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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 when I was 30 and lost both breasts, followed by six months of aggressive chemotherapy. Seven years later, at 37, I was in for a regular check-up and after a bone marrow biopsy, I was told that 98 percent of my plasma cells were cancer and that I had six months to live, that I had a rare cancer called multiple myeloma. I was hospitalized at once and I lost everything. From 1995 to 1998 I was on high-dose chemo therapy and had two bone marrow transplants back to back. My life was over, as I knew it. I worked hard for six years to finish court reporting school and being a single mother of one daughter. My little girl was only five when my hair fell out the first time. All she knew was her mommy was going to die. I have lost too many good friends to cancer. I had no medical insurance and fought for everything I could get. Several doctors in Newport Beach teamed together and treated me for free, getting the chemo donated to me for the breast cancer. There was Dr. Burns, Dr. Barth, Dr. Long, Dr. Harvey Heinricks, all who took care of me on their own dime. I started a cancer support called the Walking Fish Society, for young adults with cancer from 18 to 40. Why? Because people think fish don't walk and they think we don't live.
The doctors are not sure why I am alive today. I am in the 3% survivorship of my diagnosis. I had five years of interferon and 13 years of monthly Zometa, which they are now discovering can cause spontaneous femur fractures.
I had just ordered a new bike for Sea Otter in 2009 and my leg started hurting on my left femur. They could not find out what was wrong. After lots of tests, they said the multiple myeloma was back. Right before a scheduled surgery, they changed their mind and said that it was a mistake. They said maybe I have a stress fracture from trauma and there was nothing they could do. (that trauma was from a mt bike crash) Zometa is a drug that won't allow your bones to heal. I have been off that drug since March of 2009.
In June of 2009, I was visiting a friend out of town. Somebody knocked at the door. I answered it and my dog run out. The man at the door was very drunk and would not move out of my way. As I stepped around him, I felt something strange and my body just froze in the doorway. Then I could hear it. I said, "Oh my God, I think my leg is breaking"
And it did. My femur snapped in half. 15 hours in the ER – months of recovery, nursing home and painful therapy and the titanium rod on my leg, I got back on my bike!
A friend of mine is Colette McFadden and she rode the Vision Quest in my honor, when the doctors said the cancer had returned. My goal and dream is to finish Counting Coup on my birthday on April 7, 2012.

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- Melissa Riddle CCM Magazine
- 2005 18 Oct
It's a hot, humid June night.
A night when most good Baptists head to church for Wednesday night prayer meeting. But this is no ordinary Wednesday night. No sir. This is Wednesday night at the 2005 Southern Baptist Convention. Twelve thousand of the dedicated are gathered at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center to hear SBC leaders cast the vision for the largest denomination in the United States.
Missionaries from all over the world tell stories of God at work among "the least of these." The Rev. Billy Graham's grandson is present for the unveiling of a bronze sculpture to honor such "a great Southern Baptist." A full orchestra plays on cue as a worship team leads the audience in hymns and choruses blended to suit even the most finicky worshiper. The people sing with rousing gusto, palpable fervor. The clock meanders to 7, 7:30, then approaches 8 pm. The crowd seems to grow weary of the waiting. A 1,000-voice-choir stands at the ready, every bit as eager as the crowd below, anticipating the highlight of the evening.
Now, this would be the dramatic, veil-ripping part of the event where the arena lights fade to black, music from "2001: A Space Odyssey" fills the air and a legendary band storms the stage, sweeping the audience off its feet in a rush of excitement and deafening applause.
But it didn't happen quite like that.
Oh, the crowd was swept away, alright. They couldn't have been happier if Elvis himself, guitar slung over his cape-draped shoulder, appeared before them. The applause was loud and enthusiastic. And when the band began to play, everyone under 45 began to sing along, the words as familiar and personal as a close family friend. The seven-piece band was as un-rock-star-like as a band can possibly be, as ordinary as the next-door neighbor, as average as your Uncle Jack.
Ordinary people. A real estate agent, a Christian bookstore sales clerk, a graphic artist, a video guy/janitor at the church – a group of dedicated youth workers who used their musical gifts to lead their kids in worship. This is Casting Crowns, the hottest band in Christian music. The hottest new thing by far. Christian music buyers couldn't empty store and e-shelves of its self-titled debut fast enough. In fact, Casting Crowns was the fastest- selling new Christian act of 2003 and 2004. Think platinum in less than two years. Think rare for a new artist.
Christian radio hounds around the country couldn't (and still can't) rotate "If We Are The Body," "The Voice of Truth" and "Who Am I?" fast enough, and even curmudgeonly music critics gave them props for "natural talent" and "lyrical integrity."
The 2005 GMA Music Awards bore witness with no less than 13 nominations and seven Dove Awards, including "Group of the Year," "Song of the Year for 'Who Am I?'", "Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year," "Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year," and "Songwriter of the Year" for front man Mark Hall.
And the band has performed for more than one million people.
Not bad for an eager upstart looking for Christian music stardom, but for a group of youth workers from Atlanta who set out only to make another CD of songs for their church kids, it has been a whirlwind of a surprise.
"No one is more surprised at the past couple of years than we are," guitarist Juan (pronounced 'Ju-wan') DeVevo says. "A couple of years back, we'd never thought about competing or signing a record deal or anything like that. It had never crossed our minds. And to think God had all this planned for us, just a youth band, is amazing."
But for all the success, accolades and excitement, there are still some folks scratching their heads, wondering what it is about this unlikely band of ordinary Joes and Jills that makes them so extraordinary. Why is what they're selling so irresistible?
They certainly don't look the part. And let's just be upfront about it. These seven people certainly aren't fashion magazine material. Better still, they wouldn't want to be. Megan Garrett and Melodee DeVevo personify "the girl next door." Warm, conversational women who care more about their relationships than the latest trend in clothing or the newest fad diet, they are average-sized women who, like most of us, struggle to see themselves as God sees them and not as society expects them to be.
"From a girl's perspective," Garrett says, "it's intimidating to see all these perfectly beautiful singers, even in Christian music. I'm close to six feet tall. I've never been a small person. Melodee and I try to look nice when we go on stage, but at the same time we don't get stressed trying to do the heels and the bling-bling everywhere. Magazines and TV make you feel so inadequate, so it's encouraging when young girls and women come up to me saying, 'It's really encouraging to me to see a real-size person on stage for once.' I think that's one of the reasons I am who I am … for this season we're in."
The guys in the band, meanwhile, don't have chiseled faces or six-pack abs, and aren't too concerned with whether their clothes match or not.
"Honestly," says drummer Andy Williams, sporting a shaved noggin, "what you see is what you get with us. We're not the band that gets off the bus looking like rock stars. We're usually in our sleep pants and t-shirts and flip-flops, with our hair – well, everyone's hair but mine – all over the place, so being cool is pretty much out of the question."
"There's nothing glamorous about a slightly overweight, 35-year-old father of three," says Mark Hall of himself. "But we certainly don't want to seem like bitter ugly people. We're just who we are when we show up. We've had stylists for photo shoots, someone to help us pick out a shirt every once in awhile, but that's just because there are a lot of guys in the band, and we don't know how to dress."
Unassuming, self-deprecating and the first to poke fun at themselves, Casting Crowns doesn't give a whole lot of thought to what constitutes "coolness." They're too preoccupied with being real and following God. Without that, there would be no music and no ministry.
"When they wake up and when they go to bed, give or take a few grouchy moments, everybody here is basically, 'This is who I am, and I'm not going to pretend,'" says Mark's wife (and the road manager) Melanie. "The people you see on the stage are the same people I see on the bus every day."
After all, they agree, this whole music adventure is not about being seen. It's more about being heard. "Most people who go to a Casting Crowns concert hardly even open their eyes anyway," violinist Melodee DeVevo says with a grin. "I mean, we could have choreographed movements that would be wasted on the audience because it wouldn't matter. Our fans are not in the room because somebody looks cool, or because they want to be like that person; it's because of the songs. It really is their worship moment."
With last month's release of sophomore project, "Lifesong," there's a whole host of record label people eager to prove that the success of Casting Crowns' debut was no fluke. That all the accolades (and all the album sales) of the past two years were only the beginning of even bigger things to come. That there's a whole lot more extraordinary stuff where that came from.
But make no mistake, the band says, none of it came from them.
I want to sign Your name to the end of this day
Knowing that my heart was true
Let my lifesong sing to you …
"When something happens in your life, and you know full well that there's not a single thing you did to make it happen, and you're not good enough to make it happen, much less keep it happening," Mark Hall says, "you just know that for some reason God wants it to be right now. You just bloom where you're planted. You just do it until the next thing comes."
It's just like his day job, student ministry, he continues. "I never had a resume. You just go when you're going like you're never going to leave, and you just love on people and give it everything you've got until God gives you something new."
And be prepared, he says, for the fact that "He may not."
"I went through a little weirdness right before we started recording "Lifesong," and we had some neat talks with Steven Curtis [Chapman] and with [Third Day lead singer] Mac Powell, just about the pressure stuff. And there came a point when I just had to lay that down and just do it. And even if not, I'm still speaking this Wednesday night to my kids back home."
"Lifesong," like the debut album that precedes it, finds Hall and Casting Crowns focused on the same truth-can-be-a-tough-pill-to-swallow message: There are broken people within arm's reach of the church, and if there is any hope of healing, it begins with people who will be the hands and feet of Jesus. Not unlike "We Are the Body," with its confrontational tone toward the church, new songs such as "Stained Glass Masquerade" and "Does Anybody Hear Her?" prick consciousnesses and seek to change hearts.
Mark Hall's lyrics are every bit as powerful and beautiful and pointed as before, and if some choose to believe that the music of Casting Crowns simply "preaches to the choir," then so be it. Doesn't the choir need to hear it?
"That's a misconception a lot of people seem to have," says Hall. "How can writing songs that challenge the church, songs that ask Christians to consider their actions, be a bad thing? After all, it's the message that matters, not the labels that exist in the Christian music industry or even the biases shared among Christian music fans. Every Christian artist has a ministry – within and outside the church – and each one is important.
"Christian music is a good picture of what the body of Christ is like," he continues. "Different artists working in their gifts, working where their passions are. Everybody is passionate about what they do, about what they feel called to, so for one to say the other's ministry is more or less meaningful or spiritual or anything is ridiculous.
"There are way too many walls in Christian music. A lot of my friends are saying we're walled into worship, but if you ask me, we're all worship bands. Worship is a totally different thing, really. And everything we do is worship, so it seems like a lot of these walls should come down. I think the closer you get to Jesus, the more you start seeing that everybody has a ministry that they need to do. You just gotta be careful when you're out there not to look at the others as though they're not in ministry because they're not in your ministry."
For Casting Crowns, ministry is not about preaching at all, but about talking about and walking through the stuff of life.
"I think people listen to you if you're transparent," Hall says. "If you say, 'This is where we all live,' then you can talk about the hard things. People want to hear the truth. You just hang around church for a while, and you'll see. People don't want you to talk around it. They want you to tell it like it is, even if it hurts. We're not talking about a bunch of new stuff; we're still talking about pain and other things where people really live. And we're still trying to live out what we're singing about."
A big part of that 'walking the walk' still happens – week in, week out – at Eagle's Landing Baptist Church just south of Atlanta, Ga., where Casting Crowns' hearts are rooted in local youth ministry to over 400 kids. In the whirlwind of Christian celebrity and success, this calling supercedes all others, a fact that's more than apparent in the schedule the band keeps. While they could obviously be booked 52 weekends a year, they make a point to be home every other Sunday, as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of every week.
It's not just a matter of responsibility with them. It's a matter of passion.
It's a challenge, one that even their youth group wasn't convinced they'd meet. But over time, the band (which is just part of the youth ministry team at the church) proved it was up to the task. "Sometimes, they test us just to see what we'll do," Melodee DeVevo says, "but we've been really careful with their schedule, careful to be there on Sundays. Even if we roll in at 8:30 AM on Sunday, we get off the bus and go to Sunday school. They see that, and they respect that."
A lot of what they teach their students, like a lot of what they sing about, is better witnessed in action, Hall says. "We worship, and we pray a lot. Through our songs, we teach our students how to pray that way. In fact, the song 'Lifesong,' like many of our songs, simply came from what I found myself saying and praying while leading the students. From the questions that come up in my time with them."
For the seven ordinary people known as Casting Crowns, the church is their field of choice, an extraordinary place where honest questions and real-life answers are always welcome. Where the lost, the weak, unwanted, unlovely and even the ordinary can be beautiful. Where the mission, in music and in life, is to love them all like Jesus.
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Today I had the opportunity to debug a system with a client. I have to confess it took a while to figure out the bug, but here it is
SELECT COUNT(*) OfflineData
Do you see the bug?
Yes, there should be a FROM clause before the table name. Without the from clause, SQL Server treats the name as an alias for the count column. And what do the COUNT always return in this case?
It returns 1.
So the bug had a severe implication. Now I now it's easy to forget to write a FROM in your query. How can we avoid these stupid mistakes?
An way is very easy; always prefix your table names with schema. Besides this bug there are a lot of other benefits from prefixing your tables names with schema.
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Next thing to do to avoid stupid mistakes is to put AS before alias names, and have alias names after the expression.
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The away side dominated proceedings before the interval, while the Dutch took over the initiative after the break, but no goals were to be seen in Amsterdam
Germany were the first team to threaten when Marco Reus escaped the attention of Ricardo van Rhijn after a good pass from Mats Hummels, but Kenneth Vermeer was alert and rushed off his line to collect the ball before the Borussia Dortmund star could get to it.
The guests continued to be the better side of the two and came close to opening the scoring in the 21st minute. Benedikt Howedes found Mario Gotze with a low cross from the right, but the forward's first attempt was kept out by Vermeer, while the rebound was blocked by John Heitinga.
Reus then opted to try his luck after Heitinga failed to clear a cross from the left, but his powerful shot from a narrow angle only hit the sidenetting.
Ilkay Gundogan got the biggest chance of the first half in the closing seconds of the opening 45 minutes and the midfielder indeed manage to beat Vermeer. However, Heitinga bailed out his goalkeeper and cleared the ball off the line.
Oranje, meanwhile, struggled to created chances at the ArenA, and only Arjen Robben came close to opening the scoring for the hosts. The Bayern man was unable to get his shot on target, though, after rounding Manuel Neuer, and the chance went begging.
The second half continued in very much the same vein as the first half, with the majority of the game taking place in midfield.
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For many years an academic with a special interest in Austrian literature and culture, Mike Mitchell has been a freelance literary translator since 1995.
He has published over seventy translations from German and French, including Gustav Meyrink's five novels and The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy. His translation of Rosendorfer's Letters Back to Ancient China won the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize after he had been shortlisted in previous years for his translations of Stephanie by Herbert Rosendorfer and The Golem by Gustav Meyrink.
His translations have been shortlisted four times for The Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize: Simplicissimus by Johann Grimmelshausen in 1999, The Other Side by Alfred Kubin in 2000, The Bells of Bruges by Georges Rodenbach in 2008 and The Lairds of Cromarty by Jean Pierre Ohl in 2013.
His recent translations include Hans Cadzand's Vocation (and other stories) by Georges Rodenbach, Where Tigers Are At Home by Jean-Marie Blas de Robles, The Lairds of Cromarty by Jean-Pierre Ohl and My Little Husband by Pascal Bruckner.
His biography of Gustav Meyrink: Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink was published by Dedalus in November 2008.
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Hans Cadzand's Vocation and other stories
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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases out of Florida involving drug-sniffing dogs last week and Radley Balko, the single best criminal justice reporter in the country, has an article at the Huffington Post about those cases, the precedents and how the outcome could further erode the 4th amendment. He points out something that may be far more important than it first appears:
One theme we continue to see in cases like these is that the Supreme Court lineup is woefully lacking experience in the actual practice of criminal law. Of the nine justices, only Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito have any such experience, both as prosecutors. The court hasn't had a justice with any real criminal defense experience since Thurgood Marshall retired in 1992. That's worth restating: There hasn't been a single voice on the Supreme Court with any real criminal defense experience in more than 20 years.
This is a remarkable and significant experience gap that isn't often discussed, but has a profound effect on the context in which the Court attempts to maintain the delicate balance between liberty and security. It's one thing to opine on these issues in law journals and lectures. It's quite another to have real knowledge of how the law plays out in the real world. The gap was on full display in this week's drug dog cases.
He also notes, as I have before, that the court has consistently expanded the uses of drug sniffing dogs and the erosion of the 4th Amendment by ruling, in every case so far, that such a search is not, for constitutional purposes, a search. In 1983 the court ruled that a dog sniffing for drugs in your luggage at the airport was not a search. Then in 2005, they extended that to searches of your car (despite the fact that such a search requires that they detain you, sometimes for long periods of time).
But the real problem is that while the court says the use of drug-sniffing dogs does not constitute a search and therefore does not require that the police have probable cause to initiate it, they've also ruled that if the dog "alerts" to the presence of drugs, that alert does constitute probable cause and thus give the police the right to perform a full search of your car. This might be acceptable if such an alert is real evidence of the presence of drugs, but studies have repeatedly shown that the dogs are wildly inaccurate. Balko describes one study that I've discussed several times, but he notes something I didn't know about it — that the researchers had deliberately set a trap that demonstrated how much the expectation of the dog's handler influences whether the dog alerts.
That assumption was wrong at the time, and it has been repeatedly proven wrong since. For example, in a survey of drug dogs used by police departments in suburban Chicago published last year, the Chicago Tribune found that when a police dog alerted to the presence of drugs during a traffic stop, a subsequent search turned up narcotics just 44 percent of the time. In stops involving Hispanic drivers, the dogs' success rate dropped to 27 percent.
This raises some interesting questions: Why are drug dogs more likely to submit an innocent motorist to the indignity of a thorough roadside search if the motorist happens to be Hispanic? Are drug dogs racist? Do they racially profile? Of course not. But their handlers probably do.
Consider another study conducted by Lisa Lit, a neurologist and former dog handler at the University of California-Davis. Lit brought 18 dog/handler teams currently operating in law enforcement agencies to an empty church. Each team conducted eight searches, each lasting about five minutes. If they were accurate, none of the dog/handler teams should have alerted in any of the searches. There were no drugs or explosives anywhere in the church.But Lit had set some traps. The handlers were told that each search could have as many as three "target scents" — drugs for the drug dog teams, or explosives for the explosive dog teams. The handlers were told that in some cases hot packages were indicated by a piece of red paper. These red paper packages were designed to trick the handlers. Lit also set a trap for the dogs: Some of the packages contained unwrapped sausages.
The results were striking. The dogs falsely alerted in 123 of the 144 total searches. Because some dogs falsely alerted more than once in the same search, the total number of false alerts was 225. The dogs correctly completed the search without an alert just 21 times, for a success rate of 14.5 percent.
But here's the more interesting part: The dogs were about twice as likely to falsely alert at the packages designed to trick their handlers than they were at the packages stuffed with sausages.
The dogs are reacting to the subconscious clues given off by the handlers because they've been bred to do exactly that, not to detect drugs. And he points out how at least one justice still doesn't get that, or understand the issue at all:
Since there are no national drug dog standards, most certification programs for drug dogs are given by police departments themselves. Garre argued that when a police department declares a dog to be "certified," and worthy of use in the field, the courts should simply take the department's word for it. The argument basically boiled down to, "just trust us."
When the attorney for the defendant pointed out the absurdity of that argument, he received an odd but revealing grilling from Justice Antonin Scalia.
"What are the incentives here? Why would a police department want to use an incompetent dog?" Scalia asked. "Is that any more likely than that a medical school would want to certify an incompetent doctor? What incentive is there for a police department?"
Scalia came back to the point later, this time with a heavy dollop of sarcasm. "So let's get dogs that, you know, smell drugs when there are no drugs. You really think that's what's going on here?" he asked. "It seems to me they have every incentive to train the dog well."
As any defense attorney will tell you, however, there are plenty of incentives for police departments to have improperly trained dogs. A drug dog that's prone to false alerts gives police more opportunities to search. That means more opportunities to find evidence of crimes not related to drugs — untaxed cigarettes, for example, or counterfeit passports.
What's more, in many states, asset forfeiture laws allow police to seize property on little more than a drug dog's alert. If you're carrying a lot of cash and get pulled over, a police dog alerting to the presence of drugs in your car can be enough for the cop to take your cash, even if a subsequent search doesn't turn up any actual drugs. In many cases, a drug dog's alert to the presence of a drug on the cash itself has allowed police to seize the cash, even though nearly all U.S. currency contains traces of drugs. If a drug dog's alert allows police to seize property and cash that then goes back to the police department, that would certainly be a disincentive to hold your department's dogs to the highest possible standards.
But it should also be pointed out that there doesn't need to be any incentive at all. The police officer doesn't have to be acting consciously to trigger the dog's alert. All he has to be doing is showing a subconscious expectation that drugs will be found, as the study discussed above shows. The officer likely isn't even aware they're doing it, but they're more likely to focus the dog's attention where they think he's most likely to find drugs — which usually means in the cars of dark-skinned people, as study after study of police behavior shows. None of this needs to be overt or conscious.
I'm not encouraged about these two cases. I think it's likely we're going to get a 5/4 decision further eroding our civil liberties and weakening the 4th Amendment.


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Dear Mark
Here's a question, an answer to which I would I really would value, in view of your experience.
I recall some time ago on your website, a poster asked whether they should take up the offer of a place at Medical School or become a Quant.
If I remember correctly, your advice to that person was to study medicine, since it will make more money. This is not blind flattery (I never give any), but your answer really did cement into my mind your integrity.
I am now presented with the same dilemma – Medicine or QA.
Here are some figures which you recently stated (I'm aware you quoting very approximate ballpark figures, and were, as you stated, very probably out-of-date).
QA entry level salary definitely between GBP 40K and 60K [plus bonus?]
QA salary after a couple of years, maybe GBP 90k package
QA salary after 5 years anywhere between GBP 120K and 250K [including bonus?]
(Source: http://www.markjoshi.com/books/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=731#p2251 )
Despite what you may read in the press, the vast majority of Medical Doctors in the UK do not on average earn 120K GBP per annum. Here are some realistic figures for Medical Doctors' earnings in the UK, gained from a bona fide source (the BMJ):
F1 trainee (immediately after graduation): 27K GBP pa, equivalent to 10 GBP per hour
Specialty trainee 3: 47K GBP pa, equivalent to 18 GBP per hour
Salaried general practitioner: 69K GBP pa, equivalent to 34 GBP per hour
Staff grade: 81K GBP pa, equivalent to 18 GBP per hour
Consultant: 100K GBP pa, equivalent to 44 GBP per hour
GP partner: 110K GBP pa, equivalent to 45 GBP per hour
Consultant physician: 180K GBP pa, equivalent to 48 GBP per hour
(Source: http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20000354 )
85K GBP pa is in fact a realistic lifetime *maximum* salary for the vast majority of Medical Doctors in the UK.
Mark, why do you say that Medicine makes more money?
(a) Is it the relatively short length of a career of a Quant –the half-life of Quant career is 5 years, compared to the lifelong career of a Medical Doctor?
(b) Is it because a Medical Doctor has a final salary pension?
(c) Is it because a Medical Doctor will probably never be out of work, whereas a Quant's career will be peppered with periods out of work?
(d) Is it because a Quant will make the bulk of their earnings in five years, and then probably leave QA to take a less well paying position (many become Maths schoolteachers), whereas a Medical Doctors earnings continue to rise for a considerable period after graduation?
Thanks in advance Mark….and thanks for the excellent website and maintaining your approachability.


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In a post at his AOL blog, Dinesh D'Souza responds to the title of my New Criterion essay ("D"Souza goes native") on his new book. D'Souza's post is "Mr. Johnson goes nativist." D'Souza disparages the New Criterion, praises himself, and seems to criticize my Midwestern parochialism (or is he referring to readers of the New Criterion?). And he also calls me a nativist. See if you can follow the logic:
My fellow AOL blogger Scott Johnson of Powerline has written a lengthy review of my book The Enemy at Home which was published in the New Criterion. I probably wouldn't have seen it–I thought the New Criterion went out of business years ago–but it's been reprinted elsewhere. The title of the piece is "D'Souza Goes Native."
I'm writing a lengthy response to conservative critics like Johnson which will expose their errors of fact and logic, and their massive ignorance of Islam. Here I simply want to comment on Johnson's title. "In the four years he claims to have spent studying America and the West through Muslim eyes," Johnson writes, "D'Souza appears to have gone native." Among Midwesterners who haven't traveled far from home, this kind of reference is considered highbrow.
But see how Johnson botches the whole concept and in the process reveals his own small-minded nativism. When a Western guy goes abroad and casts his lot with the foreigners, in the process abandoning the values of his own society, he is said to have "gone native." But I am a native of Mumbai, India. I grew up in a multireligious and multicultural world where Hindu, Muslim and Christian influences were closely integrated. I am from one of the oldest Christian families in India. I learned English as well as two native Indian languages. From childhood I was exposed both to Western ideas, imported into India through the British, as well as non-Western ideas and influences.
Voluntarily, I came to America and became a citizen. So if I have "gone native," I have gone native in America. I have assimilated to the American way of life, not by osmosis, but deliberately and deliberatively, and I have given the reasons for my change of heart in my book What's So Great About America. Since I have a good knowledge of both Western and non-Western cultures, I approached the leading thinkers of radical Islam in an attempt to study what their ideas are, and why they are winning so many converts to their nefarious cause. My objective is to understand the enemy, so that we can fight him better.
Unable to grapple with a guy who actually knows other cultures from within, who has a real knowledge of the Muslim world, and who doesn't succumb to the rabid Islamophobia characteristic of Johnson and some others on the right, my philistine fellow blogger can do no better than accusing me of "going native." Next time remind me to bring my prayer rug.
Put the imputation of "rabid Islamophobia" to one side. In my essay, I treated D'Souza as an American who had "gone native" in the course of his study of the Muslim world. How this can make me a "nativist" is beyond me, but it of a piece with the insights of his book.


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What Oil stains Concrete Cleaner to Try?
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Soiled air filters can bring about unnecessary damage to your Air conditioning and heating unit and you will probably be paying for A/c repairs that could have been averted. Air filters are crucial because they stop the dirt and debris from entering into your hvac unit, however, the dirt and debris also will probably trigger the filter to restrict air flow making the heating and cooling system to work much harder. This can cause the coils to freeze up making your motors and ac compressor to need to be replaced earlier than they should. You can burn up the condenser fan motors in one season of you do not keep the filters replaced.
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When all the rubbing, brushing and detergents don't work, don't lose hope! There's still one thing you can do to ensure the cleanliness of your driveway and those stubborn oil stains will be gone forever. This last plan will surely take all these oil stains without leaving any marks. This oil stain clean up method is a scientific way of cleaning and it is to use the driveway cleaner also known as the Terminator-HSD. It was seen with effective results, safety methods of using it, easy-to-follow usage protocol and an innovative and unique way of cleaning your mess at home.
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Time flew so fast and as that happens, not only time can be fast now but also the process of cleaning your driveway. Yes, you heard it right! You can now clean all those stubborn oil stains in your concrete driveway without spending too much. You can now skip all those traditional steps in cleaning since the new driveway cleaner can be done now in 1 step. Yes, awesome one and only step. Amazing, right? Just imagine all the time and effort that you can save because of the cleaners like this. Cleaning and maintaining the wellness of your home will surely just be on a snap of your finger.
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Is your furnace broken? Are you tired of your husband trying to repair it but not getting it to work right? I have been there myself,
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Preferably, we all wish to live long, happy lives. Inevitably, we all wish to be active and in shape; so it's lucky that just a few small modifications in your way of living can get you on the road to healthy and balanced living.
The Basics
Generally talking, a healthy and balanced individual does not smoke, keeps a healthy weight, consumes well, and works out regularly. Exchanging sugary snacks for organic fruits, taking the stairs as an alternative of the lift, or drinking water as an alternative of juice are just a couple of examples of simple modifications you can make to begin living healthy and balanced.
Whereas we as soon as farmed our own foods, we now steer to the supermarket to get pre-cooked, refined meals. Rather of walking to college, kids take the bus.
Lessened risk of heart diabetes, cancer cells, and illness.
Enhanced joint health and wellness.
Enhanced versatility.
Boosted self esteem.
Reduced tension levels.
These are simply a few of the benefits of an active lifestyle, however just how can you easily introduce much more task into your life?
Turn off the TV and choose a stroll.
Walk to school or function.
Tidy your home.
Walk while you chat.
Stretch at your desk.
Sign up with a sports group.
Diet regimen.
When we speak about diet, we ought to not think of "going on a diet plan." Rather, healthy living and healthy and balanced eating demand to be a way of living option. You can still take pleasure in a treat from time-to-time, yet your target must be to introduce healthy, all-natural meals to switch out undesirable choices.
Consume fruit for breakfast.
Add veggies to your favored meals such as pizza or pastas.
Avoid processed, pre-made dishes by cooking additional portions and cold them.
Alternative water for juice.
Avoid sugar-filled sodas and snacks.
Altering the way you consume could be an obstacle, so professionals typically suggest you keep a meals daily record. In some cases, examining the foods you eat each day could be all the inspiration you have to make a change. Remember, you don't need to get rid of all the meals you love from your diet plan; instead, choose healthier options or restrict how much scrap you consume.
Compartment Vegetable Gardening
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Compartment vegetable gardening is a terrific concept that will aid individuals to do gardening also if they have a room constraint in their houses. The finest thing concerning this horticulture is that you can have this garden anywhere inside your residence.
You ought to purchase the compartments of the best dimension so as to suit the area you decide on. They must be of the best size to fit the plants you pick to expand in your container vegetable garden. The compartments must not be extremely hefty because you could like to relocate them when there is a requirement.
The biggest advantage in compartment vegetable horticulture is that the typical problems that are linked with out-door gardening such as undesirable climate, soil-borne disease, and bad soil conditions are either not there or could quickly be stayed clear of in this.
The plants that can be gotten older in such containers are eggplant, green red onions, grains, etc. Those that have tried this type of gardening have actually done well in increasing also cucumbers and pole beans.
You need to understand that artificial soil is great for this sort of horticulture since this dirt is fairly light and drainpipes well. This synthetic dirt is also qualified of holding moisture and nutrients. The make-up of this dirt is compounds that include timber chips, sawdust, vermiculite, peat moss or perlite.
You could get it from the neighborhood store that markets horticulture items or you could make this mix on your own if you want to produce this artificial soil. Superphosphate, horticultural grade vermiculite, limestone, peat marsh and yard fertilizer are combined in the appropriate proportions to make this synthetic dirt mix.
Basically, if you do your container vegetable gardening correctly, you will certainly not only enjoy the encounter but you will be able to expand valuable plants likewise.
Thank You to every one of our gardener pals and we really value your support. Satisfy call us anytime with any concerns,.
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What is the right concrete cleaner for you
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There are lots of various varieties of concrete cleaners, some are very toxic, and a few are ecologically friendly. Even though acid will surely get the oil and grease stains out it really is very toxic, and it runs in to the groundwater and contaminates it, together with getting in to the soil and killing all vegetation.
Distinct varieties of concrete cleaners
When making the choice between methods of cleaning the concrete, you should take into consideration of how hard you wish to work and just how much danger you are prepared to put yourself as well as your household in. While Steam cleaners are great for making the grease and oil out from the concrete, they're extremely harmful and can result in permanent damage to humans and animals. Toxic chemicals will kill the vegetation and get in to the ground water. Some of the nontoxic concrete cleaners take challenging scrubbing and most of them don't do the job and also you'd want. Power washers are great for getting the top dirt of but unless you are going to use degreaser with it it will not remove the oil stains.
there are some new bioremediation concrete cleaners that may get the job completed and nonetheless be safe for the atmosphere. Bioremediation concrete cleaner merchandise in fact consume the oil, grease, petroleum, taking away the worry that they'll get into the soil or ground water. Terminator HSDhas no messy cleanup following the stain is removed, it just must be lightly spread on the stain plus a light brushing from a broom to acquire the powder in to all the nooks and crannies. And after that you happen to be carried out it truly is just a cakewalk compared to making down on your hands and knees and scrubbing or taking the likelihood on making the flesh scalded off. The government is even employing biotechnology to clean up oil spills. Here is the site http://www.terradis.com to find Terminator HSD
Healthy Gardening Trend
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As customers, we are increasingly more familiar with just what we're purchasing from the grocery store. We wish healthy meals that isn't tied with pesticide and overly-processed. We are coming to be a lot more informed and attempting to take back control of our health and wellness and health. If you watch closely, you will certainly see a motion to a healthy horticulture fad.
Whether you delight in timeless soil horticulture, or desire to be a little much more adventurous there's a choice that's right for you. The fantastic thing regarding this brand-new healthy and balanced horticulture style is that you can begin little and obtain excellent results swiftly, specifically with hydroponics/aeroponics.
This healthy gardening trend sounds as well great to be real, doesn't it? I suspect that's why many people are depending on this alternative and reclaiming their health and well-being. Nobody wishes to think of all the damaging things we place in our bodies everyday, however with an increasing number of information about chemicals being connected to diseases and various other adverse effects, perhaps it's time we begin.
With all the easy options, why not take command of your wellness with a garden? Right here are simply a couple of gardening choices to get you started on this healthy and balanced gardening style.
1. Organic Soil Gardening – This is your requirement, dig in the filth choice. If you've produced a patch of gunk in your backyard, why not use it?
2. Hydroponic Gardening – This approach is easy and fast yielding. You can easily set-up a system without any filth, which needs little upkeep.
3. Aeroponic Gardening – This is the process of growing plants in an air or moisture environment without using soil. This is an excellent alternative for novices, and there are lots of pre-made systems available.
Aquaponics – This is one of the most up-to-date and considerably popular options of the healthy and balanced gardening fad. Not just could you cultivate plants, but you could likewise grow your own edible fish if you desire.
If you're prepared to reclaim your health, conserve money on your grocery store expense and really feel excellent regarding just what you're eating, why not join this healthy horticulture trend. You can effortlessly obtain growing healthy meals with little time and upkeep. If you have a yard full of healthy and balanced meals you enjoy, just think of exactly how much healthier you will be.
Gardening in Apartments
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Many living in huge urban areas start to think that plant can just be connected with nation side. Yet that need not truly be the situation. Well ok, could be you can not have a huge yard or acres of increased bushes if you are living in a flat. Certainly you could deliver in greenery to your instant surroundings. And there is that beauty even a small potted decorative pot can bring into your living location. Even a very expensive fine art job or canvas can never match the miracle of perfectly increasing in the house plants.
Well after that, why not go for it. It is the very same situation with plants. You do know as you go!
Exactly what You Really Need To Get Started
Sunlight: Since mostly all flats have terraces. Where there are terraces there is sunshine. And because most ornamental plants do not call for a whole lot of sunshine to grow, we could rest assured that the plants that are going to be potted produce their day-to-day dose of sunshine. As a matter of fact there are numerous decorative plants that don't even require direct sunshine. They are essentially happy with spotted sunshine.
Pots: There are pots readily available in a lot of different dimensions, shapes and material that chasing after the right one for your apartment is not going to be an uphill struggle at all.
For the Potting: The next 3 things that you are visiting really need are: Compost, fertilizer and dirt. All plant baby rooms that sell plant seedlings market them.
Now if you are one of those that keep putting of producing potted plants for your apartment due to the fact that you don't think you would have enough time to dedicate – think once again! Produce a minimum of 4 simple plants to expand and keep.
You are in fact revealing your creativity when you are expanding plants in a compartment. There is no scarcity to the ways you can experiment. You would certainly be amazed to see that there are numerous locations in your residence to have even more and additional plants.
Contentment Guaranteed
In additional means than one, taking and expanding care of plants is like taking treatment of pet dogs. You slowly start to create a sort of love for them and you would certainly really feel the need to, not simply see them get older, however likewise, talk to them.


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COLUMBIA - Among her list of budget vetoes, Gov. Nikki Haley has axed the state's hospital-expansion regulatory program, known as the Certificate of Need process.
The so-called CON program's funding was a section of H. 4813, the state's general appropriations bill for the fiscal year that began this month, which includes $6.7 billion in state money. In targeting the CON program, the governor's veto message specifies $727,189 in total funds.
"I believe in the virtues of free markets and open competition, and for that reason, I am vetoing the Certificate of Need program, as I did last year," Haley wrote in her veto message, which targeted 74 specific items across various agencies.
"Bureaucracy should not be telling us which community has or does not have sufficient need for a hospital or a particular piece of complex medical equipment."
Haley vetoed a host of other health programs, including: a $200,000 earmark to combat head lice, $100,000 for a sickle cell foundation, $100,000 to help hemophilia sufferers, $500,000 for the S.C. Office of Rural Health benefit bank, and $453,680 for the S.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
"Through this process, the Department of Heath and Environmental Control is essentially responsible for guarding the gates for a cartel of health-care facilities that have received their (certificates of need) and now have a vested interest in denying them to other prospective health-care providers," Haley wrote.
State lawmakers must return to Columbia to vote on whether to uphold or override the governor's vetoes. It is unlikely they will sustain the governor's veto against the CON program.
The S.C. Hospital Association and top hospital executives in Georgia and North Carolina have publicly offered their support for states to operate with a certificate of need program. South Carolina and Georgia are among about three dozen states that use CONs to make sure duplicate services do not drive up costs and leave low-income and rural communities without an accessible medical facility.
In a recent interview with Bluffton Today, the president and CEO of St. Joseph's/Candler Health System said the CON framework ultimately serves the public.
"I think CON is cost-effective," Paul Hinchey said.
"Decision-makers don't have a dog in the fight," he said, adding that they instead "have community at heart. ... I'd rather have that level playing field. End game is worth it."
Last month, St. Joseph's/Candler in Savannah filed an appeal in the S.C. Administrative Law Court against a certificate of need the state health agency had awarded to competitor Hilton Head Hospital to build an $18 million Bluffton Outpatient Center.
The move followed an extended back-and-forth process with agency staff and board members. SJC has argued that in order for the proposed outpatient center to meet its viability projections, it will have to shift patients away from existing facilities.
Advocates of CON point out that health services are not a commercial product, such as pizza, that follows ordinary competitive market rules. Hospitals are required to care for people, regardless of patients' ability to pay for care, and government reimbursement rates for low-income patients are set.


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Charlie's Records is happy to announce the vinyl / digital release of 3 new tunes:
SYLFORD WALKER United / McPULLISH Stronger in Dub
LUTAN FYAH Ras Always/ McPULLISH Different Sequel Dub
MARK WONDER Explanation/ MARK WONDER MEETS McPULLISH Explanation (Acapella Dub Version)
available now on 7" vinyl and soon for download !
Lutan Fyah and Mark Wonder cuts are on the Natty riddim, same one as General Smiley - Natty Natty and Creation (version) 7"
Ernie Bs and all usual suspects have stock of the vinyl now, only 500 pressed of each 7"...
CHA708 Sylford Walker -United / McPullish -Stronger in Dub 7" / download
Sylford Walker, the man who wrote and sang classic roots reggae songs such as Burn Babylon, Lambsbread, Jah Golden Pen, Deuteronomy, Eternal Day, My Father's Homeland, Chant Down Babylon and many others, is back in the studio, after taking a break for many years. He is now working with producer and songwriter McPullish to create a new sound, rooted in reggae traditions and pushing the music forward. United is the first fruit of this collaboration, recorded in 2009 and released on 7" vinyl and digital download in December of 2010. As the lyrics of the song suggest, Sylford Walker and McPullish are " stronger now than ever before ... cause we're United ..." Stronger in Dub is stripped to the bone and given a new lease on life via the live dub process by McPullish. Coming soon to a soundsystem near you ...
CHA709 Lutan Fyah -Ras Always / McPullish -Different Sequel Dub 7" / download
Lutan Fyah has been a steadily rising name in the reggae scene for years, garnering attention with his unique singing/chanting lyrical style and a plethora of big tunes for various producers and labels. Ras Always is his first collaboration with McPullish, using the Natty Riddim as a vehicle for his Rastafarian message. Different Sequel Dub is one of the heaviest dub mixes, so far, to emerge from Dub Cove Studio, and finds McPullish tweaking the instruments on a journey to outer space, aiming for the highest regions of the human brain.
CHA710 Mark Wonder -Explanation / Mark Wonder meets McPullish -Explanation (Acapella Dub Version)
7" / download
Mark Wonder started out wanting to be a horse jockey as a young man, but was eventually drawn instead to music and is now one of the best roots singers working in Jamaica, and worldwide. He is named "Wonder" after his biggest musical inspiration- Stevie Wonder. In his first collaboration with McPullish, Mark Wonder asks those in charge of world governments and big business for an "Explanation... for all you have done," and calls on his Rastafari bredren to "beat the kette drum" for "purification" and "healing of the land." The acapella dub version highlights his words and the kette drum, stripping the song down to bare basics. We look forward to hearing what DJs/ selectors and sounds do with this acapella dub version.
links for Soundcloud clips- the best place to listen and share these tunes online
there is a new version of McPullish / Charlie's Records website up here:


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Bryant scores 30 points in Lakers' 104-96 win over Hornets to keep slim playoff hopes alive
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LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant fueled a desperate rally with 23 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Hornets 104-96 on Tuesday night to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwight Howard added 19 points to help the Lakers tie Utah for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff berth. The Jazz lost to Oklahoma City 90-80 earlier in the evening, but they hold the tiebreaker over the Lakers, who have four regular-season games left.
Eric Gordon scored 22 points, making 10 of 11 free throws, before fouling out in the final seconds to lead five Hornets in double figures. Anthony Davis added 18 points and 14 rebounds, Ryan Anderson had 14 points, and Greivis Vasquez had 11 points and 11 assists.
Metta World Peace returned for the Lakers less than two weeks after undergoing left knee surgery and had four points in 15 minutes as they won their third in a row at home.
Bryant put on his usual show in the fourth quarter that began with the teams tied at 70-all. He scored the Lakers' first seven points for a 77-70 lead, drawing chants of "Kobe! Kobe!"
The Hornets ran off six in a row to take an 82-80 lead. Bryant answered with two straight jumpers before Davis' basket tied the game for the last time at 84-all.
From there, the Hornets were outscored 20-12.
Antawn Jamison, who finished with 13 points, scored five in a row for an 89-84 lead. But Bryant kept the Lakers going with another five straight, including a steal of Gordon that he capped with a fastbreak driving finger roll.
The Hornets led by six early in a back-and-forth third that ended in a 70-all tie. Gasol scored six straight points to pull the Lakers into the first tie of the quarter. Davis picked up his fourth foul for the Hornets, and Howard got called for his fourth late in the third.
Jamison and Bryant hit back-to-back 3-pointers for the Lakers only to have Brian Roberts tie it up on a running finger roll.
The Lakers led by 10 points in the second quarter when the Hornets closed on a 17-2 run, including 14 in a row, to lead 50-45 at the break. Gordon scored 13 of their points, including the first six.
NOTES: Lakers F Earl Clark was in a car accident after morning shootaround, but he wasn't hurt and didn't want to discuss it before the game. ... The Lakers have swept the last three season series with the Hornets, and have won the last five season series overall. ... The Lakers play at Portland on Wednesday. They are 5-10 in the second game of back-to-backs this season, and have yet to go 2-0 in a set of back-to-backs. ... The Hornets are 1-3 on their five-game Western trip that ends on Wednesday at Sacramento. ... Lakers G Steve Nash missed his fourth straight game with a hamstring injury. ... Former Laker Gary Payton, who made the basketball Hall of Fame this week, attended the game.


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Michael Vick, Virginia Tech's redshirt freshman quarterback with the cannon arm and swift legs, is a little too robust for his teammates these days.
"We've been in the indoor facility and the lighting isn't quite as good in there as we would like," said Hokie coach Frank Beamer, whose team began spring drills last weekend. "If we don't get outside soon, I think he's going to break all the fingers of our receivers. He zips that ball, boy. One of our tight ends came out of practice yesterday with a sore chest - not from being hit by somebody else, but from being hit by the ball."
File that under "nice problems to have." Vick, the strong favorite to replace Al Clark as Tech's starting quarterback next fall, already has made an impression during spring practice. He's added 21 pounds since leaving Warwick High, bringing his measurements to 6-foot and 211 pounds. In case you're wondering whether he lost any speed in the process, Vick ran a 4.33 40-yard dash a couple of days ago. Most wideouts and tailbacks would kill for that kind of time.
All this, of course, will do nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of Tech fans who already are comparing Vick to ex-Syracuse star Donovan McNabb. On a team that has experience just about everywhere else, Vick is viewed as the X-factor.
Such talk might overwhelm most freshmen, but Beamer has no such worries about Vick.
"One of the attractive things about Michael is, not only is he such a talent, he's also a pleasant kid and a smart kid," Beamer said. "He takes things in stride. It's not going to be a pressure issue. We understand, and he understands that things don't happen right away. It takes time to get things down. You know, when that ball is snapped there's a lot of stuff going on.
"We're going to give him time to develop and try not to rush this thing. It' s going to take time for him to be a great player. He's a great talent now, and in time I think he's going to be a great player."
Although Vick is considered a lock to start the Hokies' season opener next fall, it's not set in stone yet. Officially, Tech has no first-string quarterback now. For the next few days, work will be split evenly between Vick, junior Dave Meyer and freshman Grant Noel. Beamer expects one to emerge, hopefully before the first of three scrimmages and certainly before the spring game on April 17.
Even with Vick's talent, there is one thing missing: experience. Vick, after all, has not taken a snap at the college level. Beamer admits that's a concern, but expects the veterans around Vick to make the transition easier.
"I'm really hoping our offensive line will develop quickly - - we're young there, too," Beamer said. "But basically, we've got some people who have been around at least one year, and our backs are good and our receivers have the potential to be very good. So hopefully, we can develop around him so that there's not so much pressure on the quarterback."
Vick will have last year's leading receiver returning in Ricky Hall, but the rest of the corps will be young. Beamer believes sophomores Emmett Johnson, Andre Davis and redshirt freshman Terrell Parham have the potential to be quality wideouts.
Tech lost top rusher Lamont Pegues, but returns backup Shyrone Stith (770 yards, 18 fewer than Pegues) and starting fullback Jarrett Ferguson.
On defense, Beamer has no worries about his front seven with ends Corey Moore and John Engelberger coming back. But the Hokies must replace three starters -- Keion Carpenter, Pierson Prioleau and Loren Johnson -- in the secondary.
"Cory Bird has had a great offseason -- he's our starting rover right now," Beamer said. "(Anthony) Midget and (Ike) Charlton would be our starting corners and (Nick) Sorensen would be our starting free safety. I'll tell you, though, the two corners who are going to challenge are (Ronyell) Whitaker and (Larry) Austin. I'm sure they will challenge for playing time, and they may challenge for first team.
"We don't have a lot of question marks this spring, but the ones we have are big ones. I think the best thing about our secondary is we have some experience up front, so the quarterback isn't going to sit back there and hold the ball for very long. Offensively, we need to do the same for Vick or Meyer or Noel -- whoever the quarterback ends up being."


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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the preliminary plans for their 2011 Major League Soccer preseason, highlighted by two trips to Arizona and the Cascadia Summit Series in Washington. Whitecaps FC kickoff their inaugural season in MLS on Saturday, March 19, against Canadian rivals Toronto FC at Empire Field.
"The next two months will be critical, as we shape our roster for the exciting campaign ahead of us," said Whitecaps FC head coach Teitur Thordarson. "I expect preseason to be competitive and productive, as we build towards our first regular season match in March."
With approximately two months remaining until the club's inaugural MLS match on March 19, the club will begin on-field training at Empire Field in Vancouver, BC, on Monday, January 24. In addition to signed players, the camp will include players recently selected in the MLS 2011 SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft, as well as several trialists.
The 'Caps will then leave for an 11-day camp at the Grande Sports World complex in Casa Grande, Arizona, on Friday, January 28. This will include at least two training matches - Tuesday, February 1, versus Real Salt Lake and Tuesday, February 8, versus Columbus Crew. Real Salt Lake and Columbus Crew are preparing for their two-match quarterfinal series in the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League, which will take place on February 22 and March 1.
After a brief stint back in Vancouver, the 'Caps will return to the Grand Canyon State, but this time for a training spell at Reach 11 in Phoenix, Arizona, from Wednesday, February 16, to Monday, February 28. During this time, the 'Caps will take on Chivas USA on Friday, February 18. Whitecaps will return home for a couple training session before heading down the I-5 for on March 3 for a four-day camp at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.
The remainder of the preseason schedule, including additional preseason training matches, will be confirmed shortly. The complete MLS regular season schedule will be announced at a later date.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 2011 Preseason Schedule (subject to change)
January 24 – 27: Training at Empire Field – Vancouver, BC
January 28 – February 9: Preseason trip #1 at Grande Sports World
· Real Salt Lake – February 1 - Casa Grande, AZ
· Seattle Sounders FC – February 4 - Casa Grande, AZ
· Columbus Crew – February 8 at Reach 11 - Phoenix, AZ
February 10 – 15: Training at Empire Field – Vancouver, BC
February 16 – 28: Preseason trip #2 at Reach 11
· Chivas USA – February 18 at Grande Sports World - Casa Grande, AZ
· US U-18 – February 19 at Westside Complex - Acondale, AZ
· LA Galaxy – February 20 at Arizona State U. - Tempe, AZ
· LA Galaxy – February 22 at Reach 11 - Phoenix, AZ
March 2: Training at Empire Field – Vancouver, BC
March 3 – 6: Preseason trip #3 – Tukwila, Washington
· Portland – March 5
· Seattle – March 6
March 19: First Kick: Whitecaps FC vs TFC at Empire Field – Vancouver, BC
Whitecaps FC Major League Soccer 2011 season tickets start at a base price of $319, plus applicable tax and a $10 processing fee per order, and more than 60 per cent of seats are available for less than $31 per game. To secure a seat and for additional information about Whitecaps FC MLS season tickets, suites, and loge boxes, call 604.669.9283 or visit whitecapsfc.com.
About Vancouver Whitecaps FC
In 1974, Vancouver Whitecaps FC played their inaugural season in the North American Soccer League, and in 1979, the club won the NASL Soccer Bowl championship. From 1987 to 1992, as a member of the Canadian Soccer League, Vancouver won four straight CSL titles. In 2002, Whitecaps FC created a full club model that encompasses professional teams for men and women, extensive youth development and grassroots participation programs, facility development, and the Whitecaps Foundation to support specific initiatives related to health and wellness through soccer. Since 2004, Whitecaps FC have won two United Soccer Leagues First Division championships and two USL W-League championships. In 2011, Whitecaps FC will begin their inaugural season in Major League Soccer at Empire Field before moving into the new BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.


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Working downtown DC has its advantages. There is a link to the Live Webcast. from Dynamo Silver Spring
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just heard about this from a customer in Bethesda, may need to step outside and check this out from FC Byrd Turgler
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Just saw a picture of my grandfather Dick in Tokyo right after the war (he was USMC- on the USS Boxer). Wish I had caught the flyover. Maybe they'll do an encore in August, eh?