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Mount St. Earl Erupts, Wins!
by Mike Panozzo Jul 19, 2003, 8:32 AM EST
The roof almost came off Cardiff International Arena Friday night. And that was before Earl Strickland and Steve Davis even took the table for their highly anticipated match-up in the final 16 of the 2003 World Pool Championship. In a pre-match television interview, Strickland responded angrily to what he perceived to be a lack of respect from local fans with a tirade aired live throughout the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Asia.
Tournament NotesCardiff Insider
by Gary Baker
* EARL Strickland threatened to quit the tournament tonight as he stormed out of Cardiff International Arena.
The reigning world champion was practicing for his match on Friday evening against Steve Davis and had just finished when the abuse happened.
He was walking out of the arena to the hotel over the road when people started booing him. It was disgraceful behavior from the so-called 'fans' of pool and it did not go unnoticed by The Pearl.
The reigning world champion marched out of the venue with his cues in tow, shouting: "I'm not coming back here again." He probably would not have arrived at the Cardiff International Arena again but for the fact that he had a match to play.
Davis, looking stern, later walked over the road to prepare for his match - watched by a crowd of people who were had arrived for an engagement party there, complete with FIVE stretched limos!
Suffice to say, the six times world snooker champion did not stop for autographs.
* MANILA came to a standstill today as half the country stopped in their tracks to watch Efren Reyes lose 11-8 to Francisco Bustamante.
Official viewing figures for the ESPN Star channel were not being released until later, but shots were shown of one bar in the Philippines capital which was 300 people deep, wall-to-wall watching eight screens and cheering for either Reyes or Bustamante on each shot.
* REIGNING world snooker champion Mark Williams may enjoy the limelight of the big occasion, as he did in the World Pool Championships this week.
However, the man who has millions of pounds in the bank was back watching his other cue sport on Thursday night in a much smaller place that the CIA.
Williams spends some of his evenings at a secret hideaway where he can relax and have a few practice games.
Nobody knows where it is, but it is in fact the Tredegar Conservative Club in Newport, 12 miles away from his home in Cardiff, where he enduges in his other past time - cribbage.
* MALTA'S Tony Drago has made a great impression on this year's championship, having spent a number of years entering the tournament but not getting very far.
Snooker player Drago, though, suffered a case of break-itis tonight during his last 16 match against Young-Hwa Jeong of Korea, an 11-9 win.
Amazingly, Drago took a 5-3 lead on Jeong without making one ball on the breaks he had.
When, in the next rack, he managed to put one down off the first shot, he threw his arms in the air in celebration.
* CANADIAN Paul Potier has flown back to Vanccouver after exiting the championships, but not without a word or two about the way that some people have not taken the tournament seriously.
And he pointed the finger at Britain's reigning snooker champion Mark Williams.
The 49-year-old, twice a national champion in Canada, hit out at the 'invites' who can cost the men who play the game for a living hard cash.
Williams has millions of UK pounds sterling in the bank, drives a Ferrari and has more cars in the driveway of his new house just ten minutes from the Cardiff venue.
So $1,500 - the prize he got for losing in the last 64 - is just a week's gas money for him.
But for someone like Potier, it is very important.
The Canadian missed out on qualification through to the knockout stages because Williams sneaked in ahead of him and he was not happy, given that the snooker player said he was just 'playing for fun' and nothing else.
Potier, who stressed it was not a case of sour grapes because he had gone out, angrily said: "I think the tournament directors should think again about allowing these invites in if they don't take the game seriously.
"It is not fair on us who come over here and look to win the world championships of our sport. Someone like Steve Davis is fair enough because he is playing the game properly but, when they don't, why are they here? It is not as if someone like Mark Williams needs the money."
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Ride report - short spin around the neighborhood.
The seat is uncomfortable and hard. It actually feels better in a more aero position, maybe due to putting more of my weight on the front. Feels better in aero position than the downtube nova seat, which is also "anatomical" in shape but probably designed by a woman (the anatomical dip is tiny).
Shifting is clean and fast with shimano trigger shifter. Derailleur and rear brake were perfectly adjusted from the factory. Whoever did the final setup over in china did a good job, everything is adjusted and tight. I did the front brake. Braking is good so far, but I wasn't going very fast.
Detected a little bit of groaning and vibration from the bottom bracket on lowest gear. Will take it down and relube when I get the chance.
The minivelo feels noticeably faster than the nova. Seems a little less flexy on the front end, which makes sense. The nova has a very solid steerer tube - for a folder that is. The minivelo feels more like a real bike.
The 165 cranks are annoying. I'm sure they fit most users in china, korea, and japan, but being used to 170s they feel stifling to me. I would like to take this opportunity to advise all asian bike makers: when you sell bikes to americans, use 170 cranks!
Rides feels harsher than the nova, the stiff saddle contributed to that. Also I had the tires up to max pressure. This mini is good candidate for big apple tires (I just ordered a pair for the nova, but I think I will change the back tire on both bikes instead).
What tools do I need to get into the bottom bracket? I have grease already.

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How CMT and BMT are managed?
As per my understanding Container Managed Transactions are achieved with JTA which is supported by application server not webservers like tomcat.
CMT are handled by Transaction manager implementation which is specific to to each application server which internally reads the ejb-jar.xml and applies the behaviour.
BMT are demarcated with the help of user-transaction class in java api.
Is the above understanding correct?


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text: Amy Lamé 2016-05-28T16:34:54-04:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/index.php?author=amy-lame Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Amy Lamé Good old fashioned elbow grease. What About Gay Christians Who Want to Get Married in Church? tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.1592529 2012-06-13T06:34:31-04:00 2012-08-13T05:12:05-04:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ According to David Cameron, no religious organization will be forced to conduct same sex marriages. Regardless, the Anglicans have got their gilded linen knickers in a twist. With only a day left in the Government's official consultation period, boiling point has been well and fully reached. My partner and I are both Christians. There, I said it. It's much easier to come out as a lesbian than as a Christian these days... but that's a different Huffington Post blog post altogether. A few years ago we had a civil partnership on our 15th anniversary. We booked a small room at Westminster Registry Office. We had our closest male friends as witnesses. We wore vintage dresses and gardenia corsages. Our families were there (well, most of them). But it lacked the fundamental meaning that we both craved- a recognition of our faith. Now, I'm under no illusion. It was exactly what a civil partnership/wedding should be - a secular ceremony to join two people together in the eyes of the law. And we did it for all the legal benefits it accords - boring but helpful nuts and bolts stuff like next of kin rights, property and inheritance tax relief. But as Christians, our civil partnership seemed like a hollow gesture. Signing a bit of paper in a stuffy room above council offices in front of a civil servant I'd never met sucked the meaning out of the event. Sure, our mums shed tears and friends snapped pictures to remember our "special day". But for us, the ceremony was awkward and meaningless. We wanted to get married in church. Not because it's a prettier venue, or to walk down the aisle, or to have atmospheric organ music playing in the background. But because we wanted our partnership sealed in the eyes of God and the Anglican church. I believe God brought us together and has blessed our relationship. The Church is a different story. The current government is not helping matters. It was under the previous Labour government that each and every piece of LGBT equality legislation was passed. I can't help but feel that David Cameron is trying to get same sex marriage onto the lawbooks to atone for his party's past pro-Section 28 sins. And if he does, we'll never hear the end of it. Conservatives eager to show just how "progressive" the party is will harp on for decades about how Labour weren't able to get gay marriage on the statute books, but THEY were... thus sweeping under the carpet every legal advance for equality enabled by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The Anglican Church's arguments against same sex marriage are obviously out of touch with the 21st century. With each and every bishop wheeled onto Radio 4 to argue against the impending doom of loving homos getting hitched, their obsession with semantics hides some deep seated homophobia. Marriage is a loaded word; so is gay. So is Christian. Perhaps language just hasn't caught up with the times - kind of like the Church of England itself. My partner and I have racked up nearly 19 years together, but I refuse to be called her wife. The word is just too weighted. For a start, we aren't officially married. And even if we were (or will be), as a feminist the word 'wife' brings me out in hives. I'm all for reinvention and reclamation of outmoded and derogatory terms, but 'wife' is one I've just not got my head around yet. Regardless of what the government decides on same sex marriage, I still won't be able to get a Gay Upgrade and marry in my parish church. If passed, the Same Sex Marriage Bill means we will be able to get married in a Quaker Meeting House. Nice idea, but I'm not a Quaker. Same for the Unitarian and Lutheran Churches. I doubt the Anglican Church will ever allow it, at least not in my lifetime, and that makes me very sad. I am unsure of the additional benefits of marriage as opposed to civil partnership, and if my faith is ignored in the reformulation of this law, what is it worth? Absolutely nothing. I feel let down by the Anglican Church - that's nothing new, I'm used to it. I'm also being let down by a ConDem Government fudging the issue by allowing Church exemption from conducting same sex marriages. That's nothing new, I'm used to it. So where will gay and lesbian Anglicans get married? Rowan Williams... are you listening? Nope... thought not.]]> For Some People, EVERY Tuesday Is Fat Tuesday tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.1290304 2012-02-21T07:07:18-05:00 2012-04-22T05:12:01-04:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ Condiments at the ready, people, because a Dutch scientist has created a laboratory hamburger - grown from stem cells claimed from a cow. It's the world's first synthetic burger but with a £200,000 research price tag, it won't be putting Mickey D's out of business anytime soon. But will we forsake taste for a futuristic all you can eat carnivorous buffet? The petri-dish protein will be mixed with a marble of fat and flavourings to make it palatable, as well as chemicals and antibiotics to stop it rotting. Deee-licious! Thankfully there won't be any Dutch Frankenburgers on the menu at Burger Queen, a beauty pageant for fatties infused with the spirit of a camp 1970s gameshow. Over five weeks in March, a dozen contestants will don stretch sequins and compete in rounds of Talent, Taste and Trend. The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges with yours truly at the helm - a sort of chubby Simon Cowell - though I promise to leave my tight t-shirts at home. It's more than just an evening of flabulous fun; Burger Queen 2012 serves as a focal point for an exciting new brand of fat activism that definitely hasn't been cooked up in a laboratory test tube. The event's creator and host Scottee wants to empower fatties and create an open and honest discussion around body politics. "It's a positive event that embraces health at every size and encourages ownership of the word fat," he explains. There are some pretty radical politics at its heart. "At Burger Queen, to identify as 'fat' is to identify as other, regardless what that might be; so you don't necessarily need to be fat in order to identify as fat. Got it? Good. Every radical political movement needs a supporting cast of multi-sized justice-fighters, after all. Scottee, founder of Burger Queen Until now, the issue of obesity has been very much an "us" and "them" dynamic- think Supersize vs Superskinny writ large. Burger Queen is asking everyone - regardless of body size - to step into a pair of wide width stilettos and try our chubby lives on for size. According to Scottee, the timing has never been better. "2012 is an ideal moment to strike back as we are subjected to the Olympics, which just so happens to be sponsored by some of the worlds most calorific brands." Irony, anyone? Our awareness of fat - fear of it, fascination with it - is heightened in this era of economic austerity. Fat has become not just an aesthetic issue, but a moral issue as well. Documentaries on obesity and competitive TV programmes disguised as light entertainment tell us fat people are broken, unhappy and a drain on the NHS. The government has been accused of browbeating fatties, actively encouraging a trickle down effect of bullying and discrimination. The murky world of dietary advice is played out on our TV screens, magazines, and radio airwaves. Last week on Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Dr Susan Jebb, chief advisor to the UK government on obesity, lectured a woman who had failed at every dieting attempt - according to Jebb, she just needs to try harder in order to slim down. Dr Jebb is a member of Scientific Advisory Boards for Coca-Cola, Heinz, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Kellogg's. Interestingly, Heinz produce Weight Watchers foods - overpriced, undernourishing products that contribute to the organisation's paltry 6% sustained weight loss "success" rate. But they won't tell you that; they want your money, and shareholders like a restless, fat mass of people brainwashed into thinking Weight Watchers is the answer to all their chubby troubles. Not until we recognize the dichotomy of the weight loss industry - the fact it NEEDS us to be fat, unhappy and desperate to shed weight in order to make money from us - will we be truly liberated. Burger Queen is exploring this issue in a very real way. Scottee has been on a different commercially available diet every week and has documented his experiences; a short film exploring the physical and psychological effects of the diets will be screened at each Burger Queen event. So which was the hardest to stick to? "The well known replacement shake was the worst," he claims. "I was so surprised how little I was allowed to eat and the side effects of headaches, vomiting and lack of concentration that are discussed on their official online forums." Despite losing 5lbs he has regained 2lbs in as many days and found himself thinking about hiding food - something Scottee hasn't thought about since he conquered his addiction to eating in secret years ago. The essential issue at hand is whether fat is a problem to be solved, or just a fact of life. Scientists may be able to make uniform, perfectly balanced burgers in a petri dish, but humans are much more than a collection of cells glued together with protein, fat and vitamins. We are messy, complex, diverse; thin, fat, and everything inbetween. We educate our children that difference is a glory to be embraced, so we need to include BQ - burger queens - in our list of BME, LGBTQ, ad infinitum. And remember... for some people, EVERY Tuesday is Fat Tuesday. Burger Queen is every Thursday in March at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London. www.burger-queen.info]]> Bullying is Making the Obesity Epidemic Worse tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.1087836 2011-11-11T18:00:00-05:00 2012-01-11T05:12:01-05:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ Anyway, this chap had a familiar face, especially to those who may have been interested in Trotskyist diatribes in Merseyside in the 1980s (okay, he was Derek 'Degsy' Hatton). So I said, sit down, please join me. We were both due to appear on a popular BBC 1 programme called Sunday Morning Live, a topical debate show focusing on moral, ethical and religious issues. We were discussing the issue of fat on the show - no, not the kind that skirts a ribeye steak, or the type you rub into flour and sugar to make a crumble topping. The kind of fat we were debating just so happened to reside in my midriff, chin, upper arms, thighs, back and arse. Let's just say it was personal. We were on opposing sides of the argument, and narrowly managed to avoid a confrontation over toast. Later, on the programme, it would become clear that Degsy found my fat repulsive, immoral and a drain on the National Health Service. But for the moment, I was busy fixating on his breakfast plate. As I tucked in, Degsy flagged down the waitress and placed a special order. "I want four poached eggs, but no yolks - ONLY the whites. Got that?" (to be read in a Scouse accent). He then proceeded to unwrap what could only be described as a drugs parcel - a foil-wrapped package containing at least two dozen different pills, capsules and potions that Degsy informed me he takes daily to keep him in good health. To call my appearance on this television show a milestone in the world of fat politics would be an exaggeration, but it did make something pop in my mind. The topic up for discussion was: "Is it irresponsible to be fat?" I was subjected to a 15 minute personal attack on my physique by Degsy and some psychobabbly doctor (whose name I can't remember) on live television. When I attempted to make a case against their blatant, rabid body facism, I was shouted down. Dr Whatsername kept staring at my rotund belly with wonderment and intrigue. Degsy was grabbing my chunky arm, stroking it every time he wanted to make a point. I was getting VERY mixed messages; they were trashing me on live television, yet fascinated with my flesh. My conclusion? CLOSET CHUBBY CHASERS, THE PAIR OF 'EM. One good thing came out of this misguided TV appearance (by the way, thanks, BBC, for ensuring "fair and balanced coverage"). I received hundreds of messages of support from people all over the UK, not just saying how horribly Degsy and the doctor acted, but sharing their own stories of bullying, exclusion and difficulties of being a fat person in a thin world. Every news source - papers, TV, magazines - seem to be reporting that we are in the grips of an obesity epidemic. No one has the definitive answer on how to tackle it. In the meantime, reality docu-soaps like Fat Families track the tears, tantrums and takeaways of the nations lardy lasses. The degrading tone - "hey, let's poke fun at the porkies!" - is hardly groundbreaking or responsible television. But people like to laugh at those less fortunate than themselves. Schadenfreude, anyone? Victimisation TV is hugely popular - and it gets in the advertisers, too. Crisps, chocolate, dehydrated gravy granules, fast food joints and diet products all love to appear in the advertising slots of programmes that make fun of fat people. Mixed messages? Hardly. The shows - and adverts - are playing subtle psychological games with us to make us feel superior, dissatisfied and guilty in quick succession. If we manage to feel depressed - or manipulated - enough to keep tuning in and purchase their products, they've won. You may think, "oh, come on, it's only a bit of fun" or "they deserve to be laughed at; they're fat, lazy and ugly". Or perhaps you think these programmes actually do the participants some sort of good - it's the kick up the fat ass they need to help them shed their obese excess and find everlasting happiness as a thin person. What these programmes really do is allow and advocate a carte blanche to abuse anyone not fitting into a narrowly-defined body norm. Have you ever followed the hashtag Twitter comments during an episode of Embarrassing Fat Bodies? The abuse is phenomenal - Dr Christian has A LOT to answer for. So what is the real impact of all this? Quite simply, it makes fat people feel angry, depressed and worthless. Which, for some, means they may eat more in order to comfort their pain. Which makes them fatter. And so the cycle continues. Why must the onus be on fat people to break the cycle; i.e stop eating, rather than the abusers halt their hurtful words? In a society so concerned with 'anti-bullying', this fat-phobia is a despicable tragedy. One recent anti-bullying campaign - against homophobia - had the catchphrase 'It Gets Better'. Well, quite frankly, it doesn't. For fat people, it gets worse...a lot worse. If you were bullied on the playground for being porky, and expect once you grow up for your fellow adults to treat you with respect, you're in for a shock. TV shows are sanctioning adult bullies to revel in their hideous playground tactics. All this bullying is making the 'obesity epidemic' worse. And just in case you thought that TV shows were the only ones to blame, you're wrong. The government is one of the worst culprits, with its threat of a "fat tax", selling off school playing fields, reducing funds available for after-school sports, abolishing the free fruit programme for school children, and being entirely beholden to the food manufacturing industry giants who have a vested interest in us eating cheap, nasty nosh, to keep their profit margins healthy, not us. The government insists fat people are a drain on the NHS. Well, guess what: I'm fat and pay my taxes, and have every right to access the NHS as any other Joe or Jane Schmo. I don't have children, and never will. Do I decry pregnant women as a drain on the NHS? Or those that can't have children accessing NHS funded IVF treatment? No, I don't. We're all in it together. And in case you were wondering, that is not some 'Big Society' proclamation. Cameron is a blatant liar - he's dismantling the NHS, but put up billboards across the nation during his election campaign promising he'd do nothing of the sort. In order to cover up his deceit, he's flinging his shit onto fat people. After all, they are slow moving, easy targets. It seems morning after morning on Radio 4's Today programme, John Humphries and Evan Davis try to uncover the 'magic bullet' answer to the obesity epidemic. Eat less, exercise more, join a weight loss club, get a gastric band, try hypnosis, drink diet shakes, get liposuction, cut out carbs, cut out sweets, cut out fat, cut out anything remotely tasty. Allow doctors to prod, poke, prescribe. Or just stay at home and repent for your sins. There are many, many reasons why people are fat; the multitude of reasons does not have one easy solution. But not bullying fat people is a very good place to start.]]> Morrissey - Our Collective Moral Barometer tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.1023480 2011-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2011-12-21T05:12:01-05:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ But Morrissey is for life, not just for Christmas. I liken being a Moz fan to finding yourself in an intense relationship with someone you totally fancy and adore, but who is just a teeny bit embarrassing when you take them down the pub to meet your mates. You don't stop loving them, but every time you go out together you say a silent prayer hoping they won't do or say anything too weird. I've been a Smiths and Morrissey devotee for nearly 25 years; long term fandom is a strange and wonderful thing. Attend any Morrissey concert and you'll see a fine collection of forty somethings with sparse quiffs and beer bellies - and that's just the women. While each concert is, by nature, a collective experience, Morrissey has the unique ability to appear to sing his lyrics of longing to each person individually. This creates a heady atmosphere of undying loyalty and obsessiveness. Dare any Moz fan challenge his comments or advise him to avoid High Court judges? Some may label Morrissey as a racist, a radical animal rights activist; a miserablist. I see Morrissey as a soothsayer, a rabble rouser, and an uncomfortable but entirely necessary thorn in our sides. I also think he has a devastating sense of humour. Morrissey is someone who makes upsetting, sometimes vile and often insightful observations, then "forgets" he's a global superstar and that the media just might pick up on what he says. Bigmouth strikes again... and again... and again. We like our pop stars clean, shiny and shrink wrapped; no controversy, no commotion, just pure fluffy fun. Which is fine if you are a tweeniebopper, or on an alcopop binge drinking session at a student disco. But what about the rest of us? There's little hope - we've been culturally victimised by Pop Idol and X Factor. Why should pop stars make a fuss or express an opinion that fans may disagree with when it may affect record sales? If Simon Cowell is your boss, you best keep your mouth shut unless you're singing. We need people like Morrissey to force us into thinking what we really believe. He is on the vanguard of issues that are affecting the nation: the rise of China as a global superpower and how that will impact the UK; Immigration; Our waistline increasing "fast food" culture. Morrissey is our collective moral barometer. You may not agree with what he has to say- or the way he says it- but he is pushing the boundaries of public discourse in a direction no one else dares. If you don't like it, then go and download the new Steps album. I've heard it's the perfect filler for an empty mind.]]> Hug a Hoodie - They may be the Next Steve Jobs tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.997778 2011-10-06T07:43:09-04:00 2011-12-06T05:12:02-05:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ The twitterverse has been alive with tributes, prayers and praise since news of Steve's death. A simple tweet from @jwmoss got me thinking. "Steve Jobs was born out of wedlock, put up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college, then changed the world. What's your excuse?" On paper, it looked like Steve was doomed from the start. Being born to a single mum was a big deal in the 60's when the word "bastard" wasn't used as just a mild swearword. He was adopted by a working class couple, and later painfully discovered his birth parents went on to marry and have more children. It's been reported he had a stable upbringing, but he was a troubled child. As a young man Steve spent an extended time traveling around India, got spiritual, experimented with hallucinatory hard drugs, and went a bit loopy. He dropped out of college and was living a pretty directionless life. If he were a young person today, he'd be labeled a loser, a stoner, a weirdo, a no-hoper. There are many things that intrigue me about Steve Jobs. You can read any one of thousands of obituaries online and in the papers for the details of his astonishing and impressive achievements, but I wonder whether any will actually address and explore his "un-success". Some may say it's churlish and downright disrespectful to mention those words in the same breath whether he's alive or dead. But I believe his life - and death- can teach us valuable lessons about failure and success that can't be contained in a downloadable app. Many of us may recognize a bit of ourselves in Steve's early "un-success"; unfortunately not all of us have gone on to be billionaire visionaries. OK, so maybe it's too late for those of us on the wrong side of 40. But what are our expectations of the younger generation? Are we judging, or overly criticising anything that may be deemed "failure"? We all need space to fail; it's how we grow as human beings. We need to be more understanding of weakness and failure. With the right guidance, a touch of empathy, a spark of creativity and drive, failure can turn into world-changing stuff. Let's face it, without that college flunking acid-dropping burnt-out hippie, where would we be? David Cameron once urged us to "Hug a Hoodie" Go on, I dare ya. They just may be the next Steve Jobs.]]> Blitzkrieg Breakfast tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.973151 2011-09-21T04:00:11-04:00 2011-11-20T05:12:02-05:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ According to reports today, Germany is finally waking up to the sizzling sound of the Great British Fry Up (GBFU). We're talking the full monty, people. A pair of battery farmed fried eggs, rashers of watery back bacon, greasy bulked-out pork sausages, runny baked beans, spongey mushrooms and half a grilled tomato that's always too undercooked to eat. Add a round of pappy toast smeared with cheap margarine and a mug of tea made with the sweepings of the PG Tips factory floor, and you have the breakfast of champions. I'm no body fascist and I'm not against the GBFU for reasons of the waistline. Indeed there's no finer sight than a bunch of blokes with bellies big as basketballs tucking into a plate of deep fried protein. It makes me come over all protective, patriotic, and vaguely nostalgic. Goody two shoes health freaks who suggest fresh fruit and yogurt make a finer start to the day are deluded. A breakfast like that means you'll be reaching for a packet of HobNobs come 11am. I should know. I'm not even railing against the GBFU for reasons of vegetarianism, either. I was a non meat eater for over 20 years, but resumed an omniverous diet after being tempted by a pair of slow-cooked ox cheeks. I went on to consume my own weight in charcuterie and ribeyes in the first year, which, I assure you, is no mean feat. The reason I'm not inclined to the GBFU is because we'ved all been duped. It's the product of one of the biggest spin doctoring mind manipulations ever. The daddy of modern PR, Edward Bernays, was Sigmund Freud's nephew and understood the power of psychology in advertising and subliminal influencing of the masses. He was on the bacon payroll (tomato or brown sauce?) in order to promote sales of cheap cured pork. He sent doctors a survey with leading questions, then reported their "recommendation" that people eat heavy breakfasts. Bernays then sent the results to 5,000 physicians along with publicity stating bacon and eggs was the ideal hefty meal to start the day, encouraging them to tell their patients of this new "doctor-approved" finding. If you think Bernays pushing bacon on medical professionals unethical, then you'll be interested to know that Bernays was Jewish. Heaven knows what his Rabbi (let alone his mother) thought. Regardless, Bernays's PR stunt worked; we've been welded to the crack pipe that is the GBFU ever since. And new we're exporting it to the Germans. Perhaps we've finally got our revenge. ]]> Why Skype Sucks tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.953426 2011-09-08T06:06:41-04:00 2011-11-08T05:12:02-05:00 Amy Lamé http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-lame/ There is nothing worse than having a buff bit of kit go kaput, and when you can't call Ghostbusters, a trip to your local Apple Store's Genius Bar is the closest you're gonna get to Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray sorting out your troubles. Some may say I've been brainwashed. The college I attended in America was an Apple "seed" school; whether the pun was intended has never been established. Apple, then a relatively fledgling company and desperate to kick against the Microsoft pricks, decided to make its products super-cheap to cash strapped college students at small, liberal arts institutions. Unfortunately I was too strapped so never bought into the discounted deal, but used the bay of Apple II's in the computer lab instead. I would stare in wonder at the mesmerising green screen, writing my French essays and dreaming of the day I could afford such a piece of cutting edge technology myself. My first experience of computing was Apple; I loved it and I was hooked for life. Lots has changed since then. I would never have dreamed back in the early 1990's that I would be able to speak to- and see- friends and relatives across the globe via my computer. One of my most memorable moments last year was Skyping with my 92 year old grandmother a few weeks before she died; to her, the concept of instant imaging coupled with audio communication was sheer magic. I had learned to take it in my stride. I really want to like Skype. So why don't I? Basically, for all the inverse reasons I love my i-gear. It doesn't look good, it isn't easy to use, and it never works. OK, not never, but it tends to work best when you're just a few hundred metres away from the person you want to communicate with. I could just as easily use smoke signals or tin cans and a bit of string. Or my personal favourite, flashing a torch on and off when you've been sent to bed early and your parents are downstairs watching TV. Now that Skype is owned by Microsoft, it needs a serious overhaul. The website looks like it's for one of those foreign language discount calling cards they sell down the newsagents. The video imaging is pixellated beyond recognition- on Skype, youthful and living members of my family could be mistaken for my dead grandmother. And the connection craps out more often than a Cuban Cadillac. 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Where is all the money in Palm Beach County?
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people this week.
Fourteen billionaires are in Palm Beach County. Here's the list, according to Forbes (net worth in parentheses):
+ Dirk Ziff, $4.4B
+ Malcolm Glazer & Family, $4.4B
+ William Koch, $4B
+ Terrene Pagula, $3B
+ Wilbur Ross Jr. $2.6B
+ George Lindemann & Family, $2.4B
+ Isaac Perlmutter $2.4B
+ Randal Kirk, $2.4B
+ Jeff Greene $2.3B
+ William Wrigley Jr. $2.2B
+ S. Daniel Abraham $1.8B
+ Alfred James Clark, $1.6B
+ John Henry $1.5B
+ Christopher Cline $1.2B
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On Dec. 16, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon of the District of Columbia ruled in the case of Klayman v. Obama that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of telephony metadata, such as records of numbers called and times of conversations, is likely to be unconstitutional on Fourth Amendment grounds.
The 68-page ruling, which can be found here, contains an injunction against the NSA's collection of metadata from the plaintiffs in the case and ordered them to destroy the records they have already collected. But Judge Leon also stayed this injunction, pending a government appeal.
"I cannot imagine a more 'indiscriminate' and 'arbitrary invasion' than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval," said Leon, who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002. "Surely, such a program infringes on 'that degree of privacy' that the Founders enshrined in the Fourth Amendment." He also noted that the government "does not cite a single instance in which analysis of the NSA's bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent attack, or otherwise aided the government in achieving any objective that was time-sensitive in nature."
"Given the limited record before me at this point in the litigation — most notably the utter lack of evidence that a terrorist attack has ever been prevented because searching the NSA database was faster than other investigative tactics — I have serious doubts about the efficacy of the metadata collection program as a means of conducting time-sensitive investigations in cases involving imminent threats of terrorism," Leon wrote.
"I'm extremely gratified that Judge Leon had the courage to make this ruling," said Larry Klayman, a former Reagan administration official who heads the conservative watchdog group Freedom Watch. "He is an American hero. This is the first time in my experience that any judge has stuck his neck out, and he did what's right. Let's hope other judges will follow suit and take an example from Judge Leon, because the American people have felt defenseless."
Andrew Ames, a Justice Department spokesman, said government lawyers were studying the decision, but he added: "We believe the program is constitutional as previous judges have found."
"Smith v. Maryland is the law of the land," said David Rivkin, a former White House lawyer in the George H.W. Bush administration. "It is not for a District Court judge to question the continuing validity of a Supreme Court precedent that is exactly on point." Smith v. Maryland (1979) was a Supreme Court ruling which said that the use of a pen register, which records all telephone numbers called by a certain number, does not constitute a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
Some previous cases have been thrown out on the grounds that plaintiffs cannot be sure that they are being spied upon, and therefore lack standing to bring a case. Judge Leon rejected such reasoning, writing, "The court concludes that plaintiffs have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the government's bulk collection and querying of phone record metadata, that they have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their Fourth Amendment claim (of unlawful search and seizure), and that they will suffer irreparable harm absent…relief."
The case is a landmark case because it is the first in which a non-FISA court judge has examined the NSA's data collection on behalf of someone who is not a criminal defendant. More cases of its kind are pending in federal courts across the nation, and it is likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear some of the appeals. The case is also the first successful legal challenge against the NSA programs since whistleblower Edward Snowden released classified documents on the subject in June.
"I acted on my belief that the N.S.A.'s mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance to see these issues determined by open courts. Today, a secret program authorized by a secret court was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate Americans' rights. It is the first of many," claimed Snowden in a statement distributed by journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has reported on the leaks since they were made available. Snowden is living in Russia under a grant of asylum to avoid prosecution on espionage-related charges by the U.S. government.


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With the Supreme Court displaying skepticism during oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama has responded in its defense, bringing the Supreme Court case to an almost unprecedented level of politicization. 26 Republican governors have challenged the health care act, and right now, it looks like the Supreme Court is split 5-4 against the bill. The central question about the Act is whether the individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is constitutional. That question is the one that somehow has to be elevated above politics, and held constitutional.
The individual mandate is an amendment to the tax code that says individuals have to have health insurance, and if they do not, they will be subject to a tax penalty. Section 5000A of the tax code reads as follows:
"An applicable individual shall for each month beginning after 2013 ensure that the individual, and any dependent of the individual who is an applicable individual, is covered under minimum essential coverage for such month. [...] If a taxpayer who is an applicable individual…fails to meet the requirement of subsection (a) for 1 or more months, then…there is hereby imposed on the taxpayer a penalty…"
In other words, get health insurance or pay up. So what is so controversial about this provision (other than the fact that it is a tax)? Why, for example, could Mitt Romney set up a similar health care system in Massachusetts, but the federal government (some believe) cannot? The constitutional issue is that Congress can only pass laws within powers specifically defined under Article I of the Constitution. Any governmental authority outside those defined powers are reserved for the states under Article X of the Constitution, hence Massachusetts.
Under Article I, Congress is granted the power to regulate interstate commerce in the so-called Commerce Clause. The Commerce Clause is one of the most controversial areas of constitutional law, because it is very easy to argue that just about anything Congress passes is related to the regulation of interstate commerce, and that is exactly what is at issue with health care. That said, there is a long history of cases about what Congress is allowed to do within the scope of the Commerce Clause, and that case history sheds light on our current situation.
The first big Commerce Clause case, and one of the most seminal cases in our nation's history, was McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), where the Court ruled that Congress had the power to set up a national bank (now the Fed). There the court agreed that Congress had the power to do what was necessary and proper to regulating commerce. And as the country's commerce has grown, so too has the court's interpretation of that commerce power (or what is "necessary and proper" to that power).
In 1937, after a steel corporation challenged the National Labor Relations Act as infringing on state powers, the Supreme Court upheld the law as within the scope of Congress' commerce power. A similar case made its way to the Supreme Court in 1941, when a lumbar yard brought suit against the Fair Labor Standards Act, which implemented a minimum wage, as unconstitutional. Again, the Court held the bill as being within Congress' commerce power.
Perhaps the most significant Commerce Clause case in the 20th century came one year later in Wickard v. Filburn, when the Court upheld limits on the amount of wheat farmers could produce. Congress had imposed the limits on production in order to drive up the price of wheat during the Great Depression. Roscoe Filburn, a farmer in Ohio, had exceeded his quota and was assessed a penalty. The excess, he maintained, was for personal use and therefore not reachable by Congress under the Commerce Clause. The Court rejected Filburn's argument in Wickard and established the standard for years to come on what falls within the Commerce Clause: an activity "may be reached by Congress if it exerts a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce," irrespective of whether this is a direct or indirect effect.
The Commerce Clause came under fire again in 1964, when a local Burmingham, Alabama restaurant challenged the Civil Rights Act, which forbid discrimination in public places, as a violation of Congress' power. In a 9-0 decision, the Court upheld the Civil Rights Act as within the scope of the Commerce Clause, because Congress had a "rational basis for finding a chosen regulatory scheme necessary to the protection of commerce." That is probably the most expansive standard that the Court has applied in scrutinizing acts of Congress under the Commerce Clause.
It wasn't until 1995 that the Rehnquist Court began to scale this power back in a 5-4 split when it struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act as beyond the commerce power and therefore a violation of states' general police power under the 10th Amendment. Justice Kennedy wrote a concurrence in that case cautioning the court to use care when striking down a law under the Commerce Clause–a caution which appears to have since gone unheeded.
Even though the Court struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act in Lopez, it failed to describe a new standard to apply, basically falling back on the "substantial effect" test. How guns in school do not have a substantial effect on interstate commerce is hard to explain, but what is clear is that guns do not fall within the social norm of what conservatives view as affecting commerce. While all the Supreme Court justices could agree in 1964 that segregation did affect interstate commerce, conservatives in 1995 thought the opposite was true of guns. The problem with this, of course, is that parsing social norms is a business for Congress, not the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is supposed to be bound by constitutional standards, and they had already set those standards in previous cases: if a law has a substantial effect on interstate commerce it falls under Congress' commerce power.
The Lopez case opened the door for further judicial activism, and it set the stage for the health care debate over the individual mandate today. In the oral arguments, Justices Scalia and Roberts have shown an atypical willingness to attack the Affordable Care Act. The issue that has drawn the biggest concern (primarily because Justice Kennedy does not like it and he is the swing vote) is the fact that the Affordable Care Act regulates commerce by requiring Americans to take an affirmative act. As stated with foreboding by Justice Kennedy:
"But the reason, the reason this is concerning, is because it requires the individual to do an affirmative act. In the law of torts our tradition, our law, has been that you don't have the duty to rescue someone if that person is in danger. [...] And here the government is saying that the Federal Government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases and that changes the relationship of the Federal Government to the individual in the very fundamental way."
Again, whether an Act of Congress requires an affirmative act is not part of the Commerce Clause jurisprudence. But since the conservative Justices have chosen to make it so, it is not clear that the Affordable Care Act is different in this respect from the Civil Rights Act or Fair Labor Standards Act. Both those laws also require an individual to make an affirmative act. The Civil Rights Act requires restaurant and store owners to serve people of color, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay workers a minimum wage. Other federal laws require affirmative acts as well, such as filing taxes.
Even more importantly, Justice Kennedy is wrong that the law does not impose a duty to act to help those in need. Regular citizens are not required under tort law to assist those in need. But doctors are required to do so–by virtue of their profession, doctors (and the hospitals in which they work) are subject to a different standard of care. They have to help people, and that is exactly the issue. So the argument that this is a new form of relationship between the people and the government is disingenuous.
The affirmative act issue is a red herring, but what is central to the constitutional analysis is whether health coverage has a "substantial effect" on interstate commerce–that is the test the Supreme Court has established. Instead, the conservative Justices have engaged in discussions about what constitutes a "market" and whether individuals who are not buying insurance (and then later end up in the hospital) are "in" the health insurance market. This is a highly unusual exercise in constitutional law–generally discussions about the scope of a market only occur in antitrust law. But it is occurring in an important constitutional case most likely because the conservative justices are searching for grounds to strike down the Affordable Care Act.
Even more troubling, Justices Scalia and Roberts (and by default Clarence Thomas, who always one-ups the most conservative position despite never engaging in debate or other judicial responsibilities) seem eager to strike down the entire Act if the individual mandate is held unconstitutional. Scalia, in fact, goes so far as to say "if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute's gone," and complains, "You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? [...] Is this not totally unrealistic? That we are going to go through this enormous bill item by item and decide each one?"
Well, yes. And yes, that would be harder work than just scrapping the whole thing before lunch. After all, it wasn't hard work to get the bill passed in the first place, was it?
No wonder the New York Times is decrying the Roberts court as being driven by politics, stating "If the conservatives decide that they can sidestep the Constitution to negate Congress's choices on crucial national policies, the court's legitimacy—and the millions of Americans who don't have insurance—will pay a very heavy price."
That is perhaps the most complicated issue for the justices to face: even if the conservatives want to kill the bill, a 5-4 decision will do irreparable harm to the Court. Justice Kennedy sits on that divide, and he must be painfully aware that his conservative perspective will be the one to weigh the final tally on this bill. The last time the Court was caught in a split like this on an issue of such importance, another conservative justice, Sandra Day O'Conner, was the one to cast the deciding vote. That was in 1992 during Casey v. Planned Parenthood, which challenged the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade. Rather than side with the other conservative justices, Justice O'Conner broke away and issued a separate opinion which became the plurality opinion of the court. "Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt," the opinion begins. It was joined by Justice Kennedy (as well as Souter). Let's hope that Justice Kennedy has not forgotten that principle.
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Of course it is not. You cannot force a healthcare mandate one every citizen in this nation, and then impose a fine for those who do not comply. I'm actually very surprised it hasn't been struck down by the Supreme Court yet.


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So I had an idea to stop all the "how does the P2 compare to ______?" threads. This is it.
I just want you to post here how you feel about the P2 so when people wondering that will know where to go instead of make a whole new thread!
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- Nice touch response
- Durable to some extent
- Long battery Life
- the amazing thing called Bluetooth
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- Samsung Media Studio isn't that great, but still serves it's purpose (still, there are alternatives)
- Lack of BlueWaves anymore
- Because of the P3, P2's aren't getting much attention
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What I think:
- Superior sound quality
- Bluetooth is handy for those who need it.
- the DNSe EQ is really good and can improve sound alot.
- Durability is good
- Touch screen is really good and dont need to press hard.
- movie quality is very good. widescreen is nice.
- perfect size / easy to use / looks awesome
- EP-370 earphones that come with p2 dont suit it. pretty shitty.
- Battery life only refers to low sound volume. so it isnt going to last as long as the 30hours its supposed to get.
- Not as loud at max volume but does not get distorted so i dont think thats much of an issue.
Overall : top player, fun and easy to use, looks cool, sounds amazing, fun to watch movies on it because it gives you a surround sound effect on a widescreen . But does need better earphones.
The positives of the P2 will be the same for most people. Where the P2 does things well, it generally outweighs the negatives eg sound quality. So far I don't see anything to add, but the cons, well that's another story, Hammy...
Can't use custom EQ with BTooth
Can't use the radio with BTooth
Touchscreen is still a tad laggy.
Not loud enough.
SMStudio is terrible.
Accessories? What accessories!?!
Aside from Suduko the available games are horrible.
I can live with the above cons BUT the negative that I'm not dealing with for the third and last time (as my warranty is expired) is DEADPHONE JACK.
I don't treat my players roughly, I don't lift it by the headphone cable. In fact, I have a Z5 that stills works perfectly. DPJ is clearly a result of terrible design or manufacturing quality. I have a friend who bought the P3 a few weeks ago and all I told him was I hope they fixed the DPJ problem. As good as the P3 sounds when I make my next purchase in the next month or two I'll probably switch to another brand.
It's too bad, cuz when the P2 works, it does it well.
Samsung should take a nod from Microsoft (RROD) and extend the warranty to cover DPJ only issues.
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Washington – American Rivers applauded the Obama Administration today for taking a major step in the fight against global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft proposal to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are responsible for 40 percent of U.S. carbon emissions, a major contributor to global warming. The EPA's… Read more »
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San Francisquito Creek Among America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2014
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Over-Rated Teams: Clemson, Florida State, TCU, Louisiana-Monroe
Under-Rated Teams: Arizona, Iowa State, Texas Tech & West Virginia
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PENDLETON, Ore. – The award-winning country duo Big & Rich will be the main act of the Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon concert on Sept. 6. Named new country duo of 2004 by Billboard magazine, Big Kenny and John Rich have been packing houses and producing hits for the decade that followed. Tickets will go on sale March 27.
"Big & Rich continues our tradition of bringing excellent artists to perform in Pendleton," Round-Up President Tim Hawkins said. "The energy they bring to the stage will be a great way to kick-off Round-Up Week, 2014. Tickets are sure to go fast for this duo, and all the other events that come the second full week of September."
Happy Canyon President Jason Hill agrees.
"Our group has worked hard to try and bring some top flight talent in for this show, and this year is no exception," Hill said. "I'm excited for this concert and I know Round-Up and Happy Canyon directors hope fans across the region feel the same way."
Big Kenny and John Rich have made their marks in country music as singers and songwriters. Perhaps best known for their hit "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)," the duo has influenced country music not just with their own hits, but with those recorded by other artists.
Their first studio album, "Horse of a Different Color," produced four straight Top 40 country hits, plus collaborative efforts with stars including Martina McBride. Prior to that John Rich was a founding member of Lonestar. In addition, both Big Kenny and Rich have had solo careers. In 2005, with the release of "Comin' to Your City," Big & Rich added three more Top 40 hits to their credit, including the top-20 single "8th of November," which was inspired by the Vietnam War.
Their third album, "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace," brought the release of the duo's first number-one single, "Lost in This Moment." After it was released in 2007, the two took a hiatus from performing as a two-man act and released solo albums in 2009. During that time they each produced Top 40 solo entries.
Big & Rich reunited in 2011, releasing the single "Fake ID" from the soundtrack of the movie "Footloose." They followed with "Hillbilly Jedi," their fourth album, released in 2012, and watched "That's Why I Pray" climb into the Top 20. Their fifth album, "Gravity," will be released this year. Its lead single, "Look at You," was released in January.
Tickets for the concert will go on sale Thursday, March 27 at 8:30 a.m. at the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon office at 1114 SW Court Ave. Tickets will also be available for purchase online and by telephone at 541-276-2553 or 800-457-6336.
PENDLETON — The 2012 Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Concert won't feature the normal opener and headliner format. Instead, two award-winning country artists will take the stage. Jake Owen, 2009′s Top New Male Recording Artist for the Academy of Country Music, and Lonestar, on a reunion tour with original lead singer Richie McDonald, will have equal billing at the event in Happy Canyon Arena on Sept. 8.
Both the Round-Up Association and the Happy Canyon Company are excited about the two headliners.
"It is nice to be able to bring a couple of great concert acts in to Pendleton this September," Happy Canyon President Bob Rosselle said. "The Round-Up and Happy Canyon boards are very excited to bring in the caliber of a 20-year award-winning legend in Lonestar with their lead singer back on board and a chart-topping up-and-comer like Jake Owen. These bands are sure to please all that can attend. We look forward to providing a great event to start off our wild week."
"Once again Happy Canyon and the Pendleton Round-Up Association are bringing two of the best country acts in the country to Pendleton," Round-Up President Dennis Hunt said. "We hope the community will come out and support us."
Lonestar is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a reunion tour that marks the return of original lead vocalist Richie McDowell. Also as part of the reunion, the band will be recording a new album together. If their earlier recordings are any sign, that new release will be a big hit.
Lonestar has produced 10 number-one singles including "Amazed," "No News" and "What About Now." In addition, a total of 27 of their singles have made an appearance on the country charts. The group has sold 10 million albums and wowed audiences around the world. If that's not enough, Lonestar proved they sing for more than just country music fans. "Amazed" reached number one on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100. As a matter of fact, they are the first country band to reach the top spot on both the Hot Country and Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Bred in Texas, Lonestar has enjoyed multiple platinum albums and won numerous awards.
"Five years has come and gone since I left Lonestar," McDonald said of the reunion. "We've all tried other avenues and the fact remains that some things were just meant to be. I miss those crazy nights running around on stage making music with my band of brothers."
McDonald will be running around on stage in Pendleton with that band of brothers — keyboardist Dean Sams, drummer, Keech Rainwater and lead guitarist Michael Britt. The band has issued a joint statement saying the members are excited to celebrate their 20th anniversary, open a new chapter and record a new album.
Jake Owen became a star so quickly that he says he didn't have time to memorize any country music rule book — which made it easier to toss it out the window. When he was on the Florida State University golf team he severely injured his shoulder. During his recuperation, he decided to learn to play guitar. He enjoyed success with "Startin' with Me," "Don't Think I Can't Love You" and "Eight Second Ride." He was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Academy awards for his revival of "Live in a Northern Town" with Sugarland and Little Big Town.
Now he's rewriting the rule book with "Barefoot Blue Jean Night." The title track from that album has already hit number one on the charts. In the past he depended on his own songwriting, but with his new album he went out to find songs from other composers.
"I got to pick songs from this amazing community of writers, and I'd never done that before," he said. "I'd written everything because I felt like that was expected of me. On this record, I wanted to include the incredibly talented writers in this town."
From singing in country bars in Florida in 2005, Owen has come a long way. That doesn't mean he's about to rest on his laurels, however.
"If you want to get better at your craft, you have to push yourself, take risks and try something different," he said. "In order to grow and not be complacent, you have to open your mind, expand your horizons and be grateful."
Tickets for the Round-Up and Happy Canyon Concert will go on sale May 15 at 8:30 a.m. They will be available at the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. The concert kicks off a week of activities that, in addition to the world-famous rodeo and Happy Canyon Night Show, include parades, a street fair and the two-day U.S. Bank/Pendleton PBR Classic.
PENDLETON — Bob Rosselle is the new president of the Happy Canyon Company. He was voted into office Tuesday evening at the annual stockholders meeting. Rick Baltzor was elected as director, filling the chair occupied by retiring director Chris Cockburn.
"I am very honored to lead an extremely strong board of directors and am excited for the opportunities that will be presented to Happy Canyon in the future," Rosselle said. "Happy Canyon is a special event to our community's history and I am proud to play a part."
Rosselle's family has been playing a part in Happy Canyon for decades. He is a third-generation director and president, with both his father Jim Duff and grandfather Jack Duff being elected president of the organization.
This is Rosselle's 28th year as a volunteer for Happy Canyon. In addition to working behind the scenes and in the show, he has also labored for concert and the Pendleton PBR Classic. His first two years on the board he was Indian and court director. For the last six years, he has been the livestock director.
The whole Rosselle family is involved in the show. His wife Teri is also a third-generation cast member. Rosselle's daughter Macy, 9 , and his son Michael, 4, have appeared in Happy Canyon since they were born.
Rosselle and his wife own and operate his family's century farm east of Pendleton. Teri Rosselle is also a nurse practitioner at Pediatric Specialists of Pendleton. He has also served on the Northwest Intercollegiate Rodeo Finals board of directors and the Umatilla County Soil and Water Conservation District board of directors. He is currently a member of the Pendleton School District 16R board.
Baltzor will be the director in charge of the grounds at Happy Canyon. Born in Caldwell, Idaho, Baltzor was raised on a cattle ranch in Jordan Valley. He's lived in Pendleton for 31 years and works for the city of Pendleton's water department.
He began volunteering for Happy Canyon about 20 years ago. He first was a bartender and then began working with the stage and set-up for the pageant. He's also helped with arena repairs as well as replacing and removing the topsoil for the PBR Classic.
Other directors and their 2012 duties are Kevin Porter, vice president and security director; Jason Hill, show director; Michael Corey, director; Randy Perkins, livestock director; Jerrod Spriet, secretary-treasurer; Ryan DeGrofft, games director; Harper Jones, properties; Corey Neistadt, tickets and ushers; Kelsy Garton, Indian director; and Tanner Hawkins, bar director.
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Two days after Katt Williams was arrested and charged with child endangerment following a welfare check conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the comedians perilous legal situation has somehow gotten even worse. Authorities are now saying one of the several guns recovered from his home was previously reported stolen.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Williams has officially been charged with possession of a stolen firearm, though its unclear whether the district attorney will more aggressively move forward on that count or the child endangerment count since theyre only vaguely related. Further, its not even clear whether this charge will even matter given how many other outstanding charges and still being investigated cases the comedian has hanging over this head.
Since Williams initial arrest following the welfare check, he publically said hes a law-abiding American who is allowed to own guns and shouldnt be hassled for exercising his right to do so. This whole stolen gun allegation, however, puts a new wrinkle on the situation. Authorities havent released details yet on who the weapon was supposedly taken from or why it might have wound up in Williams possession, but if they start talking in specifics, well let you know what the story is.
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A. A person shall not drive a vehicle when the vehicle's load or passengers obstruct the driver's view to the front or sides of the vehicle or interfere with the driver's control over the vehicle's driving mechanism.
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This apartment is furnished to a high standard with bedroom (real double bed 160x200), living room (double sofa bed and plasma TV), fully equipped kitchen with a dining area, and bathroom and toilet.
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Amazing apartments in great location, could not have been better and would definitely stay here again. The apartment was well equipped, clean and safe. All in all a great stay.
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Great apartment, modern equiped and 10 minutes walk from Market Square. Marta's welcome was very warm and freindly. She was really helpfull with all things. We highly recommend this apartment when you want to visit Krakow. For short trips it is perfect but you can easily stay there for a longer period. 24h super market is just around the corner, fruit sell across the street. Tram stops in front of the building. We want to thank Marta for letting us stay in her very nice apartment!! We will absolutely want to stay here again when we are coming back to Krakow!
Het was een prachtig appartement schoon,fris,alles was keurig,mooie ruime badkamer op een steenworp afstand van het centrum!Marta en haar man en kleine Antoni wilden alles wel regelen voor ons echt niets anders dan lof!op een steenworp afstand van het centrum !!!echt een aanrader!!!
Beautifully furnished apartment, very spacious, great location, very nice hosts - all in all a wonderful stay in Krakow.
Schön eingerichtete Wohnung, sehr weiträumig, tolle Lage, sehr nette Gastgeber - rundum ein wunderschöner Krakauaufenthalt.
beautiful accommodation and a perfect and attentive hospitality. All shops and trams in front of the apartment. The hosts are delightful and available. We have already recommended this property to friends who want to explore Krakow. We also thank Marta and her husband of the home and all their attention. Housing and very clean and quiet. thank you again, John - Manual Again thank you to them
très beau logement et un accueil parfait et attentif. Tous les commerces et trams au pied de l'appartement. Les hôtes sont vraiment charmants et disponibles. Nous avons déjà recommandé ce logement à des amis qui souhaitent découvrir Cracovie.
Nous remercions également Marta et son mari de l'accueil et de toute leur attention.
Le logement et très propre et calme.
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We have been at Marta's place during 3 days and everything was perfect. The appartment had everything we needed. The furtniture is new, the bed is very good.The appartment is light and well designed. We were very surprised to find apples on the table as extra service. Marta has thought about everything. The appartment is situated close to the center, there is a supermarket near by. Bus and train connection are just outside the door. We enjoyed our stay in Krakow. We recommend Marta as a host and her appartment to everybody, who wants to stay at a modern and peaceful place in the heart of Krakow. Best Regards, Zina Jensen-Maar
What a beautiful experience has been to be hosted by Marta and her husband! They are very kind and responsive.
The apartment was immaculate, cosy and elegantly furnished. It is perfectly located to visit Kraków. Everything is within walking distance and nearby a very big supermarket is located. Excellent heating and WIFI. The apartment is in a very romantic and historical building that gives you the feeling of the old Kraków.
If you w'll have the chance to visit Kraków, this is definitely the best accommodation.
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