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these texts are an archive of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area from march 2007 - march 2015. it stands as a record of close to a decade of my life, charting the struggles i faced as an artist, daughter, and lover. messy and chaotic at times, eloquent and poetic at others, these texts are an index i am proud of. it was here in this electric box that i learned how to be honest about my experiences and the person i needed to become. it was here that i first learned the truism that words make the world and how to trust such a beautiful, rife, hard fact.
thank you for meeting me here in such tall grass.
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Jan 31, 2011
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Twitter Posts Job Listing for Someone to Help With Its IPO
Twitter is going public (at some point) and it's looking for help.
USA Today found a Twitter job listing on LinkedIn for a financial reporting manager.
The listing says the person who gets the job will be, "Responsible for preparation of monthly reporting materials, quarterly/annual financial statements and Form S-1 when we are ready to go public."
When is Twitter going to be ready to go public? Sooner than later, it seems.
There was a report last week that it was planning to file for the IPO at the end of the year, and get listed at the start of next year.

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Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at the Film Forum. Even if you're unable to stop by the Forum, we think Lew's insights will deepen your appreciation of these important movies.
Tengoku to jigoku (High and Low) [1963]
PLAYING January 22nd at The Film Forum
This is Kurosawa's 22nd film. (Hey, neat: his 22nd playing on the 22nd!) ...
Based on King's Ransom by Ed McBain (except for the ending), Kurosawa transplanted the story to the Yokohama home of wealthy Kingo Gondo (Mifune), an executive director and production head who runs the factory of National Shoes. Gondo meets with three company executives (Kamiya, Director of Marketing [Jun Tazaki]; Ishimaru, Director of Design [Nobuo Nakamura] and Baba, Director of Sales and Operations [Yûnosuke Itô]). They ask Gondo to join them in ousting the company's president, whose shoes and leadership are increasingly old-fashioned. They propose a new line of shoes much cheaper to produce and therefore more profitable. Gondo, who has spent most of his life at the company, is outraged by the shoddiness of the product they show him. As Gondo's assistant, Kawanishi (Tatsuya Mihashi), looks on, Gondo refuses to go along with the scheme, chastising the executives for their lack of integrity. Gondo throws them out, surprising Reiko (Kyoko Kagawa, five films with AK, all important roles), his wife. [Galbraith, p. 342]
And oh my, it just gets better and better from there! Galbraith's synopsis runs until p. 346, so there is definitely a lot to describe. However ...
First, I have to speak about the treatment given to this film by The Criterion Collection, my personal favorite choice in DVD companies. As of this writing, their most current release is Spine #515. This release is Spine #24, from 1998. Occasionally (as with Spine #2 [Shichinin no samurai {The Seven Samurai} |1954|, playing on January 29th and 30th]), Criterion has re-released the film, but has smartly retained the original spine number. We'll let you know all about Seven Samurai on January 27th, but I am here to tell you that this film has also been released twice by Criterion! This original 1998 release (left) indicates the exact same aspect ratio as the newer one (2:35:1) -- but that has to be the only similarity! This new release (2008) has been completely cleaned up and remastered, particularly the sound. It is an awesome experience to see this film (finally) the way its creator intended it to be seen.
Perhaps you are tired of hearing me proclaim every single Kurosawa film as a "masterpiece." Well, I didn't say so for Sugata II, for instance, but I would certainly repeat that praise for this film!
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Back to the synopsis ... in a constantly surprising screenplay, so much happens that defies conventional pigeonholing. And you can read that anywhere ...
So, on to Galbraith quoting a very nice story from the actor who plays the kidnapper, Tsutomu Yamazaki. If you don't recognize the name, perhaps you'll recognize the role that made him famous: Goro, the noodle-loving truck driver in Juzo Itami's 1985 masterpiece, Tampopo (Dandelion). Incidentally, if you're not familiar with Itami's work, not only do I highly recommend Tampopo (if you are among the few who have not seen it by now!), but I think he even equaled himself with some of his other work (he made a total of 10 films, a screenplay credit for each film!), although probably with less financial success. But film's like Minbo no onna (1992) (still disgracefully only available on VHS ~ one of the coolest films I've ever seen!); or Marusa no onna (A Taxing Woman) [1987] and its 1988 sequel are wonderful. His tragic death robbed us all of a major talent ... I hope to speak about him further in these pages at some later date -- he was one of my favorite filmmakers ... to Yamazaki via Galbraith:
"When I auditioned for the role, I had to sit in a waiting room all by myself and couldn't stop shaking. I heard a theory that the quantity of adrenaline that an actor secretes due to tension prior to a performance is more than the fatal dose for a normal person. (I'm not sure whether this is true or not.) Anyway, I was really tense and felt like vomiting that day. To be honest, I was too shy to look into anybody's eyes in those days. If this big director looks at me, I'll die, I thought. I shouldn't have come here. Should I leave without auditioning? When he finally called me in, he asked, 'Did you learn your lines?' There were five or six of his main crew around him. I couldn't look up. 'Yes,' I said, keeping my head down. 'Okay, let's get started! I'll be your reading partner. Do it as you like.' Oh my God, I thought! It's getting worse -- now he's my reading partner. I can't not look at him. At the other end of the five-foot table, Mr. Kurosawa slowly took off his glasses and sat down. My eyes must have been ugly and impure, but his own eyes slowly and warmly looked back. He was prompting me in a non-judgmental manner. Naturally, my tension decreased. For the first time, I was able to look into someone's eyes while I read my lines . . . . My problem was solved, and at the same time I passed the audition. I'll never forget his soft eyes. I did it thanks to them." [pp. 352-3]
Here are a few of my favorite things (go ahead, sing along, you know you want to ['cept sing the 'Trane version, please] ...
If you've been reading my posts, I hope you've noticed the many fine books and other writings of real Kurosawa scholars that I have recommended. Galbraith (though out of print), Richie, the autobiography, and Goodwin.
Today's new book recommend is
Stephen Prince,'s "The Warrior's Camera."
In these posts, most of my quotes come from Galbraith, but if I could find this excellent volume in my messy studio, I'd peruse it right about now...
However -- Mr. Prince's new (2008) commentary on the Criterion DVD is just so excellent, I find myself going back through this film one more time to give you some of Mr. Prince's splendid ideas. These bullet points end with [SP] ...
The way Mifune tears up the shoe is incredible. Geoffrey O'Brien in an essay contained in the booklet which accompanies the new Criterion DVD writes: "The scene at once invokes and parodies the string of samurai roles that Mifune had just played for Kurosawa."
Another brilliant paragraph: "High and Low in a sense is a film with no center, or a film whose center is everywhere: it is concerned with mapping all the human contacts, no matter how tiny or apparently insignificant, that fall within its scope ..."
And finally, the last two paragraphs are must-reading, concerning the "devastating (and much analyzed) [final] confrontation between Gondo and Takeuchi ..." Congralutations, Mr. O'Brien, on an incredible essay!
- Jun (Toshio Egi) who was 11 years old when he made this film (and was born the same year as me!) later joined a boy band, Four Leaves. The chauffeur's son, Shinichi (Masahiko Shimazu), also 11, was a really terrific child actor. Of the eight films he acted in between ages six and 11, four of them were for Ozu -- including the really terrific performance as Isamu in Ohayô (Good Morning) [1959].
- As the boys play "sheriff and bandit" with their toy guns, Gondo instructs Jun -- who is now playing the bandit; the kids have switched roles, an important fact -- to hide from the sheriff and "ambush him" to win the game. Reiko: "You both love blood sports!"
- Thirty million yen was $83,333 in 1963 dollars.
- The entire opening "living-room" sequence -- the first half the film, basically -- is truly spectacular. I suppose it had better be with a scenario which confines the actors to a single room (albeit, a rather large room!), which was actually a set built up as a stage. (Actually, there were two sets! The main set was used when no scenes of lower Yokohama were required; another set, in an entirely different location, was used when they wanted to show the city, shot through the windows of the home.) Kurosawa used two cameras -- one that dollied around at ground level more or less; and a second on a crane that unobtrusively rises up (especially when all the actors are standing) so that the wide-screen frame could accomodate everyone. [SP]
- Excellent example of the subtle crane shot: when Gondo tears up the cheap shoe. [SP]
- Kurosawa spends weeks and weeks on rehearsals -- with and without cameras and blocking, etc.
- Many of these initial scenes were filmed in long takes, some as long as 10 minutes. Although you will see cuts in all of these scenes, they are AK edits from the original "long" take! This became a frequent stylistic feature of Kurosawa's directing in the future. He felt he got the best performances that way, partially because the actors never knew which camera was filming them! [SP ]
- Modern audiences might have a tough time understanding this one: but in 1963, while the number of television sets in Japanese homes was around 80%, the number of air conditioners was so low that it did not rise above the x axis on a chart! And it is not just the kidnapper who complains about Gondo's luxury -- the long later scenes of the police procedural lovingly portrays a mass of determined detectives who are all sweating up a storm! A few of the big shots have electric fans (the Chief of Investigative Headquarters [Takashi Shimura] and the Head of Investigation Section [Susumu Fujita], but watch how most of the men are fanning themselves furiously; a few are vigorously shaking their shirts trying to create a breeze ... in short, Gondo's AC was indeed pretty unusually luxurious! [SP]
- One scene that stands out for me is this one: one of the cops and Aoki, the chauffeur (Yutaka Sada) are writing down the serial numbers of the ¥1,000 bills while Inspector Tokura (Tatsuya Nakadai) and Head Detective "Bos'n" Taguchi (Kenjiro Ishiyama) talk about how to fit the special tracing capsules into the ransom briefcases. Gondo -- who has been sitting quietly in the back of frame, in silhouette, all black -- suddenly rises up and offers his services to the policemen. It seems that when he was a beginning apprentice, shoemakers also made cases! Notice how Aoki and the cop are droning on in the background while writing down serial numbers, as the others converse ...
- The bullet train sequence itself could fill an entire post. Enough perhaps to state that Kurosawa used nine cameras -- filming a "no-mistakes possible" one-take shot on a real bullet train with extras and actors outside the train on the banks of the river, and actors playing cops taking 8mm films of the kidnappers, ducking down so they're not seen! The whole sequence is so extraordinary -- once you've seen it, you'll want to know more about how it was made!
- At 1:01:23 -- with 1:12:37 left in the film -- Shinichi is rescued. The reunion with Gondo is shot in extreme long-shot -- with the cops in the foreground. As Masahiko Shimazu screams and jumps on him and hugs him, screaming all the while -- it is so incredibly convincing that when Bos'n has to blow his nose into his handkerchief -- well, let's just say that yours truly has shed a tear or two watching this scene. Even for the **th time!
- Bet you didn't think that Mifune would disappear for just about the entire second half of the film? He does. (This is his next-to-last film with Kurosawa.)
- FADE TO BLACK. Two detectives -- Arai (Isao Kimura) and Nakao (Takeshi Katô) -- are checking out the phone booths down in the "Hell" section of Yokahama (the original title translation: "Heaven and Hell" is really much better) ...
- Kurosawa rarely used traditional composer's music -- he usually had his own composer try to imitate whatever kind of music he heard in his head for the scene ... but right here begins a section of Schubert's Trout Quintet, strings only...
- As the detectives look up at Gondo's house high on the hill, they comment on how it seems to "get to you" and then the camera pans downward and we see a scummy pond (see Yoidore tenshi [Drunken Angel] {1948}, playing January 23rd) ... far right of frame, we see an inverted figure, reflected in the pond ... cut, the inverted, reflected figure is larger. Big axial cut. Pan up and we see Ginjirô Takeuchi (Yamazaki) from the back, walking through the alleyways. The camera follows him into his apartment.
- The Schubert stops. The POV changes to inside the room as he opens the door. Kurosawa definitely fosters a claustrophobic feeling with nearly continual close-ups in this scene. The kidnapper reads his newspaper: "ALL POLICE UNITS MOBILIZED" -- he looks at his watch and turns on the radio.
- The radio announcer seems to sense what is happening: "If the kidnapper is out there listening ... we want to let him know that Gondo will have the last laugh."
- Suddenly, classical music pours out of the little radio: it is the Trout Quintet again, this time with piano and strings -- the same theme, orchestrated differently. Eventually, he turns off the radio.
- The police are reviewing the film footage from the train. They are determined to get Gondo his money back.
- Meanwhile, Aoki is screaming at his poor little boy because he feels so indebted towards Gondo, and so badly about him losing his fortune.
- As Tokura is telling Reiko of all the public sympathy the case has generated for Gondo, his "creditors" enter the house (they are probably yakuza, meaning Gondo has borrowed from some dangerous people!) ... Tokura and Bos'n leave in their car...
- A trumpet fanfare (which will repeat several times) introduces a dissolve to a large map of Yokohama on the wall of a large room in the police station.
- Arai and Nakao begin the presentation. As the camera pans up to them, you can barely see the faces of our two familiar Kurosawa-gumi, sitting side-by-side: Shimura, just inhaling on a cigarette and Fujita. As the detectives point on the map, both men have their backs turned to the camera ...
- There are ten flashback scenes which follows each detective's presentation:
- FB#1: Repeat shot of Arai and Nakao checking phone booths;
- FB#2: Where the phone call was made to the bullet train. We see the train and then pan down to the tobacco shop below where Takeuchi made the call;
- FB#3: Two detectives walking along the coast with Shinichi's drawing in one of the cop's hands, as they try to figure out where he was taken.
- FB#4: Two detectives investigating how he got the ether they used to subdue Shinichi -- walking in front of a row of smokestacks (over their narration that iron works were one of the industries that ordered ether).
- FB#5: Two detectives speaking with the farmer who saw the car.
- FB#6: Policeman pulling over a car suspected of being the kidnapper.
- FB#7: Bunch of cops distributing the serial numbers to various merchants.
- FB#8: The toll booth.
- FB#9: Bos'n's rant. "Today, I met with the directors." He pauses and rubs his middle finger on his forehead, a gesture of some sort (does it mean the same thing there and then as it did and does here and now?) which he repeats several times in the film ... the flashback apparently occurs at the offices of National Shoes, as Bos'n interviews the three directors (notice the beautiful National Shoes 1963 poster!), who have nothing helpful to say. As Bos'n says later: "They would pin a medal on the kidnapper!" (Shimura and Fujita have to calm him down so he doesn't have a fit!)
- FB#10: At the factory. A worker (Eijirô Tôno) praises Gondo and suggests that the only gripes or grudges would come from the front office!
- Arai is listening to a tape. He plays it for the others, and then rushes out to find a "trolley specialist."
- He finds the jolly Ikio Sawamura (six AK roles, most famously, as the amusing Hansuke in Yojimbo [1961], playing February 3rd) who immediately solves the mystery and sounds as if he could make his own sound effects record ...
- Gondo, mowing his sad little lawn ...
- "I peed over there." "We passed by this tunnel." So little Shinichi is telling his papa as Aoki drives all over the suspected area looking for clues. Meanwhile, Bos'n and his partner are looking for them. They make a left turn just as Aoki's car enters the frame.
- Check out the music cue (most unusual for Kurosawa -- a very unique cue -- it sounds like a guitar run through a Leslie amp, with repeating echoes of 16th notes!) when the boy is seen to have disappeared. Very short and brutal (scary) ... it also sounds again after the final "The End."
- This new print also has a new subtitle translation. They find Shinichi peering into the window of the villa. This line was not translated as such in the previous version: "Uncle and auntie are sleeping!" (Japanese children often call their elders "uncle" or "auntie.")
- The detective goes to look at the trolley, as he hears it passing by. Kurosawa moves in for an ECU on the little wheel which attaches the trolley to the electric line above. This small piece of metal helped solve a major crime!
- The first use of color ever in a Kurosawa film! It's short -- but very pink!
- The "junkie" scenes are pretty memorable. Beginning with their tail of Takeuchi at the waterfront, where we see a foreign couple walk by the camera;
- Good cop switches on the tail in the busy city. Good piano music.
- POV from inside the nightclub as Takeuchi enters. A very large black man to his left, with an American or European man sitting with a Japanese girl to the right...
- Immediately, the music pumps up a few notches as Takeuchi is looking to make his connection;
- She walks right in front of him, then quickly moves behind and looks at him through the bar's mirror; he turns and looks; she walks away and puts a coin in the jukebox to play a new song. Takeuchi and the girl dance, as the cops in Hawaiian shirts follow them on to the dance floor. The cops dance nearly motionless, seemingly embarrassed and probably hoping they don't ruin the bust;
- 2:05:03. So many young female junkies! A dealer pushes his way through the crowd, having no good news for any of the withdrawing, suffering drug addicts...
- As Takeuchi tries to enter the area, the music soundtrack is augmented with a bit of breathing-type noise -- very effective ... some of the girls push him away -- eventually he makes his way towards the sickest possible junkie in the crowd -- a girl who is scratching and clawing at the walls of the buildings. He approaches her, her reflection vivid in his dark sunglasses ...
- He whispers something to her, she immediately follows him and the cops come rushing after them. As Takeuchi escapes, they rush up to the room and find the girl dead, foaming at the mouth and eyes ...
- The cops (Tokura, et al.) in the car are stopped in the middle of the street looking at Takeuchi. Suddenly, he lifts his sunglasses up and stares at something -- the cops follow his stare. And finally, Kurosawa shows us what they are looking at!
- Takeuchi has spotted Gondo, doing some late-night window-shopping! He is looking in the window of a shoe store! Takeuchi asks him for a light, which Gondo gives him and then walks away. Takeuchi follows for a brief moment and then stops ...
- Tokura orders the driver to leave for the villa, just as a traffic cop comes up on a scooter to tell the cops to move along!
- Takeuchi tries to hail a cab without success. (This is in to let us know for sure that Tokura & Co. arrived at the villa before Takeuchi!)
- At the villa, we are looking at a radio through a gauzy surface of curtains. The announcer tells us it is 12:15 A.M. and it is time for some "Goodnight Music." Want to know the details about the song playing on the radio? I wanna sell a few DVD's here: check out Prince's excellent commentary! I learned a lot from it, especially here in this section, about stuff I never knew before! Note the beautiful axial cut backwards on the radio!
- Close-up as Takeuchi pops out of a bunch of flowers (still wearing his sunglasses), cautiously looking for signs of the police.
- The new 2-disc Criterion DVD is remarkable. On disc 1, new commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; on disc 2, a 37-minute documentary on the making of this film; a rare video interview with Mifune; and a new video interview with Yamazaki. I've already mentioned O'Brien's brilliant essay. In addition, the booklet contains a thrilling on-set account by Donald Richie (who first had on-set privileges on Kurosawa's seventh film, Drunken Angel [1948]).
- There are 25 wipes in this film, all horizontal: seven left and 18 right.


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Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Badghis
Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Badghis
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Two policemen and as many Taliban gunmen were killed and seven security personnel were wounded during separate clashes in northwestern Badghis province, an official said Monday.
The militants attacked a security check-post in Andarai area of Maqur district late on Sunday night, killing two policemen and injuring a third, Badghis police chief Mohammad Ismail told Pajhwok Afghan News.
He said two attackers were also killed and a third was wounded when the police retaliated. The insurgents took away one RPG rocket, a machinegun and some heavy and light weapons from the post, the police chief said.
In Bala Murghab district, five border police were wounded as militants attacked them in Morichaq area. There has been so far no word from insurgents in this regard.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 8, No. 2 Fall 1981
Keith F. Sugden
Abstract: As the revolution in computing advances, it is appropriate to step back and look at the earliest practical aid to computation—the abacus. Its formal western origins lie with the Greeks and the expansion of trade in the seventh century BC, and its design and application showed remarkably little change over the following two thousand years. A measure of the usefulness of the abacus is seen by the fact that it survived the advent of algorism by some six centuries but its major significance for western culture lies in its perfect and seminal representa-tion of the decimal system.
"Can you do Addition?" The White Queen asked.
"What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?"
"I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."
"She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted.1
Pure Science—like social science—is addicted to revolution and revolution usually implies the rejection and exclusion of all that came before. Subsequent reassessment, however, usually reveals this to be a short-sighted attitude. Familiarity with relevant historical developments can sharpen appreciation of a contemporary situa-tion and, where appropriate, an assessment in context of past at-tainments can bring a recognition of the limitations of current achievements and provide the spur that prevents complacency. Therefore, as the latest generation of silicon chips carries the revo-lution in computation a stage further, it is appropriate to examine the early history of counting and calculating aids, and look at the use of the abacus.
As Conant has noted,2 we know of no language in which the suggestion of number does not appear, and the words which give expression to the number sense must be among the earliest words to be formed in any language. The need for calculation was as ubiquitous among ancient civilizations as our own; everday inter-course required information as to distance, time, size and cost.


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This is what the murderous Israeli government is. A zionist land theft death cult hell bent on anything but peace.
The world must take action.
What excuses will Obama and the traitorous US congress make for this attack?
How will the jewish controlled US media spin this? The massacre happened in international waters.
It's time to put the Zionazis in their place, once and for all.
End the US money and all support for the criminal state of Israel.
Nazi Israel
Zionazis of Israel Murder at Least 19 Peace Activists
Flotilla Massacre
Memorial Day Massacre
Desert Peace reports
Continued Coverage at Uprooted Palestinians
Israeli troops reportedly killed several people as they lay asleep aboard the Turkish-registered Mavi Marmara, according to eye witensses.
Israel's lying reaction.
Netanyahu won't show at his scheduled White House meeting Tues. Damage control in high gear.
George Galloway speaks
Arabs & Muslims Called On To Rise Up In Front of Israeli Embassies - video
A Heinous Crime Committed By Israeli Forces! - video with lying Likud shill
Israeli Butchery at Sea by Gilad Atzmon
"I hope this begins the biggest wave of 'anti-semitism' the world has ever known" How Dare I .....
Stop U.S. Support of Israeli Terrorism
'Aid' to Israel --better described as a 'rogue' or 'terrorist' nation than a 'state' --must end!
The time has come to cut off all 'aid' to Israel.
By supporting Israel, the U.S. is itself in violation of the law, specifically, the 'Symington Amendment' in which aid of any type is forbidden to 'Nuclear states' which are not signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty'. Moreover, 'Dual-citizen' Israelis now serve in U.S. government positions, obvious instances of conflict of interest but worse --allegiance! Clearly --this practice is subversive of U.S. security and should have been considered 'treasonous' if the U.S. had been truly at 'war' against 'terrorist' nations. Rather, a convincing case that Israel itself is a terrorist nation in partnership with the United States. I find it hard to believe that any other nation has allowed any other nation the access allowed Israel by the United States.
It is time that people themselves began to demand an end to the un-holy CIA/Israel partnership even if there is precious little that mere 'people' can do against that other 'terrorist' organization: Mossad. There is, however, tremendous political pressure that might be applied to members of Congress and the various 'consulate' offices that the client state of Israel maintains on U.S. soil. {more - Len Hart}
Obama is a pussy!
fork, israel, done
Obama should have been the one to cancel tomorrow's meeting.
If Obama were a real man of principles, like Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, or John Kennedy, he would stop being such a pussy with Israel and sever all diplomatic relations with Israel for so misusing the military equipment the US gave them.
Setting aside the recent revelation that Israel attempted to sell a nuclear weapon to South Africa, which means ALL US aid to Israel is illegal, the military aid granted to Israel is specifically to be used for defense. Attacking a humanitarian aid convoy in international waters is not defense; it is piracy. Netenyahu has made the US an accessory to this crime because the US supplied the weapons and equipment used to kill the peace activists.
The longer limp-dick Obama wimps out and "studies the situation" the more obvious it becomes that Israel is indeed blackmailing the United States government with 9-11 to enslave our nation.
Obama is a pussy! {Mike Rivero}
Rumours about Obama: Blackmail Threat
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Please note: Prior to November 21, 2009, E.O. 13145 prohibited federal executive branch agencies from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of genetic information. As of November 21, 2009, however, Title II of GINA protects federal applicants and employees (as well as applicants and employees of other covered entities) from discrimination based on genetic information. Federal applicants and employees should use the Federal complaint process to file complaints of discrimination on the basis of genetic information. See www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/genetic.cfm for information about GINA Title II.
This guidance explains the application of Executive Order 13145, which prohibits employment discrimination based on "protected genetic information" in the Executive branch. The guidance describes the Executive Order's general prohibitions on the collection, use, and disclosure of "protected genetic information," and explains how the limited exceptions to these prohibitions should be implemented. The guidance also discusses how an individual could establish coverage under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act based on "protected genetic information."
Applicants, employees, and former employees of Executive branch departments and agencies are covered. Individuals employed in the private sector are not covered.
No. The Executive Order did not create new rights. The Executive Order established a policy of nondiscrimination based on "protected genetic information" and directed the head of each department or agency to identify a high-level official to be responsible for implementing this policy. The Executive Order directed the EEOC to coordinate this policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of "protected genetic information."
The Executive Order defined "protected genetic information" to mean:
Family medical history does not provide information about an individual's current ability to perform a job. Therefore, family medical history, like genetic test results, is "protected genetic information" under the Executive Order.
No. "Protected genetic information" does not include an applicant's or an employee's current health status information, such as age, gender, and physical examination results, exclusive of family medical history.
The Rehabilitation Act and other laws, however, regulate when departments or agencies may request or require applicants and employees to take medical examinations.
Departments and agencies are prohibited from using "protected genetic information" for employment decisions. They also are prohibited from collecting and disclosing such information, with limited exceptions.
Generally, no. However, there are two limited exceptions to the prohibition on genetic testing. First, the Executive Order allows genetic monitoring of employees for the effects of toxic substances in the workplace under limited circumstances. Second, the Executive Order permits department or agency health offices to collect "protected genetic information" about employees who use the genetic or health care services offered by the health office. In both instances, the Executive Order imposes several requirements in order to prevent the departments or agencies from using the "protected genetic information" as a basis for employment decisions.
Generally, no. There is one exception: departments and agencies may request family medical history when they are allowed to make disability-related inquiries of post-offer applicants and employees under the Rehabilitation Act. Departments and agencies may only use such family medical history to decide if further medical evaluation is needed to diagnose a current disease that could prevent an individual from performing the essential functions of the position held or desired.
Generally, no. Disclosure is permitted only:
Applicants and employees who believe that a department or agency has violated the Executive Order by discriminating on the basis of "protected genetic information" may be able to establish coverage as "an individual with a disability" under section 501 ofthe Rehabilitation Act.
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Most of the terminals at the Port of Los Angeles are shut down this week after clerical workers went on strike, and other workers refused to cross picket lines. The port is the nation's busiest combined cargo complex, and officials say it's the biggest work stoppage in nearly ten years. KPCC's Brian Watt reports.
UPDATE 9:01 a.m.: By Thursday morning, at least 18 ships docked at the Port of Los Angeles and inside the adjacent harbors were not being serviced, port spokesmen said.
"Basically, we're not moving cargo in and out here," Los Angeles port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.
No new contract talks were scheduled for Thursday.
PREVIOUSLY: A handful of clerical workers continued to walk the picket lines Thursday morning, the third day of a strike that shut down the largest terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
Nearby were a couple dozen longshoremen who honored the strike by refusing to cross the picket lines. Idle cranes loomed in the background.
Port spokesmen say seven of eight Los Angeles terminals and three of six at the Port of Long Beach are closed. In L.A., 14 ships in dock and in the harbor are not being serviced.
On Wednesday, the workers ignored an arbitrator's order to return to work and raised the possibility of a larger job action that could paralyze the nation's busiest port complex. The strike has already spread to six other terminals and is affecting the Port of Long Beach.
About 70 clerical workers struck the APM Terminals operations on Pier 400 Tuesday, raising the ante in a 2½-year-old contract battle over union claims that management has been outsourcing well-paid jobs out of state and overseas. Harbor Employers Association maintains the outsourcing charges are not true.
The strikers are from the Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Local 63. Their contracts with 14 companies who operate most of the terminals at the twin ports expired in June 2010.
An arbitrator ruled Tuesday night that the union was negotiating in bad faith with shippers and the strike was invalid. However, the order was ignored pending a planned meeting between the union and shippers. A second arbitrator also was expected to rule this week on whether to uphold that order.
Other areas of the port continue to operate normally. The port is not operating at its peak because shipment of holiday goods ended several weeks ago.
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The Sleeping Beauty has a special place in The Royal Ballet's repertory. It was the "statement ballet" chosen to inaugurate the Company's new headquarters at the Royal Opera House at the end of World War II. The current production, which returned to the stage last Friday, revisits this historical post-war classic and reproduces the lavish designs and beautiful costumes designed in 1946 by Oliver Messel, who re-imagined this Russian ballet classic with plenty of British flair.
With the grandeur and opulence of the Baroque reinterpreted through a pastel costume palette spread over 100 intricately designed tutus (more than any other ballet in the current repertory), The Sleeping Beauty is a must for ballet costume lovers. Synonymous with classical ballet, the tutu consists of a skirt that skims over the upper tight with multiple sewn in layers of tulle nets overlaid with sequins and other embellishments.
Every ballet company has their own costume design tradition and if you look closely at The Royal Ballet's tutus you will notice how they differ from the Russian flatter, "pancake" tutus. You might also note that extra frills are added to cover the underneath of the costume whereas other companies might opt for a simpler, leotard-style, bottom finish. For extra support these tutus also contain an inner basque on which the base sits and which joins in with the outer basque (or bodice). All these details mean extra work, weeks of sewing and months of planning ahead.
When this production was first revived in 2006 for The Royal Ballet's 75th anniversary, costume archives and records had to be carefully studied. Over the years the original 1946 Messel designs had undergone multiple alterations and customizing to accommodate new materials, different casts, none of which had been properly recorded. This meant long hours of labour putting tutus in chronological order and tracking design sources. Original costumes and patterns were brought from the ROH Collections store and used as a template for recreating some of the most iconic costumes (such as Aurora's pastel pink tutu from Act I) or as a basis for redesigning those costumes which looked overly dated.
For a closer study of The Sleeping Beauty costume evolution you can take a tour of the ROH Collections Online. This sizeable collection includes over 200 tutus, headpieces or other costumes for the 1946 and 1968 productions. You can see some of our favourites here:
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Amazoy Zoysia: What's the Difference?
posted on February 25th, 2010 by Steve Schug
As we have mentioned, Zoysia is a particularly hardy grass that grows well in a wide range of conditions. We also let you know a little bit about its history, both historically and company specific.
But zoysia isn't just a catchall. There are many different types of zoysia. They act similarly, but can look and grow differently. Read more below about the most popular types of zoysia on the market today.
Amazoy / Meyer Z-52
This is the type of zoysia we specialize in. It has a medium, dark green color and an intermediate leaf texture and shoot density (thickness). It is known for fast spring green up (gain color back if it goes dormant) and is the most cold tolerant. It is sold as plugs and sod.
Emerald zoysia is a hybrid of zoysia, and was developed in Georgia. It is dark green in color, with a very fine leaf texture. It grows more quickly than other zoysia, but is only available as sod. This hybrid grass has fair shade tolerance and high shoot density, but doesn't have superb cold weather tolerance.
Matrella / Manila
Zoysia matrella or manila grass originated on the island of Manila, hence its name. It has an intermediate leaf texture and shoot density. It does not hold up well in colder temperatures and is slow to establish.
Similar to Meyer Z-52 in appearance, but grows less dense. It does not do well in areas that are shaded and its ability to withstand cold temperatures is questionable.
This type of zoysia is from Brazil. It has a courser texture than other zoysia and is the least cold tolerant.
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The Iowa Department of Transportation is devising new rules to govern the usage of automated traffic cameras on state highways.
DOT officials want a set of guidelines to keep red-light and speed cameras from popping up all over the state.
Des Moines has claimed all along that red-light and speed cameras improve safety and reduce accidents. Clive has a couple of them. Windsor Heights wants to install two speed cameras along Internet-235, and is suing the DOT after being denied them.
"We're the only state with fixed cams on an interstate system," said DOT Director Paul Trombino.
Trombino said the DOT is formulating a formal process for deciding where automated traffic cams will be permitted along state highways.
He said safety, not money, will decide which cameras stay or go. Each position will be re-evaluated as new guidelines are set.
"If someone wants a traffic signal or stop sign, there's a process of evaluation they have to go through," said Trombino.
The DOT decided to take the matter in its own hands after the legislature failed to act on a bill regulating traffic cams.
But State Sen. Brad Zaun said he's not giving up on legislation to do away with the cameras all together.
"I'll have an amendment for a ban to shut down cams throughout the state," said Zaun. "I'm not going to settle for anything but an all-out ban. It's a rip-off to so many Iowans."
The DOT will be asking for public input as well and hopes to have a set of guidelines formulated by June.
Any DOT regulations will only apply to state highways. Cameras could still be placed on city streets unless the state passes a law limiting them.


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Rangers of the North
Rangers of the North, or simply the Rangers, were the northern wandering people of Eriador, the last remnant of the Dúnedain of Arnor who had once peopled the North Kingdom of Arnor. They protected the lands they wandered although their secretiveness made other peoples consider them dangerous and distrustful in Bree and the Shire, where they were known as "Watchers".
They were grim in appearance and were usually dressed in grey or dark green, with a cloak-clasp shaped like a 6-pointed star.
The term 'Rangers of the North' was used most often by those who lived in the southern lands of Rohan and Gondor, perhaps to distinguish this people from their distant cousins, the Rangers of Ithilien. Like the Rangers of the North, these were also Dúnedain, but they belonged to the South-kingdom of Gondor, and their ancestors had been divided from the Northern Dúnedain for some three thousand years.
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The Dúnedain of Arnor dwindled after the breaking of Arnor into three kingdoms and the wars with Angmar. Cardolan and Rhudaur soon fell and only the petty-kingdom of Arthedain maintained the noble line of Isildur. Finally, that too was destroyed in the Battle of Fornost and Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain was lost in the sea.
Arvedui's son and heir, Aranarth claimed the title of the Chieftain, who would rule the remnants of his people. Elrond had in his keeping the heirlooms of the house of Isildur: the shards of Narsil, the Star of Elendil, the Sceptre of Annúminas and later the Ring of Barahir, ransomed from the Lossoth.
Each of Aranarth's heirs (who, like him, could trace his descent back to Isildur himself) would be secretly born and raised in Rivendell.
The Rangers became a secretive wandering and nomadic people around Eriador, far from Sauron's spies, little known or remembered, and their deeds were seldom recorded.
[edit] History
The Watchful Peace followed the loss of Arnor and after its end, the enemies concentrated mostly against Rhovanion and Gondor. During that time, the Rangers fought minor battles and skirmishes against orcs and wolves in order to keep the region safe. The hobbits of the Shire flourished under their protection.
During the rule of Arassuil, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains became more bold, daring to invade Eriador. The Rangers fought many battles trying to hold them back, but one party managed to reach the Shire, and were fought off by a party of brave Hobbits under Bandobras Took in T.A. 2747. Soon after, the Long Winter arrived and many lives were lost, and Gandalf had to help the Hobbits of the Shire survive.
In 2911, during Argonui's rule, the Fell Winter began with the Brandywine freezing over. This was a catalyst for White Wolves invading Eriador from the North. In the last year of his reign, great floods devastated Enedwaith and Minhiriath leaving Tharbad ruined and deserted. The following years were peaceful although Arador was killed by hill-trolls and his son Arathorn II was killed while hunting orcs.
Arathorn's son, Aragorn II succeeded him, who between 2957 to 2980 took great journeys, serving in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan, and Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor. Many of his tasks weakened Sauron and his allies, and the West endured him during the War of the Ring.
At that time Aragorn's Rangers were scattered and diminished. When Halbarad led a troop of the Rangers into the south to Aragorn's aid in the War, in haste he could muster no more than thirty in this company who fought in the Battle of Pelennor Fields.
Aragorn eventually became King Elessar of the Reunited Kingdom and the Rangers became once more a united people under the line of Elendil in the Fourth Age.
[edit] Portrayal in adaptationsThe Lord of the Rings Online:
- The Rangers of the North are called simply Rangers in the game. There were some scattered about Middle-earth, but there were also many who were organized. There was a group that Aragorn led to keep track of the Enemy's movement during Stirrings in the Darkness. The main Ranger factions in the game are the Rangers of Esteldín, the Wardens of Annúminas, and the Grey Company.
2011: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North:
- The Rangers of the North first appear in the Prologue of the game. They have set up several barricades at Sarn Ford to prevent the Nazgûl from entering the Shire. They, however, fail to maintain their positions and are defeated.[1] Many Rangers are killed, some have reorganized their camp at Sarn Ford while others are patrolling and scoutring the surrounding lands.[2]
[edit] See also
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Prologue
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Chapter 2: Barrow-downs, Prologue


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Last month, most of the way through the final gig of his triumphant U.S. tour, Robert Plant launched into "What is and What Should Never Be," sending the audience at Brooklyn's Prospect Park into a stomping frenzy that resounded even as they pounded grass.
Was the song a tease, the title perhaps a statement on the possibility – or lack thereof – of a Led Zeppelin reunion? Or a signal that Plant doesn't need Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to deliver ferocious and faithful versions of Zep classics?
What ever the case, the time-erasing performance offered a whole lotta hope from a rock great who turned 65 Tuesday – becoming the last member of the Big Four British Invasion bands to reach senior citizen-hood. The Plant milestone marks the latest highlight of a summer of music in which he and his older peers proved they can still rock for the ages.
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The Rolling Stones capped their "50 and Counting" tour with a pair of shows at London's Hyde Park last month, less than two weeks before Mick Jagger hit 70. Paul McCartney, who turned 71 in June, takes his great, seemingly never-ending road trip to the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas next month. Surviving Who members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, both nearing 70, recently completed their "Quadrophenia" tour, giving new life to a 40-year-old rock opera.
Townshend made news this week by denying he was angry that One Direction's "Best Song Ever" sounds like his "Baba O'Riley," saying, essentially, that the kids are all right. "The chords I used and the chords they used are the same three chords we've all been using in basic pop music since Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry made it clear that fancy chords don't mean great music – not always," Townshend said.
His reaction speaks to the deeply rooted intergenerational pull of rock, which includes the perhaps unfair wishes of those of us too young to have caught Zeppelin in their hammer-of-the-gods prime that they'll regroup for a reunion tour.
The surviving members, after all, showed little wear in their 2007 one-off concert in London. Plant, Page and Jones seemed to get along fine in December when they received Kennedy Center Honors, and during a subsequent interview with David Letterman.
Plant, who earned deserved raves for his "Raising Sand" album with Alison Krauss, understandably wants to explore new musical avenues. But his latest tour proves he can re-embrace his Zep legacy without giving up opportunities for artistic growth.
At the Brooklyn concert, Plant and his Sensational Shapeshifters offered an eclectic mix of songs that showcased blues, African and Middle Eastern influences. He also roused the crowd with faithful takes on "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Going to California," bluesy reworkings of "Black Dog" and "Rock and Roll," and a rendition of "Whole Lotta Love" that expanded and echoed Zeppelin's version.
Plant is taking his own, circuitous path as he winds on down the road. But even at 65, his musical exploits ensure that Robert Plant is still in the days of his youth.
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The left-handed pitcher just doesn't know when.
Luebke has been in baseball's version of exile since last May 25 when a potentially brilliant season ended abruptly for "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery.
"All my life, I've played baseball in the spring, well, for as long as I can remember," Luebke said last week. "At this time of the year, I've always been preparing for Opening Day."
But at this moment, Luebke is preparing for mid-June, or the All-Star break, or the end of July, or . . .
No one knows for sure when Luebke will be ready to pitch again. "They say it could be 12, 16, 18 months," said Luebke.
At the moment, the 28-year-old isn't even throwing. He was throwing up until two weeks ago when he felt pain in his surgically reconstructed right elbow. The Padres immediately shut him down. Reports from two leading physicians in the field were positive. But it will be another week or more before Luebke resumes a throwing program.
This doesn't necessarily mean his return to the Padres rotation will be delayed.
Luebke's rehab program is still inside the parameters of the rehab protocol for elbow reconstruction surgery.
"There are bumps in the road," Luebke said while discussing the lengthy rehab from "Tommy John" surgery. "The bumps are sort of built into the timetable. I was really doing well, bump."
Luebke is still looking to return "in that 12-month window."
"I'm not off that 12-month timetable," said Luebke. "I didn't hear the 16 or 18-month part. I'm looking to resume throwing.
For time being, however, Luebke busies himself by hanging around the infielders at the Padres
"Buddy does a great job keeping me busy," Luebke said of Padres manager
Luebke calls his present status "purgatory."
"Things are definitely a lot different than a year ago," he said.
That is an understatement.
At the end of last spring training, Luebke signed a five-year contract extension with the Padres that guaranteed the Ohio State product at least $12 million with the possible take being $27 million through 2017.
The Padres believed Luebke was going to develop into an ace and through his first four starts he showed signs of becoming a top of the rotation starter. After going 6-10 with a 3.29 earned run average in 2011 while advancing from the bullpen to the rotation, Luebke was 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA after his first five starts of 2012.
And he was getting better with each start.
He allowed one run on six hits over seven innings in Colorado in his fourth start. Returning to
But Luebke said "he felt a little something" the day after his start against the
Luebke went on the disabled list May 2 with an elbow strain. But an MRI showed the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow was destroyed.
"I wondered 'how could that be?'" said Luebke. To have his extension approved at the end of March, Luebke had an MRI that was studied by all the parties including an insurance company.
"Everything was perfect in March," said Luebke. "There were no signs at all of a problem. My velocity was good. Did it happen on one pitch? I don't know. But it went from all to nothing. I knew something was wrong."
But Luebke had a hard time accepting the diagnosis. He sought a second opinion and Dr. Lewis Yocum confirmed the diagnosis of Padres team physician Dr. Heinz Hoenecke.
"They basically tell you that you are losing a year of your career," said Luebke. "It's frustrating, but so many guys have gone through it. When I look around this clubhouse, (Edinson) Volquez, (Eric) Stults, Carlos (Quentin), (Kyle) Blanks, Joe (Wieland) and Dino (
Luebke has talked to all them and other players who have had elbow reconstruction surgery – and was expecting to suffer "bumps" in the recovery process.
"All that's happened is that at some point the ligament gets a little irritated," he said. "They've done so many of these operations that there is a protocol for rehabbing. I could have told you last October what I'd be doing in February.
"Rick Stauffer (the Padres physical therapist and coordinator of medical services) not only helped keep me to the schedule over the winter, he taught me a lot about the elbow and shoulder. That's why I'm not concerned about losing a little time now. Everyone rehabbing from Tommy John surgery hits these bumps."
Luebke also met with Drs. Hoenecke and Yocum last week and received the same positive reports.
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How Important Are College Rankings?
Today U.S. News and World Report released their 2012 college rankings. Recently retooled, they're based on a number of factors, including the schools' undergraduate academic reputations and student selectivity. I'm currently a graduate student at NYU. As I read the rankings, my thoughts were, in rapid succession:
- Oh, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are in the top 3 slots? Who could have seen that coming? (Please note the sarcasm.)
- Sweet – my undergrad and graduate schools got really respectable rankings!
- Um…bragging rights aside, I'm not sure this means anything
The way I see it, the rankings are a good place to start your kid's college search, but they can't be the only – or the most important – selection criteria. Instead, use them as a jumping off point. Note what they say about academics, class size, diversity, prevalence of Greek life and school setting, but understand that no collection of statistics can really capture the college experience. Rather than relying on a ranking, have your kid talk to a current student or a recent alum. (College admissions offices will be happy to help you out with that.) Take your teen to the campus and see what vibe she gets.
I knew I wanted to go to Tufts University, my undergrad alma mater, when I first visited and saw the pathways covered in chalk. Amidst landscaped lawns and brick buildings, the colorful chalk announced club meetings, advertised events or just displayed pictures. I figured that a school that was academically respected and yet able to not take itself too seriously was the place I wanted to be. The ice cream in the cafeteria and the five-hour train ride that stood between there and home were draws, too. To this day, I'm not sure the percentage of women vs. men on campus or my average class size, but I remember eating pizza in the library foyer at 3 a.m. during finals week with some friends. My school isn't in the U.S News top 5 (or 20), but I could not imagine having a better experience anywhere else.
Another reason not to rely on ratings too much? Your kid's college experience will largely be shaped by what he puts into it—and therefore, what he gets from it. If he works with inspiring professors, tries new things, makes friends and comes away having grown and changed, it may not matter whether he went to an ivy league institution or the University of What's-It-Called. College is about finding the right fit, then making the most of it.
Readers, what do you think? Are you and your kid combing over the ratings or ignoring them all together? Do you find them useful in your college search? Share your thoughts below.


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English builder Lunar Caravans has returned to the motorhome market after a four-year absence with the launch of its new Vacanza "camper car," according to a report by Motorhome News.
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Central Baptist Church: Ordination of women makes history in Five Points
One of the many unhappy consequences of Colorado's catastrophic floods in September was that some good news — important news — got pushed out of the newspaper as we scrambled to cover the disaster.
One of those missed events in mid-September happened in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. It was a moment 122 years in the making.
Central Baptist Church ordained the first three women in its long history.
Senior Pastor Henry L. Armington Sr. presided.
"I'm all about breaking barriers — race, ethnicity, denomination or gender — that are distorting kingdom building," Armington told The Denver Post just before the Sept. 15 event.
The women asked for ordination. Church deacons approved it, and a good turnout of the church body of about 400 overwhelmingly voted for it. Armington officially accepted the recommendation at a church council in late 2012.
"It was unanimous," said Rev. Earline L. Hardy. "There were no objections. No questions. It was very surprising.
"I have mixed feelings — a little excitement and a tad bit of fear, or at least uncertainty," Hardy said a few days before her ordination. "But after you've been in the ministry a long time, you want to go to the next level."
Hardy had worked in youth ministry for more than 10 years. Now, with ordination, she and her peers will be able to lead congregations and conduct all the rites of the church, including those at baptisms, weddings and funerals.
"A host of ministers, both male and female, have attempted this journey only to experience setbacks and downfalls," Armington said. "It's uncommon. Our Gospel ministry is being expanded, moving forward and not being stagnant."


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"requires very little equipment"Whoa - nobody told me that. Why do I have 100 discs and 3 bags?
Now if we could just get Grandview or Belton to follow suit
Now if we could just get Grandview or Belton to follow suit, I might be able to get out and play more often with my "very little equipment" which is growing steadily every month it seems. As it is, I have to drive almost 30 mins to reach any course around. Southern Grandview is a black hole for disc golfers. And putting a new course in Liberty won't help. (Not that I won't still make the drive to try it out.)
Southern Grandview is a black hole for everyone :\
ReTee, do you live in Grandview or Belton? I can give you some advice as to how go about asking for a course or get the ball rolling in your community. Just give me a shout, we can meet up to play a round and talk about it.


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CAMDEN, N.J.—The Harvard heavyweight varsity eight and second varsity eight placed third in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships grand final Saturday on the Cooper River.
The varsity locked up the Crimson's second straight top-three national finish, and the second varsity medaled for the third straight year. Harvard rowed in four grand finals, with the freshman eight finishing fifth after being slowed by interference from geese on the course. The open four placed fourth, and the varsity four was second in its petite final.
"I thought it was a great effort by the varsity," said Harry Parker, the Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Crew. "It was a really courageous effort to stay with Washington and Brown, and I'm proud of the way they raced. It's quite clear they gave it everything they had."
Washington took the national title with its varsity win and captured the other four men's heavyweight races and the Ten Eyck Cup team title. Harvard placed fourth in the team competition, one point behind California. It was part of a strong school showing, as the Harvard lightweights won a national championship and the Radcliffe lightweights captured a bronze medal.
Harvard was in the hunt for a varsity medal throughout the race. Washington took the lead early and reached the midway point of the race in a split of 2:40, leading the second-place Crimson by 1.7 seconds. Cal was lurking close behind, but it was Brown that pulled level with Harvard in the third 500 meters. From there, it was a three-boat race for the national title. The Huskies got it with a course-record time of 5:21.482. Brown was two seconds back and 1.2 ahead of Harvard's time of 5:24.658.
"I'm pleased with the way the other crews rowed as well," Parker added. "The second varsity had a great regatta of three strong races in a row. The fours rowed very well, and the freshmen rowed well but had some terrible luck, being interfered with."
The second varsity final was one of the closest of the day. Washington hung on for a 1.3-second win. Brown finished second, 1.4 seconds ahead of a tightly bunched pack vying for third. The Crimson edged Cal by one-fifth of a second in 5:35.264. Fifth-place Wisconsin was less than a half-second back of the Golden Bears.
The Crimson freshmen missed a medal by less than three seconds despite hitting geese 500 meters into the race and again in the last 500. With Washington outdueling Cal for gold, Harvard was left battling Eastern rivals Northeastern and Cornell for bronze. The Huskies won out, defeating the Big Red by 2.2 seconds, with the Crimson another three-fifths of a second back in a time of 5:46.381. The results were upheld despite Harvard's protest for outside interference.
The Harvard open four challenged the medal-winners early on in its grand final. Washington and Wisconsin took control in the second 500 meters, and California moved into third. After 1,000 meters, the Crimson trailed Cal by a length and led fifth-place Brown by the same margin. The Golden Bears moved on winner Washington and runner-up Wisconsin but could catch neither. Harvard finished 5.2 seconds behind Cal and 2.7 ahead of Brown in 6:25.176.
The next race was the varsity four petite final. The Crimson moved into second and charged hard toward the end of the course but was edged by Holy Cross by 1.5 seconds. Harvard posted a runner-up time of 6:25.533, topping third-place Wisconsin by 1.3 seconds.
Varsity Eight
Grand Final
Washington 5:21.482
Brown 5:23.476
Harvard 5:24.658
California 5:29.497
Syracuse 5:32.861
Boston University 5:34.888
Petite Final
Princeton 5:36.740
Wisconsin 5:37.917
Cornell 5:38.738
Navy 5:38.745
Penn 5:40.445
Yale 5:41.213
Third-Level Final
Northeastern 5:32.953
Stanford 5:35.120
Dartmouth 5:38.156
George Washington 5:38.307
Drexel 5:48.851
Gonzaga 5:52.923
Washington 198
Brown 175
California 171
Harvard 170
Cornell 128
Princeton 126
Boston University 122
Wisconsin 121
Syracuse 115
Navy 111
Yale 80
Stanford 79
Northeastern 78
Penn 73
Dartmouth 54.5
Drexel 32.5
Gonzaga 20
George Washington 18
Second Varsity Eight
Grand Final
Washington 5:31.616
Brown 5:33.872
Harvard 5:35.264
California 5:35.477
Wisconsin 5:35.938
Stanford 5:54.096
Petite Final
Navy 5:36.110
Cornell 5:36.567
Princeton 5:38.179
Syracuse 5:38.927
Boston University 5:47.147
Penn 5:55.523
Third-Level Final
Yale 5:54.399
Drexel 5:57.927
Dartmouth 5:57.927
Gonzaga 6:03.074
Freshman Eight
Grand Final
Washington 5:31.902
California 5:35.659
Northeastern 5:43.629
Cornell 5:45.817
Harvard 5:46.381
Brown 5:52.331
Petite Final
Princeton 5:45.293
Boston University 5:45.684
Navy 5:45.781
Yale 5:50.161
Wisconsin 5:51.341
Dartmouth 5:55.277
Third-Level Final
Syracuse 5:51.157
Stanford 5:53.614
Penn 5:59.422
Drexel 6:02.225
Gonzaga 6:02.469
George Washington 6:07.488
Open Four
Grand Final
Washington 6:15.257
Wisconsin 6:17.344
California 6:20.029
Harvard 6:25.176
Brown 6:27.851
Navy 6:36.954
Petite Final
Cornell 6:29.636
Princeton 6:32.025
Northeastern 6:34.639
Syracuse 6:37.422
Penn 6:44.607
Drexel 6:48.479
Varsity Four
Grand Final
Washington 6:12.258
California 6:14.098
Brown 6:21.372
Northeastern 6:26.643
Georgetown 6:29.823
Navy 6:36.268
Petite Final
Holy Cross 6:24.034
Harvard 6:25.533
Wisconsin 6:26.757
Temple 6:29.944
Boston University 6:31.081
Yale 6:36.525


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MLK memorial: For some, the place to start the day
- Several recalled civil rights marches they said made President Obama%27s election possible
- Obama cited King in a proclamation
- King would have been 84 on Jan. 15
WASHINGTON -- A stream of visitors paraded through the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on Monday, many of them treating the stop as a necessary pilgrimage.
Wearing hats and buttons imprinted with Obama's name or picture, carrying American flags, some said they had not made it to the first inauguration of the country's first black president and that it made sense for them to add a stop to the King site this Inauguration Day. They said Obama's election would not have been possible without the work of the late civil rights leader, who would have turned 84 on Jan. 15. The King holiday also was observed Monday.
"I just had to be here if I could," said Eva Ellis Lynch, 65, of Peoria, Ill.
FULL COVERAGE:President Obama's second inaugural
Ellis Lynch and her best friend, Fern Pollard, took a bus from the Midwestern city, donned their fur coats Monday morning and snapped pictures at the 30-foot statue of King before making their way toward the U.S. Capitol. They said they had been involved in Peoria's civil rights struggles -- sitting in to integrate the lunch counter at Kresge's department store, pressing the water department and other utilities to integrate their work force -- and they wanted to come.
"I was here for the March on Washington and now its the 50th anniversary year and it coincides with inauguration," Ellis Lynch said.
MORE:News from the inaugural ceremonies
Pollard, 53, said she and Ellis Lynch chuckled to themselves at much younger people on the bus they rode to Washington. Some of the young people were complaining about walking a couple of miles to see the swearing-in. They'd walked much more than that during protests, and even had walked quite a bit Monday, they said.
VIDEO:Live coverage of inaugural events
The friends were among thousands who passed through the first monument on the National Mall to a person of color and the first to a non-president. The crowd had been shoulder-to-shoulder on Sunday during a wreath-laying ceremony attended by Martin Luther King III, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis, King disciple Jesse Jackson and activist Al Sharpton, who called events over the weekend and Monday an "intersection of history."
Febbie Pearsol and Kimberly Jones were among those who visited on Inauguration Day.
"I'm so proud," said Pearsol, 44. "My mother was at the March on Washington, and I was able to come to the first inauguration of the first black president, who is here because of this man," she said, gesturing to the Stone of Hope, the King site's centerpiece.
Jones said she wanted to be at the inauguration because she had to work during the last one in 2009.
"I just wanted to be here today," said Jones, 43, of Dumfries, Va. "This is really important."
King's memory has been woven through the inaugural events, which took place on the annual King holiday, observed on the third Monday of the month. Obama was sworn in holding a Bible once used by King.
On Friday, the White House released a proclamation from the president in which he seemed to connect a key idea from his first campaign, "change," with the late civil rights leader. The proclamation quoted King as saying, "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but comes through continuous struggle."
Saturday was the annual MLK Day of Service, also known as the National Day of Service, when Americans were urged to perform volunteer work. In Washington, volunteers crowded into the D.C. Armory to put together care kits for 100,000 service members, including wounded service members, and veterans and first responders.
At the King memorial on Monday, mother and son Patty and Mackenzie Blair, she from Clear Spring, Md., and he a student at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, strolled over after Obama took the oath of office.
"It's an interesting alignment or fate that his second inauguration would fall on the King holiday," said Patty Blair, 57.
Brian Smith, 50, of Lanham, Md., said the King memorial was the best place for him to be on Inauguration Day, reflecting on King's words inscribed around the site.
"This is holy ground," he said.


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I'm looking for breastfeeding friends who co-sleep with their nursing babies. I find it to be the best thing for my family; I did it with my now 2.5 year old son, and it was great. Now I'm doing it with my 3 month old daughter. It provides comfort for her, allows both of us to get more sleep, and strengthens our bond. I also let her sleep on her stomach, as she seems much more comfortable that way. I refuse to take our society's orders on what you should and should not do with your children. Some of those things I agree with, but others I don't; mother's intuition is powerful, and sometimes we know better than the supposed experts who give the same recommendations for all babies and all families, regardless of any of the various factors that influence our situations and lifestyle choices.
Please note: I am not looking to hear from those of you who are against co-sleeping. I am aware of our society's recommendations that tell us not to do this, and I am aware of the reasons they cite as to why. I respect the decision not to co-sleep; to me though, this is the way families have probably slept for thousands of years, and many still do in other parts of the world. I have made my decision after plenty of research, asking opinions of lots of professionals and parents, and my own trial and error to see what works for us as a family. Hoping to find like-minded mamas out there!
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I guess the kids really missed playing tennis. A good number of matches went the full distance on Day 1 with, in my opinion, the WTA matches bringing the quality.
First off we saw big Sam Q once again crash out in the first round of a Slam. And once again we saw him crash and burn while playing tentative tennis. Kubot was on his last legs, running on fumes, and dragging around the court. And yet he was the one that stepped up and showed the guts and heart necessary to win a five setter at a Slam, 8-6 in the fifth. He even had enough energy to do a little jig after he won. It was a really disappointing performance from Sam.
But on the bright side I won't get confused when people talk about "Sam" on Twitter. So yay for me.
Then we had Gael playing crap tennis and getting thoroughly outplayed by Dutch youngin' Thiemo, until at 4-1 in the third set Thiemo sustained a groin injury that effectively took him out of the match. Granted, there was some brain crampage in there as well, but Gael was completely off-base after the match, essentially accusing Thiemo of being soft and how his strategy of "tanking" the fourth set to save energy for the fifth completely failed. Gael seemed awfully pleased with himself. Idiot.
Next up for the boys, Mardy Fish coming back from two sets down to save what was looking like an absolutely sorry morning for the Americans (Ryan Harrison lost in straights). Good win for Mardy, who has traded in his no-socks for actual socks. Either that or he has a ridiculous sock tan. Could be either, really, I wasn't watching in HD.
Other notable fivers for the boys: Ivo out to Dodig, Gil over Cuevas, Techno over Kamke, and Montanes over Dustin Brown.
As for the ladies, it was three-setters galore. Dani battled Kulikova for over three and a half hours, only to finally fall 9-7 in the third. The American women also got bit, with Bethanie blowing a 5-3 lead in the third to lose 7-5 to Rus, and Jamie Hampton imploding, gifting the decisive break to Elena Baltacha with three double faults to also go down 7-5. Of course, the top seed on the ladies side to fall was Aravane, who was broken for the match, 7-5.
I mean, that's not even scratching the surface. Justine and Sania, Wicky and Jarka, Domi, the list goes on and on.
And then there's Mono, who won 6-0, 6-0.
She hates tennis, obvs.
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2012 (Junior):
Played in eight games, starting six ... Made 51 saves, to go along with a .510 save percentage and 8.42 goals-against average ... Turned aside six shots and only allowed three goals in more than 58 minutes against Vermont (Feb. 25) ... Recorded eight saves in win at Holy Cross (Feb. 28) ... Stopped 10 shots and had a ground ball against Hofstra (March 3) ... Made a season-high 12 saves and picked up a ground ball at Georgetown (March 10) ... Recorded one save at Massachusetts (March 27) ... Had four saves and three ground balls against Princeton (April 21) ... Recorded nine saves and collected five ground balls at Yale (April 28).
2011 (Sophomore):
Started all 16 games in net ... Posted a 10-6 overall record ... Ranked 22nd in the nation in save percentage (.539) and 29th in goals-against average (9.38) ... Recorded 173 saves ... Made nine saves in season-opening victory against Canisius (Feb. 26) ... Saved 11 shots and collected two ground balls versus No. 20 Georgetown (March 8) ... Recorded seven stops and had two ground balls against Bellarmine (March 11) ... Made 12 saves and grabbed a ground ball versus Holy Cross (March 15) ... Stopped 13 shots and collected a ground ball in win at Brown (March 19) ... Honored as NEILA Player of the Week and COOP Athlete of the Week (March 21) ... Had six stops and picked up two ground balls at Dartmouth (March 26) ... Recorded a career-high 19 saves and scooped up a ground ball in win over No. 14 Massachusetts (March 29) ... Made 14 stops and had a ground ball against No. 6 Cornell (April 9) ... Turned aside seven shots in win at Quinnipiac (April 12) ... Had 10 saves and collected four ground balls against No. 15 Penn (April 16) ... Recorded 15 saves, caused a turnover and scooped up three ground balls in key victory at Princeton (April 23) ... Made 16 saves, while only allowing five goals, and picked up a ground ball in win over No. 14 Yale (April 30) ... Recorded nine stops in win over No. 15 Penn in Ivy League tournament semifinal (May 6) ... Turned aside 16 shots against No. 2 Cornell in Ivy tournament final (May 8).
2010 (Freshman):
Saw action in 11 games, starting nine ... Owned a 4-4 record with a 10.75 goals-against average and a .495 save percentage (100 of 202) ... Ranked sixth in the Ivy League in goals-against average and save percentage ... Recorded 11 or more saves six times and grabbed 10 ground balls in rookie season ... Had two saves in win over Canisius (Feb. 27) ... Earned first career win at Holy Cross (March 6), making seven saves and grabbing one ground ball ... Recorded 13 saves in win at Massachusetts (March 13) ... Stopped five shots and grabbed a ground ball against Colgate (March 16) ... Turned aside nine shots in three quarters of work against Brown (March 20) ... Had three saves and a ground ball in win over Dartmouth (March 27) ... Recorded 17 saves and picked up a ground ball against No. 7 Duke (April 2) ... Honored as Ivy League Rookie of the Week April 5 ... Stopped 14 shots and grabbed a ground ball at No. 10 Cornell (April 10) ... Turned aside 10 shots, picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover at Penn (April 17) ... Stopped 13 shots in victory over No. 6 Princeton (April 24) ... Made seven saves and collected three ground balls at Yale (May 1).
Before Harvard:
Lettered three years in lacrosse and football … Captained lacrosse team as a senior … U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American as a senior … C. Markland Kelly Award finalist … National Football Foundation's Maryland Scholar Athlete … National Football Foundation Academic All-State team as a senior … St. Paul's Martin D. Tullai Head Coaches Award Recipient … George Gelston Memorial Award Recipient for team defensive most valuable player …Member of the Japanese and German National Honors Societies … Recipient of Dabney M. Cruikshank Award for Outstanding Contribution to School Spirit … Recipient of Sammy Hutton Memorial Scholarship.