He walks up to the CLOSET. He's close up to the CLOSET. Now he's at the CLOSET. Now he's opening the CLOSET." And Kellz was 100% serious about this.
"The Zoo" –
Now Kellz wants the woman to sound like zoo wildlife while he makes love to her in the kitchen before hiding in the closet from her husband. Pay homage.
"Pregnant" –
"Girl, you make me wanna getchu pregnaaaaaant." No one cuts to the chase better than Kellz.
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View district events and key school year dates on the Seattle Public Schools calendar.
Mid-winter break including Presidents Day (no school)
One-page calendar with 2018-19 key dates
Do you want to delete all occurrences of the recurring appointment "Mid-winter break: no school", or just this one?
Delete this occurrence.
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Justin Lamoureux
Justin Lamoureux is not your typical snowboarder, or human being for that matter. The first time you ride with him, you would think it was his first season by how excited he gets. He's more excited than a teenager and he's been snowboarding for 24 years It's the kind of passion that gets everyone going and giddy. And you better be prepared to ride the whole day and pack plenty of snacks because he doesn't stop.
Justin has had a long successful career as a competitive halfpipe snowboarder. He has circumnavigated the globe more than a flight attendant chasing competitions. He's been on the Canadian Halfpipe team since 1998, has numerous podiums under his belt as well as competing at both the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, finishing the latter in 7th place (a Canadian record). In 2010 he also won the famous FIS crystal globe for being the World Cup Champion. Not content to only compete in halfpipe, he's also spent a few years on the national team for boardercross, and had success in slopestyle and big air competitions as well. But, that is just the competitive side of his snowboarding.
Justin is really an explorer by nature. Having his riding start in the Eastern townships of Quebec, Justin was often on the run from ski patrol for being in the trees all day long looking for powder. When he moved to Banff, he met some of his greatest friends and started hiking around the Rocky Mountains on snowshoes to reach and search for lines. He's got first descents in Alberta, BC and Alaska (even a 'first surf' at a break in Alaska!) and has been lucky enough to ride lines in Europe, Chile, New Zealand, Japan and of course all over North America. Having lived for over a decade in beautiful Whistler and Squamish, BC Justin is routinely 'seen' guiding his splitboard into the deeper corners of his backyard looking for new lines.
Never one to sit still (or do one thing at a time) Justin is now designing snowboards for K2. Somehow balancing a desk job with being a pro snowboarder, a typical week goes from Autocad, to a world cup halfpipe competition to riding big couloirs. Sometimes all within 24 hours!
When not riding or making snowboards, Justin can be found surfing, climbing, mountain biking, skateboarding or building custom wooden objects at '1080 Wood'.
Supported by his beautiful wife Kimmie(who's vicious on uphills!), Justin also recently added 'dad' to his job descriptions.
To see more of Justin's daily journeys check out: www.justinlamoureux.com
Justin is beyond happy to have the support of Arc'teryx, K2 Snowboards, Whistler-Blackcomb, Chariot, Cheetah Factory Racing and tracing one of his roots back to Banff, the Rude Boys Snowboard shop.


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However, our kids are not getting the amount or quality of sleep they so desperately need. The biggest study of Australian children's sleep patterns found that today's children are sleeping 30 minutes less per night than their peers did in 1985, and with far-reaching and detrimental effects.
Does your child have a sleep deficit?
Everyone knows that tired kids are cranky kids. But the longer term and more serious consequences of sleep deprivation include impaired immune function and psychological problems such as memory and attention deficits.
Not only that, researchers at the UniSA's Centre for Sleep Research are now warning that sleep-deprived children and teenagers are at an increased risk of obesity.
"One in four kids in Australia is now obese and while sleep might not seem a likely culprit, there's growing scientific evidence that the less you sleep, the more likely you are to be obese," says Dr Sarah Blunden, lead researcher in the first study of its kind in Australia to look at the link between sleep and obesity and one of the first in the world to focus on kids.
Preliminary evidence from a small sampling of primary school students in Darwin found that 100 per cent of children who slept for less than six hours per night were either overweight or obese.
While well under the recommend nine to 10 hours sleep for children in this age group, researchers are now trying to determine if less than 7 or 8 hours sleep in children may have a similar effect.
"When we don't get enough sleep, we believe it might confuse our appetite hormones," Dr Blunden said. "The body's natural appetite suppressant would then become an appetite stimulant and people would gain weight. So far, it appears sleep is a factor in kids and if it is, it's certainly a controllable one."
Have sleep rules – and stick to them
According to Dr Blunden, the most important thing is for kids to have a regular bedtime and a regular wake time, which shouldn't be more than an hour later than usual on weekends and holidays.
"You should also keep TVs and computers out of kids' rooms - they're a stimulant and a temptation to stay awake, and they could affect your child's sleep hormone.
Spicy or salty foods, such as pizza, for dinner are a no-no, as theycan affect sleep and cause kids to wake in the middle of the night due to thirst.
Dr Blunden also recommends a quiet bedroom that's not too hot or too cold and a bedtime routine, such as reading a book to younger children or letting older kids listen to calming music with the lights out before bed.
Up their serotonin for quality sleep
The amount of sleep kids get directly relates to how much serotonin they have and how vulnerable to stress they are, according to Andrew Fuller, author of Tricky Kids: Transforming Conflict and Freeing Their Potential (Finch Publishing, 2010). Here are Andrew's tips for ensuring kids get great-quality sleep:
- No caffeine after 4pm (that includes soft drinks and energy drinks with lots of caffeine).
- No vigorous exercise in the two hours before bed.
- If they report feeling tired in the evening, it is a good idea to ask them to go to bed. If they push through that tiredness, they won't have another sleep wave for 90 minutes.
Remember, there is no such thing as a sleep bank. Just because your child slept 10 hours last night doesn't mean they can cope with only six hours tonight.
This article was written by Karen Fontaine for Kidspot, Australia's best parenting resource.


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Chinese Vice President Xi is visiting the United States. He will meet with the President & CEOs, but not labor leaders or the press. We, the People used to be in charge. Now it's "I wanna tell you how it's gonna be." ("You're gonna give your wages, benefits, jobs, companies, industries and economy to me.")
CEOs to press Xi on investment, counterfeiting,
Xi, who met with President Barack Obama at the White House, is making his visit ahead of his expected appointment as head of China's Communist Party later this year and to state president in 2013.
Executives from about 10 leading U.S. companies – including Coca-Cola, Motorola Solutions, DuPont and Walt Disney – are expected in the meeting with Xi, along with about 10 from the Chinese side.
Xi Visit Includes Top Chinese Business Leaders,
Some of China's most powerful business leaders are accompanying Vice President Xi Jinping on his visit to the U.S. this week.
Here is the roster, including the heads of private companies as well as state-owned enterprises, of those attending a CEO roundtable with Mr Xi and U.S. business leaders on Tuesday afternoon:
Wan Jifei – head of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. He's also a prominent "princeling" as his father was a former vice premier and parliament chief.
Wang Yilin – appointed last year as chairman of the state-run China National Offshore Oil Corp., China's biggest oil and gas producer by output.
Don't get me wrong, this is a vital visit, it is so good that our two countries are able to build a strong partnership and engage in mutual dialog. We have differences and we have interests in common. We must both immediately address Syria's suppression of its people. We must fix the trade imbalance, and most of the fault is China's. But our own ideological barriers to developing national industrial and economic policies are also at fault, as is our willingness to let our companies exploit labor as it is offered up for exploitation by the Chinese. They are seizing the means of production and we are selling them the rope to hang us with.
We should be pushing China to become much more like the US, instead we are becoming much more like China/
"We Need A Plan"
Scott Paul of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, writing at Politico, says we need a plan: U.S. must end China's rulers' free pass,
We shouldn't fear China's citizens. But we should be worried about the actions of its authoritarian — and, yes, still communist — regime that tightly controls the People's Republic. And we should be downright terrified by some of our own leaders' attitudes toward China.
[. . .] History didn't do in the Soviet Union. A sustained and aggressive strategy did. China engaged our business and political elites — and seduced them into believing these policies were no longer necessary.
… There has been no strategy, no effort to prevail economically.
Critics of China are decidedly uncool — cast as xenophobes, hawks and protectionists, though our positions are entirely in line with prevailing (and correct) U.S. efforts to promote American ideals while expanding our economy.
No one is suggesting that China is an enemy and we should just update our Cold War strategies. No one can accurately define what China's intentions are in terms of foreign policy or defense. But on the economic front, the lessons of the past are instructive: We need a plan.
…U.S. companies, desperate to reach China's 1 billion-plus consumers, just give in. They help to censor, to oppress and to exploit. They accept terrible terms for trade and investment. They also give up proprietary technology.
…Multinational manufacturers in China are often apologists for Chinese economic policies because in the short term they benefit from the status quo — even if such policies harm America's long-term economic strength.
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At UTSA, we are committed to the success of our students. To recognize student's academic achievements, UTSA offers scholarships to help students pay for a quality education. One of the many scholarships offered is the Distinguished Presidential Scholarship. The Distinguished Presidential Scholarship is new to UTSA and is open to qualified incoming freshman that meet certain criteria. There are several other scholarships offered at UTSA. A list of those can be found on the Scholarship website.
By simply completing one application, you can apply for all general UTSA scholarships awarded through Financial Aid for which you may qualify and it is recommended you complete the FAFSA.
Merit Scholarships
The Distinguished Presidential Scholarships, which hold a value up to $24,000, are awarded to recognize incoming freshman's academic achievements. The Distinguished Transfer Scholarships, which hold a value up to $6,000, are awarded to recognize incoming transfer student's academic achievement.
» Freshman: see how to qualify for the Distinguished Presidential Scholarship
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UTSA Top Scholar Program
The UTSA Top Scholar program combines a merit based scholarship with personalized signature experiences in academics, leadership and community service.
Scholarships offered by UTSA's Admission Office
The undergraduate admission's office offers three scholarships to freshmen and transfer students.
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The Office of International Programs has information on scholarships to international students. More general UTSA scholarships are available through the UTSA's Scholarships Office.
UTSA's General Scholarships
First-time freshmen and transfer students can apply for UTSA general scholarships awarded through Financial Aid and Enrollment Services when you apply via applytexas.org.
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Blind Faith was either one of the great successes of the late 1960's, a culmination of the decade's efforts by three legendary musicians–or it was a disaster of monumental proportions, and a symbol of everything that had gone wrong with the business of rock at the close of the decade. In actual fact, Blind Faith was probably both.
By any ordinary reckoning, the quartet compiled an enviable record. They generated some great songs, two of them ("Sea of Joy", "Presence of the Lord") still regarded as classics 30-plus years later; sold hundreds of thousands of concert tickets and perhaps a million more albums at the time; and they were so powerful a force in the music industry, that they were indirectly responsible for helping facilitate the merger of two major record companies that evolved into Time Warner, before they'd released a note of music on record. And they did it all in under seven months together.
Blind Faith's beginnings dated from 1968 and the break-up of the Cream. That band had sold millions of records and eventually achieved a status akin to that of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Cream's internal structure was as stressful as it was musically potent, however, as a result of the genuine personal dislike between bassist-singer Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, which occasionally overwhelmed the respect they had for each other as musicians, leaving guitarist-singer Eric Clapton to serve as mediator. After two years of service as a referee, spent all the while in an unremitting spotlight, the public seemingly hanging on every note he played, Clapton was only too happy to leave that situation behind.
The initial spark for Blind Faith came from Clapton and Steve Winwood, whose band Traffic had split up in January of 1969, amid acrimonious disputes over songwriting and direction. Winwood at age 20 was some three years younger than Clapton, and had emerged as a rock star at 17 as a member of the Spencer Davis Group, spending three years as their lead singer on a string of enviable r&b-based hits. His concerns were musical–he wanted to work with the best musicians, and wanted to experiment with jazz, which led him to leave the Spencer Davis Group and form Traffic, which proved riven by egos nearly as strong as the members' musical impulses. The January 1969 break-up would be the first of several temporary splits in the band's line-up.
The two musicians had long admired and respected each other — they shared an enthusiasm for and dedication to the blues, and complimented each other in the sense that Clapton's work was more oriented toward Mississippi Delta blues and its urban descendants, while Winwood came out of more of an r&b sound and had the voice to make that work, and both were interested in experimenting in a group situation without any pressure. It had even occurred to Clapton during the months of Cream's disintegration that the addition of a fourth member on keyboards might have stabilized the band, in terms of both its music and its internal dynamics.
As it turned out, nothing could have saved Cream, but he looked up Winwood anyway after the band's demise, in late December of 1968, and the two found that they genuinely liked working together. The notion of forming a band took shape as an eventual goal during jams between the two that lasted for hours. At one point, Clapton even considered forming another trio, between himself and Winwood and a third member as drummer. These ideas took a sharp, new, more immediate turn when Ginger Baker turned up to sit in with them in January of 1969. The results were impressive to all concerned, and the drummer was eager to be let into the group they were planning.
Clapton found himself in a personal bind, having promised Baker on Cream's demise that they would work together on their next project, but he was not looking forward to reuniting with him just nine weeks after the old group's final show, with all of the expectations that their link-up would engender from outsiders. Apart from his resentment at being the buffer between Baker and Bruce, Clapton had felt straightjacketed in Cream, required by the demands of fans and, by extension, the record company, to write, play, and sing blues-based rock in a certain way; and he'd also felt trapped in the band's experimental departures from blues. Winwood, who failed to appreciate the dangers that Clapton saw or the seriousnness of the guitarist's resistance, finally persuaded him, largely on the basis on the fact that Baker's presence only strengthened them musically, and that they would be hard put upon to find anyone his equal.
They began working out songs early in 1969, and in February and March the trio was in London at Morgan Studios, preparing the beginnings of basic tracks for an album, which began seriously taking shape as songs at Olympic Studios in April and May under the direction of producer Jimmy Miller. The music community was already onto the link-up, despite Clapton's claim that he was cutting an album of his own on which Winwood would play. The rock press wasn't buying any of it, knowing that Baker was involved as well, and then the promoters and record companies got involved, pushing those concerned for an album and a tour.
What's more, they were offering more money than ever, for what seemed, from a business standpoint, a very good reason. Beginning with the Disraeli Gears album in 1967 and running thru Wheels of Fire in late 1968, Cream had been virtually a money-machine for their record labels, music publishers, and concert promoters alike. Their break-up had been a blow to the music business akin to the death of a top performer; it was hard for their record labels, Atlantic in America and Polydor in Europe, or the promoters prepared to book their tours, who or what could replace them on the ledger books. (It was true that Atlantic had at least one other major blues-rock iron in the fire at the time, in the guise of a new band called Led Zeppelin, but in early 1969 no one yet had an inkling of precisely how big that quartet was going to become).
Thus, the idea, coming along just three months later, of Eric Clapton reuniting with Ginger Baker and performing with Steve Winwood, who was, himself, a major star in England, was like a resurrection. And given a new bite at the apple, the record labels were salivating as they opened their checkbooks to write out big advances, and every concert promoter who could tried to get in on the money to be made, offering huge sums for the chance to profit from a tour by such a band.
It was all impossible to resist. In May, the final version of the band came together with the addition of Rick Grech, a talented musician but hardly a star, on bass. A member of the band Family (which he abandoned in the middle of their U.S. tour), Grech took the bassist's spot in the new group in preparation for going out on the road. By then the group was known as Blind Faith, a slyly cynical reference that reflected Clapton's outlook on the new group. His doubts might've been taken more seriously if anyone had stopped to dwell on the fact that they'd hardly had time to work out any songs beyond those that were going onto the album–at least, none that were not associated with other bands.
Tours were booked, first of northern Europe and then America, with millions of dollars promised for the latter, contracts signed, and advances paid. The band made its debut at a concert in London's Hyde Park on June 7, 1969, in front of 100,000 fans who'd been primed by weeks of press reports heralding Blind Faith as "super Cream" and their tour as an event akin to the Second Coming.
From that first show, there was trouble over the split between the adulation accorded the band and Clapton's misgivings over the quality of the group's work. A perfectionist by nature, he reportedly left the stage at Hyde Park shaken over the ragged quality of the show they'd given, while 100,000 people roared with approval over their performance. He could already see the same pattern that had made his stay with Cream utterly enervating as a musical experience re-emerging with Blind Faith–the fans could cheer all they wanted, but he had musicianship to care about and worry over, and it was a lousy show. The tour had already been booked, however, and there was more involved than Clapton's musical sensibilities to consider. And, in a sense, maybe the promoters knew more than Clapton did–it turned out that all the quartet had to do was show up to please the crowds that they found.
Unbeknownst to Clapton as he pondered going out on the road with an unprepared, under-rehearsed band–and it would have boggled his mind had he known–on the other side of the Atlantic, the hype surrounding Blind Faith had already affected a much bigger part of the record industry than any aspect of the group's impending tour ever would. In early 1969, Warner-Seven Arts, previously known as the Kinney Corporation (a company that made millions in the parking garage business), was in the process of acquiring record companies. Under the guidance of their president, Steve Ross, they'd already bought Warner Bros. studios, which included Warner-Reprise Records, and had arranged to purchase Atlantic Records late in 1968.
Ross knew, however, that Atlantic was worth acquiring only if its president, founder, and chief guiding personality, Ahmet Ertegun, stayed with the company–but Ertegun, a true music enthusiast as well as a superb businessman, wasn't convinced that he wanted to work for a corporate owner. He'd founded Atlantic with his brother and a partner, and liked being his own boss and calling the musical shots as he'd seen them, rather than reporting to anyone else.
Ross saw his investment in jeopardy and scheduled a meeting with Ertegun to try and convince the man to stay on. The problem for Ross was that Atlantic was practically a part of Ertegun, and Ertegun was almost as much an artist as a businessman, all of which was part of the secret of his success in holding together a team of creative production and engineering geniuses like Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd, not to mention the stable of artists they worked with.
A few nights before the meeting, he'd been at home when his teenage son passed through with a friend, who'd heard that Ross was in the process of buying Atlantic Records. The friend had started telling Ross about how hot Atlantic Records looked to be, and about the break-up of the Cream; he enthused over Clapton's hook-up with Winwood and Baker, and the notion being floated in the press of the Blind Faith tour and album, the latter to be released by Atlantic, and how every rock listener in America was just waiting to grab up that album and pay to see the group.
Ross, who was of an age that made him part of Vaughn Monroe's or Patti Page's audience, hadn't a clue what the teenager was talking about, and knew nothing about Cream, Clapton, or Blind Faith. As he later recounted it, however, when he met with Ertegun, the matter of Blind Faith came up in the conversation, as Ertegun was trying to explain what Atlantic was involved in musically. Ross saw his opening and tried his best to run with it, desperately attempting to recall, as he stood there talking, everything that his son's friend had told him about the Cream, Clapton, Baker, and Winwood, even though he knew nothing of the music involved. Ertegun, who was at least impressed with Ross's attempt to communicate with him about music, agreed to remain with the new management of Atlantic, which prospered in the 1970's and 1980's under his guidance even more than it had in the 1950's and 1960's. Thus marked the beginning of what soon became Warner-Elektra-Atlantic and, most recently, Warner-EMI Records.
The brief Blind Faith tour of northern Europe in June of 1969 went well. These were out-of-the-spotlight events in small clubs, before serious audiences that were there to listen to music–northern Europe had (and has) a long tradition for offering this kind of audience, which allowed bluesmen of lesser stature than Clapton et al to earn decent livings playing in that part of the world.
From there, however, they moved on to the United States, making their debut at Madison Square Garden on July 12 in front of more than 20,000 people. A riot developed when fans charged the stage, only to be repulsed by the police; in the half-hour melee that ensued, Ginger Baker was clubbed on the head by a policeman who thought he was an interloper, and Winwood's piano was destroyed. The environment and that sort of passion placed the group in a ridiculous situation–in truth, they didn't sound that good and they knew it, and the nature of sound systems in 1969 destroyed whatever panache they might've brought to their performance, as an under-rehearsed group; yet audiences roared and demanded more music, and rioted at their shows.
It was that way along the entire tour, seven weeks across the United States and Canada ending in Hawaii, marred by particularly angry confrontations between fans and police in Los Angeles. Even as they made their way across the country, the band was questioned about why Clapton seemed to be placing himself on the periphery and giving center-stage to Winwood, who was far less well known in America at that time. The band's repertory also seemed very light, their new material–even allowing for the inevitable Ginger Baker drum solo on "Do What You Like"–amounting to barely an hour's worth of music. The way the band had been marketed, the requests for performances of earlier hits by each of the star members, especially Clapton and Baker's work with Cream, were inevitable, and the group obliged them.
Clapton was now trapped in a kind of "mega-Cream" situation, only worse–there hadn't been any riots at the trio's shows–and seemed as though he'd rather have been somewhere else. To him, it must have seemed as though he'd sold his soul to the Devil; there was no backing out on the tour, just enduring it, and hoping that when the smoke cleared the monetary reward would mitigate the miseries he'd suffered. Where the music they were playing should have been the highlight, it was a chore and an obligation. He did find a haven in music along the tour, but not Blind Faith's–one of the opening acts was a country- and blues-based rock act called Delaney & Bonnie, who had a fun, freewheeling approach to performing and a surprisingly soulful sound. He began spending more time hanging out with them than with the members of Blind Faith, listening to what they were doing and enjoying it, and comparing notes on the blues with Delaney Bramlett.
Blind Faith's tour ended on August 24, 1969. By that time, the self-titled album–which ran into controversy over its cover, of a topless pre-pubescent girl, and was repackaged in America with a photo of the group–had been out for almost a month, and had already sold more than half-a-million copies in America alone, hitting No. 1 on the charts in England and America. The money was rolling in to all concerned even as they realized that the album showcased one of the fundamental flaws in the band's conception. There was very good music on Blind Faith, but there wasn't a lot of it–barely 40 minutes' worth, which was hardly a body of music worthy of a international-class act. It was a good album, but those six songs didn't constitute a repertory, much less a defined sound.
In a more logical sequence of events, the group would've spent more weeks rehearsing, and played some more small gigs in England or northern Europe, perfecting their sound and working out material. They would've had time to become a group, with the debut album issued in the midst of that; and then prepared a second LP, recorded and ready to go when their international bookings began, shows for which they would've had at least a dozen songs that they could claim as their own.
Instead, the logic collapsed like a row of dominoes falling: Baker joining, which got the press excited about a reconstituted Cream, which raised the stakes and the pressure for an immediate tour and an even more immediate album. In the end, Blind Faith was like a baby removed too soon from the womb and asked to grow and thrive.
The group returned to England amid alternate rumors of a UK tour or a break-up. By October, what was already a forgone conclusion to the members became official–there would be no second Blind Faith album, not from the studio or even a live album (though a couple of live tracks surfaced on the 1995 Steve Winwood retrospective set The Finer Things), nor any release of the film they'd made of the Hyde Park show.
Blind Faith ultimately proved too little and too much all at once. The band had left its members a bit shell-shocked, Clapton most of all, but even he had lots of money to show for it (and more coming in, the Blind Faith tour and album helping stimulate sales of the Cream's old albums as well). He retreated to the safety of Delaney & Bonnie, where he began playing some of the best blues of his entire career; no longer in a leadership position, or expected to step into the spotlight at every turn, he got his wish for anonymity on tour with the group from December of 1969 until early 1970, in the course of which he also met the sidemen–Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, and Bobby Whitlock–that would finally give him the kind of safe, anonymous showcase for his work that he'd hoped Blind Faith would be, in Derek & the Dominoes, who did exactly what he'd hoped Blind Faith would do, play small clubs very quietly and work out their music out of the spotlight.
Ginger Baker, however, found the Blind Faith experience to be no worse than a mixed blessing. There'd been little new musical discovery, but the money had been very good, and it had proved that audiences would turn out for an offshoot of the Cream. Additionally, he'd liked working with Winwood and Grech, and decided to try and keep them together. This led to the formation, in late November of 1969, of Ginger Baker's Air Force, a big-band ensemble whose sound embraced rock, jazz, r&b, folk, African music, and blues.
Winwood and Grech would only remain with that group long enough to play at a pair of shows debuting the band in England during January of 1970. It was understood that, at the behest of Chris Blackwell, the head of Island Records (to which Winwood was signed), Winwood was to begin work on a projected solo album and was taking Rick Grech with him, into what would become the Traffic reunion album John Barleycorn Must Die. Meanwhile, the memory of Blind Faith lingered with the album, which became a perennial favorite in Clapton's, Winwood's, and Baker's catalogs. Clapton and Winwood later came to appreciate the record. For all of their musical merits, which were considerable, Blind Faith's short life-span made them virtually a symbol of the tail-end of the 1960's and what those years were about: Too much too soon in that overheated cultural, psychic, and business environment, even for the prodigious talents and personalities involved, resulting in a quick burn-out.


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The first time I ever heard about a "Meatball Sub" was when I was about 14/15. I was watching one of my all-time favourite tv programs, FRIENDS and Joey bought a Meatball sub to eat in the back of a car. He was so infatuated with this meatball sub and didn't even want Chandler to smell it as he was "stealing taste particles". Any sandwich that makes a man complain about people stealing taste particles is a sandwich I want…now!
So over the weekend I had no idea what to serve for lunch and as I was strolling through the supermarket, saw the most delectable, fresh mini baguettes. Crusty on the outside and soft and doughy in the centre, (yes I broke one open, the bakery staff know me very well by know) I knew I wanted to create something around the bread. This however isn't knew for me as I am in a complete sandwich/burger phase right now.
I grabbed a few of the rolls and set off to find something to put inside them. I thought of making Boerewors rolls with a spicy tomato relish, but then spotted the lean beef mince (ground beef) and as I'm also known for loving a good meatball, thought it would be a great way to make my own version of the famous meatball sub.
I wanted the meatballs to be succulent and juicy and so I used the same meatball recipe I used for last week's 3-meat & ricotta meatballs except that I only used beef. For the relish I simply fried onions and garlic and added a tin of chopped tomatoes and flavourings and allowed to simmer until thick and reduced.
We were lucky to have a beautiful sunny and warm day on Sunday and so I served the Meatball subs, pool-side with some cold beers. Perfection!
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Serves 4
for the meatballs
500g lean beef mince
1 red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup fresh ricotta cheese
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
pepper to taste
spicy tomato relish
1 red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tin chopped/cherry tomatoes
1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
1-2 tsp dried chilli flakes (depending on the amount of heat you want)
1 tbsp sugar
salt & pepper to taste
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fresh rolls, I used mini baguettes
mature cheddar/mozzarella, sliced
- In a frying pan, fry the red onion and garlic in a bit of olive oil, until soft and translucent. When cooked, remove from the pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the meats, cooked onions, bread crumbs, parsley, ricotta, spices, salt & pepper and mix well. To make sure the seasoning is correct, fry a teaspoon of the mixture in the same pan you fried the onions and taste. Adjust seasoning as necessary.
- With wet hands, form golf ball-sized meatballs and place on a tray lined with clingfilm/tin foil. When all the meatballs have been formed, place the tray in the fridge and allow the meatballs to rest for 20-30 minutes.
- Pre-heat the oven to 200°c.
- Place the chilled meatballs on a greased baking tray and place in the oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through but still juicy.
- In the meantime, get started on the sauce. In a medium saucepan, fry the onion and garlic in olive oil until soft & translucent.
- Add the tomatoes, Balsamic vinegar, chilli flakes, sugar and season to taste.
- Allow to simmer and reduce until the sauce has thickened.
- To serve, cut the rolls open, but not all the way through. Place the sliced cheese on the bread followed by a few meatballs. Spoon over the tomato relish and serve immediately.
Hi Alida. I am gluten intolerant but in the mood for this meatball recipe. I will gladly have it without the bun but I would like to know if I were to leave out the breadcrumbs, would it fall to pieces?
Good morning Alida. OMW, I made these meatballs last night and we finished the whole batch. I love a good meatball as they are easy and fun for children to eat but I have not been able to find a good recipe for great ones. Well, that is until now. They are so yummy. Yet another recipe of yours I will be adding to my collection. And next time I will be making them with the subs as above, I just know that will be great.
Oh yummy! I can't wait to make my own! 🙂


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Here is a great article I read on Fox Sports by Ian O'Connor talking about why Peyton should get win the MVP vote. I thought it was a great article and I agree he should win it.
Peyton Manning is the NFL's most widely marketed player, and yet he was destined to spend this season, as they say, under the radar. Even an alarming injury could not elevate his personal drama to a level of pressing coast-to-coast interest.
As it turned out, his knee surgeries were greatly overshadowed by Tom Brady's.
Manning didn't have to be Manning this year; for all practical purposes, he could've taken the season off. He had his built-in excuses.
He was hurt, he had missed the entire preseason and he'd already taken the Indianapolis Colts to six consecutive playoff appearances and the one Super Bowl title he desperately needed to remove that ugly A-Rodian stain from his otherwise epic career.
Peyton had carried the Colts and the Manning name long enough. With his team at 3-4 and booked for games with the Patriots and Steelers, he could've temporarily surrendered the league to little brother Eli in New York, to the Titans of Tennessee, before picking up next year where he and Brady had left off.
That Manning chose to win seven consecutive games instead came as little surprise to those around him in the immediate wake of his liberating Super Bowl triumph over the Bears.
"Some quarterbacks kind of get what I call 'the pass' after they win the Super Bowl," Manning said that dark and rainy night in Miami. "I don't want the pass."
Manning delivers passes but never accepts them. For building what could be a 12-4 season out of what had 7-9 written all over it, he deserves to win his third Most Valuable Player award.
Peyton's would be an ironic MVP victory, as this year marked the first time anyone dared ask a question that once would've inspired the same news conference reaction caused by the guy who threw his shoes at President Bush.
Is Eli the better player?
They're both going to the Pro Bowl, of course, becoming the first quarterbacking brothers selected for the same game. Eli was named for the first time, Peyton for the ninth. The last two Super Bowl MVPs are once again joined at history's hip.
But there was a time this season when Eli was playing a better brand of football and leading a Giants team that appeared on the verge of a dynastic run. Peyton, meanwhile, had nine interceptions to go with his 10 touchdowns across his first seven games.
The family dynamic was first flipped on its ear the previous January, when Billy Volek's Chargers, of all people, eliminated the Colts from the playoffs on the same day Eli knocked out the top-seeded Cowboys in Texas.
"I have a heavy heart for Peyton," the boys' mother, Olivia, said outside the winning Giants locker room, "but I'm proud of Eli."
The kid brother got his ring a lot faster than Peyton did, kept playing at a high level in 2008 and suddenly people were thinking the unthinkable: Was this Serena blowing by Venus all over again?
No, it wasn't.
With two games to play, including Thursday night's date in Jacksonville, Manning has a chance to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season for the ninth time. He's on track to finish with a completion rate of at least 65 percent for the seventh consecutive year. That 10-to-9 touchdown-to-interception ratio from October? It now stands at 23-to-12.
Manning's passer rating (90.3) might be the lowest he's posted since 2002, but that vague statistic — however it's calculated — has never been an honest measure of a quarterback's worth. The Colts' running game ranks 30th in the league. Without Manning, this team could've never achieved the way the Patriots have without Brady.
Without Manning, the Colts would be 4-10.
"Peyton really went through a lot with his initial knee surgery, and then when they all of a sudden quietly opened it up again," his father, Archie, said Wednesday morning by phone. "He was rusty when he got back, they were missing some linemen, they couldn't run the ball or stop the run.
"But they kept fighting and scratching. To get to this point, it has to be one of Tony Dungy's best jobs. You look at 10 wins and you say, 'My gosh, how in the world did that happen?' "
It happened because of Peyton Manning.
Funny how these things work out. Dating back to his days at Tennessee, Manning wasn't known as much for his victories as he was for his defeats. When he approached the AFC title game against the Patriots two years back, Boomer Esiason said if Peyton "doesn't get to the Super Bowl, he might as well buy a house next to A-Rod, because they're going to be living in the same neighborhood."
Manning beat New England and Chicago and left A-Rod to his own title-free devices. When Super Bowl XLI was complete, Adam Vinatieri, a three-time champ in New England, approached Peyton and said, "Welcome to the club."
Now Manning is defined by the games he wins, not the ones he loses. This year's Colts have won seven times by six points or less, if only because of their quarterback's fourth-quarter poise.
Indy was staring at an 0-2 record before Manning drove them back from a 15-0 third-quarter deficit against the Vikings. Indy was staring at a 1-3 record and a loss to the Texans before Manning became the first NFL quarterback to lead his team to victory in regulation after trailing by 17 points in the final five minutes.
Peyton set up Vinatieri's field goal to beat the Patriots and get Indy back to .500, then threw three touchdown passes against the Steelers' top-ranked defense to complete a late comeback and give the Colts their first victory in Pittsburgh in 40 years.
Manning set up Vinatieri's field goal to beat the Chargers by completing a 14-yard pass to Marvin Harrison on fourth-and-one at the San Diego 49 in the final seconds.
"I've always been proud of Peyton in the fourth quarter," Archie Manning said. "One time while he was at Tennessee, playing at Kentucky, it was cold and ugly and nasty. Kentucky wasn't a very good team, but they came out and played great and the crowd really got into it.
"Peyton put together a couple of fourth-quarter drives to win it, and I was waiting on him outside the locker room when one of his offensive linemen came up to me and said, 'Mr. Manning, he just wouldn't let us lose.' I've never forgotten that. I still get emotional thinking about it."
Now, Tony Dungy's Colts are on the verge of securing their seventh straight playoff bid, and their 32-year-old quarterback is the reason nobody — not the Titans or the Steelers — wants to see them in the playoffs.
Peyton has outlasted and outperformed Eli as an MVP candidate. He deserves the honor more than an 8-6 Kurt Warner and a 7-7 Drew Brees. Adrian Peterson and Michael Turner have earned their places in the discussion, but the job of quarterback, as Peyton once said, "is the hardest job in sports."
Manning makes it look too easy. It isn't just the genes. After his Friday night games at Isidore Newman High in New Orleans, Peyton used to be there on Saturdays waiting for his coaches when they arrived at 7 a.m.
"I hadn't even washed the uniforms yet," the head coach, Tony Reginelli, would say, "and he'd already figured out the next opponent's cover-one or cover-two defense."
So no audible comes as a surprise, not when pride still matters.
In the wake of his knee surgeries, Peyton refused to play this season as Eli's brother, or as Archie's other son. He refused to concede the season to the Giants or the Titans or anyone else.
More than anything, the record will show that Peyton Manning refused to let his team take a pass.
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Here is a great article I read on Fox Sports by Ian O'Connor talking about why Peyton should get win the MVP vote. I thought it was a great article and I agree he should win it.
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He also suggested that Google may have made an error by encouraging businesses to build mobile optimized sites, because phones now are so sophisticated they may not need them.
For the last three quarters, investors have worried about the effect of mobile ads on Google's revenue. Generally, ads on mobile platforms are cheaper than ads on desktop platforms, but the core of Google's business is still on desktop. That may not last much longer — more and more users are experiencing Google foremost on their phones.
Google admitted in December that mobile phones are causing a "deceleration" in its desktop business. Only 73 percent of Google's clicks come from desktops.
Page was asked about that issue again yesterday on his Q4 2012 earnings call. He told Wall Street that he expected the imbalance to tip one way over the other, ultimately in mobile's favor, but that revenues would nonetheless go up:
Richard Kramer - Arete Research: Thanks very much. Larry, a couple of quick questions. First of all, just to polish up this Mobile and CPC [cost-per-click prices] question, how many years do you think it's going to take before CPCs on Mobile and Desktop are roughly equal trading off location and display size?
Larry Page - Chief Executive Officer, Director:… I am not going to make predictions about when they will be equal; I don't think they will be equal, I think probably one will always be bigger than the other, though, not clear which way but I don't think this is a long-term problem. I don't think this is a long time in coming, and I think as I have said before, there's a lot of advantages to mobile.
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I think that CPCs will improve as these devices are improving as well.
On the call, chief business officer Nikesh Arora also said that the device platform on which Google appears is less relevant than it was because advertisers don't really care which medium their ads appear in as long as they reach users at the right time.
That wasn't the only time Page focused on mobile on the call. Earlier, he was asked about Google's progress in persuading web publishers to create mobile-optimized versions of their web sites that are easier for phones to read. Google has spent more than a year on that effort, but Page indicated it may ultimately be a waste because phones are now as good as laptops at handling web sites:
Page: I think that in some sense, some of you may consider mobile an extension over the desktop usage too. I mean, we have built a lot of great products that people use for the desktops like Maps which was transferred very well. And I think that one thing I was amazed by Chrome on my Android phone, Chrome is just an amazing experience. So, using my Nexus phone or other more smartphones from the latest generation, those phones are almost like using a desktop of last year or something like that.
... I'll just add on the mobile question. We don't necessarily want them to have mobile sites some are too simple and I find I get kind of frustrated on my phone sometimes when I have these mobile specific sites because I am using a modern Nexus 4 that can actually view up the full site and I just find it confusing.
If he's right, it suggests that ultimately the mobile v. desktop CPC issue will disappear in favor of the aggregate issue of supply and demand. If Google serves more impressions across all devices, the increase in inventory supply will continue to drive down CPC prices but drive up paid clicks.
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Five Finger Death Punch recently announced their plans to release a new video that would aid in suicide prevention. That video, for their song 'Coming Down,' premiered today (June 12) and can be seen below.
The eye-opening video starts with a shocking montage of troubled teens on the edge of suicide. It chronicles their stories throughout the video from bullying to self-image issues to the damage it causes from drug abuse, cutting, and in the most extreme cases – suicide.
Five Finger Death Punch, no stranger to a good cause, aim to promote the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline through their new video. "Five Finger Death Punch is promoting the to build awareness that there is support out there for those in need through the Lifeline's service, and others," explains guitarist Zoltan Bathory. "This is an important initiative we have taken on to place it on the consciousness of the public that you are not alone when in need."
The video is admittedly hard to watch at times, but that's by design. It serves as an important reminder that suicide impacts everyone and shows how each one of us can help save a life by just a little awareness. The video ends with a PSA saying "Don't ignore the chance to get help for you or someone you know who might be in crisis. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline now at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)"
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CRANSTON, RI — Verizon Wireless recently activated a new cell site in Cranston that expands wireless voice and 3G data coverage along Route 1a, Route 12, Route 117 and Broad Street in the Edgewood section of Cranston, as well as the surrounding areas. The company invested in Providence County to continue to stay ahead of increasing demand for reliable voice and mobile Internet access. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $2.8 billion into its New England network since 2000, including more than $242 million in 2010 alone, to increase coverage and capacity on behalf of customers. Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network.
"We at Verizon Wireless have always believed that the best wireless devices deserve the best wireless networks," said director for Network Systems Performance for Verizon Wireless, Richard Enright. "Today people across Rhode Island are increasingly relying on wireless tablets, smartphones and apps to stay organized and connected. Our investment in Providence County - and across New England - has kept us ahead of these consumer trends and underscored our belief that any mobile device is only as reliable as the network it runs on."
Advantages of Expanded 3G Service in Cranston Verizon Wireless' recently expanded 3G data coverage in Cranston empowers more customers using tablets, notebook computers or smartphones to:
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- Connect with friends across the globe using Skype mobile
Continuing Wireless Investment and Innovation Verizon Wireless operates America's largest and most reliable 3G network, and has invested more than $65 billion since its inception to increase voice and data coverage nationwide. Recently, the company earned recognition from J.D. Power and Associates* for "Highest Call Quality in New England."
Verizon Wireless recently debuted its new 4G LTE network in Boston, Massachusetts, and 38 other major metropolitan areas, covering more than 110 million Americans. Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network is the fastest, most advanced 4G network in the United States. The company has committed to launch 140 additional 4G LTE markets during 2011, covering two thirds of all Americans by the end of this year.
Engineering America's Most Reliable Wireless Network The company's 'America's most reliable wireless network' reputation is based on network studies performed by test men and test women who traverse more than one million miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas the equivalent of two roundtrips to the moon or 40 trips around the world. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than 3.5 million voice call attempts and more than 19 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? From the minor-league baseball club that gave you the world's first urinal gaming system comes a promotion that's more 6 feet under than it is over the top: One "lucky" fan will win a free funeral package.
The Triple A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, plans to announce the winner of its latest, and perhaps most bizarre, fan giveaway at Tuesday night's game in Allentown.
Minor-league clubs are notorious for the wacky promotions they run to help put fans in the seats, and the IronPigs are no exception. Earlier this year, the team boasted about the new gaming system it had installed in men's restrooms at Coca-Cola Park.
But a free funeral? Talk about burying the competition.
"It's one of our best out-of-the-box promotions. Or maybe I should say one of our best 'in-the-box' promotions," quipped IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes.
Fans had to submit an essay describing their ideal funeral and explain why they deserved a free one. More than 50 essays were turned in.
Some of the contestants took a lighthearted approach. A fan of movie Westerns wrote how his funeral would feature the "William Tell Overture" and a photo of the Lone Ranger. A woman joked that she wanted bouncers to remove mourners who weren't sufficiently mournful.
Others were far more serious. One fan, recently diagnosed with ALS, wrote how his family is watching his "life quickly draining from my body. No one was prepared, emotionally or financially, for the loss or to prepare a final memorial."
The winner of the essay contest, to be announced during the sixth inning, gets a casket, embalming or cremation, hearse, headstone, flowers and a funeral or memorial service, all valued at nearly $10,000. A nearby funeral home is the sponsor.
Lest they be accused of poor taste, the IronPigs have opted to call Tuesday night's giveaway "Celebration of Life Night." Grim reapers and tombstones are out, angelic music and a release of doves at home plate in.
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'90s R&B star Russell Neal faces murder charges in wife's death
(CNN) – Former Hi-Five R&B singer Russell Neal is in custody after turning himself in to police on July 2, saying his wife was dead in their Houston apartment.
After Houston Fire Department paramedics forced entry into the apartment, they pronounced Catherine Martinez, 24, dead of multiple stab wounds and blunt force head trauma.
Officer Richard Ridel of Houston Police Department's homicide unit initially questioned Neal, 40, when he turned himself in at the station. According to Ridel, after Neal was read his Miranda rights, he refused to provide further statements without a lawyer present. Neal did, however, say he and his wife had been in an argument before her death.
Police don't know if Neal and Martinez's two sons, ages 3 and 4, were at the scene of their mother's killing. The children are now in the care of Neal's mother.
Officers will interview the couple's family and neighbors to "see what their relationship was like" and "whether or not they fought a lot," Ridel said.
Neal is best known for Hi-Five's No. 1 song, "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)."
Debbie Egel, an attorney for Hi-Five, said, "We are aware of the current situation in Houston, Texas, involving Russell Neal, former member of the legendary '90's R&B group Hi-Five. We are presently evaluating the situation. The group is in the studio recording and Mr. Neal was not a part of the upcoming project. Bronx Most Wanted Entertainment will continue to monitor the situation."
Egel added on behalf of the group, "This is an unfortunate situation and our prayers go out to both families involved."
In 2009, Neal faced various charges throughout the year including DWI, marijuana possession, resisting arrest, and driving with an invalid license with previous convictions.
Neal's court date is set for July 7, 2014. He remains in jail with a bond set at $100,000.


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ATLANTA >> Kris Medlen and Clayton Kershaw have never faced each other in the regular season, but their meeting today in Game 1 of the National League Division Series could be the first of many to come.
Kershaw's superiority is well-documented. This year, the Dodgers' left-hander became the first pitcher to lead the majors in earned-run average three straight years since Greg Maddux from 1993-95. He's in line to collect his second NL Cy Young Award in three years, all by the tender age of 25.
Another award would be nice, but adding to his legacy with a classic October performance is at the top of Kershaw's to-do list.
"I always love to watch Andy Pettitte and his postseason success," he said. "That's stuff that you remember. You can't really control if your team gets there (to the playoffs) or not to a certain point, but it definitely is fair, I would say, for a legacy."
Kershaw finished 16-9 with a 1.83 ERA and an NL-leading 232 strikeouts in 236 innings.
Medlen, 27, doesn't have quite as long a resumé as Kershaw. But when he's on, the Atlanta right-hander has been just as effective.
Medlen made a mechanical adjustment in early August, keeping his left shoulder closed to the plate slightly longer, a move that Braves catcher Brian McCann said generated more movement on Medlen's fastball. The results showed: In his last nine outings, Medlen went 6-2 with a 1.37 ERA.
His best pitch, however, is a changeup. Batters hit .201 against the pitch in 2013, according to the website FanGraphs.com — up from .087 last year, when Medlen went 10-1 with a 1.57 ERA after converting from a reliever to a starter at midseason.
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A Forum Revolution
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No. NO! Don't you dare! Please...?
Kenny's just too good, whilst I have no problem with any of the other characters. Kenny's simply the best after Clem and Lee. Lily Fans, by the order of our leader, the Royal Kenny Loyalists have this message for you: YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
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Urbans.Riadon posted: » [view original content]
Hmm... I dunno... I mean, I always was a fence sitter.... but the Lilee's seem to be striking from the shadows...
As long as you use that army against Lilly, fine.
Wow, this is just dumb. How exactly are you going to stop people from having their own opinions? All that the "Kenny Fans" have been doing is downvoting comments. All that means, is that they disagree with a comment, which in case you've forgotten, is the point of even having the ability to downvote things.
Can't we all just accept Tau philosophy and band together for the Greater Good?
Kenny's probably the third best character in TT's Walking Dead, and maybe 6th or 7th in the entire franchise. So while I get you not liking "Kenny fans" I don't understand how you can possibly say that Kenny's character was bad.
The only thing that we needed to kill before it breeded was Kenny's character.
Kenny can be a better character than Clementine in S1(within certain episodes, for example, Episode 3), and has the potential to be better than Clem in S3 if he lasts that long.
Look me in the eyes and tell me that Kenny is better than Clementine.
Downvoting does not count as oppressing. It's just disagreeing. Have you even been paying attention, aside from a few trolls on both sides(for example, that MCgaming guy and certain people who I can't mention on the lilly side because they were banned), the "Lilly Fans" have been more hateful than the majority of "Kenny Fans".
The only "oppressors" of this forum are the Kennyfacists. I'm just trying to get rid of virtual evil here...
I can only assume either Lilly Fans, trolls, or completely over zealous(you did call them ALL zealous) Kenny Fans are responsible
Why am I being disliked for defending Kenny fans?
Lilly was a psychopathic murderer, and before that, she tried to kick Lee and Clem out of the drug store.
I don't even hate Lilly. Kenny was a good friend and Lilly was as well.
Or, and here's a crazy idea, he's joking.
Then again, that guy's behavior has always been bordering on trolling, so maybe not...
This is evidence right here.. hehehe Public and empirical...
Wyatt's beard is just a beard. Rick has one too. There's a reason that no one rallies behind beards.
Well, Wyatt's beard is with us. Deal with it.
Kenny got three people killed: Larry, Beatrice, and Shawn. Does that make him a psychopath as well? No.
Also, she didn't want to kick Lee and Clem out; that was Larry: she just said that taking that risk nearly cost them all of their lives and would have it weren't for the military distracting them.
Lilly was a psychopathic murderer, and before that, she tried to kick Lee and Clem out of the drug store.
I get that your comment is meant to be funny, but still, just because a lot of people have a certain opinion, does not mean that they are oppressors, especially since the only thing that the majority of Kenny Fans have done is just use the voting system, and giving people who they disagree with downvotes.
Yes! We should bring the FREEDOM to poor opressed people of Telltalia who live under heel of evil dictator Kenny and his minions! Down with Kenny!
I hope that you aren't serious, because that just makes you two assholes.
I mean, ThatGuyOverThere hasn't really done anything against the rules, there's no reason to try and get rid of them besides the fact that you guys just disagree with them.
Fine, son. Let´s start OUR revolution by disliking every comment that isn´t 100% pro Kenny. And EVERY comment of ThatGuyOverThere. Even if he is pro Kenny, he is LYING. He dared too much as to forgive him.
I like how even the mods are getting involved now.Blind Sniper posted: »
I don't get the love for Kenny. I did a lot for that guy and he just ditched me when I got bitten. Down with Kenny!
I mean, I figured as much, I just wanted to be sure.
We are just kidding Don't worry
Trust me, it's true.
What the fuck That last one is messed up.
the Emperor of Mankind and the Space Kennys will destroy you, xeno scum!
Can't we all just accept Tau philosophy and band together for the Greater Good? Greater Good is good
OkClementineCultist posted: »
Trust me, it's true.
Larry was dead, and if he wasn't, then he would be dead within seconds or minutes. Even if lilly got him breathing again, he was in the middle of having a serious heart attack. He was basically dead either way.
Beatrice had been bitten before before Lee even attempted to try and do anything. Kenny just prevented her from being put out of her misery in order to try and save other. Not the most "human" decision, and definitely not his finest moment, but it wasn't his fault that she died.
Kenny was looking out for his kid, Shawn might have died anyway, and Kenny regretted that decision for the rest of the game. He felt that Duck was dying because of him, because the world was punishing him for not saving Shawn. The first thing he said after Shawn died was "I'm sorry". The first thing Lilly said after she killed Carley was "It was probably her".
Kenny got three people killed: Larry, Beatrice, and Shawn. Does that make him a psychopath as well? No. Also, she didn't want t… more
NEVAR. We march to war to defend Kenny from his haters and their rebellion against the One True Stache.
The REBEL SCUM will be defeated.
Can't we all just accept Tau philosophy and band together for the Greater Good? Greater Good is good
It's just because they can't answer you/give you a reason why they disliked your comment, so they simply 'dislike' it.
Boohoo how horrible you evil people.
It just pisses me off how they don't even give you a reason WHY they dislike your comment.
Edit: See? Thanks, random disliker, you just proved me right.
I'm curious, who disliked my comment? I can only assume it's people that insist that somehow, downvotes are the most offensive things on earth.
Well now I'm asking because on my predictions for Season 2 thread([http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/57605/the-walking-dead-season-2-predictions-kenny-christa-lilly-etc/new]) everyone with the Bigby avatar has exactly 2 dislikes, even on a comment that was litterally just "Thanks! ". So... Do people just not like Bigby? Should I change my Avatar to avoid random, unexplained hate?
It's just because they can't answer you/give you a reason why they disliked your comment, so they simply 'dislike' it. Boohoo how… more
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welp only one thing to do at a time like this RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xToGWxxt0Yo
Then what's the difference between Kenny killing Larry and Lilly killing Carly? If he can justify killing Larry (because he ASSUMED he was dead) then why couldn't Lilly justify killing Carly? I mean, what's the difference? That means that she is not a psychopath; broken, yes, but her crime was no better than Kenny's.
Larry was dead, and if he wasn't, then he would be dead within seconds or minutes. Even if lilly got him breathing again, he was in … more
No one can stop the Kenny Army!!!
Lilly killed someone in cold blood and then tried to justify it.
Kenny killed someone who was dead either way, and they couldn't take the risk of this huge guy becoming a walker and killing someone.
Then what's the difference between Kenny killing Larry and Lilly killing Carly? If he can justify killing Larry (because he ASSUMED… more
Harpadarpa posted: »
You guys are making asses of yourselves.
Down with kennyism!! Even though I like Kenny I hate how his fans shun everybody else's theories but their own and if someone disagrees with then they go straight to the dislike button. I would be fine with it if they didn't hate on everyone who disagrees with them