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Sales of new single-family homes in the United States fell sharply in July to their lowest level in nine months, casting a shadow over the country's housing recovery.
Sales dropped 13.4 percent to an annual rate of 394,000 units, the Commerce Department said on Friday.
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The reading, which was well below economists' expectations, could be a sign that a recent surge in mortgage rates is weighing on the economy, although the data is often subject to large revisions.
The report could weaken the case for the U.S. Federal Reserve to reduce its support for the economy by trimming monthly bond purchases later this year.
"The higher mortgage rates are having an impact on the housing market," said Scott Brown, chief economist with Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida. "That makes tapering (bond purchases) somewhat less likely."
The government revised sharply lower its estimate for new home sales in May and June.
Yields on U.S. government debt dropped sharply and the dollar weakened following the release of the data, a sign that some investors were scaling back bets that the Fed would trim its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases next month.
Mortgage rates have risen sharply since May on bets that the Fed would soon begin tapering its bond purchases. The stimulus program is designed to lower interest rates to make it easier for businesses to expand and take on new workers.
The housing market, which has been a major drag on the U.S. economy since the 2007-09 recession, appeared to turn a corner early last year when home prices began to rise.
Last month, the median price for a new home sale rose to $257,200, up from $237,400 in the same month of 2012.
There have been indications that higher borrowing costs are having only a limited impact on the overall housing market.
Sales of existing homes, a much larger category than new homes, surged to a three-year high last month. Some analysts speculated, however, that home buyers rushed into the market to lock in mortgage rates before they rose further.
Construction of new homes has accelerated over the last year, and the inventory of new homes for sale increased by 4.3 percent in July from June.
Rising inventories could slow the rapid and arguably unsustainable price gains seen over the past year. If that occurred in step with a moderate rise in interest rates, the overall housing market could become healthier in the long term.
"(In) the end it will make it the housing recovery a more durable one," said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist with Sterne Agee & Leach in Chicago.
At July's sales pace it would take 5.2 months to clear the houses on the market, up from 4.3 months in June. A supply of six months is normally considered a healthy balance between supply and demand.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Additional reporting by Richard Leong in New York; Editing by Paul Simao)


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Sharon on Getting Sober and Getting Custody After an HIV Diagnosis
October 12, 2010
Welcome to This Positive Life! We have with us Sharon Gambles. When Sharon was diagnosed with HIV in 1989, like many other people, she thought HIV was a gay white man's disease, thus she knew nothing about the disease. To make matters, during this time, there were very little resources for women living with HIV -- Sharon felt completely alone and lived in denial for years. This recovering addict, mother of three and out lesbian shares talks about her journey to sobriety, coming to terms with being HIV-positive and how she started to love herself again.
Let's start at the very beginning. What year was it? And what happened when you found out you were HIV positive?
It was September of '89, at Highland Hospital. I had just had birthed my daughter. After delivery, they asked me, did I want to take a test? And I was, like, "Yeah, I'll take a test." I didn't know what the test was for, but I took it anyway. About two weeks later, I was called back to Highland. A midwife called me in her room and said, "I want to tell you that your test came back positive." And I was, like, "OK, positive for what?" At that time, it wasn't called HIV. If I'm not mistaken, she said "GRID" or something like that.
So I'm thinking I'm going to get a shot. That's what I thought I was going to do, because I had had STDs before. So I thought I was going to get a shot, and it was going to be over. She was like, "Not only do you have it, but your daughter has it, too." So, again; there was no support. There was no emotional support for me. No one sat down and talked to me, knew exactly how I was feeling. It was just like a bomb dropped on me. I didn't know anything. I had no knowledge about HIV. It didn't apply to me, because I wasn't a gay male. But somehow I had this disease.
They said, "You have to also take your daughter to the Children's Hospital." And so that's what I did. I just disconnected myself from whatever was going on, that I had HIV, and just took my daughter to the hospital. I took her there for 18 months and then one day the doctor told me I didn't have to bring my daughter back anymore. At that moment, I didn't quite grasp why I didn't have to bring my daughter back anymore, because I was still sick.
When you say sick, what kind of symptoms did you have?
At that time, I didn't have any. But I knew there wasn't a cure for it. I did know that much. And so the doctor told me I didn't have to bring my daughter back, so I didn't. I was in denial for a long time. I just did not grasp what they were talking about that I had. I couldn't grasp it. I didn't understand. I just knew I couldn't get rid of it. That's what I did know. They told me there was no cure for it.
Just to make it clear to our audience: 1989 is ancient history in HIV. I mean, there was no outreach. I don't know when GMHC was founded, or any of the big AIDS organizations. But just about then; they were just looking at it. They said no women could get it.
Right. And it didn't apply to me.
They didn't have booklets, you know; and they didn't have phone numbers.
No. They just told me and sent me on my way.
And there was no real treatment.
No treatment. There was nothing at that time. And so I stayed in denial for many years. And I think around '90-something, they came up with AZT, or something like that. I was called in to get a prescription for that medication, which I was taking four times a day. I don't remember what milligrams it was, but I know it had to be pretty high, because I had headaches, real bad headaches. So I completely stopped taking AZT. I just stopped taking it.
How do you think you got infected?
I don't know. I can't pinpoint it, because back in '89, and in the '80s, I was an active drug user.
Yeah. I was shooting drugs and having unprotected sex. There wasn't anybody telling me about using no condoms back then and there. You know? So I was having unprotected sex to get my drugs. You know, I was sharing needles because they wasn't saying anything about that. So I couldn't pinpoint how I got it. I just know I was doing risky things at that time, and that's how I got infected.
What kind of drugs were you using?
Heroin. Yeah. I was using heroin. I was using heroin. I was shooting crank. I was just like a garbage can.
Why were you doing that, do you think?
Um, numb. Didn't want to feel. I couldn't put anything else on that. I just didn't want to deal. I didn't want to feel. And this was something to take me outside of myself. I didn't want to think about what was going on.
Did you have a really rough childhood?
Yeah. Kinda, sorta. Because the addiction was already there. Our parents were already using, were already in their addictions, in their disease.
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What an inspiring interview this is. I cannot imagine being Sharon. So difficult her life was. Love this interview. I know a lot of people like Sharon.
I Ndeshipewa Julia i am born in Namibia but i staying the location which is called Ongwediva firstry i want to thnks you becouse your commitment which you are having to empowering for those infected and affected and i hope next time you wil be become in namibia becouse we also need such programme like that. thanks for that god blessing you
yours faithfull
Ndesh Julia, Namibia
i recently found out I was hiv positive back in 2008 yes Im in denial why me lord. this guy I was sleeping with was going around giving it to everyone I didnt belive any of the rumors until a 14 yr old got shot behind him givin it to her thats when i went and got tested and 2 weeks later found out I was hiv postive and thee is no cure just medicine to slow down the process. well Im not takng my medicine because it makes me have outbreaks and I feel like this when its my time to go ill go so forget the medicines
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HONOLULU (AP) Linebacker Kaluka Maiava is charged with assaulting two men during a brawl at a Maui bar, days after signing with the Oakland Raiders.
Maiava, 27, and his brother Ilima Maiava, 30, are charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and fourth-degree criminal property damage, a petty misdemeanor, said Maui Prosecuting Attorney John Kim.
They're accused of beating up two men, ages 27 and 28, at Life's a Beach in Kihei on March 17. That would be four days after the Raiders signed Kaluka Maiava to a three-year, $6 million contract. He played four seasons with the Cleveland Browns after being a fourth-round pick out of Southern California.
Maiava's agent couldn't immediately be reached for comment Wednesday. The brothers also couldn't be reached. Raiders spokesman Will Kiss said the team had no comment.
After reviewing police reports and other evidence, prosecutors decided to go forward with criminal charges.
Maiava, of Wailuku, and his brother, who lives on Oahu, were not arrested. Each was served with a summons on July 2 when prosecutors learned they would be on the island. The brothers are scheduled to be arraigned in Wailuku District Court on July 25, when they're expected to enter pleas.
If convicted of the misdemeanor charge, they could face up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. The petty misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.


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ETSU is now 12-11 on the season and 5-7 in league play while Mercer goes to 8-12 on the year and 4-5 in conference.
In the first game, senior Ben Allen (Kingsport, Tenn.) put the Bucs on the board early as he singled through the left side of the infield driving in right fielder Cory Betterson (Atlanta, Ga.) and left fielder Troy Mendez (
Mercer cut into the ETSU lead in the bottom of the third as Sean Olenek came in to score on a Bo Reeder (
The Bucs added some insurance in the top of the fourth as Mendez drove a ball over the fence in right for his first grand slam and his fifth home run of the season as he extended the lead to 8-1. Later in the inning, Allen doubled in Reeder to increase the Buccaneer lead to 9-1.
ETSU scored two more runs in the top of the fifth as Mendez picked up his fifth and sixth RBI's of the game doubling in Garrett May (Roswell, Ga.) and Betterson to make the score 11-1 Bucs.
Mercer narrowed the gap in the bottom of the sixth as Steven Karwatt hit a grand slam to left cutting the ETSU lead to 11-5.
The Bears added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh on a May error and a Karwatt grounder to short to make the ETSU lead 11-7.
Joe Winker continued the Mercer rally in the bottom of the eighth driving in a run on a sac fly to right to make the score 11-8.
Mendez added a little insurance in the top of the ninth as he singled in Matthew Scruggs (
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In the second game, the Bears jumped out in front in the bottom of the first on a Tyler McCarty grounder and a Jacob Tanis sac fly to take a 2-0 lead.
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Mercer jumped back in front in the bottom of the third on a Winker sac fly to take a 3-2 lead. The Bears scored two more runs in the inning on a grounder by Karwatt and a double steal attempt to extend the Bears' lead to 5-2.
Karwatt continued his hot hitting in the bottom of the fifth as he extended the Mercer lead to 8-2 with a three-run home run to left. Casey Stuart added another run in the inning on a RBI single to make the score 9-2.
Allen cut into the Mercer lead in the top of the sixth as he doubled to left scoring Hoilman to cut the lead to 9-3.
In the top of the eighth, Allen drove in his second run of the game as he singled in Reeder to cut the Bears advantage to 9-4. ETSU added another run on a Petro grounder to first scoring
Nick DiMauro got a run back for the Bears in the bottom of the eighth as he single to right driving in a run to extend the Mercer lead to 10-5.
ETSU was led offensively by Mendez and Allen as Mendez was 4-for-6 in game one with seven RBI, while Allen was 5-for-9 on the day with five RBI and scored three runs. Cory Betterson also had a good first game as he was 3-for-3 scored three runs and stole three bases.
The Bucs are back in action Tuesday at 7 p.m. as the Bucs will host in-state rival
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MU................. 001 004 210 - 8 12 0 (7-12, 3-5 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Josh Gonzaga; Darren Caldwell (7)
MU - Dan April; James Kimsey (2); Michael Shaw (4); Brandon Love (5)
Win - Josh Gonzaga (1-2) Loss - Dan April (1-3)
MU - Steven Karwatt (3)
Game 2: Mercer 10, ETSU 5 (March 29, 2009 at
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Pitchers: ETSU - Dustin Plumlee; Drew Story (5)
MU - Justice French; J.T. Odom (7); Blake Mainor (8)
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Vital point for Forest
The east midlands honours were even at the King Power Stadium in a goalless stalemate which does more for Nottingham Forest's npower Championship survival hopes than it does for Leicester's fading play-off aspirations.
Leicester, who would have moved within two points of the top six with victory, dominated the first half without making a breakthrough as Forest goalkeeper Lee Camp denied Sol Bamba and Ben Marshall.
Chances were few and far between in the second half. The closest either side came to a goal was when Adlene Guedioura's header clipped the top of the Leicester crossbar with 15 minutes remaining.
The draw gives Forest a five-point cushion above the relegation zone.
Both sides made one enforced change from the weekend. Centre-half Bamba capably filled the spot in the Leicester midfield vacated by the suspended Neil Danns while Forest lost in-form winger Garath McCleary to a hamstring injury, meaning Chris Gunter played on the right and Scott Wootton came into the defence.
The first real chance came Forest's way after 11 minutes. Gunter's cross was just too high for Dexter Blackstock but a half clearance fell to Guedioura, who skipped past one man before his low shot from the left-hand side was saved by Kasper Schmeichel.
Soon afterwards Bamba worked Camp at the other end with a 20-yard volley, the technique befitting of a centre-forward rather than a centre-half.
Forest full-back Greg Cunningham saw a goalbound shot from the left side of the box hacked away from on the six-yard line when Schmeichel was beaten.
Marshall scored his first league goal for Leicester against Hull on Saturday and the winger would have had his second midway through the first half had Camp not got fingertips to his 25-yard shot.
Leicester produced the move of the match in the 34th minute. Bamba got the home fans on their feet, winning successive 50-50 challenges against Blackstock and Guy Moussi in the centre of midfield before marauding goalwards.
The Ivory Coast international played the ball out to the left to Jermaine Beckford who put Lloyd Dyer through but his low shot whistled narrowly wide.
Gunter and Radoslaw Majewski threatened for Forest either side of half-time but neither really troubled Schmeichel.
Both sides struggled to create openings after the break.
Guedioura came closest to a goal after 75 minutes when his glancing header from Andy Reid's inswinging free-kick skimmed the bar.
Forest captain Luke Chambers looped a header on to the roof of the net from another Reid cross soon afterwards in the only other chance of note in the second half.
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Companies that provide environmentally sensible alternatives to old, destructive forms of lighting, batteries and paper goods won top awards at a business-plan competition held this weekend in Washington, D.C., by the William James Foundation, an organization that encourages socially responsible for-profits.
The grand prize of $6,000 and additional in-kind business services went to NURU Energy, which is also known as NURU Lights. The company makes rechargeable lights and portable power generators that are designed to displace the lanterns and carbon-emitting kerosene fuel still used in off-grid villages in developing nations.
A NURU task light or set of lights linked together can be recharged by solar or alternating-current power sources when they are available. But NURU's POWERCycle also provides man-made electricity to charge them. The POWERCycle is a 1-foot-high, 1-foot-wide generator that sits in a simple wooden frame and operates like a stationary, recumbent bicycle. It can also be hand-cranked.


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A sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man Friday as he was stabbing a woman with a knife outside the family home in Rosemead, authorities said.
The name of the dead man was not available, however sheriff's officials initially described him as 21 years old.
The woman suffered multiple stab wounds, including a slashed throat, but was expected to survive her injuries, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said.
Deputies first responded to a report of a family disturbance about 6:10 p.m. at the home in the 2400 block of Earle Avenue, just north of Klingerman Street, the sheriff said.
"A young man, 21 years of age, was drunk and causing a lot of havoc there in the home," Baca said.
Ultimately, deputies and the family agreed that the situation could be handled within the family.
"The family was around him. They wanted him to just go back inside the house and sleep it off," the sheriff said. "So it looked like it was all handled properly at that point, and deputies elected to give the family control of the situation."
Deputies left the home but remained just up the street at Earle Avenue and Klingerman Street, officials said. They were still there when officials received a second call from the home about 20 minutes later.
"The young man was acting violently, had a knife in his hand and was stabbing a young woman," Baca said. "And as he was chasing her out of the yard, the driveway, he was stabbing her in the back. He had already stabbed her in the throat.
"Deputies fired one Taser shot at him. That didn't work," Baca said. "The second deputy fired one shot that hit the suspect in the chest. The suspect fell to the ground, and moments later was deceased."
Sheriff's Department radio traffic from the scene immediately following the shooting indicated the suspect was "down," and was, "no longer a threat."
Paramedics pronounced a patient with a gunshot wound dead at the scene, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Kyle Sanford. The stabbing victim was rushed to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
The woman's injuries were serious and she was bleeding profusely from her neck, Baca said.
"She seems to be in a position where her life is not in peril," he said. "But she would have been killed undoubtedly had this young man continued (the attack)."
The relationship between the dead suspect and the victim was not clear Friday night, nor was the wounded woman's age.
No deputies were injured in the incident, according to deputies from the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Several neighbors said they never heard the gunshot.
Deputies cordoned off the area and set up a command post south of the shooting scene as they investigated the incident. Residents of the street were escorted to their homes by deputies as the investigation unfolded.
As is standard procedure in deputy-involved shootings involving Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, detectives from the Sheriff's Headquarter's Bureau were summoned to handle the investigation, officials said. Simultaneous investigations were underway by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the County of Los Angeles Office of Independent Review.


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The cyclical nature of destruction and construction in architecture is a fascinating topic to explore, but Joel Smith's new book leaves readers wanting more, writes Andrew Mead
The photograph on the back cover of Joel Smith's new book is of an office in the former Ford Motor Company headquarters in Highland Park, Detroit. Taken in 2009 when the complex had been vacant for 40 years, Andrew Moore captures a scene of metamorphosis, with lurid green moss sprouting from what once was a carpet. With so many abandoned buildings (civic, commercial, domestic), Detroit has come to epitomise the fate of the industrial city. Photographers have flocked there, perversely finding its decay distinctly glamorous, and no study of The Life and Death of Buildings could omit it.
Though Yale has published this book, it stems from an exhibition shown at Princeton University Art Museum, and its author is the museum's curator of photography. His focus is on 'the transit of artefacts through time', the artefacts being both the buildings and the photographs. Drawn mostly from Princeton's own collection, the images range from the 1850s to today, featuring buildings that are pristine, ravaged or more subtly marked by time. At one extreme is a near-abstract photo by Julian Faulhaber, looking upwards to an immaculate, hi-tech ceiling in a composition that recalls Josef Albers' Homage to the Square. At the other, are the ruins at Karnak in Egypt, the ivy-swamped Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, and the Detroit moss.
'Yesterday's workplace becomes today's vacant eyesore and will be tomorrow's protected landmark', says Smith, reflecting on perceptions that shift over time, and how images allow a building's 'story' to be traced. He goes on to consider a photograph by Édouard Baldus of Saint-Eustache church in Paris in 1855. What now attracts the viewer's attention is not so much the still-surviving church in the middle distance, but the market buildings in the foreground, which were swept away when Les Halles was so disastrously redeveloped.
Time changes the significance of the image and our own agenda supplants the photographer's. This fact is central to the book and it lends cohesion to what can seem like catalogue commentaries to material that Smith happens to have at hand, rather than something more structured and substantial.
Threading through this miscellany is a story about New York. One evening in 1931, Alfred Stieglitz took a photo from his apartment window of skyscrapers dominating the neighbourhood and glowing in the twilight. Today, this scene might evoke the romance of the city, but Stieglitz was dismayed, lamenting the disappearance of the 'rocks and bare places and trees' he knew as a boy. Fast-forward to the mid-1960s and Danny Lyon documents the erasure of whole blocks of 19th-century buildings in his book The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (1969). This clearance was partly for the construction of Minoru Yamasaki's World Trade Center ('difficult to love', says Smith), whose own destruction figures in Thomas Ruff's enlargement of an internet-found image. At this huge size, every pixel is as plain as the smoke and falling masonry in a work that deals as much with the transmission of news as with 9/11 itself.
These New York inclusions highlight the cyclical rise and fall of buildings, a more conspicuous theme of the book than their evolution over time. Although buildings that have been altered or added to over the years can become complex palimpsests that a photograph prompts you to decipher, there are few such shots here. In a section called The Sentient Wall, Smith examines the effects of weathering, but does so mostly by stressing the similarities between the photographs that Aaron Siskind and Minor White took in the 1950s of peeling paint, with the work of their Abstract Expressionist contemporaries.
As architects Mohsen Mostafavi and David Leatherbarrow demonstrated in On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time (MIT Press, 1993), which Smith doesn't mention, this is a rich subject to explore. Noting the Modernist preference for an unblemished surface, they ask: 'Is weathering only subtraction, can it not also add and enhance? This process always marks, and these marks may be intended, even desired.' Among examples of enhancement, they cite the 'soot and whitewash' of many Venetian buildings, such as the Palazzo Ducale, and the harmony that comes from stone stained by copper as it oxidises and is washed by rain. They pursue a discussion that Smith only starts.
What's really missing from Smith's book is a sense of buildings being used, what Alison and Peter Smithson called 'the art of inhabitation'. Apart from the workers demolishing lower Manhattan, people only feature in diminished form to emphasise a building's scale. In the AJ archive (AJ 28.06.01), there is a folder of photos of the Smithsons' Solar Pavilion, the weekend retreat they built near Fonthill in Wiltshire. Whether of children playing or of lunch guests around a table in the courtyard, those casual snapshots say more about the life of buildings than anything here.
Despite Smith's eloquent images, The Life and Death of Buildingsis only a sketch for the book that could be written on this subject; a plate of canapés, not a feast.
Andrew Mead is a writer and former reviews editor of the AJ
The Life and Death of Buildings: On Photography and Time by Joel Smith, Yale University Press, 2011, £28
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Convicted ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling's more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the collapse of the once mighty energy giant could be reduced by as much as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached Wednesday between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Under the agreement, Skilling's original sentence will be reduced to somewhere between 14 and 17.5 years.
The agreement still has to be approved by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who is set to hold a June 21 hearing in Houston to make the final decision on the length of Skilling's sentence.
Daniel Petrocelli, Skilling's attorney, says the agreement "brings certainty and finality to a long, painful process."
Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the agreement will allow victims of Enron's collapse to finally receive more than $40 million in restitution they are owed. The ongoing status of the case has so far prevented the government to distribute Skilling's seized assets to victims, according to the agreement.
Skilling was convicted in 2006 on 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading, and lying to auditors for his role in the downfall of Houston-based Enron. The company collapsed into bankruptcy in 2001 under the weight of years of illicit business deals and accounting tricks.
Skilling has been in prison since December 2006 and is serving his sentence in a low-security facility outside of Denver.
An appeals court in 2009 upheld his convictions but vacated his more than 24-year prison term and ordered that he be resentenced, saying a sentencing guideline was improperly applied, resulting in a longer prison term.
The U.S. Supreme Court said in 2010 that one of his convictions was flawed when it sharply curtailed the use of the "honest services" fraud law, and told a lower court to decide whether he deserved a new trial. The lower court said no.
Skilling, 59, was the highest-ranking executive to be punished for Enron's downfall. Enron founder Kenneth Lay's similar convictions were vacated after he died of heart disease less than two months after trial.
Enron's collapse put more than 5,000 people out of work, wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions and rendered worthless $60 billion in Enron stock. Its aftershocks were felt across the city and the energy industry.


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Checking in on… the Big SouthPosted by rtmsf on December 5th, 2009
Mark Bryant, the Coordinator of New Media for the Big South Conference and writer of Big South SHOUT, is an RTC correspondent.
Updated Standings
- Coastal Carolina 1-0 Big South ( 6-2 overall)
- High Point 1-0 (4-2)
- Radford 1-0 (3-2)
- Liberty 1-0 (4-5)
- Gardner-Webb 0-0 (3-3)
- UNC Asheville 0-0 (1-6)
- Charleston Southern 0-1 (4-3)
- Winthrop 0-1 (2-4)
- Presbyterian College 0-1 (2-6)
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All-Conference Team Justifying Selections. Players of the Week (or Co-Players) in the early going for the Big South: Nick Barbour (HPU), Art Parakhouski (RU), and Joseph Harris (CCU), all members of the Preseason All-Conference Team. Fellow honorees Jamarco Warren (CSU) and Grayson Flittner (GWU) have been candidates for the award as well this young season. The first ten 20-point/10-rebound games logged in the Big South this season all came from that same set of players — four each from Parakhouski and Harris, plus two from the other half of Radford's twin towers, Joey Lynch-Flohr. Right now we'll take the position that these are great players having great games, rather than suggesting that there's a lack of depth in the star production department beyond those six guys (six in all because of a tie in the vote).


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Tinea capitis is a skin infection that affects the scalp.
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Tinea captis is caused by a type of fungus called a dermatophyte. The fungi thrive in warm, humid environments.
Tinea capitis usually affects children under the age of 10 years, and those of African descent. Other factors that may increase your child's chance for tinea capitis include:
Tinea capitis may cause:
If left untreated, tinea capitis may cause permanent hair loss and scarring.
Your doctor will ask about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your child may need to be referred to a specialist. A dermatologist focuses on skin issues.
The diagnosis is often made with close inspection of the scalp. If the diagnosis is uncertain, the doctor may scrape your child's scalp or clip a few hairs for testing.
Tests on the sample may include:
The main treatment for tinea capitis is prescription antifungal medications. The condition can be difficult to treat. In some cases, tinea capitis can return after treatment. For some children, the condition goes away during the time of puberty.
Using an antifungal shampoo may help to reduce the risk of spreading the condition to others.
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We barely began the new year before celebrity divorces began making headlines. Last week the 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille ("Love Will Keep Us Together") announced the end of their 39-year marriage. That came a week after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, filed for divorce. No surprise there.
Gawking at celebrity divorces is nothing new, though there sure are more of them – especially for the headliners who have been around for awhile. After all, according to an often-quoted study, while divorce rates are falling for younger people, those for people age 50-plus have doubled in the last 20 years.
What has changed is the industry that the media have built around divorce. It's now a life phase that ranks up there with birth, marriage and death.
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Headlines in newspapers and celebrity magazines are just the beginning. Last summer the New York Times began a regular feature as part of their "Booming" series, titled "Unhitched," sort of like the popular accounts of how people met and courted and proposed and planned their wedding. Only the stories look at marriage from the other end, like a Milwaukee couple whose emptying nest spurred unresolved questions that had sprouted much earlier in their marriage.
Since 2010, the Huffington Post has welcomed readers to Huffpost Divorce, a section of their popular website that tracks the progress of breakups from infidelity to online dating, with plenty of stops in between. Its motto: Marriages Come and Go, but Divorce is Forever.
Coming soon to NBC: a new sitcom with a 59-year-old lead character advertised as both divorced and blind. "Funny what will keep a family together" is the show's unpromising tag line.
And just last week, the Sun Sentinel, of Broward and South Palm Beach counties in Florida added a divorce columnist, Debbie Martinez, who will pen "Debbie Does Divorce" monthly. She already writes about the subject for other outlets in South Florida.
"I learned about divorce because I went through it, but there were things I had no clue about," says Martinez, 54, a life coach and family mediator. "You do better when you feel you're not alone."
What fascinates about these unhappy stories? Reading about celebrity divorces, we "feel a sense of moral superiority by judging them and their life choices," says Karen Sternheimer, a University of Southern California sociology professor and author of Celebrity Culture and the American Dream.
And avidly following the implosion of high-profile marriages, she adds, provides "common gossip fodder that can help people feel more connected to one another."
Divorce, in other words, may keep us together.
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Troy Loney wrote:KennyTheKangaroo wrote:Gr8.
What's going on with Karstens? Should probably bring him in for depth.
SolidSnake wrote:Adam LaRoche has agreed to a 2 yr deal with Nationals. Sorry Rocco
Kovy27 wrote:Don't you worry guys...Clint Barmes wants to be better this year!
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Cleveland designated Jeanmar Gomez for assignment last week and now Keith Law of ESPN.com reports that the Indians have traded the right-hander to the Pirates for minor leaguer Quincy Latimore.
Gomez has a 5.18 ERA in 207 career innings spent mostly as a starter, including poor control and one of MLB's worst strikeout rates during that time at 4.9 per nine innings. He does induce a good number of ground balls and is still just 25 years old with a minimum salary, so Gomez could settle in as a decent back-of-the-rotation starter in Pittsburgh.
Troy Loney wrote:I think the troublesome thing about the pirates is that they basically need Cole and Taillon to quickly establish themselves and legit top of the rotation starters by 2014. There's just no wiggle room and that's too much pressure to put on them right away.
Mr. Colby wrote:No Liriano? No problem! We got Jeanshorts Gomez instead!
FreeCandy44 wrote:Mr. Colby wrote:No Liriano? No problem! We got Jeanshorts Gomez instead!
So your saying the world series is a given?
Malkamaniac wrote:Trade the all star closer and back out of signing Liraiano. SAVING MONEY LIKE A BAU5E
I am humbled and thrilled that you, the fans, have voted me as the cover athlete for MLB 13: The Show. It really is a dream come true for me to be on the cover of a video game, but even more, I wanted this for Pittsburgh, a city that has supported us through some rough times. You deserved this.
Seeing how the fans came out in full force for this all week long overwhelmed me. You voted non-stop at all hours of the day, and I cannot thank enough for that kind of support. Many of you lost Twitter followers, deprived yourselves of sleep and spent every free moment of your day voting on Twitter and Facebook. #MLB13Cutch became more than a hashtag - it became a movement. I owe that to all of you.
This vote showed me the sense of pride that the people of Pittsburgh have, along with all the other fans that supported me.
I cannot express enough how appreciative I am of your support, and how thankful I am that you chose me for this.
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The weather is bad again. I am all rainy and soggy running around in my keds, still waiting for it to be summer. I try not to constantly talk about the weather, to be always waiting for it to get better, but it seems in recent years that it agitates my mood more than it used to.
In the meantime I have sunny pictures to look at while I constantly check the 10-day weather report. I stared at this dress on etsy for ages, and when it went on sale I snapped it up instantly. It's different than I thought it would be, less fitted than I expected somehow, which is kid of a nice surprise anyway. It's quite a tattered little thing, but I couldn't wait any longer to wear it. I stitched up the hem a bit in places, but left a tiny stain and some of the teeny bits that are a bit raggedy. It's another one of the hoarded spring/summer dresses from the winter, and I love it if only for its funny buttons and color.
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A Brighter Vision
The Voiceless Message
June 16, 2014
Alright, let me start off by saying I do NOT regret expressing what I stated before in my last blog entry on PrEP -- MY personal OPINION on such a sensitive matter within our LGBT community, whether HIV poz or not. I wrote what I thought needed to be vocalized. I understood the possibilities of both positive and negative feedback and comments. I put it out there and took it all in. And you know what, sometimes some things, ideas and opinions need to be vocalized. Sometimes the hard, cold, ugly situations need to be vocalized. That also goes with those who have the voices that do not agree with someone else's vocalized opinion.
And the Hits Just Keep on Coming: A Negative Opinion on PrEP
March 16, 2014
I have been reading and viewing a lot of videos on how PrEP has become the new "condom." Gay men everywhere are openly saying that it's OK to engage in bareback sex with HIV-positive men so long as you take PrEP on a regular basis. These guys sound worse than the bug chasers. WHAT THE HELL is going on within our LGBT community? Is THIS the norm? Is this type of behavior all right to exhibit toward straight people and those negative guys and girls? Are we, within our LGBT community, creating our OWN new issue for those straight people and negative people to pass rightful judgment on how we view sexual responsibilities? REALLY?? The most serious question to ask here is WHY IS THIS OK?
Like a Bird on a Perch
December 6, 2013
With ALL of the negative situations that I am forced to face head on, my focus and point of view is slowly maturing into an understanding. A significant awareness and understanding of what my Higher Power is doing in my life and why. All of these events are indeed serious but not life threatening. None of these situations appear to be easy to handle. None of them are what I would willingly or actively throw myself into. But, here I am.
When Everything Seems to Be Failing
October 29, 2013
What I am about to write might seem like a woe-is-me, feel-sorry-for-me story but I have to let it out. I am at a point in my life where I feel like a total and complete failure. Check it out -- for the past three years I have been doing what is absolutely necessary for my family and me to barely survive. I sold my car to a friend. Devin and I let go of our cell phone people and both purchased pre-paid phones. We let go of the cable. We downsized our place of residence to a small one-room bedroom. And STILL this seems to be not enough.
HIV as the Norm
September 9, 2013
So yet another anniversary of my HIV infection has come to pass. Another year of living poz. Another year successfully containing my HIV to a deep and dormant slumber. The day came. And, like most simple things in my life, nothing happened. I heard no fireworks go off outside far in the distance. I didn't hear any women and small babies weeping for me out on the streets. I didn't hear a single bang. And that's just it.
Silence Equals Death
June 1, 2013
Am I proud to have HIV? No. Am I proud to have spoken up in the U.S. Army and chosen to get kicked out? No. Am I proud just simply to be gay? NO. I am proud mainly of being a human being who happens to be a gay, HIV-positive U.S. Army veteran. Yes, my struggles and life story have some significant hardships, but they are nothing to what my predecessors had to go through. These leaders in our GLBT community are who I am VERY proud of.
Tribute to Bonnie
January 10, 2012
When I was diagnosed with HIV in 2007, the news was devastating. For the first time in my life I felt totally alone and defenseless. My mind immediately shifted from helplessness to acceptance. I made a personal decision to carry on with my life and do whatever necessary to fight my HIV. That meant learning everything I could about my disease. I began educating myself. I obtained as much medical information from every possible source. That's when I discovered TheBody.com.
Hold the Line
December 2, 2010
The year 2010 is coming to an abrupt close and as my days grow shorter and colder I am looking back at this interesting year. You know, ever since my diagnosis in 2007 my message has always been one of hope. But the events that I witnessed and participated in in 2010 shifted my point of view a little. To get an understanding of what I mean I write the following illustrations.
Remembering Yesterday
October 19, 2010
I've been thinking about how my life was before getting HIV for the past few days. I've been allowing my mind to wander in some of those lost and forgotten rooms buried deep inside. And it is comforting for me to say that these memories and thoughts are more of a reflection rather than self loathing. It's funny because, and you make think I'm weird for saying this, when I take myself to my past this Stevie Wonder song plays. I hum it to myself and listen to the tune. The song is called "Yester Me, Yester You, Yesterday." I love this song so much because it makes me feel good to hear but also gives me brief moment of sadness. In shorter terms: it is bitter sweet. Just like my life and the many experiences I have encountered. But, hasn't anyone else done this? Don't you find that certain songs, foods, places, and people take you to certain places or moments of your past?
Doing the Right Thing in California
September 8, 2010
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This statement from the U.S. Declaration of Independence defines what every American citizen pursues and believes in. These rights apply to every American. Unfortunately, some American people would rather infringe on the rights of others while defending their own. One right in particular is the right to marry.
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In December 2010 and again in April 2011, MIGA issued contracts representing many "firsts" for the agency -- our first two non-honoring of sovereign financial obligations contracts, our first coverage for stand-alone debt, and first coverage for sub-sovereign credit risk. I was fortunate enough to have worked on both projects, which support public transport in Istanbul, as well as on the template non-honoring contracts for MIGA. These firsts were a result of recent, historic amendments to MIGA's operational regulations and our convention.
With these projects, we have finally unharnessed the power of the non-honoring product, which protects against losses resulting from a government's failure to make a payment when due under an unconditional financial payment obligation or guarantee given in favor of a project. While authorization to provide this cover has been in place since April 2009, without the ability to cover stand-alone debt, its application was quite limited. This is because demand for this product is largely driven by commercial banks providing loans to public sector entities, where there is no "private" equity for MIGA to cover -- heretofore a requirement under our convention. The projects in Istanbul, which MIGA had been working on for nearly two years, went through many re-iterations, various complex structures, different covers, reinsurance structures, etc. I remember the call shortly after MIGA's convention was amended last November via a supermajority approval of the Board of Governors of MIGA's member countries. We told our very patient clients at WestLB that at long last we could cover the loan directly and also cover existing projects. We could almost hear the thought going through their heads: "Really, you can do that now? Seriously?" You betcha -- less than six weeks later, the contract was issued. And less than four months later, we worked with the same client to issue a contract on behalf of six international banks for a 280 million Euro loan financing a major project in Istanbul that could not have happened without MIGA cover in place.
Aside from the unleashing of MIGA's potential in this arena, the projects themselves are great ones. They support the Otogar – Bagcilar – İkitelli – Olimpic Village and Kadikoy-Kartal-Kaynarca Metro expansions , and the obligor in each case is the Municipality of Istanbul. In a city of approximately 15 million, Istanbul is in great need of this major expansion of its public transportation system. It will alleviate traffic and congestion in one of the largest cities in the developing world, increase access to jobs, and reduce carbon monoxide emissions in the process. The Basel-II relief that this product afforded commercial banks is also essential, as it enables them to expand their capacity for exposure to Turkey for future projects.
But for MIGA, this was a true market test of a new and very powerful product that has been an important element of the political risk insurance market for some time. Unlike most of our political risk insurance products, this contract contains limited exclusions and termination provisions, and provides a clear and streamlined timetable for claims determination, operating more like a financial guarantee than a limited insurance product. Because MIGA is essentially providing credit enhancement to a government-entity, this required a fundamental change in our underwriting approach; we looked at the loan more as a lender than as a political risk insurer, and were very involved in the each stage of the negotiations.
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Recall the flareup regarding last year's supposed targeting of tea party groups by the IRS? It is difficult not to, as so many elected leaders seemed to be personally affronted -- and went on the public warpath to air their grievances.
When the Internal Revenue Service was investigating the proper use of tax-exempt status by politically active groups, but admitted searching for terms such as "patriot" and "tea party" in the groups' names, that flareup became an uproar. There were public apologies, resignations and too many congressional hearings to count.
Of course when a few months later it was revealed the IRS also was searching for terms such as "progressive," "Occupy," "green energy" and "healthcare legislation," no such uproar ensued. It didn't fit the conservatives' conspiracy theory, and liberals likely just wanted the whole mess to go away.
Thankfully, the IRS is not letting it drop. Together with the Treasury Department, an attempt is taking place to better define the difference between political activity and social welfare activity. The distinction is critical as social welfare groups can raise unlimited amounts of money from anonymous donors, which ends up influencing campaigns, while groups engaged in political activity are subject to campaign finance laws and aren't tax-exempt.
The two agencies are conducting a lengthy comment period, after which new regulations will be proposed.
It doesn't strike us the work will prove too burdensome. We would recommend officials involved consult a dictionary to start with.
Merriam-Webster defines social welfare as "organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups; specifically, social work." The same resource suggests "a group that is formed to give money to the political campaigns of people who are likely to make decisions that would benefit the group's interests" is a political action committee.
The agencies then could examine what each existing or pending 501(c)(4) entity declares about itself. The 501(c)(4) groups are the tax-exempt social welfare groups under the U.S. tax code -- and are the very ones being examined last year before all the brouhaha began.
One of the biggest social welfare groups is Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, which was began by GOP superstar strategist Karl Rove. Crossroads GPS, as it's known, has raised untold millions to help candidates get elected or defeated, depending on where they stand.
Crossroads GPS claims on its website it "is dedicated to holding Washington's feet to the fire on the practical issues that will actually improve our country and our lives. ... We use every available means -- from TV ads to constituent letters -- to help educate busy people and urge our leaders to take action on this common sense punch-list for positive change. Our bottom line is this: we believe that if we educate, equip and mobilize millions of regular Americans, we can make our country great again -- from the ground up."
What would those common sense goals be? "Build national public support for dismantling Obamacare piece-by-piece. Prevent liberals in Congress and the Obama Administration from destroying affordable U.S. energy and jobs. Block tax increases on families and job creators, while enacting tax reforms that make American business more competitive and tax compliance less onerous. Build massive public pressure to fix America's broken entitlement system, impose tough spending controls and reform Washington's fiscal incompetence. Broaden support for immigration reforms that lock down border security, meet our economy's workforce needs, fully assimilate new immigrants, and deal responsibly with those who are here illegally."
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The wait is over. Russell Westbrook is ready to play tonight against the Miami Heat.
The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard last played on Christmas Day when he dropped a triple-double on the New York Knicks. Two days later, he underwent a third surgery on his right knee due to recurring swelling.
General manager Sam Presti said Westbrook's re-integration will include "building his minutes over time." They'll keep an eye on him to see his availability in back-to-back games. The Thunder's next back-to-back games come March 16 and 17, at home against Dallas and the next night in Chicago.
"We are all very excited to have Russell back," Presti said in a statement. "He has worked extremely hard throughout his rehabilitation, and his addition will allow us to build on the progress we have made in his absence. As Russell integrates back into the team we are going to manage the transition by building his minutes over time and will evaluate his availability in back-to-back situations. These steps are an effort to control the areas of his return to play where feasible, given the reduced practice and conditioning time during the regular season. Our goal is to create the best foundation for Russell and the team as we head into the postseason."
The Thunder (43-12) lead the Western Conference and went 20-7 during Westbrook's absence.
Westbrook, averaging 21.3 points, 7.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds a game in 25 games this season, had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee that occurred during the first round of the playoffs last season. A second surgery was needed prior to training camp. He returned three games into the season, but returned to the operating table once again in late December.
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UPDATE(Thurs 29th): Harry Beckett's Funeral will be at Islington Crematorium on Thurs August 5th at 3pm
The much-admired trumpeter and flugelhorn player Harry Beckett died this afternoon after a stroke on Tuesday. His last gig was Big Band Britannia with Guy Barker's orchestra last month (Photo credit: Roger Thomas).
The roll-call of bands he was in makes him a central figure of the 60s/70s British scene: Ian Carr's Nucleus, the Brotherhood of Breath and The Dedication Orchestra, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, John Surman, Octet Django Bates Ronnie Scott's Quintet, Kathy Stobart, Charlie Watts, Stan Tracey's Big Band and Octet; Elton Dean's Ninesense. He also toured with Charles Mingus.
Mike Westbrook writes:
We were very sorry indeed to read about the death of Harry Beckett. An incomparable loss, personally and musically. He was one of our greatest, and most distinctive trumpet players, and a totally committed jazz musician. We worked together a lot in the 60s and early 70s, especially in my orchestra. His solo on the last track of the Metropolis album is one to treasure. Thereafter Kate, I and Chris Biscoe often ran into him on the road, always a delight. Chris, of course, has been working regularly with Harry in small groups. At one point the two of them did a two-year stint with the Orchestre National de Jazz, in Paris. We are all going to miss him terribly.
Trevor Watts writes:
Harry was always a pleasure to play with, and always indicated to me that he enjoyed very much our gigs together. A lot of that was to do with own his undoubted good humour, encouragement and enthusiasm. We would always have a lot of laughs together, and I can hear his voice now saying "Hey Trev, how's it going," with a wry smile on his face. I'd always try and reply with some tongue-in-cheek remark, and we'd be having a laugh from that point onwards.
He was a great player that found the key all musicians like us are looking for. The way to "get it on" every time he picked up the horn. He'll be sadly missed by many people. Not least of all myself. I was glad to have known him. Very sad.
(Harold Winston Beckett, born Barbados May 30 1935, died London July 22 2010)
RIP Harry Beckett (1935-2010)
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I loved playing with Harry Beckett. I lovely guy with a great feel, and totally his own thing going on. He was highly respected right across the scene, and will be sadly missed.ReplyDelete
Very sad!ReplyDelete
- bernard lyons23 July 2010 at 06:53
He was a wonderful spirit and his playing encapsulated all that is great about the music.ReplyDelete
- sidewinder23 July 2010 at 07:19
This news is so sad to hear - but what a great and truly original player. Mingus was absolutely spot on in rating him so highly. RIP Harry.ReplyDelete
- Hanneke23 July 2010 at 07:59
Harry was a lovely guy, and tought my old man to play the trumpet.ReplyDelete
Now his music will continue from above.
- Anonymous23 July 2010 at 08:44
This is terrible news. He was a fantastic player of great warmth with a truly inimitable style. He will be sorely missed.ReplyDelete
What a great hero of British jazz. I discovered his playing with Graham Collier and Mike Gibbs while I was still at school, and met him on a short jazz weekend course run by Graham in the 1970s.ReplyDelete
He was a big influence on my writing in Landscape, and his album Flare Up is one of my favourites, along with Mosaics by Graham Collier Music, which has magnificent Beckett solos throughout.
He once depped in my band (when we had a residency at the Troubadour) and I was in heaven, just listening to him play three feet away from me on the rickety basement stage.
Many really good trumpeters still end up sounding a bit like someone else. Harry was always completely individual, and you could recognise his playing within seconds. He always made me smile, too, even in the context of quite serious or solemn music.
An international treasure. RIP Harry Beckett
What sad news. A lovely man. I saw him walking down Stoke Newington Church st last month but didn't get a chance to speak with him.ReplyDelete
- Dave Castle24 July 2010 at 08:31
I first met Harry in the early 60s when I was playing alto in London and we were often on gigs together. He was delighted when i told him that I was born in Trinidad, a fellow West-Indian. Then I worked abroad for many years and didn't see him again until sometime in the 90s. When he caught sight of me, there was no hesitation, a big hug and "Hey, my man from Trinidad!". That was Harry. No wonder he had countless friends and admirers, together with a sound that was all his own. God Bless You Harry!ReplyDelete
- Folmer NIcolas24 July 2010 at 09:32
I miss you Harry and I will never forget the good time together with Didier Levallet.ReplyDelete
This is really sad news. Harry was indeed a national treasure. He had developed his own distinctive style whole remaining able to adapt to and shine in any situation as he was equally at ease playing free jazz, swing, electro-jazz, reggae or dub. I feel grateful to have played and recorded with him and miss Jim very much. Harry was one of the kindest and warm-hearted persons I've ever met.ReplyDelete
- Fred T. Baker and Birgit Baker-Schellhorn24 July 2010 at 13:16
It was a joy to work with Harry all those years. And thank you for believing in me when others didn't and for giving me the space for creativity and being an inspiration. Harry was very special in any way and will be badly missed by all of us. As well as the serious side of playing music it's the dry humor and the fantastic laughs we had with him. No more funny phone calls at the wrong time of the day, it is truly sad.ReplyDelete
- frank williams24 July 2010 at 13:22
Go well dear Harry I'll miss your mischievous sense of humour but above all your playing.ReplyDelete
- Graham Collier24 July 2010 at 15:45
The sad news was waiting when I returned home after a few days away. My music owes so much to Harry that I can't imagine it without him being in there somewhere. If there was a jazz god he would have showered Harry with every prize imaginable. As there isn't we can just cherish his contribution. Which is immeasurable.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 July 2010 at 15:46
Really sorry to learn of Harry Beckett's death.ReplyDelete
He was so much part of the UK jazz scene - I first saw him when he lead a group of jazz musicians at a school music lesson back in 1974!
He will be missed!
- Anonymous25 July 2010 at 00:29
Maestro Harry lives in our music and heart... with his enigmatic and powerfull lines - he gave us so much - his insisting improvisations...ReplyDelete
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I was very sad to hear the news about Harry. I was very honoured to play with him with Graham Collier's Music in the early 70s. He lived very close to my parents' house in Newington Green and would often stop and chat with my father outside his photographic studio on the Green. He tipped me off when Ian Carr was about to call me to join Nucleus in 1974. He was a truly inventive player with a light touch and a great sense of humour which all contributed his unique style.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 July 2010 at 09:32
Thank you all for the wonderfull comments about my father-Harry Beckett. We, his family did not realise how much he is loved outside of the home.ReplyDelete
Thanks again, his eldest child Cecilia.
- Anonymous27 July 2010 at 11:34
A lovely player. Present in ALL the recordings of the Brotherhhod of Breath, and so much more. A great loss just after the news of Willem Breuker's demise.ReplyDelete
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- Ian Storror28 July 2010 at 03:01
Just heard about Harry and I am sad to hear he's no longer with us. Harry played many times down here in Bristol and on behalf of all jazzers in the city I pass on our regards to his family.ReplyDelete
A true gentle~man and a very humorous guy. we recently spoke about his latest project coming to the new club and when he phoned me and I answered, he replied..."err, umm..(long pause)"
I said "Hi Harry how you doing" he burst out laughing at the other end. I instantly knew who it was, he was totally bemused at how I knew it was him. That was the beauty of this charming man. Many young black jazz musicians owe a big up to Harry for ploughing a furrow that is now friutful for those following, he was a pioneer in his day and remained ahead of the crowd in his own quirky way. His sonorious tone on ballads will forever stay in my head along with the smile which he could not keep from breaking across his wonderful face. Cheers Harry for some amazing sounds over the years. Ian
- Paul Kelly28 July 2010 at 13:59
Sad news. As well as being a wonderful distinctive trumpet player, Harry was also a very underrated composer of beautiful pieces whether the fiesty spanish-tinged 'Cry of Triumph', the bubbling 'Tomorrow Morning Early' or the elegiac 'Forgive 'n Forget' and many more.ReplyDelete
Digby Fairweather sent in this tribute:ReplyDelete
Like all members of the British jazz community (and beyond) I mourn very deeply the death of Harry Beckett. At the recommendation of drummer Trevor Taylor, Harry became my trumpet-teacher back in l971 and regularly I visited his Stoke Newington home thereafter - principally, to be honest, to hear about the British contemporary jazz scene from one of its most gentle and humanitarian stars. Harry would write down exercises for me, but I was more keen to talk to him than to play. So Harry would say 'are the exercises alright?'; I would say 'yes, I can play them' (frequently I couldn't) and Harry would spend the rest of the time patiently answering my questions about his years with Herbie Goins and the Nightimers, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath and his relationship with Charles Mingus.
I'd first heard him on the great Graham Collier records including 'Songs for my Father' and - along with the rest of the contemporary jazz scene - instantly recognized a deeply original trumpet voice. The only player whose tone I could relate to Harry's own was (quite surprisingly) Jonah Jones who - on his later albums - had something of the same enclosed-focus approach to sound production. I remember mentioning this and remember that Harry kindly acknowledged the remark with a smile. Soon after he produced a dazzling solo album of his own (which helped place him at the top of the Melody Maker's annual trumpet poll) and a local group in Southend of which I was a part, invited him down to play the album with us. Unfortunately we only managed to learn one tune; a fact that Harry accepted with a shake of the head and typically forgiving smile before playing a far more ad-lib session.
One memory in particular stands out. I'd visited Stoke Newington for my lesson and found Harry as usual greeting me at the door. After some time I noticed that he looked slightly pre-occupied and asked why. Harry told me that his son had been taken to hospital following (I think) a car-crash. 'Why didn't you ring me and cancel?' I asked. 'I didn't want to let you down' answered this most gentle and considerate of men.
In later years I saw him principally at meetings of the Association of British Jazz Musicians chaired by Chris Hodgkins. As ever he was the slow-talking kindly and benevolent man who took life and people as they came and made little of his own outstanding musical talents. His loss is ours; an irreparable one, and I send my deepest condolences to his family and many, many friends.
- Anonymous31 July 2010 at 18:41
I realised I took some pictures of Harry back in the 1980s - this one is from Edinburgh c1984, possibly with Dudu Pukwana's Zila.ReplyDelete
I will always remember seeing Harry Beckett for the first time at a Dingwalls gig with the youngsters of the time, and just being amazed by his magical sound, his exceptional abilities and his joyous response to the whole situation. GeoffReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 August 2010 at 07:24
Harry was a great friend since many years....I remember well his visit here in Italy with Elton Dean during the Eighties to play with the Anglo-Italian Quartet. So many great dinner at my home to eat Italian food and have a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
Incredible sweet person.
All his records are masterpiece and some of his solos (suc as in Metropolis by Mike Westbrook) are part of the history of British jazz and modern jazz too.
God bless my dear Harry. RIP
Riccardo B.
- J.Veillé7 August 2010 at 19:53
toutes mes pensées à sa famille et ses amisReplyDelete
- Mike, Bristol24 August 2010 at 12:10
I was just playing Graham Colliers Down Another Road and was almost moved to tears by Harry's playing. Then I read about his death in a music magazine a few days later. Went back to listen to his solos again- you can tell what a warm human being he was from every note and phrase. This time I could not hold back the tears. Thank you Harry for giving us such great moments. I could be mistaken but I seem to remember somebody saying years ago(was it Robert Wyatt?) "whenever someone tells me about how great the latest new young band is I always go back and play some Harry Beckett"- that says it all really.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 November 2012 at 20:56
I've only just found this site and the many tributes above. I agree with all of them. I only managed to work with Harry on a couple of occasions in the 1980s but found him to be the warm, open hearted and modest man who everyone misses, not to mention his unmistakable playing that could adapt to every style and occasion seemingly without effort and then add something to it. And it's through his many recordings that he remains with us who knew him for a while, and for those who come after who will wish they had...ReplyDelete


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just been busy. I am retiring to be a stay at home Grandfather and doing a thru-hike of the LSHT next month also. After I come back , look for more activity and some give-aways.
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I am a retired stay at home grandpa while my daughter goes to school and work. But that is coming to a close as her school is winding down and she will be graduating. Boy what time I will have on my hands then. Hope your trip goes good, been planning that for awhile and only live 20 mins away from the starting gate.
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Curious how the through hike goes...
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We threw in the towel on day 2. Forecast changed from one day of rain to almost everyday. The cold and wet sucked any morale out that we had left after getting a late start and doing 3 hours of night hiking the first night. Tom pushed a little too hard given his recent heart surgery and Tracey was only staying until Monday anyway. Andy hurt his knee the first night setting up camp and since he had already thru hiked it wasn't driven to push through with a lame knee. I didn't want to finish alone so we all decided to call it.
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With forecast this winter I have been staying near to home, though shopping and planning, Scuba praying for your swift completion of the trail and an enjoyable trip to boot or boots
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Cosmetic surgery operation have spread out epidemically among our country's artists,some of them, have gained more success after performing it, and others have lost previous positions and have confronted with failure. In following report, we review this case with some examples:
_Negar Foruzandeh:She explained that she was met with an accident, during filming, so she was forced to have surgery.After doing surgery, she has received more suggestions for acting.
_ Sharareh Rokham, has accepted that doing surgery on her face was mistake and unsuccessful and she is extremely remorseful.
Cosmetic surgeries which have done on the face of other artists, have small changes on their faces, but they have become more beautiful than previous such as Niki Karimi, Shila Khodadad, Neusha Zeighami and Hesam Navabsafavi.
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