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Sometimes it's best to get a second opinion when the first diagnosis isn't to your liking. My diagnosis on the Winnipeg Jets 10 days ago was for a heart transplant. This was a team going nowhere in a hurry. Worse, it didn't seem to care all that much, an uninspired 3-2 loss at home to the tired and limping Flyers the most recent and blatant example. But just when you're ready to unplug the machine, or at least consult the donor list, the patient's pumper kicks back into gear. Since then, the Jets have played four games, starting with two at home that showed there was still a pulse, albeit with no concrete results. If you feared a five-games-in-eight-days road trip, you probably weren't alone. So of course the Jets proceed to not only improve, they bolt right up off the gurney, rip out the tubes and climb back into the race in the NHL's Southeast Division, with back-to-back wins. If the victory over the Sabres showed the Jets at their skating best, then the win in Carolina, Thursday, was two points gained in an uneven performance, no small feat unto itself. Given the backdrop to Thursday's game, coming hours after seeing one of their own suffer a gruesome injury in practice and be rushed to hospital, it would seem writing these Jets off for a lack of intestinal fortitude was a tad premature.
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Live from Denver, Colorado, it's WCW Monday Nitro! We've got Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and Steve McMichael(with his tiny dog) on commentary. Ric Flair comes out to the announce tabl as the show starts and takes Bischoff's headset. He tells Arn Anderson that it's going to be a mile high night that he'll never forget.
^Smart television to hype a match with one of the participants right as the show starts. Fans loved to see Flair back then and a match with Arn Anderson on free tv was considered a rare treat.
We see a flashback of Macho Man and Lex Luger from the past couple weeks and their involvement with the Dungeon of Doom.
Lex Luger takes on Macho Man Randy Savage in our FIRST match tonight! As Luger comes to the ring, Bischoff reminds us that you can call the WCW Hotline and hear about everything that is happening on WWF Raw tonight(Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Barry Horowitz and Bret Hart vs Jean Pierre Lafitte in case you were wondering). Macho Man has got his traditional multi color outfit on as he comes to the ring and stares down Luger.
The ref gets knocked out nine minutes into the match as Savage goes for the flying elbow and there is no one to count for him. The Giant comes to the ring and chokeslams Savage before leaving. Luger puts Savage in the rack and he's unconscious so the ref ends it. Luger wins the match.
^Even with the interference, that ten minutes of wrestling may be the best match on Nitro thus far. Where was this one on the best of Nitro dvd set? Savage and Luger put on main event quality action here and it was damn good as they tore one another apart all over ringside. Now we have some questions about Luger's loyalty since the Dungeon of Doom helped him get the win here.
This Saturday night on TBS, Flyin Brian and Arn Anderson take on Bunkhouse Buck and Dirty Dick Slater, we'll see Johnny B. Badd in action AND we'll have Hacksaw Jim Duggan taking on Big Bubba(Boss Man). WCW Saturday Night is the most watched wrestling show on the weekends.
Disco Inferno comes out dancing when Bischoff announces that Dean Malenko will take on Eddie Guerrero right now. Eddie Guerrero ocmes out and confronts the Disco Inferno as he sends him to the back.
Eddie Guerrero takes on Dean Malenko. Guerrero gets the win on a victory roll counter after five and a half minutes of great action.
^The audience didn't know much about Eddie Guerrero as he was new to WCW at the time and had only competed in Mexico and ECW(back when the internet was VERY VERY new). I don't think the crowd in Denver knew how to appreciate this sort of technical action mixed with the high flying spots like Guerrero diving to the outside off the top rope onto Malenko. Solid match for being so short!
Hulk Hogan comes to the ring with Jimmy Hart and he's still got the neck brace. Hogan runs his mouth and says he's going to head to the back to rip apart the Giant. Someone from the Dungeon of Doom(dressed as a woman) jumps out of the audience with a cane and attacks Hogan. It's Kevin Sullivan. The Zodiac and the Giant come to the ring and the Giant wrenches Hogan's head around. Sullivan shaves off Hogan's mustache with clippers(he had a movie to film at that time). Scotty Riggs comes out to help and he gets slammed by the Giant as does Bagwell. The Nasty Boys comes down for the save and they get taken out as well. They cut Hogan's hair next.
^Good hype for the World Title rivalry. Good push for the Giant as a top title contender. You could feel WCW putting huge emphasis on their top heel competitor in the Giant, and this is something that has huge value for a booking team even today in wrestling. It's all about the fan's perception of the top heel and how dangerous he can be.
Ric Flair takes on Arn Anderson in the main event. Flair wins the match in eight and a half minutes by submission as Flyin Brian comes off the top rope onto Flair. Pillman and Anderson beat down Flair after the match.
^That was a solid old school match to finish off the wrestling portion of the show. Flair and Anderson could have done so much more in a rivalry together if it had been allowed; I could see the World Title being a great prop for their feud if Hogan hadn't been carrying it around during that time.
Bischoff tells us Flair and Arnderson will go one on one inside a steel cage next week in Chicago at the Rosemont! Sting will face the Shark, Sabu will face Mr. JL and Road Warrior Hawk will take on Big Bubba!
This ONE HOUR episode featured a mid 90s style main event between Luger and Savage, a cruiserweight technical wrestling battle between Guerrero and Malenko, and a 1980s style main event with that old school feel to it. Talk about an exceptional variety for a one hour program! Where the hell were these three matches on the best of Nitro sets produced by WWE? I give this Nitro a 10/10 for PERFECT booking.
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By Army Pfc. J.P. Lawrence
Special to American Forces Press Service
Nov. 4, 2009 - The game is dominoes on this autumnal night on Camp Savage. Army Maj. Joan Carrick shuffles the small spotted tiles, then sends them skidding around the card table. Across the table sits Carrick's dominoes partner, Army Staff Sgt. Larry Saunders. To her left and right sit her opponents for the night, Army Capt. Timothy Vandewalle and an Iraqi interpreter known as Denzel. By day, the four members of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq help to develop and equip Iraqi security forces. But late at night, when they gather around the table and break out the "bones," they have a chance to connect over the friendly competition of an ancient game, a game where the loudest language spoken is the clickety-clack-clack of dominoes.
Dominoes is something of an Iraqi pastime, although less so among the younger generations, says Denzel, who has been playing for 30 years.
While many Americans associate dominoes with a pizza chain or toppling the tiles, the game is serious business in Iraq, often played in coffee shops from Mosul to Baghdad to Basra, as well as in many other countries. Hundreds of players from across the globe traveled to Russia for the World Domino Championship recently, and matches often are televised in Latin America.
Far from being just a children's game, dominoes is a game of skill requiring players to use the dominoes in their hand to create the most opportunities for themselves and eliminate possibilities for their opponents, while not unintentionally blocking their partner.
"This game is about two things: counting and guessing," Denzel said. "Counting the dominoes on the table and guessing what your partner has. If you are doing well with this, you're going to have something."
Each player is involved in a race to match all their tiles with those laid out. Partners gain points equivalent to the value of their opponents' remaining tiles when one of them runs out, until one team scores 151 points or higher.
After the shuffle, Carrick and Saunders, both from southwestern Virginia, raced out to a huge lead against Vandewalle, of Illinois, and Denzel.
"Are you ready to hit the panic button?" Saunders says.
"Not yet," says Denzel. "Just a few big hands and we're back."
Carrick and Saunders had ample reason for worry. Their first game of Iraqi dominoes ended in a huge comeback.
"We played Denzel and another interpreter," Carrick said. "The first couple hands were kind of rough, because I didn't understand the rules. I was thinking American dominoes, and once I figured it was counting dominoes and knowing there was only seven of every type, by the third hand we started winning, and we ended up wining the game overall."
"It was a 118 to zero, and we came back and won," Saunders said.
After a spirited comeback, Vandewalle and Denzel soon found themselves on the brink of defeat.
"Can't stop it," Vandewalle says. "Either way, they'll go out."
"That's the life," Denzel says. "Maybe we'll have a lead tomorrow."
The final tile was laid, and then it was over. Watches were glanced at. It was late. Tomorrow, the work of building relationships with the Iraqi people would resume. The game was packed up and the table stood empty.
By playing these night games, the four are able to connect the dots on positive relationships between Americans and Iraqis, with each side learning from the other.
When she first started playing Iraqi-style dominoes, Carrick recalled, she had trouble understanding the rules. But with help from Denzel, she was able to master and enjoy a game that is part of Iraqi culture.
The next night, the four played a different game, and this time, Denzel was the student. It is a cycle repeated across Iraq during this stage of the war: growth through symbiosis, and symbiosis through mutual respect.
"It makes me have a good relationship with the people I work with," Denzel said. "We are living here like a big family."
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, June 16 (Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets resumed air strikes in North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a full-scale military operation to flush insurgents out of the volatile region bordering Afghanistan.
In a long-awaited military operation precipitated by a deadly insurgent attack on Pakistan's biggest airport a week ago, Pakistan has deployed troops, artillery and helicopter gunships to fight insurgents in North Waziristan.
The Taliban and their ethnic Uzbek allies holed up in North Waziristan have both claimed responsibility for the June 8 commando-style attack on Karachi airport, which was seen as a strategic turning point in how Pakistan tackles the insurgency.
Military sources said combat aircraft pounded targets in the Shawal sector of North Waziristan, home to some of Pakistan's most feared militants and al Qaeda commanders, early on Monday.
"Around 15 militants, mostly Uzbeks, have been killed in Monday morning air strikes in Shawal area of North Waziristan," a security source told Reuters in the regional capital, Miranshah.
"Fighter jets targeted three militant hideouts in the area," he said. Another official put the death toll at 21.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has long insisted that he could bring insurgents to the negotiating table but the start of the offensive is seen as a victory for hawks in the army who have long called for tough military action.
Sharif, who has not commented publicly on the operation yet, was due to address parliament later on Monday.
The United States, in the process of withdrawing troops from neighbouring Afghanistan, also wants Pakistan to do more to crush the insurgency and eliminate al Qaeda hideouts tucked away in the remote mountains straddling the frontier.
The army imposed an all-day curfew in North Waziristan as the operation got under way and turned off mobile phone services to undermine the insurgency and restrict people's movements, leading to food shortages in some places.
Independent confirmation of the events or other details were not available immediately from a region where journalists are not allowed to operate freely.
Expecting an escalation of violence, two-thirds of families have fled from the ethnic Pashtun region, residents said, many heading for Afghanistan, where they have relatives.
"We have packed up everything and are ready to leave as soon as the curfew is lifted," said Ethasham Khan, a resident of Miranshah, where the usually bustling streets empty.
The curfew will be relaxed in the next couple of days to allow residents to leave the area, a security official said.
Tellingly, the Pakistani military's operation against the Islamist militants in North Waziristan is called Zarb-e-Azb in Urdu, or "Strike of the Prophet's Sword".
For now, ground troops - numbering some 80,000 in North Waziristan, according to military sources - have not been involved in direct military action, leaving F-16 combat jets to lead the offensive with air strikes.
It was also unclear how long officials expect the operation to last in a region of forbidding mountainous terrain that has never been subdued by any government.
The all-night attack on Karachi airport by a band of highly trained Uzbek fighters all but destroyed prospects for peace talks with the Taliban militants, who are fighting to topple the government and impose a strict Sharia-based theocracy in the nuclear-armed nation.
Public opinion appears to have swung in favour of a military operation after the Karachi attack, even though such a response in North Waziristan means a higher risk of revenge attacks by the Taliban outside the tribal region.
"Operation at last!" The Nation daily said in a front-page headline.
Security is visibly tighter in the capital, Islamabad, as well, with street patrols by paramilitary Rangers and police. In Lahore, the cultural capital, police have added checkpoints.
Islamabad's central Kohsar market, a shopping and dining spot for foreigners and rich Pakistanis, was all but deserted as the operation got underway on Sunday afternoon.
The Pakistani Taliban are allied with Afghan insurgents of the same name but operate as a separate entity, uniting dozens of smaller jihadist groups based in the tribal areas. (Additional reporting by Asim Tanveer; Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Paul Tait)
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Reds promote IF/OF Juan Francisco, reinstate Jay Bruce from the DL.
Reds promote IF/OF Juan Francisco, reinstate Jay Bruce from the DL.
I guess I understand it
LOL it figures. My least favorite prospect is on the fast track.
Francisco is a forty man roster player who had a big second half so he gets promoted. His option is already burned for this year. The move has no roster impact.
That's why guys like Frazier aren't coming up. Not yet on the forty.
The obvious omission is Alonso, but he will soon be in the Arizona Fall League so they are resting him. He is on the forty as well.
Most significant is Bruce -- he needs to level out that swing and avoid all those pop ups. Let's hope he has a good last couple of weeks with the big club.
Interesting note -- they refer to Francisco as IF/OF. Not as a "third baseman."
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Good move in both cases. I'm not surprised about the non-3bman designation for Francisco. I think the Rolen trade made it very clear that defense at that position is going to be considered of paramount importance. Don't see how it can be otherwise for a team in a park where the pitchers have got to be persuaded to get as many ground outs as possible.
You win with players who work the count, have high OBP, get the other teams pitchers to get into deep counts and into the middle relief. That's how you win over an extended period of time, along with great defense and pitching.
If I'm constructing a team Fransico is the type of prospect I trade, while Alonso is the type of keep. There's no room for free swinging, low OBP, bad defensive players on my team.
It is best if all players could have everything. Few do. You can't field a 25 man team with players who have it all. There aren't that many.
So when you have a guy with huge extra base power, who consistently knocks in lots of runs, hits for a solid average, and strikes out relatively infrequently for a power hitter, you try to keep him if you can.
As for defense, Francisco made a lot of errors at AA. It's apparently a poor field. He has a cannon for an arm and did better defensively at AAA. At 22, he may be able to handle third, but certainly is worth a try in LF.
As for Alonso, he surely will walk more and hit for a better OBP than Francisco. How great is his power potential? Unclear at this point, hopefully as good, but hasn't shown it quite yet.
Right now, Francisco would be lucky to hit .250/.275/.450 in the major leagues. His plate approach just won't work in the majors. It hasn't ever worked for anyone in the past and it won't work for him. He certainly could improve things, but right now, he simply isn't ready.
I agree with Doug but I think it's nice that the Reds recognize that he had a good season and are rewarding him with a call up.
KC - Where's he going to play on the Reds when he makes it full-time? Where will his glove be effective enough for his bat to over-ride his poor defense?
I think he has plenty of potential, but he has a lot of work to do in the areas of 1) pitch selection and 2) defense. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Maybe Francisco turns into a Pete Incaviglia type? I thought maybe Rob Deer or Dave Kingman but both of those had significantly better walk rates; Incaviglia probably does too...he's the only guy with similar ratios that I could come up with that hits the ball hard and drives in runs. Hopefully he can change his path.
There's no doubt that Francisco has a lot of room for improvement, but just because something hasn't happened in the past doesn't make it impossible. If you want to bring up history, history shows that a player can overcome his deficiencies as long as other parts of his game are good enough to compensate.
Currently, Carlos Gomez of the Twins has an absolutely horrible K/BB rate, but he's playing everyday because he can compensate with elite defense. Although Francisco doesn't have anything resembling elite defense, he has incredible power and may be able to use that to turn himself into an above-replacement level player or more. Only time will tell. In the meantime, I don't think it's safe to assume that Francisco can't help the Reds win some time soon.
I think the same way everyone was patient with Stubbs, the same should be said with Cisco, he's to young to be thrown out with the bath water.
Anyone know when he started hitting only lefty?
A lot of talk about Cisco when I think Bruce merits more questioning. Cisco is supposed to be in AA and Bruce is supposed to be in the bigs. In their time playing together Cisco proved himself vastly more productive.
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A new Gallup poll shows that Illinois residents don't have a warm, fuzzy feeling about living in the Land of Lincoln.
The poll, released on Thursday, asked at least 600 residents in each state whether they view their home state as "the best possible state to live in," "one of the best possible states to live in," "as good a state as any to live in," or "the worst possible state to live in."
One in four Illinois residents polled selected "the worst possible state" choice. The 25 percent finding led the nation, ahead of Rhode Island and Connecticut, which had 17 percent each.
Nineteen percent of Illinois residents chose the "best" or "one of the best" options. Only Rhode Island had fewer optimistic-feeling respondents (18 percent).
Montana's and Alaska's residents showed the most pride in their states. Each had 77 percent of respondents say their state was the "best" or "one of the best."
The Gallup website had this explanation for why Illinois residents are so down on living here:
"Throughout its history, Illinois has been rocked by high-profile scandals, investigations, and resignations from Chicago to Springfield and elsewhere throughout the state. Such scandals may explain why Illinois residents have the least trust in their state government across all 50 states. Additionally, they are among the most resentful about the amount they pay in state taxes. These factors may contribute to an overall low morale for the state's residents."


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While the deal's financial terms were not disclosed, a little bird reportedly familiar with it told Bloomberg that the companies were negotiating a price of over $350 million. Tencent had already invested in Riot in earlier rounds of funding. Riot will remain in its Los Angeles offices, still operating independently with the current management team.
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Supporters of President Obama, gay marriage, health care reform, and women's rights are feeling more cheerful this weekend. But the prevailing mood around the country is more likely just relief. When the news cycle shifted to a devastating hurricane last week and it seemed like a welcome respite, you could tell the 2012 campaign was a dispiriting exercise.
American elections have become superficial, soul-sapping slogs through a small handful of battleground states, with much of the nation watching aghast as dunning campaign ads leave the truth in tatters. The barrage reduced one Colorado toddler, and probably a few adults, to tears.
Still, there is time to fix some of the system's worst flaws before the next election. Here are three ways to make it better:
Manage the money gusher
If, as the US Supreme Court has ruled, money equals speech, then the 2012 campaign broke the sound barrier. The first presidential election since the Citizens United decision confirmed fears that a torrent of secret cash would drown out the voices of ordinary voters. Close to $6 billion was spent on campaigns overall, and the political ads — as artless as they were relentless — mostly debased the quality of discourse.
On Tuesday, 79 percent of Massachusetts voters in selected districts approved a non-binding ballot question asking Congress to back a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. That process will take years, and we should get going. But in the meantime, the "people's pledge'' adopted in the Massachusetts Senate race — abjuring outside Super PAC money — might have helped maintain a modicum of civility.
The pledge didn't make the race any less costly – at least $76 million was spent overall — but it did force Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown to stand behind their campaign ads and disclose the identity of their donors. The result was a relatively mild ad war, with just a single "pants on fire' ruling from the watchdog group PolitiFact. Faint praise, perhaps. But it's a start.
The new Congress should also accept the US Supreme Court's explicit offer to pass disclosure rules for campaign contributions — something the court said would pass Constitutional muster. The cloak of anonymity always makes it easier to slander an opponent — just ask the trolls who hijack the discussion in online comments.
Let the majority rule
Of all the fuzzy math that afflicts Washington, perhaps the worst is the US Senate's calculation that a majority of its 100 members is 60, not 51. The knee-jerk use of the filibuster, or its casual threat, requires even mundane bills to get 60 votes. This abuse of a venerable Senate procedure can be ended with new operating rules adopted by the next Congress.
And let's not forget the Electoral College. Sure, president Obama has mastered this game. But a popular-vote election would force future candidates to campaign in all 50 states, broaden the range of issues discussed, appeal to a wider electorate, and help heal some of our stubborn political divides. This, too, would require a constitutional change.
Over the past few decades, the country has sorted itself into like-minded regional silos, a process exacerbated by the winner-take-all Electoral College. Just look at New England, where only two of the 34-member congressional delegation are Republicans. Some may cheer the region's distinctive liberalism. But when the red states get redder, the rest get stalemate.
Upgrade the apparatus
There is something stirring about seeing Americans queue up to exercise their right to vote, but the repeated spectacle of long lines, confusion, broken equipment, and hair-trigger legal challenges is unacceptable in a modern democracy. Mostly Republican efforts in several states to erect barriers to the franchise were delayed or struck down by the courts this year, but the rulings provided just a temporary reprieve.
To ease the Tuesday scrums, more states should adopt early voting, and the country should move to a system of universal voter registration, just as it does with selective service. For their part, liberals should stop being so squeamish about a national ID card. Why not call the Republican bluff about widespread voter fraud? Long lines are just another form of voter suppression.
As Obama said in his victory speech Tuesday, "We've got to fix that."Renée Loth's column appears regularly in the Globe.


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PUSH Physical Theatre and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon Present "Comala"
PUSH Physical Theatre and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon Present "Comala"
Sat, 01/18/2014 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Chair of the Composition Department at the Eastman School of Music and Darren Stevenson, Founding Director and Company Member of PUSH Physical Theatre, join host Robert Hammond to discuss COMALA, the scenic cantata by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
Alongside musicians from New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Lexington -- in addition to current students at the Eastman School of Music -- PUSH Physical Theatre performs Comala with music by Mexican-born composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon in Rochester on January 24. Alia Musica Pittsburgh and the Eastman BroadBand perform an opening instrumental act featuring two world premieres. The event is the final in a series of touring performances featuring PUSH Physical Theatre's Comala. This season, the work has been mounted at the Rialto Theatre (Atlanta, GA), the Degollado Theatre (Guadalajara, Mexico), and at the Cervantino Festival (Guanajuato, Mexico).
Based on Pedro Páramo, the celebrated novel by Juan Rulfo, Comala stages scenes from one of the most influential literary works of magical realism. Fulfilling a promise made to his mother Doloritas on her deathbed, Juan Preciado travels to Comala on an errand to meet his father, the powerful patriarch Pedro Páramo. He seeks to claim "what is owed to him", as Páramo's legitimate heir. However, upon arriving to Comala he finds a desolate village that bears no resemblance to the idyllic recollections of Doloritas. His encounters with the spirits, murmurs, and memories that now haunt the village, and with two of its only remaining inhabitants, unveils to him the tragic history of the village and his family, but at the cost of his own life.
The event will take place at the Eastman School of Music in Downtown Rochester. The program is produced jointly by Alia Musica, the Eastman School of Music, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of Kentucky. The event receives additional support from the The Heinz Endowments and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
The program opens with a performance by the musicians alone, to include an additional work by professor of composition at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael Fiday, and the premiere of two compositions commissioned for the occasion from Pittsburgh composers John Arrigo-Nelson and Federico Garcia.
Comala: the staged cantata by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
featuring PUSH Physical Theatre
Tony Arnold, soprano, and Rob Frankenberry, tenor
Federico Garcia, conductor
Friday, January 24, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music (26 Gibbs St.)
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A finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music, Zohn-Muldoon's Comala features legendary new-music soprano Tony Arnold with the Pittsburgh-based tenor and polymath Rob Frankenberry. Performers include also University of Kentucky professor, guitarist Dieter Hennings; professors from Georgia State University and members of the Atlanta-based new music ensemble Bent Frequency, percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Baker; and members of the world-touring Eastman BroadBand, a collective of students and recent graduates of the Eastman School of Music formed in 2007 by Zohn-Muldoon and fellow professor of composition Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez. This ensemble of musicians will be conducted by Federico Garcia, Artistic Director and conductor of Alia Musica Pittsburgh.
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Darren Stevenson, founding director/company member, PUSH Physical Theatre. Darren Stevenson was born and raised in England and studied physical theatre at The Center in St. Louis, MO. He co-created International Expression with his partner and wife Heather Stevenson. They toured the US and England and continued studying with Several Dancers Core in Atlanta, Pilobolus collaborator; Bill Wade in Cleveland and The Goldston & Johnson School for Mimes at Kenyon College. In 1997, the Stevensons founded the Studio School of the Arts. In 2010 Darren was invited to speak about PUSH's unique artistic process at TEDx. Darren currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Rochester Fringe Festival
Heather Stevenson, founding director/company member PUSH Physical Theatre. Heather Stevenson, a New Jersey native, co-created International Expression with partner and husband Darren Stevenson. In 2000, they founded PUSH Physical Theatre. Heather has been a teaching artist for the Monroe BOCES, Rochester and Buffalo school districts, Young Audiences, New Jersey's Project Impact and Atypical Entertainment. In 2002, Heather developed PUSH Pins as the children's division of PUSH and from a week-long pilot program for children ages 5-8, the camp has grown into an annual event.
Tony Arnold, soprano. John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune writes "anything sung by soprano Tony Arnold is worth hearing." Hailed by the New York Times as "a bold and powerful interpreter," she has gained international acclaim for sparkling and insightful per- formances of the most daunting contemporary scores. In 2001, Ms. Arnold was thrust into the international spotlight when she became the only vocalist ever to be awarded first prize in the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition. On the heels of that triumph, she claimed first prize in the 15th Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition. Since that time, Ms. Arnold has established a reputation as a leading specialist in new vocal repertoire, receiving consistent critical accolades for her many recordings, as well as performances with groups such as the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, Ensemble 21, eighth blackbird, Contempo, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Fulcrum Point, and many others.
Rob Frankenberry, tenor. The Pittsburgh-based tenor, pianist, and conductor Robert Frankenberry was born and raised in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, where both his parents made music. Robert holds a Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance from Mercyhurst College and a Master's Degree in Voice performance from Carnegie Mellon University. His vocal instructors have included Louisa Jonason, John Shirley-Quirk, Judith Natalucci and Diana Walters. At the piano, Robert Frankenberry is a member of the Pittsburgh-based IonSound Project, and has worked in various pianistic capacities for Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, the Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. As a pianist, he performs both standard and contemporary chamber music and has premiered more than 150 works by living composers. Robert Frankenberry has filled faculty positions at several colleges and universities, most recently as instructor of voice and bassoon and director of orchestral studies at Mercyhurst College. He lives in Lawrenceville and frequently travels for rehearsals and performances across the USA.
Federico Garcia, conductor. Born in Colombia in 1978, Federico Garcia moved to the US in 2001 to pursue graduate studies in Composition and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been Artistic Director of Alia Musica Pittsburgh since its inauguration in 2007, and is also Music Director of the East Liberty Community Engagement Orchestra and of Ensemble Ripieno. His music has been performed throughout the world, from his native Colombia to Thailand, across the US, and most recently in Bulgaria and Mexico. He has shared stages with new music artists of the stature of Cliff Colnot, Lisa Kaplan, Robert Dick, George Tsontakis, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. His "Passacaglia on a theme by Bach" won first prize in the Colombian composition competition for symphony orchestra in 2001, and is recorded in the 2013 album "Orchestral Masterworks" of ABLAZE Records.
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, composer. Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon is Chair of the Composition Department at the Eastman School of Music, Zohn-Muldoon has in the past held positions at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Guanajuato. Zohn-Muldoon's honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Tanglewood Music Center (Omar del Carlo Foundation), Camargo Foundation, Endowment for Culture and the Arts of Mexico, a Mozart Medal from the Embassy of Austria in México, and commissions from the Fromm Foundation, Meet the Composer, the Barlow Foundation, and the US / Mexico Fund for Culture.
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Kill shelter dogs get warm RI welcome
Louise Anderson Nicolosi tightened her grip on the handle of the brass bell and, like a town crier, shook it until she had everyone's attention.
"Guess how many dogs have been adopted so far today?" yelled this woman with a British accent and a head of short, curly blonde hair.
"One hundred!" came a shout from the groups between encampments among the shiny luxury cars in the Inskip Motors showroom. Many were seated cross-legged on the floor, cuddling dogs in their laps. Others stood with dogs on leashes. This was a gathering of well-mannered dogs and people.
"Higher!" Anderson Nicolosi said.
There was the silence of disbelief.
"One twenty-five!" someone ventured.
"Higher!" Anderson Nicolosi said.
This time people were excited.
"One fifty!" came the shout, and Anderson Nicolosi ended the guessing.
With an hour still left to what was the state's largest dog adoption day on Sunday, Anderson Nicolosi said 197 dogs had new homes. By the time it was over, more than 220 were spoken for by the end of the day.
Anderson Nicolosi is an animal physical therapist who came to this country from England. She said the documentary "One Nation Under Dog" profoundly changed her life and that of many more dogs. She described a scene in the film where dogs are forced into a steel container resembling a dumpster. She said the barking, whining and scratching of the animals was clearly audible. Her eyes well up and she breathes deeply before continuing the story. She apologizes for becoming so emotional.
She said the container is a gas chamber. Slowly, the barking diminishes until everything is silent. Then the container is lifted and the bodies of the dead dogs slide into the open end of a truck for disposal. That scene was recorded somewhere in the American South.
"I cried for five days, and I said to myself, 'I have to do something about this,'" she said.
After attending a four-day conference in Utah this March, Anderson Nicolosi founded Always Adopt. She worked quickly, organizing the first statewide dog adoption day for May 4. A total of 130 dogs were placed on or soon after the event.
But there's more to her crusade than placing dogs with good homes. She wants to stop the flow of unwanted dogs in the South through education, spaying and neutering and legislation to outlaw killing dogs.
But she is also a realist. She knows she can't do it alone. On Sunday, more than 120 volunteers assisted the event that started at 10 a.m. Sixteen animal rescue groups were represented. Many of them brought dogs for adoption. In addition, 10 dog trainers, 10 veterinarian technicians and two veterinarians volunteered their time.
Rescue groups from as far away as Arkansas with dogs from southern kill shelters participated. They came with air-conditioned trailer trucks carrying nearly 150 dogs.
Before the event, Anderson Nicolosi posts photographs and descriptions of the dogs on the Always Adopt website, so many of the people come looking for a specific dog.
Nicolosi plans to have three statewide adoption days annually. The next is planned for Clark Farms in Charlestown in November. She said they enable people to meet dogs they have seen on websites and puts them in contact with organizations that will assist them with their new pet.
"We want to set them up for success," she said.
When asked how she has managed to pull off what she's done, Anderson Nicolosi says, "divine intervention," and then credits so many others who have helped.
"No one says no," she assured.
Looking around at volunteers from across the state, Anderson Nicolosi concluded, "Everybody gets a huge uplift from this."
One of those was Bethany Hickey, president of Mutts 4 Rescue. Hickey founded the rescue operation eight years ago, after working with a group devoted to Labradors.
"I didn't realize what it would be," she said of her work. Most of the dogs she has for adoption come from the South.
Like Anderson Nicolosi, Hickey says it's a different culture there.
"They're still property, not family," she said.
She said they are sold on the side of the road, like items in a yard sale. They are considered disposable when no longer wanted.
Veterinarian John Turco has seen an influx following Hurricane Katrina. The Internet has played a huge role as well as rescue groups that see that the unwanted dogs are gathered, vaccinated, checked for diseases and, in many cases, spayed or neutered before going up for adoption.
Locally, Turco said, animal shelters see a lot of pit bull mixes and dogs that people put up for adoption because of changed personal circumstances.
While Hickey brought dogs with her, she didn't formalize any adoptions at the event. She took applications for adoption and, naturally, the dogs were held and cuddled by the applicants. Finalizing an adoption involves checking references and reviewing the circumstances in which the animal will be placed. Most rescue groups charge fees for adoption and depend upon fundraising efforts to cover transportation, vaccinations, food and medical treatments.
Hickey charges $425 for adult dogs and an additional $50 for puppies, which she says still doesn't fully cover expenses. Hickey finds pros and cons in these massive adoption events.
"People come and fall in love, and it may not be a good match," she said.
Another drawback is that multiple people may have their heart set on a single dog, as was the case with a terrier-spitz mix named "Bruiser" who didn't live up to his name. By late afternoon, Hickey had six applications for Bruiser.
On the other hand, she sees the day as raising awareness and eventually successfully placing animals. It was a mission many shared Sunday.


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40th Anniversary Gala Event
GHC Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Gala
Announces gift and building name
Georgia Highlands College hosted a gala at Barnsley Gardens on Friday evening, Nov. 12 to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Renowned attorney Bobby Lee Cook of Summerville gave the keynote address to a crowd of 140 guests, telling them not to take our freedoms for granted. He said the founders were a group of exceptionally intelligent people who exercised the art of compromise to craft the brilliant document we call our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Following Cooks address, President Randy Pierce announced that Heritage Hall, the downtown facility in Rome that houses the colleges health sciences programs, would be renamed James D. Maddox Heritage Hall.
Maddox was instrumental in bringing the college to Rome in 1970. He worked tirelessly behind the scenes to solicit community support in Rome/Floyd County, to convince the Board of Regents of the need for the college and to negotiate the acquisition of the 233-acre tract of land on Cedartown Highway, six miles south of Rome, where the college was built. If not for Jimmy Dick Maddox, said Pierce, This institution might very well not have materialized at least in Floyd County. Pierce also announced that GHC is establishing the James D. Maddox Memorial Scholarship to help worthy students in their pursuit of their higher education goals.
Rebecca Maddox, interim director of the GHC nursing program and Maddoxs daughter, thanked the gathering on behalf of her family. I know my father would have been both touched and pleased by this great honor, she said. She added that the moment was made even more special by the knowledge that several generations of the Maddox family had once owned and lived on the property at Third Avenue and Glen Milner Boulevard where Heritage Hall sits.
Before the event began, Cook privately presented Pierce with a contribution of $100,000, which will be used to create the Bobby Lee Cook scholarship for students in need. Eighty percent of Georgia Highlands students receive some form of financial aid. These funds will support scholarship money for countless students who might not be able to attend college otherwise, said Pierce. There could be no greater gift than that.
Georgia Highlands College began classes in the fall of 1970 with 19 faculty members and 545 students who labored at cardboard desks in the old Harbin Clinic building at the corner of Third Avenue and East First Street. It soon moved to permanent quarters on Cedartown Highway. In the 1980s the college opened an instructional site in Cartersville. In 2005, GHC cut the ribbon on a 100,000 square-foot facility there. It now runs six sites, including the two in Rome, and one in Cartersville, Marietta, Douglasville and Dallas.
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Remember and support the Merchant Mariners
I am an 83-year-old Merchant Marine combat veteran of World War ll. We sailed and delivered military goods and ammunition to our armed forces in the Atlantic and Pacific theater, and luckily survived with only a few disabilities for our wartime servce.
Along with other Mercant Mariners of this conflict, I have been seeking the support of our U.S. senators to join the other 53 senators who have signed as co-sponsors of Senate Bill 961, titled "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007." Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska introduced the Bill which calls for just compensation for the Merchant Mariners of WWll. Read more…


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Regular readers of Attytood (both of you, at this point) know I'm a huge fan of the liberal writer Rick Perlstein: His 2008 book Nixonland -- explaining how the 1960s created the conservative backlash that, in his words, "hasn't ended yet." -- is a must-read for folks of any ideology. Today he started blogging for The Nation and his first piece is a home run -- "Why I am a liberal."
[BEGIN EXCERPT] In the 1930s, a congressman named Maury Maverick defined liberalism in three words: "Freedom plus groceries." That's how I define it, too. Liberalism is a both/and philosophy. There is no freedom without groceries. There are no groceries without freedom. What people call "capitalism" and "socialism" are actually one and inseparable. It's a virtuous circle.
Consider healthcare. We all of us—libertarians, conservatives and liberals—want a growing economy. And we all agree that a growing economy requires entrepreneurial dynamism.
So ask yourself this: In a country in which health insurance isn't guaranteed, how many millions of Americans with great ideas find it impossible to become entrepreneurs because they're terrified to leave their job, because then they would lose their health insurance and ruin their lives if they get sick?
Now, in response to something like that, you'll hear my fellow debaters repeat a curious fallacy, a crushing intellectual failure. They'll act like only governments have the power to deprive citizens of freedom. [END EXCERPT]
That should give you something to chew on for a while
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This is a Wordpress plugin to create as many maps as you want, with interactive and colored markers, continents, countries or regions.
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2014/06/09 – v.1.5.6 – New Custom CSS option in Settings; Text Markers Mode implemented;
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The Shepherdstown 250 celebration approaches the end as volunteers and participants look back on year and what they enjoyed most about the town's anniversary celebration.
When visitors come to Shepherdstown, Doreen Wootton may be there to greet them if they stop by the Shepherdstown Visitors Center. Wootton has enjoyed the Shepherdstown 250 celebration, but she really enjoyed working on the commemorative quilt that Shepherdstown residents have been able to add their signatures to.
Wootton said, "I was working with the quilt with the others at Trinity. We've got 500 signatures on there of local people. It was quite fun to work on actually."
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Wootton and the rest of those who had been working on the quilt will present it to the mayor at the concluding ceremony of Shepherdstown 250. Wootton said she be involved in other events during the final weekend, as well, such as a potluck at the community club and the concluding parade.
Brenda Phillips, an employee of the Dickinson & Wait Craft Gallery, believes the Antietam Remembrance Walk was her favorite event to celebrate the town's anniversary. The walk was a "really good experience" for Phillips.
Phillips said, "We helped with the Antietam Walk. My husband and I helped with the route, monitoring the route, getting signs out on the day.
The Antietam Remembrance Walk took place on Sept. 16, 2012. Participants walked from Sharpsburg, Md. to Shepherdstown in honor of those who fought the Battle of Antietam, as well as those who offered their homes to the soldiers in need during that time.
Phillips said, "We had a good committee. Meredith Wait poured her heart and soul into it."
Wait is the president of Shepherdstown Business Association (SBA), a major contributor to the Shepherdstown 250.
Judith Platz, vice president of SBA and owner of reFinements, believes she has participated in all of the Shepherdstown 250 events both as a member of SBA and as a business owner. She recently set up the Facebook page for Christmas in Shepherdstown.
Platz said, "I think my favorite was the Antietam Remembrance Walk. I think Meredith, Tara and their teams have done an amazing job."
Platz also enjoyed last year's kick-off for the Shepherdstown 250 celebration.
She said, "I think, indirectly because of the business association, I've been involved in everything. When we don't get volunteer turnout, it falls on our shoulders. Just amount of work the people who put these events together do. It's an unpaid position. It's something done for the love of this town."
Eric White, owner of Blue River Clothing Company, is also part of SBA.
"I'm always helping with something," White said, "and on a business standpoint, I like that it brings in tourists."
Michael Raubertas, owner of Four Seasons, enjoyed the events that his store hosted for the Shepherdstown 250. The store is selling On the Wall, a photographic essay by Hali Taylor of Shepherdstown citizens. All proceeds of the book go to reimburse the cost of printing.
Four Seasons also hosted an event for the release of In Good Company, an anthology of poetry by local writers.
Raubertas said, "It's a really good collection of poems by local poets. It's very nicely put together. Poets have been a great part of Shepherdstown for awhile now.
Cari Rosen, owner of Plum, said she was a fan of the ice sculptures and Fourth of July parade. She is interested in seeing the descendants of Shepherdstown in the concluding parade.
"I grew up here," Rosen said, "so I'm interested to see who I know."
Rosen's especially enjoyed seeing the community come together.
She said, "My favorite things were the things they did to make people come out, out of business and homes. It's nice, whether cold or hot, to see everyone being together."


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The only shade available to Evie on a hot July afternoon in Frank Ogawa Plaza, the erstwhile home base of Occupy Oakland, is, appropriately, a sprawling oak. She waits there with four other members of the Bay Area's 4.3 million-deep homeless population, all men, and her dog. The Veteran's Administration, she tells me, cut her off from disability assistance after she did a bid in New Jersey for crimes involving a certain plant she was using for help with her disability. She might have specified the disability in her lengthy story, but I missed it beneath the rapid-fire rush she rattled off before scampering away to welcome another friend to the group.
In Oakland, 13.7 percent are unemployed, as of last count (May 2012), and several dozen of those roughly 54,000 people met up Wednesday at Ogawa Plaza (renamed by Occupy Oakland for Oscar Grant, who was shot to death in 2009 by the transit cop at whose feet he lay under arrest), to launch the Union of Unemployed Workers.
"In the 1930s, there were unemployed councils," David Welsh, a retired letter carrier and organizer of the Union project, tells me. "When people got kicked out of their apartments, the unemployed councils would move their possessions back in. They also organized wide-scale demonstrations that scared the government into implementing the New Deal." At this rally, the group's "shot across the capitalist bow," as Welsh calls it, are the demands "Jobs or Income Now," "Extend unemployment benefits" and "Bail out the unemployed." But in the long term, what Welsh is after is a new New Deal, complete with jobs creation projects like Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Another organizer, Gary Hall, addresses the crowd. "The corporatocracy doesn't have a plan. It's not their intention to create full employment. They're happy with the way it's going right now. Why do we let them do that?" Hall's aim is not another New Deal, but something beyond it: class abolition. "Let the working class create a system to meet our needs."
A young woman named Lauren Smith hands me a flier advertising a similar initiative, the Oakland Assembly of the Unemployed, the younger, more anarchistic answer to the Union of Unemployed Workers. "In our future," the flier reads," we aim to create mass mobilizations of the unemployed; taking over utilities to provide free services; garden cooperatives; free housing, food, clothing, transportation, childcare and education; newspapers by and for the people; free community health care; and neighborhood assemblies."
"Survival through mutual aid," Mike King calls it. King, like Smith, was active at Occupy Oakland. "Being unemployed, underemployed, or poor doesn't just mean not having a stable job," he tells the crowd. "It means stress, anger, despair and dreams deferred."
Both groups, the Union and the Assembly, each with its distinct, if parallel, approach to the struggle against mass unemployment, march together to the Career Development Center, or, in the common parlance, "unemployment office" (housed, improbably, in the Old Oakland Bank Building, the logo of which still adorns the door). A security guard shuts everyone out. A woman named Karen, who was laid off in 2009, her meager benefits cut off after two years, observes via megaphone, "I am despised and criminalized by my government and the media for not having a job and for being poor." She implores the crowd, "What kind of government is it that leaves people to fend for themselves?"
Someone shouts, "A capitalist one."
"What are we supposed to do," Karen asks, "if we're denied money and the means to make it?"
Someone else shouts, "Take it back."
The march gives up on the unemployment office and heads to the federal building, where security guards lock the doors, pissing off employees returning from their lunch break to find that they have to go around the building to the other entrance in order to get back to their jobs. I ask a court security officer at the adjacent court building why the doors are locked. "Protest," he tells me. They lock the doors whenever there's a protest? "It would seem so."
So, everyone heads to the state building, where security guards lock the doors and tell all the employees to go around to the entrance on the other side of the building. Terri Kay, a former quality inspector who has been unemployed since October, addresses the crowd, explaining that the perennial budgetary disaster that is the State of California borrows from its tax-revenue-funded Disability Fund to pay interest on federal loans taken out to pay out unemployment claims.
"I think the interest is now up to $300 million," she tells me, as the group heads to its final destination, Obama's Oakland campaign headquarters. "The whole thing is a scam."


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No, I'm not talking about Riddell booking himself in for some beauty treatment. I'm talking wet weather footy. I'm talking the most recognised image in rugby league. I'm talking the tough stuff it takes to make the hard yards.
There has literally been a drought of wet weather football in the last few seasons. We are well aware of the impact that water shortages have had on our lives. I am here to describe the greatest impact of these water shortages in my life. It has robbed me of the spectacle of two tribes not only going to war, but slogging it out the old fashioned way? with REAL guts? with REAL determination.
Guts and Glory
Whilst some players may seem to be superhuman playing 80 minutes and racking up huge tackle counts, the mud really separates the men from the boys. After carting the ball up 20 times and making 40 tackles in the dry, a player may need a cool drink and a bit of a lie down. In the mud, they would be heaving up what?s left of their most recent meal, and that?s the way it should be. I don?t want to see a game of touch out there. I want to see war. I want to see the players looking like they?ve just come from the trenches in the battle of their lives. I want to hear reports from concerned citizens that they?ve just sighted something resembling Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster in the area after a match.
Seriously though, I?ve already mentioned the image of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons. There is a very good reason why it was selected as the image for the trophy of the world?s premier rugby league competition? those are the conditions that epitomise the true nature of rugby league. All this dry weather footy is starting to turn our players soft.
The Nature of Mud
As a spectator, it?s too easy to identify a player by jersey and number in the dry. When both teams are covered in mud; when the numbers can?t be made out and it?s near impossible to distinguish the colour of the jerseys; that?s when it gets interesting. Fans of the game then have to pick out players by some other feature, such as headgear or body shape. It works the same for the players, with the teams that really know each other back to front benefiting in these conditions. League is war and they have to be able to separate friend from foe in a split second, or suffer the consequences.
The Nature of Water
Players? observation skills are not the only ones tested in the wet. Handling skills come at a premium, and the number of handling errors made in bone dry conditions recently, should make players blush with shame for months on end. Maybe a good dose of rain will force coaches to spend more time on ball control at training. Perhaps then, the next dry spell will result in less frustration for fans with ?The Dropsies? becoming a rare tropical disease almost eradicated from the game, rather than something caught (pardon the pun) more often than the common cold.
Mega Puddles = Spectacular Footy
As a SCUBA diver, I know that everything looks bigger underwater. As a league scholar, I know that water amplifies the action on the field. Players must adjust to slippery turf and react to balls which suddenly stop dead. Water sprays everywhere as players dive for a ball. A player can make a break, be reigned in by the defence from five metres out and still slide in for a try, carrying two or three on their back. A player with sublime footwork can humiliate defences with a change in direction or by pulling up quickly, and all this is magnified x10 in the wet. A defender laying on a big hit creates something resembling a localised explosion, with water sent flying at the point of impact, like the dust cloud left behind by an Andy Roddick serve. With advances in digital TV, television executives and fans alike, should be salivating at the thought of slow motion replays zoomed in on the action. Forget Sky Cam? give me WICKEDISM? Zoom Cam any day.
The only spectacle I love more than footy is wet weather footy. THAT?s entertainment. THAT?s what makes ME ?happy as a pig in mud?.
* WICKEDISM? = Wet-weather, Impact Collision, Kick-arse, Earthquake Detecting, Isolated Slo Mo.
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Tomlin: 'I don't mind the circus atmosphere'
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ben Roethlisberger will continue to run with the Steelers first team offense and Dennis Dixon will get more snaps in practice, coach Mike Tomlin said today.
Byron Leftwich returned after missing Tuesday's practice and no longer ran the first-team offense as he has done since his first practice with the Steelers in minicamp that began April 30. Roethlisberger, who returned to the team Tuesday after being cleared by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, again took all the reins with the first team.
Leftwich and Dixon split snaps with the backup units and Charlie Batch mostly watched during team drills.
"What we want to do is give Ben quality reps so he can get re-acclimated and improve and work on his game," Tomlin said. "And we want to continue to give Dennis reps because he is a young guy. When you're talking about working with four quarterbacks, of course reps are going to be scarce in some instances. For the purposes of this week, if there is going to be a reduction in reps it is going to be at the expense of Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch."
Tomlin had a previous commitment Tuesday and was unavailable for comment after practice until today. He said Roethlisberger will speak soon.
"He will address the media at an appropriate time in the near future and continue to move forward."
Tomlin sounded as if he was unconcerned by the distraction that the whole episode with Roethlisberger has caused, beginning with the sexual assault lodged against him by a woman March 5 and continuing with the suspension of four to six games by Goodell.
"I don't mind the circus atmosphere, because I can't control it ... Ultimately, we'll be measured by our ability to win football games. That's what this is about. This is a distraction if we lose, if we don't it's not. I'm committed to making sure that it's not, as I'm sure everyone else is."
The Steelers have four remaining spring practices before they break until the start of training camp July 30 -- one today and three next week.
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Has anybody tried this system yet?
-unknown name brand
-unsensored system
-priced similiar to an MMM
I so Tekin or Dewalt - hands down
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
dynamite is horizon hobby,and the local hobby guy is selling for 250.00 cdn,its waterproof but only 4s compatible.
im not impressed with the price on this - Dynamite isnt the greatest brand in the world
MMM is splash proof, can be easily be made waterproof. Great customer service, 6s capable and very programmable. Great history of dependability. Priced similiar ($270)
And since it is also unsensored, it will stutter, surge and cogg just as well as the Dynamite - but will do it with more power
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
Mamba system up here is around 340, where can a guy get a dewalt motor around Canada, my lhs doesn't seem to no anything about them.
you can order a dewalt motor from internet businesses. Simple internet search should pull up results for ya.
Check Ebay for the Mamba Monster system. Even to ship to Canuck-a-stan should be less than 340$
My lhs also has a Tekin system, I think it's a 2000 kv sensored system. How are they for wet conditions and is that the right kv for a summit?
Canuck-a-stan, hahaha! :P
Usually people order the Dewalt straight from a dealer, not a hobby store.
1800-2200kv is just right for the Summit in my opinion.
I suggest based on experience to get a 2100kv, running the Castle MMP ESC. It's a smaller ESC 6s capable, and can also run sensored motors for much smoother operation.
If you are really worried about water though, it would be best to stick with the stock electronics and motor. Cheap, and warrentied.
If you are more adventurous, get the MMP and a 2100kv motor run it sensored, and waterproof it yourself - very easily with some LIQUID ELECTRIC TAPE from crappy tire or something. *cheers
I say go for it with the dynamite system. Keep the receipt and make sure he warranty isn't voided by water. Then run it and let us know how it goes. IMO a summit isn't well suited to running above 4 s anyway so you shouldn't need more and I'd the system proves to work well and be waterproof it might be a decent coice for others. You'll have to be the guinea pig for th rest of us though. But there's some sort of honor involved in taking the risk for the rest of us...
Im just saying.
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
Just concerned that 1800 kv might be slow on 4s. So on the fence right now.
Anybody run the Tekin in the snow?
You can use a shower cap to cover the chassis and run in the snow.
Xerun 150A 2200kv ERBE
Dewalt 14.4v Summit
I wouldn't go with anything dynamite I got two Lipo Battery's from them at $100 a piece and one puffed up after one use and they wouldn't replace it. I give there Customer service a ZERO.
Pulling Summit
Lol nice hampster
Ive had a few Dynamite products over the years and have found their customer service to be quite good. Ive never returned a lipo specifically, but I have dealt with them on a power system and they had a no questions asked attitude. So often Customer service is about particular person you speak to rather than a true company policy. If you get a good agent... you get good service. Bad agent, bad service. Thats why, when I feel im getting bad service, I just call back and get a different agent. Most of the time, the 2nd person takes good care of me.
So I bought the fuze system and brought and esc has a big crack in the case,with a made in china on the bottom.Returned it and grabbed a Tekin rx8 2250kv system instead. Anyone know if the outerwear skirt will keep the snow and water out in winter?
Outerwears is the way to go if you want to run non waterproof stuff in the winter. Tons of people use them around here.
Too bad about the quality of the Dynamite ESC... but lets be honest, a ton of the stuff we buy is made in china so that shouldnt be a detractor IMO. Quality is quality no matter where its from... on the flip side, junk is junk weather its made in china the good 'ol USA... (or canada... but who cares right)
Haha yeah who cares about those guys!
Sucks about the case, but are you happy with the Tekin?
Tekin on 4s or the mamba even, on 4s
Is plenty fast for this truck.i ran the MMP all last winter with the dewalt and a outerwears cover worked great.
Sent using lipo power
Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
Just soldering it up now,any ideas on gearing with 4s ?
I run 4s with my 2200kv, and it's not TOO much quicker than stock with the stock gearing, it's certainly faster but not HUGELY. So give the stock gearing a test, drive for a couple mins and check the temps, then if they're fine drive longer... if they're still fine, I've seen a lot of people talk about 17t pinions.


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Riverside Christian Academy's cross-country team more than doubled in size this year, boasting a record 24 members and competing at a very high level within its conference.
The cross-country team ran in five Middle Tennessee Athletic Conference (MTAC) meets at Currey Ingram Academy in Brentwood.
RCA's high school girls placed second as a team in their division at the MTAC championship meet, and the middle school boys placed fourth in their division at the championship meet. Both teams brought home trophies.
Mary Grace Hamilton won the high school girls' individual championship and was selected for the first all conference team and named MTAC Runner of the Year. Hunter Higgins and Sean Rascoe both earned spots on the middle school boys' first all conference team, and Jordan Dempsey was selected for the middle school girls' second all conference team.


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Our mothers told us not to play with fire. The message didn't get through to President Barack Obama and Congress.
The stalemate over government funding and the onrushing date when the debt ceiling may be breached indicts the president and Congress. Their attempt to pin the blame for their brinkmanship and its dire consequences on each other means they believe we're dumb enough to fall for it.
However, the good news is that most Americans are clearheaded enough to know the spin coming out of Washington is just that — spin. It's a smoke screen, one that cloaks a conflagration that could irreparably harm the nation's already fragile economy.
The impasse over funding the government and raising the debt ceiling is cause for alarm. But the real problem is, of course, much worse.
Washington's failure to govern is monumental and long-standing. The economy remains weak and fragile. Its growth rate is anemic. Unemployment remains persistently high, and far too many of the jobs being created are parttime, low-pay jobs. The necessity to reform the tax code for individuals and corporations is dead in the water. Regulatory reform of the puzzle palaces that line the Potomac is stillborn.
Millions of young Americans graduate from college inadequately equipped to find good jobs, while saddled with crushing student loan debt. Immigration reform has morphed from dream to nightmare. The effort to make America energy independent and to curtail the power of OPEC has run out of gas. The renaissance of American manufacturing that the energy boom could have triggered hasn't materialized. The urgent need to reform Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security before their runaway growth eats the entire federal budget has been shelved.
You get the picture. You and I are responsible for having populated both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington with a collection of deceitful clowns who won't work together, who won't do the nation's business, and who expect us to re-elect them regardless of their willful failure to govern. Unforgivably, too many of us do just that.
And now their intransigence has led the nation to the brink of default. Complicating the battle that will occur over the next few weeks concerning raising the debt limit is the fact that a large swath of the American people do not understand the risks associated with default. A recent Washington Post-ABC poll showed that 43 percent of respondents favored not raising the debt limit and letting the government default on paying its bills and meeting it obligations.
Such a view is either foolhardy or draconian. Here's why: Default would cause the government to cut spending by about a third. That would throw a wet blanket on already anemic economic growth. Default would preclude the government from borrowing from investors in order to meet its financial obligations. That would send a shock wave of instability through the financial system as investors worry that their loans might not be paid back. Their response to that uncertainty almost certainly will be to raise interest rates. Those interest rate increases will spread throughout the economy, adversely increasing what you pay on your mortgage, car loan and credit cards.
In 2011, when the president and Congress last collided on whether to raise the debt ceiling, one of the nation's three credit rating agencies, Standard and Poor's, lowered its rating of the U.S. government from AAA to AA+. If the government defaults later this month, it's likely that the other two rating agencies, Moody's and Fitch Ratings, will also lower their ratings. Such a move would roil Wall Street and international markets.
So what, I don't care, you may say. Well you should care because what's at stake is the value of your 401(k) and your IRA. Once this cycle begins, the threat of a new and severe recession becomes real.
The way to break this impasse is for the House Republicans to set aside their insistence that the debt limit can only be raised if the president and the Congressional Democrats agree to their Obamacare demands. Don't misunderstand me here. I'd love to see Obamacare delayed, or even repealed so that a wholly new and effective health care reform law could be enacted in its place. But that is not going to happen until 2017 at the earliest. The GOP's Obamacare strategy is fatally flawed, dangerous to the economy, and will backfire politically.
If the GOP believes Obamacare won't work, if it believes Obamacare's onerous taxes on individuals and businesses will provoke a national outcry of opposition, and if it believes the federal government will never be able to properly and efficiently administer the program, then it should simply sit back and wait for its inevitable collapse, which will fall directly and crushingly on President Obama and the Democrats.
When that happens, who knows? It might create the conditions whereby the Republicans could regain the Senate and the White House with a governing mandate.
In the meantime, think of Washington as a major league baseball team with a starting rotation of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and Obama. For two of them, every pitch is wild left. For two others, every pitch is wild right. And that leaves the southpaw, who takes the mound, fingers the rosin bag, goes into his windup ... but refuses to pitch the ball.
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Leonard W. Slocum
Leonard W. Slocum, 88, formerly of Mt. Jewett, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Lutheran Home at Kane.Born July 8, 1923, in Lynch, he was a son of the late Walter and Olive Crain Slocum.Mr. Slocum had been employed as an oil field worker for Pennzoil. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Division, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant.He grew up in Wolf Run then resided in Gifford for over 40 years. For the last 15 years, before entering the Lutheran Home, he lived in Mt. Jewett.He was a member of the Mt. Jewett United Methodist Church and belonged to the Masonic Blue Lodge #749, the Royal Arch Mason Lodge #260, Masonic Council #43, Commandery #58, Red Cross of Constantine and Knight York Christian & Honor, York Rite College #76. He also belonged to the Coudersport Consistory and the Knight Masons and Knight Preceptor.Surviving are his wife, Mary Housler-Slocum and her family; two daughters, Linda Frair of Lewis Run and Judy Pyle of Boynton Beach, Fla.; two grandsons, Scott Hungiville of Mt. Jewett and Lenny Hungiville of Smethport; two granddaughters, Amy Himes of Smethport and Jill Browner of Boca Raton, Fla.; nine great grandchildren; and one nephew.He was preceded in death by his first wife Dora L. Slocum; his parents; and a sister, Mary Yeager.Friends will be received at the Cummings Funeral Home, Inc. in Mt. Jewett on Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Masonic Service will be conducted Wednesday evening. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. W. Craig Smith officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery. Online condolences can be expressed at www.cummingsfh.com.