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Throughout the Arab world, you hear predictable warnings about the coming American colonialism. Officials say that the war is all about oil, or about protecting Israel. You see a lot of hand-wringing about the suffering of ordinary Iraqis. But the deepest Arab opposition to the war is motivated by something genuine and understandable: Arabs are afraid that America's war will lead to a catastrophe. "Regardless of what people say," Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal told me last month, "the issues are never manageable, especially in such a complicated country as Iraq."
After Saddam
Who will step in to fill the void?
Tools of the Hunt
On Assignment: The War
Perry: Street Fighting in Karbala
Robinson: Chaos at a Bridge
Ware: Last Stand for Saddam
When the Cheering Stops
Jubilation and chaos greet the fall of Saddam's regime, leaving Iraqis and Americans puzzling over how to rebuild the nation
The Search for the Smoking Gun
Counting the Casualties
CNN.com: War in Iraq
President Bush says he has no desire to see Iraq disintegrate. For Arabs who stayed awakehis address to the American people came at 3 a.m., Baghdad timeBush pointedly told Iraqis that "we will help you build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free." But Arabs are skeptical.
More than anywhere else in the Middle East, Iraq is a country emptied of democrats and democratic institutions, thanks to Saddam's quarter century of total repression. Gamal Abdel Gawad Soltan, of the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, sees the Iraqi army as Iraq's only credible unifying organization. "It is not in the heritage of Iraqi people to live together without having a strong central government," he explains. So is Saddam II on the way, courtesy of Uncle Sam? Few Iraqis will be thrilled.
Many Arabs predict that hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops will in effect become another faction in the country's violent politics. Ayatollah Mohammed Bakr al Hakim, head of the Supreme council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, has already warned that U.S. liberators may soon become hated occupiers. Arab regimes worry that an occupation will be Osama bin Laden's dream come true: a rallying cry for Islamic extremism not just in Iraq but throughout the Middle East. While Arab governments are wary of a U.S. occupation and its colonialist overtones, they equally fear the consequences if the Bush administration, after seeing too many G.I. casualties, withdraws from Iraq before the country is put on a sound footing.
Everything may depend on what sort of war it turns out to be. "If it is a military campaign of two or three days, everything becomes easier," a U.S. official told me several months ago when war was becoming more likely. "But if we get bogged down two or three months, with civilian casualties and destruction, it is a different story. This could unleash the breakup of Iraq. It is hard to break a cycle of collapse. Nobody can really say we have the means of handling the problems of Iraq after Saddam is gone."
If all goes according to plan, the sky's the limit. But if it doesn't, America's standing in the region will suffer another decline. Even before the first shot was fired, a new Arab American Institute/Zogby International poll showed that negative Arab views of the U.S. jumped in the past year. In Jordan and Morocco, only 10% and 9 %, respectively, viewed the U.S. favorably, compared to 34% and 38% last year. In Saudi Arabia, favorable views of America dropped from 12% to 3%.
Another serious Arab concern is what Jordan's Queen Rania calls the "hope gap." Apart from fearing the consequences of a new war, Arabs are depressed by their inability to do anything to prevent the American attack. Arab anti-war protests have been notably smaller than those in Western countries, but only because Arab governments have severely curtailed them. Governments in the Arab League, torn by dissension over how strongly to oppose the U.S. plans, couldn't even get it together this week to send a promised peace mission to Baghdad.
For Arabs praying for the best, the story of the previous Western invasion of Iraq offers them little comfort. British forces seized Basra and then Baghdad from the Ottoman Empire in World War I, later forming the modern state out of three unconnected provinces inhabited by Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites. Iraqi nationalists quickly became disillusioned with their new, Western masters. The Revolution of 1920 left hundreds of British casualties. The British, America's main ally in this latest invasion, managed to implant a friendly monarchy. But the Hashemites were finally overthrown in a coup d'etat in 1958. It was in those bloody days that Saddam Hussein's terrible political career was born.
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The police procession will begin at 10:00am and proceed through downtown Guelph to the Sleeman Centre, where the funeral is set to begin at 11:30 a.m.
Investigators believe 26-year-old Const. Jennifer Kovach lost control of her cruiser at about 12:30 a.m. on March 14 before her car crossed the median line and slammed head-on into a transit bus.
Guelph Police Chief Bryan Larkin said his service has been given extra resources with support and staffing from Guelph Emergency Services, the City of Guelph and the Toronto Police Service in order to plan and coordinate such a large public event.
Police release new details in fatal crash
Meanwhile, new details were released about last Thursday's fatal crash.
Guelph Police believe Kovach lost control of her cruiser while responding to a call, before her car crossed the middle line and slammed head-on into a public transit bus at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday March 14th.
Police Chief Bryan Larkin said Kovach was responding to a call for assistance for a drug seizure at the time of the crash and that she was responding in order to help a a fellow officer deal with an uncooperative suspect, but Larkin also said the exact cause of Kovach's fatal crash would not be available for sometime.
"Right now, the focus is on Jennifer Kovach and celebrating her life," he said. "Once we finish this enormous task we will come back to updating the community on this fatal collision."

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The researchers say that, by focusing so heavily on high scorers, the elite colleges they examined are ignoring promising minority students with lesser scores, increasing the competition for high-scoring minority students, and potentially ?simply ?pricing? themselves out of the ?market? for a more diverse learning environment.? Especially among the most prestigious of the 30 institutions, it is hard to believe that putting less emphasis on high SAT scores would cause the institutions? quality to suffer. Elite Colleges' Scramble to Enroll High SAT Scorers May Undermine Diversity – Chronicle.com
Do they mean that colleges should LOWER standards to meet minority students halfway? Boy talk about a sense of accomplishment for those minority students that get into Yale under the suggested guidelines. How insulting.
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People lead different lives. Some people are very busy while others may have a lot of time on their hands. Some people travel for work while others are homebodies. Those at the Kabbalah Centre understand this fact. They know that each person has a different role to play in life. They also know that each person needs to find their own way in life. This is why they strive each day to think about the specific needs of their many learners. They know that each person who comes to study with them at the Kabbalah Centre has different aims and different motivations for studying. This is why they carefully consider the needs of all those who wish to study Kabbalah texts here with them.
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Just as the Creator of the Universe has a special place for all those who live here, those at the Kabbalah Centre can offer a special place for all those who wish to part of this center of learning. Anyone who wishes to learn here can do so at their pace. Working with the centre means working with staffers who deeply care about what they do and want to offer the best possible experience for their learners. They listen carefully to what their learners tell them, considering how each person can benefit from study.
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Isomaster is an excellent free program for manipulating iso files in Linux. Many distros include it as standard kit.
You can build it on Centos 6 if you have the build tools and kernel set up properly, so fix the kernels if necessary.
Download Isomaster into home directory.
Move to /tmp
$ cd /tmp
$ sudo su
# tar xjf /home/<user_name>/isomaster-1.3.9.tar.bz2
# cd /isomaster-1.3.9
# make
# make install
# cd out of build directory
# rm -rf /tmp/isomaster-1.3.9 delete build files
# exit to unprivileged user
Run it with
$ isomaster
Fluxbox users can put in their /home/<user_name>/.fluxbox/keys file
Mod1 i : ExecCommand isomaster
To run it with 'Alt i'
See Fluxbox key bindings for more.


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Good morning.
Here are several go-to links to make the first Monday of December a bit more bearable:
Writing in Businessweek, Red Sox front-office executive and sabermetrics godfather Bill James shares his thoughts on Marvin Miller, the players'-union icon who died last week at age 95. (In case you missed it: NRO's Nick Frankovich remembered a conversation he had with Miller here.)
The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham reveals that his views on the use of performance-enhancing drugs and the Hall of Fame voting process have changed:
This will be my third year voting. In my first year, I mustered up a mighty wave of self righteousness and decided that no player I suspected of using PEDs would get my vote. I'll show them.
Last year I moved my line and decided that unless there was some kind of tangible connection to PEDs, I would consider voting for a player. I changed because of Jeff Bagwell, a guy who sure looked the part of a drug user but was never linked to it. It seemed unfair to exclude him based only on suspicion.
Now I've decided to erase the line completely.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and the rest of the scoundrels will get my vote. I'll look at the players based on their statistical merit, how they compared to other players of their era and to other players in the Hall of Fame. I won't sit at my desk and do Google searches to decide who is clean and who was cheating.
If you think that is a cowardly way out, I can't argue with you. But it beats stabbing around in the dark and hoping to be right.
In Fangraphs, Bill Petti explains why the David Wright's contract extension worth $138 million over eight years will probably work out well for the Mets.
Across town, the Yankees welcomed back Mariano Rivera for one season in pinstripes for $10 million but said goodbye to catcher Russell Martin, who signed with the Pirates for two years and $17 million. Charlie Wilmoth of Bucs Dugout sounds cautiously optimistic about the signing.
It appears that playing league-average center field pays off handsomely this offseason: B. J. Upton signed with the Braves for $75 million over five years. Ben Duronio of Capitol Avenue Club believes that Upton, for all of his frustrating tendencies, is worth the price tag.
There were two trades of note last week: C. Trent Rosecrans of CBSSports.com offers details on the Tommy Hanson–for–Jordan Walden swap that the Braves completed with the Angels, while David Brown of Big League Stew has the dish on the Denard Span–for–Alex Meyer deal that the Twins made with the Nationals.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer's John Fay, the Reds have decided to make southpaw fireballer Aroldis Chapman a starter in 2013, albeit with an innings limit.
James Gentile of Beyond the Boxscore looks at how the role of the leadoff hitter has matured over several decades.
At Sports on Earth, Joe Posnanski tracks the demise of the relationship between Frank White and the Royals organization.
That's it. Have a walk-off week!


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JM 1099: Freelance Journalism in the Age of the InternetYour Personal Brand October 14th, 2008
As a member of the University of Florida Journalism Advisory Council (Go Gators!), I help guide curriculum for today's journalism student and tomorrow's journalist. This week, I depart the home office to present on the State of the Your Career to once-and-future journalists.
My Advice: Expect the unexpected. And check your timidity at the door.
My Statement: Journalism grads will emerge into a job market in flux. Opps are scarce; competition is keen from fellow journalists jettisoned by cost-cutting, and bloggers who think they're journalists. Your edge: Web 2.0 know-how, mental agility and multitasking prowess. And the vigor of youth! Maintain your reporting skills. Envision work in print, online and media undiscovered. Be an entrepreneur. Think beyond what your profs – and expectations – tell you your career will be. Welcome to your new career…
Your Mantra: The Successful either are entrepreneurs, or they think like them.
My Outline:
– Be a business person (regardless of whether you're a W-2er or a 1099er).
o Take a few business classes, maybe Adult Ed at the local high school.
o Learn to use QuickBooks; explore IT apps (cloud computing, Chrome, GMail, free apps, etc).
o Network. Join trade associations – direct, and tangential. Build Your Brand.
– Develop Web savvy.
o Embrace Web 2.0, in all its forms. Learn to write for the web, learn to post, shoot pix and video.
– Learn the subtleties of Internet tools to build your brand (never miss a chance to market yourself online).
o Sig files (for Outlook, AOL, GMail, etc.)
o Twitter, FaceBook, Blogging, Flickr, YouTube, etc.
– Hone Your Niche (AKA, Your Beat[s]).
o Read. Read some more. Follow your peers, develop your voice, create yourself.
o Today's beat will be one of several tomorrow. Welcome unexpected opps to expand your realm.
– Anticipate What's Beyond the Curve.
o Be Flexible in your pursuits. Magazines & newspapers aren't the only "media" out there any longer.
o Be open-minded in your expectations. Will you write marketing copy? Your well-honed writing skills are a distinct advantage. Will you use them for something other than journalism?
My Strategy for my son's former Elementary school teacher and a former metro daily editor…
– Think about your role as a [writer], regardless of what that meant yesterday. Envision it/yourself as a brand. Develop and nurture it.
– Discover and exploit the art of Web 2.0 – blogging, videologs, tweeting. It's fun, and builds your online brand.
– DIY it. Use GoDaddy, WordPress.org and other services to create your presence and build your brand.
Tough times ahead demand "entrepreneurial thinking." Whether a writer, a teacher or an editor, become a 1099er in the Brave New Media World…


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2017-2018 State Budget Submission
2017-2018 State Budget Submission
Our Recommendations
- Provide funding to undertake medical workforce planning.
- Provide funding to ensure Victorian doctors can complete their necessary training requirements. In particular, increase the number of medical intern, residency and registrar training positions (including at rural/regional hospitals).
- Provide funding to ensure all public hospitals are appropriately resourced to enable doctors to undertake teaching, training, quality assurance and research pursuits.
- Provide funding to AMA Victoria to train the state's medical workforce on bullying, discrimination and harassment, leadership, management, and communication skills.
- Provide funding for the 2017 Victorian public hospitals doctors' EBA, including parity in wages and conditions with other Australian States and Territories.
- Provide ongoing funding to the Victorian Doctors' Health Program (VDHP).
- Provide funding to implement electronic secure messaging across Victoria's health IT infrastructure, including integration with existing specialty IT, and resources to train users.
- Provide significant funding to address the widespread shortages and inadequacies across the state's mental health sector.
- Provide increased funding for community palliative and end of life care services.
- Provide funding to AMA Victoria for the development of an online resource on family violence legal and social support services.
- Provide funding for overweight and obesity health services (including bariatric surgery in public hospitals, the establishment of obesity clinics, and the promotion of diet and exercise).
- Provide funding to improve opiate addiction services, including the establishment of public multidisciplinary clinics in regional areas. Timely access to multidisciplinary pain management services in public settings is also necessary to reduce opiate addiction rates in Victoria.
- Provide funding to increase residential alcohol and drug treatment services (targeting ice addiction) and introduce a regulatory framework for private residential drug rehabilitation programs.
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OK, this is going to be another post with no design content. Still, I thought some of you might be interested in the race pictures that I took yesterday. I will add more soon and still I need to edit titles and tags, but here is what I have uploaded so far.
This picture shows Levi Leipheimer about 150 meters away from the stage win. His composure on the steep sections was amazing.
That's all for now. I am heading to Atlanta for the circuit race tomorrow.
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April 25, 2007 at 10:09 am -
Nice pics from GA. Love the shot of your boy looking at the podium girl!
April 25, 2007 at 12:05 pm -
Thanks, my son had a great time at the race this year. He was a little embarrassed when she was about to kiss his cheek, so I didn't get a victory shot with his hands in the air. I still like the picture though… so does he.


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Healthcare Ethics Consultation (HCEC) Certification
HCEC Certification Commission
Based on the results of market research and a role delineation study conducted October 2016 - February 2017, the Board of Directors has determined that ASBH is well positioned to invest in a voluntary, professional certification program that will validate the professional knowledge and legitimacy of individual healthcare ethics consultants.
The following have been appointed to the HCEC Certification Commission, effective at the end of the 2017 Annual Members Meeting, with responsibility for the essential elements of a certification program. Appointments are for initial 1-year terms, which may be renewed for a total of no more than 3 years of continuous service. In its first year, the commission will select a testing company; initiate a call for volunteers and select item (exam question) writers for an entry-level exam based on the role delineation study; determine eligibility criteria and develop policies and procedures; develop a detailed marketing plan and budget; and plan for the administration of the first exam. The work of the commission will be supported by volunteers who write and review test questions and participate in the development and maintenance of a certification program as needed.
Felicia Cohn, MA PhD, Chair
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Anaheim, CA
Courtenay R Bruce, MA JD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Daniel Davis, PhD
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Claretta Y Dupree, RN PhD
Trinity International University
Greensboro, NC
Matthew Kenney, PhD
Ascension Health
St Louis, MO
Michael Spellman
The Paterson Group
Chicago, IL
Credentialing Terminology and Resources
Credentialing is an umbrella term for such concepts as:
- licensure and regulation
- individual certification
- program accreditation.
In healthcare, the term is also used to encompass two separate processes:
- verification of a health care practitioner's education, training, work experience, license, etc., and
- approval for an individual to perform a specific procedure or the granting of a specific set of privileges based on documented competence in a specialty.
Licensure is a mandatory process by which the government tests an individual's competence and grants time-limited permission for that licensed individual to practice his or her profession.
Professional or personal certification is a voluntary process that includes:
- eligibility requirements
- assessment of individuals against predetermined standards for knowledge, skills, or competencies
- assessment of current knowledge and skills independent of a specific class, course, program or provider
- ongoing requirements and a system for revoking requirements, and
- a designation and associated acronym granted to participants who demonstrate that they meet the standards by successfully completing the assessment process.
(Certification programs are distinct from certificate programs. A certificate is based on a predefined course or curriculum with intended learning outcomes and a measurement of learner achievement of intended learner outcomes. Such programs are usually broader in scope and longer in duration than typical continuing education/training programs. Certification programs, on the other hand, cannot be integrated with a learning component that is offered or required by the certifying body, according to international standards [ISO/IEC 17024].)
Accreditation is the process by which an educational or credentialing program is evaluated against defined standards and is awarded recognition if it is in compliance with those standards. For example, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredits residency training programs. If ASBH were to develop a voluntary certification program for individual health care ethics consultants, and were to seek accreditation of this program, the most likely provider of this recognition is the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), a separately governed arm of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE).
In July 2016, the ASBH Board of Directors appointed a Health Care Ethics Consultation (HCEC) Certification Task Force which distributed a survey to HCEC practitioners across the country. The purpose of this survey was in part to analyze and define HCEC performance domains and tasks and associated knowledge and skills (role delineation study). The results of the role delineation study will help to satisfy a fundamental criterion for NCCA if such accreditation for the HCEC Certification Program is sought: The certification program must analyze, define, and publish performance domains and tasks related to the purpose of the credential, and the knowledge and/or skill associated with the performance domains and tasks, and use them to develop specifications for the assessment instruments. The certification program must employ assessment instruments that are derived from this practice analysis and that are consistent with generally accepted psychometric principles.
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In a game industry full of sequels and spin-offs, sometimes it's nice to see a brand-new franchise that takes things in a new direction. Gearbox's Borderlands delivered by not only giving the loot grinding, stat adjustments and build customization of a great RPG, but also gave it fast, ruthless FPS action that required you to have reflexes and skill to match your RPG mindset. Changing the game's look from a generic "serious" actioner:
to a slick, comic-book-styled take-no-prisoners comedy was probably the best part of an already solid game.
In an interview with gaming business site Gamasutra, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford talked about how originality can be a dangerous thing, and how the game industry is full of unchecked plagiarism.
"I'm actually astonished that we're about to launch a sequel and no one's stole it from us. The formula's right there. No one's stolen it yet. That's weird.
"We're in an industry where people do nothing but steal from each other. That's kind of interesting, isn't it? Not that I want anyone to steal it, or I'm challenging people to steal it.
"When talking about Borderlands 1, it was really confusing, because on one hand we gotta scream from the highest mountain to get attention because it's a new IP. On the other hand, it's like, 'Shit, we don't want to tell people our secret because then they're all gonna copy it because it's so good.'"
He's on to something, honestly, because ever since Gears of War "borrowed" the cover-based gameplay of Namco's kill.Switch and combined it with Resident Evil 4's right-justified camera, there have been countless followers, from Uncharted to Dead Space to, well... pretty much every game that does third-person shooting nowadays. And that's just one mechanic!
Details are important in building a nuanced, fleshed-out character
What do you think? Are most of the great ideas taken and game developers are just "liberally borrowing" from each other? Or is Pitchford just not looking in the right places?
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It's Pancake Tuesday, which can only mean one thing… er, well, pancakes. As a self-confessed pancake crazed loon I have about a gazillion variations up my sleeve for such occasions but none really top my ultimate "Summer Berry 'Buttermilk' Pancake" recipe from my cookbook Keep it Vegan. It's not too late to grab a 'nana and some flour on your way home and whip up a storm in your kitchen after work – I know my Husband will be expecting a batch as soon as he walks through the door and I shall gladly oblige. The candied walnuts are my favourite pancake topping too. I just love the added bit of crunch they lend to the dish, particularly alongside the uber-soft pancakes… I'm a texture gal, through and through. Of course, seeing as it's not summer, I'll forgive you for opting for a more seasonal fruit although supermarkets seem to stock berries year round these days so you shouldn't have a problem getting hold of them. What really sets these pancakes apart from the rest is the 'buttermilk' element, which is simply soya milk that has been mixed with cider vinegar and set aside to curdle – sounds horrendous, tastes incredible. It really gives this dish depth of flavour and renders them slightly fluffier too… whatever chemical reaction it instigates, I ain't complain' – just eatin' 'em up and makin' some more. Happy Pancake Day!!
Summer Berry 'Buttermilk' Pancakes
Makes 8-10 pancakes/serves 2-4
Pancakes are perfect brunch time fodder and a sure-fire way to get your weekend off to a good start as well as impressing guests. This basic mixture can be tweaked and added to as desired (blueberries, choc chips or raisins work wonderfully too), but I just love this candied walnut and nutmeg combo.
For the pancakes
150g plain white flour
40g caster sugar
11/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
240ml soya milk
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 banana, peeled and mashed
15g soya butter
1 tablespoon sunflower oil plus extra for cooking
For the candied walnuts
100g walnut pieces
1 tablespoon agave nectar
To serve
fresh berries
freshly grated nutmeg
agave nectar or maple syrup
1) In a large bowl thoroughly combine the dry pancake ingredients. Mix together the soya milk and cider vinegar in a jug, set aside for several minutes and allow to curdle – this will be the 'buttermilk' element.
2) Whisk the banana into the soya milk mixture. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the milk mixture, folding gently until incorporated.
3) Melt the butter with the oil in a medium, non-stick frying pan and pour into the bowl, ensuring everything is fully incorporated – I use a whisk. Allow the pancake mix to sit for a while – the pancakes will puff up better.
4) Preheat the oven to 100°C/gas mark ¼. Heat a little more oil in the frying pan and add a small ladleful of mixture to form a pancake. Don't overcrowd the pan – only cook one or two pancakes at a time. They should come to about 8cm in diameter. Cook until bubbles appear on the surface before flipping over and cooking for a further few minutes on the other side. Transfer to a plate and keep the pancakes warm in the oven – try not to stack them or they may go soggy.
5) Wipe the pan with kitchen paper, add the walnuts and toast on a medium heat for a few minutes before adding the agave. Allow the walnuts to become sticky and then slightly hard – stir constantly so they don't stick to the pan.
6) Serve the pancakes with fresh berries, the candied walnuts, a good grating of nutmeg and lashings of agave or maple syrup. Brunch time!
I would love to try these. would the recipe work just as well if I were to substitute the soya milk with almond milk?
Hi, I have just made a batch of the vegan pancakes and they are gorgeous. I used coconut milk instead of soya, used less sugar (and brown) and added a tablespoon of ground flaxseed. I am not a vegan but taking part in veganuary and really enjoying it. It's not too hard, having been either vegetarian or pescetarian all my adult life, but I am loving the challenge. I cook for a living and have started including lots more vegan and gluten free recipes on the menu. Your blog is really inspiring and I am loving the recipes. Thanks
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2/17/2007 6:16pm, #1
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What do to when your Kwoon is becoming Bullshido? My dilemma.
Okay it's not officially a Kwoon, my instructor rents space at a communtiy center and that's where we train. So let me give some background about the situation and then I would appreciate to hear some suggestions.
My Baji instructor is An Tian Rong and according to my sources in China he is a very well respected master of the art who can trace his lineage to Li Shu Wen. Master An is not just a forms instructor, in his youth he fought SanDa in China, and has on occassion recalled some of his bouts against Russian athletes. (It was the 1940s and 50s afterall) Master An has been teaching in the U.S. for almost a decade now in several different locations. Unfortunately he has been taken advantage of many times by other CMA school owners over the years which finally resulted in him deciding to stay in Columbus, Ohio. Basically some rather successful school owner on the West and East coasts would practically beg him to come teach, promising to pay him a set monthly fee and then not pay him or only pay him a portion of what was promised. This has happened at least 2 or 3 times that I am aware of. He finally got so sick of it that he moved back to Ohio where he knew some people and had a few students.
At one time he had a small school of his own in Columbus with about 10 children students and several adult students. In a matter of a few months he had no children left, he is a very old school CMA instructor, which means he would yell at the children when they did not do things properly or pay attention in class, resulting in the students leaving and his school closing. He did teach for a time at Dublin Elite Martial Arts, but when it appeared that that school may be closing due to financial difficulties he cut ties and left. Now we're at the community center.
Suffice it to say he has had very bad luck here in the U.S. and has been taken advantage of, I think part of it has to do with his stubborn attitude in regards to how he feels things should be done and part of it is due to his inability to speak the Engrish. There are other Baji instructors in the U.S. that are considered "authorities" on the art of Baji that do not even know 1/4 of what Master An knows about the art. I won't mention names but I know of an instructor in Canton, Ohio who is regarded as a Baji authority but does not even have anything resembling a complete knowledge of the system. I know the school owner in Canton has had Master An come in and teach Baji basics (which the school owner had not seen up to that point) and then, it is rumored, that the Canton school owner took this new information and published it as his own for his students to buy. As a student of Master An's it upsets me that such a valuable instructor of, in my opinion, a rare system has been unable to achieve recognition here in the U.S. while others who are far less knowledgeable have been recognized as authorities on the subject.
Now on to my dilemma. I think Master An has given up trying to teach students in a manner that offers some kind of quality control. I think he just doesn't care anymore and has decided to give the students what they want so that they do not quit. (Teaching is his only source of income.) For example, myself and his most senior student easliy spent 3 months on one basic set of 8 techniques. Personally I could have learned all 8 of the basics in about 2 weeks, they are relatively simple. We spent 3 months on them because Master An wanted to make sure that we knew the techniques before we moved on. I have been training with Master An (albeit less frequently since I moved an hour and half away from Columbus) for over 2 years. In that time I have learned 3 training sets, 2 forms, and 1 two man set. My training partner has been with Master An for almost 5 years and has learned everything I have as well as several other forms not related to Baji.
Master An's new students have almost learned everything I have in a matter of 6-8 months. Their form is horrible and Master An has remarked quite frequently that these students do not understand the time that is needed to learn the techniques properly, resulting in them not understanding how to perform the techniques. Since I am not able to train with Master An on a regular basis I don't see what's going on. The most senior student on the other hand does and it makes him very angry (It seems that the new students have been flaunting the fact that they "know" almost as much Baji as he does).
This has caused me some concern. I am worried that as soon as Master An returns to China permanently that it will result in 3-5 new Baji "masters" in Columbus, this problem has already reared it's ugly head once and was finally smashed by an independent investigation done by someone in Columbus.
see thread here-
At this point quality control has now fallen into the hands of myself and the senior student. We have to take steps in our own training to keep our skills on par. We are planning on doing more contact drills and training to improve, things that I am sure will put a spring in Master An's step (anytime we gear up to do contact he gets excited).
I would like some suggestions on how I can try to improve the situation as it currently is, as well as some suggestions on how I should handle things after Master An returns to China permanently. I.E. when all these new so called Baji "Masters" start popping up, should I do anything about them? My training partner has already stated more than once, in his anger filled rants, that he will openly challenge any and all of these new Baji "masters" should they open schools after Master An's departure.
I look forward to your response my CMA brothers.
"Trying to save CMA one kwoon at a time"
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2/17/2007 7:22pm, #2
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if you have received good training then continue and enjoy.
if other students "progress" faster and do not get the basics that is their problem not yours.
the students who think they "know" as much as the senior student are young and still need to practice. the senior students skill is not diminished just because some new students give poor understanding of the material.
make sure you dont fall into that trap:-)
it is up to your teacher how he wants to teach.
2/17/2007 8:07pm, #3
Originally Posted by taichi64pakua
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I have also been trying to enforce this idea with the senior student, and it does help to calm him down in regards to this situation. But the senior student is very hot blooded and has spent many years not only as Master An's student but as his friend as well. I think that is why it upsets him so much, he really cares about the well being of Master An and is worried that people will judge Master An based on the skills demonstrated by the newer students, especially if they try to open their own kwoons after he leaves.
As for falling into the "trap", I have no worries about that. After many years of training in many schools both here and in Asia, I know that it's the quality of your techniques that is important, not how many forms you've learned. Thanks for the post!
2/17/2007 9:12pm, #4
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I agree do not worry about the other students...if the relationship with your instructor is still good and you feel like he cares about how you progress, dont give a second thought to what others are doing.
This will take thick skin and no ego as they may "progress" faster than you. They could even say something like that. Let it roll off your back.
A million years ago the same thing happened to me. In this case, I actually asked my instructor about it. I was young, dumb and full of.....spirit. I couldnt figure out why I worked harder then everyone else and I got crap and they got belts and etc. He sat me down and explained rationally to me:
"Most students pay the bills and keep the lights on. I give them enough to make them coming back. For the students that i see working, training outside of class, and want to get better, I teach them the way they should be taught"
If this is the only means of income, dont sweat it at all. We all have to pay the bills and sometimes we do things that we dont love to make that happen.
All that really matters is what he is giving you. However you will HAVE to be honest with yourself. It is easy to get into a mind set of "he is giving me goos stuff while he is giving you crap" when really, he is giving you crap as well. If he starts giving you crap, depending on the relationship, talk to him. If you dont feel you can do that, leave.
2/17/2007 10:14pm, #5
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Does Baji Spar, from what little I gave seen it's an "alive" style.
I ask because sparring and competition seems to be an important tool to quality control in that you getting your ass kicked is usually a sign that you're not progressing as well as you think you are.
Just curious
2/17/2007 10:25pm, #6
Politics suck. Stay out of it and enjoy your training. I had a similar situation in my Mickey D place.
I became an instructor saw all of the politics and quit. Enjoy what you do and don't worry about their quality worry about yours.
My forms were never beautiful so people had problems with me. I whooped the crap out of them so I had a problem with them.
Take what you want out of your training and let the rest go.
2/18/2007 2:11pm, #7
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The senior student and myself have taken it upon ourselves to do contact drills and sparring for our own benefit, Master An greatly approves of this and has always encouraged us to do this. Unfortunately for him at the age of 69 or 70 he is unable to participate in sparring drills like he did in his youth, which I believe this is the reason no contact of any kind was taking place before I arrived.
2/21/2007 6:22am, #8
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Think of it like this they aren't truly progressing because they are rushing and not getting the true meaning and skill from this great martail art. If all they are practicing are incomplete forms due to their incompetence not yours and your master you have nothing to worry about. Just keep training the real way and if the other so called "Baji" masters come around and start trouble show them the real baji ( without getting yourself into too much trouble).
2/25/2007 6:15pm, #9
An interesting conundrum, as stated already, focus more on your training and perfecting your technique, skill and knowledge. When the times comes open a school with your KF brother and teach the real Baji, if these others open their own schools and teach crap to people let the information out into the community, offer a challenge to test their skills, if they fail people will see that they do not posess what you do. Or while training in class challenge them to a sparring match, after you whoop them let them know their skill is weak and they lack knowledge, hopefully open their eyes to reality.
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What are the opinions of the junior students specifically, I can''t see too many people not wanting to do sparing. Is he catering to the wants of the juniors, you mentioned.
By the way if a group of three to 5 new masters pop up when he leaves, you and the senior should beat them down."Its not important to be strong, its just important not to be weak."


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Yes, indeed, how time flies and how quickly we forget. The gentlemen pictured in our last Flashback scene are Voice editor Victor Marquis (right) and Paul Thompson, then legal advisor for the Ministry of Planning. The picture was taken in the House of Parliament in 1995, shortly before Marquis—a former secretary of the United Workers Party—placed his right hand on a bible presented him by Thompson and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about what would later become known as the U.N. Scandal, starring the singular Charles Flemming.
Until a few months before the governor general Pearlette Louisy appointed a related Commission of Inquiry headed by Sir Fred Phillips, Flemming had been Saint Lucia's ambassador to the U.N. He landed in hot water following an official demand that the John Compton government account for monetary assistance by the operators of the UNDP's Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund—assistance allegedly solicited by Flemming at the behest of UWP chairman Henry Giraudy.
The prime minister swore before the commission neither he nor his by then deceased party chairman had any knowledge of Flemming's dealings with the UNDP.
In Flemming's official telling, however: "In 1989, during one of my frequent visits to Saint Lucia, I was approached by Mr Henry Giraudy. He asked me to arrange a salary for Mr Bousquet. I apprised him of the difficulty involved and indicated that some mechanism would have to be arranged. I made suggestions to which he agreed. I also told him I would need clearance from the prime minister. He said I would get it. Some time later I took a telephone call from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Neville Cenac. He informed me that the prime minister said I should, and I quote, 'do the thing for
Rufus.' "
Flemming eventually sought and was given permission by the Commission to fly to New York, where he said he had several important documents related to the matter under inquiry. It was the last time Sir Fred Phillips (now deceased) set eyes on the former ambassador!
Full details of the unforgettable inquiry, including related secret decisions, are to be found in my book Lapses & Infelicities, available at local bookstores or from Amazon.com.
And now for this week's memory jogger. Tell us the names of the featured gentlemen, where you think the picture was taken, the occasion and whatever else you might know about our photograph.


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Behind the scenes at an NFL telecast
Published 12:50 am, Friday, October 7, 2011
Ask anyone in the broadcast business for their dream assignment, and a majority would say it is to call an NFL game. There are precious few jobs, since all TV games are produced by national networks, and those who have them don't want to relinquish them.
Andrew Catalon, weekend anchor at WNYT (Ch. 13), got that dream opportunity Sunday, filling in for Bill Macatee on the CBS Bills-Bengals telecast in Cincinnati.
We asked Catalon, who called the Cleveland Browns' preseason schedule earlier this season, to give us the 10 things the average person wouldn't know about calling an NFL game. Here's what he came up with:
1. Preparation. In addition to reading anything he could find on the teams and players, Catalon watched game tapes of every Bills and Bengals game to that point of the season.
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1Terry Francona, recently fired as Boston Red Sox manager, will fill in for Tim McCarver (who is having a minor heart-related procedure this week) on Fox's telecast of the first two games of the American League Championship Series. Could this be an audition?
2Showing that political views and multibillion-dollar contracts with pro sports leagues don't mix, ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s music from its "Monday Night Football" open because of remarks he made on Fox News. Williams compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler, comments for which he apologized the next day.
3Good news for Syracuse football fans. The Orange's game Saturday night at Tulane has been picked up by SNY. Until Wednesday, it was scheduled for radio only in the Northeast.
2. The chart. Every good announcer prepares a chart -- Catalon did his on a 20 x 30 white board -- listing every player with pertinent stats and biographical information. Catalon said that he may have used 15 to 20 percent of his information on the air. "I knew I had too much going in," he said, "but, to me, you can never overprepare."
3. Memorization. Catalon learned the jersey number of every player on both teams. "A couple of times I couldn't see the tackler," he said, "but I was confident about the numbers."
4. Team meetings. Catalon, analyst Steve Tasker, producer Victor Frank and director Andy Goldberg met privately Saturday with the head coach and select players on each team (four Bengals, three Bills). That's standard procedure in the NFL.
5. Confidentiality. Although he took notes, Catalon wasn't allowed to use any information learned from the meeting until game time. "Chan (Gailey, Bills' head coach) went over who the inactives were going to be," Catalon said. "That information helped me in my preparation."
6. Production meeting. Saturday night is spent meeting with network personnel involved in the telecast, reviewing story lines, graphics, etc.
7. The open. The four-minute segment, in which Catalon and Tasker preview the game, is done live and without a TelePrompTer. They did rehearse it twice.
8. Spotter and statistician. During the game telecast, he had a statistician to his left and a spotter, who sat between Catalon and Tasker, to the right. The statistician's job is fairly self-explanatory. The spotter uses the announcer's chart to point out a ball-carrier, a tackler or any significant personnel change.
9. Prepared for anything When Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton benefited from a replay review because of the "Tuck Rule," the production truck almost immediately had tape of Tom Brady's 2001 game in which that rule entered NFL lexicon. A stage manager handed Catalon a card with details of the tape. "The amount of preparation the production crew and staff puts in is incredible," Catalon said.
10. Coast to coast. A game that was going to 3 percent of the country at the start finished in front of the entire country, although you wouldn't have known it. Catalon smoothly gave old and new viewers a game recap without disrupting the telecast by saying something like, "We'd like to welcome viewers who have been watching ... "
"It moved a lot faster than a preseason game," Catalon said. "It's a lot crisper. It helped that it was a good game."
Pete Dougherty is the Times Union's sports TV/radio columnist. Reach him at 454-5416 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit the sports media blog at http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia.


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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that his office has secured $275,000 from LA Weight Loss Centers Inc.
The money will be used to compensate customers in New York who paid for weight-loss products and services before the company shut down in January 2008 and later filed for bankruptcy protection.
Nearly two dozen Capital Region residents lost money when the centers closed, Cuomo's office said. The company had 45 weight loss centers across the state.
Those who believe they are owed money should call 1-800-771-7755 or visit the AG's site.
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Today there is a glut of labor but in several years mass retirements of Baby Boomers could create a scarcity requiring efforts to keep older workers on the job in "encore careers," according to a report by Barry Bluestone, Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.
"If the baby boom generation retires from the labor force at the same rate and age as current older workers, the baby bust generation that follows will likely be too small to fill many of the projected new jobs," Bluestone said.
The report was released by the MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. It predicts that within the next eight years there could be at least 5 million potential job vacancies in the United States, nearly half of them (2.4 million) in social sector jobs in education, health care, government and nonprofit organizations.
The report suggests one way to plug this future labor gap will be to entice older Americans to stay in the workforce by taking some of the faster-growing jobs that have a social mission component.
This list of encore careers include seven job categories in health care (registered nurses; home health aides; personal and home care aides; nursing aides, orderlies and attendants; medical assistants; licensed practical and vocational nurses; and medical and health service managers); three in education (teachers, teacher assistants and child care workers); others in nonprofits and government (business operations specialists; general and operations managers; and receptionists and information clerks); plus clergy and social and human service assistants.
The report also links to tips about how to prepare for these encore careers.
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59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
United States U.S. Military Indiana Indiana Military Indiana in the Civil War 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Brief History
Organized at Gosport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. At Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.[1]
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
- Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
- Company A - many men from Owen County - see Roster on page 673
- Company B - men from Owen, Hendricks, and Morgan counties - see Roster on page 675
- Company C - many men from Sullivan County - see Roster on page 677
- Company D - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Roster on page 680
- Company E - many men from Greene and Decatur counties - see Roster on page 681
- Company F- many men from Orange and Crawford counties - see Roster on page 684
- Company G - men from Putnam, Clay, Morgan, and Vigo counties - see Roster on page 686
- Company H - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Roster on page 688
- Company I - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Roster on page 689
- Company K - many men from Harrison County - see Roster on page 691
The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 59th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)
Companies A, D, and E - many men from Greene County [2]
Other Sources
- Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011)
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
- The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
- Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 59th Regiment, Indiana.
- Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana
- Matthews, James Louis (Sgt.), "Civil War Diary of Sergeant James Louis Matthews", (Indiana Magazine of History 24, no. 4 (December 1928): 306-316.), 1864-1865 ,Warrick County (Newburgh), 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E Abstract and Bibliographic Information article PDF
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).
- ↑ "Military History of Greence County" Chaper 8, 9, 10, in Caperton, Neda.Index of Names in the Sullivan County Section of History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884. ( [Indianapolis]: Indiana Historical Society Library, 1972.) (page 115-181, Regiment, Companies, Names), 977.242 H2hi FHL US/CAN FHL Collection other library Family History Archives


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|Beach roses and holly berries, I think!
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|Kath brought dessert from Capt. Jacks, yummers!
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|A little vase of flowers I painted at the cottage! Kathi brought them down! Thanks Kath!!!
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|My bro Woe! Love you Warren!
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The Voice 2012: Top 10 Perform Tonight
The Voice 2012 Top 10 takes to the stage tonight and who moves on will again be in your hands, America.
Last week we watched as Teams Christina and Blake both lost a member from the team and this week there will be more goodbyes.
Anything can happen with the votes, so it's all up to America to make sure their favorites go through. In the preview below, the show promises us a best of the best show and also teases at a special appearance by Jennifer Hudson. There's no word on what her appearance will be about. Guest acts usually only show up on the results show nights.
The Top 10 — Team Adam: Amanda Brown, Bryan Keith and Melanie Martinez; Team Blake: Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott; Team Christina: Dez Duron and Sylvia Yacoub; and Team CeeLo: Cody Belew, Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte.
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Dave Herman vs. Kerry Schall. Photo by Esther Lin/EliteXC
HAMMOND, Ind. (Oct. 11, 2008) – Promising, unbeaten heavyweight Dave "Pee Wee'' Herman of Bloomington, Ind., improved to 12-0 with a 1:06, first-round TKO over Kerry "Meat Truck'' Schall (21-11) of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the main event Friday on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series.
Schall got Herman's attention with a huge overhand right hand approximately a half-minute in.
But the shot only seemed to invigorate and anger Herman, who retaliated with a vengeance. He connected with a series of knees that dropped Schall and then finished off the veteran, who complained afterward about a low blow, with three punches while he was down and defenseless.
"I may have got hit, but I didn't feel it,'' said Herman, who improved to 3-0 for EliteXC and 2-0 on Showtime. "I don't care who I fight next but I hope it is as soon as possible. Actually, I would like to fight on the EliteXC Nov. 8 card on Showtime.''
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Undefeated heavyweight prospect Dave "Pee Wee" Herman will take on former "Ultimate Fighter" contestant Kerry Schall in a bout that will headline the next edition of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series, which takes place this Friday night at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana and will be televised live on Showtime.
Additional main card bouts will feature banished 'TUF' competitor Jason Guida making his EliteXC debut against Mamed Khalidows and King of the Cage welterweight champion Anthony Lapsley taking on Mike Stumpf.
The complete card for the event is after the jump.
Continue reading "Herman-Schall Headlines Saturday ShoXC"
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Here's a little mix of news and notes that we missed over the past few days…
Jackson-Silva III Likely for UFC 91
Amidst lingering rumors that the two were set to rematch later this year, it seems that former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will reportedly indeed take on longtime PRIDE middleweight title holder Wanderlei Silva at UFC 91 on November 15 according to MMA Junkie.
Sources within the Wolfslair camp, which Jackson recently joined after parting ways with trainer Juanito Ibarra, have said that Jackson has agreed to the fight and has already begun training. Attempts to contact Wolfslair co-owner Anthony McGann for confirmation by MMA on Tap were unsuccessful.
Jackson and Silva have fought on two separate occasions and Silva was victorious in both fighters. Silva stopped Jackson with strikes in the first round of their original meeting at PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 and then scored a second-round knockout of him at PRIDE 28 four years ago.
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Despite rampant speculation that EliteXC and the multiple promotions owned under parent company ProElite are in potential financial trouble, EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw is denying the reports, at least when it comes to the home of Kimbo Slice and K.J. Noons.
"EliteXC will not be going on Sept. 20," Shaw said in a report on MMA Junkie this morning. "I'm the vice president of EliteXC, so I don't really know all the matters that occur with the Cage Rages or ICONs of the world. But I can tell you that EliteXC is fully functional and fully healthy. Some things happen on a larger scale not necessarily that we're not privy to, but we're busy working on other events. For EliteXC we just felt that we needed to clear the runway for a big landing on Oct. 4."
Those other events Shaw speaks of apparently include four more shows over the next three months, starting with the latest edition of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series on September 26th, which will be headlined by Wilson Reis taking on Bao Quach for the vacant EliteXC featherweight belt.
"We have a large schedule of mixed martial arts fights coming up," Shaw said. "We have Sept. 26 in Santa Barbara - our ShoXC featuring that world title fight (between 140-pound fighters Bao Quach and Wilson Reis). Oct. 4 (we're) on CBS featuring Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano. Oct. 10 on Showtime, ShoXC will feature the heavyweight phenom, Dave Herman. And we will be back on Nov. 8 with another tremendous Showtime show."
Continue reading "Shaw Reveals EliteXC's Upcoming Event Schedule; Garners Response from Noons"
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The negative fallout from EliteXC's second show on CBS is continuing. Yesterday the UFC and Spike TV blasted the organization for drawing lesser numbers on their network television broadcast than a replay of UFC 84: Ill Will in certain demographics last Saturday night. Gary Shaw and Doug DeLuca's resignation from ProElite were also announced on Tuesday as well.
One of the things EliteXC heads DeLuca and Jeremy Lappen continually harped on in the weeks leading up to the event was the tremendous ticket sales they were enjoying. DeLuca stated that five days out from the event, they had already sold half of the available tickets and were expecting a sellout.
"We're definitely well over half sold already," DeLuca said during a pre-event conference call on July 22. "That was as of the weekend. I know we picked up a full head of steam on Monday. I'm really not too sure where ticket sales are at exactly, but we are fully expecting it to be a complete sell out."
It turns out that DeLuca fibbed a bit.
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K.J. Noons. Photo by Esther Lin/ProElite.
The King's return was a good one.
Fighting in his home state of Hawaii for the first time under the Elite Xtreme Combat banner, K.J. Noons successfully defended his EliteXC lightweight title for the first time, scoring a quick and brutal first-round stoppage of longtime veteran Yves Edwards in the main event of Saturday night's "Return of the King" event.
Noons and Edwards wasted no time, quickly meeting in the center of the cage to exchange punches right from the opening bell. Although Edwards stunned Noons at one point, the fast-paced exchange on the feet suddenly came to a halt when Noons caught Edwards with a short right hand that sat him down on the canvas. Noons pounced on Edwards and unleashed a furious barrage of unanswered punches and elbows that forced referee Mario Yamasaki to step in and save Edwards.
"Yves caught me, rocked me," Noons said after the fight. "But once I knocked him down I knew I had to go in and finish it.''
Noons post-fight celebration was marred by the entrance of Nick Diaz, still suited up in fight gear from his bout against Muhsin Corbbrey earlier in the night, along with his younger brother and current UFC lightweight Nate Diaz, into the cage. In an attempt to hype a potential rematch between the two, the younger Diaz opted to exchange words with Noons' father, Karl Sr.
The words soon escalated to threats and before long the elder Noons and the Diaz brothers grabbed one another, forcing ringside officials, color commentator Bill Goldberg, and everyone else in the cage to jump in and prevent an all-out brawl. The Diaz brothers quickly jolted from the cage, holding their trademark middle fingers high in the air while walking backstage.
Continue reading "Noons Stops Edwards; Retains Belt in Hawaii"
KJ Noons retained his EliteXC lightweight championship. Photo: Tom Casino/EliteXC
Rafael Feijao def. Wayne Cole - TKO
Dave Herman def. Ron Waterman - TKO
Murilo Rua def. Tony Bonello - TKO
Nick Diaz def. Muhsin Corbbrey - TKO
K.J. Noons def. Yves Edwards - TKO
Bubba McDaniel def. Kala Kolohe - Submission (Rear Choke)
Mark Oshiro def. Chris Willems - TKO
Kaleo Kwan def. Mike Aina - Unanimous Decision
PJ Dean vs Dean Lista - Majority Draw
Lolohea Mahe vs Chris Barnard - Cancelled
Russell Doane def. Dwayne Haney - TKO
Carl Barton def. Kepa Madeiros - TKO
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K.J. Noons. Photo by Esther Lin/ProElite.
Elite Xtreme Combat has announced the complete card for it's upcoming "Return of the King" event, which will take place on June 14th at the Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The event is slated to be headlined by an EliteXC lightweight title bout between current champion K.J. Noons and top contender Yves Edwards. An additional lightweight fight between future DREAM title challenger Nick Diaz and Muhsin Corbbrey has also been signed to take place. Additional main card bouts also include former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs Tony Bonello, Ron Waterman vs Dave Herman, and Rafael Feijao vs Wayne Cole.
Newly crowned ICON Sport middleweight title holder Kala Kolohe Hose will headline the undercard against an opponent yet to be determined. His original foe, former hockey enforcer turned mixed martial artist Geoff Bumstead, has been removed from the card due to unknown reasons.
In a change of pace, the preliminary fights will be streamed on ProElite.com following the conclusion of the main card, which will be televised on Showtime starting at 10 PM ET.
The current fight card for the show is as follows:
Main Card:
K.J. Noons vs. Yves Edwards - EliteXC Lightweight Title
Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey
Murilo Rua vs. Tony Bonello
Rafael Feijao vs. Wayne Cole
Dave Herman vs. Ron Waterman
Preliminary Fights:
Kala Kolohe vs. TBA
Mark Oshiro vs. Chris Williams
Kaleo Kwan vs. Mike Aina
Lolohea Mahe vs. Chris Bernard
P.J. Dean vs. Dean Lista
Russell Doane vs. Dwayne Haney
Kepa Madeiros vs. Carl Barton
Dave Herman has his hand raised after his victory over Mario Rinaldi. Photo by Tracy Lee. Courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com
A heavyweight bout between undefeated heavyweight prospect Dave Herman and longtime veteran Ron Waterman will likely take place at Elite Xtreme Combat's scheduled June 14th show in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The news comes from our friends at MMA Junkie, who informed of the potential bout by a source close to Herman.
Herman, who has won his first ten fights to start off his professional career, made his EliteXC debut in February at "Street Certified", where he stopped American Top Team member Mario Rinaldi with strikes in the third round of their preliminary bout at the show.
Waterman, a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE, is currently riding a two-fight winning streak. Waterman last submitted Hawaiian Analu Brash at an X-1 event in January.
The event in June is slated to be headlined by an EliteXC lightweight title bout between champion K.J. Noons and Yves Edwards. An additional lightweight fight between Nick Diaz and Muhsin Corbbrey has also been signed.
Seth Petruzelli weighs-in for Shamrock vs Ortiz III: The Final Chapter. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
It turns out that former Ultimate Fighter contestant Seth Petruzelli will not take on undefeated heavyweight prospect Dave Herman at EliteXC: Street Certified on February 16th at the United Bank Arena in Miami, Florida.
According to MMA Junkie, Petruzelli will no longer be part of the bout and has been replaced by American Top Team's Mario Rinaldi. No word yet as to the reason why Petruzelli was forced out of the bout, injury or otherwise.
The fight will be the EliteXC debut for both fighters at an event which also features a main event between internet street fighting legend Kimbo Slice and former UFC brawler Tank Abbott.
Rinaldi, who weighs-in as a super heavyweight at 280 lbs, has racked up a professional record of 6-2 so far in his young mixed martial arts career. Four of those wins have come by way of submission. His last fight was a submission win over Jason Dolloff at an Extreme Fighting International in October.
Herman, who has not suffered the taste of defeat thus far in his career, has finished every one of his opponent via strikes or submission. His last fight was a win over Justin Kahn at a Maximum Combat show in December where he submitted Kahn with a rear naked choke.
An additional bout that has been added to the event features Rafael Feijao and John Doyle clashing in a light heavyweight fight according to ProElite.com.


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Last week, Kevin Pelton debunked the notion that experienced teams are better at winning close games than inexperienced teams. He basically found that good teams are better at winning close games than bad teams, but the gap between them shrinks when the scoring margins narrow–that a team winning 80 percent of blowouts it plays in, for instance, should only be expected to win about 60 percent of games decided by five points or less.
Kevin was kind enough to send me his data specifically on the Celtics. Last year, the champs went 11-9 in games decided by five or less; at the time Kevin sent me the data, this year's team was 9-5.
I used Kevin's post as an excuse to look a little deeper at how this year's Celtics do in close games, but I used a different definition of "close": a game in which the scoring margin is three points or less at some point in the fourth quarter. This definition throws out games in which a trailing team rallies against the Bench Mob to get within five, and it includes games in which is a team is in serious danger of losing but pulls away to win by more than five.
The Celtics have played 30 such games this season; they are 18-12.
I was most interested in how the C's offense performs in "clutch" fourth quarters–whether they are more efficient, take more threes, commit more turnovers, etc. To do this, I looked at the fourth quarter of all 30 games–and three overtime periods. That adds up to 31.25 quarters of basketball–almost exactly 12 percent of the minutes the team has played this year. In this post, we'll look at the general numbers only. Tomorrow morning, I'll post about the Big Three's play in the clutch. After that, we'll get to the role players.
Here are the team's general offensive stats for these "clutch" quarters next to the C's overall stats for the season:
"Clutch" Overall
2-pt FGs 214-425 (50.4 %) 1984-3868 (51.2%)
3-pt FGs 51-145 (35 %) 412-1056 (39%)
FTs 216-266 (81%) 1284-1666 (77%)
True Shooting 58 % 57.3 %
Turnovers 110 1014
You can tell immediately that the Celtics offense is just about as efficient in the "clutch" as it is otherwise–pretty damn efficient. They don't shoot the ball as well from the floor, but they make up for it by getting to the line more often (and hitting the FTs) and taking better care of the ball. This is nothing earth-shattering, but it's something of a validation of Doc's late-game coaching and proof that the C's have evolved from the "throw the ball to Pierce and stand around" crunch time strategy.
(Please note this caveat for everything that comes below: I don't have the computer programming know-how to go back and break this stuff down on a possession-by-possession basis, which is of course more precise because if factors in pace. Sorry. I'd love to learn, though).
Take those 110 turnovers. They constitute 10.8 percent of the team's total turnovers this year, which means the C's are coughing up the rock at a slightly lower rate in the clutch than they do during the rest of the game. (Remember, the "clutch sample" accounts for 12 percent of minutes played). It's a very small drop, but it's a good sign, especially considering that opponents are playing harder on defense and that more of the offensive responsibility falls on fewer players.
The 266 free throw attempts represent 16 percent of the team's total FTAs for the season–again, higher than the expected 12 percent. Garbage time free throws–the result of other teams fouling Boston to stop the clock–probably account for a lot of this.
The C's also shoot more threes in the clutch than they do in the non-clutch. Those 145 three-point attempts make up 14 percent of the team's deep heaves this season–slightly more than you'd expect.
Enough with the general stats. Tomorrow we get to the fun stuff: Are all of the Big 3 carrying the load in the clutch?
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On December 8, as the Christmas season got into full swing, a sad pall overwhelmed many of us as San Antonio Police Officer Bobby Deckard struggled to live after having been shot in the head while chasing armed robbery suspects. I began and ended each day with a solemn prayer that Officer Deckard would survive and be able to live a healthy, productive life – although I knew that likely would not happen. He lost his valiant fight on December 20. A young life taken, a young wife and two children left without their husband and father. Another one of my beloved law enforcement officers lost in the performance of his duties.
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When we first moved to San Antonio in 1977, Ash and I began eating at La Posada del Rey. They were then located at the intersection of New Braunfels and Nacogdoches. When we met Ray, he became a big fan of the restaurant as well. When they moved to Lincoln Heights, we followed them there. Last December, they closed their Lincoln Heights location and I felt like I had lost a good friend. They have now opened in the Carousel Court, in the original Raffles, at the corner of Nacogdoches and New Braunfels – across the street from their original location! This is one of the best Christmas presents I could have gotten. Welcome back Ramiro and JoAnn Valdez, owners of La Posada del Rey.
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(5:30 p.m. EDT) -- Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess changed course briefly this evening off the coast of Mykonos to search for a possible man overboard -- but it turns out that the man in question may have been a blue sun lounger.
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7:59 p.m. Greek local time (DST). "Full emergency action taking place! We're one hour out of Mykonos. We've slowed down and crew threw in a flare to mark spot. The captain said a blue sun lounger had been seen in the water 200 meters from ship on starboard side."
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