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Aperture at Hurricane Katrina Fifth Anniversary Weekend in New Orleans
Andrea Smith, Director of Communications, Aperture represented us in New Orleans during the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last weekend. She attended on the occasion of the publication of Destroy This Memory, photographs by Richard Misrach, and One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds, photographs by Dave Anderson, books from Aperture that document and reflect on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans' road to recovery. See images above from the artist's exhibitions: Anderson's opening at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and Misrach's opening at the New Orleans Museum of Art, as well as the Block Party on One Block. Read below Andrea's account of a truly memorable experience.
It was a weekend I will never forget. I met amazing people, heard incredible stories, and made new friends. I will return to N.O. again soon. As a New Yorker, I felt a kinship with the people. We are both proud, resilient, and have a fierce love for our city. Following are a few highlights:
Thursday, October 26
Anderson's exhibition, One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds, opened at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The opening garnered a great crowd, and attendees included residents from the block depicted in Anderson's photographs, along with their family and friends. David Houston, the Ogden's Chief Curator/Co-Director, introduced Anderson, who shared stories about his project to an enthusiastic audience.
Friday, October 27
Went shopping at Walmart for supplies for the block party to take place on the 500 block on Caffin Avenue in the Lower 9 the next day. Caffin is one of the streets binding the block where Anderson made his photographs, and the party was to celebrate Anderson's book, and the resilience of this block and community. The house of Lisa Perilloux and Markus Wittmann at 500 was "command central" for the party. They are incredible people who worked very hard to make this party possible.
Saturday, October 28
Morning: Hightailed it uptown to Octavia Books, one of New Orleans' best independent bookstores, to meet up with Richard Misrach, who graciously stopped by to sign copies of Destroy This Memory, just hours before a members-only reception at the New Orleans Museum of Art for his accompanying exhibition: UNTITLED [New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, 2005]. All of Richard's royalties for the book are going to the Make It Right Foundation that is helping to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.
Afternoon: The block party kicked off and the rain came down hard. Nevertheless, people showed up, huddled under the tents to stay dry, and chowed down on jambalaya, collard greens, dirty rice, corn bread, and po'boy sandwiches. Octavia Books was on hand to sell copies of One Block. We started to worry that we would get rained out, but suddenly the rain stopped, a rainbow appeared, and the music began. Little Freddie King played first, followed by Rebirth Brass Band. The music was awesome, and people were dancing and having a grand old time.
Also on Caffin during the block party: A traveling street exhibition in a truck by Aperture photographer Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohouzen titled those who fell through the cracks featuring images of Katrina's devastation and the aftermath. An exhibition featuring portraits and stories of New Orleans' displaced residents by New Orleans photographers and One Block residents Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick. Some of the photographs in this exhibit are published in the 200th issue of Aperture magazine, which is just hitting newsstands this week.
Thank you to our Block Party sponsors The Oxford American and Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, and the wonderful residents of One Block.
Sunday, August 29
On this solemn and moving day of remembrance, Richard Misrach hosted a public lecture on his exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The turnout was fantastic and the show curator, Diego Cortez, made an eloquent introduction to Misrach's talk and work. Following is an excerpt:
"We are all a bit exhausted, witnessing again and again, the media's human-interest stories and documentation of our city's Hurricane Katrina and post-Katrina tragedies. We might fare better if we focus instead on the artistic oracles from countless photographers, filmmakers and writers, who transformed our collective misery into ART instead of the ad nauseam images and copy imposed upon an anxious world audience, in a perpetual news cycle. Let us focus on the achievements of the great poet-journalists of our time, who dropped what they were working on to rush to our destroyed city to make incredible bodies of enlightened documentary work –– artists like Spike Lee, Robert Polidori, Ned Sublette, Mitch Epstein and today's guest, Richard Misrach ….Misrach's message is light, clear and intense. I know that sounds a bit like Edward Albee's description of a painting in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf …'a certain noisy, relaxed quiet intensity.' In Richard Misrach's work, this pictorial irony alludes to the anxieties of our time and culture."
Misrach's talk was captivating, moving, and filled with grace. After introducing the work, he showed the photographs and you could have heard a pin drop in the room. He ended the talk by reading an email that was forwarded by the Houston Chronicle art critic, from a woman who had read about the book and is the sister of the resident of the house on the cover of Destroy This Memory. The story of this family and how the flood separated them is amazing and tragic. You could hear a woman in the audience crying at the conclusion of Misarch's reading of the email. Misrach's lecture was followed by a spirited question and answer session, and then a book signing in the museum bookstore. I saw the exhibition before going to the lecture, and what I found most moving was watching the people of New Orleans reacting to the photographs.
Thank you to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art, Dave Anderson, Richard Misrach, Octavia Books, The Preservation Resource Center, The Oxford American, and to everyone who helped make Aperture's weekend in New Orleans so special and memorable.
All Block Party images courtesy: Thomas Hudson
All NOMA images courtesy Roman Alokhin
Tags: Andrea Smith, Dave Anderson, Richard Misrach


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Saturday, April 16th
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From Fort Smith, take Interstate 40 East (I-40 E) and exit onto AR-23 North (Exit #35, "Ozark"). Travel North on AR-23 for 16 miles, and Mulberry Mountain will be on your right.
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From Fayetteville, travel East on AR-16 and turn right onto AR-23 South. Travel South on AR-23 for 8.2 miles, and Mulberry Mountain will be on your left.
The Fayetteville Visitors Bureau, Ft. Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau and Ozark Tourism Information Center have offered the following information concerning non-camping options, I.e. hotel rooms, during your stay for the Zac Brown Band concert.
Hotels in and around the city of Ozark: Oxford Inn, 305 N. 18th St., Ozark, 479-667-1131
Ozark Inn & Suites, 1711 W. Commercial, Ozark, 479-667-1500
Days Inn, 105 Airport Rd., Ozark, 479-667-2530
Hillbilly Inn, 1109 W. Commercial, Ozark, 479-667-2995
Lamplighter B & B, 905 W. River St., 479-667-3889
Magnolia B & B, 712 N. 3rd St., Ozark, 479-667-1041
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Van Buren: 800-332-5889 or visit www.vanburen.org
ABSOLUTELY NO PETS are allowed anywhere on Mulberry Mountain for the Zac Brown Band Concert. 'Mulberry Mountain' includes the concert venue, campgrounds, and day parking lot. Please contact these local kennels for your pets' stay during the Zac Brown Band Concert. Kennels will book fast, and most require proof of vaccinations in advance.
Fayetteville: The Canine Connection, 2893 N College Ave, (479) 444-0300, www.canineconnection.info
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Park only in designated areas. If your vehicle is found in an unauthorized area it will be towed to the on-site tow lot and a fee will be assessed.
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The party is over at 1 PM Saturday, April 16th. Everyone must clean up their campsite (leave no trace) and be gone by then.
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Absolutely! Please contact Mulberry Mountain directly for rates and options during your extended stay: http://mulberrymountainlodge.com/
Is there anything to do before the show?
Mulberry Mountain has wonderful trails and waterfalls to hike and explore. There is also an on site disc golf course. Mulberry Mountain also has 5 stocked fishing ponds for your enjoyment. If you want to make a weekend of it, Turner Bend, just a few miles down the road, offers canoes and kayaks to float the mighty Mulberry.
What do you provide at the campgrounds?
There are bathrooms, hand wash stations, and potable water. ATMs are available, but we still recommend that you bring enough cash for your stay to avoid long lines or waiting for the machine to be serviced. Please bring enough money for any additional expenses you may have.
What emergency services are available on site? What should I do if I need emergency assistance (medical, police, towing, locksmith, etc.)?
24 hour security, access to a locksmith and EMT's are available. If you need emergency, medical or police attention, contact the nearest security official or go to one of the on-site information or medical tents.
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NO PETS!!! PLEASE LEAVE YOUR PETS AT HOME. If a pet is found in your vehicle you will be turned away - regardless how long you have waited in line or if you have tickets or not.
Will RVs be allowed? Is there a charge? Will there be any hookups? Do we have to reserve a spot?
All RVs entering Mulberry Mountain require an Upgraded Camping ticket or an RV camping ticket. Any RV entering the venue without one of these camping tickets will be turned away, no exceptions! Please review the 'ticket' information at the top of this page for details regarding electric/water hookups. 'RV' includes any RV or DOT Class B vehicle, any vehicle towing an RV, and any vehicle towing a trailer/camper of any size. If you're hitching anything, then it's an 'RV.'
What kind of handicap facilities will you be providing?
Both Accessible Camping and Accessible Parking will be available at the Accessible Campground. All vehicles must have a state issued ADA license plate or placard to enter the Accessible Camping/Parking, and you still need to purchase an Overnight Camping or Day Parking ticket for your vehicle. Space is limited, and Accessible Camping/Parking is first come, first served.
Can I save camping spot for my friends who are arriving later?
No. All camping is first come, first served. If you plan on parking/camping with your party, then all your vehicles must arrive together in a caravan. You cannot save spots for vehicle(s) that are arriving later.
Is there cell phone service available at Mulberry Mountain?
There are numerous mobile phone providers that service the area.
How far is the concert venue from the camping areas?
All campgrounds are within walking distance of the concert venue.
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Since 2006, Laurinburg's Storytelling and Arts Center of the Southeast has been involved in the import business.
The center's Executive Director Jan Schmidt thought it natural to try to counter the mass exodus of industry from the county by bringing in something that could not be sent overseas.
"I was talking to Rebecca Blue about how we could use the John Blue House grounds more often," said Schmidt, a transplant herself. "I had been to the storytelling festival in Tennessee and I thought that would be a perfect thing to do here. We wanted to do something that would help the economy of the community because everything had left to go to China."
More than 800 people attended that first festival.
Some seven years later the center — or SACS as it is called — has not only hosted thousands at its storytelling festivals, but become a real center for the arts with juried art exhibits, jazz performances, musical jam sessions and multicultural events.
Schmidt attributes the center's success to a dedicated base of support from Scotland County's residents, who have been involved in everything from remodeling thecenter' interior to labeling newsletters.
"So many people in this community care about it working," said Schmidt. "I think the fact that we're still here is a testament to the community and the fact that they want it."
In the beginning
SACS began as an independent project of the Scotland County Historic Properties Commission. It became its own organization late in 2007 as the Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast. The name later changed, adding the "and," to reflect the organization's commitment to all forms of art.
"We modeled our storytelling festival after the national," said Brenda Gilbert, chair of the SACS board of directors. "The same people that people go to the national to go to see are right here in Scotland County. We have gotten to be known for quality in our events. I don't think we've ever done anything that wasn't wonderful."
Much of SACS's funding comes from grants, including a grant from the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center that allows it to rent the Main Street facility it has occupied for several years. The building, formerly Barron's Department Store, has granted SACS greater scope in hosting events and performances.
"I've performed throughout the country in all kinds of different venues - I've performed in funeral homes," said Bil Lepp, a nationally renowned storyteller who has performed at the Storytelling Festival of Carolina on several occasions. "To be performing in a former department store is nothing new for storytellers. However it is a very nice place and they've done a lot with it. When you go in there it doesn't fee like a former department store, it feels like a performance center."
Lepp, who will again be performing at the 2013 Storytelling Festival of Carolina, said that storytelling can often flourish more in small, rural towns than it would in more urban areas. The Storytelling Festival of Carolina will hold its seventh festival March 21-23.
"I play more in small communities than I do in large metropolitan areas; almost everything I do is a smaller community performance," Lepp said. "A lot of storytellers seem to think that it works better. In a large metropolitan area there are thousands of things to do and people aren't as receptive to storytelling. Small town communities still remember what storytelling is and they still remember people in their families sitting on the front porch telling stories."
Though many of the storytelling festival's attendees are from out of town, Gilbert, herself a storyteller, said that the familial process of storytelling will keep them coming back for more.
"As storytellers, a lot of what we do is celebrating the ways that we are the same and the sense of community," she said. "The things that happen to you may not be the same experiences but you have the same feelings that I do, and when I tell you about my grandmother you think about yours. It forms bonds and ties. The people who come are people who care about each other and about the world and making it a better place."
SACS has branched out considerably since its early days, however, offering a haven for local musicians, ladies' teas, and bringing headline acts to Laurinburg.
"Brenda had started the storytelling guild and they were meeting monthly here, and then some bluegrass people wanted to have a place to meet, so we started the bluegrass Sundays," Schmidt said. "We expanded our name from the Storytelling Arts Center to the Storytelling and Arts Center and then we started writing grants for music concerts and for art displays."
In October, the SACS calendar included one of its most considerable achievements to date: bringing the storied Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Laurinburg.
"For the Preservation Hall jazz concert, downtown Laurinburg looked like Asheville in the evenings: lights everywhere, music on the street, people everywhere," said Gilbert. "People came from as far away as Florida to see them and they were walking up and down the streets having dinner. It was just magic. People driving by were amazed that this was going on in downtown Laurinburg."
In addition to filling about 100 hotel rooms for the weekend during the storytelling festival, Cory Hughes, director of the Scotland County Tourism Development Authority, said that SACS events help the county build a positive reputation.
"There is a brand value in having Scotland County and Laurinburg associated with top flight opportunities," said Hughes. "It also expands our message to folks in other areas that may be drawn in for something unique and may not normally think about Laurinburg."
Hughes calculated that the Storytelling Festival of Carolina creates $50,000 in local economic activity during the weekend it is held, exclusive of ticket fees charged by SACS. As the county is short on natural tourist attractions, the festival and other SACS events contribute appreciably to its appeal.
"One of the challenges we have in Scotland County is that we have no natural resources: no Liberty Bell and no beaches," Hughes said. "So we need to create reasons to come here in most cases. What a great marquee and promotional opportunity to be able to say that we had someone as prominent as the Preservation Hall Jazz Band."
The primary areas of focus going forward will be to broaden the appeal of SACS to a local audience and to find ways of becoming more independent financially. At last year's Bold Faced Liars competition, 90 percent of those in attendance were from outside Scotland County.
"Part of what we do and one of the reasons we need grants so much is that we really don't charge that much for the things that we do," Schmidt said. "We need to find ways of being more self-supporting, I think. Our festival's not self-supporting, we get grants to help pay for our festival. All of these grants help us to pay for things in order to keep the price low for local people."
Schmidt say the key the center's success will continue to be Scotland residents.
"When we have a ladies' tea, we have 20 people who volunteer to decorate tables, to serve people, to make food, to buy favors, to do centerpieces. Some of them have done it all nine times. When you have such basic needs for people: housing and food and things like that that they need to just survive, it makes it even harder to make your case for the arts."


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This book is a combination of knights and magic. Elspeth Cooper has written a swashbuckling tale with Gair as the protagonist. Gair can fight with his sword or his magic. He is also a shape shifter.
Magic in this land comes as "the music of power." This is the first in a series called "The Wild Hunt." In the second book more characters are introduced.
Article posted March 22, 2013 at 09:04 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 285
Veronica Roth's book takes place in a futuristic dystopian society. When Beatrice Prior turns sixteen she has to choose one of the five predetermined factions. She discovers she is not entirely one faction but is drawn to several. Tris (Beatrice) discovers that there is great unrest and danger as she trains to be part of the Dauntless faction. There are some great actions scenes that make this book very exciting to read.
One of the quotations that inspired Roth's character Tris is written by Agamemnon, "My will is mine…..I shall not make it soft for you."
Article posted February 18, 2013 at 08:34 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 221
Marie Lu has written a fast-paced science fiction thriller. Day is a criminal and June is out to catch him. The two teenagers are from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Day is poor and June is rich. June believes that Day is responsible for her brother's death. Day is a "Robin Hood" character and believes the government is not what it seems. The second book in the series, Prodigy, is also very popular with the cadets.
The Fallen
Article posted January 29, 2013 at 08:43 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 235
One of the cadets asked me about the Bluford Series of books. I finally bought one, The Fallen by Paul Langan. Martin Luna's brother has been accidentally shot and killed. The bullet was meant for his gang leader. "And bullets don't have names. They cut down anyone. Everyone. Even eight-year-olds who are in the wrong place at the wrong time." This story was very touching as Martin conquers his anger and finally does the right thing for himself and his mother.
Isaac's Army
Article posted December 17, 2012 at 12:02 PM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 296
I have a fascination with the Holocaust dating back to high school when my Avon lady came to the house. My Avon lady, Hilda, had a number tattooed on her arm and I asked her about it. She told me the Germans had tattooed her arm during World War II.
Brzezinski's book is really excellent and well researched. He explains the different factions of Jews in Poland and why it was so hard for them to unite against the Germans in Warsaw.
Ender's Game
Article posted November 30, 2012 at 11:14 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 238
I consider Ender's Game a science fiction classic. Card wrote, "Battle School is for training future starship captains and commodores of flotillas and admirals of the fleet." Andrew Scott Card created a military school of the future and the cadets love reading this book. The battleroom scenes in null gravity are my favorite part of the book.
Article posted October 31, 2012 at 11:41 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 355
Tamora Pierce's series about Beka Cooper is a fantasy mystery. The first book, Terrier, is excellent. This book is also a coming of age story as Beka deals with her family and her job. I really enjoyed reading my first book about the fantasy realm of Tortall!
I Am Number Four
Article posted September 21, 2012 at 09:23 AM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 436
Whoa, hold onto your seat! This is one action packed book! Pittacus Lore has written great science fiction. My favorite character is Bernie Kosar, the dog, who is not what he seems. I cannot wait to rent the movie and then read the other two books in the series. The series title is "The Lorien Legacies."
A Game of Thrones
Article posted August 31, 2012 at 04:24 PM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 391
George Martin's series is incredibly bloody and incredibly good. This is a soap opera on a very grand scale. Knights, queens, wizards, kings, and dragons all play a part. Daenerys Targaryen is my favorite character of the series. I have all five books in the series, "A Song of Ice and Fire." The cadets really like this series.
Article posted May 1, 2012 at 07:48 PM GMT-6 • comment • Reads 1376
The final book in the Wake trilogy, Gone, was very dark but had a great ending. Morton's fork is a recurring theme in Lisa McMann's book. Morton's fork is defined as "A situation involving choice between two equally undesirable outcomes." (Wordsmith.org) The heroine, Janie, must choose between two bad outcomes. What a dilemma she has!
Janie meets her father who is also a dream catcher. He is in a coma getting ready to die when Janie finally meets him. Janie comes to terms with her alcoholic mother, the father she never knew, and her love for Cabel. The conclusion was very satisfying.


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An unprecedented cultural and media event: 100 original documents, preserved for 400 years in the Popes' Archive, will leave the confines of the Vatican City walls for the first time in history, and will be admired at the Capitoline Museums in Rome, from 1st March till 9th September 2012, for the exhibition Lux in arcana - The Vatican Secret Archives reveals itself. Conclaves, heresies, popes and emperors. Crusades, excommunications, ciphered letters. Manuscripts, codices, ancient parchments. A unique and once-in-a-lifetime event recounting history through its sources.


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Sheep flock because they're selfish not stupid, scientists report. A study of how a flock of sheep moves to avoid a sheepdog has found the cloven hoofed animals head to safety in the centre of the flock, rather than scatter randomly.
The finding dispels the myth that sheep follow each other blindly when threatened.
Instead, the research supports the idea that an animal targeted as prey will band with its kind in the hope others will be eaten, a theory known as "selfish herd theory".
A team of British scientists attached GPS devices to the backs of 46 sheep and an Australian kelpie working dog on a South Australian farm and recorded the animal's movements every second over three herding sessions.
They found the sheep began to converge when the dog was 70 metres away.
Even as the flock as a whole moved, each sheep continuously competed to be as near the middle as possible.
The research leader and biologist, Andrew King, from the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London, said running towards the centre of the flock reduced a sheep's chances of being on the edge and picked off by a predator.
"Our experiments show that the sheep appear to be considering the position of multiple neighbours in order to move towards the [centre of the flock]," says King.
Many scientists support the "selfish herd theory", first proposed by the British evolutionary biologist Bill Hamilton, for why animals such as seals, crabs, and pigeons group together, but gathering data on the phenomena has been difficult.
A biologist from the University of Massachusetts, Theodore Stankowich, said it was difficult to measure 2D spatial information on large animals in the wild.
"They've taken advantage of a unique opportunity to work with the sheep to answer these types of questions in a controlled environment," Dr Stankowich, who was not involved in the study, said.
While the study used a sheepdog as the predator, sheep may have a different response to other animals, Dr King, whose findings are published in the journal Current Biology,said.
"[Dogs] could be a downgraded level of threat, because it's something the sheep have experienced before."
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The Campbell County cross-country teams competed in the Cove Lake Invitational last Thursday. The top two girls in the county were Michaela Thomas who finished sixth place. Jellico's Olivia Veach finished an impressive 11th out of the 63 competitors in the race. Also participating was Venessia Troxell of Jellico and Chelsey Kennedy of Campbell County. The Cougars' Ben Vinsant hit a personal record for the season, finishing with a 19:33. That time was good enought for 18th. Ryan Middleton also turned in a personal best on the course.
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Pirate Bay Versus Hollywood
About one week ago P2P monster lost a court case in the Swedish court system. The four key players for the company were all sentenced to jail for 1 year, and fined 3.5 million dollars. The case against them was brought on by Warner Brothers, Sony Music, and EMI. But incredibly, Pirate Bay is still up and running as usual. Seemingly a victory for the media giants, it now appears that the Pirates Bay is actually benefitting from some sort of backlash affect from the conviction. Now many IPS providers will not block the Pirate Bay and now that are not going to keep records on any websites activities on their network to avoid future lawsuits that could develop.
The Pirate Bay has taken an openly aggressive stance in regards to the legality of what they do. Furthermore, they seemed to get no resistance from the powers to be. Eventually, under pressure from media giants from Hollywood, and overall over the globe for that matter, the Swedish government took action.
The case started back in 2006 when the Pirate Bay offices were entered by authorities and arrests were made. The backlash was increased awareness of the Pirate Bay, resulting in growth in the company. The company actually doubled its membership during this troubles time.
So the ultimate battle of content rights versus copyright laws begins. By trying to aggressively shut the Pirates Bay down, Hollywood has unwittingly made the Pirate Bay a poster site for battling the copywriter's position. After the original raid back in 2006, membership in the Pirate Bay soared. This seemed like open support was being given to the site.
In the trial the defense team stood firm on the ground that there is nothing illegal about what Pirate Bay was doing. If someone using the site was breaking copyright laws themselves then they should be held accountable, not Pirate Bay. They took the example of a Pirate Bay user named King Kong. One EU directive already states that an information service provider is not responsible for the information that is transferred through the service. In order for the service itself to be responsible, they must initiate the transfer. In the case of Pirate Bay, the website does no transferring.
All transfers are done by the users on the site, like our "King Kong" character. In order for Pirate Bay to be even an accessory to any crime that a user might commit using their service, they would have to have a close tie to the user being accused. No such connections were ever proven. Accusing the Pirate Bay collectively for a crime possibly committed by King Kong, that the Pirate Bay has no close connection to would violate the concept of normal legal grounds.
Never the less, the owners were convicted of accessory to the crime against copyright law. All other charges were dropped in the case. The fact Is that this ruling has angered the public, and even some musicians and other people seemingly on the other side of the fence. We will be waiting to see where this leads.


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HGTV.com HGTV Message Boards Shows HGTV Design Star Danielle's advantage for episode six - also double elimination. |
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Vern told Danielle that winning would give her an advantage in the next challenge. I think she will get to choose her partner for the kitchen challenge. That's a good perk because winning usually only means they don't get voted off. I wonder how many challenges each previous winner of Design Star won during their season? Anyone know? Also this will be another double elimination week. I remember them maybe doing one double elimination a season. I wonder why they are doing another one, seems like that will really shorten the season. Maybe they are planning something special for the last episode....maybe a two parter? | |||
I believe if I remember correctly that Meg won at least twice last season. I am thinking of the episode where she used the peg board and hung kitchen utensils and also the episode where she nailed the slats and shelves on the wall. | ||||
Meg won for that headboard in the B&B episode, the one none of us here really liked. I remember the peg board but don't remember her winning for it. I'm going to see if I can find the still photos from last season, I know this years says who won. I just looked at the previews for the next episode and Danielle is paired with Britany, so if I'm right and she got to pick then there must be no hard feelings from the last episode. Maybe they just gave her some extra money in her budget. | ||||
I couldn't find all the episodes for last season but I think Meg won 3 times. Her first was the B&B, then the one with the slats, and she won the little house challenge. Kellie won the kitchen challenge. I had totally forgotten that Meg won the little house, I loved Karl's so much that I would have bet money that he won. How quickly I forget! | ||||
Wiki has charts for each season showing how the contestants were rated for each challenge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...esign_Star_(season_1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...sign_Star_(season_2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...esign_Star_(season_3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...sign_Star_(season_4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...esign_Star_(season_5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...sign_Star_(season_6) | ||||
Calliope, Thank you so much for these links. That is very interesting. I could not bring seasons 1 and 3 and 5 up. I will try to put the links in again and hope they work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...esign_Star_(season_1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...sign_Star_(season_3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...esign_Star_(season_5) UPDATE: The link for season 3 works, but seasons 1 and 5 still don't come up.This message has been edited. Last edited by: mriley, | ||||
Thanks Calliope and mriley for the links. That was a lot easier than looking through all the still photos. There have been seasons with two double eliminations, season two had 3 double eliminations. But since season 3 there has only been one double elimination each season. Each season hasn't had the same number of episodes. They haven't always picked a winner in each episode, some seasons show just a high or low. David had one win, Kim Myles didn't have any wins but some of their episodes didn't have a winner. Emily is the only one with no wins in a season were each episode had a winner. Almost makes me want to watch each season again! | ||||
The links work if you add the closing parenthesis ) where they show up in black instead of blue. It's interesting to see how some designers basically skated through to the end, while others had multiple wins and were sent home. This is most obvious in Seasons 2 & 3, which is probably why they got rid of the viewer vote. There's been a lot of talk about how the judges take previous results into account, like Rachel staying even though she's performed poorly two weeks in a row. But if they were really running a tally on performance, some seasons would be very different. In Season 5, for instance, Emily was clearly in last place going into the Glass House Challenge (4 Highs and 2 Lows vs Casey's 4 Highs and 2 Wins). Did Casey mess up so much that the previous wins didn't matter? | ||||
Season 5 was the first one that I watched. They had a weird concept that season, each challenge the contestents had to pick something and use it either in the design or base the design on it. They used musical instruments in one episode, it was just strange. Vern and Gen were also very critical that season, sometimes they were just mean. I don't think that Casey's glass room was bad but they don't always pick the ones I like. After Meg won last year and many on this board and on the blog complained, the producer said the judges spent 4 hours looking over everything Meg and Karl did before they made their decision. I don't think we have ever really heard the reasons why the judges pick who they pick. They say what they like and don't like during the walk-through, then the little snippets during the evaluations but I don't think we ever get a complete picture of why one goes and one stays. Rachel and Kris are a perfect example, Rachel's room was horrible, Kris's room was crowded but still had some good stuff. But Kris got sent home, we can only speculate why. | ||||
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Springdale A Finalist in Race to The Top Money
By: Jonathan Martinez
Updated: November 28, 2012
The US Department of Education made the announcement saying the District is among 61 finalists selected from nearly 400 applications.
Money awarded will be used to support locally developed plans to improve learning.
The Department expects to choose 15 to 25 winners and they will receive between $5 million to $40 million dollars.
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Help plan the future Mt Scott / Scouter Mt Trail Loop which will connect the Springwater Corridor Trail south to the Clackamas River. Major parks and natural areas along the proposed trail route include Zenger Farm, Powell Butte Nature Park, Buttes Natural Area, Scouter Mt Natural Area, Hood View Park, Mt Talbert Nature Park, Happy Valley Nature Park, and many schools. The trail will also be linked to the MAX Green Line and numerous TriMet bus lines. Also learn about the development of the Scouter Mt Nature Park.
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On Monday, it was the VIDA/Riverhead fundraiser at the Brooklyn Brewery. I've got this brutal hacking cough that alternately sounds like deep bronchitis and wheezy consumption, so I was an ideal party guest. Particularly at a party where ladies were assembled to meet and champion other ladies. I followed a friend around, kind of a networking wingwoman, because handing cards out looks more sensible when you've got a friend to introduce. She blew me away—I've never seen anyone hustle so hard for poetry. I met an extraordinary woman who writes for places that I admire, and when I finally put two and two together, I realized she'd written pieces I admire, too. I left Williamsburg feeling like my feathers had been ruffled, like I'd been slowly startled into awareness. But I couldn't quite pinpoint what I'd figured out.
On Thursday, it was that piece in The Atlantic by Anne-Marie Slaughter. Of course these days Facebook is gathering up network trends and lets me know helpful things like "nine of your friends are discussing foot-binding" or whatever so I can know how to fit in. All people I've ever known shared this article (it's already the most-read piece in the site's history), so I read it, top to bottom, last night, even when it really stopped bearing any relation to my life or the life I envision, five or ten years down the line. The part that stuck was the generational divide. I think a lot of younger lady bloggers have noted it, too.
The striking gap between the responses I heard from those young women (and others like them) and the responses I heard from my peers and associates prompted me to write this article. Women of my generation have clung to the feminist credo we were raised with, even as our ranks have been steadily thinned by unresolvable tensions between family and career, because we are determined not to drop the flag for the next generation. But when many members of the younger generation have stopped listening, on the grounds that glibly repeating "you can have it all" is simply airbrushing reality, it is time to talk.
Older ladies prescribing what I think is rightly characterized as "feminist credo". It's an issue worth examining, but maybe not here; this week has been about impressions, mediations on a theme, and looking back on it, I don't really think I understand what it means to be a woman, in Anne-Marie Slaughter's world—college-educated, ambitious, simultaneously desiring a family and a super-career—and in VIDA's world, where people pitch articles and are published regardless of gender or sex. I don't know if I was supposed to glean any answers from the articles or the conversations. But I'm going to keep trying.
In between, on Tuesday, it was Sheila Heti. I haven't read How Should a Person Be?, or anything else by Heti, but I went to her reading at powerHouse Arena and she was just lovely—gracious and brief and a little skeptical when some of the questions from the audience were not-so-hot. So maybe it's best to leave it with a passage she read that evening, on ladies.
One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me. There is no ideal model for how my mind should be. For men, it's pretty clear. That's the reason you see them trying to talk themselves up all the time. I laugh when they won't say what they mean so the academies will study them forever. I'm thinking of you, Mark Z., and you, Christian B. You just keep peddling your phony-baloney genius crap, while I'm up giving blow jobs in heaven.


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5 July 2012 - NATO PA PRESIDENT CONCLUDES VISIT TO UKRAINE
NATO Parliamentary Assembly President, Dr Karl A. Lamers (Germany), has just concluded an official visit to Ukraine, where he visited former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kharkiv before meeting with Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn, and other government and opposition representatives in Kyiv and Kharkiv. |
"I was deeply moved by my visit to Yulia Timoshenko in the hospital. Despite her obvious health problems, she remains as spiritually strong and as determined as ever. I am convinced, however, that her recovery would be greatly facilitated if she could be treated in an independent environment. While the quality of medical care available is excellent she is unwilling to undergo some procedures in an atmosphere of mistrust and intrusive surveillance," said Lamers. "I therefore reiterated Germany's standing offer to provide treatment in Germany. She welcomed this and she confirmed that it is important for her to return to the homeland she loves – even to a prison cell – as soon as her health is restored". In the following meetings with Ukrainian government representatives, Dr Lamers stressed the necessity of Tymoshenko's treatment in an environment of confidence. He emphazised that the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is firmly committed to its long-standing relationship with the Verkhovna Rada, and that Ukraine's deep and extensive cooperation with NATO was highly appreciated. Noting the forthcoming 15th anniversary of the NATO-Ukraine Charter, Dr Lamers said: "We all acknowledge Ukraine's invaluable contribution to NATO operations, ranging from KFOR to ISAF and soon to include Ocean Shield and the NATO Response Force. This extensive practical cooperation continues, even though Ukraine is no longer aspiring to NATO membership." "Nevertheless, as a friend of Ukraine, I am deeply concerned by the trials and incarceration of members of the former government. Questions are being asked about the Criminal Code, the selective application of justice, the independence of the judiciary. These concerns have been expressed by many international bodies, most recently exemplified in a judgment by the European Court of Human Rights." "Ukraine and its people rightly gained widespread international admiration for the hosting of the EURO 2012 championship. We fear that all this good will could be eroded by what is seen as Ukraine's government's departure from common European democratic values. We would like to see Ukraine's renewed commitment to these values. The first step in this direction could be a humanitarian gesture in Mrs Tymoshenko's case." |


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A community is on edge because someone is setting fires. Investigators tell 11 News they are looking for a serial arsonist.
Authorities released a map that shows a rash of fires on the east side of Pueblo in the area of Hudson and Erie Avenue between 4th and 8th Street. Fire investigators say there has been a cluster of 14 fires in the last few months.
Another fire was set Wednesday morning.
The Pueblo Fire Department says the fires were started in several vacant homes and in trash in back alleys. On Wednesday night, the Fire Department held a town hall meeting to get the word out and encourage the community to help put a stop to this.
"Just this morning, there appears to have been another one started with flammable liquids, very suspicious; police say it's probable arson. The irony is that it happened the day of our town hall meeting," said Pueblo Fire Chief Chris Riley.
No one has been hurt at this point, but neighbors are concerned that will change.
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Pembroke - The Appalachian Trail celebrated its 75th anniversary in August but the celebration is still going strong at Mountain Lake Conservancy and Hotel. Two can enjoy the weekend with meals and a guided hike for $443, or stay just one night for $221.50. Backpacking/hiking gear is not included. Offer available September 21-23 or October 12-14.
Luray - The fall color on the mountains makes a stunning backdrop for teeing off at the Caverns Country Club Resort, an 18-hole, par 72 course. Stay two nights in one of the Luray Caverns motels and enjoy unlimited golf and dining certificates for $249 per person. Offer valid through November 18.
Sperryville - If you're the ultimate nature lover, Cardinal Springs Farm invites you to hike their trails, meet their animals, and enjoy the pond dock and magnificent fall scenery. They're only 10 minutes from Skyline Drive, if you want a view from on high, or 20 minutes from Old Rag for the avid hiker. The package is three nights and a $50 dining certificate for $685. Valid through December 31.
Orange - However you want to enjoy the beauty of fall, the innkeepers at Holladay House Bed and Breakfast can arrange it - horseback riding, kayaking or hot air ballooning! Stay two nights and explore with one of the three aforementioned activities, plus breakfast, a picnic lunch, two one-hour in-room massages and complimentary wine tasting passes for $659. If two nights isn't enough, add on a thrid for 50% off the rack rate. Valid through December 31.
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Blacksburg - Beliveau Estate is near the Appalachian Trail or they have trails of their own for the couple who enjoys a brisk fall walk for color. Stay two nights, enjoy a great breakfast and then take the packed picnic lunch for your adventure. Afterward, a wine tasting and one-hour massages await. $699 and valid through November 21.
Luray - Backcountry hikers are more than welcome to lay over in Shenandoah National Park. Stay the night and have a hearty breakfast before heading out again. 10% midweek discount at Lewis Mountain Cabins or $119 at either Skyland Resort or Big Meadows Lodge.
Nellysford - October is Virginia Wine Month and wine lovers will no doubt love a fun scavenger hunt leading to four local wineries! Stay at The Mark Addy Inn for two nights and be greeted with two bottles of wine, chocolates in your room, three-course country breakfasts and complimentary tours of the four wineries. $419 and available through December 31.
Charlottesville - Explore the beautiful Charlottesville area from the esteemed Board's Head Inn. Your one-night stay will include breakfast and dinner for two plus all resort fees. From $299 and valid through December 31.
Wintergreen - An intimate mountaintop wedding in the middle of fall sounds like a stunning proposition. Say "I Do" from the top of a rock formation with an amazing view and head straight into the honeymoon with a night at a Wintergreen Resort condo. Your elopement will include the wedding officiant, lodging, professional photography and legal document filing. Add on a bouquet, boutonniere or DVD if you wish. Intended for the couple only due to the moderately difficult hike. $1465 and valid through November 11.
Charlottesville - Stay two nights on a working vineyard at the luxurious Arcady Vineyard Bed & Breakfast and be spoiled with a full farm fresh breakfast, chilled sparking wine in your room, a wine and cheese social, an all-inclusive wine tour, plus a chauffeured wine tour to four other local wineries. You might not want to leave! $800-$855 and valid through September 27.
Clarksville - Take in the beautiful reflections of the fall scenery from a pontoon boat when you spend two nights at Cooper's Landing Inn. Candlelight breakfast, goodies for your three-hour boat ride, plus a one-hour trail ride with a guide and a picnic lunch ... that's a great weekend in lake country! $525 and valid through November 30.
Chesapeake - Live music, great Virginia wines (as well as international wines), and the region's best eats make the Chesapeake Wine Festival one of the biggest events of the year. Take advantage of a special rate of $79 per night at Hyatt Place Chesapeake/Greenbrier when you attend the festival. Book by October 11. Chesapeake Wine Festival is October 25-29.
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New Market - How does a B&B for your family of four sound? It'll be just you; you'll have the place to yourself. That's what Apple Blossom Inn B&B is offering. Bring your family of four (no children under 9) and enjoy the nearby attractions - Shenandoah Caverns and American Celebration on Parade - plus a delicious breakfast that even the kids will love. $200 and valid through October 1.
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behavior cause your gonna fail everytime you try ,years ago when i was in high school i kicked the crap out of a guy on the football feild over a girl ,how many of u have fought over a girl in your life ? us guys have been battling over women for ages .... some of the Most feirce wars in history were fought over a woman because a woman has what we want ..... plain and simple shane was lori's " fantasy " and rick and carl killed that " Fantasy " so shes pissed .....think about it you know im right guys .
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lol last time i said that it took me almost a month to heal ....
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Year in review: April 2012, 'Five Points benches remain removed'
Date: December 25, 2012
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
The Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously Monday to keep benches out of Selby Five Points Park, citing as their main reason for doing so the recommendations of the Sarasota Police Department and two organizations that are champions of the homeless community.
The benches were pulled out of the park last summer after residents and business owners complained they attracted transients and panhandlers who intimidated them and didn't allow them to stroll into nearby shops.
Sarasota Police Lt. Randy Boyd told commissioners that, without a doubt, the area around Selby Five Points Park is safer since the benches were removed.
"When the benches were there, we were getting untold numbers of complaints, and crime numbers were up," Boyd told commissioners at their regular meeting. "Now that they're gone, it's a nice, safe place to visit, and that's our goal."
Boyd suggested the city not consider putting benches back in the park unless codes were in place that prevented the park from becoming a gathering place "for homeless people that continually commit crimes."
"The problems have been alleviated there," Boyd said.
The Rev. Tom Pfaff, chair of the Sarasota Ministerial Alliance, also suggested the benches remain gone.
"We had a super majority of our 11-member board agree not to return benches because of the testimony we heard from (the police department)," Pfaff said. "When benches are there, the crime comes."
Pfaff said putting the benches back in the park only encourages the homeless to use the park instead of several downtown agencies enlisted to care for them.
"We are enabling them to continue being homeless and encouraging them not to go to the care of downtown agencies," Pfaff said.
Director of Public Works Doug Jeffcoat also reported that 14 of the 16 emails the city received on the issue were in favor of the benches staying out of the park.
"There's even been comments made to staff about the park being so much cleaner now, even though the level of service there hasn't changed," Jeffcoat said.
The majority of the 25 people who spoke on the matter were in favor of keeping the benches out of the park, including Downtown Sarasota Alliance Chairman John Harshman.
"Returning the benches would have a dramatic and negative impact," Harshman said.
Downtown resident Frank Brenner agreed.
"To restore the benches would offend reason and ignore history," Brenner said.
But some favored the replacement of benches at the park.
"People do want to know where the benches are," said Occupy Sarasota leader Paul Tuttle.
Some retirees also voiced support for the replacement of the benches, claiming they haven't shopped or eaten downtown as much since they have been removed.
Commissioner Shannon Snyder made a motion that received a 5-0 unanimous vote to keep the benches out of the park.
A suggestion by Commissioner Willie Shaw to consider renting chairs in the park on an hourly basis will also be looked into by city staff.
Vice Mayor Terry Turner told the crowd Monday afternoon that the decision should not be viewed as one that discriminates against the homeless.
"There will surely be those who say Sarasota is the meanest city," Turner said. "But the residents of Sarasota are generous, caring and wish to help those in need. But not every person on the street wishes to be helped."
Turner noted the city has multiple services for the homeless and provides hundreds of thousands of free meals to the homeless each year.
Update: The benches remain removed from Five Points Park and the controversy surrounding the issue has decreased.
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The three upcoming so-called presidential debates (actually parallel interviews) between Obama and Romney show the pathetic mainstream campaign press for what it is – a mass of dittoheads desperately awaiting gaffes or some visual irregularity by any of the candidates. The press certainly does not demand elementary material from the candidates such as the secret debate contract negotiated by the Obama and Romney campaigns that controls the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), the campaigns' corporate offspring.
A similar secret contract between George W. Bush and John Kerry in 2004, obtained by George Farah, executive director of Open Debates (www.opendebates.org) showed just how the two Parties rig the debate process. Both Parties agreed that they would: (1) not request any additional debates, (2) not appear at any other debate or adversarial forum with any other presidential or vice presidential candidate, and (3) not accept any television or radio air time offers that involve a debate format. Were this deal to be between two corporations, they could be prosecuted for criminal violation of the antitrust laws.
This year voters are not allowed to know about the current backroom fix between Obama and Romney.
Farah revealed more. The Bush/Kerry closeout of the voters and the media extended to their agreeing not to ask each other direct questions but only rhetorical questions, and to clear any questions from the audience by their chosen moderator prior to the debates. Of course third party candidates are excluded. In 2000 and 2004, national polls showed majorities wanting me in the debates – the only way non-billionaires could reach tens of millions of voters – but the captive CPD and their compliant director, Janet Brown, created other exclusionary barriers.
Nothing seems to motivate the mainstream campaign press into challenging the two Party duopoly, its definition of important questions, or the rancid corporate sponsorship of the debates down to the hospitality parties the corporatists hold at the debate locations in Colorado, New York and Florida this October. The reporters must like the free wine and food.
Nor did the supine press inform the voters of recent written requests by numerous organizations in the Pittsburgh, District of Columbia and Portland, Oregon regions inviting the presidential candidates to debate in these areas (http://nader.org/2012/09/18/ralph-nader-dc-organizations-call-for-presidential-debate/). Heaven forbid that the people strive to shape the presidential debate process and weaken the duopoly's grip. Imagine a democratic process.
Substantively, the supine press applies its own rules. Rule One is to avoid pressing questions that extend the public's agenda beyond what the two major candidates are wrangling over. So if they don't debate pulling back from unauthorized wars, invasions, incursions or other important foreign policy moves they are not asked. Rule Two is to ignore what major civic groups or groups with credible track records propose for the candidates to address. So Obama and Romney are not pressed by the press to expressly respond to many important issues including: what they would do on law enforcement against corporate crime, fraud and abuse, whether they favor a $10 minimum wage that catches up to 1968, inflation adjusted, for 30 million workers, or on their positions on either a Wall Street speculation tax that can raise big money or even a carbon tax.
Union organizing rights, workers' health and safety, and a variety of important consumer protections are scarcely on the press table even when their own colleagues often report on these timely subjects.
When a matter is super-timely and they can interview the nation's foremost expert on the politics of presidential debates – George Farah, author of No Debate – the major media is not interested. They have rejected his op-eds. Apart from local radio shows, he cannot get on national public radio, public TV or the commercial networks. It is not for lack of space and time being devoted to the Presidential campaigns.
I know Farah. He worked for me over a decade ago, right out of Princeton before going to Harvard Law School. He is an interviewers' dream –speaks crisply, cogently and convincingly. Continued...
Maybe reporters should be given "curiosity training sessions" about what the public needs and wants to know but that the candidates are not interested in discussing.
Maybe columnists should work with the people on the ground instead of just working off clips and dealing with political flaks who restrict access to the candidates. Some columnists could benefit from a sabbatical for self-renewal. Maybe editors and producers should expand beyond the usual "talking heads" and give the many important outside voices and movements some deserved coverage.
Our country needs a better performance by the major media that is stuck in routines, ruts and stagnant self-censorship from the national to the local levels. This is especially true of the concentrated television industry that uses our public airwaves, free of charge.
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Hurdle big reason Overbay signed with the Bucs
First baseman Lyle Overbay's decision to come to Pittsburgh this season had a lot to do with Manager Clint Hurdle.
"I've got three boys," Overbay said of his sons who are 7, 6 and 2. "And Clint Hurdle is a man who is, in a sense, raising boys here in this clubhouse. He is an inspirational person and I'd like to coach someday and that is the kind of man I want to surround myself with."
"Things are changing here and I want to be part of something special," Overbay said.
Overbay made his major league debut in 2001 with Arizona and spent three years with the Diamondbacks. He then spent two seasons with the Brewers and the last five with the Blue Jays.
"I was with Milwaukee when we lost just as much and my second year there [in 2005], we turned it around. It was like we had won the World Series [finishing 81-81]. That same kind of stepping stone can be done here, things are changing, confidence is here, people here are not accepting losing. It doesn't take long around these guys to realize it."
Overbay attended the Bucs mini camp held this week where one of the things that was discussed was trust.
"I want to know where I am and be part of the solution and help," Overbay said. "One of the questions Clint asked me, and he asked everyone was, 'Do you trust me?'
"You have to trust him because he's honest. He tells you where you stand with him. I'm a grown man and if he says something that I might not like, he's not out there to hurt me, he's out there to make me better. I understand that and that's a big part of what is going to be the atmosphere around here — you have to trust Clint."
Fans were not happy that the Pirates didn't sign a bigger name free-agent first baseman (like Derek Lee) but instead signed Overbay. Hurdle addressed which players the Pirates acquire:
"At this point in time, people need to realize something," he said. "We need to identify players who are out there, but who also want to come here, and then we have to go recruit those guys.
"There are a lot of people who say, 'Well, you should have gone out and tried to get this guy or that guy.' Well, you know what, maybe that guy never even wanted to come to Pittsburgh. And it is not about another million dollars or another 3 million dollars, there are some guys who are never coming to Pittsburgh. That's the reality of where we are right now. And the reality is we aren't going to get them until we start winning."