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Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points, Kenneth Faried added 17, and the Denver Nuggets won their ninth straight game with a 111-103 victory over the Cavaliers Saturday night in Cleveland.
The Nuggets, who have won 15 of 17, are on their longest winning streak since posting 10 straight victories from March 30-April 15, 2005.
Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 26 points but was plagued by foul trouble. The All-Star guard picked up his fourth foul with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter and went to the bench with the Nuggets leading, 72-61. Irving returned to start the fourth quarter with Denver ahead, 84-73. He scored 12 points in the period, but Cleveland's rally fell short.
The loss ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak.
Alonzo Gee scored 20 points for Cleveland with 16 coming in the first quarter.
The Nuggets built a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers cut the gap to 105-99 with 1:40 remaining, but Gallinari's two free throws and Faried's dunk put the game away.
Denver outscored Cleveland, 19-5, in fast-break points. The Nuggets also had 62 points in the paint compared to 32 for the Cavaliers. The Nuggets committed 20 turnovers, leading to 24 points for the Cavaliers.
76ers 87, Bobcats 76 — Lavoy Allen had 14 points and a career-high 22 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday scored 20 points to lead host Philadelphia over Charlotte.
Evan Turner had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeremy Pargo scored 12 points in his Sixers debut. Pargo signed a 10-day contract this week after he was waived by Cleveland.
The Sixers improved to 5-2 on their eight-game homestand that ends Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers. The solid showing at home has helped the Sixers inch closer to the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.
Ramon Sessions scored 20 points, Byron Mullens had 16, and Gerald Henderson 13 as the NBA-worst Bobcats lost their seventh straight.
Wearing No. 0, Pargo was a pleasant surprise in his first game since he was waived at the end of last month. He started 11 of his 25 games played with the Cavaliers and averaged 7.8 points. He even scored a career-high 28 against the Sixers in November.
With only a 10-day contract to prove his worth, Pargo was a nice spark off the bench, hustling and having fun for a team that needed a dose of both.
He had the play of the game when he drove the length of the court for a righthanded layup and a foul. He gave a playful smile to fans on the baseline, then sank the free throw for a 16-point lead.
Pistons 105, Bucks 100 — Charlie Villanueva hit a 3-pointer with 9.7 seconds left and Rodney Stuckey sealed the win with two free throws as Detroit slipped by host Milwaukee.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. Deep inside the brains of people with dementia and Lou Gehrig's disease, globs of abnormal protein gum up the inner workings of brain cells dooming them to an early death.
But boosting those cells' natural ability to clean up those clogs might hold the key to better treatment for such conditions.
That's the key finding of new research from a University of Michigan Medical School physician scientist and his colleagues in California and the United Kingdom. They reported their latest findings this week in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.
Though the team showed the effect worked in animals and human neurons from stem cells, not patients, their discoveries point the way to find new medicines that boost the protein-clearing cleanup process.
The work also shows how an innovative microscope technique can help researchers see what's going on inside brain cells, as they labor to clear out the protein buildup.
The researchers focused on a crucial cell-cleaning process called autophagy a hot topic in basic medical research these days, as scientists discover its important role in many conditions. In autophagy, cells bundle unwanted materials up, break them down and push the waste products out.
In the newly published research, the team showed how the self-cleaning capacity of some brain cells gets overwhelmed if the cells make too much of an abnormal protein called TDP43. The found that cells vary greatly in how quickly their autophagy capacity gets swamped.
But they also showed how three drugs that boost autophagy speeding up the clean-out process could keep the brain cells alive longer.
Longer-living, TDP43-clearing brain cells are theoretically what people with Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS) and certain forms of dementia (called frontotemporal) need. But only further research will show for sure.
Sami Barmada, M.D., Ph.D., the U-M neurologist and scientist who is first author of the new study, says the new findings are encouraging and so is the success of a microscope technique used in the research. His new lab, in the U-M Department of Neurology, is continuing to refine ways to view the inner workings of nerve cells.
"Using this new visualization technique, we could truly see how the protein was being cleared, and therefore which compounds could enhance the pace of clearance and shorten the half-life of TDP43 inside cells," he says. "This allowed us to see that increased autophagy was directly related to improved cell survival."
Barmada worked on the team at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California San Francisco headed by Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., that published the new findings. The team used stem cells derived from the cells of people who have ALS to grow neurons and astrocytes the two types of brain cell most crucial to normal brain function.
Because he both sees patients in clinic and studies neurological disease in the laboratory, Barmada brings a special perspective to the research.
At U-M, he specializes in treating patients who have neurological diseases that affect both thinking and muscle control. About a third of ALS patients develop signs of frontotemporal dementia, also called FTD and about 10 percent of people with FTD also have a motor neuron disease that affects their brain's ability to control muscle movement.
One of the drugs tested in the study, an antipsychotic drug developed in the 1960s to treat people with schizophrenia, had actually shown some anti-dementia promise in human ALS patients, but comes with many side effects. Barmada notes that Finkbeiner's team at the Gladstone Institute is already working to identify other compounds that could produce the effect with fewer side effects.
Interestingly, small studies have suggested that people with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic drugs are much less likely to develop ALS.
Barmada's work at U-M now focuses on the connection between brain cells' ability to clear abnormal proteins. He also studies the cells' regulation of RNA molecules created as part of expressing protein-encoding genes. Looking further upstream in the protein-producing process could yield further clues to why disease develops and what can be done about it, he says.
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TUPELO – An upscale Fairpark office is full of workers again, after sitting empty for nearly two years.
On Friday, Trustmark Bank celebrated the grand opening of its newest branch at 110 E. Main St., Suite A. The branch has 15 employees and includes bank, mortgage and insurance services.
"We're thrilled to be here," said Charles Russell, president of the bank's Tupelo and Fulton branches. "The Fairpark district is a great place to be. … We've liked this place from the beginning."
The offices, formerly the Tupelo home of Stanford Financial Group, have been empty since federal agents raided the building in 2009 and ownership was transferred to a court-appointed receiver. The receiver auctioned the building to help recover money lost by investors. Tupelo businessman V.M. Cleveland won the auction and is leasing the building to Trustmark.
Allen Stanford, the founder of Stanford Financial, is charged with masterminding a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $7.2 billion. Two of his top executives – James "Jim" Davis and Laura Pendergest-Holt of Baldwyn – had offices in the Fairpark building.
The building still bears many reminders of its former occupants, from the banker-green carpets to the green marble in the lobby.
But Davis' large corner office upstairs is now a board room, devoid of a mahogany desk and the flat-screen TV that used to occupy the space.
Trustmark has finished out the rest of the second floor for its insurance department.
The Fairpark branch replaces Trustmark's branch at 216 S. Broadway St. in downtown Tupelo.
"It's so different from what we're used to," said Stephanie Baldwyn in Trustmark's human resources department. "We're still pinching ourselves."
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Jonathan Broxton (1-1) started the eighth with the Reds leading 2-1. He retired the first two batters before an infield single by Norichka Aoki. With Carlos Gomez up to bat, Aoki stole second and took third on catcher Dioner Navarro's throwing error. Gomez hit a soft liner that just got over the outstretched glove of shortstop Wilson Valdez and Aoki scored to tie the game.
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- Evi @ sexta-feira said...
Beautiful shade of green and I also love the reflections on the water!
- June 27, 2014 at 3:23 PM
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I thought the bird was a speck of dirt on my computer screen. My screen is always a magnet for dirt. Great colorful photo.
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Disappointments sometimes deserve a picture, it's part of the journey !
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- Sandy K. said...
Beautiful photo, Scott. I love the pop of color, and reflections. Great depth of field, as well. I LOVE summer:)
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beautiful and a perfect reflection..
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Beautiful reflection and composition, Scott.
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Those reflections are wonderful!
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Wednesday began the mark of the commencement of the first open period that college coaches are allowed to head out onto the grassroots circuit and watch, evaluate, and in some cases, babysit potential recruits. I was in Philadelphia for the beginning of the Reebok Breakout Challenge as over 100 of the top ballplayers throughout the high school ranks showed off their skills in front of a bevy of college coaches and high ranking media folks. Below are just some of the kids that caught my eye.
JEAN-MARC KOUMADJE/7'3 Team Breakdown 2015
WOW. It happened at Montverde a few years back with Joel Embiid, but can it happen again this time with Jean-Marc Koumadje? The progressions that the African center has made within his game over the past several months is quite remarkable where, at powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida, the 7'3 big barely saw court action. In Philadelphia, JMK displayed unreal foot speed where he runs the floor more like a 6'5 guy, is quick to the rim on the dunk attempt, and his motor never wanes. Coming into the event fresh off a UCLA offer and potentially transferring to the Village School for his senior campaign, the import out of Africa, of whom has spent just eight months within the States, is about to enter himself into the blueblood culture with multiple elite level, high-major offers and UConn and Tennessee wasted no time with offers shortly after the performance.
MATT MOYER/6'7 VCC Ohio Warriors 2016
Moyer has been a known name throughout the Midwest for some time due to his long frame and ability to play further away from the bucket, yet it seemed like ever since the AAU season rolled around, the Ohio native has taken his game to the next level. With multiple offers across the board, the lanky forward showed off an evolving set of ball skills off of the face-up and the intensity to match. He shows good techniques in defending the perimeter and has a quick and confident shot from deep. Once his body catches up to his game, his contributions and production should increase that much further.
ABDUL ADO/6'11 Georgia Stars 2016
Ado, nursing a strep throat, was still fabulous with his motor and constant rejections of everything within sight near the rim. His back to the bucket skillset has continued to develop as he showed a nice up and under move off the low block, yet he is most comfortable running the floor and dunking off of dump offs thrown his way. The highly energized Nigerian doesn't take plays off, is a well-composed young man off the floor, and has all the tools to be something that only the elite level programs can chase after. Only holding offers from Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Memphis, expect for this recruitment to escape the Volunteer State by the end of the week as Ado is a capable top-10 guy with the upside to be one of the best out of his 2016 class in five years.
IAN GARDENER/6'4 High Rise-Team Up 2015
Getting a first glance of Gardener at the gym of Philadelphia University, I was immediately drawn to Gardener and his sweet looking J off the catch. Throw in his giant set of arms and quality pull-up game, and what you have is a deep sleeper in 2015 up north. Gardener failed to make the grades to get it done in qualifying for 2014, but that doesn't give an excuse for the low-majors to have not thrown out an offer to the Connecticut native as the wing definitely has the looks of a mid-level guy next year. Teaming up with Steven Enoch in finishing out the summer, Gardener could really add to his stock if he continues to shoot the ball better and play with a consistent motor on the hardwood, of which he did so appropriately on Wednesday night.
HORACE SPENCER/6'9 Gym Rats 2015
Spencer played hard the entire time that he was in Virginia a few weeks back for the NBPA Camp, and in Philly, the Findlay Prep big man competed with an all-out assault on the bucket where he tried to send defenders through the rim. The big man looks to dunk everything and doesn't stop moving until the whistle blows. Throw in his quality physique, good instincts, and solid physical traits, and what you have is a potential pro due to his willingness to buy into all of the small things on the floor. Not many guys have the motor and mindset that Spencer encapsulates within his arsenal as the hard-nosed big man is one that will enter high-major, priority levels this July as he continues to assault the rim with thunderous dunks and interior domination.
Bryce Aiken, 2016 Team SCAN guard, continues to escalate his game to the next level as he brought it on the defensive end and showed that he can run a team in finding others off the bounce.
The guards dominated the ball tonight, yet the bigs showed up by the likes of those that were
already stated, along with solid play from Nysier Brooks, Ernest Aflakpui, and Sedee Keita.
USC got a really good one that fits the style of Dunk City with Chimezie Metu. The big man has a confident face-up jumper and the length that allows for him to make plays out of his area.
Orlando Antigua and his brother/assistant, Oliver Antigua, were front and center repping the USF gear for 2015 St. Raymond's big, Luis Santos.
Tennessee head boss, Donnie Tyndall, was present for Jawun Evans and Dwayne Bacon.
UConn head coach, Kevin Ollie, watched Steven Enoch and Dwayne Bacon.
Matt Moyer stated that he wants to visit Iowa, Virginia Tech, Michigan, and UNLV in the upcoming future.
Ernest Aflakpui listed offers from San Diego State, Temple, La Salle, Seton Hall, VCU, Providence, George Washington, and Manhattan, with interest from Washington, Georgia, and Villanova.
Louisville head coach, Rick Pitino, watched Abdul Ado and Jean-Marc Koumadje tonight; offers could be on the way.
Lastly, Reebok has outdone itself this time around; it was the who's who of coaching in the house. The likes of Jay Wright, Larry Brown, Phil Martelli, John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Kevin Ollie, Donnie Tyndall, Jim Ferry, Dan Hurley, Bruce Weber, Frank Martin, Fran McCaffery, Pat Chambers, Paul Hewitt, Lorenzo Romar, and Anthony Grant were all out searching for their next bluechip recruit.


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Video: Sony Confirms Netflix Will be Disc-free on PS3 Next Week
Several months ago we reported that search and discless functionality were being added by Netflix, and today Netflix VP of Product Development Greg Peters has confirmed that the online video service will be going disc-free on Sony's PS3 entertainment system next week.
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To quote: If you instantly watch movies and TV shows from Netflix on your PS3, here is the news you've been waiting for: starting Monday, October 18 you'll be able to instantly watch movies and TV shows without inserting an instant streaming disc into your console.
In addition to eliminating the disc, there is a new user interface that brings a much richer and faster browsing experience, content search directly on the device, and dramatic improvements in how fast playback starts.
There is even more good news for PS3 owners: starting on Monday you'll be able to instantly watch some movies and TV shows in 1080i 1080p high definition, listen to Dolby 5.1 channel surround sound, and view an increasing portion of our content library with subtitles.
This will bring the home theater experience right to your living room and make instantly watching movies even more enjoyable. Here's a news release from Netflix and Dolby with details.
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10-14-2010 #2
It's already discless since awhile now. I've been using the 1 month free trial, and it seriously suck. I'm Canadian, so that may be why, but the movies that they offer are soooo old and boring.
10-15-2010 #3
Yep, seems Canada got it first.. eh? http://www.ps4news.com/playstation-3...playstation-3/
10-15-2010 #4
It doesn't suck, but yea the streaming lineup mainly consists of older movies. They just inked a new deal though with the movie studios to get the new releases faster than they were getting them before. This means they will get them before they go to HBO, Starz, etc.
10-15-2010 #5
they probably seen Cover Manager first
10-15-2010 #6
Do wee need to update to download this?
10-18-2010 #7
Apparently, when you try to start Netflix with the disc today (Oct. 18th) a message pops up and indicates that the disc will stop working in 31 days. You are given an option to update or continue and have the system remind you later.
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am i able to watch tv in germany for free with it?
i don't really read anywhere what the costs are....
10-18-2010 #9
You still have to have a Netflix membership, which here in the States is ~$10/mo. for the most basic plan.
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Can't d/l without signing into PSN, found Canadian version installed won't run without 3.42 or higher


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Electronic Arts has launched the official website for an upcoming game tentatively titled Project Grey Company. The website contains some concept art, a short developer's diary video, a downloadable wallpaper, and a quick description of the game from EA Executive Producer Steve Gray. In his introduction he describes Project Gray Company as an RPG with "a massive open world where you can go anywhere you want."
The description goes on to say that the new game uses the same AI technology employed in The Sims 2. Not much else is said about the title and no consoles are named, but you can see it all for yourself here.
While EA is being extra secretive about Project Gray Company, our resident JRR Tolkien experts here at GameSpy were quick to point out that much of the concept art has a nearly undeniable Lord of the Rings look to it. Not only that, but in the LOTR trilogy Tolkien refers to a "Grey Company" that aids Aragorn in the war of the ring.
Apparently, this band of soldiers followed Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead to Pelennor Fields. They were left out of the LOTR films from New Line Cinema. We also know that Steve Gray and the game's Creative Director, Chris Tremmel, both worked on EA's LOTR: The Two Towers, LOTR: The Return of the King, and LOTR: The Third Age.
Before you jump to any conclusions, we should point out that the name of the game is "Project Gray Company", and in the books it's "Grey Company". Could this just be something to throw us off the trail? Or is it a play with words using the Executive Producer's last name? As always, more answers will most likely come to E3. Until then, let the debates begin!


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State spends $92,000 per year per inmate to run Tamms prison |
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Published: 12/31/2009 |
For almost 12 years, Illinois taxpayers have paid one of the highest per-inmate costs in the country to house what the Department of Corrections says are the 250 worst inmates in the state. The per-year cost to operate the solitary-confinement-only Tamms Correctional Center has grown to at least $16 million -- $64,000 per prisoner, according to figures provided by the state. The amount is two to three times what is spent annually to house an inmate at the three other maximum security lockups in Illinois. However, the actual per-inmate cost of running the Tamms supermax is undoubtedly much higher, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections 2008 Annual Report. That's because 155 inmates at a minimum security camp operated on the same grounds are included in the figures. The combined annual cost for the supermax and the minimum security camp is $27.7 million. Using the generous per-inmate cost of $30,000 per year for a minimum security inmate, a classification that requires the least amount of guards and services, the cost of the minimum camp is $4.7 million annually. That leaves $23 million for the supermax or $92,000 per inmate. The annual cost of providing mental health care at Tamms -- which critics, such as the New York-based Human Rights Watch, say causes mental illness by imposing years solitary confinement -- is $1.2 million. Most of that expense goes into operating the Special Treatment Unit, which usually houses fewer than a dozen inmates. The Tamms staff psychiatrist is paid $288,000 per year. Five months after a News-Democrat investigative series reported abuses at the supermax, and nearly four months after prison system director Michael Randle announced limited reforms, 48 inmates have been cleared for transfer out of Tamms. But as Randle struggles to find ways to keep costs down statewide, prison experts and attorneys who handle prison-condition lawsuits question whether Tamms actually works. Randle recently testified in a federal lawsuit brought by Tamms prisoners that the supermax is crucial to safety throughout the system and deterring assaults against guards because inmates fear transfer to Tamms. However, as of Wednesday, his office had not provided any data requested by the News-Democrat concerning whether assaults on guards have declined since Tamms opened. Supermax critics challenge the idea that confining 250 or so prisoners -- half of 1 percent of the entire state prison-system population -- does any good. They argue it is illogical to believe isolating fewer prisoners than are held in many county jails can have any real effect on reducing violence in a large, highly transient prison system. While DOC data show that assaults against guards dropped for about 1 1/2 years after Tamms opened in 1998, the decrease has been attributed by critics to statewide prison reforms that began in 1996. "It is inconceivable that they support the idea that violence declined because of Tamms," said Chicago-area lawyer Jean Maclean Snyder, who has represented Tamms inmates in federal lawsuits. "It declined because of other security changes." Jody L. Sundt, who co-authored a 2008 study about Tamms, said supermax prisons are not cost-effective and probably do not achieve long-term goals. "It is primarily a symbol, a gesture of overwhelming control," said Sundt, an assistant professor in the Division of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Portland State University in Oregon. Sundt's study found that violence against guards did decrease during an 18-month period following the opening of Tamms, but she said she and her fellow researchers could not determine why. The study showed the short-term decrease was not solely due to ongoing reforms that began a few years earlier. No similar decreases were found in studies of supermax prisons in other states. Sundt said that while inmates who commit crimes in prison need to be under strict control, programming, not years of solitary confinement, is more likely to reduce violence. "Some might say it isn't torture because no bones are broken, but it causes pain and suffering," she said. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, recently praised the mental health treatment inmates receive in Tamms' Special Treatment Unit. He had earlier convened a Senate subcommittee on human rights because of his concern about Tamms inmates. During a recent media tour, reporters saw mentally ill inmates in a treatment area. Each was confined to a separate Plexiglas booth set in a semi-circle and was playing a card game without actually touching any cards, which were handled by a $50,000-per-year activity director. "The idea that Tamms serves as a deterrent is, on its face, nonsense," said Stephen F. Eisenman, an art history professor at Northwestern University in Chicago with a Ph.D. from Princeton. Eisenman has published widely, including the 2007 book "The Abu Ghraib Effect," concerning abuses at the U.S. military prison in Baghdad. "Only a tiny fraction of those who commit any kinds of felonies in the prison system get sent to Tamms," said Eisenman, who also contends that the supermax does little or nothing to curb violence against guards at other prisons. "To attribute it (a decline in violence) to this one small factor, this tiny prison opened in Southern Illinois, I just think is absurd," he said, adding, "What I think is really going on here is that the prison guards and the (guards') union like to have a place like Tamms where they can send somebody who has attacked a guard. Guards have difficult jobs, and if one of their own is attacked, they like to be able to feel that there is some way to get back at the prisoner, like sending him to Tamms." Anders Lindall, the public affairs director for the guards' union -- Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- said violence against guards, according to "numerous anecdotal reports" from the union's membership, is increasing, not decreasing. He denied that guards sought vengeance against inmates. Chad S. Briggs, a doctoral candidate at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, who worked with Sundt on the Tamms study, said, "Conceptually, Tamms doesn't make a lot of sense." The way Tamms officials handle inmates sent to the lockup, especially mentally ill prisoners, by locking them in solitary with little or no social contact, is far different than the policy at what is arguably the largest lockup in the United Sates: the 10,000 prisoner Cook County Jail. The newspaper's Tamms series reported that mentally ill inmates reacted to being held for as long as more than a decade in solitary by mutilating themselves to the point of needing hospitalization, and by throwing feces and urine at guards and smearing bodily wastes on themselves. Randle repeatedly said Tamms is reserved for the "worst of the worst," although the newspaper's findings challenged that assumption. The series reported that more than half of Tamms inmates had committed no crimes inside prison and that others were seriously mentally ill and did not receive treatment. Read More. |
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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Set 'em Up Joe
I'm the Decider.
I assume most of all y'all visit the Good and Right Rev. Frost on a regular basis. But just in case you haven't stopped by in a bit, he had a rather big announcement in regards to a very special event. Rev. Frost has released his first record! Indeed. So before you read any further, go visit Spread the Good Word and read all about it. Then hop over to Closed For Private Party Records to order your very own copy of Spread the Good Word Vol. 1: South of Hell, France. I got my copy a couple of days ago, and it hasn't left my cd player yet. The man's a genius. Supplies are limited, so hurry. You owe it to yourself. To whet your appetite, here's a previously unreleased re-recording of a tune that debuted here at the Mountain. It's Rev. Frost's take on our theme song, newly minted and awaiting inclusion on Vol. 2. Makes me want to dance around without my pants on.
Rev. Frost: Big Rock Candy Mountain(mp3)
Vern Gosdin is another one of them fellas with a great country name who should be on the list of anyone who's a fan of classic honky tonk. Cut from the same vocal and stylistic cloth as Lefty and Merle, Gosdin's knee deep in the jukebox tradition. Beginning his musical career in the early 60's, along with his brother Rex, playing bluegrass, Gosdin did a brief stint with The Hillmen (with Chris Hillman), before going off on their own to form The Gosdin Brothers. Throughout the 60's and 70's (despite a brief retirement from the business), Gosdin racked up a moderate amount of bona fide hits, but managed a body of work more impressive as a whole than taken on the singles charts.
Oddly enough, it wasn't 'til the 80's (when the rest of Nashville was embracing the bland) that Gosdin began to see widespread success. Like Moe Bandy, Gosdin never abandoned his pure honky tonk roots, and perhaps it was this unwillingness to compromise his classic country raisin' that caused folks already weary of Nashville's dumbing down to embrace him. Not given to the country-rock stylings popular during the decade of greed (and reviving today), Gosdin's body is pure barroom tonk, from tears in beers to drunken revelry to callin' on the spirit of Ernest Tubb. And, most importantly, the man rocks a 'stache like no one's business.
And yeah, the following are drinkin' and cheatin' songs. Sue me.
Vern Gosdin: Set 'Em Up Joe (mp3)
Vern Gosdin: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke(and Loud, Loud Music)(mp3)
Vern Gosdin: Weekends Were Made For Cheatin'(mp3
Vern Gosdin: A Month of Sundays (mp3)
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8 comments:
- Kitty Laverne said...
Thanks for the Vern tunes... what a great voice, and one of my friends met him backstage once and says he was very gracious to his fans. A class act. Wish there were more like him!
- C. said...
I'll gladly second the Rev. Tom endorsement--it's really a fun record. Wait until you hear his rocking version of "You Belong to Me" or "I Saw the Light."
chris - 1:35 PM
great post. excellent song. I thoroughly enjoythis blog. thank you
-sami - 3:13 PM
- countrygrrl said...
vern is a fab act...pity he is not better known...unlike bland acts like kenny cheesy. Like pat green he has a swing in his spurs and a yodel in his yipees...excellent post!!!
- jon manyjars said...
"Set 'em Up Joe" was a glimmer of real country among the hat acts when it was on the radio. Great choice.
Is that a picture of a stripper named "Chris Colt and her 45s" that stripped in Dallas during the early 1960s? I can't remember her real name, but she worked for Jack Ruby at his Carrousel Club in Downtown Dallas. After Jack Ruby was arrested for shooting Lee Harvey Ozwald in 1963, she went to work for Abe Winestein at his Colony Club on Commerce Street.
Love your site! - 1:37 PM
- guapo said...
I know her as "Candy Barr".
- Stephen Austin said...
The picture is Candy Barr and not Cris Colt. I knew them both


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My Ancestor, The Wizard
Eight generations back, the author discovered a forebear hanging on the family tree
August/september 1984 | Volume 35, Issue 5
In prison Jacobs was subjected to a meticulous body search. What the searchers were looking for was a particular kind of bodily excrescence known as a "witch's teat," through which demons could draw sustenance.Below George Jacobs's shoulder they found a suspicious growth about a quarter of an inch long. In a test prescribed by the authorities, they ran it through with a pin to see if it contained "water, blood [or] corruption." Jacobs's did not; it was dry and cold —"cold as a witch's teat." The searchers had indeed found "the Devil's mark."
Even more damaging was the magistrate's inquiry into Jacobs's prayers. The exchanges went like this:
MAGISTRATE : Doth he ever pray in his family?
SARAH CHURCHILL : Not unless by himself.
MAGISTRATE (to Jacobs): Why do you not pray in your family?
JACOBS : I cannot read.
MAGISTRATE : Well you may pray for all that. Can you say the Lord's Prayer? Let us hear you.
This was a crucial matter, for demonologists held that one possessed by the Devil could not recite the Lord's Prayer. Jacobs began the words, stopped, tried again, and faltered again. It should be remembered that he was very old. He was under stress. He may have had the lapses of memory that many old people have. Or he may not have been much of a praying man. But to the magistrates, his failure to complete the Lord's Prayer was probably the most damning evidence of all.
Jacobs was still defiant. "Well, burn me or hang me," he cried. "I'll stand in the truth of Christ. I know nothing of it."
When the examination was over, Jacobs was returned to jail to be held for trial. By that time he must have known, if he did not know before, that he was up against something far more powerful than a band of malicious girls. He faced the Puritan state, which claimed dominion over every act and thought of its citizens. It was a state under siege, established in a land that had been the Devil's territory, surrounded still by the Devil's people, the Indians. Satan's purpose was to infiltrate the new Zion by possessing the souls of the weak and unwary. The purpose of the Puritan clergy was to keep him out. In that never-ending struggle, the clergy saw themselves as God's chosen instrument. Their most influential leaders dwelt in Boston, and their name was Mather.
THE REVEREND Increase Mather, son and son-in-law of Puritan divines, was minister of the Second Church. He was also the representative of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in its dealings with the king over the matter of a new charter to replace the one that the colony had lost by throwing out a royal governor, Sir Edmund Andres. He was also president of Harvard College.
His son Cotton had been a boy prodigy who entered Harvard at twelve and preached his first sermon, in his grandfather's church, at seventeen. At thirty he was already the author of many published tracts and sermons. Both he and his father had the "Mather voice," but whereas his father's voice was said to have "tonitruous cogency," Cotton's was one of "dilated deliberation."
Cotton Mather spared neither himself nor his flock nor his family. He survived two wives and all but two of his fifteen children. He was the kind of father who would keep a five-year-old daughter on her knees, praying God to save her soul. Cotton himself spent hours on his knees. He burned with the flame of zealotry.
The Mathers, father and son, were experts on witchcraft. They had studied the records of witchcraft in England and Europe and they had personally examined cases of Satanic possession in the colony. Cotton took one of the possessed girls into his home, cured her, he thought, and described the case in a book, Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions . It was this book, more than any other, that prepared the minds of the authorities who had to deal with the outbreak of witchcraft in Salem.
By the spring of 1692 the Salem jail was filled to overflowing with prisoners. They could not be tried, because, in the absence of a royal governor, no court had been appointed to try them in the charterless colony. In May, however, Increase Mather returned from a successful mission to London, bringing both a charter and a governor of his own selection, the redoubtable soldier-adventurer Sir William Phips.
A farm boy from the Maine frontier, Phips had won not only riches, by finding a sunken Spanish treasure ship in the Caribbean, but also military renown, by capturing Port Royal in Acadia from the French. Probably on Mather's advice, one of his first acts as governor was to appoint his lieutenant governor, William Stoughton, as chief justice of a special court to hear the witchcraft cases. Phips was a man of action, eager to be rid of the witchcraft bother and get back to fighting Indians. Stoughton was even more implacable than the Mathers.


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First she opted for a glamorous role in Desi Boyz and then she gave a nod to an item number. Super hot Chitrangda Singh, otherwise known for serious roles, surprised all last year and says the response has been encouraging
"I really hope 2012 turns out to be a year full of surprises for me. I am really happy with the kind of response I received for my work in Desi Boyz. It was really encouraging and I am looking forward to more good work this year," Chitrangda said. The dusky beauty, who will be seen on an upcoming episode of UTV Stars' Superstar Santa, made her Bollywood debut in 2003 with Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, and was subsequently seen in films like Sorry Bhai!, Basra and Yeh Saali Zindagi.Desi Boyz, which also featured Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, was a radically different project for her. Nevertheless, she loved it, and the audience loved her in it too. No wonder she feels her fans will appreciate her item song in Shirish Kunder's 3D project Joker. "The item song was hard, we rehearsed for it a lot and it has turned out to be fabulous. It is not into-the-face, the music is very catchy and the choreography by Farah (Khan) is very sensuous. It was great fun doing it," said the 35-year-old.
In 2012, she is looking forward to I, Me Aur Main with John, and Sudhir Mishra's film with Arjun Rampal. "I, Me Aur Main is going to be a great film. John is fantastic in it. It is an emotional, yet comedy film about a man, his relationships, his busy life in a metro city…it's basically about men. The film was a lot of fun and drama," she said. "Sudhir's film is about sexual harassment, it is about a woman's ambition in the workplace and how that is curbed…so it's an interesting script, and I am extremely excited about it," she further added. In the meantime, she has had to turn down an offer to work with Kamal Haasan, who had contacted her for a role in his Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual Vishwaroopam. But she had to refuse as the dates clashed with Mishra's film. "I had to refuse the offer. I would love to work with Kamal Haasan, he is a legend to work with," said the actor. On the small screen, Chitrangda says she loved playing Santa for a bit, on the show Superstar Santa, where celebrities play peacemakers between two common people. "Santa is too big a role to play. But it's always nice when as celebrities, we can do something for common people," she said.


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Movie SummaryDead Presidents
Description: Anthony Curtis is a bright 18-year-old from the Bronx who, in 1968, is stepping into manhood. Choosing not to immediately enroll in college, Anthony decides to leave his mentor Kirby, girlfriend Juanita Benson and her sister Delilah, to enlist in the Marine Corps. His buddy Skip and friend Jose soon join him. It is 1972 when Anthony returns to his neighborhood, only to discover that he is not treated as a hero. Though for a while he manages a part-time job in a butcher's shop, Anthony, with his girlfriend Juanita, who bore his daughter shortly after he enlisted, is living in an infested South Bronx apartment, barely making ends meet. Afforded little respect, and eventually unemployed and desperate, Anthony feels he has no alternative but to take part in a scheme to obtain some dead presidents--a slang term for cash. He believes that one well-executed score will secure a chance at a better life for himself, for his daughter and for the people of his community. Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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... we came. Suddenly, this fine road drops down into a tiny fishing village on a lake and stops. We are on a penensula jutting out into a lake with no clear place to go. Finally, after driving around on various narrow unpaved road, we find 1-lane cement road with a red arrow pointing down it. What the heck. We drive down it. Sure enough, at the end of the road is a rustic restaurant, and a sandy beach with a ferry pulling in. I use the term "ferry" ...
We arrived safely at Ban Meata Petchabun a few days ago. It is breathtaking. As you drive up the place looks like a resort! There are 6 homes for the 96 kids living here, a dining room, multiple play areas, a house for volunteers, a office, a day care center, small ponds for fishing, beautiful gardens, fruit trees and flowers. Behind the children village is the free Christian school. Over 1500 students from Ban Meata and the surrounding villages attend the ...


text: Study the Fonts in the Movie Moon, To Discover Something WonderfulAnnalee Newitz7/08/14 6:40pmFiled to: designmoviesmoondave addyfontsscience fiction443EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThere are a million reasons to love Duncan Jones' incredible indie flick Moon, starring Sam Rockwell as an abused Lunar Industries worker who discovers his life is not what it seems. Still, you'll be surprised how amazing the movie looks when you read Dave Addy's essay about fonts in the movie, which reveals a lot more than you'd expect.AdvertisementAnd just FYI, when you look at that logo above, Addy notes that "it doesn't get more Eurostile Bold Extended than that." So right.Previously, Addy analyzed all the incredible uses of Futura and Gill Sans in the movie 2001, which is packed with incredible typefaces that are actually relevant to the movie's plot. Then he turned his eye to the fonts of Moon, which of course include things like the robot GERTY's emoji as well as a lot of weird products that Sam uses in his lonely Lunar Industries habitat.Here's a great moment from the Moon essay, where Addy discovers that the set designers used what seems like an ironic future-space device — and it turns out to be a real product:AdvertisementAfter his shower, Sam gets his hair cut by GERTY:GERTY is using a futuristic vacuum-based device to suck up Sam's hair and cut it to the perfect length. You can just make out a Lunar Industries logo on the device's hi-gloss handle:Here's how the device looks in close-up:HANG ON A MINUTE. What's that written on the transparent plastic tube?Crop. Zoom in. Move left. Zoom in again. Enhance.That embossed text appears to say:www.haircut.com2" EXTENDERIs this the Moon production team saying that at some point in the future, haircut.com will be purchased by a futuristic hair-cutting company who make robotic trimming devices?No, dear reader, it is not. Because that future is already here. TODAY.It turns out that haircut.com is the present-day home of RoboCut Inc.:…and that RoboCut Inc. are the makers of the RoboCut DIY:That's right – the product you see in Moon is a product you can buy yourself today, for only $59.99 (including free shipping).Want to know how the RoboCut works? Here's RoboCut founder and inventor, Dr. Alfred Natrasevschi, to explain:You absolutely must while away your afternoon reading the rest of Addy's hilarious and wonderful post at Typeset in the Future about how much a simple font can affect an entire movie's design and feel.


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Severely underutilized in recent film such as "In Time" and "Tron: Legacy," though he had a more prominent role in the the thriller "Red Lights" which no one saw, Irish thesp Cillian Murphy is headed to the small screen for a leading role, teaming with "Eastern Promises" and "Dirty Pretty Things" scribe Steven Knight and BBC2 for the six-part period gangster drama "Peaky Blinders" (Memo to BBC: you might want to change that godawful title).
Murphy will play Tommy, the most ruthless brother in a family of gangsters that rules the lawless post-war slum neighborhoods of 1919 Birmingham, England as returning soldiers, revolutionaries and criminals fight for survival. The family is known by the film's title, which is a reference to their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps. As the family's leader, though, things go off course for Tommy when a Belfast police chief and a mysterious, beautiful woman comes into town.
Considering what Knight was able to create for David Cronenberg and Stephen Frears, we're hoping this can become work of that caliber though that may rely heavily on a strong directorial talent coming on board. Ideally, we're envisioning something like the similarly themed HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" under Martin Scorsese's guidance. Too hopeful? We'll soon see. Lensing begins this September for a 2013 U.K. debut. [Deadline]


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i had the chance to get H fetters of death but sharded it i favor of my shadow grip girdle.. i know fetter was high ilvl but higher ilvl i not alwats better gear.
i am at just south of 6600 all my remaning upgrades seem to lose me crit as well. I want the cloak off garalon cause its crit mastery, but when i was looking at reforging with it and i will have to reforge out of crit on some of my items just to keep hit/exp capped... as it is now i reforge out of crit on one item to keep it. I can keep that as crit but i lose more crit overall reforging around not going out of crit.


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All done flies good . It's hitting about 50 mph on level flight, got another prop on order to see for fun if I can hit about 60 mph on level flight. So far , no flutter on elevons that I could see. Hatch is working out fine .Update on weight, 7.5 oz. with everything ready to fly except battery. Add 3 oz. for big TP 1320 pro-lite 3 cell battery, yes it's heavy , but I can fly for over 13 minutes hard! Now I have to come up with paint .
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rcar4 , looks like your ready to fly. One layer of foam makes a lite plane. ( I looks like one layer ? )
Here where I live they don't last long. To much wind here and rocks to land on. LOL Tip, put a little color on your plane , the blue is hard to see in a blue sky. Also, if you don't mind ? Next time move your spar for main wing back more in the center will help stiffen it more IMO. Have Fun. |
Dan thanks for the advice! I have learned not to paint till I get a maiden in The spar was put in as the 30 inch, then I cut the wing down. It seems to have landed close to CG. I have plaenty of room to move the batery around for CG. I made mine a little fat in the back for hopes of a bigger motor later on. I am running a little screamer purple pearl with a apc 7x5. You think that will fly? I just had the motor laying around and thought I would use it.
Thanks again! yep 1 layer, I think I will put a little extreme tape aft of the spar |
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Very nice jobe DanT! I´ll build this project for me. I have to buy some stuffs in HobbyCity, and will also buy the motor to put here, what do you think on this one below: http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...trunner_1300kv Or http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...-drive_2205/22 Or the motor you are using in your plane Dant, is better? I would like to buy a good and cheaper motor . Could you please also show me the links of esc, I have two lipos 2s Thunder power 1320 to use on it. If í´m not asking you so much ... Thanks in advance, Luis Quote:
This is the motor I'm using at this time.http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...trunner_1500kv
I would also get the motor mount for it.http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=5217 For one, it will take more amps then your first motor. Your second motor is heavy and to high of a kv motor IMO and will only make about 12 oz. of thrust . The little motor I'm using in this setup, can make 20 oz. of thrust with a GWS 8x4 prop!I do run it higher on amps full throttle it will see over 10 amps. But it will make about 560g of thrust !! At the price of this little motor, I don't care if it dies a little to soon! On this plane I don't need thrust because it's not,,, a 3D plane! So,, I'm playing with speed just for the fun of it , to see how fast I can make this little motor and plane go.. Next,, I do use a TP 1320 3 cell ! Not a 2 cell battery. That is how I get this kind of speed out of this little cheap motor. Next,, I use a CC thunder bird 18 esc . I know it's way more then this little motor needs, but I use these ESC and batteries in many different planes I have.. Some of my planes and motors pull 18 amps. As you know by readying my post in the past,, I for one don't care about weight! A little more weight in a windy place is a good thing. |
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I don't own a 2 cell I have been using those 24 gram motors from hobby city in my mini slinger. I had the same motor in a 3000 KV version and put it on a mini slinger. WOW, big performance boost, you need to try one of them! You will need to run a smaller prop and at least a 20 amp esc. I am using a zaggy 5x5 prop with this motor, on a 3 cell. I was wondering... what is the dimension of your cutlass from the firewall to the nose? Thanks! |
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Oh, I have tried the 3000kv and the small prop and like these motor MUCH better. For one when using a small prop, and your coming in for a HOT landing, it takes TO LONG for it to make thrust and get you back up to flying speed. Next the same thing happens when you throw your plane. We have a lot of wind here ,so you have to have good fast thrust on hand for corrections . I don't have a ( mini slinger) but I can see why you would need a small prop on the stock setup, no room for a bigger prop in between the elevons. I set my fins out more( 8 1/2" inside) incase I want to run bigger props also. |
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Update , still working on paint scheme ! But it's coming along, I now have about 6 = 13 minutes flights on it and the CG is now just right. Also it seems pretty fast for a small BW 1500kv motor with a TP 1320 pro-lite 3 cell running a APC 7x5 prop. Still waiting for next prop to come in .
Flew my Cutlass Sunday and again this morning. It flys great at half throttle, but I am getting wing flutter at any higher speed. The thing floats in real well, but I think I have to much wing area. I will keep flying this one, but will try a double layer of foam for the wing on the next one.
Glade your having fun. One thing you might try on this bird, is supporting your elevon push rods in the center of travel .That might help with flutter ? And on your next bird? Move the wing brace more toward the back . Also,,it looks like your using very small lite servos? These can have a lot of play in them. I use stronger ones in my faster planes . Some use Hi Tec 56 servos. They have carbon gears and BB. |
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Will defiantly move the spar back. A friend told me to CA the wooden dowel to stiffen it. Wish I had the money for better servos, I am using these, servos Wish you would come up with a pdf file of your plans, but that is easier said. I know I don't have the skills to do it. Everyone at the club thought it was pretty neat, and several asked about the plans. I am sure I will get it there, I will keep you posted. I have to build an ALF mig 15 for a friend, before I can get back to the Cutlass. Talk to you later, Ron |
Ron,you can down load the pdf file for the mini cutlass . Then all you have to do is extend the wing 1 1/2 " on both sides . Put a ruler on the leading edge of stock mini planes keeping the same leading edge angle and draw it 1 1/2" longer on both sides. Next do the same for the nose add 1 1/4" and then draw new lines on sides. Now the cabin is my own design . And so are the elevons and width between the fins for bigger props. I use Hobby Lobby poster board with the paper off. And 1/2" poster board for the cabin sides with notches cut inside to make it easer to bend on a curve and make it lite. I also change the cabin high on the back next to the motor to help make it less tail heavy design. Have fun. DanT |
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About an hour before Monday's WPIAL playoff pairings meeting, the brackets mysteriously made their way onto Twitter.
You've heard of WikiLeaks. Well, you could call this WPIAL Leaks.
And, no, this wasn't The Fumbler's doing.
The WPIAL football committee was understandably upset that the brackets were released prematurely ... and not first at the meeting.
This, however, was a great example of how popular high school football is in this area. Within minutes of making their way onto Twitter, the matchups were feverishly making their rounds to players and fans, who couldn't wait an extra minute to find out who their favorite team was going to be playing.
Heck, the matchups hadn't been announced "officially" at the meeting yet, but people were already complaining about the seed their team received.
Leaks or no leaks, there will always be questioning and criticizing. But as The Fumbler learned years back, winning games is the best way to make a statement and silence critics.
This gets The Fumbler to thinking. Is there a Fumbler Leak?
If you read this yesterday, I guess there is.
The WPIAL playoffs get underway tonight at 32 fields around the area. The Fumbler has made his picks for who will raise championship trophies at Heinz Field on Nov. 23.
Class AAAA -- McKeesport
Class AAA -- Thomas Jefferson
Class AA -- Aliquippa
Class A -- Sto-Rox
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The Fumbler finished the regular season on a hot streak by going 54-9 (.857) last week. That improved his season record to 482-104 (.822).
Here are his thoughts on this weekend's top games:
North Allegheny (6-3) at Bethel Park (6-3), 7:30 tonight -- Winning four WPIAL titles in a row is about as easy as eating 100 hot wings in one sitting. Believe The Fumbler, he knows (well, about the second part at least). Three-time defending WPIAL Class AAAA champion North Allegheny can join the Clairton teams of the past few seasons and the Braddock teams of the late 1950s as the only squads to "four-peat" without any ties. The Fumbler doubts the No. 9-seeded Tigers will do it, but that doesn't mean they won't win at least one game. If you see the waitress, put in an order for a Tigers win and three dozen wings with a side of ranch. The Fumbler is being more realistic this time around. Winner: North Allegheny.
Montour (5-4) at Franklin Regional (8-1), 7:30 tonight -- Memo to Montour: Beware of the quick strike. These two last met in the playoffs in 2009, a game in which Franklin Regional scored three touchdowns in less than two minutes at the end of the third quarter to gain a 35-20 win. In that game, Montour had more turnovers than a bakery. Montour coach and current athletic director Lou Cerro has been to a few bakeries; he drove a delivery truck for Breadworks for more than a decade. But that is just a slice of history. Breadworks has a slogan that reads "Taste that rises above." Franklin Regional will rise above Montour once again, as the Panthers have the right ingredients to bake up a tasty victory. Winner: Franklin Regional.
Seton-LaSalle (7-2) at Washington (7-2), 7:30 tonight -- A little more than a week ago, it looked like Washington could be shut out of the playoffs after the WPIAL forced the Little Prexies to forfeit six wins for using an ineligible player, Quorteze Levy. But the PIAA reversed that ruling, allowing the Prexies to keep all but one of their wins (another ineligible player was used in that game) and a playoff berth. Call it a new lease on life. Seton-LaSalle has a player named (Andrew) Lease. When the Rebels face Washington, they hope to not get caught in a (Kyle) Webb or end up with a (Arthur) Long bus ride home. There are two things certain about this game: Washington will not have Shai McKenzie and Seton-LaSalle won't be shy about throwing the football. The Rebels have a cause ... advancing to the next round. Winner: Seton-LaSalle.
University Prep vs. Allderdice, 1 p.m. Saturday at Cupples Stadium -- Allderdice might have produced rappers Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller, but it's University Prep that has had the smoothest flow in the City League -- and maybe even all of Western Pennsylvania -- this season. Ron Brown has thrown for 2,798 yards and 38 touchdowns, and wide receiver Marcus Johnson has scored 21 touchdowns. This isn't to say Allderdice doesn't have a little bit of melody itself. Headlining for the Dragons are "The Jackson 2" -- twin brothers James and Timothy Jackson, a fine quarterback/wide receiver duo themselves. This won't be a simple case of "ABC, Easy as 1, 2, 3," but Brown, Johnson and company are about to be singing and dancing as City League champions. Winner: University Prep.
And the rest (home teams in capital letters):
WPIAL CLASS AAAA -- UPPER ST. CLAIR over Kiski Area; WOODLAND HILLS over Pine-Richland; SENECA VALLEY over Hempfield; CENTRAL CATHOLIC over Baldwin (at Cupples Stadium, South Side); GATEWAY over North Hills; McKEESPORT over Peters Township; PENN-TRAFFORD over Penn Hills.
WPIAL CLASS AAA -- WEST ALLEGHENY over Hollidaysburg; RINGGOLD over Indiana; Moon over WEST MIFFLIN; THOMAS JEFFERSON over Hampton; New Castle over HIGHLANDS; CENTRAL VALLEY over Belle Vernon; MARS over Elizabeth Forward.
WPIAL CLASS AA -- ALIQUIPPA over South Park (at Hopewell); QUAKER VALLEY over New Brighton; MOUNT PLEASANT over Valley; Beaver over SHADY SIDE ACADEMY; SOUTH FAYETTE over Greensburg Central Catholic; KITTANNING over Yough; BEAVER FALLS over Summit Academy.
WPIAL CLASS A -- STO-ROX over Avella; Apollo-Ridge over BETH-CENTER; CLAIRTON over Frazier; Fort Cherry over CARMICHAELS; CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC over Western Beaver; AVONWORTH over Laurel; MONESSEN over West Shamokin; NESHANNOCK over Brentwood.


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Ericsson still sees restructuring costs of 4 billion SEK in 2012
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Telecoms gear maker Ericsson repeated on Wednesday it expected total restructuring charges of around 4 billion crowns ($597.21 million) in 2012 after it announced sweeping job cuts in Sweden.
A spokeswoman for the company declined to give financial detail of a new cost-saving package, but repeated the 4 billion crown figure for this year.
Ericsson earlier said it would cut 1,550 jobs in Sweden.
(Reporting by Simon Johnson, editing by Patrick Lannin)
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