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On Sports
Future Eligibles
October 29, 2014 | by Adam Sobsey
Finding a Hall of Fame for Dock Ellis.
Let's get Dock Ellis into the Hall of Fame. Oh, not really, of course—by the Hall's statistical criteria, he isn't even close. But after a visit to Cooperstown in September, I found myself imagining a Hall of Fame that would enshrine him.
Ellis is unquestionably famous, after all—infamous, too. He is the subject of No No: A Dockumentary, which headlined the Hall of Fame Film Festival I attended last month; a Society for American Baseball Research panel event a few weeks later; a psychedelic song, recorded in 1993, by Barbara Manning; and, especially, an excellent book, published in 1976, by The Paris Review's own Donald Hall, Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball. Evidence keeps mounting that Dock—always flamboyant, often controversial—was the emblematic player of his era, the seventies, with its dubious introduction of such artificialities as the designated hitter and Astroturf; the acrimonious battle for free agency; and all those drugs.
Ah, yes, drugs. Ellis, who died in 2008, is best known as the pitcher who, in 1970, threw a no-hitter while tripping on acid—appropriately, his name in a box score reads, "Ellis, D."—but that freak feat is a red herring, and it's not even his most freakish. On May 1, 1974, Dock decided to send a message to the Pirates' archrivals, the intimidating Cincinnati Reds, who had cowed Pittsburgh into competitive docility. "We gonna get down," Dock decided. "We gonna do the do. I'm going to hit these motherfuckers." Donald Hall recounts Ellis's plan and its execution. The first guy Dock hit was Pete Rose (who should also be in the Hall of Fame, though for very different and far more genuine reasons). After he hit three batters, walked another who ducked and dodged four pitches, and threw two beanballs at future Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, Ellis was mercifully removed from the game with this remarkable stat line: zero innings pitched, no hits, no strikes thrown, three hit batsmen, one walk, one run allowed. "Dock Ellis faced four batters in the first inning," the box score decorously explains. Dock's own explanation of himself in No No says more: "It's not that you've got to watch how I pitch," he insists. "You've got to watch how I play." Read More »
Weighing In, Part 2
October 16, 2014 | by Kerry Howley
This is the second part of an excerpt from Kerry Howley's new book, Thrown. Read Part 1 here.
Erik spent the next morning resisting the intake of liquid. It was then that I recognized perhaps the only salutary psychological side effect of self-starvation, for Erik was about to weigh in beside his opponent, and he had not, as far as I could tell, thought about his opponent at all. He had seen Cisco by the blackjack tables a while back and briefly in line at the in-house movie theater, and the moment Cisco left his field of vision was the moment Erik's thoughts returned to the Rio Buffet or gourmet granola or a single chocolate cupcake, though he was even beyond that now, because now he was dreaming of water. The thirst, Erik said, was worse even than the hunger. It made his teeth ache. Desiccated by forced dehydration, Erik's skin had taken on a new solidity; pinched, it would pause before flattening back into itself. His ligaments had turned brittle. His elbow hurt. He sneaked, at some point, a sip of Crystal Light, but the powder at its base stuck to his teeth in his dry mouth and made his teeth hurt so intensely he regretted the transgression. He slathered himself in baby oil and stepped into the sauna and sweat, tensing hard as if he might will a few more drops of water from each straining muscle, until the sauna scale read 145.5. At his last fight, Erik had been so weak at this weight that a friend had to physically support him on the walk from the sauna to the scale.
In a packed hotel conference room later that afternoon, Erik watched Cisco play with the chains around his neck. There were reporters present from legitimate media organizations, which itself distinguished this entire endeavor from any fight I had yet experienced, and they came flanked by cameramen. The fighters were surrounded by teams of coaches in matching T-shirts; all were supported by sponsors more eminent than their local tattoo parlors. The fight would air on pay-per-view, and whoever won the main event would win fifty times what he might at one of the smaller, marginally legal fights I'd watched before.
Cisco and Erik both stared out past photographers crouching and clicking around the dais. When he heard his name called, Erik stepped onto the scale, which scrolled up to 146, the maximum allowed weight. His face went slack and his lips parted slightly. He flexed both arms. It was a less than convincing show of strength, a bizarre accumulation of protrusions popping under a translucent sheet of skin on his arms and abs. When he flexed, his two tattoos, "HD" for Hard Drive on the left and "Z" for Zombie Nation Army on the right, gleamed black and clean. He was nauseated and shivering with cold.
Erik stepped off the scale and posed for some shots with Cisco, who stood two inches shorter than Erik. Cisco was thin but not very, fully capable of fighting at 135 should he find within himself half of Erik's willpower. They faced one another with fists raised, and Erik equalized their heights by forcing his head forward so his neck shot vertically from his shoulders. He had started doing this a few fights ago, he had informed me, and someone said that he looked "like an alien." Now he was doing it every fight, and shaving his head to augment the effect.
"He looks like an alien," I heard one of a dozen sportswriters tell the gentleman sitting next to him. Read More »
Weighing In, Part 1
October 15, 2014 | by Kerry Howley
Watching a cage fighter starve himself.
"Four eggs," I instructed the waiter at the finest restaurant in the Palms Casino Resort.
"Egg salad?" He was in a starched suit, pouring water into a delicately lipped glass.
"No, four hard-boiled eggs."
"Four eggs."
The waiter returned with four eggs huddled in the slight depression of a sizable dinner plate, as if to further diminish the sad feast through a trick of scale. Each egg had been deshelled, which was, I supposed, the benefit of ordering hard-boiled eggs at the finest restaurant in the Palms. Erik was a few flights up in his hotel room, showering after a workout, but he had asked that his meal be ready when he descended, and I feared displeasing him.
Though his mentor Duke, his roommate Pettis, and his manager could be found dispersed among the card tables and slot machines, not a single member of Hard Drive, Erik's fighting collective in Cedar Rapids, had ventured with us to Las Vegas. Following a momentous schism between him and his brother, Erik had been "banned for life" from the gym and its environs.
Banished, Erik had returned to Milwaukee, to his warm, fast-talking Italian American coach, to his potential as one of the youngest men in the most prestigious promotion open to men who weighed in at 155 pounds. From their offices in Vegas, connected people continued to call him in Milwaukee, and it was as if he had never made the mistake of going home. Would he like to be in the official UFC video game? They would fly him out to LA, take measurements, and then boys everywhere would fight their friends in the avatar form of Erik "New Breed" Koch. Pettis was asked to be a judge for the Miss Wisconsin USA pageant and, in declining the offer, sent Erik in his stead. Erik met, at the event, the manager of a Jersey Shore cast member. Would Erik like to be on an episode of DJ Pauly D's upcoming reality spin-off show? He said he very much would like that. He was unattached, alone, free to make commitments to as-yet-theoretical reality shows as he pleased.
Erik at last arrived at the restaurant, sat across from me without a word, unrolled from the napkin his knife and fork, and began the surgical egg procedure with which I was, by then, familiar. I would have liked to discuss our surroundings, as it was my first encounter with a professionally run promotion and I had many astute observations on the subject, but he ate with an air of sacral solemnity I did not wish to desecrate by speaking. It was my twenty-ninth birthday and I had not told a soul in the world. Read More »
Bad Call
August 4, 2014 | by Fritz Huber
The growing redundancy of sports commentary.
You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: 'We gotta play it one day at a time.'
—Bull Durham
They smelled the jugular.
—Sportscaster Chris Berman, during the 2002 NFL playoffs
In 1945, George Orwell's "The Sporting Spirit" appeared in the leftist weekly Tribune. The essay argued that large-scale athletic competition, rather than creating a "healthy rivalry" between opponents, is more likely to rouse humanity's "savage passions." Thus: "There cannot be much doubt that the whole thing is bound up with the rise of nationalism—that is, with the lunatic modern habit of identifying oneself with large power units and seeing everything in terms of competitive prestige."
To a contemporary reader, Orwell's assessment of the "sporting spirit" may feel exaggerated, if not slightly paranoid. Then again, in an age of rampant merchandising, zealous fandom feels more pervasive than ever. Not long ago, riding the subway, I saw an infant with a San Francisco 49ers pacifier; in the same car, there was a man wearing an Ohio State football sweater bearing the laconic slogan, "Fuck Michigan." What Orwell might have thought of such displays of allegiance is anyone's guess.
But what he would find troublesome is sports culture's continued abasement of the English language. Professional sports jargon has become so vacuous that TV interviews with athletes are increasingly farcical—and tremendously boring. An interview with LeBron James, after a botched play at the end of a quarter:
INTERVIEWER: Lebron, what happened with you and Norris on that inbounds pass?
JAMES: We didn't execute.
INTERVIEWER: You were talking to him as you guys walked off the floor. What did you say?
JAMES: That we need to execute better.
Perhaps such vagueness is intentional: if LeBron James had, in fact, just told his teammate that if he makes the same mistake again he's going to rip his face off, he'd be disinclined to share it with a national audience. For similar reasons, a coach interviewed at halftime isn't going to be too forthcoming when asked to reveal his strategy for the remainder of the game: "Well, Chris, we've just gotta keep pressuring their quarterback and not make any unnecessary mistakes." Read More »
The End
July 15, 2014 | by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
The World Cup doesn't end so much as it slips back into itself.
As soon as the whistle is blown one last time, the recaps, the nostalgia, and the smart surmises begin. But then, a day later, after the last team has returned to its home country and the cheers of hundreds of thousands of euphoric fans, the specifics start to stretch beyond the immediate recall they enjoyed during these June and July days. The locations and stadia whose names were on the tip of your tongue begin to hang back as you go forth with your life. You've suddenly forgotten the name of that player you didn't know on that team you weren't familiar with—the player you'd enjoyed so much that you'd learned to pronounce his name perfectly. Or, if you're American and have grown through this tournament to love the game, the world may suddenly seem farther away again. The excuses to strike up a conversation with a stranger dwindle. The news of the rest of the world starts with the Middle East again. And left to fend for themselves, the details of your World Cup experience begin to connect their own dots.
Mario Götze—the brilliant, young, attacking midfielder who scored the winning goal for Germany with seven minutes remaining in extra time in the final in Rio de Janeiro, after Argentina enjoyed the clearest chances in the game—becomes Andrés Iniesta, the brilliant, young, attacking midfielder who scored the winning goal for Spain with four minutes remaining in extra time in the final in Johannesburg, after the Netherlands enjoyed the clearest chances in the game.
Unreserved praise for German planning and perseverance as the model for world football becomes unreserved praise for Spanish art and expression as the model for world football.
The thirteenth-ranked 2014 USA team, which showed significant improvement by qualifying after winning one game, drawing one game, and losing twice in Brazil, becomes the fourteenth-ranked 2010 USA team, which showed significant improvement by qualifying for the second round after winning one game, drawing two games, and losing one.
The reigning World Champion, Spain, bowing out meekly in the first round of this 2014 tournament, becomes the reigning World Champion, Italy, bowing out meekly in the first round of the 2010 tournament.
A screwed Brazilian citizenry becomes a screwed South African citizenry. Read More »
July 14, 2014 | by Jonathan Wilson
How apt that the Brazilians are living off Schadenfreude: after the debacle against Germany and a little extra humiliation from Holland, all Brazil's fans seemed to want was for Germany to prevent Argentina from victory dancing on the beach at Copacabana. Believe me, I get it. As a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC in the English Premier League, much of my soccer pleasure in the last half-century, sadly, has derived only from misfortunes experienced by Arsenal FC, Tottenham's arch rivals. In the years 1960–1962, Tottenham was clearly the superior team—since then, not so much. Like Brazil and Argentina, the two clubs are neighbors, and Arsenal, like Brazil, has the larger fan base and more money.
But I want to tell you, Brazilians: Schadenfreude (yours and mine) is unhealthy. It mocks the meat it feeds on. Brazil (population two hundred million) is in a much better position that Argentina (population forty-one million) to do something to transform its lackluster team into world-beaters. They need look no further than Germany, where, over a twenty-year period, an entire system from youth soccer up was revamped in the wake of defeat and disappointment to produce the superior team that yesterday won the World Cup in style: a triumph that not a soul would deny they deserved. Is this why the U.S. keeps spying on Deutschland? Looking for the blueprint that will take us to number one? Or are we simply after Angela Merkel's recipe for Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte?
The sun set behind Christ the Redeemer, and then Argentina went down, too. Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball for best player in the tournament (not that he cared), but it could just as easily have gone to Arjen Robben or Bastian Schweinsteiger or Javier Mascherano. After two overtime games in five days, Messi looked, at times, as if he were walking through treacle. When, as the final minutes ticked away, he stepped up to take his last do-or-die free kick, he was already a forlorn figure; that ball was going wide, or over the bar, and everyone in the Maracanã knew it. Messi's problem? He was too much on his own, dropping ever deeper, as if a retreat into the shadows of his own half would conjure a Di María to run back up the field with him. In his most successful years, Pelé was surrounded by players of great genius—Garrincha, Tostão, Jairzinho, and Rivelino—individuals with talents that didn't quite match the master's, but enabled them to provide stellar support. While Mascherano was a beast in the Argentine defense, Messi had no one quite at the level required for his game to shine at its brightest. He'll have to return to Barcelona for that.
Of course, there's always the feeling that he should have been able to do it on his own—a feat Maradona is believed to have accomplished in World Cup 1986, when he scored or assisted on ten of Argentina's fourteen goals. But, even with the great Lothar Matthäus on board, the West Germany that Argentina beat in that final was not at the same level as Germany 2014, the first team to win a major international championship since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Where Germany is concerned, everyone reaches for the engineering metaphors—it's knee-jerk—and, this time around, it doesn't apply. Okay, Germany is well coached: Is this why Ian Darke, the English ESPN/ABC commentator, described Jogi Löw as resembling a Bond villain? Baffling. The team played with a smoothness not like that of a well-oiled machine, but more like that of the movements of choreographed dancers. It looked like art out there, not industry. Certainly Mario Götze's lovely goal from André Schürrle's cross was full of grace: one swift movement, chest to foot to back of net. Götze's father is a professor of computer science at Dortmund University. His son's goal may be the best thing that has happened to academia this century.
I've watched fourteen World Cups, and 2014 is the best I can remember since 1970, bites and all. And now we move on to Putin-land, where Russia (population 146 million) will take on their greatest rivals, the eleven courageous young women of Pussy Riot.
Jonathan Wilson's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Best American Short Stories, among other publications. He is the author of eight books, including Kick and Run: Memoir with Soccer Ball. He lives in Massachusetts.


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British town council votes to ban all Israeli goods, in defiance of Labor policy
IDF official: 3 months after Gaza war Hamas still rehabilitating military hierarchy
EU Representative: Time running short on Gaza reconstruction
Netanyahu: There is an effort to undermine the Jews' right to their own state
South Africa's Zuma welcomes Abbas, says Israeli settlements undermining 2-state solution
Widow of slain rabbi blames internal haredi discord for Jerusalem synagogue terror attack
Green groups demand environment minister
What's important is to stay on the wheel, Rivlin tells Czech Prime Minister
Bill banning free plastic bags to be shelved
Infant mortality rates higher in Arab population
Smartphones are keeping your children awake
Hookah smokers are inhaling benzene
Effective drugs for carriers of hepatitis C not included in health basket
Tech Talk: The best keyboard apps available for smartphones
Elbit Systems developing bus with supercapacitator fast-charging system
Zion Tech: Israeli start up Dogiz helps dogs and owners socialize
Zion Tech: Our Israeli start-up of the week aims to make air pollution visible
5th annual Hullegeb Festival celebrates Ethiopian culture
A man of leisure
Israel enters the world of pro cycling
Grapevine: Anniversary of the passing of founding PM David Ben-Gurion
Maccabi Tel Aviv on a roll as unbeaten CSKA comes to town
Another back-breaking loss for Jerusalem
Ga'ash, ESRA team up for golf tournament
Casspi making best of second stint as a King
Orthodox leaders condemn US rabbi for anti-Arab rhetoric
US haredim seek to share kollels' 'burden'
Polish town plans to turn Jewish cemetery into apartment complex
Divided US Jews largely silent on 'Jewish state bill'
South African court bans BDS protests inside Woolworths
Is the price of watermelons relevant to Iran's nuclear crisis?
ISIS says its flag will wave over Jerusalem, even if the Jews don't like it
Iranian Police: 200,000 people in the country are alcoholics
WATCH: Syrian child preacher says stop chasing half-naked women, look to your 72 virgins
Pope: Don't close door on dialogue with Islamic State
Awakening to our nightmare
'But is it good for the Jews?'
New opportunities for Israel in Europe
Home demolitions?
We aren't crying wolf
Wishful doing
Cinema of reconciliation
On the volcano's edge
Knowledge, power and abuse
Q&A with a Colombian lone soldier
European Press: Dividing line
Veterans: Keeping an ear out for change
Book Review: Written from his heart
This Week in Jerusalem
Who is your God?
Grapevine: Amazing place
A voice from India
Happily Eva After: When the going gets tough...
Grapevine: Reclaiming our heritage
Upscale dining in Neveh Tzedek
Obama: Helping terror go nuclear
On incitement, lots of talk but little action
To finally look behind the news
Recognizing Palestine – anomalies and ambiguities
A song for Cheshvan: 'The Eucalyptus Grove'
דְיוֹקְנְאוֹת תַרְבּוּת
מָה הַסִיפּוּר?
הָאַרְכִיוֹן שֶל רוֹמַן וִישְנִיָאק
Har Nof in flames
WATCH: Get-Taxi gets Jewish, with 'Shlep'
Putting children first
Genome of lowly centipede sequenced, adding a piece to puzzle of how life started on Earth
A creative twist on Italian in the heart of Tel Aviv
'Game of Thrones', 'Breaking Bad' director MacLaren to oversee Gal Gadot in 'Wonder Woman'
Tempête au sein de la coalition
Crise de confiance
Qui prendra la relève de Mahmoud Abbas ?
Arafat, Abbas, même combat ?
Rétrospective en noir et blanc pour la ville d'Or
L'unité : notre seule planche de salut
Daniel Oren, maestro d'Israël, d'Italie et d'ailleurs !
Nos plus belles années ?
Le pot de chocolat liégeois par qui le scandale arrive
Le dernier kibboutz
La course aux étoiles
Les mordus du français
On n'invite pas un pyromane à éteindre un incendie
Tuer l'EI dans l'œuf
Le mont du Temple et la guerre sainte de l'islam
Les attentats du lundi 10 novembre vus par la presse française
L'Europe, nouvelle alliée d'Abbas ?
Ces enseignants-éclaireurs
Christian priest speaks out strongly in favor of Jewish state law
Hispanic Evangelicals among Israel's greatest supporters
Christians United for Israel Chairman John Hagee says Obama is anti-Semitic
Temple Mount: Common ground between Jews and Christians
Pope Francis condemns Palestinian violence
KKL Belgium Donates Portable Bomb Shelter to Kiryat Gat
KKL-JNF Awards 2014 Blumberg Prize
Exploring the Ilanot Botanical Garden and the Vickar Observation Point
Cornerstone Laid for Sports Rehab Park at Meir Hospital
Mexican Politician and Business Leader Miguel Aleman Velasco Visits KKL-JNF in Jerusalem
International Conference in Sde Boker: Combating Desertification Together
Rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan: Bringing the River Back to Life
Central America Celebrates Independence at the Rabin Center
In his Footsteps: Heritage Excursions in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin
Cleanup Day Activities in Central Israel
International Cleanup Day: Cleaning Together in Northern Israel
KKL-JNF's Eyes in the Forest - The Horshim Forest Green Patrol
Israel Today and Tomorrow: KKL France Mission Visits Israel
Start-up Israel: KKL Italy November Mission Learns about Israel's Past and Future
KKL-JNF and Desert Agriculture Latin American Diplomats visit the Negev
A Successful Annual Fundraising Event for KKL Milan
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
11.27.2014 | 5 Kislev, 5775
Doctors at Hadassah University Medical Center to strike
Celiac disease showing up in many forms and at all ages
Russia throws rights accusations back at US with Ferguson unrest
Two hikers stranded in floods in Judean Dessert rescued safely by helicopter
Military helicopter deployed to help hikers stranded in flood in Negev
Teva Pharmaceutical names Peterburg new chairman
Netanyahu meets with leaders of the Druse community, expresses condolences for terror victims
Egypt plans blanket anti-terrorism law against 'disrupting order'
British brothers jailed for attending militant training camp in Syria
Herzog: Netanyahu focusing on 'Jewish state bill' because he can't lower housing prices
IAEA says needs more money to monitor extended Iran nuclear deal
Netanyahu: There is an effort to undermine the Jews' right to their own state
Breaking News
07/10/2012 20:16
President Shimon Peres came out against the government report calling for the legalization of West Bank outposts which was released this week, saying at a ceremony honoring Theodor Herzl that the settlement enterprise serves a demographic threat to Israel as a Jewish state."Israeli settlement in territories densely populated by an Arab population could bring about a threatening demographic change; that is, it could endanger the Jewish majority in Israel" Peres said at the ceremony held at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl. "It is doubtful that a Jewish State without a Jewish majority can remain Jewish," the president added.
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Daily Commentary – Tuesday, November 4, 2014 – Enough is Enough! NO MORE HONEY BOO BOO!
- TMZ, The National Enquirer and other gossip magazines need to stop talking about Honey Boo Boo. Now that it's been cancelled, it's time to stop giving them publicity
Daily Commentary – Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Download
Posted November 4, 2014 by Klaasend
Dana Pretzer, Honey Boo Boo, Scared Monkeys Radio | one comment
Daily Commentary – Tuesday, October 28, 2014 – TLC Finally Cancels "Here comes Honey Boo Boo" After Two Years
- After it became known that Mama June was dating a convicted child molester who recently got out of jail
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Posted October 28, 2014 by Klaasend
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Bill Maher Says, Michael Brown "Was Not A Gentle Giant" …"He Was Acting Like A Thug"
Hmm, Uber-Lib Bill Maher has a lucid moment and spoke the truth on something other than ISIS and radical Islam …
During HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, the always liberal opinionated comedian stated in regards to the Ferguson, Missouri shooting that Michael Brown was not acting like a "Gentle Giant". He was acting like a thug. Of course Maher also had to call police officer Darren Wilson a "plain murderer," even though it would appear that from information leaked from the grand jury states otherwise.
Calling Michael Brown a thug, does that make Maher a racist?
BILL MAHER: You know what else I find disturbing is that everybody in America just sides with their own people and doesn't look at the facts. The cops, I saw on the news a couple of weeks ago, were wearing bracelets or something that said, "I am Darren Wilson." Why do you want to throw your lot in with this plain murderer?
And Michael Brown's people. I'm sorry, but Michael Brown's people say he is a gentle giant. Well, we saw of when he was in that 7-11. No, he wasn't a gentle giant. He was committing a robbery and he pushed that guy. He was acting like a thug, not a gentle giant. He certainly didn't deserve to be shot for it.
EXIT COMMENT: Enough of calling Michael Brown an armed armed teenager. If he was going for the police officer's gun as many accounts have stated, that does not make him unarmed and certainly not a gentle giant. Every year police officers are killed with their own guns. I wonder if the Ferguson, Mo story would have been covered differently if the officer's name had been Nicola Cotton?
Posted October 25, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Liberal Comedian David Letterman Turns on Obama & Mocks His ISIS Strategy … "Now Have a Name for the War Against ISIS: Operation Hillary's Problem"
Even uber-Lib comedian David Letterman is mocking President Barack Obama these days. With the Obama administration not providing a name to the war on ISIS, Letterman announced to his audience that it appears that Obama has finally come up with a name for the war on ISIS … "Operation Hilary's Problem".
On Friday night, liberal late night host David Letterman mocked President Obama over is handling of ISIS. The CBS comedian joked "the administration now has a name for the war against ISIS. Have you heard the name?"
The CBS host continued by pointing out how "every military operation has to have a name so people can get behind it and they now have a name for the war against ISIS: "Operation Hillary's Problem.'"
Posted October 13, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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32 Year Old Actress Misty Upham Reported Missing on 10/6/14 in Auburn, WA (Update: Misty Upham Confirmed Dead: Family ID Body)
32 year old actress Misty Upham was reported missing by her father on Monday, October 6, 2014. Upton was last seen leaving her sister's apartment in Muckleshoot, Washington on Sunday. The Blackfeet actress best known for her roles in "August: Osage County" and "Frozen River," has been confirmed missing by Washington state police. According to the Auburn Police Department, they received a call with a report of a suicidal person at her parents' apartment, but when officers responded they were told the suicidal person had already left.
"Our officers responded to her apartment where she lives with her parents on Sunday for a suicidal call," Commander Steve Stocker tells PEOPLE. "When our officers got there, she had already packed up some belongings and left the apartment, so the officers were not able to contact or find her."
The following day, Upham's father, Charles, wanted his daughter listed officially as a missing person. However, Upham does not fit the criteria for a "missing and endangered person," per Washington state law, in which the person's missing occurrence has to be "unexplainable, involuntary or suspicious," according to Stocker.
"As far as the information we have, she took some things with her, she has a bus pass and even access to some money, and [the case] has been assigned to a detective, but we aren't putting resources [to look for her]," says Stocker.
In the last year, police have responded to Upham's apartment four times for suicide calls, and according to past police reports, this is not the first time Upham has left home, Stocker says.
If you have any information regarding Misty Upham's whereabouts, please contact Washington's Auburn Police Department at 253-288-2121.
UPDATE I: Body Found … Misty Upham Confirmed Dead: Family Identifies Body.
A spokeswoman for the family of Misty Upham has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a body found in a Seattle, Wash. ravine on Thursday afternoon is, as was widely suspected, that of the 32-year-old Native-American actress and activist — best known for her roles in the films Frozen River and August: Osage County — who was first reported missing on Oct. 6. The King County Coroner's Office will address the media about the case on Friday.
Posted October 11, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Daily Commentary – Friday, October 10, 2014 – Jay Leno Set to Host a New Show on CNBC
- His comeback will be a primetime CNBC series about cars
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Bill Maher & Ben Affleck Battle Over Radical Islam … "They Will F*cking Kill You"
Ben Affleck gets his "liberal" lunch handed to him by Bill Maher …
Poor Ben Affleck was just a perplexed mess as for once he was not surrounded by individuals who were just there to agree with him in an echo chamber. Affleck was given a lesson into the real war on woman. However, I hardly believe that he thought such a thing would happen with his appearance with Bill Maher. Affleck had a look of disbelief when Maher said, "It is the only religion that acts like the Mafia. They will F*cking kill you if you say the wring thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book."
It was not too long ago when Maher ripped Charlie Rose a new one and informed him that Islam was not like other religions.
Affleck was noticeably uncomfortable and frustrated throughout the discussion, calling claims that there are widespread problems within the Islamic religion "racist" and "gross." Maher said liberals should stick up for liberal principles that many in the Muslim faith do not value, such as freedom of speech and equality for women.
Later in the segment, Affleck said the United States has "killed more Muslims" than radical Islamists have killed Americans while asking Maher to lay out his solution.
"I can show you a Pew Poll of Egyptians, they are not outliers in the Muslim world that say like 90 percent of them believe that death is the appropriate response to leaving the religion," Maher eventually responded. "If 90 percent of Brazilians thought death was the appropriate response to leaving Catholicism, you would think it was a bigger deal."
Posted October 5, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Daily Commentary – Wednesday, September 24, 2014 – Barry Manilow's New Album "I Sing With Dead People"
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Even Lib Jon Stewart Rips Into Barack Obama for Acting 'Chaotic & Confused' on ISIS
Comedian Jon Stewart shredded President Barack Obama during his program Monday night, accusing him and his minions of acting "chaotic and confused" on how to deal with the Islamic State. Maybe the youth will now understand that Obama is a complete screw up.
Stewart concluded by pointing out a key difference between the Obama and Bush administrations: the Bush administration was "incredibly disciplined and focused" in doing the wrong thing, while the Obama administration is doing the right thing, but couldn't be more "chaotic and confused" about it.
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Crack Smoking Mayor Rob Ford Withdraws from Race … His Brother Doug Ford Replaces Him, HUH?
Rob Ford, the crack smoking, foul mouthed Mayor of Toronto has decided to withdraw from the mayor's race. Comedians and late night show hosts were said to be in tears today. The move by Rob Ford and his brother Doug to rplace him is not nuts, its called "crack".
Mayor ends his re-election bid but his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, has replaced him in a move that turns the campaign on its head.
The unprecedented Rob Ford (Open Rob Ford's policard) era ended Friday as dramatically as it unfolded: Ford, the mayor whose scandals roiled city hall and captured global attention, withdrew from the mayoral election because of his abdominal tumour — and asked Toronto to vote for his brother, Councillor Doug Ford (Open Doug Ford's policard), who scrambled to register as a candidate just minutes before the deadline.
The mayor signed up to run for his old Ward 2 council seat in the riding of Etobicoke North, taking the place of his nephew, Michael Ford, who withdrew from that race to run for school trustee.
"Nobody has ever seen anything like this before," said former mayor Mel Lastman, summarizing the reaction of residents and insiders alike. "It's nuts."
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made 34 saves for Buffalo. Marchand's tying goal at 14:30 of the third period was reviewed after he redirected Loui Eriksson 's shot past Enroth with his hand. But the score stood. Boston outshot the Sabres 37-15. Buffalo's first power-play
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made 34 saves for the Sabres. Marchand's tying goal at 14:30 of the third period was reviewed after he redirected Loui Eriksson 's shot past Enroth with his hand. LIGHTNING 4, FLYERS 3 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos had two goals and
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the season with two shutout losses. Backup goaltender Reto Berra made 27 saves in his first start of the season. Loui Eriksson had a power-play goal for the Bruins, who have lost three straight. Boston backup goalie Niklas Svedberg played
Bruins open with win over Flyers on Kelly goal late in third
slap shot from the blue line into the air. The puck came down in the crease, and Kelly swiped it in while Boston's Loui Eriksson also had a shot at it. Another sellout, the 214th in a row, filled the TD Garden. But the crowd seemed to be still
Penguins' Orpik stretchered off after brutal hits from Bruins' Thornton
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quickly and not giving them opportunities to make too many plays," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. Gregory Campbell, Loui Eriksson and Brad Marchard scored for the Bruins. The victory was the third straight for Boston, which has only two regulation
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Oilers Pulse
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 09:43 AM ET
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I thought I would take the pulse of the Oilers fans by heading over to HFBoards. This one post sums it up.
If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me OOooooohhh nooo Roli please dont go If you leave me now, youll take away the very heart of me OOooooohhh nooo No Roli please dont go A glove like yours is glovooovvve that's hard to find How could we let it slip away Weve come too far to leave the cup behind How could we end it all this way When Wednesday comes and Clunkers in net I'll drink the night awayyyyy
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Goofiest Rule In The World
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 09:23 AM ET
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from the CP via the Edmonton Sun,
Don Cherry used a big chunk of his first Stanley Cup Coach's Corner segment to criticize the NHL for its new delay of game penalty. And he doesn't expect league commissioner Gary Bettman to be happy about it. The outspoken hockey commentator said penalizing a team for clearing the puck over the glass from its own zone is "absolutely ridiculous." "You know we're in the final and I shouldn't be doing this...," Cherry said yesterday during the first intermission of Game 1 between the Edmonton Oilers and the Carolina Hurricanes. "I know the commish doesn't like me talking like this. "This has absolutely got to be the goofiest rule in the world."continued
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Big Loss For Oilers
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 09:05 AM ET
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from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
Fans in Edmonton are going to say Hurricanes forward Andrew Ladd was running the goalie but the truth is, he stumbled and was hit by Marc-Andre Bergeron. There was absolutely nothing that Ladd could have done to avoid the collision. Ty Conklin came in to replace Roloson and really only had to make one save of consequence. He and Jason Smith got tied up behind the net and Rod Brind'Amour put the puck in the net with a wraparound. What a turn of events in this hockey game and what a turn of events for this series.more
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He Was There
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 02:01 AM ET
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John Buccigross of ESPN gives us his memories of the most recent SCFs.
The Stanley Cup finals are under way. In the old days, the days when ESPN televised professional hockey, part of my job was to attend the final series. (My bosses won't let me say "Stanley Cup final" even though it is, in fact, a final. They want me to say "finals" even though there is only one & final. So, excuse my way of getting around it. But I won't say Stanley Cup finals. It makes me feel, dirty. Carry on.) From 2001-04, I attended every Stanley Cup series. Looking back, I can't believe I attended only four. Looking back, it feels like 20. Maybe because of the non-stop fun and adventures I had along the way.continued
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Laviolette After Game 1
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 12:50 AM ET
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Q. Is that a real textbook example of what to expect in the new NHL, that a team can actually come back from a 3-0 deficit? COACH PETER LAVIOLETTE: You know, it's certainly -- certainly what we believe in, like we've done so many times in the regular season, in the playoffs, that I think the biggest thing that we've gained all year long is confidence. It's not a position you want to be in. We didn't play well enough to win the first two periods, so we were in that position, and then we played better in the third period, came out and got the goals we needed. You know, I think the message was after two periods, if we can go out -- the next goal was a decisive goal because there's only 20 minutes of time left, if you make it 4-1 for them, it's going to be tough. If it's 3-2, then it's on us. And there's momentum from that, momentum from the building -- we gained momentum from the building. If we made it 3-2, we were winning. So that's how we've done it in the past. Certainly not a position that we want to be in. Q. When a goalie comes in and has not played for two months, do you think, let's get on him? COACH PETER LAVIOLETTE: Absolutely. I think anybody that comes in, whether it's Ty or any goaltender, you want to try and see if you can get to him and get to him early. With this defense, they did a good job of trying to protect him, we're going to have to continue to try to get more action and more pucks at the net. more in the comments...
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Roloson Done For The Series
by Paul on 06/06/06 at 12:07 AM ET
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MacTavish presser after the game, said Roloson is done for the series, no word on what the problem is. CBC cut away to news. update 11:10pm, MacTavish on OLN said it is a knee injury. update 11:29pm, OLN preliminary report is sprain to MCL. added 11:47pm, MacTavish post game interview can be read in the comment section... added Tuesday 12:11am, Jason Smith, Chris Pronger and Ty Conklin post game interview...
Q. How concerned is the status of Dwayne right now? CHRIS PRONGER: Well, it's a tough loss. I've been through it before, with the infamous Nick Kypreos on Grant Fuhr, but we have two guys that we've got a lot of confidence in. You know, they have not played that much the last two or three months, but at the same time, they have seen them in practice, they have been working hard trying to stay sharp and they will do a good job.more in the comments...
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The State Of The NHL
by Paul on 06/05/06 at 08:48 PM ET
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from Yahoo,
The inaugural season of the "New NHL" is winding to a close, and as great as it was for the league, the future appears to be even brighter. Sounding predominantly optimistic but defensive at times, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman held his annual state of the game news conference prior to Monday's Game Bettman addressed a host of topics, including the overwhelming success the league enjoyed this season and the prospects that hopefully will improve the game in the years to come. "This season was about re-engaging our fans," Bettman said. "The credit goes to our clubs, our players and most importantly, to our fans. Now that we are focused on moving forward, we are also looking into ways that we can do that job even better."continued added 8:26pm, The CP version via TSN... added 8:44pm, Complete transcript of interview can be read in the comments section of this post...
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The Maven Says Canes
by Paul on 06/05/06 at 05:59 PM ET
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from Stan Fischler of MSG Network,
Goaltending will be decisive. I like Carolina's chances because I'm convinced that Roloson is playing over his head. If he's dented, the Oilers are kaput. Edmonton's defense is formidable, but the Canes' have a solid unit with a rising star in Commodore. I believe the Finals, ultimately, will be decided on the front lines. Or, to put it another way, Carolina's fourth line is better than Edmonton's. 'Nuff said. Edmonton has won enough Cups. Carolina fully deserves one. Go -- for the good, old USA -- Canes!read on
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Forget The Ratings- Enjoy The Hockey
by Paul on 06/05/06 at 01:58 PM ET
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from Jim Kelley of Sportsnet,
The hue and cry is that Edmonton-Carolina will produce some of the worst sports television ratings ever registered and that this is further proof that hockey is a fast-fading niche sport and that Commissioner Gary Bettman's NHL is a failure and that the league and its broadcast operations have been hopelessly mismanaged. I say: bunk. (Actually, I would use a much stronger word, but kids read this and I for one will not contribute to their already hopelessly crude use of the English language.) Look, for starters, do you really believe, even for a moment, that Commissioner Bettman didn't anticipate the day that in a 30-team league there might be a possibility that two very small markets would compete head to head for the Stanley Cup?read on
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Listen To Win
by Paul on 06/05/06 at 12:34 PM ET
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The National Hockey League (NHL) today announced it is teaming with sports, rock and talk radio stations in five NHL markets to promote the 2006 Stanley Cup Final. Through on-air, on-line and outdoor 'My Stanley Cup' promotions, each radio station will offer listeners opportunities to win special NHL-themed prize packages. Six winners will receive the grand prize of a 42" plasma high-definition flat-screen television. WCKG-FM and WSCR-AM in Chicago; WRIF-FM in Detroit; KLSX-FM in Los Angeles; WMMR-FM in Philadelphia; and WFAN-AM and WFNY-FM in New York will air 'My Stanley Cup' promos and will host listener parties, outdoor events and in-studio contests, all of which are designed to drive TV tune-in to 2006 Stanley Cup Final broadcasts on NBC and OLN in the U.S. added 12:15pm, As part of the in-market promotions, the NHL will deploy street teams to join on-air radio personalities at high-traffic outdoor locations, including the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., Times Square in New York City and Rittenhouse Square in Philadephia, to distribute more than 25,000 pucks. The pucks and the custom-designed Dodge vehicles the NHL street teams will operate will feature NBC and OLN tune-in branding. In addition, former and current NHL players and coaches, including Luc Robitaille, Scotty Bowman and Jeremy Roenick, will call-in during on-air peak programming to discuss the Stanley Cup Final.
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Located across the street from Waikiki Beach and offering a full-service spa, this Honolulu hotel provides rooms featuring traditional Hawaiian décor and views of the ocean, mountains, or city.
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Located one block from Waikiki Beach, this hotel features panoramic views of Diamond Head from the outdoor pool and terrace. Spacious rooms include a flat-screen TV and a mini-fridge.
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Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & SpaThis 100% smoke-free, 5-star Hawaii resort is across the street from Waikiki beach and features 5 restaurants, as well as the on-site Royal Kaila Spa.
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A 2-minute walk from the world famous Waikiki Beach, this 40-story apartment-style hotel looks out on the Pacific Ocean. It features a palm tree-lined outdoor pool and private tennis courts on-site.
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photo with obama and staff at the reception; location; relatively fast wifi; coffee-machine at the room;
quite old and depressing furniture, the hotel needs renovation; very noisy (there is a road nearby); didn't notice while booking, that there were 14% of extra taxes. was a bit surprised, looking at my credit card transactions. for this price could find a better hotel. quite poor swimming pool :D
Room was dirty. Filter on the air conditioner was disgusting
Location is pretty good. Price is not too bad considering the cost of other hotels in the same area. There was a fridge in the room and ironing board and iron.
Not very good soundproofing of the rooms, we could hear noise from the street. It wasn't too bad, but it was a bit annoying. We could also hear talking from the room (or perhaps balcony of the room) next to us. There was also not enough space, where to put my clothes. There was a wardrobe in the bathroom, but it only had 4 clothes hangers and nothing else.
The staff was not very helpful or friendly. Advice we've been given had been inaccurate. When we left an item behind the reception was very unhelpful on the phone, putting us on hold and not getting back to us. We had to call back four times and go by to retrieve the item. Rooms are fairly noisy due to the traffic. Cleaners do not seem to change sheets. Rooms were not ready when we arrived after the agreed check in time.
No elevator to street level.
Friendly staff. Near shopping. Food and bus line. we had a lanai and could glimpse the ocean between the buildings.
Stairs to enter were difficult with those who had strollers luggage etc. Almost no lobby area.
The guy at the front desk was a delight and he let us check in early after a long flight from Australia (loved him for that). Concierge was super helpful. Super close to the bus and ala Moana shops.
The stairs leading up were tough with luggage and the road noise made it hard to sleep. My advice would be to ask for a room at the back.
I got doulbe charges. so I contacted to the hottel. but they didn't do action for me, they just told me they will check. after coming back, 4 days gone. but until now, they didn't contact and explain about the situation.
I really don't think you can beat the price for a hotel this nice, in this part of Waikiki. We had an amazing week. Friendly staff, laid back attitude, etc.
Pool is a little small, but it's not the resort kind of hotel you hang out at all day, drinking by pool. It's just a clean, comfortable place to sleep, in a great location with friendly staff.
We liked the location and it suited our needs very well. We found staff most obliging and friendly.
There was nothing we didn't like.
friendly and accommodating staff, good facilities, close to ala moana centre. we used ala moana beach rather than waikiki and it was great! plenty of food places around the hotel, the bus was handy.
the location was good, comfy beds and free wifi :-)
The pool was smaller than appeared on website photo :-(
Great location, friendly staff and room was a good size
TV didn't work sometimes, loose connection or something. We were at the end of corridor next to maintenance cupboard.... Very noisy in the morning!
We stayed at this hotel because it is five minutes' walk from Ala Moana mall. It made shopping very easy. Staff were friendly and helpful. We were given free cocktails by the pool. We had a room with a king size bed and ensuite. Shower only, no bath. Everything was fairly new, very clean and comfortable. Bar fridge with separate freezer compartment and coffee maker, plus free wifi. The hotel is only five minutes' walk from the harbour and the beach out the front of Hilton Hawaiian Village. There are a couple of restaurants nearby and an ABC store on the corner. If you are interested in bars and nightlife then you have to walk 15-20 minutes to get to the centre of Waikiki. Everything is within walking distance though.
Be conscious that reception etc is on level 2 of the hotel, which is also where the lift starts. There are about 10-15 steps up to reception so you need to carry luggage up and down stairs. I have no idea why they didn't start the lift on the ground floor where the car park is. The swimming pool is very cold as it's 6-7 feet deep and barely gets sun during the day. It's not the right hotel for lounging around by the pool in the sun. Parking costs $20 per day.
This hotel was right across the street from Waikiki Beach without all the hubbub and busy-ness. There's also Ala Moana Beach which is less than 1/2 mile away, as well as Ala Moana Center, a huge mall with a food court where they have wonderfully inexpensive food. The rooms were super clean and comfortable and the staff was very friendly and helpful when we had questions or needed suggestions. Parking is $25, but all the valets were super nice. I would definitely stay here again and would recommend it highly.
The pool is tiny -- just letting you know -- but we didn't come to Hawaii to sit by a pool. Also, our room didn't have a balcony if that's important to you.
Location was good!
I had no air conditioning and very small pool. Requested for a microwave but was told that they could heated up for me and I wanted to do it myself so that was pretty awkward.
Poor front desk service, beddings were very dirty, the employees next to my room #205 were very rude, loud, and had no consideration for the guests who are staying in the hotel. One of the workers (maid) actually looked at me and said "what". Very poor customer service. Being born and raised in Hawaii, i would never expect this type of service from your workers. I will never stay at your place again, and i am telling everyone on my island not to stay at the Equus.
Room was clean. Good decor.
Parking was difficult and very inconvenient.
I love how it is quiet and small. Convenient to the restaurants and stores. Walkable to the beach and the ala moana center. I love Rene she is so friendly and approachable. The customer service is great!
Parking :(. Small parking lot but can park across the street for $20 no taxes!
1. The "woven" chairs at the work desk was very uncomfortable. I asked for an ordinary chair as replacement, but that request was "forgotten". 2. I left my small suitcase with the front desk for several hours after checking out. A small item from the front pouch was "missing" when I picked up the bag.
Good location, fairly good value
Street-side room on third floor had quite a lot of traffic noise.
staff was great
pool in very cool as sun hits it a few minutes a day only surrounded by structures four sides
The room was clean and beds were comfy.
Friendly staff and very helpful
There was no bar.
location was very convenient to city
street noise. Balcony windows could block more of the city noise,
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Eleanor Stanlis founded the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and the Music Academy of Rockford.
Margaret Batjer, daughter of Eleanor Stanlis, is a violinist and concert master of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, a position she's held since 1998. She's been a soloist throughout Europe, making several prestigious stops such as performances at the La Scala Theatre and the Naples and Cremona festivals. Batjer also was a member the famous Accardo Quartet.
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Batjer has recorded and performed with some of the biggest names in music. Her work with Salvatore Accardo, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yo-Yo Ma is known around the world. The former student of Ivan Galamian and David Cerone has made numerous recordings for EMI, Nuova Era and BMG labels. Batjer teaches at the USC Thornton School of Music.
Batjer was attending Eisenhower Middle School when she was chosen to solo with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Violinist Shelby Latin Harris was a student at the Music Academy for 17 years. Before earning degrees from Indiana University Conservatory of Music, she studied with Eleanor Stanlis. Latin Harris is an Auburn High School graduate.
Measure 5 is an advanced touring and performing ensemble composed of 20 string and piano students (ages 13 to 18). Aside from collaborations with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra March 12, Measure 5 will perform several pieces on its own and with the flute choir of the Music Academy of Rockford College, led by Stephanie Pedretti. Measure 5 will perform "Suite for the Sweets" with the flute choir.
Measure 5 is directed by Rachel Handlin. Handlin is a concert master of the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, assistant concert master of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and directs the string program for the Music Academy.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. Show starts at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 12. Court Street United Methodist Church is at 215 N. Court St., downtown Rockford. Tickets are available by calling (815) 964- 9713 or visiting mendelssohnpac.org.
From the Mar. 3-9, 2010 issue
This story appeared at http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/03/03/mendelssohn-performing-arts-center-and-rockford-college-celebrate-anniversary-musical-legacy-of-eleanor-stanlis/ on March 3, 2010.
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'Skyfall' director Sam Mendes has started to put
distance between himself and talk of helming Bond
"Skyfall" director Sam Mendes, who knows by now that he has
a sure fire hit on his hands with the 23rd James Bond film, is
doing the usual press and TV interviews to promote the upcoming
adventure. Although the media seems keen to promote the idea
that the British director will be back to helm 'Bond 24' - which
is already in pre-production - Mendes is starting to hint that
he may sit the next movie out.
Although he said he would be up for another film at the kick-off
press conference for "Skyfall" based on his experience so far
(he had been involved for over a year before cameras finally
started rolling in November 2011), reading between the lines
of his latest interviews, it seems he is starting to make the
case for a future announcement that he will be working on other
Above: Sam Mendes directs Daniel
Craig in Istanbul.
Asked by Time
Out whether he would be up for another Bond adventure,
Mendes initially sounded positive: "I've enjoyed it enough
to do it again. I think the choice is in the audience's hands.
and they want to see another one from the same people who brought
you Skyfall, then that would mean a lot to me. I would feel like,
'Well, actually there are people who really want to see it.'"
But he then added an important clause: "But I feel like I've
put everything I want to do with a Bond movie into this Bond
I would
the same again to do another one. So, it would take a lot of
thought to try and make it as special to me as this. I'm
knackered, but I've loved it."
Next up? Mendes has been confirmed to direct
a stage production of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory at the London Palladium which will open in
June 2013.
The new James Bond film ('Bond 24') will be the fourth outing for Daniel Craig as 007, and the second film to be directed by Sam Mendes from a screenplay by John Logan, Neal Purvis & Robert Wade. The new MI6 team of Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Rory Kinnear (Tanner) and Ben Whishaw (Q) are all reprising their roles. The cast will include Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista and Christoph Waltz. Production commences on December 6th 2014, with location work as early as 5th January 2015 in Austria. The film will also shoot on location in Morocco, Italy and Mexico. Bond 24 is scheduled for a 23rd October 2015 in the UK, whilst Bond fans in the USA wait until 6th November 2015.


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Who is going to kick the ball?
Fresno State loses all-everything placekicker Clint Stitser, as well as backup kicker and starting punter Kyle Zimmerman to graduation. RFr.
Kevin Goessling (6-0, 200) was a highly touted kicker out of Orange County when he signed his LOI last year. Scout.com rated him the 4th best kicker in California, and he was widely considered one of the top ten kickers in the nation for the class of 2007. The former Anaheim (Calif.) Servite K is also considered the best to ever for the Friars.
Chris Sailer of Chris Sailer Kicking said back when Goessling committed to Fresno State, "Kevin is a great kicker. He is going to be an outstanding fit for Fresno State."
Goessling was 31-for-31 on PAT's and was 7-for-9 on field goals, kicking a long of 41 yards, and nailing 3-for-3 in the regular season finale in 2006.
However, Coach Pat Hill has never started a frosh kicker in his12 years as the Bulldog Head Coach. Thrice in his tenure, he has turned to a sophomore – Jeff Hanna in 1997, Asen Asparuhov in 2000, and Clint Stitser in 2005. Hanna and Asparuhov rank sixth and third, respectively, all-time in scoring in Bulldog history.
The last freshman kicker to kick in a game was Johan Lyssand in 1994. Derek Mahoney (1990-93) was the last four-starter and is the leading scorer in Bulldog history.
Considering a kicker has led the Bulldogs in scoring in eight out of Hill's 11 years, including last season, the position is one of utmost importance. Goessling has displayed great accuracy in practice, but he has some huge shoes to fill.
P Robert Malone (6-2, 220), on the other hand, has a few games under his belt. The sophomore was able to medical redshirt in 2006 after being thrust into starting role as a true freshman in place of injured Sr. Mike Lingua. Last season, he spent the entire year as the placeholder on PAT's and field goals. This season he is expected to handle the starting punt duties, something he struggled with the first three games of his career.
Malone punted 20 times for 744 yards for a respectable 37.2 ypp in 2006. However, his hang-time was not up to par. None more evident than against Oregon, when the Ducks had more punt return yards in that one game than the 'Dogs gave up in the entire 2005 season.
Special Teams Coach John Baxter was very high on Malone coming out of Riverside (Calif.) Martin Luther King. It was Baxter's decision to not pursue U.S. Army All-American Kyle Peterson, who had high interest in Fresno State, but instead recruit Malone.
Malone holds King's school record in the shot put. He also starred on the defensive line. But his leg strength is what caught the attention of DI colleges. It is by far the strongest ever for a Bulldog punter. He had a long of 53 yards in 2006.
Next big question answered, who starts spring as the No. 1 tailback?
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Published on Thursday, February 06 2014 13:32
By Matt Smith
The Lyons Lions boys' basketball team took on the powerful Strasburg Indians (13 and 2, 5 and 1 in league play) last Friday night (January 31). Despite playing some tough defense right from the start of the game, Lyons found themselves down 18 to 11 after the first quarter. Zach Christiansen was hot with shooting three pointers for the
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Published on Thursday, February 06 2014 09:59
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.
If they had been wearing costumes and carrying a parasol, one might have thought the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) was getting "Cash Mobbed" Monday evening at Town Hall. Instead, what is was, was the Confluence Group, thirty or forty very respectful Lyons residents, whose homes were severely damaged during the September flood, who want to stand united and let the Trustees and Town Staff know they are, though still
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Dear Lyons Recorder Editor,
Below is a vision statement relating to Meadow Park. This is not an official statement (At least not yet!) of the Sustainable Futures Commission, but a personal statement from David and Karen Selden. We are
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To the Editor, Lyons Recorder:
I would like to comment on the report of the Board of Trustees meeting in the January 23, Recorder. The final paragraph states a concern shared by FEMA to the BOT "suggesting (for liability reasons) that the Town put up chain link fences around Bohn and Meadow Parks, as well as the "gouge area" between
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Dear Lyons Volunteers
I want to express my sincerest thanks to the wonderful group of volunteers that assisted with the final "mucking out" of my crawl space and getting a start with uncovering and digging out of my sewer line that I must replace.
Jill Babcock, Lyons
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A group of young adults from the Youth Summit (sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation) visited Lyons last Saturday. Under supervision of a Boulder County Sheriff's Deputy, they viewed the flood damage in Meadow Park including the historic park shelter, the Hains property, and the ice skating rink/volleyball court. Joined by Trustee LaVern Johnson, Christine Wells, and Mark Browning
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In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor
On a bitterly cold and snowy night, when everyone would have probably preferred to have been at home in front of a crackling fireplace watching American Idol, or even a bunch of talking heads pontificating
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Lyons High School graduate (class of 2004) Liz Ferraris (daughter of Mary and Fred Ferraris) is currently pursuing a career in acting. Ferraris has the lead role in an online web series called Hipsterhood, directed by Shilpi Roy. Hipsterhood, a comedy web series that explores the minds of two hipsters who keep
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Keeping Lyons Fit! by Mary Chase
We are twenty plus days into 2014. Last year was quite a year for Lyons. Maybe along the way we weren't able to do the things we wanted to because our daily survival in a flood ravaged town became our priority. So since life has now returned to as close of a normal daily life as possible, I have heard
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Newsflash – James M6ZXZ is on 4m
Wow, it was only a few weeks this time, James must be practicing for 25th Dec as he has already
opened both the rig and the antenna packaging and has the aerial up and running with good signals
being heard on 4m from the Beacon area…..to all on channel.
A nice little net on Friday 24th October with 2E0CUH, 2E0PCO, 2E1ERJ, M6ZXZ and G4USB on air.
Phil 2E0PCO is coming along great guns now and has 20w pumping out from his TAIT Ex PMR, good
signal from him in Four Lanes, David 2E1ERJ uses an Ascom SE550 Ex PMR producing around the 25w level
and is a good signal with me from Threemilestone. Shaun 2E0CUH uses a Phillips 1000 converted PMR
and is painfully loud with me, James, uses a commercially produced radio an Anytone 5189 set at
the 10W level appropriate to his licence. On Friday I was using a converted Motorola GM-350 with
around the 25W output.
Four is a very interesting band and more effective then 2m on several occasions one such example is
between myself and Brian G4KAW where 4m is a very comfortable fully quietened QSO both ways. On Sunday
26th Brian and I were chatting along with Roy M3YKT and I was called by Hugh EI2HI who informed me I
had a very strong signal in S.Ireland. Neither Brian or Roy were able to reach him on this occasion.
We hold out net on 70.475 but must bear in mind that the chaps in EI who have an activity evening on 4m
on a Tuesday evening from around 2100hrs are unable to use that channel as their allocation ends at
Worth mentioning here that there is a 'simplexer' in EI on 70.350, you can check propagation to EI as
if you put a call out, wait a few seconds and then hear your voice repeated you will know that there is and
how good it is by your own signals quality repeated. Although slow, you can hold a QSO via the simplexer
with any area which has propagation to its location, these stations may not necessarily be able to work
your area at the time but via EI it could be possible….
Watch this space for more 4M news


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