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"One for all and all for one," the well-known motto of the Three Musketeers from Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of the same name, has also often been associated with Brazilian football club Corinthians – to the extent that the club's mascot has been a musketeer for decades now. And, focusing on the squad that is currently preparing to tackle the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012, the saying could barely be more appropriate given the success of O Timão's collective approach over the past two years.
There are many coaches that would love to have a team with a similar level of togetherness and team spirit, qualities that Corinthians' supremo Tite has imbued in his charges to decisive effect. Victors in the 2011 Brasileiro and the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the strategist will now be setting his sights on taking the 2000 champions to a second FIFA Club World Cup crown.
"I think that the best thing about our squad is that we never rest on our laurels, and it's only logical that 90 per cent of that is down to Tite," said full-back Fabio Santos. "He knows just how to get through to the players, and we always go into every game full of ambition."
United we stand
Across the host of interviews that FIFA.com has carried out with several Corintianos stars over the course of this past 12 months, the squad's unity and belief in their coach has been a constant theme. Nor has their position on the field altered their perspective, with keeper Cassio through to forward Emerson – voted the best player in the 2012 Libertadores – singing Tite's praises.
"I think that what sets us apart is how committed all the players are," said Emerson. "The level of focus is immense, and that's down to our coach," added the front-man, before touching on a critical moment in the team's development.
Said moment came in February 2011, with Brazil legends Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos still at the club, when Corinthians went out against Colombia's Deportes Tolima in the Libertadores' preliminary round. "Most of this squad was here for last year's Libertadores campaign, and were hurt by that early exit," said Emerson. Though the pressure subsequently piled on coach and team was huge, Tite rode out the storm and steadied the ship in style.
He knows just how to get through to the players, and we always go into every game full of ambition.
This verdict was backed up by Cassio, who only joined O Timão ahead of the 2012 season, after drawing a line under a frustrating spell in the Netherlands. The imposing custodian is another who highlighted the cohesion within the Corinthians squad, a togetherness that shines through on the pitch and is aided by the club having kept faith in a core of key players.
"When I arrived here, I got a real surprise," said the former Brazil U-20 No1. "In training I saw a team that fought hard for the ball, defended from the front, and in which everyone did their bit. The coach deserves credit for making that happen."
Faced with such acclaim from both inside and outside the dressing room, Tite naturally returned the compliment by highlighting his players' commitment, their determination to earn and hold onto a spot in the starting XI, and their acceptance of the sacrifices required to assemble a winning squad.
"It's one of the real strengths of this team," said the coach. "If you have a group of players that only look out for themselves, that's the first step towards failure. But playing as a team doesn't mean that players won't stand out. They understand that by all pulling together they'll create a winning team that'll give everyone a chance to shine."
Taking the next step
After the events that marked the team's departure for Japanese soil, when a crowd of Corinthians fans gave their idols an incredible send-off at the Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos, mention must be made of *O Timão's *faithful. Playing at the Pacaembu stadium, Corinthians won six of their seven home games in the Libertadores 2012 – scoring 16 and conceding just one in the process. "These fans played a decisive role in our great Libertadores campaign," said Emerson. "They really spur us on."
With clashes in Toyota and then Yokohama to come at Japan 2012, you might think Corinthians would have to do without the fierce support of their partisan followers. Yet their faithful fans are not going to let that happen, creating an intense demand within Brazil for tickets to and visas for Japan.
Waiting for the team when they arrived in Nagoya were hundreds of supporters already massed at the doors to the hotel, while the club is expecting thousands of Corintianos in the stands come match time. And having proved "decisive" in continental competition, can they work their magic on the global stage too?

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House Republicans on Friday awaited a response from the White House on a proposal that would raise the debt limit and potentially pave the way for the government to reopen in exchange for opening negotiations on a broader budget agreement designed to cut spending and reform entitlement programs.
The offer was delivered Thursday evening by senior House Republican aides. As of Friday morning, GOP aides said they had yet to receive a response from the Obama Administration. It is unclear whether the House will vote Friday on a short-term debt-limit extension, though aides suggested they hoped to do so quickly.
"As we have publicly stated, any House vote on a short-term debt limit bill is contingent on the White House and House Republicans agreeing to negotiations on a larger fiscal framework," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner. "There is no agreement at this point on what that framework would involve, and we don't plan to comment on the details of these discussions."
The President has repeatedly said he will not enter negotiations with Republicans until the government has reopened and the looming threat of default has been swept aside. According to Republican sources, the GOP prefers to deal with the twin fiscal crises separately, which could prompt the White House to balk at the offer.
But House Republicans told TIME Friday that once a framework for negotiations is in place, they would be ready to reopen the government very swiftly, and without the preconditions—such as changes to the President's health-care law—on which they had long insisted. "If we went into serious negotiations, then I think that could be taken care of in short order," said Representative Tom Cole, a GOP deputy whip and Boehner ally.
John Fleming, a Louisiana Republican who was among the Tea Party-aligned faction that forced the shutdown by pressing for changes to Obamacare, told TIME he was ready to pass both a short-term debt limit hike and reopen the government without concessions, provided Obama agreed to enter negotiations over entitlement programs. "Obviously any framework on a larger agreement must include the real drivers of our debt and deficits, including the President's health care law," said a House GOP leadership aide.
Members cautioned that the two sides had not yet reached agreement. But the newfound openness within the House Republican conference to end the shutdown and extend U.S. borrowing authority without policy concessions seemed to signal that the party is scrambling for a way to extricate themselves from a showdown that has sent the party's poll numbers plunging.
Senior House Republicans, who could not prevent a band of restive backbenchers from dragging the party into a fight over Obamacare, note that the ensuing shutdown has deflected attention from the pockmarked debut of the law's insurance exchanges, which debuted on Oct. 1, the day the federal government shut down for the first time in 17 years. "I think we have missed a big issue. I don't think there's any question that this whole shutdown episode has covered for the bad rollout of Obamacare," Cole said. Again, a lot of us have never been for the government shutdown. I don't think it's an appropriate or winning strategy. I think that's fairly clear."
The two sides, Cole added, have "inched a little closer to one another in the last 24 hours." They aren't there yet, but Republicans are plainly ready to find a resolution to a fight that has badly damaged the party's brand.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...We had a rare, mid-week, steak supper last evening and to say it was well-received would be an understatement.The Silver Fox, who as you know is a committed carnivore, was in flatiron paradise and that gave me the opportunity to try several new side-dishes without there being too much complaint. The recipe I'm featuring today was among them and it really is a keeper. I found it while browsing through The Novice Chef, a blog that is as delicious as the food it features. The recipe is simple to prepare and it would make a wonderful addition to your holiday or hostess menus. There are no tricks to its preparation, though I did substitute a good French vermouth for the white wine, and used leeks instead on onions. Both changes were mandated by what I had on hand, not because I thought the recipe needed revision. The carrots would be wonderful made with a not too sweet Riesling or a Pinot Gris. I, unfortunately, had neither in the house so I went with Julia Child's tried and tested vermouth substitution. Works every time! I do hope you'll give these carrots a try. Here's how they're made.
Glazed Carrot Coins with White Wine and Muscats...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of the Novice Chef
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup white onion, chopped
2-1/2 (about 1 lb) cups sliced (and peeled) carrots
1 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 teaspoon herbs de provence
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1) Place olive oil in a large deep skillet set over medium heat. When it shimmers add onions and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent. Add wine, bring mixture to a boil, then turn down to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid has reduced by half. Add the raisins and simmer for about 5-10 more minutes until another 1/4th of liquid has reduced (leaving some liquid as it makes a lovely sauce).
2) Stir in herbs de provence, brown sugar, and salt and pepper and allow to cook for another minute or so. Remove from heat and serve immediately. Yield: 4 servings.
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If you're admiring the rather cool silver glitter plate they are resting on, it was a Christmas present from my nephew (The Boy Wonder).
There is something so cute about gingerbread men. I always eat their limbs first saving the head until last. After I'd taken the photo I realised that this poor chap is getting kicked in an unfortunate place:
These gingerbread men were of a theatrical nature. Here they are re-enacting the famous scene from Hamlet. Alas, poor Yorrick......for he is made of gingerbread and is soon to be eaten....
This quantity made me 18 medium gingerbread men:
125g unsalted butter
100g dark muscovado sugar
4 tablespoons golden syrup
300g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons ground ginger, I used loads more, so perhaps the quantity should be "as much as you dare!"
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan oven 180°C/400°F/Gas mark 6.
- Line two biscuit trays with baking paper.
- Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan.
- Mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger.
- Beat in the melted butter mix to make a stiff dough.
- Roll out half the dough between two sheets of baking paper to a thickenss of approx 0.5cm. Work quickly as the dough stiffens.
- If the dough stiffens and won't re-roll, it can be revived by kneading in a dash of warm water.
- Use whichever cutter you choose and place biscuits on prepared trays. The dough does not expand that much on cooking so you can place the biscuits fairly close together.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until firm and a little dark at the edges.
- Leave to cool on the tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Decorate as required.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a Finding of Violation to the U.S. Navy Base Guam for permit violations under the federal Clean Water Act.
In July, EPA inspectors discovered the violations during inspections covering several different federal environmental statutes and programs.
"Department of Defense facilities on Guam must be in compliance with all environmental requirements," said Alexis Strauss, EPA's Water Division director for the Pacific Southwest region. "EPA will work with Guam EPA and DOD to ensure construction and ongoing operations comply fully with environmental requirements to protect and restore Guam's environment."
The Finding of Violation cited discharges from the Navy's Apra Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant that exceeded water quality permit limits, and several unpermitted discharges to the Namo River during the repair of the Navy's Fena Water Treatment Plant.
The Navy also did not fully or properly implement controls for storm water discharges from industrial activities located on the base, and three Navy construction sites on the base did not have proper storm water pollution measures.
In addition to the July inspections at Naval Base Guam, the EPA also conducted similar compliance inspections at the U.S. Air Force's Andersen Force Base. The EPA compliance inspections at both Department of Defense facilities in Guam included underground storage tanks, solid and hazardous waste management, wastewater and storm water management and compliance with oil spill prevention requirements.
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Many businesses have long required that executives and other important employees agree not to work for a competitor for a year or two after they leave. Now some employers are unfairly imposing that requirement on all kinds of workers, including lower-wage employees like camp counselors, interns and yoga instructors, The Times has found.
The indiscriminate use of such noncompete clauses hurts workers by limiting their ability to seek better jobs in their chosen professions. One study found that workers switch jobs less frequently when they are restricted by such clauses and earn less money than similarly qualified workers who are not bound by these agreements. Experts have also found that states like California where courts do not enforce noncompete clauses tend to have more entrepreneurship than states where the clauses are recognized.
Proponents argue that there is nothing wrong with noncompete agreements because most workers willingly agree to them. This assumes, preposterously, that employees have the same bargaining power as their employers. Indeed, some workers may not even realize they are agreeing to such conditions because the clauses are tucked deep inside employment documents. This is particularly true among young people and lower-skilled workers who, unlike senior executives, cannot afford lawyers to negotiate agreements on their behalf. These workers take entry-level jobs precisely because such jobs give them the experience they need to move on to more challenging and rewarding work.
Lawmakers in some states have realized the problems. Like California, North Dakota does not enforce the clauses, while other states give courts discretion to determine if such clauses are "reasonable." In Massachusetts, lawmakers are so worried that these clauses are hurting workers and the state economy that they are considering making the clauses broadly unenforceable.
Some business groups have argued that noncompete clauses are needed to make sure people do not trade in, and illegally profit from, the intellectual property of their former employers. But there are better ways to prevent the theft of trade secrets — by, for instance, suing former workers for violating nondisclosure agreements aimed at protecting sensitive documents and corporate strategy.
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You Know You're a REAL Yankee Fan When…
Yesterday the New York Yankees dropped the rubber game of a three game series against the Tampa Bay Rays, a 3-0 shutout at the hands of "Big Game" James Shields. 7 1/3 innings, no runs, four hits, one walk, and 11 strikeouts later, the Yankees lose.
The Bronx Bombers' lead over Tampa Bay in the American League Eastern Division is now only one game, signifying a likely "two horse race" down the stretch run and into September. The Yanks and Rays own the two best records in the majors and both teams can and probably will make the playoffs.
While the Yanks lost, their cross-town rivals, the New York Mets, were beaten 14-1 by the National League West's worst team, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Ed, one of my close friends from high school who happens to be a devout Mets fan, proclaimed his disgust at the team and how poor their play has recently been. I suggested to him that he switch sides, and I said he should become a Yankee fan.
"Come to the good side, and soon you'll be having dreams of pinstripes, strong, winning seasons, and World Series Championships."
Ed responded, "Oh, you mean the dark side? I think I'll trust the force and try to will the Mets to victory!"
I have to tip my cap to him. He is a true fan. Even when I tempted him, which (to him) must have been like the Devil tempting Jesus Christ, he stood by his team. He has been a Mets fan his whole life and he will never disrespect his loyalty to his favorite team.
The whole exchange with Ed got me thinking…what makes a real fan, and more particularly, what makes a true Yankee fan?
Here are some ways (that I came up with) to tell if you are a REAL Yankee fan.
You know you're a REAL Yankee fan when…
You (at least try) to watch every game
Let's face it: following the team religiously is an important aspect of being a true fan.
The best part of my night during the baseball season is tuning into the YES Network and enjoying a Yankee game. Things can get difficult with work and in recent years school, and sometimes I am not able to watch every inning. But rest assured, even when I can't watch the games, I constantly check my phone for updates, box scores, and stats.
Even when I can't physically see what's happening, I know what's happening.
What really annoyed me last year were all the "Yankee fans" who watched maybe 30 innings during the regular season celebrate the World Series victory, as if they followed the team throughout the year. They probably only knew the key players, like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
Which leads into my next point…
You know all of the Yankee players, even the most obscure ones
Everyone knows the brand name players, like Jeter, Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, and Mariano Rivera. They are the faces of the Yankees organization and can easily be recognized by even the most distant Yankee fan. Any person who claims to be a Yankee fan can tell you who these players are.
But what about Ramiro Pena or Colin Curtis? David Robertson and Alfredo Aceves?
If you ask a Yankee fan who these players are and they have no idea, then there is no way they are a real fan. Knowledge of every player–even the lesser-known ones–is a must in terms of being a real Yankee fan.
And it doesn't just mean lesser-known players from this year.
For example, back in 2005, the Yanks had two starting pitchers to fill in for a banged up rotation; one by the name of Aaron Small the other by the name of Shawn Chacon. Combined, these hurlers went 17-3 and helped lead the Yankees to the A.L. East title, which they won on the second-to-last day of the '05 season.
Any real Yankee fan would and very well should know that.
You own a decent amount of Yankee Memorabilia
Support of the team is important. One of the best ways to show your allegiance, if not the best, is wear your team's colors with pride. I, for one, wear a Yankee necklace which I only take off before I shower.
I also own a wide variety of Yankee merchandise, including seven pinstripe jerseys, hats, pennants, bobble heads, framed photos…you name it, I probably have it. Come to think of it, a friend actually once asked me if I own any other clothing that doesn't have an interlocking NY on it.
Although it doesn't seem like it, I do have clothes that are not Yankee related.
I am not saying a real Yankee fan has to be as hardcore about it as I am; I am a special case! But the fact is that a real Yankee fan will, at least once in awhile, wear a Yankee shirt or a Yankee hat.
There is no way (in good conscience) a real Yankee fan can't wear a Yankee shirt once in awhile.
You know the history between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox
With every great team comes a great adversary.
For as long as there has been baseball, there has been a heated rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox. There have been brutal fights, players who have switched sides, and countless numbers of classic games played between the two teams.
In my lifetime, there are two games between the Yankees and Red Sox that stand out as being the absolute greatest. The first was on July 1, 2004. Both teams left everything they had on the diamond, as evidenced by Jeter's effort diving into the stands to make a play. The Red Sox were trying to avoid a three game sweep and the Yankees were trying to complete the sweep.
Neither team wanted to lose.
The Red Sox took a 4-3 the lead in the top of the 13th inning, setting up an improbable comeback win for the Yanks in the bottom of the frame. Miguel Cairo doubled to score Ruben Sierra (again, going back to the idea of knowing who the obscure players are) to tie the game, and John Flaherty (who now works for the YES Network) drove in the winning run to give the Yankees a win.
What a game. I'll never forget it.
The second all-time best Yankees-Red Sox battle (for me) was Oct. 16, 2003–Game Seven of the 2003 American League Championship Series. The ALCS was knotted at three games apiece, and the Yanks and BoSox went through hell to get to the final game.
The winner of Game Seven was given a one-way ticket to the World Series, the loser was going home.
Boston looked to be in complete command of everything in the fourth inning. They had jumped out to a 4-0 lead and knocked Yankees' starter Roger Clemens out of the game. Jason Giambi cut into the Red Sox lead with two solo home runs, but David Ortiz smacked a long ball of his own, giving the BoSox a 5-2 edge heading into the bottom of the eighth inning.
I watched that game at home, biting my fingernails and trembling in fear. I thought the Yankees were doomed. My thought process in the middle of the eighth inning was, "The Yankees would be the ones walking back in shame and the Red Sox were going to the World Series."
But the Empire struck back in the bottom of the frame.
Jeter doubled. Bernie Williams singled. Hideki Matsui doubled. Jorge Posada blooped a single to center field. Just like that, the game was tied. It was the best comeback and by far the most unbelievable game I had ever seen–and it wasn't even over yet!
Boston, five defensive outs from embarrassing the Yankees, blew the lead and they headed into extras.
In the bottom of the 11th inning Aaron Boone was due up first. I remember thinking to myself, "He's not going to do anything. He isn't a power hitter." But Alfonso Soriano and Derek Jeter were due up after Boone, and I prayed one of them would at least get on base.
My thoughts were soon proven wrong, as Boone came up and hammered the first pitch he saw for a game-winning home run to win the A.L. Pennant for the Yankees. It was the most glorious home run I had ever seen and one of the most meaningful; very rarely will you ever see a walk-off home run to cap off a game of that magnitude.
"There's a fly ball deep to left! It's on its way! There it goes…AND THE YANKEES ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES! AARON BOONE HAS HIT A HOME RUN!"
Those words still resonate with me to this day.
There are plenty of other games and moments in Yankee-Red Sox history. But those two stand out as my favorites. If you are a real Yankee fan, you can recollect moments from the rivalry as vividly I have.
You know about the Yankee Stadium Regulars
At Yankee Stadium, the home of the New York Yankees since 1923…well, 2009 if you count the new Stadium…in any case, the Bronx is where Yankees play. If you go to a Yankee game, there are certain traditions and loyalists who are always at the ballpark to root for the Yanks.
The most loyal fan I can really think of is Vinny Milano, A.K.A. "Bald Vinny" of the right field Bleacher Creatures. He conjures up all the fans in the right field bleachers and leads them in a roll call right after the first pitch of the game is thrown. They yell out to every Yankee on the field until they are given some sort of acknowledgment, whether it is a pose or wave.
The roll call has become a staple of Yankee Stadium, and the real Yankee fans know about Bald Vinny and how important he has become to Yankee Stadium.
Another Stadium regular is Freddy Schumann, an older fan who is commonly known as "Freddy Sez." He walks around Yankee Stadium with a pan painted with a four-leaf clover on it. Attached to the pan is generally a sign that has some sort of encouraging words on it directed at the Yankees.
Freddy also carries a spoon, which is used to bang on the pan. The sound of the spoon on the pan makes a distinctive noise which can be heard throughout the whole Stadium. He always allows the fans around him to bang on the pan, in attempt to stimulate a Yankee rally.
Bald Vinny and Freddy Sez are the number one Yankee fans I know. If you don't know them, you really don't know the Yankees very well, or at least not Yankee Stadium.
And the last and probably most important part of being a real Yankee fan…
You Know Your Yankee History
Knowledge is power.
If you are a real Yankee fan, you know the background on the team. Everyone knows they are the winningest team in sports history with 27 World Titles. But do they know how many times the Yankees have been to the World Series? Do they know which Yankee player has the most World Series rings? Do they know all the retired numbers?
Only true fans know that the Yankees have been to the World Series 40 times, Yogi Berra has the most World Series titles as a Yankee (with 10) and there are 16 retired numbers–I can name them all, right off the top of my head.
But naming them all is much too vulgar a display of Yankee intelligence.
Knowing the background of the players is just as important as knowing the background of the team. There are many ways to learn about each player. Interviews, Yankeeography documentaries, and feature stories in sports magazines are probably the easiest ways to increase knowledge about players.
For instance, I read a story about former Yankee ace Chien-Ming Wang in Sports Illustrated a couple of years ago. By reading that feature story, I found out Wang learned his sinker from the Yankees went he came over from Taiwan. One of his pitching coaches in the minor leagues showed him how to hold the ball, and from there he was able to shut the opposition down.
He worked his way up and became the number one Yankee starter.
Yet Wang's pitching style wasn't the only thing I learned about from that story. I learned about his life. According to the article, he is (or at least at the time was) revered as Taiwan's number one athlete; he is a superstar over there. He could not even walk down the street without getting mobbed by legions of fans.
But when he walked down the street in New York City, he was hardly recognized. He felt there was less pressure on him in New York, and that is why he opted to stay there instead of going back to pitch in his native land. That also explains why he was so relaxed as a member of the Yanks and never looked rattled or uneasy when he pitched.
The article on Wang is a perfect example of how to learn about players in an easy way. It was an informative article, pointing out a lot of "You may have not known, but now you do" facts about his life and career.
If you are a real Yankee fan, learning about the players is equally as important as team history.
These are merely a few ways to tell if you are a real Yankee fan. Bandwagon fans can always be told apart from the hardcore ones, simply by conversation. If you talk to someone who claims to be a Yankee fan (or a fan of anything, for that matter) and has no idea about key aspects of the team, then, in my eyes, they aren't true fans.
I tend to respect the true fans more than those who just root the Yankees on when they win, a la last fall. It's easier to respect true fans' opinions when they have more knowledge and follow the team closely. It's also easier to hold a conversation with the real fans than the bandwagon fans.
Nothing annoys me more when I hear people give me false Yankee info.
The bottom line is that if you are going to be a Yankee fan, be a real fan. Watch more than 30 innings a year, know about the players, and know about the Stadium. Know what the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry means and wear a Yankee hat once in awhile, in undying support of your favorite baseball team.
If you want to be a real fan, then KNOW the Yankees. And if you don't know them, then don't act like you do.


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Posted 09 November 2011 - 11:45 AM
That said, I hate the fucking megaphone. Its annoying and I'm pretty sure we've lost most of the games in which it has been busted out (this past weekend aside). I understand its value in getting a chant started (especially if the game/ LARS is sold out), but I implore you to put it down and trust us to have your back for the rest of the song. It also prevents chants from starting organically from 137/138, because you can't hear us over the distorted sound of your own voices.
I'm fairly confident that I'm not the only that feels this way - but I suppose we'll find out in this thread.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:09 PM
That said, i think it could do some good in the back where participation is less apparent to help to tie the section together. Now that we actually DO have Capo's this will work.
Actually the drum should move more to the middle of the section as well for the same reason.
The broader and less pinpointed the sounds LARS makes, the louder it will be.
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:31 PM
Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:55 PM
1. On any given night now, there's 300-400 LARS. On good nights, we have more. On great nights... I don't even want to think about next Sunday. We need the damn thing. But
2. I agree, the damn thing is meant to start chants - not sing to you (or shout to you). This is duly noted.
3. I'm pretty sure we can't aim the thing AT the field/players so using it in the back toward the front is a no/go... maybe we can use it halfway up toward the back BUT...
4. People bitch about having the drum next to them. Thus the drum has taken a home in the front, it works. Ideal? No. But maybe we should consider having halfway-up capos. 1 drumming, 1 megaphoning. I'm sure people would bitch about both. But most importantly...
5. We'll try to work on Megaphone ettiquette for Sunday, but this whole discussion is better suited for the off-season. We're not gonna change what we've been doing all season on the last day of the year and "see what happens"
Per usual, your input is considered and appreciated
Posted 09 November 2011 - 01:01 PM
Per usual, your input is considered and appreciated
Fuck off
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 01:02 PM
3. I'm pretty sure we can't aim the thing AT the field/players
That would be SO MUCH FUN.
5. We'll try to work on Megaphone ettiquette for Sunday, but this whole discussion is better suited for the off-season. We're not gonna change what we've been doing all season on the last day of the year and "see what happens"
Agreed, right before the fucking MLS Cup is not the right time to start this whole conversation.
Although 138 was pretty dead for a lot of the time last game. I almost took a picture of Ed screaming at a bunch of people in the first 5 rows staring at him.
I hope for the Cup everybody is fucking cheering 1000%.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 01:15 PM
Posted 09 November 2011 - 01:15 PM
Fuck off
No, no... I mean it. These are conversations that need to be had.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 02:06 PM
Welcome to LARS... bitching about everything since 2001
4. People bitch about having the drum next to them.
I remember when I went to Philly for the friendly match pre-WC (I believe against Turkey), they tried to have multiple capos spread out (in a group about 10xs our size)... it worked but you still get the delayed effect. This was the purpose of having the megaphone, was so everyone (including other sections and on the top) could hopefully all chant at kinda the same time.
I also agree with having the drum in the middle. And if you don't like it:
a) Bring/wear earplugs like I have
b) move to the very bottom/top
c) just accept it and move on!
Posted 09 November 2011 - 03:47 PM
I also agree with having the drum in the middle. And if you don't like it:
a) Bring/wear earplugs like I have
b) move to the very bottom/top
c) just accept it and move on!
That's the bottom line, if you don't like the drum, the megaphone or the guy in front of you waiving a flag. There are plenty of spots around 137/8 that you can re situate yourself in.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:32 PM
You're in my seat.
There are plenty of spots around 137/8 that you can re situate yourself in.
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 06:40 PM
You're in my seat.
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 02:47 AM
Yeah, you do look like a cheerleader, but it's not gestapo.
Posted 19 November 2011 - 04:49 PM
I agree.
The analog megaphone was a good compromise when we couldn't get the electric. It broadcasts without being abrasive.
Yeah, you do look like a cheerleader, but it's not gestapo.
The problem with our megaphones (I was a cheerleader for so many years I've got a bionic hip now):
1. The analog one is too long - that one is designed for chanting to the crowd FROM THE FIELD - not to people right in front of you. We really need the tiny, shorter, wider ones.
2. The electric one is too distorting. It's annoying, and most people can't make out what you're saying.
3. When you try to reach the entire section - sweeping from left to right and back - people only catch a fraction of what you're saying because of directional sound physics.
TL:DR - It's actually BETTER when the megaphones aren't used at all. Capos - warm up your voice before the game, support from your diaphram (yell from your chest instead of your throat), stay in your lower registers and your voice will LAST LONGER.
I also think the drums should stay in the front. It's easier to stay with the Capo when you're next to them. People are also used to them being there - they're planning on it, no one wants a surprise drum when they go in 2 hours early to claim their seat tomorrow.
MOST people follow the capos and the front of the section VISUALLY, not by sound. Light travels faster than sound, and everyone is facing the field anyway.
As long as the front of the section is doing the ARM THING and we can SEE what the Capo is saying - the rest of us (and our end of the stadium, and by extention - ALL OF THE HDC) can follow along and stay pretty much together.
PLEASE GO LONGER ON THE CHANTS FOR THE FINAL. And KEEP THEM SIMPLE. The ENTIRE STADIUM (except for the Hooter fans) WANT TO CHEER WITH US - it just takes several times through for everyone to get going. The more we can do the simple ones like:
LA clap clap clap GALAXY
I don't care how boring this gets - they need to be done OFTEN, and LONG - not only 3 times but for FIVE MINUTES so the ENTIRE STADIUM can get in on it.
People WANT TO CHANT. They want to chant WITH US. They're REALLY GOING TO WANT TO SUNDAY. Let's GIVE THEM THE CHANCE.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Graeme McDowell closed with a 4-under 68 on Sunday and held off Keegan Bradley with a pair of superb short-game shots that carried him to a three-shot win in the World Challenge despite the Sherwood Country Club playing longer than ever in a light rain.
McDowell then headed home for a 10-week holiday with his first win in two years. It was the 10th time in 12 rounds at Sherwood that McDowell has shot in the 60s, and he extended his dominance on the course that Jack Nicklaus carved out among the foothills of Conejo Valley. In three appearances, McDowell has won twice and was runner-up.
McDowell won for the first time since he beat Tiger Woods in a playoff at Sherwood to close out a dream season in 2010 that included his first major at the U.S. Open and the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup.
Bradley, who was within one shot after a birdie on the fifth hole, closed with a 69. Bo Van Pelt had a 70 to finish third. Woods, the tournament host and five-time champion, was never in the picture. He didn't make birdie until the 13th hole and shot 71 to tie for fourth.
Bradley's birdie on the 13th hole for a two-shot swing brought him within two shots with five holes to play. McDowell never let him get any closer, however. He hit a beautiful lag putt from 75 feet just off the green at No. 14 for an easy par, then hit a chip from behind the 17th green that he was hopeful of getting within 6 feet of the cup. The ball was one turn from falling for birdie.
McDowell made a 6-foot birdie on the 18th that he didn't really need to finish on 17-under 271 and earn $1 million against the 18-man field.
SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) - Martin Kaymer of Germany shot a 3-under 69 to earn his first title of 2012, holding on for a two-shot victory in rainy conditions at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Kaymer finished at 8-under 280, two ahead of Charl Schwartzel (69) of South Africa. Bill Haas of the United States was third after a 71.
Kaymer was in trouble twice toward the end, pulling his tee shoot deep into the rough on the par-5 No. 14. He blasted out and made a brilliant birdie. He bogeyed No. 15 to allow Schwartzel to get within one shot, but recovered through the last three holes to close out his first win since Nov. 20, 2011.
South African Louis Oosthuizen (74) was fourth. Two-time defending champion Lee Westwood's run at Sun City ended with a 73, seven shots behind the winner.
The rest of the 12-man field were over par through four rounds at a tough Gary Player Country Club layout, where narrow fairways, stubborn rough, gusty winds and - on Sunday - steady rain made scoring consistently difficult. No one shot better than 69 all week. Kaymer's win was his first since the WGC HSBC Champions last year and earned him a $1.25 million check.
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Australia's Steven Bowditch shot an 8-under 64 on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course to take a one-stroke lead after the fifth round of the PGA Tour qualifying tournament.
Bowditch had a 23-under 337 total in the six-round event. The final top 25 and ties will receive 2013 PGA Tour cards and the next 50 and ties will earn Web.com Tour cards.
Kris Blanks was second after a 66, and Derek Ernst (66), Steve LeBrun (67) and Edward Loar (68) followed at 21 under. They also played the Nicklaus course.
Sweden's Robert Karlsson, an 11-time winner on the European Tour winner, and England's Ross Fisher, a four-time European Tour winner, were in a group tied for 11th at 18 under. Karlsson shot 68, and Fisher had a 67.
Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton was tied for 15th at 17 under after a 67. Camilo Villegas, a three-time PGA Tour winner, had a 73 to drop from a tie for 20th to a tie for 46th at 12 under.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Canada's Rebecca Lee-Bentham shot a 5-under 67 to tie Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn for the top spot in the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, leading the 20 players who earned full status.
Lee-Bentham and Jutanugarn finished the five-round event at 13-under 347 at LPGA International. Jutanugarn shot a 74 after taking a six-stroke lead into the day.
Japan's Ayako Uehara was third at 12 under after a 69. Kathleen Ekey followed at 10 under after a 65, and Lisa McCloskey and Japan's Chie Arimura were 8 under. McCloskey had a 71, and Arimura shot 70.
Two-time tour winner Laura Diaz improved her status, tying for eighth at 6 under after a 72. Christina Kim, also a two-time tour winner, failed to improve her status, shooting a 74 to tie for 39th at 1 over.


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Hello all,
To start off, I have never dabbled in the arcane arts of wireless networking because I have always felt they can not really be made safe and solid.
But, there is always a but, I have been thinking of putting a PCI wireless NIC into my Freesco box, and have this separate network up for testing etc.
So, therefore I have some questions, perhaps someone does know an answer on one of them.
1] Does it work, if I plug in a wireless PCI NIC?
Will Freesco be able to use that as a new network?
2] If I go buy one, what kind of driver does it need to have, if I remember correctly the drivers are .o-files.
Many cards nowadays just support XP, vista and W7, and I guess that there will not be the kind of driver that we need for Freesco.
Perhaps they can emulate some common NIC and we can use the inbuild drivers in Freesco?
3] All those cards they come with setup-software, again, just for windows, is it possible to setup a connection in some other way?
As an example of some possible NIC's I can buy here, I provide 2 links:
http://www.conceptronic.net/site/Deskto ... Pid=C300Ri
http://www.tp-link.com/en/support/downl ... =TL-WN851N
Any reactions are greately appreciated.
Speedy Lan
One more question:
That NIC will become an Internal network with nothing else on it except for some testing machine or some war-driver that has gained illegal access.
The HTTP-control panel will be a great security risk* , it should not be available on the wireless network, can that be done somehow?
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Users of iOS dictionary apps from Collins, Longman and the OED have found themselves outed as pirates on Twitter, as a name-and-shame tactic used by the apps' developer backfires.
The company concerned, Enfour, apparently reckons that 75 per cent of its users are pirates, which is why it planted some code in its applications to get their Twitter credentials and post confessions into their Tweet stream. However the apps failed to finger the right people ... prompting red faces all round and multilingual apologies from the company.
The applications are mainly dictionaries and were updated at the start of November. Then some users started noticing a mysterious tweet appearing in their stream:
"How about we all stop using pirated iOS apps? I promise to stop. I really will. #softwarepirateconfession"
One of the first reports of the tweet was from Pocketables, where the disgruntled writer managed to dig up the receipt for the Oxford Deluxe Dictionary app he'd paid $50 for two years ago, but that didn't stop the tweet being sent out.
The app obviously had to ask for the user's Twitter details, which it did following the last update, but with such an old app and one bearing the Oxford Dictionary brand, the user didn't feel there was any risk involved - not to mention that other users report the applications would not run unless the Twitter details were provided.
Ars Technica has gathered a selection of reports, though it hasn't been able to pin down what's causing the inaccurate accusations - beyond establishing that not every installation is tweeting and that both jailbroken and vanilla handsets are among those which are.
Enfour did swiftly apologise, in Japanese (PDF), and provided a list of applications (PDF, also in Japanese, though the app names are in English) which are being updated to remove the anti-piracy code. Staff also apologised on Twitter, which is where the 75 per cent claim was made.
Not that the problem has disappeared, as a casual search of Twitter shows such tweets being generated every minute or so even now, so the updates are clearly a work in progress.
Piracy on mobile devices is still rife, despite the ease with which applications may be purchased, so it's not surprising to see developers trying different approaches. App stores packed with pirated content are blatant, often not even attempting to apply a veneer of legitimacy and it's disheartening to see one's work ripped off to such an extent. Enfour's idea of shaming users into paying for their software is very Japanese, but its hard to imagine many gaijin being bothered by such a tweet appearing in their stream, unless they hadn't nicked the software ... in which case they'd be absolutely livid. ®


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Do not go to the garden of flowers!
O Friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus,
and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
(translation by Tagore)
Fifteenth century India witnessed the coming of age of a process that started brewing with the arrival of Central Asian Sufis who accompanied or followed the invaders from Asia Minor. When Sufi thought, an off-shore spiritual undercurrent to the rise of Islam, met its local hosts, the results were terrific. There was no shortage of fundamentalists and communalists in that cultural landscape; and the gulf between alien rulers and the native subjects was a stark reality as well.
Nevertheless, a synthesis of sorts was navigated by hundreds of yogis, Sufis and poets of India. Very much a people's movement from the below, Bhakti movement articulated a powerful vision of tolerance, amity and co-existence that is still relevant. This is many centuries before the suave, western educated intelligentsia coined the 'people-to-people' contact campaigns. Yes, much has been lost in the tumultuous twentieth century and perhaps the histories and nation states rhetoric are also irreversible. But common ground remains.
Kabir – born 71 years before Nanak – is the supreme, sublime and perhaps the simplest of voices from the bhakti era. His poems have been sung across the subcontinent now for nearly five centuries. Researchers grappled with the challenge of sifting the original Kabir from all that is attributed to his name. Does it matter? At the popular level, not much. Was he a Muslim or a Hindu? We know that there are more than one tombs of Kabir where he is ostensibly buried. Same is the case with confusion over Kabir Samadhi. His name was evidently Muslim and the origins shrouded by labels of all kinds. However, Kabir's internalization of the Indian spiritual tenets and lore made him a complete hindustanee – beyond the barriers of religion, creed and identity politics that generates violence.
A weaver by profession and therefore at the lower end of socio-economic strata Kabir also represented the woes of rural folk who lived in 'thousands of villages' at the margins of central power and its intrigues.Kabir's songs were reformist in nature and influenced the ordinary villagers and low caste and provided them self-confidence to question Brahmins.
Rabindranath Tagore's translation of Kabir songs introduced Kabir to the world outside India. Tagore's translations are lyrical and retain the essential simplicity inherent to his otherwise complex thought. Here is a powerful thought – God is the breath of all breath – the fundamental pillar of Bhakti where worship and divine experience emanate from and are located in the self:
O servant, where dost thou seek Me?
Lo! I am beside thee.
I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash:
Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and
If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt
meet Me in a moment of time.
Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."
Echoing Rumi and his successor Bulleh Shah, Kabir sings:
I do not know what manner of God is mine.
The Mullah cries aloud to Him: and why? Is your Lord deaf? The subtle anklets that ring on the feet of an insect when it moves are heard of Him.
Tell your beads, paint your forehead with the mark of your God, and wear matted locks long and showy: but a deadly weapon is in your heart, and how shall you have God?
The deadly weapon in the hearts of all is central to introspection and working inwards rather than the external symbols and structures of formal religion and religiosity.
Last year I came across Vinay Dharwadker's excellent translations titled Kabir: The Weaver's Songs. The translations are imaginative and open up newer vistas of meaning layered in Kabir's ostensibly simple songs. However, it was the erudite introduction that added a newer dimension to my previous understanding of Kabir. Dharwadker while exploring the underlying secularism of Kabir's verse detects the extra dimension that amazingly is far beyond the known boundaries of secularism. He writes of how the Kabir poets and followers between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries added to the discourse of spirituality and that primordial search for God:
" In this dissident conception of the secular, institutionalized religions – with their wealth, power, mediating structures and violent practices – determine what constitutes religion and what is legitimately 'religious' in the human world. But the human world belongs wholly to the domain of Maya , so these institutions and their definitions of dharma or religion cannot reach beyond the limits of Maya to be God without attributes. Nirguna God stands outside the immense scaffolding of organized human religions and what they define as religious doctrine and practice, and since the 'secular' is that which lies outside the scope of the 'religious', God as such is entirely secular."
Therefore, the process of attaining mukti (liberation) from the trappings of religions to achieve a union with a God without attributes is a secular process. "It is precisely such a secularism that makes both God and mukti completely accessible to anyone and everyone, regardless of caste, class, birth, gender, upbringing, status or rank, and that becomes indistinguishable from the deeply subversive egalitarianism and cosmopolitanism of the Kabir community."
The Kabir community comprises scores of followers and later poets who kept on adding verse to the Kabir anthology and all that is today ascribed to the great sage. Let's hope this community grows and flourishes. I will end with my favourite translation from Dharwadker that I posted earlier on this blog:
Allah and Rama
If Khuda inhabits the mosque,
then whose play-field is the rest of the world.
If Rama lives in the idol at the pilgrim station,
then who controls the chaos outside?
The East is Hari's domicile, they say,
the West is Allah's dwelling place.
Look into your heart, your very heart:
That's where Karim-and-Rama reside.
All the men and the women ever born,
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They're his Guru-and-Pir
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Three-Cheese Spinach Calzones
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min.
Makes4 servings
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 cup shredded fontina cheese
- 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 cup spaghetti sauce, warmed
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine first seven ingredients. On a lightly floured surface, unroll pizza crust into an 11-in. square. Cut into four squares. Transfer to a greased baking sheet. Spoon spinach mixture diagonally over half of each square to within 1/2 in. of edges.
- For each calzone, fold one corner over filling to the opposite corner, forming a triangle; press edges with a fork to seal. Cut slits in top. Combine egg and water; brush over calzones.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with spaghetti sauce.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 549 calories, 22g fat (11g saturated fat), 109mg cholesterol, 1637mg sodium, 59g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 5g fiber), 28g protein.
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Apr 23, 2011
These turned out so yummy! We added 2 cloves of garlic. We have to make them again so we can practice folding them so they look pretty!~ Theresa
Apr 14, 2011
This was just ok for me. Guess it's my personal taste preference. Maybe it needed a little garlic? But considering how expensive these 3 cheese are, I won't be making it again since I wasn't in love with it.
Mar 17, 2011
This was quick and easy; always love that in a recipe! My husband and I are sensitive to salt, and we didn't find it overwhelming in this recipe. I did omit the salt and only added pepper since it has enough salt in the cheese and sauce. I used a spicy marinara sauce. Yum!
Mar 16, 2011
I make these often and will continue to make 'em. I've not tried the fontina cheese, but will the next time. Sounds wonderful. keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen for all the wonderful tried and true recipes. God Bless
Mar 15, 2011
Thank you for your review. I like when people comment on what they added or substituted. I don't really care about whether it's healthy or not--I, too, can figure that for myself. If you don't like the way it tasted or turned out, then let others know. I usually look for a consensus on whether it was good or not before I try it myself. I love this site because I can usually find recipes that are easy to make with ingrediants that I would normally use in my own recipes.
Mar 15, 2011
Used the thin crust refrigerated dough. I guess I should have packed them fuller as I ended up with extra filling. We dipped them into spaghetti sauce. I sprinkled a little mozzerella before closing but they didn't really need it. The flavor was good and they all got eaten.
Mar 15, 2011
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Mar 14, 2011
I for one, HAVE tried this recipe.. it was very tasty... I first made it as it was written... then I made it and added some capacola and pepperoni to it... I like it both ways.. My husband prefers it with the meats... P.S. they refrigerated dough worked fine... maybe next time when I have all day, I will make my own dough...
Mar 14, 2011
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Mar 14, 2011
I think the Spinach Calzone sounds delicious. If it doesn't appeal to you, don't make it. If you want to tweak it, that's fine. What's delicious to one person may taste awful to another. That's why there are so many recipes on this wonderful site.


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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - March 2004
The month of March has positively flown by and as I look back now it seems hard to believe that we only completed the canopy walkway six weeks ago. Since that time we have had some of our most exciting wildlife sightings to date and whilst it will be impossible to list them all there are some very exciting new additions to our species lists.
During the month of March we have had the privilege of observing a female Slender-billed Kite (Rostrhamus hamatus) raise and fledge two offspring. Her nest was about 15m below the high platform and the walkway passes just metres from it. The Slender-billed Kite is a swamp dweller whose long hooked beak is ideal for feeding on snails and other shelled invertebrates and it would appear that our giant snails released into the swamps have enabled the mother to successfully raise two chicks whereas generally just one young kite would survive. We also have a nest of the Junin Red Squirrel in the same tree as the 46m-platform so the active mother was a regular sighting from the walkway.
Apart from the nests we have discovered the access to the canopy has allowed us to get excellent views of species usually only heard from the ground. These include parrots, such as this Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa), toucans and macaws. We have seen up close the Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) and a first for the Taricaya area the spectacular Curl-crested Aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii). This small toucan has a majestic set of colours that no illustration can do justice and we are very confident that as each week goes by we will increase our species list and have many more fantastic sightings.
This is a shot of a Couvier's (or White-throated) Toucan that I took on my first trip up to the platform. It was perched in a fig tree about 30m away. It was an overcast day but with better light allowing for the use of a longer lens the potential for photography of these canopy species is phenomenal.
It would be possible to overlook some of our other achievements of March with the excitement of the canopy walkway but our animal release program received a very rare new resident. We are now the proud caretakers of a 4-month old margay. The margay is one of the seven species of cat found in tropical South America and is slightly smaller then the better-known ocelot. It has been hunted for its fur and this cub has almost certainly been orphaned as a result of the mother being hunted for its pelt. Whilst being relatively young it is already a fearsome hunter and it is amazing to watch the way it stalks and kills the chickens we give it. This may seem cruel as we could just as easily feed it dead meat but for it to released successfully it must not lose its hunting ability. We plan to release it when it is a year old as it will have grown sufficiently to defend itself from its few natural predators. We hope it will remain in our reserve to eliminate its most feared predator, man!!
The pilot farm project is continuing to flourish and we hope to be harvesting our own rice in April along with sweet potatoes and beans. The volunteers have been hard at work weeding and tending the crops as the wet season always produces an increase in the quick growing pioneer species that threaten to choke and out-compete the crops. The same pioneer plants cause our trails to close very quickly if not constantly maintained and so this trail clearing has also been an ongoing job for the volunteers.
In April I plan to take the volunteers on a four day expedition to the famous macaw clay lick in the Tambopata-Candamo Reserve and so I hope to have some interesting sightings and activities to report from this trip next month.
Stuart Timson
Conservation Manager
Taricaya Research Centre
04th April 2004


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pretty interesting piracy debate from australia.
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This month we are proud to recognize Stuart & Lisa Levine of Long Island, New York. Stuart is a former West Palm Beach (FL) Deputy Sheriff who is now the owner of the Zellman Group, a firm established on a deep foundation in loss prevention, audit, and retail and food & beverage operations. On April 24, 2012 Stuart and Lisa hosted "Honor at the Castle," a gala at the OHEKA Castle in Huntington, NY. The event was emceed by Royal Pains star Mark Feuerstein and honored fallen ATF Special Agent John Capano. It was a huge success, attended by over 250 supporters and officers from the New York and New Jersey area.
Stuart & Lisa support the Memorial Fund and Museum by participating in many of our events. They joined us at the New York Mets, New York Liberty, and New York Islanders Law Enforcement Appreciation Events over the past several months. The Levines also introduced up-and-coming recording artist "Range" to the Memorial Fund. Range recently wrote and recorded Lay it Down, a tribute to law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Lay it Down is available on iTunes and Range has agreed to donate proceeds from the song to the Museum campaign.


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Early 2013 American Country Awards Presenters, Performers Announced
The 4th Annual American Country Awards (ACAs) will be here before we know it, and the very first round of performers and presenters have been announced.
The 2013 ACAs will air live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8PM ET on FOX, and the early announcements prove the awards show will be a good one. Trace Adkins and NASCAR's Danica Patrick will host the star-studded event.
Florida Georgia Line have a performance lined up, as does Sheryl Crow with Darius Rucker. Joe Nichols, Scotty McCreery, Chris Young and Lauren Alaina are also scheduled to appear at the American Country Awards in Sin City.
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Daily Caller Uses Picture Of Drag Queens To Mock Transgender People
The Daily Caller derided a New Jersey bill that would allow transgender people to change their birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identity, running the story with an image of drag queens and dubbing the bill a "choose-your-own birth certificate law."
On December 17, Daily Caller education editor Eric Owens reported that the New Jersey legislature is set to send the bill to Republican Gov. Chris Christie's desk, although it isn't clear yet whether Christie will sign it into law. Owens wrote that the law would allow people to change their birth certificates to include "a gender they totally didn't have when they were actually born" (emphasis added):
Proposed legislation winding its way through the New Jersey state legislature will, if passed, require health department officials to provide new birth certificates to people who decide they want to change genders, regardless of whether they've actually undergone any kind of gender reassignment surgery.
Essentially, explains The Advocate, the prospective law allows people who receive hormone replacement treatment to get a brand-new birth certificate reflecting a gender they totally didn't have when they were actually born.
The person seeking the new birth certificate would only need to submit an affidavit signed by a medical provider verifying the hormone treatment.
ACLU representative Jeanne LoCicero claimed that transgender individuals often face "severe and latent discrimination" and "the risk of violence."
While LoCicero did not elaborate on how having a new birth certificate would mitigate the risk of violence, she did note that transgender individuals sometimes obtain passports showing their gender preference because the State Department's lax requirements don't require proof of surgery.
Though Owens apparently prefers to snark about whether or not the bill would have a direct impact on the disproportionate rates of harassment and violence faced by the transgender community, he omitted the most essential reasons for allowing transgender people to have birth certificates that reflect their gender identities. As Lambda Legal explains, not only does allowing the change affirm an individual's identity, it also provides the proof of gender that's required for many documents and other forms of identification.
That Owens chose to mock transgender people and their allies -- complete with a drag queen image - isn't surprising. He has used his Daily Caller position to become one of right-wing media's most shameless promoters of transphobia - which, in turn, fuels bullying and violence against transgender people. Serious media organizations might pause to reflect on the impact such reporting has on real lives, but when it comes to transgender issues, The Daily Caller has made clear it's proud of its ignorance.