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Cinema as an image machine exhibits a vast abundance of archetypal characters, motifs, and qualities, which in astrology are embodied by planets, constellations and the signs of the zodiac.
Once a month Vesna Ivkovic will draw the connections offering insight into the cinematic representations and forms of expression for the current zodiacal sign.
The alphabet of typical Virgo-features is elaborately spelled out from A as in attentive and adaptable to C as in compulsive, M as in meticulous and P as in practical to W as in worrying. Virgos position in the Zodiac between Leo and Libra, that is, between individualistic self-expression and the encounter with the other, points to its function as a balancing interface between these two very different realms. To make the necessary adjustments many of the aforementioned characteristics are useful, others, also attributed to Virgo like for example censoriousness or self-righteousness, indicate the issues emerging from excessive perfectionism and respectability. Imagination and romanticism anyway are no part of the Virgo-alphabet and thus the main representations of Virgo in cinema are found in genres and themes with a realistic, critical and sometimes instructive attitude.
A perfect example is given by the German documentary "Taste the Waste" (V. Thurn, 2010), which is entering into the question why 50 percent of all the globally produced food is being wasted, denouncing our consumer society's carelessness towards such wastefulness and inefficiency that is inherent to the system. From Virgo's perspective any waste of resources is uneconomical and thus unacceptable malpractice. Another documentary, the recently released "Frohes Schaffen" ("Keep up the good work"; K. Faigle, 2012), discusses with rational criticism yet also in a satirical way the Virgo-topic of work as an everyday routine necessity and a dutiful service. Basically substantial Virgo-values are being scrutinized and checked for logic and efficiency by use of the Virgo-instrument of analytical reasoning – in many aspects proving our ideas about work irrational.
In a field that is generally handled with very little rationality, rational analysis became the method of famous sexologist "Kinsey" (B. Condon, 2004). The biopic starring Liam Neeson as Alfred Kinsey covers the biologist's research and data acquisition on human sexuality and also the ideologically biased reactions to his work [1.]. Kinsey's statistical work on sexual behaviour of US-citizens in the 40ies and 50ies is not only for his method considered a basic part of modern sexology. Well known as the "Kinsey scale" and still in use is a scale he developed for measuring sexual orientation.
To catalogue, name, measure, calculate, assort and analyze are the typical techniques of a Virgo-led approach towards the world. Thus the German "schoolmaster"-movie "Measuring the World" (D. Buck, 2012) reflects these regulatory operations already in its title. Although the mathematician's Carl Friedrich Gauß' enthusiasm for insight and the natural scientist's Alexander von Humboldt propensity for travelling do also show a great deal of Sagittarius-energy here.
The topic of sexual history is again referred to with considerably more humour in "Hysteria" (T. Wexler, 2011): In 19th century's Victorian England it appeared to be entirely regular practice and medical requirement to provide women, who were showing symptoms subsumed at that time under the diagnosis of "hysteria" with relief and relaxation in an actually "manual" and quite pragmatic way. After assuming this task in an older colleague's office, a young physician becomes very successful and eventually – together with his friend, who is a resourceful inventor – he develops a device that becomes the precursor of modern vibrators. Almost casually the smart comedy also touches upon some big issues of those times like the suffragette's fight for women's rights and the problem of massive poverty among the working class.
"Hysteria" is a great example to show how ideas about decency are linked to the actual socio-cultural context. And although the term "common sense" too is a part of the Virgo-alphabet, things that are "done like that" or moreover "simply not done" differ very much as one moves through time and/or space.
Yet rather a specific idea of decency has to be behind the activities of so called whistleblowers: people, who consider it their duty to let the public know about indecent rule-breaking like corruption, violations of human rights or data abuse, just like recently Edward Snowden did, whose story undoubtedly will sooner or later also find its way to the silver screen.
A well-known classic on that topic is "Silkwood" (M. Nichols, 1983), based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, who discovered irregularities concerning industrial safety regulation at her work-place: a nuclear power plant. Worrying for her own health and the health of her co-workers she does investigate further and discovers serious and dangerous deficits. Then she dies in a mysterious car accident just before going public…
Michael Mann made a movie about the tough fight revolving around Jeffrey Wigand's controversial TV-interview on tobacco industry: "The Insider" (1999) starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino. Wigand was once head of a research and development department in a tobacco corporation, later he broke a confidentiality agreement by openly talking on TV about carcinogenic and addictive additives in tobacco. "The Insider" doesn't make this man a hero; rather it makes him look as a person unwillingly dragged into the spotlights by carrying out his duty to serve his own idea of decency.
Set in post-war Bosnia in the 90ies "The Whistleblower" (L. Kondracky, 2010) is all about international UN-peacekeepers being involved with forced prostitution, sexual slavery and human trafficking. Inspired by actual events as well, this film reveals Kathryn Bolkovacs' efforts to bring the scandal to the public's attention – and the responsible persons to trial. According to its subject, there are many Scorpio- and Capricorn-elements, yet the righteous anger about what's happening is pure Virgo.
In "The East" (Z. Batmanglij, 2013) there's no genuine whistleblower, yet the whole movie could be taken as such. Dealing with eco-terrorism this up-to-date thriller accuses companies and corporations of endangering public health and causing profitable ecological disasters but it also doesn't leave out self-righteousness as a typical Virgo-issue.
Compared to all this serious concerns, the indecencies which in many of her movies Doris Day is virtuously getting worked up about are harmless. The actress, whose wholesome image seems to perfectly reflect the prudish and clean-cut morals of the 50ies, embodies in many of her typical roles some of the most notable Virgo-characters film history has to offer. Apparently a respectable, down-to-earth and level-headed worker bee she always meticulously attends to her duties with great diligence and decency, be it as a homemaker and mother, as a business woman or employee – only to start developing a carefully romantic side after a while… The humour in many of her comedies is based upon her getting involved with men, whose loose morals in both matters of love and work enrage her, yet whose wily ability to adapt[2.] or even brazen temper constitute a challenge for her self control. In "Pillow Talk" (M. Gordon, 1959), for example, the philandering man she's at feud with over a shared telephone line, seduces her by using tricks and lies. And in "Lover Come Back" (D. Mann, 1961) the man, whose indecent methods as a rival for an advertisement campaign infuriate her, succeeds to win her heart with a false identity. Naturally in both cases her indignation and fury is immense, when Rock Hudson's cunning characters are found out by her.
In "A Touch of Mink" (D. Mann, 1962) Doris Day's Virgo-character (even literally being a virgin here) meets the man of her dreams, played by Cary Grant, in a particularly significant episode: While she's on her way to a job interview (all neat and tidy of course) his car splashes her dress with mud! She's puffed up over his indifferent reaction to his misdoing, so in order to appease her and convince her of his good nature he eventually courts her and, being a notorious womanizer, later even invites her on a weekend trip. But although she has already fallen for him and seems willing to ignore her morals, she reacts to the "danger" of extramarital sex with a psychosomatic rash[3.], which "saves" her – of course ultimately leading to a proper and duly marriage proposal…
Such precisely portrayed and distinctive Virgo-roles are in fact not entirely rare in mainstream movies, which for the most part are related to other zodiac signs, yet sometimes can display strong Virgo-features in a single character.
Jack Nicholson as a disparaging, obsessive-compulsive neurotic is a perfect Virgo-character in the comedy "As Good as It Gets" (J.L. Brooks, 1997): New York novelist Melvin brings his own shrink-wrapped disposable cutlery to the restaurant, he uses a freshly unwrapped piece of soap every time he washes his hands and he's a downright appalling homophobe, racist and altogether disagreeable and joyless man. The very witty movie conveys the unlikely story of his change of heart being the result of his discovery that he's able to do good and even help other people.
Doing good, being useful and having a mission – these are Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle's wishes. The eponymous hero of Scorsese's classic "Taxi Driver" (1976) is probably the most famous taxi driver in film history. Travis Bickle rails against the mess and the disarray of "natural" order in the streets, he rants about indecency and immorality destroying society and how dirty street-scum spreads everywhere, driving decent people away and so on… His neurotic and obsessive-compulsive personality becomes more and more evident as his increasingly acute attempts to re-establish his inner orderliness outside of himself fail – and he becomes dangerous. He considers it his mission to clean the city of all he considers dirty…
Yet the wish to serve society can as well emerge in an entirely different form, as we are shown by another taxi driver, who is very much unlike Travis Bickle and nevertheless incorporates one of the purest Virgo-characters in film since the millennium: This guy starts his shift by meticulously cleaning the car that his passengers are going to call the cleanest cab in the whole city. Following an apparently well established and exact order, he arranges his personal belongings and we even see that his snack consists of a dainty sandwich actually with healthy vegetable sprouts. Only after a few minutes in the film, we learn that this cabby is really serious about his task, taking people to their destinations in the quickest and shortest and most comfortable way possible. His calculation of driving time is absolutely precise and allows him to always choose the perfect route for every trip, which he even defends against the opinion of his passengers, although in every other respect he's very accommodating, kind and unassuming, sensitive and always helpful. Being this perfectly archetypal Virgo, the guy is the lead character in Michael Mann's chilly thriller "Collateral" (2004), although next to Tom Cruise's enigmatic and cool killer our unobtrusive taxi driver admittedly doesn't attract much attention – thus emphasizing his Virgo-role even more. During the course of the movie this Virgo then has to learn to overcome his overcautious and perfectionist fears and misgivings and to develop more assertive vigour if he wants to survive and remain being helpful and useful…
1. Hereby the zodiacal tension between Virgo and Sagittarius is showing: It is the friction between purely rational analysis and ideological belief systems, both aiming at a positive outcome, yet differing insofar that Sagittarius already "knows" what this outcome has to be like, while Virgo wants every single detail considered thoroughly first, being ready to change the direction, if a pragmatic solution thus could be facilitated.
2. Particularly in "Pillow Talk" and "Lover Come Back" the male lead displays typical Pisces-features like elusiveness, imagination and inventiveness, intuitive understanding of the other's psyche, a certain disconnection from reality and a strong inclination to dishonesty – all of which exactly establishes the flip side of the Virgo-Pisces-polarity.
3. Psychosomatic reactions are typical for Virgo as an earth sign, since the extreme orientation on detail applies as well to the body and its health – a perfectly working "filtering system" is necessary to keep everything healthy and in regular order.
Vesna Ivkovic studied literature and linguistics, sociology, philosophy and history and as well took a profound interest in psychology, mythology and different belief systems. Along the way she also explored various paths of body awareness such as the martial arts of Kung Fu, Dance, Yoga, Qi Gong and several other methods of body work and motion arts. In 1993 she discovered astrology as an instrument of knowledge and graduated in 2004 in Markus Jehle's and Petra Niehaus' master class at the Astrology Center Berlin. You can find out more about the author and her work on her own website www.astrosemiotics.de
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Oakley Ray Freed was the first baby born in 2013 at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center. Her parents are Gensen and Shiloh Freed.
She arrived at 10:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, the first baby of 2013 born at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center.
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CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a GPU- accelerated parallel computing platform and programming model developed by Nvidia. ARM is agreed to be the world's fastest-growing processor ecosystem and is approximately 10 times larger than the x86 CPU-based market.
The company suggests that programmers using CUDA will be well served with power and tools to build applications for advanced science, engineering, mobile and high performance computing (HPC) applications on ARM — and also x86 CPU-based systems too.
In addition to native support for ARM platforms, CUDA 5.5 has enhanced Hyper-Q support — now supported across multiple MPI processes on all Linux systems.
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Hockaday shown door by Leeds
Leeds' experiment with David Hockaday ended after just six games on Thursday as owner Massimo Cellino sacked his head coach.
Fifty-six-year-old Hockaday was a shock appointment by the Italian on June 19 and now, 10 weeks later, he has lost his job.
Hockaday, who listed Forest Green as his only managerial experience prior to taking the Leeds job, has lost four of his six games in charge.
David Hockaday lasted just six games in charge at Leeds United
His end comes the day after an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to Bradford in the Capital One Cup and four days after Cellino backed out of a decision to sack him in the wake of a 4-1 humbling at Watford.
Cellino said at the time that he had chosen to blame himself and not Hockaday, but the man known in Italy as the 'manager eater' has now pulled the trigger for a third time since arriving in Yorkshire in January.
"I'd like to thank David for his efforts over the last two and a half months," Cellino said.
"But the results since the start of the season have meant we needed to act and make this decision.
"After the defeat at Bradford I realised that my decision to keep David at the club following the defeat at Watford was wrong, and I had to change my mind on the coach's position. As a club we will now begin our search for a new head coach."
Hockaday's assistant, Junior Lewis, has also lost his job and Neil Redfearn will lead the team against Bolton on Saturday.
Hockaday was never welcomed by Leeds fans on account of his limited managerial pedigree and unfavourable chants started against him just four matches in.
At Valley Parade on Wednesday, all four stands chanted "you're getting sacked in the morning" at a man who has extensive coaching experience from his time with the likes of Southampton and Watford.
It was not quite the morning when the axe fell, but the taunts were prophetic, with Cellino - who went through 36 managers in 20 years with Cagliari - deciding enough was enough.
Hockaday had been scheduled to give a press conference at 10am on Friday but will now be clearing his desk.
It was not an outcome he envisaged - or publicly at least - after the Bradford loss.
"My emotion is one of determination. I'm not a quitter, I'm a fighter," he said.
"I just feel that for myself and my team things aren't going our way. In the dressing room they're devastated - and yet they're all saying 'we'll turn this around.'
"We're looking at Bolton on Saturday and we'll be in (for training, on Thursday). We're getting some bad press at the moment, some of it self-inflicted, but anyone looking at those white shirts knows we've put a shift in."
Hockaday took training on Thursday morning and was then told to leave the club.
With Cellino's stated desire to have a say in the running of the club's transfer policy, it remains to be seen how many respected coaches will be interested in replacing Hockaday, who was appointed after Cellino was given a tip about him in a hotel by a man he claims not to remember.
Cellino's long-term friend Gianluca Festa is likely to be mentioned - Cellino had him overseeing Brian McDermott's reign either side of the two times he sacked him - while Benito Carbone could also return to the club having been dismissed from an unpaid role earlier this month.
Rolando Maran and Ivo Pulga - Italian coaches Cellino knows well - may also be considered, although it is understood academy boss Redfearn has no interest in taking the job himself.
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(N-R Staff) Oregon State University has begun construction on a $4.8 million facility to test a new nuclear energy technology, the school announced today.
The new "super-hot" type of nuclear reactor to be tested is cooled by helium gas, not water. Researchers say the design could produce electricity about 35 to 50 percent more efficiently, create half as much radioactive waste and , by the nature of its design, by insusceptible to meltdowns.
"Like any new technology, it will take some time for this to gain acceptance," said Brian Woods, an associate professor of nuclear engineering and director of this project. "But by the middle of this century I could easily see high-temperature nuclear reactors becoming a major player in energy production around the world."
The concept has been known for some time, but it took advances in material science to it attractive to proceed testing.
Researchers believe the new kind of reactor could also produce hydrogen that could power automobiles.
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Are you looking for a hi-res color AGD logo?
Are you looking for a hi-res color AGD logo?
OK so here is another option of a layout for this 12x36 size
Left side running down, x valve ring chart
Right side running down, classic ring chart
Top running the full length, x valve exploded
Bottom running 75% length, classic exploded ( has less parts, shouldn't need full space)
Bottom left corner by ring chart, ult exploded
Center, "Quality always shoots straight" banner
I think.you could get away with this easy, just have the stuff lined up. I don't think having stuff in a line would be a problem as far as the on off coming out of the hole etc, as most people who will buy these know the on off only fits in one place... just another thought, I think it will flow well too and maximize the 36" wide space
How do people feel about 16" x 30" ?
Freedy500: I was laying low for a while with this one... My main concern is if we can use psd files or not. It would be a lot easier to use jpg/png files instead of hand converting each part to an eps file like http://www.tekmat.com Taking the hi-res pictures of each part and chopping them up together in photoshop shouldn't be too hard. Converting them to illustrator (eps file) means I will have to hand trace each part and make it look good which will take a lot of time.
I would love to see how many people are truely interested in this project and also how much they would cost.
Oh man that is a beautiful logo!
16x30 would not be a bother to me either, perhaps a good compromise between the 12x36 and 18x36. The 12" high does seem a bit short to me.
See? I am far from an expert on these things, I can only parrot what my more knowledgeable friends tell me when it comes to anything artistic.
5min idea.... There are so many ways to display the diagram. Plz use your imagination
not sure what all the wording says on the left side, but in general i would buy that!
how about people get a design submitted by Friday, and then we can put those pics, like what Bunny shown, in a poll and see what we comes out of it. we can then try to get a size and maybe, just maybe by tax day, get an order started by May 1st.
After seeing what bunny posted I'm down for the x only... that looks great!
Simple. Effective. Informative.
Bunny your are talented and fast! Well done
I know that was probably a quick and dirty what are the chances of getting something like that into a full up layout that be sent to a printer?
whatever gets made i want two, but has to be made from quality tech mat material no plastic/foam
something like this
http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs"You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." RU
Finishing touches like that make me willing to pay more, just sayin'.
yeah, the recesses are great and then inlayed magnets in the right spots makes for an amazing mat.
agreed, recesses would be nice
Nice mat but who makes it?
I'd definitely be in for at least one if this actually gets made.
+1 for the recess and magnet idea. I actually have an R/C mat in my garage... I didn't even think to use it for paintball. A 1/8th scale mat would work well.
If there were two drawings submitted, one for xvalve another for classic valve. And we needed a min order of 50, 25 wanted xvalve 25 wanted classic. Would they consider that one order and min qty ok or two orders and min not ok?


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Man ignited house in attempt to kill wife, charges state
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05/16/2013 12:11pmFocusing on South Temple, a new documentary explores the "grand boulevard" of Salt Lake City. If you want to get out and experience it for yourself, though, we've compiled a list of five places to visit on South Temple.
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05/16/2013 2:17pmThe search for clues into the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell in Oregon ended Thursday. And police say their leads are now exhausted.
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Developers break ground on 2 downtown SLC hotels
05/16/2013 4:02pmReal-estate developers are breaking ground on downtown Salt Lake City's first new hotels since a Hyatt Place was built in 2009.
Volunteers build community garden for homeless vets
05/16/2013 5:47pmAn army of volunteers from Home Depot today built a community garden for homeless vets living in a Salt Lake apartment complex.
2 arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from teen sisters
05/16/2013 6:04pmTwo Orem men have been arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from two teenaged sisters.
Shootout occurs in middle of downtown SLC street
05/16/2013 6:06pmNo injuries have been reported after a shootout occurred Thursday near a Salt Lake City homeless shelter.
Additional investigation targets Utah AG
05/16/2013 6:07pmAnother investigation targeting the office of Utah's Attorney General has been confirmed, though officials have been careful not to specify any targets or what specific laws they're investigating.
Steven Powell won't be released May 23 after all
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16-foot deep sinkhole swallows part of I-80 near Wyoming border
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Parents share story of young son who died from rare brain tumor
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New SL County police training simulator shocks 'shot' officers
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Health department conducting statewide scan for brain tumors
05/16/2013 9:43pmResearchers at the Utah Department of Health are conducting a study to try and determine why Utah's rate of brain cancer and tumors is increasing.
Idaho man arrested in terrorism case with Utah ties
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The Wave's stunning sights only seen by the luckiest hikers
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One-of-a-kind flight crew recounts daring Kanarraville Falls rescue
05/16/2013 10:58pmA 16-year-old boy fell 60 feet into a slot canyon and had to be hoisted out Wednesday afternoon. The Intermountain Healthcare Life Flight team that saved him is the only civilian EMS crew in the country trained to perform these kinds of rescues.
Dixie sports traning program increases kids' performance during off-season
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Man remains in coma following Uintah County assault
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"Princeton competed really well, and I thought especially at the beginning of doubles, we were knocked on our heels a little bit," Ashworth said. "We have to do a better job of playing with a target on our back as opposed to the last couple of matches where we haven't played like we are protecting something. Today, especially how we started, we played like we were protecting ourselves. For us to be really good, we want teams like Princeton to play really well against us. We don't want them to come in and roll over and it's just getting use to that."
In doubles action, the seventh-ranked duo of Mary Clayton and Ester Goldfeld found themselves down 2-3 to Princeton's Joan Cannon and Katie Goepel on court one, but broke serve to regain momentum, and eventually downed Cannon and Goepel, 8-5. In the third position, sophomore Annie Mulholland and junior Marianne Jodoin dropped the first five games to Amanda Muliawan and Katherine Flanigan, and despite a brief comeback, the Duke duo was unable to slow the Tigers and dropped the match, 8-5.
The Blue Devils clinched the doubles point for the eighth time this season, but it came down to the final match on court two between the Blue Devil tandem of Hanna Mar and Monica Turewicz and Princeton's Lindsay Graff and Monica Chow. After trading games early, Mar and Turewicz broke serve to go up 7-5 with the opportunity for Mar to serve for the match. Mar was unable to hold serve, but the Duke duo was able to respond, breaking Graff in deuce number eight to win the match, 8-6, and clinch the doubles point.
In singles play, No. 64 Clayton took just over an hour to dispatch of Chow, 6-0, 6-3, in the fourth position, giving Duke an early 2-0 lead against the Tigers. On court three, Turewicz dismantled Flanigan, 6-2, 6-2, to win her 22nd consecutive singles match, after claiming 15 straight singles wins to conclude her freshman campaign.
On court six, Mulholland jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first set against Hahn, and continued her solid play to cruise to a 6-4, 6-1 victory to clinch the match for Duke. In the fifth position, Jodoin fell behind Goepel, 4-5, in the first set, but rallied to level the match at 6-6. In the tiebreaker, Goepel opened up a 6-4 lead, but Jodoin responded, winning four consecutive points to claim the set, 7-6 (8-6). Jodoin continued her solid play in the second set, topping Goepel, 6-1.
In the second position, No. 14 Mar edged No. 85 Muliawan, 6-2, 6-4, while Goldfeld, ranked No. 45 in the most recent ITA poll, topped Graff, 7-5, 7-6(7-1) , on court one.
Duke is slated to begin a four-match road trip as it travels to face two top-25 squads next weekend. The Blue Devils are set to travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to play No. 12 Michigan Friday, March 1 at 6 p.m., before heading to South Bend, Ind., to face No. 22 Notre Dame Sunday, March 3 at 11 a.m.
Tennis Match Results
Princeton vs. Duke
Feb 23, 2013 at Durham, N.C.
(Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center)
Singles Competition
1. #45 Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Graff, Lindsay (PRIN) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)
2. #14 Hanna Mar (DUKE) def. #85 Muliawan, Amanda (PRIN) 6-2, 6-4
3. Monica Turewicz (DUKE) def. Flanigan, Katherine (PRIN) 6-2, 6-2
4. #64 Mary Clayton (DUKE) def. Chow, Monica (PRIN) 6-0, 6-3
5. #102 Marianne Jodoin (DUKE) def. Goepel, Katie (PRIN) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
6. Annie Mulholland (DUKE) def. Hahn, Emily (PRIN) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles Competition
1. #7 Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Cannon, Joan/Goepel, Katie (PRIN) 8-5
2. Hanna Mar/Monica Turewicz (DUKE) def. Graff, Lindsay/Chow, Monica (PRIN) 8-6
3. Muliawan, Amanda/Flanigan, Katherine (PRIN) def. Annie Mulholland/Marianne Jodoin (DUKE) 8-5
Match Notes:
Princeton 4-2; National ranking #70
Duke 8-1; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,3,6,5,2,1)


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What ranks and titles have you held? Former Sportfight Welterweight Champion.
Do you have any heroes? Roy Pittman
What is your favorite technique? All aspects of Ground and Pound
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means a lot. I'm really thankful for the opportunity. I think this is a huge step in the right direction for me. I'm excited to be in the show and hope to put on an exciting fight for the fans.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Went to Portland State University. No degree.
What was your job before you started fighting? I was a Union Carpenter worker. The biggest project I was a part of was the OHSU Tram that spans across Portland's OHSU campuses. It was a lot of fun and a really unique project to be a part of.
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Wellington used a strong running game, dominated the line of scrimmage, and beat Concordia 27-6 in the Crusader's home opener Friday.
Wellington used a strong running game, dominated the line of scrimmage, and beat Concordia 27-6 in the Crusader's home opener Friday.
It was the first time since 2009 that Wellington has started a season with a 2-0 record.
Last week Wellington had trouble getting its running game going and relied on its passing game. Concordia is a team that often relies on a running game and keeping possession of the ball, but it was the Crusaders doing that Friday.
Wellington rolled up 229 yards of rushing, led by Austin Dunn who had 133 yards and Connor Phelps with 87.
Phelps scored on runs of 24 and five yards, and hauled in a 21-yard pass from Trevor Nance for another score. Nance had the other touchdown on a two-yard run in the second quarter.
The Crusaders led 20-6 at the half and got another score early in the fourth. Last week Wellington got worn down at the end of the game and allowed Goddard to get back in the game. It was just the opposite this week as the Crusaders got stronger as the game went on and dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage especially in the second half.
Early in the game it looked like Concordia might control the game with its patient running attack. On its first possession, Concordia drove 55 yards in 10 plays and took up more than half the first quarter in getting its first touchdown. From that point Concordia fumbled four times and never mounted a serious scoring threat.
Wellington coach Tyler Ryan said the team did a much better job this week with blocking techniques. But the coach was not too happy to see the team not take advantage of its scoring opportunities. Twice it got turnovers in Concordia territory and did not score because of untimely penalties.
"It is just little things," that can cost you, he told the team after the game.


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LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood officer shot and killed Friday morning was shot by another officer, officials said at a 2 p.m. news conference.
"The officer did die after being shot by another officer," said Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman.
He named the slain officer as James Davies, a 35-year-old, 6½-year veteran who had a wife and two young children. Davis said Davies was assigned to a special enforcement team and was wearing a uniform and protective vest when he was killed. His parents are from England.
The name of the officer who fired the fatal shot was not released.
Davies was killed early Friday morning after three suspects were taken into custody at a Lakewood home a few blocks west of Sloan's Lake, authorities say.
They have not been formally arrested as of Friday afternoon.
Davies was in the backyard of the home, in the dark, when another officer saw him, Davis said.
The officer gave Davies a command and Davies didn't respond, thinking that the officer was instructing someone else.
The officer fired, not knowing his gun was trained on a fellow officer, Davis said. The two officers were within 10 feet of each other but were separated by a fence.
"Imagine the anguish the other officer is going through," Davis said. "We feel like we have two victims on the department."
The entire police department is having a difficult time with the incident.
"It's just like a family. These are the worst of the worst," Davis said of the officer's death. "You never want to lose one of your people."
Davies was the first officer killed in the line of duty in Lakewood's police department history, which dates to 1969.
The fallen officer was described as a family man, dedicated to his work and the community.
"He was one of those people who went above and beyond," Davis said. "That is one of the reason's he was there...doing what he was doing."
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The incident began about 1:45 a.m. when Lakewood police answered a call of a prowler near West 20th Avenue and Fenton Street. The responding officer heard shots being fired nearby, said Ty Countryman, Lakewood police spokesman.
Griffin Jory, who lives a few blocks away, said he awoke around 2 a.m. and saw police officers all over the neighborhood.
"I knew they were looking for someone," he said.
Authorities heard shots fired sporadically until they were able to locate the source — a home at 1940 Eaton St.
The officers set up a perimeter around the house, Davis said.
At one point, officers saw a man fire a round from a handgun just outside the home into the air.
Jory said he heard about six gunshots around 3:30 a.m.
Police entered the home and took out three male suspects, Davis said. Their names were not released. Davis said the three had handguns.
Davis said it does not appear that any of the suspects fired shots at police, which conflicts with early reports.
Dogs inside the home became "problematic," and became a new focus of attention for police, he said. He was told there were two or three pitbulls in the home.
"That was happening on top of everything that was happening," Davis said.
After the suspects were secured and brought outside the home, a shot was fired, as officers were planning on going back into the home to secure it, make sure no one else was inside, and to deal with the dogs.
Davies died at the scene, police said.
There were no injuries to other officers or the public.
After the shooting, officers from other agencies, including Denver Edgewater and the Jefferson County Sheriff's office, responded.
Property records indicate the home is owned by Joe A. Ruiz.
Gary Ruiz, who said he is Joe's brother, said in a telephone interview that he didn't know exactly what happened at the house, only what he's been following through the media.
Gary Ruiz declined to talk about his brother and his family, but he did acknowledge that Joe owns pitbulls.
"I love those dogs," Gary Ruiz said. "I've known those dogs since they were puppies."
A young man came to the scene of the shooting midday Friday. He said his father, Joe Ruiz, lives at the house. Officers at the scene told the young man, who declined to give his name, that officials were talking to his father at police headquarters.
The circumstances of the shooting are still under investigation. Davis said Friday afternoon investigators were waiting for a warrant to enter the home. "We're assembling detectives and investigators from many departments" to aid in the investigation, he said.
Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy, reached by phone, said the city's "sympathy and support" were with his family.
"It's a tragic day for the entire city of Lakewood," Murphy said. "Our sympathy is obviously with the family" of the officer.
The shooting happened in Ward Two. Councilwoman Cindy Baroway, who oversees the ward, said she had few details about the incident or the home where it occurred, but added that she had heard no complaints of problems there in the past.
"We're all very sad," she said. "It's very shocking and very tragic."
Davis said the only previous police service call to the residence recently was on a tripped alarm in July of this year.
Jory said normally the neighborhood, on the border of Lakewood and Edgewater with older homes and a few apartments, is quiet.
"It's an awesome neighborhood," he said. "Last night's gunfire is unusual but not unheard of."
Other neighbors echoed that.
Ben Orron said he heard as many as six gunshots.
"It woke me up. It was two or three — pop, pop — real quick," he said. "Then a pause, then two or three more."
Orron said he didn't realize what had happened until he went outside later in the morning.
Angel Marquez lives across the street.
"All I head was boom, boom, boom, boom, boom."
He said the noise woke up his four young children. They all huddled in the living room, too scared to look outside.
Marquez added: "It's just crazy to have that kind of crime happen out here."
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I was excited to read the latest news regarding the interestingly named Spooky Nook sports complex rising in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. The place is simply HUGE – in its former life it was an Armstrong World Industries distribution center, but now it shapes up to be the largest indoor sports complex in the country.
Although the scope of the thing is out of this world, what most impresses me is the simple idea that developer Sam Beiler had to reuse a facility past its prime in a way that captures where culture is today. Anyone who has kids in sports knows what I'm talking about (hey, I coached my kids' baseball team this year). Sports fields are in high demand throughout Central Pa., especially nice ones. Again, parents know what I mean.
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Outside Anderson Beverages Friday morning, Brian Anderson could be seen checking out a 1972 Mercedes 450 SLC that a fellow classic car enthusiast in Canada purchased from Carol Burnett in California.
Anderson, who is friends with the buyer through the Crookston Classic Cruisers annual Run to the Park and other car shows, helped arrange for the vehicle to be delivered to Crookston, where the buyer arrived this morning to drive the Mercedes back to Canada.
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Fresh Fruit Fear Factor and Healthy Snack Challenge. We had a variety of fresh fruits, veggies, healthy dips and other good choices for snacking.
Forever Fades Away This years band really rocked the house!
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Was Nebraska a Catalyst in Bama Dynasty?
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In 1995, when Nick Saban was head coach at Michigan State, defending national champion Nebraska, coached by Tom Osborne, beat Saban's Spartans, 50-10. As Saban walked off his own stadium's turf in East Lansing that day, Osborne made sure he patted him on the back and told him something he needed to hear – that his team was not nearly as bad as he was thinking it might be.
Saban remembered that 17-year-old experience this week in Miami when his Alabama Crimson Tide crushed Notre Dame, 42-14, in the BCS national championship game at the Orange Bowl. Getting encouragement from a legend after being on the wrong end of a lopsided game was emotional fodder for a young coach trying to make his mark.
Now that he's building his own dynasty, recruiting future NFL talent and dominating college football's hottest conference, Saban might be interested to learn about another Osborne observation that takes us all the way back to 1971 – the year Nebraska outlasted Oklahoma, 35-31, in the Game of the Century and then, in its next game, the Huskers steamrolled Alabama, 38-6. Talk about a national championship mismatch. Bear Bryant's No. 2-ranked Crimson Tide were simply no match for Bob Devaney's No. 1-ranked Cornhuskers.
Johnny Rodgers electrified 78,151 Orange Bowl fans with a 77-yard first-quarter punt-return touchdown and by the time Gary Dixon scored a short touchdown, Nebraska's legend was leading Bama's legend, 28-0, and there were still nine minutes remaining before halftime!
While the offense exploded, thanks in part to fullback Bill Olds' bruising style of running and blocking, the Blackshirts – led by the likes of Rich Glover, Willie Harper, Jim Branch and John Adkins – were keeping Alabama All-America running back Johnny Musso in check and out of the end zone.
"That game was a big deal to Bob," Osborne said, pointing out that Steve Sloan and Kenny Stabler-led 'Bama teams had beaten previous Devaney-coached teams in the 1966 Orange Bowl (39-28) and the 1967 Sugar Bowl (34-7).
It's Time to Climb into a Time Machine
It's hard to imagine that a No. 1 vs. No. 2 game four decades ago was even more lopsided than Monday night's Alabama-Notre Dame "showdown". It's even more difficult to climb inside the time machine and realize the dramatic cultural differences in each team's skin color.
Rodgers, Dixon, Olds, Glover, Harper, Branch and Adkins – all African-Americans – were making plays all over the Orange Bowl field. At that time, heavily influenced by a game a year earlier when Sam "Bam" Cunningham and a USC all-African-American backfield beat Bear's Alabama team by three touchdowns, Southeastern Conference teams were in their earliest stages of integration.
With its deep Southern roots, it's not surprising that the SEC was the last major conference in America to be integrated, according to Dr. Richard Lapchick, author of the book 100 Pioneers: African-Americans Who Broke Color Barriers in Sport.
"I know people talk about how USC beat Alabama in Birmingham the year before we beat Alabama rather soundly in Miami, but I also know that our game in that Orange Bowl was a big factor that began to erode the color barriers even more in the South," Osborne told me this week.
There's a reason why Devaney's offensive coordinator in 1971 feels that way. "I remember some Alabama assistant coaches coming up to me after the game and asking where we got all of our good black players," Osborne recalled this week. "I told them that there were a lot of good black football players right there in the state of Alabama, and they looked at me and just didn't believe me."
Huskers' Black Players from All Over America
For the record, Nebraska had no Alabama natives on that 1971 team, which The Sporting News recently voted "The Greatest College Football Team of All-Time". Nebraska's black players were from all over America. Rodgers was from Omaha; Dixon from Oxnard, Calif.; Olds from Kansas City; Glover from Jersey City, N.J.; Harper from Toledo; Branch from Chicago; and Adkins from Lynchburg, Va.
Make no mistake. Osborne eventually hired Jack Pierce as an assistant coach who recruited more than his fair share of African-American players from the South, including Alabama, after coaching prep football there before moving to Lincoln.
Remember Andra Franklin? He was a first-team All-Big Eight fullback in 1980 and became a member of the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame 10 years later after being drafted in the NFL's second round and playing four years for the Miami Dolphins.
Remember Jeff Merrell? He was a three-year NU letter-winning middle guard from Huntsville, Ala. "I was coaching at Anniston High School when Jeff played for Butler High School," Pierce recalled Thursday. "Jeff stopped Andra three straight times on a goal-line stand, and they beat us by four points in the state championship game. I've never seen one guy do something like that before or since."
Remember Dwayne Harris? He was the Husker defensive end from Bessemer, Ala., and absolutely pivotal to Osborne's first of three national championship teams. After Miami went up 17-7 in the third quarter of the 1995 Orange Bowl, Nebraska went three-and-out. Shortly thereafter, Harris tackled Miami quarterback Frank Costa for a safety on a second down from the Miami 4-yard line. The play allowed the Huskers to cut Miami's margin to 17-9, and Nebraska went on to sack Costa five times in that game. Harris had three of those five for 11 yards in losses, counting the safety. He finished that historic game with six tackles.
Nebraska Played Meaningful Role in 'Bama Change
We could go on, but the only point that truly matters is that Nebraska, in some measure, played a meaningful role that helped Alabama see, and, perhaps, even understand the merits of a fully integrated football team 41 years ago.
"If memory serves, I think Alabama had one African-American player on that 1971 team we beat in the Orange Bowl," Osborne said. "I do know that it wasn't long after that game that Alabama started putting a lot more effort into finding and recruiting black players."
Because of Osborne's encouragement in 1995, Saban invited Osborne to speak at a coaching clinic in Alabama a few years ago. The two coaches developed a decent friendship and still find time to talk on the phone. "I know this," Osborne said. "Nick Saban is a great recruiter, and I've shared some of his thoughts on recruiting with all of our coaches across all of our sports."
The N-Sider has more stories on the Nebraska-Alabama relationship, and we will tell those stories while Osborne serves the first half of this year as Nebraska's Athletic Director Emeritus. While we wait for more wisdom based on historical context, let's go back to December, 2007, when ESPN ran an extensive vote to determine who was the "Greatest College Football Coach of All Time".
Even though he trailed in a national showdown of brisk online voting, Osborne, NU's interim athletic director at the time, finished with 52 percent of the final vote. Bear Bryant was second with 37 percent, followed by Eddie Robinson (4 percent), Joe Paterno (3 percent) and four coaches who each received 1 percent of that vote – Bobby Bowden, Woody Hayes, Barry Switzer and Knute Rockne.
Osborne Puts Truth Ahead of Winning, Losing
We all know that Alabama is building a dynasty to rival Osborne's 60-3 run over five consecutive seasons. We also know that Saban is positioning himself to go beyond a Husker legend that played a vital role on a team that helped the Crimson Tide change its culture and move into a braver and an infinitely better world than the one they were experiencing four decades ago.
Nebraska's second straight national title in 1971 was the worst loss in Bear Bryant's Alabama career. A Nebraska assistant, a coach I know but whose name I will not divulge, told Sports Illustrated writer Dan Jenkins four decades ago that "We could have beat Alabama bad but Bob isn't that kind of guy."
Read the SI account at the top of this column. Jenkins wrote that The Bear came into that game with "all the glamor and stature that any football situation or game ever needs." It was something Devaney never had until that life-changing experience for both Hall-of-Fame legends. Bear told Jenkins the Huskers "might have been the greatest (team) I've ever seen." One thing seemed more certain. That humbling experience reset Bear Bryant's recruiting dial, and Nick Saban is still mastering the lesson that was learned when the moon over Miami went down that night, and a college football powerhouse started its way back up to the top.
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I can confirm the accuracy of your story from another perspective. I was traveling in Alabama sometime in the early '80s and met a group of African-Americans in a business setting, and the conversation turned to football. I noted how Nebraska beat Alabama for the 1971 National Championship, at which point these guys stopped me while saying: "Hey, wait a minute, every African-American in Alabama was cheering for Nebraska that night because you (Nebraska) played black players. We wanted Nebraska to win!" They then told me about going into a locked room so no one could see or hear them cheering for Nebraska. I have to tell you that made me really proud to be a Nebraska fan! I have never forgotten that story and have told it often about the change I have witnessed in college football. My son finds it hard to believe that I can remember when the SEC and Southern schools didn't have any black players. He just shakes his head. Or maybe he just thinks I am really, really old. Happy New Year and thanks for the great story. Stuart Jenkins, Goleta, California
I enjoyed your article about "Was Nebraska a Catalyst in 'Bama Dynasty?". You spoke about Nebraska's 38-6 beat-down of Alabama in the Orange Bowl. I was there as a member of the UNL marching band. I purchased some white freezer paper from my hometown grocer in Hartington (Neb.) and made a 15-foot sign that read: "Bama's Stallion Is a Gelding". After halftime, two friends from the band and I started walking around the perimeter of the field holding the sign. We received some great cheers and applause from Husker fans, but nothing good from the 'Bama fans. We were part way past an Alabama section when a police officer stopped me and said: "Son, I don't think you want to go any farther in front of those fans". So we laughed and cheered and hustled back to the "safety" of the band section. Thanks for the good memories and your excellent writing. Roger Christensen, Gering, Nebraska
If I had become a writer some 30-odd years ago instead of a carpenter, I hope I would have been just like you. I love your articles. Thank you. Cal Bretz, Billings, Montana
Thanks for a great history lesson that I never even knew existed! That time machine you mentioned beats pretty dadgum fast. I lived through it, but forgot about it and still can't believe all of it happened just four decades ago. Seems more like 80 years to me! Thanks for reactivating history! Nebraska may have dealt 'Bama its worst loss in history, but it also has to be considered the Tide's best loss ever. I honestly had no idea that Nebraska played such an important historical role. When reality bites, things change. Congratulations, Alabama! You owe us! Steve Thomas, Denver, Colorado


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The Jonathan & Shari Fox Family Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the awarding of $12,000 in grant awards which were recently distributed to the recipients for the grant year 2012.
The Jonathan & Shari Fox Family Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the awarding of $12,000 in grant awards which were recently distributed to the recipients for the grant year 2012.
The Foundation Board of Directors met in December for the purpose of reviewing the grant applications submitted to this organization. A large variety of requests were received according to Jonathan and Shari Fox of Fowler, founders of the organization.
The foundation awarded funds throughout the Arkansas Valley. The organization was formed in early 2005 and has the mission to assist and provide funds for nonprofit organizations throughout Southeastern Colorado.
The recipients were notified shortly after Christmas with a check included for each award made. Grant applications are taken each year in the fall, with decision made after that deadline date. The next application period will begin Sept. 1, 2013. The information shown below, indicates how the funds were distributed for 2012.
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Foundation grants
Fowler area
Fowler Chamber of Commerce, $2,000. To improve store fronts along Main Street, paint, new awnings, trees
Fowler High School TRAK club, $1,750. Used to assist local organization in funding special projects
Fowler Historical Society, $500. Research center to access Ancestry.com for patrons, computers, etc.
Manzanola area
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 202, $1,000. Purchase a small covered trailer for camping gear/for campouts
Ordway/Crowley County Area
Friends of the Combined Community Library, $500. Help with movie night/purchase a popcorn maker/concessions
Olney Springs Lady Lions, $1,000. Provide a unisex bathroom facility for travelers/bicyclists
Ordway Cemetery Board, $500. Purchase a gas powered tamper to compact the dirt under headstones
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, $500. Replace furnace/plumbing
Rocky Ford area
Summer Student Musical at Grand Theater $500. Pay the rent on royalties for "Guys and Dolls" 2013 production
La Junta area
Ark Valley Community Concert Association, $500. School outreach for three concerts
La Junta Associated Charities, $500. Refill shelves with food after the Christmas basket giveaway
Picketwire Players, $500. Replacement of current electric utilities
Las Animas area
Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, $750. Educational funding for John Rawlings Museum; three interactive exhibits
Outlying areas
Pueblo Youth Project, $750. Print 200 student manuals; Healthy Relationsip 7-9-11 program
Camp Salvation Bible Conference, $750. Upgrade two gas ranges in the kitchen


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And if you're just joining us, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. And it's time now for music.
RAZ: This song by Brazilian superstar Michel Telo is burning up the Billboard Latin charts right now. And normally, the list is a guide to the most popular Spanish language music in the American market, but right now, this song, as you might have guessed, is not Spanish at all. Judy Cantor-Navas is the managing editor of Billboard en Espanol. She's with me now to talk Michel Telo and other top tracks on the Billboard Latin charts. Judy, welcome.
JUDY CANTOR-NAVAS: Thank you, Guy. It's great to be here.
RAZ: This song, it's called "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". I think I've got that right, right? Something like that?
CANTOR-NAVAS: Yep. Sounds like you got it. Now, you just need to learn the dance that goes with it.
RAZ: OK. So the English translation is "Oh, If I Catch You." It's the number one song on the Billboard Hot Latin song - charts right now. It is not in Spanish.
CANTOR-NAVAS: And it is actually the first time we have a Portuguese song that hit number one on this chart.
RAZ: And how did it become such a huge hit?
CANTOR-NAVAS: Well, really, it was all because of soccer. What happened was that some of Brazil's - the best known soccer players starting with Neymar, the star of the Santos team, and Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo and some other players, they just started to dance to the song at games after scoring a goal. It became the goal celebration song.
And then they started posting videos of the players dancing to the song on the field and also in the locker room, and these videos have been seen millions of times on YouTube right now. And actually, the video of Telo performing this song has been watched almost 300 million times.
RAZ: Wow.
CANTOR-NAVAS: I mean, it also helps that it has kind of this frisky little dance that goes with it. If you remember the Macarena...
RAZ: Oh, yes.
CANTOR-NAVAS: ...the whole thing, yeah. So it's kind of like that, and it's an easy dance to do. So it's just really spread around the world.
RAZ: It's the Brazilian singer Michel Telo with the current number one hit on the Billboard Latin charts. You've brought us another artist that you've been listening to a lot and been writing about, and his name is Prince Royce. The song is called "Las Cosas Pequenas" or "The Little Things." Let's take a listen to it first.
RAZ: So, Judy, this has like a real R&B vibe to it, and the guy that sings it, Prince Royce, he's actually American. He was born in the U.S.
CANTOR-NAVAS: Yes. He is American. His parents are from the Dominican Republic. He's 22 years old. He's doing a style of music that's become known as urban bachata. It's really mixing R&B with bachata, which is this tropical syncopated rhythm. And I think it appeals to all generations.
RAZ: And that's the thing about him that (unintelligible) that he appeals to a lot of first or second generation Spanish speakers in America because he is bilingual, he's American.
CANTOR-NAVAS: Yeah. Well, he really appeals to young Latinos because he's just like them. You know, he's got R&B, he's got kind of a hip-hop style. And then he grew up in his house listening to bachata and boleros, so he's got it all. And it's not like a forced attempt at crossover.
RAZ: That's the new track from Prince Royce called "Las Cosas Pequenas." Let's move on to the last track that you brought for us.
RAZ: Who are we listening to right now?
CANTOR-NAVAS: This is 3Ball Monterrey. And if you see it written, it looks like 3Ball MTY. What they're referring to is a kind of music called tribal, like tribal music.
RAZ: It's an electronic music, and it's mixed up with cumbia and other Mexican rhythms. They call their particular brand the 3Ball guarachero. And it's - you know, it's loud. It's kind of very fast, hectic.
RAZ: And this has been on the charts, the Latin charts, for 28 weeks.
CANTOR-NAVAS: Mm-hmm.
RAZ: It was number one in March; it's now at number three, but that is - that's amazing.
CANTOR-NAVAS: What was more surprising to me was that it's really found a regional Mexican music audience as well. And - but it's surprising because you think it's more for an electronic music, the dance crowd than the kind of people who are going to usually be listening to corridos or to more acoustic regional Mexican genres.
RAZ: So this is appealing to, like, an older audience and a younger one as well?
CANTOR-NAVAS: Yeah. I mean, in some ways, it's doing a bit of what Prince Royce is doing. It's really crossing generations, and it's also crossing more into the mainstream. And, you know, both of these artists are experimenting with different rhythms and genres. They're mixing up the old and the new. So they're changing music that we're listening to in the United States, and they're really changing the definition of what Latin music is at the same time.
RAZ: That's the band 3Ball MTY. They'll be at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami next week. All three of the artists we've just heard from will be performing at the Billboard Latin Music Awards this Thursday, April 26. Judy Cantor-Navas is the managing editor of Billboard en Espanol. Judy, thanks so much.
CANTOR-NAVAS: Thank you.
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March 20. 2013 12:36PM
HUDSON - A town street is expected to remain closed for most of Wednesday afternoon as work crews replace a utility pole that was snapped off by a snow plow.
Hudson Police said the truck was clearing snow along Ferry Street near Buswell Street before 11 a.m. when it clipped the pole. Wires were down across Ferry Street (Route 111) and traffic has been detoured from the area.
Police are asking motorists to avoid the area for most of the afternoon as crews work in the area.
There were no injuries as a result of the incident, and power was still on to homes in the area around noontime.


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A crazy week in college basketball
There is a notion in college sports that is passed around mainly by the "powers that be" that the regular season in college basketball does not matter. Now, this has mainly been done to help the ludicrous bowl system stay around in college football, but I feel as though many college fans have taken this message to heart and don't believe that college basketball season starts until championship week at the earliest.
Now, there is something you should know about me: I am a college sports fanatic. To me, college football will always be better than the NFL and college basketball although it has taken a hit recently, remains better than the snooze fest that is the NBA. So I fully admit that on this topic and many others I come fully equipped with that nasty word, "bias".
So, back to the topic at hand. The college basketball regular season may not be "as meaningful" as the college football regular season but it is still the best way to pass the time until opening day.
College basketball is not what it was in the days of my youth, with teams like the "Fab Five", the legit Duke teams, Arkansas, UCLA, and the Kansas teams that won 30 games a season and never made it out of the second weekend of the tournament.
What we are left with now are teams that play together for one season and then are gone before we figure out who they are, a.k.a Kentucky. Just imagine Anthony Davis playing with John Wall or a backcourt combo of Kyrie Irving, Austin Rivers, and Seth Curry. That was college basketball, but what this had led to is the rise of the mid-majors.
Schools that have players stick around for three to four years and build on knowing how to play together. Schools like Gonzaga, who was Butler way before Butler became cool. And conferences like the Missouri Valley and Mountain West, which have gone from wishing they get two teams in on "Selection Sunday", to wondering if they can get five or six.
All of this came together this past week to help remind people that college basketball prior to the second week in March is fun and meaningful.
Seventeen of the AP Top 25 lost at least once this week, 14 of those schools lost to un-ranked teams. Butler and Gonzaga played one of the best games in the past decade.
Duke lost, which makes everyone outside of Durham, N.C. happy. But it's not that they lost, but to who and by how much: 27-point loss to Miami.
The preseason No. 1 and honestly the best team in the country, Indiana, took on Michigan State in what would have been an NBA like snoozer most years, but turned into a great college basketball game, and it helped that the Spartans lost.
And you can't talk Spartans without mentioning that for the first time since 1992 the University of Michigan in ranked No. 1. It has taken the maize and blue almost two decades to pull themselves out of the mess that was the "Fab Five".
With so many losses by the top teams it provided some possible weeding out of the pretenders.
Minnesota and Kansas State both lost twice, once to rivals and then once to sub-par teams. It provided a look at some possible contenders, Ole Miss and Oregon kept on winning. Ask Mizzou fans what they think of the Rebels.
However, the beauty of college basketball is that your season doesn't rest on one performance. You can lose a game you possibly shouldn't lose because you are given the chance to earn it back on the court. Teams like Mizzou, who lost Trevor Bowers to injury and then proceeded to get blown out in their first SEC road game have the chance to rebound and prove to some that with Bowers in the line-up they are a possible Final Four team. Which, by the way Mizzou fans, Bowers is expected back for the Tigers vs. Tigers battle in Baton Rouge this week.
As great as championship week and March Madness are, college basketball season starts well before then, actually maybe too far before then, but that's a topic for a different day.
Just this week alone you have No. 1 Michigan at No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Florida vs. No. 16 Ole Miss, Ole Miss vs. Kentucky, and can Miami keep it going against the roller coaster that is the NC State Wolfpack, as those two surprise teams hook up.
So, in your football-crazed lives try to find some time for some regular season NCAA basketball. I think you will be rather surprised.


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I don't often feel like words fail me. Words have always been an abundant resource for me, a manner of communicating my concerns and convictions.
A few years ago, one of my best friends from high school was visiting and we were out to dinner. She has had something of a difficult life, and has always struggled (I think) to find her identity. When she joined the National Guard, she gained a confidence and self-respect I'd never seen in her before. I can't tell you how proud of her I was and am. I digress. She was visiting and we were eating dinner. An older woman approached our table and put a twenty-dollar-bill on the table. She told us that whenever she and her husband see a serviceman or woman out in a restaurant, they pay for her meal. They had been doing this for many years (I think she said forty years, but I don't remember). The truth is, I don't remember much of the woman's words. What I remember–what I'll never forget–is the look on my friend's face. She looked humbled–not humiliated, but humbled–and honored.
I remember thinking about it all night. She didn't enlist so that strangers would pay for her meals. Without exception, I have never met someone serving in the armed forces who acts like or says others need to show them special treatment. They do what they do for a reason–and it's not for attention.
Why am I telling you this?
Yesterday morning, I was refilling my coffee in the break room, and I caught just a glimpse of something on the television. Lee Greenwood sang that old song that used to bring tears to our eyes and then a group of individuals placed their hands on their hearts and–following one young man–recited the Pledge of Allegiance. They were becoming naturalized citizens of the United States. One gentleman said it was like he had been "born again."
Those who've been a part of the Christian community know how powerful those two words are. We don't know the name of the emotion, but we know it sweeps over us every time we hear those words. To think–everything past is past, everything is new, we are born again. That's an incredibly powerful feeling, and it struck me that a newly-oathed citizen of the United States would describe the experience in those words.
And then it embarrassed me. Just a little bit. It has become so easy to distance ourselves from the patriotism of our fathers and grandfathers. Many of us were born into freedom. We have always known the security of belonging to this great nation. We don't remember the threats our ancestors faced. 9/11 is the only moment in recent history when we've questioned our security, our future. It brought us together in a surge of American pride–rightly so.
I thought about this all day yesterday. And somewhere in the midst of it all, I remembered the face of my dear friend, humbly accepting a free meal of gratitude from a complete stranger.
How blessed we are–still–to live in a nation of freedom.
How blessed we are–still–to be individuals and pursue our passions.
How blessed we are–still–to be governed by laws and not by kings.
How blessed we are–still–to be healthy and happy and productive.
How blessed we are–still–to freely worship in the manner in which we find our conviction.
How blessed we are–still–to be the United States, not the Wanting-to-Peacefully-Secede States.
How blessed we are–still–that men and women sacrifice their time, their energy, their relationships, their careers, their health, and their very life's blood to defend our freedom.
How blessed we are–still–to be a nation that strives to promote freedom to the oppressed around the world.
All this, and more, I can still see in my mind in the face of my friend that night at the restaurant. I am so blessed. I am so proud. I am so thankful. Of all the places in the world I could have been born, I am so thankful I was born in these United States of America.
As I spent the day thinking about all of this and remembering my friend's face, I thought about what a difference that woman made. I wondered if my friend remembered her (I bet she does). I wondered if anyone has ever paid for my sister to have a meal. I wondered if anyone else out there pays for our servicemen and women. I wondered if anyone would dare to join me in this conviction.
I can't pay for every military person I encounter. And I may not be able to pay for them every time I see them. But it's my new commitment–to myself, to my God–to show my gratitude for my freedom by paying for a meal for a soldier whenever I see them out. I realize that not everyone is in a place financially to do this, but if those of us who could made it a habit–just like that woman and her husband–think of how honored our military would feel. Think of how appreciated and loved they would feel.
What do you say, folks? Anyone else game?
And…for anyone interested…or for anyone who's forgotten how emotional it is to be an American, here is part of the ceremony I saw yesterday.


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Londonderry retirees receive Oval Office accoladeBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent March 29. 2013 8:12PM
Londonderry couple Bill and Dennie Dyer's public advocacy efforts for ShelterBox, an international disaster relief organization, have earned them the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for the second year in a row. (COURTESY)
LONDONDERRY - It's not often that local volunteers get a letter of commendation from the Oval Office, but a pair of globally-minded Londonderry retirees have done just that - not once, but twice.
For the second year in a row, Bill and Dennie Dyer's public advocacy efforts for ShelterBox, an international disaster relief organization, have earned them the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, which is a special recognition presented on behalf of President Obama.
Both members of the Londonderry Rotary Club, part of Rotary District 7870, the couple have made it their personal mission to educate other New England Rotarians, along with countless other organizations, about their good works.
During the past year, the Dyers have been quite busy spreading their message well beyond the Granite State. They regularly give presentations to Rotary Club members in Vermont and parts of southern Maine.
"But really, we're willing to come out and talk with any groups that might be interested in helping," Bill Dyer said.
Rotary clubs currently contribute to approximately half of ShelterBox's donations, with the support of around 5,000 Rotary clubs worldwide.
The couple learned about the organization through their son, Mark, who's been deeply involved with the charity for about the past seven years.
Mark Dyer, who lives in Chicago, has also been honored with several Presidential Service awards in the past.
Since a British Rotarian founded the charity in 2000, ShelterBox has provided shelter, warmth and dignity following more than 200 disasters in more than 85 countries.
The organization, which is heavily supported by Rotary Clubs around the world, instantly responds to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid, complete with a weather-resistant tent.
For the Dyers, supporting ShelterBox means hitting the road quite often. During the past year, the couple has spread their message in nearly 30 public lectures, not including the countless fairs and community events they've appeared at, said Bill Dyer, a retired AT&T purchasing agent.
"We try to make at least one appearance each week," he said.
In the past week, he and Dennie, a retired product manager at Hewitt Packard who also volunteers her time as a docent at the Zimmerman House in Manchester, have spent time in two other states.
The couple are not paid for their public appearances and pay their own travel expenses, Dyer said.
Charity spokeswoman Erin Holdgate said it is people like the Dyers that make ShelterBox help possible.
"As we witness the aftermath of disasters like Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines and the Syrian refugee crisis throughout the Middle East, many wish they could make a difference," Holdgate said. "The Dyers knew ShelterBox would be on the ground delivering its iconic green boxes containing emergency tented shelter and other lifesaving supplies."
Last year, ShelterBox responded to more than 30 disasters in 23 countries.
"I am truly proud to honor our volunteers, who work hard year-round to support ShelterBox and our efforts to help families rebuild their lives across the globe," said Emily Sperling, ShelterBox USA President. "It is through the continuous efforts of our volunteers like Bill and Dennie that we are able to help so many vulnerable families each year."
For more information, visit www.shelterboxusa.org.