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James Darling is the dreamy boy next door you wished you had kissed behind the shed. James is a trans queer porn actor and sex educator. Jez met up with James in San Francisco and amongst the tom foolery there was just enough time for a quickie.
James: When I moved to San Francisco I got an opportunity to do a scene with a person I was dating at the time for Crash Pad. What could be better? I just moved to a new city and I'm going to get paid to fuck my lover! That was my first taste of queer porn and I loved it.
If Buck Angel didn't exist, I would not have gotten as far as I have with porn. I think there would still be indy productions happening, like XX Boys by Kael T Block and Body Alchemy by Loren Cameron for example. Those are some of the first things that put trans men out there as sexual beings.
Is the queer porn scene diverse?
There is absolutely way more diversity in queer porn but there definitely needs to be more people of colour and more people of size in queer porn because it is predominantly white thin bodies, but I know the producers are trying really hard to do that and a lot of it has do with who turns up for auditions. These films are coming out of the producers pockets, they aren't huge productions like what you see in LA.
We have the same issue with achieving diversity with DUDE MAGAZINE, we rely on the submissions to help us maintain diversity and we actively seek that out. Why do you think this happens in our community?
I think a lot of it has to do with how society values different bodies. I hear this a lot with queer play parties like 'oh we have trans women show up' and I think a lot of it is about creating an environment where these people will feel comfortable coming and if you are getting messages from everywhere in society telling you that you are not as desirable then it is harder to apply or send out a photo because then you get rejected and you don't want to be rejected by people in your community or people within your queer family. It's a really complicated issue to try and have diverse representation but to do it in a way that is not tokenising.
People who have been in the lime light for years like Buck Angel and Loren Cameron, they obviously work hard in the gym, they are muscular men and in the eye of the public it might click with them to see a 'typical' man and this further cements a stereotype of what's 'hot'. This makes it harder for trans guys who don't want to be in the gym 7 days a week, people who are still beautiful and attractive, like yourself who has more of the boyish look going on. What is that like for you?
It has been interesting, the ways I get received. I am so amazed at how many messages I get from people who are so happy to see a different kind of body. I mean my body is still very privileged in the western world, I am thin and I am white and I pass almost all the time, but I am also kinda feminine and sometimes butch it up. I am pretty sparkly and fabulous and gay and some people don't know how to handle that.
I certainly could have used more empowering images of transexuality when I was younger and I am very honoured to be a part of that [now].
How would you describe yourself behind the scenes?
Oh I am totally shy and awkward! Some people when they meet me are really surprised, in my day to day life I am a pretty quiet dude.
We were just at the Folsom Street Fair Fetish Festival like two days ago, how was your time there?
I feel really lucky when I'm in SF because a lot of men have some knowledge of trans guys and some random men can fondle me on the dance floor and it's fun, but I have to let them know at some point that I'm trans and guys out here mostly respond really positively. Guys will be respectful and be either 'That's hot' or 'Sorry that's not my thing'.
Most trans guys fall into two categories, some won't care and just wanna fuck and some don't want their trans status to be a part of the equation. For me I would rather it not be an issue. I do want people to be hot for my body but I don't want intense gender theory 101 discussions when I'm trying to get laid!
Yeah totally! Especially I think it can be hard when you are first exploring your homosexuality or queerness during or after transition. James, how do you go about cruising for sex? I basically just trust my instincts and know my boundaries, but what do you do?
I know for a lot of trans guys – myself included – often it's easier to find guys for casual sex online. As much as it's really exciting to be out in a public space and to be cruised, it's risky. It's easier to spell it out online.
I think it's important to know what you want to get out of an experience and what your boundaries are. Be really assertive about that and if someone is pushing your boundaries then that person isn't worth your time and you should get out of there. Before you go and have casual sex (with somebody you don't know) it's probably a good idea to let a friend know where you are going to be and when you expect to be back and what to do if you aren't back. Make sure you have a safety net and know what safer sex is to you.
There are a lot of misconceptions that trans guys only bottom!
I know! I have a cis male lover and I top him. What's not to love about being able to choose the size, length and width of your cock and it never goes soft! Cis guys can't do that!
And reciprocation! Some trans guys find themselves in situations where you play in a power dynamic because it's a new experience and end up just giving pleasure without receiving.
Yeah I know. A lot of the trans chaser guys here are really fixated on the changes that happen with testosterone and are really into oral on trans guy cocks. I am picky though and I am one of those guys when having casual sex with men, I prefer to be used and fucked and don't always need reciprocation, but I do appreciate it. A lot of trans guys are fans of blowjobs, who doesn't like a blowjob!


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Here are my responses:
1. What was your motivation for starting blogging? Has that changed at all in the time you've been blogging?
I started blogging after spending the summer reading and commenting on a bunch of really great blogs (IPB, Top Shelf, The Willful Caboose, etc) I also just wanted to have a place to vent my opinions on the Sabres, the NHL and life in general, without having to wade through a lot of the crap that comes with posting on a hockey message board. I don't think my motivation has changed all that much. I'm still new to blogging, so its all still new and exciting.
2. What do you think your blog contributes to the hockey conversation?
Not much on the "serious" side of blogging, but a lot on the whimsical side. I'd rather Shots Off the Crossbar be conversational and light in tone. Hockey's supposed to be fun, and I think a lot of times, people lose sight of that. I don't want to become one of those people.
3. What do you want to get out of the blogs you read?
Pour one part humor plus one part information over ice. Stir. Strain and serve in your favorite cocktail glass.
Most of the blogs that I read straddle the line between humorous and informative very well. If a writer takes time to incorporate humor into their writing (something that's not always easy to do), any informative piece becomes that much more enjoyable to read.
I also like reading game recaps / game diaries. I don't have Center Ice, so reading recaps of games featuring teams I don't regularly watch helps me keep in touch with what's going on around the league. When its my team featured in one of these recaps, it makes watching the game that much more enjoyable, knowing that after I'm done watching the game, there's going to be a great recap ready to read.
4. What determines which blogs you read and which you don't?
If I click on a link to a blog that I've never read before, and the first few entries I read don't grab my attention, then I'm unlikely to come back. I also like blogs that are well-written, with reasonably good grammar. If entries repeatedly contain things like "OMG [Player X] is TEH EVOL!!111″, I'll stop reading.
5. How important is the issue of gaining press access to you as a blogger?
I don't think that its something that I would like to have on a regular basis. I'd probably be too self-conscious about what I was writing and how the team would take it. I also don't think that I would be able to separate myself from the role of "fan" into the role of "journalist blogger" (which seems to be at the heart of this whole debate). I like being able to cheer goals or swear at my TV set when a player does something ridiculous, or when a broadcaster becomes too moronic to bear.
A press pass would put some new standards on myself and what I write, standards that I might not necessarily be comfortable with. It would be the blogging equivalent of when you were a little kid and had to put on your Sunday best and go to a family dinner and behave yourself. It's uncomfortable and restricting, and you're always happy when you can go home and put on your play clothes.
However, I would love to have a "one-day pass" to follow the team around. See what they do from when they arrive at the arena for the morning skate till they leave the arena after the game. Even following the coaches around would be interesting (of course, that would probably be a little more limiting, since we couldn't have any super-secret coaching information leak out). Because hockey life is so different that the 9-5 cubicle rat life that I lead, I would find something like that not only interesting to experience, but also to write about.
6. To what extent do you feel accountable for the content of your blog? How concerned do you think readers should be about the authority and accountability of your blog?
I write my blog, so ultimately, I'm responsible for the content. My real life name might not be attached to it, but what I write reflects on me. I may joke about calling certain free agents slag-faced whores, but I say that with love. I'm not out to hurt someone by what I write.
Also, a lot of the stuff I write about comes from the MSM to begin with. I just use the article / video as the jumping off point.
7. How concerned are you about the authority and accountability of the blogs you read? Do you find it difficult to judge the authority and accountability of the blogs you read?
The vast majority of the blogs that I read are meant to be taken lightly. I like to give humanity the benefit of the doubt, so in my opinion, the average person with an average IQ should be able to discern what's fact and what's fiction after reading a blog entry.
In terms of accountability, most of the blogs that I read are very good about linking back to sources for material. If the blogger doesn't do it, an eagle-eyed commenter will probably do it. Or, if something doesn't sound right, there's always Google to check it out further.
8. What value, if any, do you think blogging brings to the NHL?
I think it brings fans closer together. When you have a blog entry that allows conversation to develop, its a lot of fun. Through these conversations, you get to interact with people that you wouldn't have ordinarily "met." Everyone has great stories to tell, and sharing those develops a sense of community, that we're all riding together on the wacky ride that makes up the NHL.

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Celebrating club football and shining the light on incompetent and biased journos indulging in stereotyping and negativity.
Despite appearances to the contrary, having a family and a social agenda means that important milestones will sometimes be missed, so hopefully all 3 of my blog readers will forgive me for not posting anything on the last 4 games. I promise to catch it up over the next two game days. However, AJB is back tonight for a riveting Ukraine-Sweden game that is promising to be a firecracker!!! Sorry, forgot to turn off the Sky Sports / BBC hype pump, that wasn't me talking.
It is interesting to observe how far the co-opting, and at the same time, the sanitisation and the numbing of fans' passion has gone, and that corporations now feel quite unabashed in offering up their definition of what being a fan is about in full public view. Gone are the classic images of footballers fooling around with the ball in airports or just kicking it around in the stadium. The central theme running through one of the tournament's main sponsors campaign (a company known for its various electronic products) is that what constitutes "the most dedicated fan" seems mainly linked to ability to dress silly and heavily going in for face painting. Never mind keeping up a positive attitude when things are not going well, or attending far away games in Eastern Europe surrounded by unfriendly cops. But commitments of that type do not make for media-friendly images that can be used to create that diffuse but sufficiently bland warm feeling that gives sponsors the sense of purpose in funding such nonsense.
Ukraine-Sweden, 11 June 2012, 20h45 kick-off: 2:1
Team: Ukraine
Hollywood factor: Andriy Voronin's signature pony tail offers a number of options: ideally that of a Eastern European baddie in straight-to-DVD spy thrillers, but failing that there might just be space in porn. What? He's cut it off (the pony tail)? That's what happens when you join Liverpool, all your self-confidence goes down the drain (exhibit B: Fernando Torres).
Old/mean man kudos: At 35, Andriy Shevchenko is Ukraine's most senior and undoubtedly most illustrious player, having starred at AC Milan and then, erm, Chelsea. Notwithstanding that, despite looking as if he has just managed to grow his first beard, Bayern's Anatoliy Tymoshchuk is another credible contender at 33. Otherwise, all of Ukraine's players are really nice guys in touch with their sensitive side.
French connection: This is another stretch: former Lyon defender Pape Diakhaté, currently with Spanish club Grenada FC, officially spent 4 seasons at Dynamo Kiev from 2007 to 2011 (although he was loaned out for 2 of them). That should be amply sufficient to get him invited to the late evening piss-up on M6 that passes for a football discussion show, to offer his views on "what it's like over there". There might be a last dash attempt for pre-retirement heroics for Sheva, especially after that lovely flying header and if the new owners at PSG fail to land a current big name like Ibrahimovic or Tevez.
New hype kid most touted to join the English Premier League: 22-year old Andrei Yarmolenko is not exactly a household name just yet (as such transfer targets quickly become), but has managed to get himself noticed during Kiev's recent Champions League outings. With a total of 12 goals (to 28 appearances) for club last season, and another 4 (out of 7) for country, he could be the new big thing for the right club. With Bili the Kid at Everton, blue would perhaps be a good destination for him, unless Arsène decides he can't afford Dzagoev but wants to add to list of his alternative signings from Eastern Europea. Otherwise, on the left wing, Yevhen Konoplyanka was equally if not more impressive throughout the evening, showing lots of technical skills and courage to take on opponents directly.
Team: Sweden
Hollywood factor: Am I the only one to have noticed the striking resemblance between Sunderland's Sebastien Larsson and comedy stand up "executive drag" star Eddie Izzard? I wonder who's better at the other one's skills – Larsson with the jokes, or Izzard with the ball?
Old/mean man kudos: In addition to Sweden, 34-year old Olof Mellberg has played in Spain, England, Italy and now Greece, for the last 3 years (at Olympiakos)! If that isn't proof of a big heart, I don't know what is.
French connection: Unlike for the Ukranians and many other nations covered so far, the Swedes seem to quite like playing in France. Goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson spent two years at Rennes from 2004 to 2006, Kim Källström has been at Lyon forever, while Johan Elmander got Europe to take notice while at Toulouse, from 2006 to 2008; a bit sadly for him, only Bolton was watching.
New hype kid most touted to join the English Premier League: at lot has been said of midfielder Rasmus Elm, currently serving at AZ Alkmaar and with 10 goals to his name this season. At 24, he might be a ripe for a new challenge.
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Historic moment of the match: The dramatic and emotionally loaded hug between Andriy Shevchenko and the grumpy old Oleg Blokhin following the former's 2nd goal – they indulged in another one at the end of the game.
Hero of the game: Shevchenko, for that beautiful 1st headed goal, created from nearly nothing, and for confounding his critics (including this scribe) by deciding the game with the 2nd (and getting one over Ibrahimovic in the process).


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Not content with playing in fellow Brighton experimentalists Cold Pumas and running a label (Faux Discx), Dan Reeves also makes music under the solo guise of Soft Walls. His 2012 debut The Soft Walls hinted at future possibilities, and the follow-up No Time delivers in every conceivable way.
Constructed at home and in the Brighton rehearsal space he uses for this and his other project, No Time is the conclusion of several hours' writing, recording, rewriting and then re-recording again. Nevertheless, his pursuit of sonic perfection has paid off, with a little help from his friends MJ of Hookworms and Nottingham-based Joe Caithness (on mixing and mastering duties respectively).
There's a recurring theme to No Time's prognosis, namely fear and loathing augmented by the realisation youth isn't eternal after all. But it's Reeves' obvious knack of fusing errant psychedelia with driving rhythms with a lo-fi veneer that stands out. Whereas No Time's predecessor introduced Reeves as a sonic pioneer in the making, this serves as a public service announcement: His time is now.
With vocal styles ranging from the Gregorian chant of opener 'Won't Remember My Name' to the haunting whispers that permeate much of No Time, it's Reeves' aural palette that rises to the fore here. Each of its ten pieces segues effortlessly into the next, mostly propelled by a Spector-esque drum sound not too dissimilar to the one Bobby Gillespie perfected with The Jesus & Mary Chain around the time of Psychocandy. 'The Big Nod' is a prime example of Reeves' structured approach, the aforementioned regimented beats delicately complimented by a collage of guitars reminiscent of Stereolab or The Shamen's earliest recorded ventures prior to their better known dancefloor days.
'Never Come Back Again' takes No Time into another dimension, its motorik-style beat married to an obtuse bassline accentuated by Reeves' trademark under-the-breath vocal. Perhaps the closest comparison at this point would be James Chapman and Maps, but then by smothering No Time with reference points it feels like we're doing Soft Walls a disservice.
'Early In The Day', a short, ambient drone-heavy interlude gives way to the title track which sees Reeves in stripped down, laidback mode for the first time on the record. However, due in no small part to the layered production techniques employed here it still manages to sound huge and captivating.
Normal service is restored on the pulsating 'All the Same', which could be used to accompany a movie featuring Richard Fearless driving a high speed train along the banks of the Rhine were it deemed possible. Similarly, 'Guided Through' revels in a mountain of echoes, distortion and delay while subtly administered keys and the flicker of a tambourine make it sound like an artefact from the Sixties suspended by time travel.
There's sinister overtones within 'Foot Of The Stairs's brooding psychosis. Harshly orchestrated guitars collide menacingly with crushing snares while Reeves' hushed intones tell their own story. However, the best is saved until last. Once again favouring the Phil Spector approach of utilising cavernous drums up front and letting everything else build around them, 'Transient View' grows organically into a lolloping mantra akin to Suicide's 'Keep Your Dreams'.
Adventurous and bold yet distinctive in execution, No Time represents Dan Reeves' most essential body of work to date.
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It's great having connections in life. If you know someone who owns a pizza place and they give you free food when you visit. Or someone who owns a car dealership who can lend you a rental car at the drop of the hat. Well Reggie Hanson had that connection when it came to pro basketball that might have just gotten him a stint with the Boston Celtics.
He played at Kentucky from 1988 to 1991, meaning he wasn't even on the team when they lost to Duke in that memorable NCAA tournament game. He joined the Celtics in the 1997-98 campaign for the Evil Emperor who was coach. His stay consisted of 8 games, 26 minutes and 3-6 from the field for 6 career points. His most notable accomplishment you wonder? He'll be the last Celtic to wear #34 before it's retired for Paul Pierce. Now that is a very cool answer to a trivia question!
The rest of his career was spent primarily in the Japanese Basketball League, where he claimed a Defensive Player of the Year Award and won the league's scoring title in 1995 and 1996.
Getting back to his time with the Celts, couldn't you see the Evil Emperor contacting Hanson and being like "Listen how about I give you two 10 day contracts at the end of the season so you can tell everyone someday you played in the NBA?" How else to explain that a guy that's been out of college for 7 seasons and doesn't get any invites to any other pro team's training camp, gets a call-up at the end of that campaign?
[Speaking of the Evil Emperor, it's incredible how many players featured in the WTHHT segment were during his regime. He only coached for 3.5 years, yet his roster was like a merry-go-round. For the record, we have the following players already covered who played under him: Griffin, Stith, Carr, Dontae' Jones, Schintzius, Riley, Conlon, Potapenko, and Tabak. Plenty more to come too.]
Tesha Hanson, plays for the Hillsborough County girls basketball team in Tampa Bay.
You can follow Reggie on Twitter here: @Reghanson
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Massive was Microsoft's push into video game advertising and, since we live in an ad-filled world and games seek to mimic that reality, it seemed like a good fit. According to a report by Media Week however, the company has long been troubled, and will soon be shutting its doors.
The problem? Microsoft would rather advertise in Xbox Live, where it doesn't have to split the profits with publishers. EA recently pulled its business from Massive in order to sell ads internally. It's not that you will be seeing less advertising in games, it just seems as if those making large bets on in-game ads would simply rather keep larger cuts for themselves.
"Video games are an active, engaged, 'lean-forward' entertainment experience," Massive GM JJ Richards told Ars in 2009, making the case for advertising in video games. "Games in Massive's network contain four to five minutes of advertising or less per hour. Contrast that with an hour of television where consumers are likely to be exposed to at least 12 minutes of interruptive advertising."
Ads in games are a controversial subject, but with the price of development swelling and the price of software remaining stagnant or even dropping, it's one way for developers and publishers to add to the bottom line. In-game advertising will continue, but Microsoft isn't going to find itself in a position to dominate the market.


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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: Dec. 19
Running time: 2:05
Other nominations: Director, lead actress, original screenplay, foreign-language film
Why it might win: At once intimate and universal, "Amour" was deeply affecting in a way that is impossible to ignore.
Oscar clip: Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) realizes at breakfast the beginnings of the decline of Anne (Emmanuelle Riva).
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release date: Oct. 12
Running time: 2:00
Other nominations: Supporting actor, adapted screenplay, film editing, original score, sound editing, sound mixing
Why it might win: A stirring amalgam of crowd-pleasing thrills and historical substance, "Argo" appeals to both mainstream and higher-brow tastes.
Oscar clip: A tense walk by the would-be escapees through an Iranian public market yields both dark comedy and suspense.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Release date: June 27
Running time: 1:31
Other nominations: Director, adapted screenplay
Why it might win: Passion has carried this project from its Sundance roots across the entire year to the precipice of Oscar glory. After that much time, it can't be considered a fluke.
Oscar clip: Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) and her dad (Dwight Henry) exhort each other to a galvanizing rally of declaring "I'm the man!"
"Django Unchained"
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Release date: Dec. 25
Running time: 2:45
Other nominations: Supporting actor, original screenplay, cinematography, sound editing
Why it might win: "Django" is still getting its engines revved after a late release, and seems to be surviving the backlash against its racial risktaking.
Oscar clip: Don Johnson, Jonah Hill and even a hidden Quentin Tarantino struggle to navigate their ill-fitting Ku Klux Klan hoods.
"Les Miserables"
Distributor: Universal
Release date: Dec. 25
Running time: 2:37
Other nominations: Lead actor, supporting actress, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, original song, production design, sound mixing
Why it might win: There's a reason the legit musical has been such an enduring hit, and plenty think this film adaptation captures all the passion and thematic resonance.
Oscar clip: With Anne Hathaway's solo perfect for the supporting actress montage, let's go with an ensemble showcase like "One Day More."
"Life of Pi"
Distributor: Fox
Release date: Nov. 21
Running time: 2:06
Other nominations: Director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, film editing, original score, original song, production design, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects
Why it might win: The film scores points for adapting a challenging book and doing so with philosophical and visual aplomb.
Oscar clip: "Life" wasn't exactly just two hours of a kid sitting around with a virtual tiger. The shipwreck scene that launches Pi into his unique journey is one that deserves global exposure.
Distributor: Disney (Buena Vista)
Release date: Nov. 9
Running time: 2:25
Other nominations: Director, lead actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, cinematography, costume design, film editing, original score, production design, sound mixing
Why it might win: Ken Burns' "The Civil War" thrived because it brought a critical moment in American history to life. "Lincoln" takes a different approach to the same period, but similarly succeeds.
Oscar clip: Would be fun to feature Tommy Lee Jones' nighty-night scene, but form dictates something more along the lines of Lincoln's latenight chat about Euclid and equality.
"Silver Linings Playbook"
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Release date: Nov. 16BR>Running time: 2:02
Other nominations: Director, lead actor, lead actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, film editing
Why it might win: Though it has its own brand of darkness, "Silver" was a knockout romp for much of its aud.
Oscar clip: Jennifer Lawrence's Tiffany displays intricate understanding of all matters relevant to the Solitano family, football and otherwise, as she hashes out all the reasons why she's not bad luck.
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Distributor: Sony
Release date: Dec. 19
Running time: 2:37
Other nominations: Lead actress, original screenplay, film editing, sound editing
Why it might win: Controversy or no, the insider's depiction of the long trail to Osama bin Laden is riveting in both its loudest and quietest moments.
Oscar clip: It'd have to run on Oscars After Dark, but Jessica Chastain's "I'm the motherfucker that found this place" as Maya marked 2012's best use of profanity in film.


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Petty releases crew chief Todd Parrott after drug violation
A violation of NASCAR's substance abuse policy has cost crew chief Todd Parrott his job.
Parrott, who led Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 car and driver Aric Almirola for the last year, was released from the organization after he failed a NASCAR drug test and was suspended indefinitely.
Car chief Greg Ebert was elevated to interim crew chief beginning with this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway.
"(The dismissal) was just automatic," Richard Petty told reporters Tuesday afternoon during an appearance at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. "When he done what he did, he did his own thing. All we've done is said, 'This is the way it's got to be.'"
Petty said he was "really shocked" when Parrott failed a drug test and said he never saw the crew chief acting suspiciously. But because drivers and crew members put their lives on the line every weekend, Petty said, the team took a zero-tolerance approach to Parrott's offense.
"One hundred percent ain't good enough, so if anyone breaks the rule, there ain't no room in our organization for that," Petty said.
Parrott is one of the highest-profile offenders of NASCAR's four-year-old testing policy, with drivers Jeremy Mayfield and AJ Allmendinger among the others.
A former crew chief for Dale Jarrett, Parrott won the 1999 Cup championship along with two Daytona 500s and two Brickyard 400s.
"It's going to be tough, but things change all the time and you have to be willing to adapt and carry on," Almirola said of losing his crew chief. "That's what we're going to do. ... Our race team is not defined by one person."
Almirola said he had spoken to Parrott and expressed support despite what he said was Parrott's error in judgment.
"I just want him to get better and get back on track," Almirola said. "I don't know what else to say to the guy, but this isn't a character flaw or anything. He's still a good person and he's still a good crew chief, but he made a mistake. And now he's got to bounce back from it."
Ebert, who has been Almirola's car chief for the past two years, spent five seasons as car chief for Matt Kenseth at Roush Fenway Racing. The driver said Ebert's promotion was a natural next step.
"I think (the transition) is going to be pretty seamless," Almirola said. "Greg has been around the car a lot and he's been up to speed with a lot of our setup stuff that has evolved through the year. Besides the engineers, he's the one guy who is most hands-on with all the stuff that is going in the cars.
"I think Greg is going to do a great job. He deserves the opportunity."
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Welcome to Hand-in-Hand, a special time for you and your little one to explore nature together. Enjoy your time together playing, creating an art activity, listening to a story, participating in an animal meet-and-greet, and exploring one of our fabulous Nature Center destinations on a hike! This class is for children 2 to 3 years of age and their adult. We require a one-to-one adult to child ratio. We recommend weather appropriate gear such as waterproof boots as we will explore outdoors in all weather, rain or shine, and puddle jumping is encouraged.
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What do you get when you combine 200 foodies and bloggers, amazing cookbook authors, incredibly talented food photographers and food stylists, and wonderful chefs all in one building? Well, Food Blog South, of course!
Food Blog South held its second conference in Birmingham, AL this year, and I feel so lucky to have attended. It has quickly become the second largest food blogging conference in the nation, and it can best be described as a whirlwind of culinary wonderfulness, if you ask me!
Not only did I get to meet and spend valuable time with Virginia Willis, Helene Dujardin, Dianne Jacobs and Lisa Ekus, but I also got to meet some pretty awesome food bloggers from around the USA. People came from as far away as California for the event.
When I heard that both Virginia Willis and Hélène Dujardin would be there, I didn't waste any time buying my ticket. Virginia Willis is the author of both Bon Appetit, Ya'll and Basic to Brilliant, Ya'll (which are both amazing cookbooks!). She is a graduate of L'Academie de Cuisine and Ecole de Cuisine LaVarenne, she worked as the Kitchen Director for Martha Stewart Living Television, and she has prepared meals for President Clinton, Aretha Franklin and JULIA CHILD to name a few!
Me and Virginia Willis! :)
I discovered Hélène Dujardin's food blog, Tartelette, back in 2007 and have been a faithful follower ever since. In fact, her blog is one of the reasons I started blogging in the first place! Her french macarons have got to be the most amazing, creative creations you'll ever see and her food photography skills are unbelievable. She is incredibly talented and her work continues to be a huge inspiration to me. Her first book, Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling, is a must-have read for anyone who wants to improve their food photography.
Hélène Dujardin
I learned so much at this conference and really found the classes very informative. Kara Nielsen gave a great presentation about the art of mapping food trends. Her predictions for the biggest food trends in 2012?
- Fine Dining (modernist cuisine meets land-to-table)
- Return of Animal Fats
- The Veritable Kouign-Amann (is this the next cupcake???)
- Packaging Wild Foods
- Sprouted Grains
- Wholesome Beverage Choices
- Yogurt (keeps growing!)
Here are some more photos from the weekend...Please excuse the quality. I had to use my cell phone in a few low-light situations. You can get the idea, though. :)
Friday night, a few of us had the opportunity to dine with Virginia Willis and Lisa Ekus at Hot & Hot Fish Club. The meal was superb...It was quite a treat!!
So much deliciousness on one table!
I'm not usually a huge fan of raw oysters...BUT...when Virginia Willis personally hands you an oyster to try, you eat the dang thing! HAHA. Of course, it was actually delicious!
At the conference, I got to meet Chef Justin Balmes. You might remember him from Season 7 of Next Food Network Star.
One of the classes that I was most excited about was the Food Photography & Styling Class taught by photographer Jennifer Davick and food stylist Marian Cooper Cairns. This class was especially helpful and fun, because Jennifer and Marian set up tables with assorted fruits, plates, napkins, utensils and other food styling props. We were able to pick and choose what we wanted to use and style our own photos. There was gorgeous natural light coming in through the windows, and big diffusers really made for special lighting. It's moments like those that make me really wish I was able to take advantage of natural lighting for my food photography. Unfortunately, shooting mostly at night makes that impossible for me. Here are a few of my photos from the class:
After the main conference, 6 of us headed over to Chez Fon Fon for dinner. This is easily one of my favorite restaurants in Birmingham. It's a quaint French bistro owned by James Beard nominee Chef Frank Stitt. To our surprise, Chef Stitt personally came to our table at the beginning of the meal to bring us a special charcuterie platter. He sure knows how to make a table of foodies feel extra special!
Compliments of the chef...
I ordered the Cassoulet at Chez Fon Fon:
The conference came to an end with a beer and cheese tasting at Good People Brewing Co, which was tons of fun!
I also want to take a minute to share a few food blogs from some of the talented food bloggers that I met over the weekend. Be sure and give them some blog love and visit their pages:
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Sadness. 🙁
I guess third time's a charm for 2013? Maybe? Fingers crossed?
NYC is one of the top marathons on my bucket list. I know that I WILL run this race. Someday.
My original plan was the register for the NYC marathon for 2012 whether I won the lottery or not (through a charity). However, with wedding planning, the fact that I'm already going to NYC in August for BlogHer, and the fact that I already registered to volunteer at the Florida Ironman for the same date – I'm starting to think twice about it. hmmm… I'll have to mull this one over.
Did you enter the NYC lottery? Did you get in?
After hosting the LUNA Fiber giveaway yesterday, it was nice to have the chance to try one this afternoon for a snack. (The box of bars arrived on my doorstep yesterday)
I tried the Peanut Butter Strawberry bar and was impressed with how good it was. It tasted like a soft peanut butter cookie with just a hint of strawberry jam. I was afraid the strawberry filling would be overpowering, but it was just right and complemented the soft peanut butter cookie perfectly.
I was a fan and would definitely eat it again. Can't wait to try the other flavors and see how they compare!
I almost ditched out on swim practice this afternoon – I even had a pre-written tweet ready to go with some lame excuse on wanting to try a yoga class instead. Then I read the tweet and realized how ridiculous I sounded. Was I really going to ditch out of my second group swim for something else after I already told them I would be there? How rude!
I deleted the tweet, put my swimsuit on, and headed out the door. Yoga would be there tomorrow – today, I swim.
As soon as I got there, I was so happy I made the effort to go. There were only three of us today and we took it easy with an emphasis on tweaking our strokes (lots of paddle work – ow) and fine tuning our turns. Unfortunately the coach finally realized I haven't been flip turning (oops) and highly recommended I work on it for next week. I've only ever attempted flip turns in the water once (with Courtney coaching me) over a year ago. Flip turns scare the crap out of me (I can see myself accidentally smashing into the wall). Gulp. I know I need to learn them, and I just need to put my big girl panties on and go for it.
New goal: have flip turns mastered by the end of next week.
I stopped at Whole Foods on the way home and picked up a quick dinner.
I called ahead and told Derek to pre-heat the oven so I could immediately put the pizza in the oven as soon as I got home.
10 minutes after walking in the door… pizza was ready. 🙂
Derek and I split the personal pizza and a container of Beef and Barley Stew that I also picked up from Whole Foods and reheated on the stovetop while the pizza baked.
My portion.
The spinach, walnut, blue cheese, and garlic pizza was good. Really good. Derek said it was weird (probably referring to the blue cheese on the pizza) and reminded him of something I would have thrown together (it should be noted he finished his whole half of the pizza). He's probably right, but it's good to know I'm not the only one out there who puts weird combinations together. Thank you, Whole Foods. 😉
The stew was delicious as well, but nothin' special.
I had an Attune Mint Chocolate Bar for dessert.
And that's all she wrote.
Time for bed.
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Court notice to Delhi government on anti-scavenging law
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday asked the Delhi government to explain its failure to implement a central law against manual scavenging that provides for elimination of dry latrines and rehabilitation of scavengers.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan issued notice after the petitioner Safai Karmachari Andolan (Sanitary Workers' Movement) was able to demonstrate that there were at least 15 dry latrines existing in Delhi's northeast district with at least five people still engaged in manual scavenging.
The petitioner, in fact, through a government's reply under transparency law on the number of dry latrines in Delhi, demonstrated that the state government itself has acknowledged existence of 1,085 manual scavengers in Delhi.
The petitioner earlier had told the court, on the basis of its own survey, that there were 14,479 manual scavengers to be rehabilitated in Delhi after their job loss following elimination of dry latrines.
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act was passed by the Union Government in 1993 with an aim to finish the demeaning profession of carrying night soil on head and rehabilitate the scavengers.
The law also provided for appointment of an executive authority for prosecution of the owners of the dry latrines.
As per the petitioner, though most of the states have already adopted the law and are striving to achieve its aim and objective, Delhi, apparently under the impression that it has no dry latrines or manual scavengers in its territory, have shown no hurry in adopting the law.
In fact, an affidavit filed by the Delhi government in March 2008 'categorically denied existence of any such latrine from where scavengers lift night soil manually and carry on their heads to the sites of disposal.'
The government, however, had admitted in its affidavit that there are latrines from where night soil flows into open drains and scavengers push the night soil with the help of brooms and also sludge in wheel-barrows up to the disposal point.'
Upset by the revelation that the Delhi government considered demeaning only the task of carrying night soil by scavengers on their heads and apparently treated pushing it with broom in the open drain as acceptable, the court issued notice to the Delhi government for its failure to implement the anti-scavenging law till now.
Earlier on April 30, the court had also sent to district magistrates the details of over 2,000 dry latrine owners in over 25 districts all over Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan seeking their explanation for their failure in demolishing the latrines and prosecuting the owners.
The Safai Karmachari Andolan has been waging a relentless legal battle since 2003 seeking implementation of the 1993 law against scavenging and elimination of the profession, undermining human dignity.
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Imagine seeing your Facebook friends' pictures on wanted posters in Red Dead Redemption, or plastered across billboards in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. A recent Facebook integration update for the PlayStation 3 could make such features a reality.
The 3.50 PlayStation 3 firmware update enabled 3D Blu-ray movie playback, but it also opened up a whole new level of connectivity between Facebook and Sony's console. Previously the PS3 could connect to Facebook enough to allow you to post messages or browse and edit your photos. Now the console has access to everything in your Facebook profile, should you let it.
"We've pretty much opened up the entire Facebook API to our game developers," says Eric Lempel, Sony Computer Entertainment's vice president of network operations. "They're able to pull any piece of information from Facebook, as well as push information out to Facebook."
Armed with such tools, developers could create PlayStation 3 games that connect to Facebook more intimately than any other console.
Your photos can be integrated into games. Your friends and family's names and likenesses would be available for everything from naming random non-player characters in a role-playing game to having their faces mapped onto opponents in a fighting game.
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Today, 31 children from North Duffield Community Primary School conducted a dig on the school playing fields. 3 test pits of 1x1m were dug by the children in groups of 10,10,and 11. As each group of 10(11) were digging , the remainder were washing finds from earlier field-walking We suffered sharp showers and high winds which challenged the stability of the gazebos erected to protect them.
At 12cms below ground level they encounteresd a dirty sand deposit with few inclusions although some charcoal and granules of what appeared to be cbm, were present. At 35cms plain yellow sand with no inclusions was found suggesting that natural had been encountered. The dig was more about introducing the children to live archaeology and the discipline of digging rather than what we found.
They thoroughly enjoyed there day, excited the interest of younger children who were keen to get involved and were impatient to have to wait for their turn nexct year.
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Havering firefighters to mount fresh eight day strike
PUBLISHED: 15:43 31 July 2014 | UPDATED: 19:18 31 July 2014
Firefighters in Havering are to strike over another eight consecutive days in their row with the government over pensions, it has been announced.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says the changes are unworkable and would mean firefighters working into their 60s, with the risk that they will face dismissal if they fail rigorous fitness tests.
General secretary Matt Wrack said: "It is absolutely ludicrous that a government can impose a scheme which means that firefighters will have to ride engines and rescue people from fires up to age 60.
"This is unsafe and unrealistic for both firefighters and the public."
Fire minister Penny Mordaunt said the FBU action was "completely futile and counterproductive".
She said: "My respect for firefighters and what they do, the safety of the public and the future of the service will be my motivation in office. This will not be altered or diminished by strikes or the threat of strikes.
"The action by the FBU is completely futile and counterproductive to the interests of their members and the public. I hope they will soon realise that and re-engage so we can get this situation swiftly resolved.
"I want to thank those unions who have continued to engage on these important issues and the huge efforts made by those firefighters, officers and staff in manning contingency arrangements during strike periods."
Firefighters will down tools between 12pm-2pm and 22.59pm-23.59pm every day from August 9-16.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Women's expertise may be underutilized in science and engineering teams, leading to teams performing at less than optimal levels of productivity, according to a Penn State Smeal College of Business researcher.
Greater gender equity and integration in traditionally male-dominated fields will not only increase parity of women in those fields but also foster greater productivity and innovation within teams, Associate Professor of Management and Organization Aparna Joshi concludes in a paper to be published in Administrative Science Quarterly.
"The rationale for fostering greater gender equity and integration goes beyond ensuring equal employment opportunity for men and women to accelerating scientific productivity and innovation within teams," Joshi said. "In order to fully utilize diverse expertise and maximize productivity and innovation in teams, it is vital to enhance gender diversity within teams and across the disciplines in which these teams are embedded."
"In order to fully utilize diverse expertise and maximize productivity and innovation in teams, it is vital to enhance gender diversity within teams and across the disciplines in which these teams are embedded."
--Aparna Joshi, associate professor of management and organization, Smeal College of Business
According to the National Science Foundation, since 2000, women have steadily earned more science and engineering bachelor's degrees than men, and almost half the master's degrees earned across the field are being awarded to women.
But female scientists and engineers are still significantly outnumbered in corporate management roles and faculty positions at research universities, and they are earning less money, Joshi noted. Those advances in education have not yet translated to advancement in the workplace.
Joshi posits that the disconnect lies in team members' inability to accurately perceive expertise. After examining data collected from science and engineering teams, she found a tendency among male and female team members to perceive the expertise of their fellow female members at a lower level than their male counterparts, despite the level of education those women had achieved.
Men who identified more with their own gender valued highly educated women's expertise less than they valued their male team members' expertise. More importantly, these men valued less educated women more than they valued their highly educated female counterparts.
Team members' perceptions of their colleagues' expertise is critical to the functioning of the team and all its members, because those perceived as experts are offered more opportunities to perform and to lead.
"If attributes, such as educational level, contribute relatively little to the evaluations of women's expertise, then it is unlikely that any gains women make in their human capital can mitigate gender differences in employment outcomes," Joshi said.
She also found that the expertise of highly educated women is more highly utilized in teams with more women, and that teams with more highly-educated women are more productive in disciplines that have greater female representation.
"In a gender-integrated discipline such as civil engineering, highly educated and technically skilled female civil engineers are visible to team members and represent women's success and abilities in this domain," Joshi said. "In this context, team members are unlikely to perceive female team members as less qualified than men and more likely to accept their inputs in achieving the team's tasks and goals."
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LeBron James: Final day
AKRON, Ohio - The inaugural LeBron James US Skills Academy ended Monday night with a competitive single elimination tournament. Team Kentucky squeezed by Team Duke 39-38 in a 24 minute game behind the man sized play of Louisville bound post player Samardo Samuels.
Samuels has bullied his way around the paint all camp, and even though he was facing some large timber in Demarcus Cousins at 249-pounds and Rashanti Harris at 238-pounds, Samuels at 270-pounds was still able to have his way. He posted up deep in the lane, scoring on quick post moves, cleaned up a couple messes on the boards and took the ball to the rack off a midrange face up game. Presently ranked at
No. 6 in the Rivals150, Samuels is making a strong argument to crack the top five.
Although Samuels got the better of both of them, Cousins and Harris had outstanding camps in their own rights. Cousins is cutting down on the number of outside shot attempts and playing an aggressive, physical style of play. He finished against contact and has had some impressive finishes against contact on drives to the basket. It is also a guarantee that he will deliver a couple nifty assist passes in every outing.
Along with Brad Tinsley, Harris has raised his stock as much as any prospect in the camp. Sporting a Ben Wallace look with a high afro, headband and high socks, Harris physically battled every big man he opposed. His defended at a high level, which made Samuels' championship game performance even more special, and rebounded at a high level. And just when you thought that was the end to his game, he snuck in a little offense. There is no doubt that Harris is a high-major post prospect.
2009 wing Jordan Hamilton provided Samuels a lot of scoring support in the winning effort. Hamilton knocked down jumpers like usual, but also picked up points on quick floaters on drives to the basket and opportunistic points in rebounding/scramble situations. His activity on the boards was a significant contributing factor to the win.
For Team Duke, Lance Stephenson and Scotty Hopson took turns scoring the basketball. Stephenson, who also possesses a man's body as a 2009 prospect, repeatedly bullied his way to the rim and finished with authority. Hopson, who has made a strong case in the last month to move up into the top level of five-star prospects, scored from all three levels with an intriguing mix of athleticism and finesse.
Other prospects of note
Brad Tinsley- California, Pepperdine or Utah is going to get a good one in this combo guard. Tinsley said he is down to these three and will make a decision in the next couple weeks. Outplaying a number of guards ranked ahead of him, Tinsley ran the point proficiently for his squad while also draining three-pointers and penetrating the lane.
Iman Shumpert- A terrific passer with a reliable stroke from deep, Shumpert is a high quality combo guard. He also defends well. Don't know if it was frustration with his team situation, but he did play too passive at times for our taste, and we would have liked to see him force the action off the bounce instead of deferring to teammates.
Matthew Humphrey- The sharp shooter from Chicago had a strong camp, playing a strong all around game.
Tyreke Evans- He might not have dazzled like he did in Colorado Springs at the USA Basketball Festival, but Evans was awful good here as one of the top three guards along with Hopson and Demar DeRozan. Able to get his dribble lower than any other guard in camp, Evans repeated splint double teams off the high ball screen. Once in the lane, his superb reach gets the ball to the basket quicker than the help defenders can get to the ball.
Lance Goulbourne- This active small forward might need to be in the list with Tinsley and Harris for prospects who raised their stock the most. Goldbourne was all over the boards, defended and made jump shots. When guarded by Ed Davis yesterday, he blew by Davis on the dribble for easy buckets at the rim. Goldbourne has the skill package and athleticism to cause a lot of match up problems.
Tony Woods- Known primarily as a dunker, Woods displayed an expanded game at the camp. He scored the ball off the glass and had a terrific spin move into a left handed finish on Monday.
Sean Mosley- A well built shooting guard, Mosley has had a strong camp. He has shot the ball, and his fade away jumper off the dribble is a weapon.
Greg Echenique- He's not a great athlete, but he must be a pretty good athlete because he gets results. He also gets results because he is a load at 6-foot-8, 270-pounds and has a mind for the game. He got a chance to bang against his high school teammate Samardo Samuels, and he certainly held his own.
Coaches watch
Most of the head coaches moved on to Reebok U, but there were a few notable exceptions. Rick Pitino stuck around and had a chance to watch Samuels go against Louisville targets Tyreke Evans and Greg Monroe.
Ben Howland stuck around to watch Travis Wear, David Wear, Hollis Thompson and Jeremy Tyler.
Roy Williams kept an eye on Ed Davis.
Oliver Purnell continued his watch of Iman Shumpert.
And Frank Martin didn't let up in his pursuit of Wesley Witherspoon.


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Eating at IAD Dulles Airport
Let's be real, no one looks forward to airline food, no matter how much wine they've consumed before it is served. However, enjoying a great pre-departure meal is very easy if you're departing from Washington Dulles, as the airport offers over 10 different restaurants with International cuisine. Here are five of our favorites... Vino Volo- IAD Concourse C/Gate C3 and Concourse B/Gate B63 Price: $$$ Details: "Vino Volo" is loosely translated as "Wine Flight" in English, and that is the perfect name for these self named "post-security retreats" located exclusively in select US airports, and fortunately there is one at IAD airport. The locations offer an impressive collection of hand-selected wines and themed wine flights. In addition, passengers can enjoy elegant small plates, artesian meats and cheeses or their signature dish of smoked salmon and crabmeat crostini. The combination of great wines, cozy leather lounge chairs and impeccable service makes this the ideal pre-departure meeting spot. Matsutake Sushi and Hibachi- IAD Concourse A/Gate 18 Price: $ It's always a sensory delight to dine at a Japanese sushi and hibachi restaurant, and Matsutake Sushi and Hibachi in Washington Dulles airport is no exception. Travelers may find it difficult to walk past the smells of simmering teriyaki and the rhythmic sounds of fresh vegetables being precisely chopped for hand crafted sushi rolls...definitely unexpected from airport fare. Follow your meal with a cup of sake or an Asian beer, and you are cleared for takeoff. Jose Cuervo Tequileria- IAD Concourse B/Gate 38 Price: $$ Details: At the Washington Dulles location, you can enjoy an authentic Mexican breakfast, lunch or dinner, followed by a top-shelf margarita made from one of the many tequilas of Jose Cuervo fame. The menu features a great selection of Latin fare...and you can dine on the mild-side or go as spicy as you like. Enjoy your meal in the sit-down dining area, or strike up a pre-departure conversation over cocktails at the full-service bar. Firkin and Fox- IAD Concourse C/Gate 22 Price: $$ Details: If British pubs are your "thing", the Dulles airport Firkin and Fox is perfect for you. This restaurant features everything you've come to expect from these familiar establishments...great food and of course, beer. At the Dulles airport location, you can dine on fish and chips, burgers, salads, cottage pie and other selections from their full menu of pub favorites. Chipotle- IAD Concourse B/Gate 54 Price: $ Details: This is the perfect place for a quick meal before leaving IAD or to grab the ideal carry-on cuisine. You can choose from freshly prepared handcrafted burritos (filled to capacity with the ingredients of your choice), tacos, rice bowls (they now offer brown rice) and salads that have the same fillings as the burritos...minus the tortilla wrapper. The guacamole is made fresh several times a day, and the cilantro-lime rice is a great accent to all of their selections. If you happen to bring your meal onboard, be prepared for the envy of your seatmate. ,[object Object]
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Team Rubio wants him to be seen as the new Reagan. I think he might be the new Obama. David Harsanyi sees … a different analogy.
For me, at least, the promise of Rubio seldom corresponds with the reality. Whenever I listen to him these days, all I hear is Mitt Romney. If he's really imbued with all these formidable political skills, why do so many of his appearances feel stilted? If he's one of fresh faces of a new GOP, why are his speeches crammed with platitudes that may have packed a serious punch in 1984? It's not that he's substantively wrong (though he offers so little in that regard), it's not that he's off-putting, it's that he never really generates the sort of excitement or displays the sort of political acumen his reputation might have you believe he can, should or will.
Agree with him or not, Rubio's time with the Gang of Eight featured some impressive moments. He didn't shy away from critics. He went on talk radio and passionately argued his case. The base was mad, but likely forgive him. What should be more concerning, though, is the political naiveté he displayed allowing Democrats to use the issue – and him – to bludgeon the GOP. Rubio, in the end, was forced to step away from the entire mess, which makes it a failure on both a political and policy level.
And Rubio's subsequent pandering was his way of letting everyone know he was "severely" conservative…
Perhaps an issue will arise that Rubio can grab, but right now he's a bit out of step with his own party's evolution. It was amusing to see Rubio following Mike Lee and others, tepidly aiming his guns at corporate cronyism this week — "big companies may not like big government, but they can afford to deal with it." The issue seemed manufactured.
"I've been told that people are enthusiastic about the prospects of a Rubio candidacy," says Harsanyi. "I've just yet to meet one these people in real life." Oof. It's true, Romney and Rubio are both overly platitudinous in their speeches, even by normal political standards. And they both have/had a major conservative heresy to negotiate on their way to the nomination. I'd go a step further and say that they're also similar in their willingness to reinvent themselves as political circumstances require. Romney ran as a social con in 2008 and went nowhere; four years and one Great Recession later, he came back as a centrist technocrat who was focused on the economy. Rubio ran as a de facto tea-party conservative in 2010, a sort of proto-Ted Cruz; four years later, he's got a major immigration bill in the Senate under his belt and, with Jeb Bush wavering and Chris Christie damaged, is poised to become the establishment champion in 2016. Sneer at him all you want, but Romney's reinvention was good enough to get him the nomination. Rubio's no dummy.
Gotta take issue with Harsanyi, then, on his claim that Rubio's advance and retreat on amnesty failed both policy-wise and politically. How so, exactly? It passed the Senate and Boehner's now under tremendous pressure to pass reform of his own in the House. If they end up doing something and eventually get together with Reid on comprehensive reform, Rubio will happily take credit for his role in the process during the general election if he's nominated. I don't think that'll help him much with Latino voters but it might help him with centrists generally in convincing them that he's centrist too. Also, how is the Gang of Eight bill some major failure for Rubio given his current position in the race? It was instrumental in showing the donor class that he wasn't, in fact, another Cruz; on the contrary, he's a guy who was willing to take withering fire from the right for months to try to make the establishment's amnesty dreams come true. Granted, it alienated some conservatives, but that'll fade as GOP irritation at the Clintons starts building again to 90s-era levels. As disappointed as I am in him for joining the Gang of Eight, I think it was a savvy play politically. As those business donations roll in, he'll be crying all the way to the bank.
Also, is it true that Rubio never generates excitement anymore when he's speaking? He did okay with that stemwinder about Venezuela a few months ago. He's given speeches on abortion, in particular, that have been widely acclaimed on the right. It's not that he can't generate excitement, I think he's simply been overshadowed by rivals who've played bigger roles politically over the last year. No one dishes red meat like Ted Cruz; no one's as unpredictable as Rand Paul; no one's as … Christie-ish as Chris Christie. They're all dynamic in different ways. Rubio's more static — usually — but that's not the worst thing for him to be given his new role in the race. He's the "safe" choice compared to all the rest. People will tolerate a little stasis from the safe choice. Right, Mitt?


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Okay, that's a pretty bearish looking rollover. Rounded patterns like that generally have more meaning and staying power than sharp V shaped spikes. GE being downgraded by Barclay's seems to have set that off. That's an example of how the fundamentals must be considered in concert with the technicals.
Here's a chart with DOW futures on the left and S&P futures on the right, note the rounded rollover:
Here's an updated 10 minute chart. Yep, another bear flag was correct and it rolled within minutes of last post. The 856 area should be strong support, but if it breaks down could be trouble. Again, we are below the 50 day averages and that is not bullish at all that we couldn't stay above them.
Bonds moved up some in their channel on the lower equity market, but they are still inside their channels. Again, if /ZB breaks above 135, I'll be exiting my short TLT play for now - hasn't happened yet.
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[Victims of Court Corruption] South Dakota In Critical Shape Re Prisoners Pulling Them Down To Bankruptcy w/ 500% Increase
Remember in the 2006 South Dakota JAIL4Judges campaign, the People were propagandized that the J.A.I.L. Initiative was out to release prisoners so that they could sue the jurors who convicted them. While JAIL4Judges had nothing to do with releasing prisoners, as such propaganda was designed to divert attention off of the judges, consider now South Dakota's 2012 problem.
- Ron Branson
South Dakota's Growing & Shrinking ProblemBy
Published: October 16, 2012, 9:55 PM
South Dakota's prison population has grown 500 percent in the last 30 years. That's just one of the issues South Dakota Chief Justice David Gilbertson says is a crucial concern for the state's judicial system.
Gilbertson is also concerned that the number of attorneys in rural South Dakota is declining while the prison population has mushroomed.
"When I was a trial judge in the 1980's, the late '80's, there were less than 30 women in the entire state in the penitentiary. Today, I believe the population for the women's pen in Pierre is probably about 460," Gilbertson said.
The men's prison system is no different, growing from 600 inmates in 1980 to 3,600 today, and if the state doesn't come up with a solution soon, it could be costly.
"I've heard estimates if we have to build a new men's and women's prison just the cost of the construction could be anywhere from a quarter to a half a billion dollars," Gilbertson said.
That's why Gilbertson along with Governor Dennis Daugaard have organized a task force to study the state's prison population and look at alternative sentencing for drug and alcohol offenders. Programs like the 24/7 sobriety program, where individuals have to take daily breath tests instead of going to jail, or the current drug court, where the judicial system tries to reform the offender instead of putting them behind bars.
Many of the inmates who are locked up are there because of addictions.
"If you can cure them of the addiction, at least our drug court experience shows that, they don't come back into our system. They get a job. They support their kids. They maintain a home and they're paying taxes instead of costing the taxpayers," Gilbertson said.
The State Bar of South Dakota has formed a task force to study the lack of attorneys in rural South Dakota.
"So when you get down to the small size, rural areas, there are very, very few attorneys left and most of them are at an age where they are going to be leaving the profession," Gilbertson said.
Gilbertson calls the shortage 'severe' and says attorneys aren't just needed in small towns for criminal cases, but also for legal services for the community.
"What about the people that simply need to go to an attorney to have a will drafted or a deed drawn and have to drive 100 miles for that is inconvenient," Gilbertson said.
The task force is launching a website and looking at ways to attract new lawyers to smaller towns.
As far as solving the multi-million dollar issue facing South Dakota's prisons, Gilbertson says legislators will be the ones to decide on new alternative sentencing methods and if the state does need to build new prisons.
"The end decision rests with the legislature. Nobody is trying to mandate anything here, but it's simply to have a thorough discussion of options," Gilbertson said.
The State Bar of South Dakota has set up a website called 'Project Rural Practice' in an effort to bring more attention to the shrinking number of rural attorneys. You can visit the website by clicking here.
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Trustees: Ohio St president 'embarrassed' school
OSU president took shots at Notre Dame, Catholics at meeting
Ohio State University's top trustees say insensitive comments by the university president have embarrassed and divided the university.
The trustees say in a letter to president Gordon Gee that his comments risk diminishing the collective efforts of the university and of Gee's own good work.
The March 11 letter was obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
It lays out several steps Gee must take following the revelation of remarks he made last year jabbing Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference.
Those steps include issuing personal apologies and getting help from professionals to revisit Gee's personal communications and speechwriting processes.
Trustee chairman Robert Schottenstein and trustee Alex Shumate, who led the search committee that hired Gee in 2007, also say Gee must reprioritize what speaking engagements he accepts.