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New Madrid County, Missouri (Map It) was created on October 1, 1812 as one of the five original counties. The county was named in honor of Madrid, Spain. Learn More About State of Missouri History
New Madrid County is bordered by Scott County (north), Mississippi County (northeast), Fulton County, Kentucky (east), Lake County, Tennessee (southeast), Pemiscot County (south), Dunklin County (southwest), Stoddard County (northwest).
New Madrid County Cities and Towns include Canalou, Catron, Conran, Gideon, Howardville, Kewanee, Lilbourn, Marston, Matthews, Morehouse, New Madrid, North Lilbourn, Parma, Portageville, Risco, Sikeston, Tallapoosa.
A Map of New Madrid County, Missouri contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
New Madrid County, Missouri Courthouse Records
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The New Madrid County Courthouse is located in New Madrid, Missouri. Learn More About State of Missouri Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
Please contact the each clerk's department to confirm mailing address, hours, fees and other information before visiting or requesting information because contact information sometimes changes. The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. The documents are available to interested parties, barring confidential issues. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in New Madrid county. The date listed for each category of record is usually the earliest registration filed. The earliest date does not indicate that there are numerous records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually registered.
- New Madrid County Recorder of Deeds has Marriage Records from 1847 and Land Records from 1805. The Recorder of Deeds is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
- New Madrid County Circuit Court Clerk / Probate Court Clerk has Probate Records from 1800 and Court & Divorce Records from 1805.The Circuit Court Clerk / Probate Court Clerk has the direct index to records such as divorces, adoptions, judgment, and tax fee books including direct and indirect indexes. They also retain the index to criminal records and criminal files of the circuit court. Adoptions are under the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Naturalization records, including petitions, declarations of intention, certificates, and certificates of allegiance, and granting of citizenship are also located in the clerk's office, as well as an index to civil case files. The County Probate Division has jurisdiction over the estates of deceased persons. The Division hears all litigation involving trusts, including those trusts established in wills.
- New Madrid County Clerk of the Court has Birth & Death Records from ? . The Clerk of the Court has indexes to common pleas, records of all extant proceedings, chancery minute books, records of births and deaths, county court records, right-of-way and road records, as well as surveyor's records (including field notes and plats made by the county surveyor). This office usually holds the county treasurer's notes, bonds and commissions, records of marks and brands, wolf scalps, stray notices, real estate assessments, and tax books. In some counties, early terms for this court included "Chancery" or the "Court of Common Pleas."
- New Madrid County Tax Assessor Office is responsible for appraising and assessing real estate property and person property for the purpose of taxation as well as transferring ownership of real estate, and keeping real estate maps up to date.
- Local Records Inventory Database, produced by the Missouri Local Records Preservation Program, is a compilation of inventories of local government records identified as having permanent or enduring value and housed primarily in county and municipal offices, but includes some libraries, museums, and historical and genealogical societies that maintain government records. Not all Missouri offices have been inventoried.
- New Madrid County Health Department has Birth Certificates since 1920 and Death Certificates since 1980
New Madrid County, Missouri Census Records
- Learn More: State of Missouri Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1820 (missing), 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records: 1660-1820
- State Population Schedules: 1844-1881
- U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules: 1850 and 1860
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
New Madrid County, Missouri Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Missouri Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from January 1910 to present
- Marriage Records: from July 1948 to present
- Divorce Records: from July 1948 to present
- Locations: Missouri Office of Vital Statistics
- Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate, Marriage and Divorce Certificate Applications.
- In Person: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Telephone: 573-751-6387
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- New Madrid County, Missouri Message Boards
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Ohio keeps watch on painkillers
Misuse of prescription medicines such as those used to dull the pain of injuries and some illnesses accounts for a substantial number of people with serious drug addictions.
And as one leader of an anti-drug abuse organization said, opiate painkillers often are a stepping stone to more serious drugs, such as heroin.
Many of those hooked on legal medicines began using them because their doctors wrote prescriptions intended to help patients cope with pain from injuries, surgeries and sometimes, illnesses. Sometimes, the cost of paying for such drugs is covered by government programs such as Workers' Compensation.
Abuse of pain pills has become such a problem in Ohio that the Bureau of Workers' Compensation has begun monitoring prescriptions for injured workers more closely. The agency also has installed new safeguards to prevent abuse.
The amount of drugs prescribed for Ohioans covered by Workers' Compensation certainly ought to raise eyebrows. During the past five years, more than 188.5 million doses of narcotics have been paid for by the bureau. Last year alone, opiate painkillers were prescribed for 39,028 men and women covered by Workers' Compensation.
For most of its history, the agency paid little attention to the problem of painkiller abuse. That changed in 2011. Now, injured workers' use of opiates is monitored every month. Bureau officials are thinking of doing the same thing for anti-anxiety drugs, which also can be abused.
It surely is no coincidence that now that Workers' Compensation claimants and their doctors know the bureau is watching, use of some drugs is decreasing. Prescriptions for opiates for injured workers have decreased nearly 28 percent since 2010.
Obviously, the bureau should have been doing these things many years ago. Better late than never, however.
Now that state officials have evidence they can make a difference, they should look for other ways to help reduce misuse of prescription drugs – perhaps through monitoring for Medicaid clients similar to that already being done at the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
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A team of health researchers based in San Francisco has been selected by the National Institutes of Health to encourage participation in a groundbreaking federal health study by sexual and gender minorities from across the country.
Known as the All of Us Research Program, the study aims to enroll 1 million Americans who will be tracked by researchers for at least a decade. Participants will be asked myriad questions about where they live, their health, family, and work.
The All of Us study is currently in beta testing mode and is expected to fully launch by 2018. As of now, only people 18 years of age or older are eligible to participate. A key demographic that researchers are targeting for the study is the LGBT community.
To facilitate outreach to LGBT individuals throughout the country, NIH recently awarded the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation a $1.6 million grant over three years. In addition to encouraging sexual and gender minorities to join the study, the foundation team is also tasked with providing input on enrollment materials and research plans, developing customized educational programs and studying best practices in the dissemination of research results to support retention.
"This is an ambitious and large project that is different in thinking about diseases," said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and the university's vice dean for population health and health equity. "We are really pleased that a commitment to understanding the health of LGBT communities is going to be an important part of this unique study."
Through the wealth of information collected from the All of Us study, health officials hope to discern patterns that contribute to people's well-being and chances of becoming sick due to a variety of factors, whether it is their personal habits or where they live. The study is part of NIH's Precision Medicine Initiative, begun under President Barack Obama, that considers a person's genes, environment and lifestyle in developing individualized disease prevention and treatment plans.
"It turns research on its head," said Bibbins-Domingo, who is straight and one of the All of Us project principal investigators. "We want participants engaged in the study itself, not just get their blood drawn but help define what the research questions are. We want not just the numbers but engagement."
Her center is based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she also works as a general internist. She has teamed with Dr. Mitchell Lunn, the co-director of the Pride Study, a longitudinal study of LGBT people and an assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology (kidney disease) at UCSF, on the LGBT outreach for the All of Us study.
Lunn, a gay cisgender male, is also involved with PRIDEnet, the community engagement arm for the Pride Study that includes more than 40 partner organizations around the country, including health organizations, community centers, and national organizations that support or serve sexual and gender minority people.
He suspects the work PRIDEnet is already engaged in gave the foundation team an edge with their application to oversee the All of Us study's LGBT recruitment efforts.
While there is no set target for how many LGBT people NIH would like to see participate in the All of US study, Lunn told the Bay Area Reporter that the bare minimum he would like to see is 40,000 LGBT people. With the country's LGBT population estimated to be 4 percent, Lunn said it is fair to want to see a similar percentage of the 1 million people in the All of Us study be sexual and gender minorities.
"The title of the study is All of Us. They are taking a very community-engaged approach to make sure it really does represent everybody and not just well-to-do white folks who are more typical to take part in health studies," said Lunn.
The focus on recruiting LGBT people for the new federal study comes amid a flurry of efforts at the local, state, and national levels to ensure sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions are included in not just health studies but all manner of government forms and surveys, as the Bay Area Reporter noted in a recent three-part series about LGBT data collection efforts.
The NIH has been in the forefront on the issue. Last October it designated sexual health minorities a health disparities population, opening the door for more research into the LGBT community's health risk factors. Lunn said he doesn't expect to see that commitment change, despite recent moves by the Trump administration to remove SOGI questions from federal surveys.
He noted that the president had reappointed NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and that the director of the agency's Office of Extramural Research, Dr. Michael Lauer, remains in place.
"Francis Collins has a demonstrated track record of being supportive of LGBT people and including them in NIH research," said Lunn.
The federal agency's decision to include LGBT people from the beginning of the All of Us study, and seek their input on its development, "is historic," noted Lunn.
"It is a very historic time for LGBT people in this country," he said. "This is really the first time LGBT people are being involved in the design, development and implementation of an incredibly ambitious and large federal health study."
To learn more about the All of Us Research Program, visit https://www.joinallofus.org.


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Corrientes GRAND SLAM | 22 - 26 May 2013
Corrientes, Argentina, May 26, 2013—Striking fast and hitting hard, Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins powered past the stiff challenge from USA's Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson to capture the men's gold medal under the lights in front of a raucous overflow stadium crowd of more than 7,500 new-found beach volleyball fans Saturday to conclude the $440,000 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam double-gender tournament. The FIVB international event was held for the first time in Corrientes and was being played at the purpose-built site with a temporary center court stadium located on the sands of Arazati Beach – Costanera Sur on the banks of the Rio Parana.
In the gold medal match, made more stirring by the excited boisterous crowd, Latvia's Samoilovs/Smedins charged ahead and held off the challenges that USA's Gibb/Patterson mounted, winning in two sets, 21-16, 21-19 in 39 minutes.
In the bronze medal match played before the finale, Italian Olympians Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo played near flawlessly to stop Brazil's Bruno Schmidt/Pedro Salgado in two sets, 21-13, 22-20 in 38 minutes as Argentinean fans arrived early and in large numbers to fill the stadium as they had they night before for the women's medal matches.
With Netherland's Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel earning their first FIVB title Saturday night to end the women's tournament, the gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900.
In the gold medal finale, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins came out of the box on fire in the first set and held off all challenges from USA's Ribb/Patterson, building up a five-point cushion after the USA pulled within one point at 12-13. With the kills by both Samoilovs and Smedins, Latvia pulled out to a five-point lead at 18-13 and the USA got no closer at the end of the set.
In the deciding second set of the gold medal match, USA's Gibb/Patterson took a lead at 9-8 but Latvia's Samoilovs kills and blocks and Smedins kills took the lead back quickly. As in the first set, Latvia led 12-9 at the technical time out and after the USA closed to 13-12, Samoilovs had another cross court kill, Smedins killed to the back line eventually taking a 20-18 lead and after Gibb blocked a Samoilovs kill close the gap to one point, Samoilovs closed out the match and clinched the gold medal with a cross-court kill that bounced off the hands of a diving Patterson.
Both veterans, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins were playing just their third FIVB event as a team and overall Samoilovs was playing in his 97th FIVB event and J. Smedins was participating in his 65th. While Samoilovs picked up his third career FIVB gold medal it was his first with J. Smedins as the Latvians finished their amazing run to the title with an unblemished 7-0 record in Corrientes.
As a new team, this was just the third FIVB international tournament for USA's Gibb/Patterson, who won the FIVB Shanghai Grand Slam three weeks ago in just their second event together. Separately, Gibb was playing his 73rd FIVB tournament and Patterson his 12th. They leave Argentina with a 6-3 record and two podium finishes in their three events as a team.
After his team's performance, the crowd-pleasing Samoilovs, who frequently encouraged the fans to cheer after another great play and actually danced on the court with the entertainers following the victory, commented, "We feel incredible. It's the first season we played together so we feel really good about our level. The final match was very tough, but we were up to it. And the people here in Corrientes made us feel great, with a lot of support cheering for us. Definitely, we want to come back here."
The bronze medal match wasn't near as close as the two semifinals and the gold medal match as the Italy's Nicolai/Lupo led early and kept it throughout the first set to win by a large margin. In the second set, Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado rallied with several ties but were unable to close out against the Italian's because of Nicolai's blocks and Lupo's finesse shots that kept the talented Brazilian duo off-guard throughout.
Italy's Nicolai/Lupo finished the tournament with a 5-2 record while as a team this was their second bronze medal and fifth final four finish in 19 tournaments together.
Both veterans, Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado have been a team for just the three tournaments this year and this was the second final four following a second at the season-opening FIVB World Tour event in Shanghai. Individually this was the 47th FIVB international tournament overall for Nicolai and 27th for Lupo. For Salgado it was his 100th FIVB overall event while it was the 66th for Schmidt.
Following his team's bronze medal victory, Nicolai, who led the 2012 London Olympics in blocked shots, said, "We are very happy with this medal, but we are a little disappointed because we lost the semifinals and we think we can do something better so it is very good, but not perfect."
In the semifinals played earlier Saturday, earning the opportunity for a golden moment in the Argentinean sand, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins advanced by coming from way down to earn a hard-fought three-set semifinal victory over Brazil's Bruno Schmidt/Pedro Salgado, losing the first set 14-21 before roaring back to win the second, 21-17 and then break a dead heat in the third to win the set and the match, 15-11 in 51 minutes.
Winning their semifinal match to advance to meet Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins will be USA's Gibb/ Patterson who also lost the first set 19-21, hung in and squeezed out the second to get into the third set tie-breaker that was beach volleyball at its best with USA winning a tight match in overtime over the Italians, 17-15 in 55 minutes.
The FIVB World Tour will be off next week as 10 regular FIVB men's and women's teams compete in the FIVB World Cup Final special event in Campinas, Brazil. The FIVB World Tour resumes June 11-16 with Round 3 at the $440,000 FIVB Hague Grand Slam.
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Corrientes Grand Slam enters business end
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Women's FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam finishes Pool Play
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Men's Pool Play upsets numerous at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam Thursday
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FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam women's pool play hot on chilly day
22.05.2013 21:29:02
Main draw field finalised for FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam
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28 men's, 18 women's duos set for Corrientes qualifying
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Former world champ Baracetti expects US-Brazil medal chase
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Argentina hosting World Tour at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam
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Argentina rich beach volleyball history about to get richer
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Switzerland's Gerson-Prawdzic warming up well for Corrientes
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Alison & Emanuel plan 2013 World Tour debut in Corrientes
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LAS VEGAS – Friday's year-end UFC 141 event drew an announced attendance of 12,158 and a live gate of $3.1 million.
UFC president Dana White announced the figures in the night's post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) attended.
UFC 141 took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem earning a first-round TKO finish of former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar in the pay-per-view headliner.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission will verify the figures and release an official tally early next week.
The figures fell well short of the MGM Grand Garden Arena's top-five UFC attendance and live-gate figures. However, in terms of revenue the show greatly outperformed UFC 125, which took place on Jan. 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and drew just $2,174,780.
While the number of "comp" or free tickets was not revealed, the figures represent an average revenue of $254.98 per ticket issued.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena's all-time top UFC gates as compiled by MMAjunkie.com include:
- UFC 66 (Liddell vs. Ortiz II): $5,397,300 gate (13,761 attendance)
- UFC 91 (Couture vs. Lesnar): $4,815,675 (14,272)
- UFC 71 (Liddell vs. Jackson): $4,304,000 (14,728)
- UFC 94 (St. Pierre vs. Penn II): $4,290,000 (14,885)
- UFC 116 (Lesnar vs. Carwin): $4,053,990 (12,740)
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After a mild winter last year, a blazing hot summer, and a fall that lasted well through December, Winter has finally shown up. The last 2 weeks have already brought us more snow than all of last year. I'm not complaining--I think it's pretty. But after a long string of warm weather, it's downright COLD now. All I want to do is wrap up in a blanket on the couch with a book (or seven seasons of Supernatural) and a big bowl full of hearty soup.
Chicken, bacon, potatoes, and corn--it's a bowl filled with all my favorite savories. And I was surprised at how easy it was to put together. (Okay yes, I had to YouTube how to chop an onion.. but still totally simple) It's definitely going in the winter dinner rotation. And at roughly 250 calories a bowl (split into 4 servings), it's a dinner (with bacon! and heavy cream!) you don't have to feel guilty about.
Hearty Chicken Chowder
Adapted from America's Test Kitchen: Cooking for Two 2012
Serves 2 to 4 (about 4 cups total)
3 slices bacon, finely chopped
1/2 medium yellow onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 medium sized yukon gold or red potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 small carrot, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
8 ounces boneless skinless chicken breast
1 cup frozen corn or 1 (8.5oz) can of sweet corn
1/4 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste
1. In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, cook bacon until crisp, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer half of bacon to a paper towel lined plate; set aside.
2. Add onion to remaining bacon and fat in saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in flour and cook for about 1 minute.
3. Gradually whisk in broth, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Stir in potato and carrot. Nestle chicken into the broth and bring pan to a simmer. Simmer gently, uncovered, flipping chicken halfway through, until chicken is cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate, let cool slightly, then shred into bite sized pieces with a fork.*
4. Meanwhile, stir corn into chowder. Continue to simmer until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Remove from heat and stir in shredded chicken and heavy cream and let stand until heated through, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle out into bowls and top with reserved bacon to serve.
*Note: You can also throw the chicken into the bowl of your stand mixer and break it up with the paddle attachment. Seems weird, but works like a charm.


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For NHL enforcer Brian McGrattan, rock bottom wasn't turning into a shell of a person, ravaged by drug and alcohol use, locking himself in a dark room for two days and turning off his cellphone to shut out the world.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Simple question
Do you want me to keep posting upcoming appearances or you don't care about that and just want to read Dodger news?
Two fans got upset that I wasn't able to post the Eric Karros info. 1 fan sent me a hate e-mail saying my days are being numbered lol Seriously? It just ruins the fun of blogging. If I don't get feedback, how will I know? I'm seriously considering just blogging news about the Dodgers. I started to blog about my experiences in meeting players because I thought it would be a fun way to share these stories.
Also, don't leave 'anonymous' comments. It's just dumb, at least leave a fake name.
Click 'comments' and leave me your thoughts. Or if you prefer a e-mail, send it! Simple question, simple answer.
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Im reading this haha
I dont care about autographs but i do like reading when you meet a Dodger. Jus do what u always been doing. I like the blog alot. Very funny.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Hi Roberto, I'm not too savvy on the computer. Not sure how I can post my name. I don't have a OpenID Or google account. My name is Steve.
I want to read more Dodgers news. Maybe posting some commentary on Baseball and the Dodgers. Take care.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Just keep doing what your doing man.
Please continue to mark autograph appearances, its a great service you do. Keep up to good work!
- June 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Jessica Valdez said...
Hey Roberto please please post autograph signings!!!! I check your blog everyday for updates!! Your a better source than dodgers.com!! Also I need advice. So Im going to the game Saturday and Im planning to go as early as allowed because supposedly they let you into the field level 2 hours b4 gametime? Is this true? do you have any other tips? This is gunna be my last game before school starts so I wanna make it the best! thanks so much!! -JESSICA
- June 25, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- M.Brown said...
To the person who cried about not getting EK's auto. You can buy one on ebay for .10 You could also contact his Spa and see if they will give you some of his back hair. It's worth about the same.
- June 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM
im reading this.
Keep doing your thing... about the Karros post dont worry aboout it, if your a real autograph collector you know where to look for upcoming signings. Your blog is not an official player signings information site so ppl gotta relax.
BTW it was only my Sis, Bro and Dad...lol
Oh yea 1 more thing Fernando Velenzuela Signing next week. Let me confirm...
- June 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Hey Roberto!
When/where is Fernando Velenzuela signing? Any info?
- June 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- gabriel said...
I like both the Dodger news and the autograph signing info. I don't feel you're obligated to post autograph info (But, it's cool when you do. lol). Heck, it's your blog, do as you wish. Either way, I enjoy your blog!
- June 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- ernest said...
Hey Roberto. Put up the signing news when you can, but, certainly, don't feel obligated. You've got your own little slice of the Dodger Blogger pie and since it just happens to coincide with what you enjoy you should put it up. Again, you shouldn't feel obligated.
Also, ignore the negative emails! They are not worth thinking about.
- June 25, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- mattmaison said...
I'm reading! I don't live in LA, but I love hearing about the appearances and if I lived in LA I'd be going to them!
You have a great blog because it's a fan blog, not just Dodger news and analysis that you find everywhere else. Keep it up, you're only going to get negative emails from people who are unhappy, the happy ones just keep reading.
- June 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM
hey man,
im a new reader to your blog but i check it every day at work. I do enjoy hearing about the apperances even though most of the time i cant make them... i have let a couple friends know about them from your blog though so keep that up. The info and stories are also a nice touch... its your blog man, do it how you want to do it, i just wanted to let you know that it is entertaining and i am sure that a bunch of people that dont comment think the same way that i do.
Think Blue
- June 25, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Don't pay attention to the haters! Plus that cholo that wrote to you and cried about Karros needs to grow up!!! I really love your blog. Don't stop. Do whatever you please. I like it in a way that it's different from the other Dodger blogs.
- June 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Roberto said...
Thanks for the suggestions and comments! Keep them coming!
@ Jimena - Thanks!
@ Anonymous/Steve I like writing commentary on the Dodgers. I will try to do it more often.
@ Sauerktraut - Thanks! You're always leaving comments. I appreciate it.
@ Jessica Valdez - Yes it's true, get there early. 3rd Base side.
@ M.Brown - You're always funny man. lol !!! That spa comment had me laughing for a couple of minutes.
@ Alex - Thank you. BTW, Stop posting the Valenzuela rumors! lol
@ Raul - There is no Valenzuela event. Alex is just trying to start rumors.
@ Gabriel - Is this Gabriel from Facebook? Thank you.
@ Ernest - Thanks Ernest. I just ignore the e-mails. It's not even on my mind anymore. I also enjoy your blog dude! Keep up the great job :)
@ Matt - Thanks, I really appreciate the comments.
@ JBruin - Thanks!
@ Susana - Thank you :)
- June 25, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Penos Cabell said...
Roberto - I love your blog. I check it out to see if players are making appearances. Let us know about as many appearances as possible. It is your blog after all, so you do what you want.
- June 25, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I think you should post autograph info. It doesnt upset me if you dont, but its nice to know about them.
- June 25, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- rich said...
Please keep posting the appearances...I can't seem to find this info anywhere else.
Thanks for the great blog.
- June 25, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Hi Roberto,
I'm stuck in NorCal with Giant Fans (ewe), anyway i love ur site and check it out all the time.
Keep up the good work and don't change a thing! Being stuck in norcal, it's fun to read your experiances meeting the players.
- June 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- Roberto said...
@ Penos - Thanks!
@ Natalie - Thanks !
@ Rich - Thanks !
@ norcali - Be careful with those Giants fans :)
- June 25, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- Julie Hibbard said...
I'm reading! Every single day! Sometimes several times a day! Keep it up Roberto! I'll be at the game Sat night...and just got tickets to next Friday down in San Diego...rumor has it someone special might show up!
someday I want to meet you!
- June 26, 2009 at 5:27 AM
- Michelle said...
As I have mentioned before, I really like your blog. I am not so interested in autograph appearances as I live on the other side of the world but it's interesting to see all the appearances the players do. I think adding your perspective as a fan in the blog is what makes it unique and that is what separates a blog from just another place to gather news. Be creative and do what you like, if people don't like it then they can go root for the Angels! ;)
- June 27, 2009 at 5:27 AM
- reasn said...
great blog and I gotta say............ keep posting your Dodgers appearance info. Keep posting the quirky stuff, the funny stuff, the barely relevant stuff, the stuff we probly wouldn't know otherwise, etc.
Dude, just keep up the great work.
PS, I'll be at Petco next Friday for Manny's 1st game back. With a sign.
I'll give details later.
Tony_T from the 818
- June 27, 2009 at 11:29 PM


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Lipscomb's Lady Bisons will be riding a three-game winning streak into the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament this week.
The Lady Bisons beat Campbell 69-60 in overtime to close out the regular season at Allen Arena. It was the first overtime game of the season. It is the first time this season the Lady Bisons have won three games in a row. It was also the only team the Lady Bisons swept this season, having won 58-50 at Campbell Jan. 7.
The Lady Bisons will be the No. 5 seed in the tournament which starts Wednesday at Lipscomb's Allen Arena. They will play Belmont, the No. 4-seed, at 6 p.m. Thursday.
"After we lost at USC-Upstate a week-and-half ago I talked to the team," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "I gave the talk that Pat Summit gave her team at the University of Tennessee when they weren't playing well. She told her players to get together and work it out.
"I left the dressing room and let our players talk with each other. They talked about our goals we had for the tournament. They worked it all out and have been playing with a lot of emotion."
Bennett thought the game was a good final test before the tournament begins.
"It was good to play a game that was this close," Bennett said. "We won in our own building. We came from behind to win. That should give us a lot of confidence heading into the tournament."
The Lady Bisons jumped out to a 12-3 lead with 13:14 left in the first half. They held onto the lead until guard Jessica Mack connected on a jumper with 6:43 on the clock for an 18-16 lead.
Both teams played the rest of the first half close with neither team leading by more than three points. With 1:04 before intermission freshman guard Jenna Bartsokas hit a pair of free throws to give the Lady Bisons a 26-24 lead,
But at the buzzer Lindsay Smithberger threw up a prayer of a shot that found the basket for a 3-point play and a 27-26 Campbell lead.
The second half was much like the final minutes of the first with both teams trading leads.
With 3:17 left in the game Smithberger tipped in a shot to give Campbell a 56-51 edge.
The Lady Bisons responded with seven unanswered points junior wing player Jillian Partner hitting a lay-up to start the run at 3;12. Junior center Kaleigh Gossman hit a pair of free throws. Partin and Bartoskas each added one free throw as the Lady Bisons led 58-56 with 25 seconds in regulation.
"In the past when a team did that to us we would be done," Bennett said. "But we made some stops and made some shots and came back. We also hit our free throws when we needed them."
Smithberger again connected at the buzzer to send the game into overtime with the score knotted 58-58.
The overtime was dominated by the Lady Bisons who outscored Campbell 9-2 in the five-minute period,
Gossman started things off with a tip-in at 4:06. Partin followed with a lay-up at 3:14. Gossman hit a 10-footer at 2:12 for a 65-58 Lady Bisons lead. Partin scored the final four points, hitting four free throws in a row to seal the win.
Gara Bell hit the only shot for Campbell with a tip-in with 1:44 left to play.
Partin earned her second double-double in a row and her sixth of the season with a team-high 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. It was the third time this season she has hauled down 13 rebounds.
Also in double figures for the Lady Bisons were Gossman with 14 points, Bartsokas with 13 and junior center Katie Rollins with 10.
Mack scored a game-high 17 points and also finished with a double-double with a team-high 10 rebounds for Campbell.
The Lady Bisons are 9-21 for the season, 7-9 in the A-Sun. Campbell slipped to 12-17, 7-9 in the conference.


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He may have an uncanny knack for knowing who's naughty or nice, mad package delivery skills and a fan base approaching Lady Gaga's, but, sartorially speaking, Santa Claus is in a bit of a rut.
It wasn't always this way. Over the years the man also known as Kris Kringle, Saint Nick and Father Christmas has had nearly as many wardrobe changes as aliases, turning up wearing long, green, fur-lined robes in one incarnation, a bright red-and-white outfit topped with a bishop's miter in another. But for at least the last half-century, Claus' clothes have been frozen in a kind of garish caricature of a costume: a bulky, red (presumably wool) suit with wide, woolly white cuffs; a thick, black patent leather belt and Mayflower-era belt buckle holding back a generous belly (you know, the one that shakes "like a bowl full of jelly"); sooty black boots on his feet and a red stocking cap upon his head.
PHOTOS: Santa Claus gets a makeover
It's understandable wardrobe inertia. After a hectic 364 days of the year filled with elf management, reindeer husbandry and staying on Mrs. Claus' nice list, the first time the Jolly One even thinks about that flight suit is probably an hour or two before it's boots off the ground, sleigh bells ringing. If there's an A-list celebrity out there more deserving of a style makeover, we can't think of one.
In the spirit of holiday giving, we asked some of our favorite tastemakers from 2011 — Hollywood stylists, fashion plates, boutique owners and bon vivants — to share how they might help Santa kick things up a notch in the wardrobe department.
Darren Gold, owner, Alpha: Gear for Gents: "Santa is so difficult, because you don't want to mess with the spirit of the original jolly guy. But there is definitely a way to modernize him while keeping him Santa. This year there is an obvious choice, because Dolce & Gabbana did some amazing red and burgundy velvet suits that are very Santa — their entire fall/winter collection actually screams Santa.
"I would butch it up with some real military boots or some bulky Rick Owens sneakers, a hat and fingerless gloves from the Elder Statesman — I wish I could do him in an entire Elder Statesman outfit, but that might push it a little too far — a handmade silk velvet bow tie from L.A.-based Boutaugh, a big canvas duffel from Copy Collection and top it all off with an over-sized scarf from Nice Collective to wear on the sleigh when the wind is blowing and he needs some extra warmth."
Rachel Zoe, celebrity stylist, fashion designer and reality TV star: "I think [a] red velvet suit, white shirt with cuff links, black ankle boots, white faux fur coat with black toggle closures and [a] slouchy beanie in white as well. Also, a large shoulder duffel for his toys."
Dayna Pink, costume designer, "Crazy, Stupid, Love": "Santa is more up to date than you may think. Though he is definitely overweight (I suggest a Blueprint Cleanse). I am all for keeping the full beard. We saw them on the runway for spring on models at Martin Margiela, Adam Kimmel and Billy Reid, and I'm not sure how long this trend will last, but for now I think Santa's facial hair is safe.
"As far as the suit, Lanvin did a great maroon velvet blazer this season that could replace the jacket. And a reusable/recyclable sack for the toys is probably a good idea. If we are talking about the Santa hat, it's pretty iconic, and since it never really was in style, it will never go out."
Christos Garkinos, co-owner Decades consignment boutique: "Let's mix up the red suit — tangerine is the new red for 2012. And '90s grunge is back in, so how about a new pair of Doc Martens? And I worry for Santa's health, [so] I'd get him a series of TRX classes at Gold's Gym to help improve his core and balance; lifting heavy packages on roofs demands it. Can you imagine if we got Tom Ford to make him a bespoke suit? [That would be a] sartorial Santa indeed. And while we're at it, wouldn't Mrs. Claus look good in an Oscar de la Renta dress?
"But Santa's beard is really in at the moment, so I wouldn't change that at all."
George Kotsiopolous, celebrity stylist and co-host of "Fashion Police" on E!: "Changing Santa's iconic look is akin to modifying Marilyn [Monroe's] infamous white halter dress, so I say: 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
"I would, however, suggest Mr. Claus invest in one of those Spanx for Men compression T-shirts for a more slimming look."
Simon Spurr, menswear designer: "The innovation of the iconic suit is in the new mind-set of the consumer. The current generation of modern men have come to understand that a way to distinguish yourself from the crowd is to wear a perfectly fitted suit. Even Santa wears a snug suit."
Cameron Silver, founder and co-owner Decades consignment boutique: "Santa Claus needs to eat less carbs and do some crunches so he fits into a slim silhouette suit for Christmas 2012. I like the idea of a fitted Simon Spurr jolly red suit with leather trim, and the pants tucked sloppily into a pair of All Saints boots.
"I have issues with the reindeer abuse, so perhaps a fuel-efficient Gucci Fiat or Prius might be an alternative mode of transportation. As for his carryall, Santa should schlep a Hermès Haut à Courroies or a Bottega Veneta Cabat.
"Finally, the silver fox hair [color] is working for me but the grizzly bear beard needs a serious trim, so rather than leaving Santa some cookies for when he comes down the chimney, I suggest a gift certificate to the Art of Shaving for some 'manscaping.'"
Martijn Linden, design director at Patagonia: "If the products Santa's currently using are working for him, we say he should certainly keep on rocking them. But if he's looking for alternatives with the latest technology, we've got a couple of things he might like.
"One of them is our new Super Pluma jacket — it's got a Gore-Tex Pro Shell — which would protect him from the elements with an adjustable hood and waterproof zippers. He could layer that over one of our Down Sweaters in a red delicious color — we call them sweaters because they're thin and lightweight and meant to be layered underneath a jacket like a sweater but they're actually made of 100% recycled polyester shells insulated with 800-fill-power European goose down. For a more casual look for Santa I'd recommend our Classic Retro-X Jacket in pomegranate. It's incredibly warm, fuzzy, all-recycled and windproof.
"And, if all his activity ends up wearing out any of the pieces over the years, Santa will be able to bring them back to us and they'll be recycled through our Common Threads program."
Keri Gutierrez, stylist, the Art of Shaving, Beverly Hills: "If he was sitting in my chair, I would use a pick to take his beard out to its fullness and then free-hand sculpt with a pair of shears until it was perfect. He'd definitely need to purchase a pair of clippers so he could groom and maintain it perfectly at home so it would look the same — it's important that he never change his look. The clippers should be the kind with various-size attachments so he can adjust it to go tight around the bottom of his beard and use it to make a nice clean outline on his cheeks."
Karla Welch, half of celebrity stylist duo Karla and Kemal (with Kemal Harris): "I could never improve Santa! Sometimes classics shouldn't be touched."
Warren Alfie Baker, celebrity stylist: "I think it would be amazing if Santa suited up and trimmed that beard a little and [I'd] give him a nice side part. I would get rid of that suitably comfy Santa suit for a nice red tartan suit from J. Lindberg, paired with a nice wool necktie from Gentry and a tie bar thrown in for full effect."
Glenn O'Brien, author of "How to Be a Man" and GQ's "Style Guy" columnist: "I kind of like the traditional outfit, although a tartan might be a nice variation [in] a red-based plaid. [Santa Claus] probably wears Woolrich — the really, really super-heavy wool trousers, jacket and vest that are made for hunters, which will be good so he won't be mistaken for a reindeer. He'd be wearing those American-made Red Wing boots that are really hip right now, and beards are back. Santa's more in style than ever now.
"I think the big update would be that he needs a stealth sleigh with everything painted black and radar-deflecting technology."
Jeremy Langmead, editor in chief, Mr. Porter: "Well, there's a recession on, there's a lot of concern over obesity issues and, as someone with a huge influence on children, it's probably time Santa shed a few pounds and smartened up his act. I quite like the red, white and black combo — he kind of owns it— and it makes sense to wear colors that will either show up in the dark or against the snow. But let's just get a little more with it.
"Starting with the footwear, as most men should, I'd recommend a pair of Jimmy Choo black-crocodile embossed Wellington boots. Chic and practical. Moving up, team them with a pair of APC 'pillarbox red' [the shade of British mailboxes] pants, slim but not too tight (and with a handy coin pocket so he has some change when looking to park his sleigh). Team the pants with a hooded Baja cream cashmere sweater by the Elder Statesman (a ho ho hoodie), and, to add a dash of modernity, he should team these with a Junya Watanabe Fair Isle wool and leather varsity jacket. The jacket is very festive, pretty practical and Justin Bieber wore one recently so it will give him street cred with the kids. Instead of his traditional, slightly dated headwear, opt instead for a ribbed, red cashmere beanie from J. Crew. Totally warm and less jingly jangly.
"Finally, dump the dumpy old sack — we know it doesn't really carry all those gifts — and opt instead for a Côte et Ciel laptop rucksack, as he will have all the wish lists filed on his laptop these days."
Our Take
As one who has weathered 30 consecutive New England winters — and a man whose own silhouette becomes a bit more Santa-like with each passing Christmas — my version of "Santa Clothes 2.0" would be a functional, hard-wearing combination cobbled together from the above. The jolly fellow's feet would be shod in Red Wing boots, and he'd wear a Patagonia vest layered over a Simon Spurr suit in a shade just this side of raspberry (to wear if he had after-work plans, like a Christmas party to attend) or a dark red Woolrich tartan (his back-to-the-workshop wardrobe).
Santa's full, white beard would be pruned back just a bit, trimmed a few inches from its traditional length and meticulously shaped. Instead of the traditional cartoonish Santa sack, Kris Kringle would carry a Levi's Workwear by Billy Reid canvas apron bag slung over his shoulder, wear a pair of the Elder Statesman fingerless gloves on his hands and a jaunty (but not too long) scarf around his neck. I'd top that off with a vintage buffalo plaid hunter's cap — perhaps with an ironic white pompom lovingly sewn to the top by Mrs. Claus.
In the end, of course, it doesn't matter a whit what Santa's wearing when he comes down your chimney or meets you at the mall (though, in all honesty, something stain resistant couldn't hurt). The sound of his jingling bells and his hearty "ho, ho, ho" continue to put smiles on the faces and hope in the hearts of children across the globe every Christmas. And that's his strong suit.


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The entree was amazing, but the main course simply blew me away. The muscovy duck was pink and tender with a lovely layer of fatty skin on the top. Hidden underneath the duck were cucumber slices dusted in charcoal which imparted a smokey flavour.
The baby leeks were peppery and along with the sprouts and sweet onion rings added textural variety to the dish. The pool of black olive purée in the centre of the plate was very strong in olive flavour, and a small amount was enough to add a bitterness to compliment the other tastes of the duck and vegetables.
You may have figured out by now that this so-called 3 course lunch actually involves all the complimentary in between courses as well, making it even better value. Case in point is the pre-dessert which is a luscious, melt-in-the-mouth custard flavoured with Sauternes, a French dessert wine. The sweet caramel topping is offset by the silky Sauternes custard which is slightly acidic compared to the caramel.
To top off a great meal, dessert is presented to us and it is an artwork of chocolate and cumquats. I've never had cumquats before but the tart and bitter flavours of the fruit are the perfect match with the rich chocolate ribbon and the sweet yoghurt sorbet. The poached cumquat halves are stuck onto the plate with a cumquat jam, and underneath the yoghurt sorbet is also some chocolate soil. The most peculiar element of the dish is the cocoa ribbon which looks like a thin sheet of melted chocolate, but instead of cracking when bitten into, it doesn't give and becomes a chewy cocoa treat. Sort of like a chocolate space food stick, but more sophisticated =P
The prix fixe lunch is probably only a small snippet of Mark Best's culinary skill, but it didn't fail to tantalise the tastebuds and explore a range of tastes and flavours in few dishes. It is definitely one of the best value fine dining lunches in Sydney, and this fact is not lost on Sydney foodies, with the waitress informing us that they have been booked out for lunch until the end of the year!
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Repairs to fix the Crooked Spire's broken clock are set to begin.
The timepiece on the world-famous church has been stuck at six o'clock for nearly three months because of a mechanical glitch.
This morning, a repairman has abseiled from the landmark twisted spire down to the clock to remove its fingers.
They will be sent to clockmakers Smith of Derby to be mended and cleaned then fitted back on to the 14th century building at the end of the month.
The church has been working with the company and Chesterfield Borough Council to resolve the problem.
Councillor Terry Gilby, the borough council's deputy leader and executive member for planning, said: "The clock at St Mary and All Saints' Parish Church stopped working about ten weeks ago.
"We attempted to repair the clock on-site but this was unsuccessful.
"Therefore, we have had to find a specialist contractor to carry out the work.
"The clock will be removed to be repaired and we hope it will be back in place in two weeks' time," he added.
Scores of readers have contacted the Derbyshire Times about the broken timepiece.
On Twitter, user @julie_colledge wrote: "It's doing my head in now. Please fix it."
A spokesman for the Diocese of Derby said: "The church is grateful for all the interest shown by the community with regards to the clock and look forward to the repairs."
The Crooked Spire – a Grade I listed building – is the largest church in Derbyshire.
In common folklore, there are a number of stories about why the spire is twisted.
One says that a virgin married in the church and the spire turned around to look at the bride.
Legend also has it that a blacksmith from Bolsover made a poor job of shoeing the Devil who, lashing out in agony as he passed over Chesterfield, gave the spire a violent kick.
In reality, however, it is believed the inclination was caused by unseasoned wood and heavy lead tiles.
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Fair skies throughout the week
Over the past few years, rain has been an unwelcome part of the Lenoir County Agricultural Fair.
As today kicks off the 58th annual event, though, stormy weather is not in the forecast this week.
�There will be a very little chance of rain until late Sunday,� WCTI-12 meteorologist Les Still said. �Temperatures will be seasonally cool during the week and are around 83 degrees this time of year. We�ll be in the upper 70s Tuesday and Wednesday and be in the mid-80s starting Thursday.
�There will be a chance of a storm Sunday, but overall, this is one of the nicest stretches we�ve had in quite some time.�
Booth chairman Burle Pate said there will be precautionary adjustments in case the weather becomes inclement.
�We�ve had plenty of rain in the past, but I believe we�ll have a good week,� Pate said. �We�ll still be open for business as usual. We�ve put a top over the entertainment stage so nothing will be bothered. Of course, we don�t want bad weather, but we�ll be ready for it if comes.�
Ride coordinator Mark Philgreen worked through an early morning Monday rain, setting up some of the rides, but feels optimistic about the weather for this week�s fair.
�The only chance of rain (was Monday) and the rest of the week will be perfect,� he said. �All it�s doing is settling the dust and we�ll have the rides set up for (today). It�s been at least three years since we�ve had a perfect week like this one should be.�
Rain hasn�t dampened the spirits of fairgoers over the past few years, though. Brian Hussey, Director of Motorsports for the fair, saw about 17,000 people attend the fair last year.
�We had over 9,000 on Saturday night alone,� Hussey said. �We had some rain, but did really good last year. The people come for the fair, food and entertainment. This year, we�ve got a demolition derby, extreme dirt track racing and a $2,500 pro motocross shootout. There are a lot of reasons for folk to come out. This is a one week a year thing.�
Hussey said clearer skies and new attractions will equal a larger attendance.
�The fair will be even busier than last year with all of the rides,� Hussey said. �We had to make space so everything won�t be cramped. Even with the rain, we won Most Improved Fair in the State by the board last year.
�It�s shaping up to be a real beautiful week with the temperatures in the mid-60s at night and mid-80s in the day. It�s perfect fair weather.�
For Kinston High School sophomore Joel Dixon, the nice weather would be an additional bonus. Dixon, who helped the 4-H with its livestock setup, said even if it rained, it wouldn�t alter his excitement for the fair.
�It wouldn�t affect me, but that�s with any youth,� Dixon said. �Most of us just want to go out there and have fun, and nothing stops fun.�
The gate will open at 5 p.m. today through Friday, noon on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for children 10 and under and free for children 2 and under.
There will be discounts for school-aged children and senior citizens on Wednesday and Thursday. From 5-7 p.m. on those days, children between the ages of 6-18 will be admitted for $1 less and everyone 62 years and older will get in free.
Unlimited ride wristbands will be available for $15 each day. With the exception of Saturday, the wristbands will be good for the entire day. On Saturday, there will be wristbands for rides between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., but a second one must be purchased for the evening session from 4 p.m. to closing.
Junious Smith III can be reached at 252-559-1077 and firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JuniousSmithIII.
Fair activities and bands
Today: 27th Annual Cheerleading Competition, David Thompson Band, Fireworks
Wednesday: Second Helping
Thursday: Spare Change
Friday: Southern ATVA Extreme Dirt Track Racing series
Saturday: Demolition Derby, Coastal Carolina MX Racing, Diaper Derby, Dani Raye, Fireworks
Sunday: Demolition Derby
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AMRC is currently involved in the following projects:
- Facilitating livelihood adaptation to natural resource pressures in Lao PDR is a three year participatory research activity supported by ACIAR. It is a collaboration between University of Sydney researchers - from AMRC and the Sydney School of Public Health - and Laos researchers from National University of Laos.Read more >
- Law Project, is a three year project funded by ARC looking at hard and soft law in Mekong Basin governance Read more >
- Cambodia Water Project, running over five years, is supported by $3 million from AusAID (of which $1.3 million comes to the University, including five research student scholarships). This project seeks to develop capacity in water resource management research. Partners include AMRC, Cambodia Development Resource Institute and Royal University of Phnom Penh. Read more >
- The welfare impacts of land titling in Laos, funded by AusAID's Australian Development Research Awards program, is a four year collaborative research project between Prof. Philip Hirsch (AMRC), Dr. Paulo Santos (Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources) and the National University of Laos, examining the extent to which gaining access to secure land titles improves economic welfare.
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Pottery project to bring hunger awareness, monetary help
PLAINVIEW – Normally, a lump of clay has nothing to do with the plight of world hunger. But for a current project at Wayland Baptist University, the two are tightly interwoven.
The university's Division of Fine Arts is participating in the Empty Bowls project, where folks from all walks of life create unique pottery bowls with guidance from an instructor. The bowls are then sold to raise money for local hunger relief organizations. But there's another purpose for the project as well.
"The basic idea is to generate awareness of hunger in the world, as well as raise money for the food banks," said Mark Hilliard, assistant professor of art at Wayland and the artistic face behind the project. "Each time you use the bowl, it should remind you of those in the world who have nothing to eat."
An accomplished sculptor, Hilliard said he was already familiar with Empty Bowls, an international effort started in 1990 by The Imagine/Render Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to positive social change through the arts. When he heard news reports in the early fall that Plainview's Faith in Sharing House had bare shelves and needed help from the community, he got the idea to bring Empty Bowls to Wayland.
Hilliard took the idea to the division and got not only their support but also their commitment to participate in some way. Then when the idea was brought to Dr. Claude Lusk, vice president of enrollment management, the project took on a whole new life.
Lusk, who is serving this year as president of the Plainview Chamber of Commerce, came up with the idea of marrying the Empty Bowls project with the chamber's annual banquet.
"I've been planning for the chamber banquet and was working toward that when I met with Dr. Ann Stutes (division co-chair) and Mark Hilliard about the Empty Bowls concept, and I felt like the two things worked together," Lusk said. "Part of who we are as a chamber should be supporting this type of activity, and I thought they might work together well. It will be a significant departure from what we normally do as a banquet, but I think it'll be a positive event that will show our heart."
Lusk got the nod of approval from the chamber executive board and began working out details on the February 2007 event. Some specifics are still in the planning process – exact dates of the banquet, location and entertainment – but the bowls will be a big emphasis. The banquet will still feature the traditional honoring of the man and woman of the year for the city, and the community will benefit as all money raised goes to Faith in Sharing House.
During the event, the created bowls will be on display and banquet attendees will choose one from which to eat that evening's meal. They will then get to keep the bowl as a reminder of the plight of the hungry and the need to support hunger relief efforts. Lusk feels the Plainview community will embrace the different format.
"Just the nature of looking at the bowls will lead to much more mixing and mingling than the banquet normally allows for… it'll be a more casual atmosphere," he said. "I wanted to take the opportunity while I had some influence over the event to attach it to a real service-minded effort. When you look at who has won the Man and Woman of the Year awards, I don't think there's a person there that would mind."
Hilliard has been excited to see the project unfold. He's set up sessions through February for student groups, employees and others to create bowls, and the shelves are beginning to fill with the unique creations.
"I knew we had resources we could use and if we could get help from others, we could do this," he said, adding that Wayland has donated the clay for the bowls
Now, Hilliard is hoping to recruit community organizations as well to help create the 600 needed bowls. He is quick to point out that no artistic talent is required.
"We'll walk everyone through the process with demonstrations and hands-on experience," he said. "We'll probably hand-build most of the bowls, but if you know how to throw (on a potter's wheel), then you could do that too."
Sessions are set up for two hours, from 7-9 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday nights and on most Saturdays through Nov. 18 by appointment. During the two-hour time, most participants will be able to create two bowls each, and designs can be anything they choose. A mold is used to create uniformity in the bowl's capacity and basic shape, but the rest is left to creativity.
Some sessions down the road may involve glazing bowls that have already been created and fired. The plan is to make 400 two-pound individual bowls and 200 three-pound serving bowls.
"There will be a wide variety of styles available for folks to choose from at the banquet," Hilliard said. "Some are plain; some are fancier. And each one is stamped on the bottom with Empty Bowls and signed by the artist."
Hilliard said organizers hope to enlist some local "celebrity" artists to create special bowls to be auctioned for additional funds. The fine arts faculty members are already planning ways to bring their particular talents into the mix as well. The speech department is planning dramatic readings, and music and theatre are enlisting performers. The art department is planning an exhibit in conjunction and gathering pieces from area artists to be donated and auctioned at the event.
Groups wanting to attend a bowl-making session or those needing more information may contact Marlene Reed at 291-1060 to reserve an evening. Each session can accommodate 15 individuals.


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AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal health care reform bill Thursday:
"This ruling will be a stomach punch to the American economy. It is a shocking disappointment to freedom-loving Americans desperate to get our country back on track. Obamacare is bad for the economy, bad for health care, bad for freedom. Americans have made clear their overwhelming opposition to its convoluted, burdensome and overreaching mandates.
"Freedom was frontally attacked by passage of this monstrosity - and the Court utterly failed in its duty to uphold the Constitutional limits placed on Washington. Now that the Supreme Court has abandoned us, we citizens must take action at every level of government and demand real reform, done with respect for our Constitution and our liberty."


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West Ham are aiming to sign Graham Dorrans from West Bromwich Albion, reports the Birmingham Mail.
This is not the first time the Hammers have been linked with the midfielder, as he was the subject of a £5m bid in 2010, which was rejected by Albion.
But they will be more hopeful of signing the Scot this time around, considering he was told by his club back in January that he was available for transfer if the price was right, after he has struggled to hold down a regular place in the team.
Injuries then did help give Dorrans more game time after the last transfer window closed, and the club have tried to play down any rumours about the player being linked with a move away from The Hawthorns.
The club's sporting and technical director Richard Garlick said: "He is contracted to us. The whole thing in January came because he wasn't playing but then he got a chance and played a lot more."
The Upton Park club will also face competition from newly promoted Cardiff City, as they are looking to add players with Premier League experience assist them in surviving in their first season in the Premier League.
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According to the American Heart Association, "There are nine calories in every gram of fat, regardless of what type of fat it is. That's a lot of calories compared to carbohydrates and proteins, which contain four calories per gram." Whether you read the nutritional facts on menus or at home, here are some popular items to avoid or add on your grocery list to fight heart-related illnesses for February, American Heart Month. (Source: AHA's Smart Substitutions)
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Marlowe James' room reminds us of a ripe, fresh cantaloup...in a good way! Her parents, Chnoic and Ryan, share: We wanted something bright, fun and modern- our only rule was no pink. We've always used vibrant colors in our homes, so we wanted this to fit in with our other rooms and be a space that she can enjoy now but also grow into.
Our initial inspiration came from our glider; I fell in love with the color and print and we basically built the room around it (which can be a challenge, but I'm glad we stuck with it). We did our best not to go crazy with spending, taking our time finding the right pieces at the right price. We found a lot of the bigger items on sale and the small accent pieces at places like HomeGoods and Target. We pulled things from other spaces in our home and repurposed where we could.
Our favorite part of the nursery is probably her mobile. I'd been having a hard time finding a modern mobile that didn't cost an arm and a leg and wanted something different. So, our brother in law (with help from my sister in law) drew and then hand cut profiles of each of our three dogs. It's so unique and specific to us and it fits the space perfectly.
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Pittsburgh police release surveillance video of incident involving Steelers' assistant coach
Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a disorderly conduct citation stemming from a dispute with a bar bouncer and a police officer.
Porter paid a $300 fine after entering his plea in city court, as reported by WTAE in Pittsburgh.
He was arrested last month on more serious charges, including aggravated assault of a police officer, but those counts were dropped after the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office said surveillance video didn't support them.
In a criminal complaint, Officer Paul Abel said Porter grabbed his wrists tightly outside The Flats on Carson after a doorman denied him entrance to the bar on Jan. 8, just a few hours after Pittsburgh's playoff victory over Miami.
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2009: AVCA All-Northeast Region Honorable Mention…Unanimous First Team All-Ivy…ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team… Academic All-Ivy…Yale Invitational Most Valuable Player…Seton Hall Invitational Most Valuable Player…Was the only Ivy League player to earn a CVU.com Top Performer selection, which she did twice…Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week…Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll selection (10/13)…Appeared in 74 sets…Had a team-best 299 kills (4.04 per set) as well as 263 digs (3.55 per set)…Led the Ivy League in kills per set and aces per set (0.27)…Ranked seventh in the league in hitting percentage (.278) and 10th in digs per set…Recorded a team-best 12 double-doubles...Had 10 or more kills in 19 matches, including a streak of 13 straight from Sept. 12 through Oct. 30…Had 10 or more digs in 13 matches…Hit .607 (17-0-28) in the Sept. 5 win over Colorado...Also landed four aces in that match…Posted 26 kills and 16 digs on Oct. 10 against Penn…Recorded 21 kills and 20 digs in a Nov. 6, five-set win at Harvard.
2008: Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year...First team All-Ivy selection...AVCA All-Northeast Region Honorable Mention...Shared team Most Valuable Player honors with Ally Mendenhall...One of two players to appear in all 94 sets...Ranked second in the Ivy League with a team-best 3.73 kills per set...Hit .234 for the season...Led the Ancient Eight with 4.24 kills per set in league play...Led Yale with 23 service aces and ranked third in digs with 3.10 per set...Recorded 14 double-doubles...Reached double-figure kills in 18 matches, including six matches with 20 kills or more...Notched double-digit digs in 17 matches, including one 20+ dig performance...Recorded 33 assists and 47 blocks...Played her first two collegiate seasons at Cal.-Berkeley...Selected to Yale Invitational All-Tournament team after notching 4.33 kills and 2.89 digs per set on Sept. 12 and 13...Led all players with 15 kills on Sept. 13 against Colgate...Posted a teamhigh 11 kills and registered a season-high four blocks against Hofstra on Sept. 13...Led all players with 13 digs and added 10 kills for a double-double on Sept. 20 against New Hampshire...Led Yale with 11 digs in the Sept. 27 sweep on Dayton...Picked up three service aces on Sept. 27 against Long Island...Earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors for the week ending Oct. 11...Grabbed a double-double with a match-high 16 kills and 13 digs on Oct. 10 against Dartmouth...Recorded 23 kills and 15 digs in a five-set victory over Harvard on Oct. 11...Smashed a season- and match-high 25 kills and also notched 13 digs on Oct. 18 against Penn...Shared the match high of 11 kills on Oct. 25 at Columbia...Shared the team highs in both kills and digs with 10 and 11 respectively in the Oct. 31 sweep at Harvard...Led all players with 17 kills and matched her season best of three service aces on Nov. 1 at Dartmouth...Distributed a season-high six assists on Nov. 7 against Columbia...Picked up a match-best 20 kills on 38 errorless swings and matched her season high of four blocks on Nov. 8 against Cornell...Selected as Ivy League Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 15...Registered match-best 22 kills and shared the team lead with a season-high 25 digs on Nov. 14 at Penn...Notched a match-high 19 kills, 12 digs and tied her season high of four blocks on Nov. 15 at Princeton...Picked up 23 kills in the regular season finale on Nov. 29 at Loyola Marymount...Registered a team-high 20 kills and 15 digs in the NCAA Championship First Round win over Ohio.
2007 (at Cal): Played in 70 games and 28 matches...Tallied 31 kills, 21 service aces and 66 digs...Recorded seven digs in consecutive matches at USC (Oct. 26) and UCLA (Oct. 27)...Also had five service aces against UCLA...Registered six digs in a victory over Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1).
2006 (at Cal): Recorded 49 kills, seven service aces and 90 digs in 20 matches...Had one service ace and nine digs at Cal Poly in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 2...Made first collegiate start vs. Arizona State on Sept. 29...Led Cal with 19 kills and 17 digs against the Sun Devils...Followed with 15 kills vs. Arizona on Sept. 30...Missed the first 12 matches of the year with a broken finger.
Before College: A CIF Southern Section Division IV Player of the Year, All-Orange County and Academy League Player of the Year as a senior at Sage Hill, where she was a teammate of Haywood Wright (of the Yale women's basketball team)...Also named the Daily Pilot Player of the Year, a member of the Daily Pilot Dream Team and Female Athlete of the Year for both her high school and league...First team all-league as a junior...Helped Sage Hill to its first-ever league title...Played for the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club 18-1 and was a member of the 2005 Junior National A2 Team...A National Merit Scholarship finalist and a Wendy's High School Heisman award nominee.
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The first alpha of OpenSUSE 11.0 has been released. "With the new year beginning we kick start major development into the next version of openSUSE: openSUSE 11.0. A very early alpha version, Alpha 1, is now available for download and testing. Despite many other products being developed in parallel to Factory, we have seen a heavy stream of development on it, so it is really worth a try if you have time for testing. Note, however, that it is not suitable for production systems."


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Nathan Martinet of Fresno Pacific (Calif.) has been named the final NAIA Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the 2012 season, the national office announced Wednesday. Martinet was selected based on his performances from April 23 – 29 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections. The honor is the second such award in the career of Martinet, who also received Player of the Week on April 6, 2011.
The sophomore native of Pau, France, trumped a loaded 32-player singles field at the Ojai Tournament held April 27 – 29 in Ojai, Calif. Martinet, who entered the event unseeded, won five matches in three days, all in straight sets. His most impressive wins came over fourth-seeded Bryan Cox (6-4, 6-2) of Westmont (Calif.) and over teammate and top-seeded Xavier Smith (6-3, 6-3) in the championship match.
Martinet improved to 22-1 in singles play this season for the No. 1-ranked Sunbirds, who have clinched a trip to the National Championships after claiming the Golden State Athletic Conference regular-season title.
Nominees: McKay Inman, Hastings (Neb.); Sebastian Esquetini, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Ty Butler, Indiana East; Renardy Guelfi, Oklahoma Christian; Reid Rosen, Morningside (Iowa); Zach Taylor, Xavier (La.); Stephen Woods, Asbury (Ky.); Ross Schulenberg, Doane (Neb.).
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Simon Felix, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 2: Marlu Jansen Van Vuuren, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
Week 3: Jochem Hoefnagels, Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Week 4: Loic Didavi, Xavier (La.)
Week 5: Corey Huggins, Xavier (La.)
Week 6: Marcelo Alecio, Bethany (Kan.)
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- Model comes pre-assembled and ready to fly out the box
- Suitable for both indoor and outdoor flying
- Great for any beginner or expert
In Depth
- Functions: left/right, forward/backward, upward/downward, side-to-side
- Controlling distance: About 100-150 meters
In the Box
- RC Quadcopter 2.4Ghz
- Remote Control
- Charger
- 4 Spare Blades
- screwdriver
- Instruction Manual
- AA batteries for Transmitter (not included)