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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Down 11 in the fourth quarter against a team he feels the New York Knicks should beat, Carmelo Anthony didn't see another disappointing loss coming. He saw an opportunity, and that's exactly what he told Raymond Felton.
"I told Raymond, 'I'm going to try to go get it,'" Anthony said.
Once he made up his mind, the Minnesota Timberwolves were powerless to stop him.
Anthony had 36 points and nine rebounds, scoring 12 points down the stretch to rally the Knicks to a 100-94 victory on Friday night.
Anthony topped 30 points for the 17th time this season for the Knicks, who trailed 87-76 with seven minutes to play. But Anthony did all of his fourth-quarter damage in those final minutes, hitting a 19-footer with 1:10 to play that put New York up for good.
"This was one of the games we had to win," Anthony said. "We had to go get it. Our backs were kind of against the wall, being down 11. It was one of those games we didn't want to look back on saying we should have won this game, kind of like the Wizards game."
Derrick Williams scored 19 points and Ricky Rubio had 18 points and 11 assists for the Timberwolves, who lost for the 14th time in 16 games. Nikola Pekovic added 16 points and 11 rebounds, but Minnesota had no answer for Anthony down the stretch.
"He's a superstar," Rubio said. "He's a scorer. He makes everything look easy."
The Knicks will have to savor this victory in Minnesota a little longer than they initially expected.
J.R. Smith scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Knicks, who found out earlier in the day that they would be staying in Minnesota at least one extra day thanks to a massive snow storm that was blanketing the East Coast. They planned to get up on Saturday morning and do some scouting on their next opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers, who are scheduled to play at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. The Knicks hoped to leave at some point on Saturday once the weather cleared.
Luke Ridnour scored 20 points for the Minnesota, which had a chance to take the lead in the final 30 seconds when it trailed 95-94. But Ridnour didn't get the call he wanted on a drive to the basket, and Smith converted a three-point play on the other end to hold off the feisty Wolves, who again were playing without Kevin Love (broken hand), Chase Budinger (knee) and Andrei Kirilenko (quad).
"If we keep playing like that we are going to win games," coach Rick Adelman said.
The team with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference had a sense of urgency after a loss to the improving Washington Wizards earlier in the week. With three games to go before the All-Star break, coach Mike Woodson said, "We have to win all three."
This one was in doubt for quite a while.
The Knicks came into the game second in the league in 3-point shooting, giving them a huge advantage against the Timberwolves, who are dead last. The Wolves missed their first six 3s and were just 1 for 13 for the game. But the Knicks weren't able to parlay that dreadful performance into any substantial edge, going 8 for 26 themselves.
Anthony, who leads the NBA in first-quarter scoring, came out hard with 11 points in the opening period. Williams wasn't strong enough to handle the league's second-leading scorer and Dante Cunningham couldn't hang with him on the perimeter, presenting a matchup problem that certainly isn't unique to the Timberwolves.
Williams gave it his all though, making Anthony work for his shots. Anthony missed 11 of his first 20 shots from the field and was 2 for 9 on 3-pointers.
"He's one of the best scorers in the NBA, if not the best," Williams said. "You've just got to try and battle him the whole time and I tried my best."
His confidence growing as the fourth quarter progressed, Williams had a steal and a dunk, threw down an alley-oop on a rainmaker of a pass from Rubio and scored underneath for an 83-74 lead with 8:30 to play.
But Anthony kept coming.
Left on an island to deal with him, Anthony backed Williams down in the post relentlessly over the final seven minutes. He scored on an up-and-under, a pull-up jumper and got to the foul line to get the Knicks back in the game. His two free throws cut the deficit to 90-89 with 3:24 to go and also gave Williams his fifth foul. His runner over Cunningham iced the game in the final 20 seconds.
"He just wouldn't let us lose. He made offensive play after offensive play," Woodson said.
NOTES: Adelman picked up a rare technical foul and Cunningham did as well for arguing foul calls with the officials. ... Amare Stoudemire picked one up in the fourth quarter for gesturing toward the officials. ... Wolves G JJ Barea left the game in the second quarter with a left leg injury but was able to return in the second half.


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What follows is the most coherent and honest assessment I have heard to date about the fundamental situation we are facing. Had he used the term "debt saturation," it would have been perfect. Where he talks about "Keynesian Endpoint," he is referring to the same thing that the "Chart of the Century" (Diminishing Productivity of Debt chart) shows:
Interview begins at about the 2.5 minute point…
Must point out that CNBS using 53% of debt to GDP is a LAUGH and a JOKE. Totally Pollyannaish and very unprofessional… Kyle didn't even have to talk about off book GSE debt or any other games being played besides Social Security.
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Bellator's season-five middleweight tournament kicks off on Sept. 17, and the eight-man field will begin their journey at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
Bellator officials today announced that the Sept. 17 Bellator 50 card will feature all four opening-round contests in the upcoming season's 185-pound field.
The four matchups include Bryan Baker (15-2 MMA, 5-1 BFC) vs. Jared Hess (11-2-1 MMA, 4-2 BFC), Zelg Galesic (10-5 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (39-7 MMA, 4-1 BFC), Sam Alvey (15-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. Vitor Vianna (10-1-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Victor O'Donnell (10-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Brian Rogers (7-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported the Galesic vs. Shlemenko contest. The four fights are expected to make up Bellator 50's MTV2 main-card broadcast.
"Our 185-pound division is filled with an awe-inspiring group of fighters who have great talent," Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney stated in today's official release. "Baker's story of battling back from leukemia is inspiring, and Hess' comeback after a devastating knee injury is an incredible story. Vianna is one of the most-talked-about prospects in the middleweight division.
"Shlemenko's one of the division's most explosive strikers, and Alvey showed tremendous heart at Bellator 45. Rogers and O'Donell should be an incredibly exciting fight. Then you add Zelg – one of Europe's top middleweight strikers – to the list, and this should be a hugely entertaining tournament."
Baker returns to the cage after falling to Shlemenko in the finals of Bellator's season-two tournament. Baker has since rebounded with Bellator non-tourney wins over Joe Riggs and Jeremy Horn and is 9-1 in his past 10 fights.
Meanwhile, Hess enters a Bellator tournament for the third time. In the company's debut season, he lost in the finals to now-champion Hector Lombard in a brutal four-round war. In season two, Hess lost to Shlemenko in the semifinals.
Galesic recently snapped a two-fight losing streak with a first-round
knockout win over Lee Chadwick following a 16-month layoff while
recovering from injury. Galesic had previously dropped back-to-back
fights to Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba and current Strikeforce
middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
Meanwhile, Shlemenko has proven victorious in nine of his past 10
outings. "Storm" debuted for the promotion in April 2010 and promptly
dispatched of Bryan Baker, Jared Hess and Matt Major to claim Bellator's
season-two tournament crown. Shlemenko then came up short in a
hard-fought, 25-minute decision loss to Bellator middleweight champion
Hector Lombard.
Alvey earned his way into the tournament with a May victory over Karl Amoussou. The 25-year-old carries on overall four-fight win streak, though the past two wins (Amoussou and Jason Guida) have both come via split decision.
A Wanderlei Silva protégé, Vianna carries a three-fight win streak into his Bellator debut. Eight of Vianna's career wins have come via stoppage, and his lone loss came to UFC veteran Thiago Silva in a 2006, when a broken arm forced Vianna to quit.
An Ohio-based submission specialist, O'Donnell makes his Bellator debut. The Team Vision fighter is 4-1 in his past five contests and has eight submission wins in 10 career victories.
He'll face fellow Buckeye Rogers, who is currently riding a six-fight win streak. All six results came via first-round knockout.
For more on Bellator 50, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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- 1. Oakland Athletics (55-33)Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel make the A's the favorites to win the whole thing. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Yoenis Cespedes has officially been invited to defend his 2013 title in the 2014 Home Run Derby competition.
- 2. Milwaukee Brewers (52-37)A reminder that Francisco Rodriguez is having a good year for the Brewers. Again. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez ,Jonathan Lucroy and Francisco Rodriguez were named to the All-Star team.
- 3. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (51-36)Joe Thatcher is a solid left-handed specialist, and Tony Campana can fly on the basepaths. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Jered Weaver said he feels much better and is likely to avoid the disabled list.
- 4. Atlanta Braves (49-39)The Braves are red hot. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
Craig Kimbrel and Freddie Freeman will join Julio Teheran on the NL All-Star team.
- 5. Los Angeles Dodgers (51-40)Brandon League's peripherals aren't where you'd want them to be, yet his ERA has had a nice bounceback year. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
Yasiel Puig will participate for the National League in the Gillette Home Run Derby.
- 6. Detroit Tigers (48-37)Who had Rajai Davis homering off Sean Doolittle? (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
Victor Martinez was held out of the Tigers' lineup as he continues to recover from soreness in his left side.
- 7. Seattle Mariners (48-40)Kyle Seager is one of baseball's most underrated players. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Robinson Cano will start at second base for the American League All-Star team.
- 8. Washington Nationals (48-39)Another week, another Bryce Harper controversy. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Jayson Werth has been named the National League Player of the Week.
- 9. Baltimore Orioles (48-40)Zach Britton should probably make the All-Star team. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
- 10. San Francisco Giants (49-39)You have to wonder how aggressive Brian Sabean will be at the deadline. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Hunter Pence and Madison Bumgarner were named to the roster of the National League All-Star team.
- 11. Toronto Blue Jays (47-43)Dioner Navarro has been an upgrade over J.P. Arencibia. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
Edwin Encarnacion is on the 15-day disabled list with a right quadriceps strain.
- 12. Pittsburgh Pirates (47-41)Josh Harrison has been a spark plug for the Pirates. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Francisco Liriano will be back in the rotation this weekend.
- 13. St. Louis Cardinals (47-41)Pat Neshek has been super effective. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Jaime Garcia is out with what was considered a shoulder problem, and is now set for season ending surgery.
- 14. Kansas City Royals (45-42)Surprise, surprise. Jason Vargas with another solid start. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
James Shields racked up 10 strikeouts for a 6-0 win over the Rays.
- 15. Cincinnati Reds (45-42)Billy Hamilton has recovered from a dreadful start. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Joey Votto went back on the 15-day disabled list with an injury to his left quadriceps muscle.
- 16. New York Yankees (44-43)Brandon McCarthy is better than his numbers suggest. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Yankees on Sunday designated veteran Alfonso Soriano for assignment and promoted right-hander Bruce Billings from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
- 17. Miami Marlins (43-45)Henderson Alvarez doesn't strike out a lot of batters, but his ERA might be shiny enough to get him a trip to the All-Star Game. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Giancarlo Stanton was named to the National League roster for the Home Run Derby.
- 18. Cleveland Indians (43-44)Scott Atchison isn't flashy. He has been effective, however. (Photo by David Maxwell/Getty Images)
Cleveland placed Justin Masterson on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his knee.
- 19. Tampa Bay Rays (41-50)The Rays' recent winning ways could impact their deadline plans. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
Erik Bedard was moved to the bullpen to make room for Jeremy Hellickson.
- 20. Chicago White Sox (42-47)You wonder if Adam Dunn will catch the eye of a contending team wanting some added thump. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
Chris Sale holds the early American League lead at the first voting update in Final Vote balloting.
- 21. Boston Red Sox (39-49)Mookie Betts' first home run? A shot over the monster, of course. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
Shane Victorino will not return to the Red Sox lineup before the All-Star break and the start of his rehab assignment will be pushed back.
- 22. Minnesota Twins (39-48)After a two-month absence, top prospect Byron Buxton is back on the field" then it would be correct. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Twins placed Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right elbow.
- 23. New York Mets (39-49)Expect Daniel Murphy's name to surface in trade rumors. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Mets placed left-handed pitcher Jonathon Niese on the 15-Day disabled list with a left shoulder strain.
- 24. San Diego Padres (39-49)Seth Smith signed the same deal David Murphy did last winter. Both were about right. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
Tyson Ross, who was selected to his first National League All-Star team, will not play in the All-Star Game.
- 25. Texas Rangers (38-50)The Rangers have been so robbed by injuries that Carlos Pena batted third this week. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Yu Darvish was hit in the head Tuesday during batting practice while he was playing catch in the outfield.
- 26. Philadelphia Phillies (37-51)Marlon Byrd is having another good year. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Cliff Lee will not rejoin the Phillies' rotation until after the All-Star break.
- 27. Colorado Rockies (37-52)LaTroy Hawkins continues to be more effective than his strikeout rate would indicate. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
Troy Tulowitzki and outfielder Charlie Blackmon will represent the Rockies at this year's All-Star Game.
- 28. Chicago Cubs (38-48)Addison Russell might be the best prospect traded this summer. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Anthony Rizzo is one of five players up for the 2014 All-Star Game Final Vote, competing for a spot on the National League team.
- 29. Arizona Diamondbacks (37-53)Chase Anderson has to qualify as a pleasant surprise, even with the home-run rate. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Bronson Arroyo will need season-ending Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
- 30. Houston Astros (36-54)Domingo Santana is a big feller with huge raw power and major concerns about his ability to make contact. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
Astros have placed outfielder Alex Presley on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique.
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Movie Review: Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
In the town of Verde Valley, Arizona, something is killing farmer Colby's cattle. Local veterinarian Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen (William Shatner) teams up with university entomologist Diane Ashley (Tiffany Bolling from The Candy Snatchers) to make a shocking discovery: huge tarantulas are banding together in large colonies. And they're pissed.
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Want to kick off your Monday with some exciting rumors? How about the rumblings that there may be a 3-D "Gremlins" in our future?
A bidding war broke out over Robert Rodirguez directed "Machete" over the weekend with 20th Century Fox winning the battle... in the process, they've also locked up the rights to Rodriguez's future work.
New images from the upcoming "Piranha 3-D" have shown up online and they're suitably gruesome. Just a fair warning, mangled mammaries ahead!
Now that "Legion" has hit theaters, director Scott Stewart sits down to talk about his next Paul Bettany starring movie, "Priest". Let's hope it's more interesting than his last one.


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Sewing's Resurgence
Hobbyists and business owners alike are taking advantage of the renewed popularity of the craft
Sacramento Business Journal – August 17, 2007
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Michelle Singleton likes to sew, but she doesn't fit the common stereotype of apron-clad grannies huddled in a sewing circle from a black-and-white-tinged era. The 20-year-old Sacramento City College student represents a new kind of seamstress coming into the fold.
"I sew because I'm a fashion design major, and I like to design and make my own clothes and accessories," said Singleton, who started sewing in college classes in 2005. "I make my own stuff and I wear it, so I can get exposure for my designs."


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The National Clintsketball League (NCL) season is coming to an end, and the final games are approaching. The race for top spot is close and still up for grabs! Lace up those sneakers, put on that headband and get ready to play some Clintsketball!
The best in the west? The beast from the east? Wherever you're from grab a pair of sneakers, some water, and your talent, and get ready! The competition is tough, and only the top will shine and step into the finals at Clintz Stadium.
Myself: Mobster Stadium
Wicer: Science Stadium
Reap: The Pirate Stadium
Mahdin: Safety Stadium
Callous: Coming soon!
Shanks: All Star Stadium
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Apr. 22, 2014
ST. LOUIS (APRIL 22, 2014) - Webster University's Cybersecurity Program, which was launched in Colorado Springs earlier this year, will be expanded to four more Webster University locations. The announcement of the expansion was made just days before the Gateway to Innovation (G2I) technology conference taking place in St. Louis on April 23. Webster University is a platinum-level sponsor of the event.
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"Webster University is proud to serve as a platinum sponsor for the Gateway to Innovation conference," Stroble said. "Just as St. Louis historically served as a Gateway to the West, Webster University, a truly global university, leads in developing innovative programs and partnerships to secure a prosperous future here and around the world."
Webster's George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology (Walker School) graduate-level program will be offered in the Washington D.C. area this summer, followed by Orlando, San Antonio and St. Louis.
The field is exploding with job opportunities. According to a recent report by the labor-market analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies, postings for cybersecurity jobs have grown 74 percent since 2007. In 2013 alone, the report said, there were more than 200,000 postings nationally for cybersecurity jobs, with an average salary of $93,028. That's more than $15,000 higher than other IT positions as a whole. And because the number of qualified candidates for these cybersecurity jobs far lags the number of open positions, these postings tend to remain open much longer than other IT jobs, according to the Burning Glass Technologies report.
"There is a growing demand for employees who can manage complex cybersecurity programs for the government and for private enterprise," said Tom Johnson, associate vice president and chief of strategic initiatives at Webster University. "We launched the Cybersecurity program in Colorado Springs because of a demand for it from members of the military there, and now we are expanding to other areas of the country because of growing demand from those regions."
Barrett J. Baebler, Walker School associate professor and Management Department Chair agreed this is the right degree at the right time. "The foundation of today's global commerce is built upon numerous channels delivering materials, services and data," Baebler said. "Protecting the security of these channels is a top priority."
Webster's new master's degree program in cybersecurity was established to help fill a staggering demand for cybersecurity training in the Colorado Springs area. The U.S. Air Force Space Command approached Webster to create the program because it has 1,400 employees who need training in cybersecurity.
"Webster University is continuing to be on the forefront of addressing the growing needs in our society and business community," said Julian Schuster, provost, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Webster University. "Our uniquely designed Cybersecurity program is another prime example of Webster's commitment to creating relevant and highly-impactful educational programs."
One of the topics taught in the Cybersecurity Program – the security concerns created by an increasingly mobile workforce – will be the center of one of Webster University's two panel discussions at the G2I Conference. Professor Ross Mayfield, an adjunct professor in the Cybersecurity program and a recognized expert in information systems and computer law enforcement investigations, will lead the discussion along with Jeff Villmer, senior director of information technology at IntelliSpend and Rick Powell, with information technology security at REJIS.
With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University (www.webster.edu) is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based university providing a network of international residential campuses. Founded in 1915, Webster University's campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional residential campuses in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.


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Beyond the field
SARASOTA, Fla. – Dylan White sat in the back of the Sarasota High dugout last spring and watched his best friend, Jason Sierra, solidify his spot in the Sailors' lineup in his first season with the team.
White, a standout pitcher and first baseman, suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder at the end of his sophomore season — an injury that left him sidelined for his junior season.
Sierra, a standout outfielder and first baseman, stepped up and filled the void, while his best friend and one of his biggest supporters watched.
"When he first got injured, it (was hard) because he was a (great) player and he wasn't (quite) the profile player he once was anymore because of that, so that was hard to see," Sierra says.
"It was hard not to be able to play, but the best part about not being about able to play was seeing Jason pick up the load," White says. "He had a great junior year."
Now, after having spent the past 14 years playing together on the diamond, the best friends are preparing to take the field together for the final time this spring before heading off on their own.
White and Sierra both signed national letters of intent Nov. 14 to play college baseball. White will play for the University of Miami, while Sierra will head north to Vanderbilt University.
"I (verbally) committed my sophomore year, so it was cool to watch (Jason) go through the process," White says. "I know he's super excited to go there."
White grew up a Hurricanes fan and knew early on he wanted to play for Miami.
"The coaches and everything just clicked down there," White says. "It definitely was an easier transition. It felt like I was going to a professional (program), and the vibe down there is that they want to help you advance, which was my main goal."
Sierra chose Vanderbilt over Miami, Florida, Central Florida and Florida State for its atmosphere and academics.
"It's a small school and yet it's still a major Division I program," says Sierra, who plans to major in economics. "I value education and (Vanderbilt) felt like home. It's a great relief and, yet, I still know that I have to work hard. There are many other kids in same position (who want) to be the best at the (next) level also."
White and Sierra first met while attending TLC Child Care Center of Sarasota when they were 2 years old. The two quickly became friends, and before long they were tossing around Wiffle balls.
White and Sierra started playing T-ball together when they were 4 years old and have been playing together ever since. The two played on the same Little League baseball teams and played travel ball together on the same AAU teams with White's dad as their coach.
"It's just a great comfort playing next to your best friend," Sierra says. "We're going on 14 years here soon. We both have each other's backs, and we help each other out when we're struggling by offering tips or pointers."
It wasn't until their freshman year that White and Sierra found themselves on opposing fields for the first time. White began playing for the Sailors while Sierra spent his freshman and sophomore seasons playing for Cardinal Mooney.
Both White and Sierra thrived playing for their respective teams, but the two admit it was an adjustment not being on the field together.
"It was definitely different," White says. "I'm so used to playing with him. We're on the same page every time. Not being able to play with your best friend was kind of weird, but it was a good experience for us to go our different ways."
Having been cleared to pitch again, White has spent the off season working on strength and conditioning in hopes of picking up where he left off at the end of his sophomore season.
"It gave me more motivation to come back and not only to pitch but hit, too," White says. "I'm just glad I can finally play."
White and Sierra will officially take the field next month for the start of their senior season — a season the two would like to see culminate with a state championship.
"The last two years weren't true Sarasota High School baseball," White says. "We just have to play as a team and mesh together because once you get back to districts, it's do or die."
"I'm just looking forward to finishing out our high school careers together," Sierra says. "We started together and we're about to end together. We're both going on to very good schools and (hopefully) we'll continue to have success."
"It may be about a situation that just occurred on the field, someone was out of position. Late in the game we may bring them together and say, 'All right, we have to get a man on base. If we get a man on base, guys, we are playing for a run. Mentally start preparing yourself for that. We're going to bunt or hit-and-run. If we get a man on second base, you have to hit the ball to the right side of the infield to move him up.' ... It's man-on-man, let's go get him and see what happens. That's, to me, baseball."
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Kids at the start of the day
When you get up close to the tree, you can see animals carved all over it. It is quite incredible!
Daddy helping Charlotte get a better view
Where Naomi enjoyed the safari ride
Chilling with Mickey. Charlotte LOVES seeing him!
Showing off the binoculars that Anson let her borrow
Naomi was mostly interested in getting his ear
The girls trying to see the river
Obligatory showing off pose. Just look at those chunky legs!
Dusty & Arin & Co. riding the dinosaurs
Sporting Daddy's shades
Going for a ride in DinosaurLand
Charlotte wiped out mid-day
That's a lot of bull
Can you find the hidden Mickey? (You'll probably need to enlarge the photo)
The best we could get of all the kids with the glasses on for the "Bug's Life" show. I didn't heed the advice of a friend that this show isn't appropriate for little ones. Charlotte was crawling into Jared's lap and hiding her face in his shoulder :/
Charlotte & Ella hugging goodbye
Monday, November 15, 2010
Animal Kingdom
Kids at the start of the day
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Goings-On
I can't believe I haven't blogged for a month. Sheesh! Here's a quick update:
I got a new vacuum!
All of this is just from our living room! And I had vacuumed with our old vacuum right before this just to see how much more the new one would get. Gross, isn't it?!
Naomi has been adorable. She's cruising along holding onto furniture and has even taken a step or two here and there by herself. Her first step was two weeks ago at 10.5 months old.
We spent a day at Animal Kingdom! I'll try to post more pictures from this day soon. We had a blast!
The girls are so cute together! They have the occasional squabble, but for the most part Naomi thinks Charlotte is the greatest thing since sliced bread and Charlotte loves her baby sister to pieces. Melts my heart!
We went camping and fishing! I use the term "camping" loosely since we were in a cabin with a kitchen, bathroom and shower, but it only had one bedroom so we were roughing it :) Hopefully this will get its own post so I can show you all the cute pictures from this trip as well.
Jared had surgery on his eye. See that white tissue stuff (called a pterygium) encroaching on the cornea? He had that removed. It was only on the surface of the eye and was a quick, routine procedure, but there were two stitches and a graft involved. The surgery went very well and his eye is healing as it should. As the stitches are dissolving, he said it doesn't feel like there's something in his eye as much anymore, so hopefully it's just a matter of time as the redness from the surgery fades away, though this will likely take a couple months.
Charlotte has showed her natural inclination for style. Snow White head band, Minnie Mouse shirt, purple and green tutu, and mommy's boots. She cracks me up.
The girls went Trick-or-Treating! I made their costumes and, if I do say so myself, these girls are the cutest little punkins I've ever seen. Naomi's bow was made by a friend of mine who has an etsy shop. She makes some of the cutest bows! Naomi was just along for the ride, but Charlotte has been excited about trick-or-treating for a while and she had a blast. After a couple houses she said that we could go home because her bag was full. We went to a few more and she picked up on the pattern of getting candy from each house we went to. Then when I asked her if she was ready to go home she replied, "I think we need to go to twelve more." Random number, but she wanted more candy!
I can't get over how much Charlotte looks like I did growing up. Compare the picture above with the one below. Mini Me!
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Disney With Grammy
Last week my mom went down to the Magic Kingdom with me and the girls. We had an absolute blast! Charlotte adores her Grammy and asked about going to Disney World with her for days before we left. Here are some pictures from our day.
The sky-writing we saw from the parking lot
Mom and the girls seeing Mickey & Minnie. This is becoming my favorite part of the parks. Charlotte loves seeing them!
Reason #128 why Grammy is cooler than Mommy: She crawls into tiny spaces to play
Meeting the princesses
Naomi sharing her cantaloupe with Grammy
Charlotte having a blast with her Grammy on Dumbo
Some of the construction going on at the back of the park. This will eventually have an area for some more of the princesses. I believe it will include a "Be Our Guest" restaurant from Beauty & the Beast (which comes out again next week, by the way!), a ride from The Little Mermaid, and something for Princess Aurora, but I can't remember what exactly.
Pirate Goofy
Reason #376 why Grammy is cooler than Mommy: Grammy plays in the water
Cooling off
Charlotte seeing Mickey & Minnie in the parade
At the end of the day, finishing off her cantaloupe
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Rollins Weddings
Many moons ago we went to some fantastic weddings to celebrate new additions to the Rollins family. Because I slack and don't blog often, I'm just now getting around to uploading the pictures. Better late than never... And the quality of the pictures are horrible because I was holding a squirming baby while taking most of them.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel and Vanessa Rollins
We traveled up to Nashville to see Nathaniel and Vanessa get married. It was such a beautiful ceremony! We enjoyed seeing several aunts and uncles and lots of cousins.
Uncle Tim and Aunt Cindy
James (This is the best shot I could get of him? Seriously need to work on my photog skills!)
Alex. He's a handsome little guy and by that smile, I'm going to guess he knows it :)
Nick & Hannah
All of them are members of the Tim & Cindy Rollins clan. (Their oldest, Tim and his family, could not be there because of his service in the military.) "Be fruitful and multiply!"
Naomi showing off in the parking lot of the church
Alex dancing with Charlotte. She hardly left the dance floor all night!
Naomi and Kristina (another Rollins cousin)
At the end of August we traveled up to Chicago to see the wedding of Jamie and Nate in her parent's back yard. It was a beautiful and very special ceremony. They were actually married a week before at Nate's parent's home so that his mom could be there to see them get married. She was battling pancreatic cancer and couldn't make the trip from her home in Indiana to Chicago. Thanks to Skype, though, she was able to see the second ceremony as well. She wasn't able to be there to celebrate the wedding with the rest of the family, but she is now part of the eternal celebration in Heaven. Praise the Lord!
The only picture I got of the bride and groom. I'm going to use the squirmy baby excuse again.
Naomi enjoying a snuggle with Uncle Bennie
Naomi flirting with Uncle John, who I'm pretty sure she thought was her Pop.
After the ceremony and a nap back at the hotel, we headed into downtown Chicago for a couple hours.
Orange and blue sunset. God is definitely a Gator fan.
How we set up the hotel room so the TV wouldn't bother Naomi while she slept
Naomi, on her first flight, doing a little light reading. She got a little fussy on one of the legs of the trip, but overall was a great traveler. (Because we'd have to pay for a ticket for Charlotte, she stayed back home with her Grammy and Grampy and had an absolute blast! This trip was the longest I had been away from her so I was more than anxious to have my big girl in my arms again!)
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Adam Lanza was a deeply troubled young man who never should have had access to guns. But as the state's investigative report released this week made clear, Mr. Lanza had easy access to several guns that were legally purchased by his mother and kept in the family home in Newtown.
The result was horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, where Mr. Lanza took the lives of 20 children and six women before killing himself. Yet as we approach the first anniversary of this tragedy, guns keep falling into the wrong hands, the shootings continue and the nation's polarization over gun control seems to get worse.
The wrong hands that guns fall into are often those of children. In Sparks, Nev., last month, 12-year-old Jose Reyes brought a semi-automatic pistol from his home to his middle school on a Monday. He shot and seriously wounded two schoolmates, shot and killed a math teacher who tried to intervene, and then took his own life, according to news reports. The teacher, Marine Corps veteran Michael Landsberry, 45, was called a hero.
But he, like the educators in Newtown, should not have had to die a hero in a school.
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In one community, Fayetteville, N.C., in the past month, two children, one 4 years old and the other 2, got ahold of loaded guns and killed themselves. Several children have been shot in Miami-Dade County, Fla., this fall. Three teenagers were shot and wounded outside a school in Pittsburgh. And on it goes.
According to a report by two Boston doctors presented last month at a conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about 500 children and teenagers die each year from gunshot wounds and another 7,500 are injured. The researchers, Drs. Arin L. Madenci and Christopher Weldon, proposed shifting the national conversation toward the dangers posed by handguns, not military-style semi-automatic rifles.
In addition to children getting their hands on guns, gang members, drug dealers and such have had no trouble remaining armed and dangerous. On the weekend of Nov. 16-17, 18 people were shot in Chicago, for example.
Little Change
As we approach the anniversary of the Newtown killings, not much has changed. Connecticut and a few other states have strengthened their gun laws, but some states have loosened gun controls. Also, gun permits skyrocketed here and in many parts of the country. From March to September 2013, Connecticut state police issued 18,233 new pistol permits — a 78 percent increase from the same period in 2012, The Courant reported. The National Rifle Association is raising record amounts of money this year, according to news reports.
Given what looks like hard polarization, is it possible to find common ground and pass some common-sense gun-safety measures? Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, thinks so.
Speaking at a recent forum on the Second Amendment at the University of Connecticut Law School, Mr. Aborn laid out the following argument: He said the NRA refuses to consider any measures to increase gun safety because, the organization argues, they will lead to a ban on firearms (even though the Supreme Court has ruled that guns can't be banned).
So, he said, gun-safety advocates must give up any "ban" rhetoric and focus on illegal guns — measures that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill (as well as children).
He has a point. If safety advocates can move the debate to illegal guns, it might be able to pass common-sense measures such as universal background checks — measures supported by a majority of NRA members.
But it won't be easy.


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Police: Mom smothered daughter, disposed of body
A woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter and putting her body in a trash bin has been found incompetent to stand trial.
Chelsea Michelle Booth, 25, of Annapolis, will stay at a state psychiatric hospital. She had been committed without bail to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for treatment and examination.
Booth's daughter, Kassidey, disappeared in February. Police said Booth told them she lay on top of her daughter and smothered her, then disposed of her body.
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Haiti bishop who married 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies
Haitian Bishop Francois-Wolff Ligonde, who presided over the lavish wedding of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and was viewed as an ardent supporter of the regime, died on Monday, a local radio station reported. He was 85.
Radio Kiskeya, citing Bishop Louis Kebreau, reported that Ligonde died following an unspecified illness. He had earlier suffered from heart complications and diabetes.
Born in the southern coastal town of Les Cayes, Ligonde served as the archbishop of Port-au-Prince and retired from his post in 2008.
But he was best known as a supporter of the Duvalier regime that ruled over Haiti from 1957 to 1986, when "Baby Doc" Duvalier fled into exile, and after. Under Duvalier rule, his sermons were sympathetic to the strongman and his predecessor, his father Francois "Papa Doc."
Ligonde was also the uncle to Duvalier's now ex-wife, Michele Bennett, and he married the two in an opulent cathedral wedding in 1980 that was said to have fetched $5 million even though the country's budget was largely made up of foreign aid. The ceremony, broadcast live on television to the impoverished nation, came with imported champagne, fireworks and flowers.
The wedding caused a scandal among supporters of the regime, for Bennett was a mulatto and the arrangement ran counter to the Noirisme movement that Duvalier's father espoused.
Rifts followed between Ligonde and a rising political figure at the forefront of the 1986 ouster of Duvalier: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former priest who was later expelled from the Salesian order for preaching "class struggle" and became a two-time president known for his populist stance.
After Aristide was elected to his first term in December 1990, Ligonde vilified him as "Bolshevik" in a sermon. Aristide himself had called Ligonde a "zealous servant" of the Duvalier dictatorship. Angry Aristide supporters later burned down a historic church and threatened Ligonde.
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Forever Young: Neil Young proves life in rock & roll can begin again at fortysomething.
by Alan Light
Did you see Dracula?" Neil Young breaks into a wide grin over a bowl of postconcert fruit salad. "Man, they got some wind in Dracula that's scary," he says. "It's beautiful." Later that night, on his vintage 1970 tour bus parked outside a Chicago hotel, a discussion about growing up in Canada quickly leads back, somehow, to thoughts of Transylvania. "I can't get it out of my mind!" Young exclaims, shaking his shaggy head. "I got to go back and see it again." Though his hair and the massive mutton chops might seem to indicate more of an affinity for the Wolf Man, Neil Young and Count Dracula actually have a surprising amount in common. Both spend much of their time underground, occasionally surfacing with surprising, even shocking results. Both can change style and persona to get their work done. And - most significantly - both seem not to grow older as the years go by. At forty-seven, Young has turned the clock back a full twenty years with his new album, Harvest Moon. Recapturing the sweeping melodies and lush harmonies of 1972's Harvest, still his most popular release, Harvest Moon represents Young's first appearance in the Top Twenty in almost ten years.
But Harvest Moon is more complicated than a simple nostalgia trip or a remake. Beneath the pedal steels and dulcet tones of Harvest, the twenty-six-year-old Young sounded wizened beyond his years as he first confronted aging and mortality. "As the days fly past, will we lose our grasp?" he asked in his eerie, pinched voice on the title track; on "Are You Ready For The Country?" he sang, "I ran into the hangman, and he said, 'It's time to die.'" Even "Heart of Gold," Young's only Number One single, ended each verse with the tag "and I'm getting old."
Harvest Moon, on the other hand, is a chronicle of survival, focusing on loss and compromise and the ultimate triumphs of being a married father approaching fifty. It's full of bittersweet tributes to lost friends, dead hounds and love grown old. "What this album is about is this feeling, this ability to survive and continue and grow and get higher than you were before," says Young. "Not just maintain, not just feel well. Not just 'I'm still alive at forty-five.' You can be more alive."
It hasn't been an easy ride these two decades for Young. He has suffered through the deaths of several musicians close to him, from Danny Whitten (guitarist in Crazy Horse, Young's frequent garage-rock collaborator) in 1972 to the passing in 1991 of Steve Lawrence, saxophonist in his bluesy big-band project the Bluenotes. Young went through a controversial, contentious period artistically throughout the 1980s, ending up in a surreal court battle with Geffen Records, his label at the time, for making what the company called "unrepresentative" albums - for making albums that didn't sound like Neil Young albums, whatever that could possibly mean. Most harrowing, he has two sons, by two different women, both of whom where born with cerebral palsy (he also has and eight-year-old daughter who does not have the condition).
Yet Young has managed to produce the most consistently compelling body of work of any musician of his generation. Who else has remained so relevant, so vital, so influential in so many musical genres? The last few years in particular - beginning with Freedom, in 1989, through the cataclysmic Ragged Glory (1990) and his subsequent tour with Crazy Horse, and continuing with his soaring, show-stealing performance at the Bob Dylan tribute last October and the release of Harvest Moon - have seen Young at an artistic peak, following his own muse as always and resolutely refusing to fall into the "oldies act" category that has beset virtually all of his contemporaries.
"If you're charged up and have all this experience, what else is there?" Young says of his amazingly graceful rock & roll maturation. "When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out of control. And if you're old and you're not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you're charged and stimulated by what's going on around you and you also have experience, you know what to appreciate and what to pass by. And then you're really cruising."
The head of corporate marketing for WTTW-TV, Chicago's PBS affiliate, strides to the front of the room in the station's studios. Neil Young is about to tape the first installment of Center Stage, a new series coproduced by WTTW and VH-1. The station rep welcomes the small crowd, filled with industry weasels and local music-biz types, and makes one request of the 200 or so invited guests.
"Anybody who's got a tie on or is looking too corporate," he says, "could you please take them off? It's important that this look like a Neil Young crowd."
The next night, though, at an actual Neil Young concert in front of actual Neil Young fans, there are quite a few ties in the house. Their owners are seated next to kids in frayed flannel shirts, next to preppie types in Docksiders, next to rockers in leather jackets. Garth Brooks listeners mingle with Nirvana-heads. Woodstock meets Lolapalooza. An aging hipster in a linen jacket shares a joint in the men's room with a fresh-scrubbed teen.
"Can we get it together, can we still stand side by side?" Young sings in Harvest Moon's "From Hank to Hendrix." With the continuing fragmentation of the pop-music audience, a Neil Young solo concert is as close to a rock & roll consensus as you're going to find.
"They come from everywhere for the acoustic thing," Young says. "They won't meet anywhere else. But once I define it with a band, I lose half of them and bring in a bunch more extremists from one place or another."
The acoustic thing. Young has been touring off and on for the past year with just a fleet of guitars, a couple of pianos and a banjo or two, hitting two or three cities at a time and then retreating - vampirelike - to his ranch in California for a few weeks. The one consistent element in these shows is his refusal to use a set list at any time - much to the chagrin of the Center Stage film crew, which scrambles to shoot Young as he wanders from instrument to instrument, scratching his head and figuring out what he wants to play next.
"There's a lot I get out of doing this acoustic thing that I don't get any other way," Young says. "It opens up the music and the songs and what they're about. Being able to pick things out and change them around. A band can cover that stuff up. There's nothing worse than walking out and knowing exactly what you're going to do. At this time of my life, I don't need that."
The flip side of that, of course, is not knowing what the audience is going to make of any given Neil Young show. The Center Stage taping is spectacular, with Young compensating for his concerns about the bright lights of TV by delving even deeper into the songs. He ends up playing twenty songs, almost two hours, for a show that will run only a half-hour (an hour-long version will appear on PBS next summer). A painfully intense rendition of 1977's "Like a Hurricane" on the pipe organ is the highlight - Young would later refer to it as "the Transylvania version," though it actually felt closer to Phantom of the Opera. (Too lunatic for VH-1, apparently: The song didn't make the cut for the show).
The following night's concert at the gorgeously restored, turn-of-the-century Chicago Theater, however, is not such a pretty sight. The crowd is boisterous and vocal from the opening minutes. Several times, Young starts to play a song only to cut it short, claiming that he can't hear himself. "Don't think I'm fucking with you, okay?" he pleads from the stage. "But some of you guys who drink a lot of beer, you know how loud you can be compared to this."
Finally, Young delivers a brief, good-natured greatest-hits set, cutting off after about seventy-five minutes. "Tonight was the opposite of what I like to do on a musical level - tonight was survival," he says after the show. "But you have to be able to read it and roll with it. I don't have to play a sensitive song while people are yelling. I play the songs for myself, and if I'm distracted by the audience, I'll just stop."
Young bears no malice for this segment of his following, the beer-swilling guys in ALLMAN BROTHERS T-shirts who turned last winter's performances at New York's Beacon Theater into a nasty, heated battle between his desire to play unreleased new songs and their calls for his familiar rock & roll raveups. "Don't you have a lot of friends like that?" he asks. "Big outgoing guys who have a few drinks and just get blown out, but if they aren't drinking, their soulful side comes out and they're actually real sensitive? They just get so high, they feel it so much, that they think they're alone in their van listening to the songs."
Harvest Moon might seem like the ultimate concession to Young's old fans, but he sees it as a valid, even experimental enterprise. "People had been asking me to do it for twenty years, and I never could figure out what it was in the first place," he says. But when he wrote a batch of new songs and finished some old ones last summer in Colorado, the Harvest sound was what he heard in his head. "That's when I discovered what the hell I was doing, but only because the songs made me do it," he says. "It just happened again, whatever it was that happened back then."
The track "You and Me," a quiet paean to domesticity that quotes from the Harvest hit "Old Man," is the musical link between the albums, according to Young: "That song was started in 1975, but I never finished it. In 1976, [bassist] Tim Drummond heard it and said: 'You've got to finish that, man. That's like Harvest stuff, let's do that.' And that kinda freaked me out, I got spooked by it, because it was like someone said what it was before we did it. I don't want to feel like I'm just filling in the numbers." But along with this new batch of compositions came a new intro and last verse, and the twenty-year-long jump was completed.
In the notes to his 1978 anthology Decade, Young wrote: "'Heart of Gold' put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch." He still expresses ambivalence about Harvest: "When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near. I can't hold that against [Harvest], which I did; it's certainly got the depth of the other records. But it took a while to get to that. I just didn't want to do the obvious thing, because it didn't feel right."
Obviousness or predictability would be the last things of which Neil Young could be accused. Young asserts that all the disparate styles he has explored - from his Sixties work with folk-rock pioneer Buffalo Springfield to the altered electro-vocals of Trans (1982) to the rockabilly of Everybody's Rockin' 1983) - are related, that the relevance his listeners find in the more accessible records is of a piece with the weirder, sometimes patently incomprehensible stuff. "Deep inside [the Rockin' band] the Shocking Pinks or Trans is the same stuff that people are hearing now," he says. "It's just buried; it's not on the surface. And some of it is more intense than what people are hearing now."
Nor has Young ever turned his back on any part of his musical past. His tour bus, after all, still has BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD emblazoned on the back (making it hard to miss parked outside the stage door after a show). He doesn't even rule out another go-round with his cohorts Crosby, Stills and Nash. "I'm good friends with all of them, and we could literally be making music together anytime," Young says. "If we had the songs and the circumstances were right, we could do something great. I think the potential's still there."
Driven, open, restless (he even named the band he took to Europe after Freedom Young and the Restless), Young's primitive guitar screech and yowling voice have served as lasting inspiration for wandering souls and fuckups of several generations now. In the 1990's, Neil Young is simply so anachronistic that he's cutting edge.
"I like to walk," he says when asked what he does during a typical day on tour after a lifetime in the rock & roll business. "A lot of times, I'll stop the bus and walk for three or four miles and then let the bus catch up with me on the road."
Neil Young doesn't listen to records. "I'm more interested in what the music of the times is," he explains over juice and coffee in the cafe of his Chicago hotel, still wearing the same CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS T-shirt he put on after the preceding night's show. "If it's on the radio or somebody else is playing a tape, that's how I hear music. It's what I hear in the environment." He must travel in wide-open environment indeed, for he casually drops references to artists ranging from Trisha Yearwood to Pearl Jam, from R.E.M. to Patty Smyth. He flashes a goofy grin on the Harvest Moon inner sleeve bedecked in a FISHBONE T-shirt.
Young discusses music - any music - with unabashed love; it's incredible to hear anyone talk about bands without a shred of attitude or exclusion. As one who helped popularize country rock in the Seventies, for instance, he maintains that today's country boom is the result of listeners losing interest in singer-songwriters like himself.
"I drove a lot of people away by singing so loud and abrasive and the feedback and all, and I'm not the only one who's done that to them," Young says. "A lot of people turned to country because it's more like Seventies rock & roll. Pop and rock have just changed their name to country. Garth Brooks - he's a pop star, like what's his name, Bryan Adams. But he sings about things that are more rural, more country values. People like to hear about things they can relate to, not just some posey kind of antilifestyle attitude or whatever."
As for rap, the bane of many of his peers' musical existence, Young practically jumps out of his chair with enthusiasm. "I love rap!" he declares with a sparkle in those familiar, piercing eyes, professing a particular fondness for Ice-T. "It's speaking to the people on the streets. It's a whole new way of communicating that's so open to saying exactly what the hell's on people's minds in a clever way, a way that you can listen to and move your body to. Similar to, like, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues.' Dylan is early rap. What the hell's the difference?" To those who resist rap's charms, he adds, "This is the shit that's going to keep music alive - don't close it off because you don't understand it."
The new music with the clearest links to Young's work is grungy guitar rock. His turbulent instrumental squalls and Crazy Horse's thunderous backing - not to mention his flannel-centric wardrobe - echo through the work of Seattle's rising stars and a range of alternative artists from Dinosaur Jr. to the Jayhawks to Matthew Sweet. Many of today's postpunk college guitar bands claim him as a spiritual godfather; some of them - including Soul Asylum and the Pixies - covered Young songs on The Bridge, a 1989 tribute album.
Young is loath, however, to take credit as an influence on anyone. "It's not me, it's just the music," he says wearily. "I play it, and they play it. Link Wray was doing it a long time ago. Then Hendrix, now we've got all the grungers and the distortion thing. It's just going farther and farther, which it should. It's being developed."
Not since Young put Johnny Rotten and Elvis in the same song on Rust Never Sleeps in 1979, however, did he embrace the next wave as he did when he took Sonic Youth on the road with Crazy Horse in 1991. "They've got this thing happening that I enjoy," he says of the art-punk superheroes. "It's soothing to me; it was very soothing before I went onstage to hear that feedback through the cement walls."
The summit of noisy icons from two generations took its toll on Young, however. Playing in the center of a jacked-up guitar blitzkrieg for six months damaged his ears. "I had hyperacoustis," he says. "I heard everything very loudly. Now it's back to normal, but I still don't like going into loud places. I had to rest for a long time and get everything together.
"Those shows were really fucking loud," Young continues. "Loud in the way a crashing plane is loud, amped up for that war sound, that kind of thing. That's what we were going for."
The entire tour was shot through with the spirit of war, which started while Young and Crazy Horse were in rehearsals. More overtly, Young put a huge microphone stand tied with a yellow ribbon at center stage and added a blistering version of "Blowin' in the Wind" to the set. "That war really left a mark on my," he whispers back in the bus. "We were playing so raucously, so violently, really like a bombardment. It was like we were there. It was very military sounding at times - big machinery, unbelievable power and destruction. That was our sound."
Young's bitterness over the gulf war, which lies behind a track on Harvest Moon titled "War of Man," has given way to excitement, tinged with skepticism, about Washington's new administration. "It has its comedic side," he says of the Clinton regime, "but it's cool that you go to places and a lot of working people are happy. They think that if things don't change right away, at least they've got somebody who knows who they are.
"But," Young adds, "I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am."
It was a similar attitude that resulted in Young's most notorious political statements when he spoke out in support of Ronald Reagan in the early Eighties. Despite his ultimate dissatisfaction with the past twelve years of Republican rule, though, he has no wish to recant those opinions.
"I feel exactly the same as I did when that was going down," Young says, narrowing his formidable eyebrows. "There were some things Reagan liked that I liked. The main component of it was that people have got to talk to each other and help themselves and that government can't completely take care of them by making a bunch of promises and programs. It can't be done that way to the exclusion of working together on things like child care. That was his point - get together, people. Organize your communities.
"I agreed with that," Young says. "But because agreed with that one thing and similar types of points, then I was a Reagan backer. It as a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that that man would say. But 'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing. My ideals don't run along hose lines."
Onstage he may resemble an affable gas-station attendant or a psychopathic lumberjack, while in conversation he looks more like your burned-out ex-hippie uncle. Somewhere along the way, though, Neil Young has become the very model of all that "family values" should really mean. "My family is a unit that's behind my music and doesn't inhibit it," he says. "The most beautiful thing about my wife, Pegi, is that she never gets in the way of my music. She doesn't have an attitude about certain kinds of music. For her to have an attitude about this or that, then if I got into that kind of music, I'm thinking, 'Right here in the house we have someone who doesn't like this at all.' I never have that with her; there's no restrictions that way."
His marriage, his life on the ranch with his kids and the cars and antique train sets he collects serve as the truest metaphor for Young's work. "The real music of my life is my family," he says. "I didn't keep this marriage together just by doing the same thing over again that I was doing when I got married. I didn't get pigeonholed into having only one personality, like a lot of people do. They kind of become someone that they're not. And in music, if you do that, you've had it."
On "Unknown Legend," Harvest Moon's opening track, Young sings, "You know it ain't easy / You got to hold on," and the rewards of persevering through difficult, even tragic times are evident when he speaks of his home life. He spent much of the Eighties struggling to come to terms with his sons' disabilities, and he has said that his anger and frustration and his family's experience with various rehabilitation programs inspired the impenetrable, tortured work of that era. These days, though, his craggy face looks as thoughtful and peaceful as his voice sounds on the new album. After helping to found the Bridge School, outside of San Francisco, for physically challenged kids like his sons, he now stages an all-star benefit each year to raise funds. It is his involvement with his children that now seems to keep Young happier and fresher than anything else.
"Every year now for my birthday party we do the same thing," Young says, beaming. "I build a fire, set up all the logs and build it myself. Then after dark, Pegi comes out and lights it. Then the kids come home from school, and we have all their little-kid friends and their parents over. The people that come to my party are chosen because they're the parents of my children's friends. They all come down to the fire, and we roast hamburgers and hot dogs and stuff and sit around the fire. After we have dinner, they come down with marshmallows and they all roast marshmallows. So every year at my party, the kids all come. They can't wait. It's like a big day for them. I don't know what that means, but that's us."
The solo acoustic shows that started when he wrote the songs for Harvest Moon are all over, at least for now; or so Young says. "Harvest Moon is almost a year old now," he says. "I'm almost finished doing this." Of course, in 1988 he said he probably wouldn't work with Crazy Horse again, calling their sound "a younger kind of music," only to record the majestic Ragged Glory with them the next year; "Yeah, well, that's typical," he says of that particular change of plans. Meanwhile, he continues to work on a long-anticipated multivolume retrospective of his career (the plans now call for different configurations "depending on how deep you want to get into it") and an autobiography.
Most immediately, though, Young is starting to hear the next sound in his head. He doesn't know what it is yet. He sure had fun playing the electric guitar again at the Dylan tribute, but maybe there's another band, new or old, to work with. The only sure thing is that it's time to move on.
"We're on the edge," Young says, nodding dreamily. "I can feel it coming. It won't be long."
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Oh Spider that doth fall from out the sky,
Your death-defying leaps make Gwen go faint.
I really loved this film, I'll tell you why,
It's mainly because Cap 2 this film ain't.
Forgive me while I change to sonnet form,
But Marc Webb's sequel takes things to new heights.
He guarantees to Parker you will warm,
And fear for him when Foxx turns out the lights.
There may be lots of villains but relax,
Harry is the man, DeHaan's a wonder.
The gang don't overcrowd to dubstep tracks,
Webb did well to steer from that big blunder.
With Matrix action and the humour nailed,
Part 2 defies the fact it could have failed.
Verdict: 5/5


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Let's Get Ready To Stumble!
When Mr. Gates announced that the Xbox would have a WWF game in time for the system's launch, wrestling fans everywhere began to salivate. The WWF's Rock was also on hand, seemingly endorsing the game and giving Bill some console credibility. But then again, this is the same Rock who promised us a realistic "People's Elbow" for Acclaim's WWF Attitude.
Well, the Xbox has been here for a while, and finally the WWF comes calling. After waiting so long for this game's release, I figured the delay was to ensure that the much-ballyhooed "never-before seen" features were up to snuff, the roster was updated, and the gameplay was sufficiently tweaked.
Instead, the game feels rushed. WWF Raw definitely does some things really well, but in other areas it completely misses the mark.
The first thing it does right is look fantastic. From the pyrotechnics during the game's opening to the sweat dropping from the grapplers as they, well, grapple, WWF Raw sets a new standard for wrestling game visuals. The game accurately duplicates the TV show opening with the cameras panning around a huge arena, showing thousands of screaming fans amidst the smoke and fireworks.
Once you access the main menu, though, things take a turn for the worse. Compared to THQ's excellent Smackdown! series, WWF Raw features a stunning lack of different play modes and match types. There's no steel cage, no table-ladder-chair matches, no "I quit" matches – really none of the gimmick matches that make the WWF fun to watch and play have been included.
The gameplay is similar to Smackdown!, while the fighting engine itself seems like an amalgam of Smackdown!, the UFC series, and the overly complex Legends Of Wrestling. The control scheme is odd. There is a block button that does what it's supposed to, but in order to reverse, dodge, or counter an attack, you must press "grapple" and "strike" simultaneously. That's two too many defense buttons scattered about the controller. The "taunt" button is also the "pin" button, which also serves as your "climb in and out of the ring" button as well as "climbing the turnbuckle." Imagine trying to taunt and instead pinning your opponent or better yet climbing the turnbuckle for no apparent reason. It's counterintuitive at best, and there's nothing worse than having to look down at your controller in the heat of battle.
WWF Raw works like other wrestling games in that your goal is to inflict a decent amount of damage on your opponent before going for your "finishing move." By using varied attacks and taunting your opponent, you build up a "voltage meter" at the bottom of your screen. When it flashes in your favor you can then pull your finisher.
Executing the finisher itself is a pain, however, as you first have to get the meter up, then stun your opponent, then grapple him, and then use a two button combination to actually do the move. Saturn's "Three-Handled Family Credenza" is a nightmare to pull off in WWF Raw.
Another problem is that the crowd will always side with whomever the more popular Superstar was at the time the game was programmed. Good luck beating Triple H with Justin Credible.
The wrestler's ring entrances are faithfully reproduced here, with everyone's appropriate music, pyrotechnics and lighting effects. It's pretty cool until you realize that everyone (including the women) walks like midget cowboys.
The ability to run up the ramp and interrupt your opponent's entrance is an original feature, but it's actually only a cut-scene showing you running up the ramp attacking. You don't do anything but watch. There's no referee and no announcers, even though there is an announcer table. You can battle outside the ring, but no further. No backstage areas, no parking lot, no nuthin'. The whole thing feels very slim compared to other more robust wrestling games.
You can take other Superstar's possessions, though. Dig the Undertaker's bandanna and shades? Beat him down, and you can knock those items off him and put them on yourself, or use these items in the standard Create-a -Superstar mode. There are many items of clothing and weapons to find and use, and normally this would be a really cool feature but…
…YOU CAN'T SAVE A GAME. Even though the instructions clearly state how to use the auto-save feature and actually show pictures of save screens, WWF Raw has NO auto save! Granted, there is no story mode (!), but there is a Title match mode in which you have to fight a series of opponents to win a belt. The number of opponents you face depends on the prestige of the title you 're currently hunting.
For example, the Light Heavyweight Title requires you to face five opponents, where the World Title hunt requires fifteen. These matches can take anywhere from three to twenty-five minutes each, and I think it's ridiculous that one is expected to go through fifteen matches in one sitting, which is precisely what you have to do because, again, there IS NO AUTO SAVE. If you want to stop during the match or between opponents and continue later, you're screwed, because you are immediately whisked back to the main menu and have to start over. So much for all the cool items you've collected and the characters you've unlocked.
The lack of modes and overly complex control could be forgiven. Hell, I could even overlook the lack of voices (characters and announcers), but no save feature? WWF Raw really feels half-finished. It promised features that never made it into the finished product, which is a big disappointment. It's the Xbox's best (and only) wrestling title out there, but it could have been so much more.