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As land loss continues to imperil coastal communities, parishes such as Terrebonne and Lafourche have had to develop new strategies to confront the rising water.
As land loss continues to imperil coastal communities, parishes such as Terrebonne and Lafourche have had to develop new strategies to confront the rising water.
A new study by the Center for Planning Excellence in Baton Rouge aims to work with local, state and national entities to identify what adaptations coastal communities might have to make in the near future to live safely in a risky coastal environment.
The two-year study is being paid for with a $200,000 grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation. The Ford Foundation is also sponsoring the study.
"The levee system is not sufficient to protect our fragile coastal communities over the long term," said Marco Cocito-Monoc, the Greater New Orleans Foundation's director for regional initiatives. "The landscape along the coast is drastically changing, which threatens an entire way of life for the people who live and work there. Adaptation is essential."
Cocito-Monoc said the study came from the Greater New Orleans Foundation's efforts to call attention to the plight of coastal parishes including St. Bernard, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Terrebonne and Lafourche after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
"The city of New Orleans shares the fate of our coastal communities," Cocito-Monoc said. "We really wanted to connect people in these parishes to the national spotlight that's been shone on New Orleans because we're all facing the same issues when it comes to coastal land loss."
The project was inspired by the state's latest update of the Coastal Master Plan, Cocito-Monoc said. That $50 billion, 50-year plan took a hard look at what could realistically be done to save Louisiana's coast, and many Terrebonne and Lafourche residents were disappointed by how little restoration and protection was planned for the area. State officials planned a large campaign to invest in so-called non-structural protection measures such as elevating homes and relocating residents and communities out of harm's way.
Vonda Billiot, a Dulac resident, said she's never seen land loss from the air. But if what she's heard from others is true, she said she believes bayou residents will have to move.
Oil companies should have to help remedy coastal land loss, she said, because they created canals that helped lead to the loss.
"Since the Mississippi River levee system was put in place, the marsh has been slowly disappearing. There's no silt coming in," said Linda Johnson, 62, of Pointe-aux-Chenes.
Cocito-Monoc said the study is to get ahead of that discussion, spark work with coastal communities to educate them about the hard realities they may be facing and get input on what solutions would work best.
The Center for Planning Excellence will develop mechanisms for adaptation and meet with groups in coastal parishes, Cocito-Monoc said. Then officials want to develop strategies to pay for those programs.
"Currently there is no single entity to which people can turn for information on how to adapt to these environmental changes," Cocito-Monoc said. "Moving inland may be the best option for some, whereas others may make changes that will make them safer staying where they are. These difficult conversations should be informed by the very best expertise in the field."
Options may include innovative approaches to how residences and commercial buildings are built, how stormwater flows from parking lots, roads and roofs, and how certain native plants can aid in protection and preservation. It may also include home elevation, storm-proofing and relocation programs.
"This project takes a human-centered approach to helping Louisiana's threatened coastal communities create customized plans for their future," said Camille Manning-Broome, director of planning at the Center for Planning Excellence. "With this grant, CPEX will compile the best knowledge and expertise in the field so that coastal communities can adapt to the reality of wetlands loss and make informed decisions about how best to move forward."
The project is 100 percent funded by private philanthropy. However, as strategies go forward, federal dollars may become available for specific projects.
Officials with Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes said they've already started to implement programs focused on home elevations and buying homes that have been flooded repeatedly.
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Garret Graves has touted Terrebonne as having one of the most aggressive home elevation programs in the world.
Terrebonne Parish recovery planner Jennifer Gerbasi said the parish is also focused in strengthening flood ordinances to encourage safer building. The parish is also working on restoration projects for protection.
In Lafourche, Parish Manager Archie Chaisson III said the parish is working with the LSU Sea Grant program to develop a plan to rank the community's resilience after disasters and look for areas of improvement. The parish is also focusing on building wetlands outside of the south Lafourche levee system to help protect the area from storms.
"We have to adapt because we have a great community down here," Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet said.
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At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists use a powerful computer known as Titan to simulate everything from the inner workings of a nuclear reactor to the complicated effects of climate change on human populations — on a global scale. Until recently, Titan was the most powerful supercomputer on the planet, but now there's a new No. 1.
"The new machine is called Tianhe-2 and it's actually at the National Defense University in China," says Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge.
Titan's slip from the top spot is not unusual: Nations regularly swap the No. 1 slot. But because of a series of automatic spending cuts locked into the Federal government's budget, Mason is afraid America may soon slip permanently behind.
"The issue is not so much who's No. 1 in the horse race," he says. "But we think it's important for the U.S. to always be amongst that group that is pushing the envelope."
The automatic cuts were never supposed to happen. Back in 2011, Congress passed them as a threat: If government spending wasn't brought under control by 2013 through tax increases or a more tailored set of cutbacks, these general, across-the-board cuts would go into effect. Democrats and Republicans could never reach a deal. So this spring, the cuts came in.
Everyone from preschool teachers to fighter pilots had to tighten their belts. Oak Ridge saw its budget slashed by about 7 percent in 2013 — that's nearly $100 million.
But while the lab's budget is down, its electric bill isn't. All told, Oak Ridge's machines suck up as much juice as a small town, 25 megawatts: "For every megawatt of power we use a year, it costs us about a million dollars, and that's real, cold hard cash," says Jeff Nichols, the lab's associate director for computing.
Nichols says that the lab changed pension plans and reduced benefits to make up for some of the cuts. But money will also have to come from plans for the future. Researchers had hoped to replace Titan with another superfast machine in 2017.
"As we look at the budget scenarios we're facing, that next machine is moving further and further out into the future," Mason says.
The automatic cuts are also hurting the researchers who use Titan, like Sally Ellingson, a graduate student at the University of Tennessee. She's currently teaching Titan to screen chemical compounds that could be used as drugs to treat diseases. "Recently I ran a job where I tested over 4 million compounds in just a couple hours," she says.
Ellingson is set to graduate next year, and she's already writing a grant that will allow her to continue her research.
But grant agencies like the National Institutes of Health have suffered budget cuts too. NIH says that it is funding hundreds fewer proposals than in previous years. And the approval rate for grant applications submitted to NIH was already down to 18 percent from around 30 percent in 2000, even before the automatic cuts. The National Science Foundation, another major funder, says it's only funding roughly 1 in 5 of the proposals it receives.
"It's very, very tough when you're young to get any funding at all for what you're doing. Even if you're very brilliant, such as Sally [Ellingson]," says Jeremy Smith, the head of Ellingson's supercomputing group. He sits on peer-review panels that approve government grants. These days, he says, the panels get way more proposals than they can fund.
"At least two or three of those proposals that get rejected are fantastic science," Smith says.
He says he's worried that the climate could force Ellingson out of research. "She'll have no problem getting a job, but the risk has increased now that [the job she gets] will not be inventing the new medicines and products that will drive the economy in the future," Smith says.
For now, it seems like the cuts are here to stay. To stop the automatic budget declines, Congress would have to find ways to cut the deficit, either through different cuts or by the introduction of new taxes, or both. Against the backdrop of mammoth, trillion-dollar budget battles, science is likely to get lost, warns lab director Mason. "It's easy to miss something that's a pretty small part of the federal budget," he says.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
Before the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate earlier this month, there was sequestration. Remember that - the automatic spending cuts the government imposed back in March? Well, all kinds of agencies now feel the sting of those cuts including the scientists who rely on the country's most powerful computer.
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports.
GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: At the government's Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee is a powerful supercomputer. It's called, Titan. To the untrained eye, it looks like rows of black cabinets set down on a pristine white floor but inside are hundreds of thousands of microprocessors.
JEFF NICHOLS: This is like what you what you would have in your office, for example. It just so happens that you have rows and rows of cabinets of these kinds of systems.
BRUMFIEL: Jeff Nichols is the lab's associate director for computing. All these processors working together can simulate everything from global climate to the core of a nuclear reactor but doing so requires a lot of electricity. All-in-all Oak Ridge's machines suck up as much juice as a small town, 25 megawatts.
NICHOLS: For every megawatt of power we use, for a year, it costs us about a million dollars. And so, that's cold hard cash.
BRUMFIEL: That power bill comes in regardless of the lab's budget, which is bad news this year, because the budget is down nearly $100 million, seven percent.
NICHOLS: We had to reduce our benefits. We had to change our pension plans. We had to do all the kinds of things like that in order to reduce our overall costs.
BRUMFIEL: The cause is a series of automatic budget cuts that kicked in earlier this year. The cuts are designed to keep government spending down and everyone from preschool teachers to fighter pilots have had to tighten their belts. Congress didn't do anything about the cuts when it ended the recent government shutdown and without action they could grow even deeper in 2014. That is creating a big problem at the lab because Titan will soon need to be replaced with a new machine.
THOM MASON: As we look at the budget scenarios we're facing, that next machine is moving further and further out into the future.
BRUMFIEL: Thom Mason is director of Oak Ridge. Turns out, supercomputers are a lot like regular computers, they go out of date in a hurry. When NPR first visited Titan a year ago, it was the world's fastest. Now, it's the world's second fastest.
MASON: The New Machine is called Tianhe-2. And it's actually at the National Defense University in China.
BRUMFIEL: The automatic cuts are also hurting the researchers who use Titan, like Sally Ellingson. Sally is a graduate student at the University of Tennessee, who fell in love with the Oak Ridge computers at first sight.
SALLY ELLINGSON: I'm sort of a nerd like that, just...
ELLINGSON: Just the thought of it fired me up. I mean, just the possibilities - the endless possibilities of things you could do with it.
BRUMFIEL: Now she's teaching Titan to screen chemical compounds that could be used as drugs to treat diseases.
ELLINGSON: Recently, I ran a job where I tested over four million compounds in just a couple hours.
BRUMFIEL: In other words, Titan can do in hours what it would take years to do in the lab. She's set to graduate next year, and she's already working on a grant that will allow her to continue her research. But grant agencies like the National Institutes of Health, they're cut, too. NIH is giving out hundreds fewer grants this year.
ELLINGSON: Yeah. Certainly, I hear from other people that funding is hard right now. And I'm just now learning the ropes and it's my first big proposal that I'm writing.
JEREMY SMITH: It's very, very tough when you're young to get any funding at all for what you're doing, even if you're very brilliant, such as Sally.
BRUMFIEL: Jeremy Smith is the head Sally's super computing group. He sits on peer-review panels that approve government grants. These days, he says, they get way more proposals that they can fund.
SMITH: At least two or three of those proposals that will be rejected are fantastic science.
BRUMFIEL: Smith says he's worried that the climate could force Sally out of research.
SMITH: She'll have no problem getting a job. But the risk has increased now that this will not be inventing the new medicines and products that will drive the economy in the future.
BRUMFIEL: The same could be said for young researchers using Titan to study everything from earthquakes to biofuels. And as these automatic cuts drag on, researchers across the sciences have similar fears. Without money for new ideas like Sally's, and new machines like Titan, they say America will start slipping further and further behind.
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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'Zero Dark Thirty' Captures No. 1 At Box Office
LOS ANGELES -- "Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office - and easily won it.
Sony Pictures' controversial Osama bin Laden raid drama nabbed first place with $24 million in its first weekend in wide release, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The film, which opened in a limited run last month, earned five Oscar nominations last week, including best picture, original screenplay and actress for Jessica Chastain as a dogged CIA operative.
Open Road Films' horror parody "A Haunted House" starring Marlon Wayans debuted in second place with a solid $18.8 million. The Warner Bros. mobster drama "Gangster Squad," starring Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling as off-the-books police officers battling a mob boss played by Sean Penn, opened below expectations in third place with $16.7 million.
After earning Oscar nominations last week, several Academy Awards contenders benefited at the box office. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences moved up the unveiling of the Oscar nominations to Thursday, three days ahead of Sunday's Golden Globes, Hollywood's second-biggest awards ceremony organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
"The timing is great because there are a host of these awards contenders still out there," said Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst at Hollywood.com. "`Django Unchained,' `Les Miserables,' `Lincoln,' `Silver Linings Playbook' and a few others are still out there. Which movies win tonight at the Golden Globes will definitely receive a boost going forward."
At the Golden Globes, "Zero Dark Thirty" will be up against "Argo," "Django Unchained," "Life of Pi" and "Lincoln" in the best motion picture drama category. It's also competing against those films for the best picture prize at the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 24, as well as "Amour," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook."
Controversies surrounding "Zero Dark Thirty," which depicts waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, may have helped create buzz for the film. Several lawmakers accused the CIA of misleading "Zero Dark Thirty" filmmakers by allegedly telling them such interrogation methods helped track down terrorist mastermind bin Laden in 2011.
"There are so many facets of `Zero Dark Thirty' that have created interest in it," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution at Sony. "Ultimately, it's a great film. That's the piece that you really need to have to get this great of a result. I think it's a film that's not only going to do well in the marketplace but also be talked about for years to come."
The weekend's third place finisher, "Gangster Squad," similarly attracted controversy last year after the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater left 12 dead. Warner Bros. pulled the movie's trailer and delayed the release out of sensitivity because the film originally featured a scene with mobsters ruthlessly shooting into a movie theater audience.
The entire sequence featuring Brolin's character being ambushed inside famed Hollywood movie palace Grauman's Chinese Theater was removed from "Gangster Squad" and replaced with a new scene, which cost millions of dollars to reshoot, set in Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood. The rest of the film's many bullet-ridden Tommy gun battles remained intact.
"There's nothing that indicates violence was an issue," said Jeff Goldstein, general sales manager at Warner Bros. "I don't think that's the case here. The exit polling tells us that people liked what they saw in `Gangster Squad.' I think we'll have a nice hold going into the holiday weekend where people will be more available and have more leisure time."
Internationally, "Life of Pi" dominated in 68 territories with $35.8 million, bringing its worldwide total to $452.1 million. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" followed closely behind with $35.1 million in 62 territories. The worldwide total for the first "Hobbit" chapter is now $886.1 million. "Les Mis" earned $35.6 million in 23 territories, giving it a $234.3 million worldwide total.
Overall business in North America this weekend came in at $142 million, up more than 7 percent from the same period last year, when the Mark Wahlberg thriller "Contraband" led the box office with $24.3 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. It marks the third weekend in a row for Hollywood when business has been up over last year.


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DURHAM, N.C. – The ninth-ranked Blue Devils rallied from a two-goal deficit but could not hold off No. 13 Northwestern, falling to the Wildcats by a 3-2 score Friday evening in non-conference play at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium.
With the loss, Duke dropped to 5-2 overall and 1-2 against ranked opponents, while Northwestern improved to 8-1.
The Wildcats set the tone of the match early, challenging Duke with a physical style of play. The visiting team would use that momentum to its advantage, scoring in the 10th minute on a rebound goal by Tara Puffenberger.
Northwestern continued to earn penalty corner opportunities throughout the first half, and went up by two goals in the 22nd minute when Puffenberger assisted Nikki Parsley on the squad's fifth corner. At halftime, the Wildcats led in shots, 11-1, and in penalty corners, 7-1.
"Northwestern came out with a real physical, aggressive style of play and that caught us on our heels," said head coach Pam Bustin. "We paid the price for it … [At halftime] I said if you're going to come out with energy, then we need to make sure we're up in our lines and that we're setting the play first instead of reacting to it."
The Blue Devils came out with increased intensity after the intermission, converting that drive into an Aileen Johnson goal 42 seconds into the period to cut Northwestern's lead to 2-1. The putback tally was the first of the season by the sophomore midfielder.
Duke continued to have its chances, recording five of its six penalty corners in the second half. The defensive unit held strong on the other end through several more penalty corner opportunities by the Wildcats, setting up a strike by freshman Heather Morris in the 59th minute on assists by senior Emmie Le Marchand and junior Abby Beltrani which knotted the game at 2-2. However, Northwestern would answer just over three minutes later, capitalizing on a chaotic play right in front of the cage to come away with the 3-2 decision.
Northwestern finished with a 22-10 advantage in shots and led in penalty corners by a 16-6 margin.
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Blazing posted a career-high nine saves in the loss, while Maddy Carpenter totaled three saves for the visiting Wildcats.
"I thought we made some great adjustments in the second half and actually had a game in the second half," Bustin said. "I think they had their eyes opened up … This is a good lesson before we get into conference play that you've got to step it up like that every game from the first whistle."
The Blue Devils close their four-game homestand Sunday, Sept. 22 when they host non-conference foe Radford at 1 p.m. The match will be streamed live on GoDuke.com Inside Access.


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Diane Sawyer is giving up her hard-earned anchor chair on ABC "World News" desk in September to take another position in the organization.
After nearly five years on the job, Sawyer, 68, will be "stepping aside" to lead "new programming tackling big issues and extraordinary interviews," according to the announcement from ABC President James Goldston. She'll be replaced by David Muir, 40, who regularly substitutes for her.
Muir will become anchor and managing editor of "World News," starting Sept. 2.
In addition, ABC announced a new title for George Stephanopoulos. The anchor of "Good Morning America" and "This Week," will continue in those roles, but will also become Chief Anchor of ABC News, handling special reports and breaking news.
The departure of Sawyer means that, once again, broadcast television's evening news scene will be an all-male domain. Despite seeing ratings gains during Sawyer's tenure, ABC consistently finished second to NBC's Brian Williams in the Nielsen race.
In a statement released by ABC, Sawyer said, "After wonderful years at 'World News' I decided it is time to move to a new full time role at ABC News. I'll be joined by an incredible team of journalists dedicated to enterprise reporting, innovative approaches to breaking news and new ways of thinking about big issues and events around the world. I can't wait to continue bringing more of my specials to prime time and appearing on all ABC News broadcasts, as well. ..."
An ABC source told the New York Daily News that the Sawyer move was "entirely her decision."
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GS: Where are you from?
KF: I am originally from Fort Worth, Texas, but I have been living all around the U.S. since high school.
GS: What degree did you/will you receive and when?
KF: I am working towards my PhD in Biology right now, which I hope to receive in December of 2012.
GS: How long have you been at UAB?
I have been at UAB since the fall of 2008.
GS: What is your research?
KF: I study the symbiotic interactions between tropical marine sponges and microbial symbionts living within them. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse environments on earth, yet they thrive in extremely nutrient poor waters. Just as in corals, the ability of sponges to survive in these nutrient poor systems is due, in large part, to the formation of symbioses with microbes that, like plants, use the sun's energy. I am studying exactly what host sponges are gaining from these symbioses and what factors shape the formation and maintenance of these interactions across host species. A better understanding of these fundamental processes is important if we are to better predict how continued human-induced environmental change will impact Caribbean reefs.
GS: Why did you choose UAB for your graduate studies?
KF: I came to UAB to work with Dr. Robert Thacker. I had taken a sponge taxonomy and ecology class with Dr. Thacker in Panama in 2006 so I knew that we had similar interests. Although Birmingham is far from the ocean, Dr. Thacker had research projects going on throughout the Caribbean and had recently received a grant that required sponge collections from locations throughout the Caribbean, so it was a perfect fit.
GS: Have you received any awards or honors?
KF: 2012: Best Student Presentation and Adrian M Wenner Strong Inference Award in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
2011: Outstanding Doctoral Student, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2010: Best Ecology Poster at the World Sponge Conference in Girona, Spain
2010: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Short Term Fellowship
I was awarded the Best Student Presentation and Adrian M Wenner Strong Inference Award in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology for my talk titled "Determining the benefits of symbiosis: tracing the products of symbiont nitrogen and carbon metabolism to host sponges using incubations with enriched stable isotopes". The conference was held in Charleston, S.C. in early January. I was extremely happy to find out that I had been recognized with these awards at SICB. It shows me that my research was positively received and easily understood by fellow scientists.
GS: What has been your most rewarding experience at UAB?
KF: During my time at UAB, I have been privileged to conduct multiple field trips to the Bahamas, Panama, and Belize. In 2010 I was on a small Panamanian island for 3 months doing research. You learn a lot about yourself as a scientist when you are at a research station without your advisor, committee, or fellow graduate students.
GS: Who was your greatest influence here at UAB and why?
KF: Dr. Robert Thacker has given me the freedom to develop my own ideas and carry out my own research but has also always been there with helpful advice when I need it. His support and the Biology Department have provided me with all the necessary tools I have needed to succeed.
GS: What is your motivation in your academics/research?
KF: I have been following my interest in marine biology since I was very young. There is nothing else I would rather be doing.
GS: What are your plans after graduating and for the future?
KF: I am currently applying for postdoctoral positions in Florida and Washington, D.C. to continue my interest in coral reef ecology. I ultimately hope to have a faculty position at a university where I have a mix of teaching and research responsibilities.
GS: Is there anything else you would like to say?
KF: I would like to thank UAB and the Biology Department for providing me with everything I have needed to succeed.
Christopher's Advice for Other Graduate Students
Challenge yourself. Design your own research projects, form collaborations with scientists at other institutions, present at conferences, and travel to field stations or labs far away. This is the best time to develop those skills.


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Pro Soccer Star Comes Out - Then Retires
The world of football ("soccer" to Americans) has reacted with support from fans and players alike to a professional winger declaring on his blog that he is gay.
Much to the dismay of LGBT advocates and their allies, however, in the same blog, Robbie Rogers wrote that he would "step away. It's time to discover myself away from football," thus depriving the world's most popular sport of its first out-gay player.
"Secrets can cause so much internal damage," Rogers wrote. "People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple. Try explaining to your loved ones after 25 years you are gay. Try convincing yourself that your creator has the most wonderful purpose for you even though you were taught differently.
"I always thought I could hide this secret. Football was my escape, my purpose, my identity. Football hid my secret, gave me more joy than I could have ever imagined... I will always be thankful for my career. I will remember Beijing, The MLS Cup, and most of all my teammates. I will never forget the friends I have made a long the way and the friends that supported me once they knew my secret."
Rogers, 25, was born in California and played soccer at the University of Maryland. He first played professionally in the Netherlands in 2006. He then played for Columbus Crew, the Columbus, Ohio, Major League Soccer team.
Most recently, he went to the soccer-crazy United Kingdom, where has been affiliated with Leeds United, a team in the northern English city of Leeds. He played there for a short time before injuries derailed his career. His last team was Stevanage, a team in a county east of London. Rogers' most impressive appearances were with a confederation of players in North America, Central America and the Caribbean in FIFA, the governing body of the World Cup.
On Outsports, Jim Buzinski, wrote, I am still trying to process a 25-year-old stepping away from a sport he loves."
A column by Cyd Zeigler Jr. on Outsports maintained, as per the headline, that "Rogers' coming out shows the transformation of sports." Zeigler noted the outpouring of support for Rogers from players in the U.S. and Britain.
An article in Sports Illustrated made much the same point. "The coolest thing to see Friday was the outpouring of support for Rogers on Twitter from the U.S. soccer community," SI's soccer blogger, Gran Wahl, wrote, "from fans to media to a Who's Who of players including Carlos Bocanegra, Omar González, Sacha Kljestan, Stuart Holden, Ali Krieger, Oguchi Onyewu, Lori Lindsey, Heath Pearce, Benny Feilhaber and Kei Kamara.
An article in the Guardian, a national U.K. newspaper, had 238 comments, the overwhelming majority of them supporting Rogers. Many commenters bemoaned the fact that he apparently felt compelled to retire (at least temporarily).
"Sad that at 25 he is calling quits on his career," wrote "Captain Gray." "Seems a bit premature and I would speculate that the prejudices he has met might have had an impact, so doubly sad."
"I sincerely hope that a vigorous campaign is launched by the players, staff and fans at the Leeds and Stevenage clubs to publicly announce that he is welcome to stay and play for them," wrote another commenter, "stopthewars." "Come on Leeds and Stevange, this is your chance to show that anti-gay bigotry has no place in your clubs."
The BBC's report on Rogers quoted a senior official at FA, the British pro soccer organization, as saying that "the FA is trying to make contact with him offering our support.
"Whether Robbie stays in the game or steps away for a break he has our full backing."
Last year, the BBC reported, the FA launched a six-point action program to counter homophobia and transphobia. The head of the U.K. pro players' league told the Beeb, ""We do have players who've said that, while they are gay, they don't feel comfortable enough to come out."
"We know of players who are playing who are gay who've not had that confidence as yet," Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association said. "But, as the rest of the world becomes more civilised, hopefully that will come."
One prominent soccer blog site, Goal.com, wrote in an editorial pointedly titled, "Courageous Robbie Rogers doesn't owe us anything," "As Rogers came out, the American soccer culture also came out as one filled with tolerance and acceptance."
Rogers' next step has left many speculating. On his own blog, Rogers wrote how much he was enjoying living in London. Wahl wrote that he took a job at the British version of Men's Health, but The New York Times


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Point Value: 1
Side Attributes:
Can belong to the following sides: .
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Receives basic allotment of 1 new ACP per turn.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Is always immobile.
Hit Points (HP): 2. Recovers by 0.50 HP each turn.
Vanishes if in: false by default, true for water.
Can attack (ACP 2 by default, 0 vs block, wreck).
Can fire (1 ACP), at ranges up to 4.
Hit chances are 100% by default, 50% vs engineer platoon(g), security platoon, rifle platoon(g), SMG platoon(g), 0% vs minefield, wreck.
Hit chances if firing same as for regular combat.
Damage is 1 by default, 0 vs minefield, wreck.
Damages if firing same as for regular combat.
If attacked, ACP to defend is 2 vs all unit types.
Can capture (ACP 0 vs all unit types).
Chance to capture: 0% by default, 100% vs town.
Combat effectiveness as occupant is 0% by default, 100% in town, block, minefield, command post, MG, 45mm AT, 57mm AT, 76mm AT, 122mm AT, 76mm H, 82mm M (Mot), 82mm M, 120mm M(r), engineer platoon(r), recon platoon, rifle platoon(r), guards platoon, SMG platoon(r), cavalry, 50mm AT, 75mm AT, 88mm AT, 20mm F, 20mmQUAD F, 75mm H, 150mm H, 81mm M, 120mm M(g), engineer platoon(g), security platoon, rifle platoon(g), SMG platoon(g), wreck.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game if independent.
Not always seen even if terrain has been seen.
Occupants not seen even if unit has been seen.
Can see units up to 8 cells away.
Vision is line-of-sight.
Effective eye height is 2 in all terrain types.
Effective body height is 2 in all terrain types.
Chance to see if adjacent is 100% by default, 50% for minefield.
Chance to see in general is 100% by default, 0% for minefield.
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to vanish.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
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President Barack Obama wore a tan suit Thursday ... and the Internet exploded.
Good to see this country has its priorities straight. Then again, I write about Justin Bieber for a living.
Obama spoke Thursday at the White House, addressing military conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. And he did it in a tan suit, which is apparently some sort of big deal.
Can Republicans try impeaching him for that? We'll probably find out ...
"Obama's getting one more summer suit in before Labor Day," @nowthisnews tweeted.
Within 24 hours of Suitgate, there were 13,863 tweets about Obama's suit, according to Topsy, a social media analytics firm.
According to Newsday, multiple spoof Twitter accounts have already been created, including @BarackTanSuit, @ObamaTanSuit and @Obamas_Tan_Suit.
"The Audacity of Taupe," director of programming at Mic Jared Keller tweeted.
One member of Congress is supporting the president's fashion choice. "I see no problem with the suit," John Dingell (D-Mich.) tweeted, along with a photo of himself in a similar tan suit.
Yes, we tan. God bless America.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/tonyhicks67.


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Tricia Liston scored 36 points as the third-ranked Duke women's basketball team cruised past Shaw, 138-32, on Tuesday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium. On a night when Duke's stifling defense tallied 30 takeaways from the Bears, the Blue Devils were able to capitalize scoring 41 points off turnovers.DURHAM, N.C. – Junior
"Happy to see a nice, intense 40 minutes," said Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie. "I know it is an exhibition and I know that we had outmanned them, but we are still getting the rebounds and doing the things that you need to do as a team. Once you create those habits in an exhibition, you can duplicate them in a game."
Duke cracked open the game from the opening whistle when senior Allison Vernerey put away a layup just five seconds into the game. The Blue Devils pressured the Lady Bears causing four turnovers in the opening three minutes and continued the onslaught, scoring 30 unanswered points in the opening 10 minutes of play.
Shaw struggled with the aggressive Duke defense in the first half giving up 14 first half turnovers leading to 21 Blue Devils points. Liston, a native of River Forest, Ill., went eight of nine from the field in the first half including hitting five of six from beyond the three-point arc. Junior Haley Peters tallied a double-double in the first half with 11 points and 10 rebounds and junior Chelsea Gray dished out seven assists as Duke pressed on to earn a 72-18 lead at the halftime break.
According to Peters, the Blue Devils were focused on rebounding and defense entering the game.
"We watched the film of our Blue/White scrimmage and we talked about that," said Peters. "We wanted to correct things we didn't like from that film. Defense and rebounding were two of those things. Being more physical and dictating the tempo, pushing the ball, not walking the ball up the floor, I think we did a better job of that tonight. Just generally communicating, talking more with each other."
Duke opened the second half with a 17-8 run behind a trio of three pointers from Liston to put the Blue Devils up, 89-26. Liston continued her hot shooting in the second half and finished the game 13-of-15 from the floor and hitting seven of eight from long distance for 36 points.
"We were pushing it a lot in transition," said Liston. "There were times when it would swing all the way around the perimeter and I had a wide open shot. I think my teammates were looking for me and finding me in good spots. A couple of times, I had a trail three which coach was talking about, me playing the four, so that had me coming up from behind and getting good looks from there."
The Blue Devils continued to use their length to an advantage on the glass, out-rebounding the Lady Bears, 30-11, in the second half to give them a 72-26 edge in the game. With this rebounding edge, Duke was able to earn 34 second-chance points in the game.
Four Blue Devils finished the game with double-doubles including Liston who finished with 36 points and 12 rebounds, Allison Vernerey (15 points, 11 rebounds), Gray (20 points, 10 assists) and Peters (15 points, 18 rebounds).
"If you never get 18 rebounds like Haley did, then you have no idea what it is like to pull down 18 rebounds," said McCallie. "By having those experiences whether it is Tricia having 36 points, whether it is Tricia rebounds or Haley points, you just get used to productivity and I think that is very important. Again, it is an exhibition, pretty strong 40 minutes, some good things on film for us as well, and we'll get ready for Sunday."
On the game, the Blue Devils shot 57% from the floor and 57.9% from beyond the arc.
The No. 3 Blue Devils will next take the court on Nov. 4 against Queens in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 2:00 p.m. The match-up will be Duke's final exhibition before beginning the regular season on Nov. 17 against Presbyterian.
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ADRIAN — In the course of some 40 years in the body-shop business, Charlie Skeels has seen every kind of auto-body damage possible.
There are the collisions with other vehicles or with animals, of course. But then there are the more unusual cases as well.
Like the people who accidentally drive through their garage doors, for example. Or the customer whose vehicle was hit by a falling tree — as he was driving down the road.
"This time of year, it's a lot of car-deer (accidents)," Skeels said. "But we get all kinds."
Skeels and his son Chas own Skeels Auto Body, which has been in business for about five years now but recently moved into its own building with the purchase of the former Kelly's Body Shop. The business is located at 3750 S. Adrian Highway, Adrian.
The elder Skeels has been in the auto-body business since 1973, owning his own shop for several years and then in 1982 going to work for Mann Motors, where for a while he managed both the body shop and the service department. Chas followed in his father's footsteps by completing the Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center collision-repair program and working at Mann's as a co-op student.
When the dealership closed, the duo purchased its body-shop equipment and went into business for themselves.
Skeels said he has always enjoyed doing auto-body work, as does his son.
"It's not quite an art, but it's fun," he said. For one thing, body work — whether it's repairing dents, major collision work, paint jobs or doing rust repair, which is one of the things the shop offers that many other places don't — allows the technician to see the results of the repair. And Skeels also enjoys the people he's gotten to know over his years in the business, from the customers to the insurance agents and adjusters.
"I've made a lot of friends," he said.
And he's proud of the fact that these customers and insurance professionals have a great level of trust in the work he and his son do. Indeed, most of the business in their busy shop comes from either repeat customers or from people who have had the shop recommended to them.
The secret to the father-and-son team's success is fairly simple. "We're honest with people," he said. And, he added, he and Chas understand that the whole idea of dealing with the aftermath of a collision can be hard on people.
"We try to walk (customers) through it," he said. "People get so attached to their cars that we try to make it as easy and smooth as possible."
Skeels Auto Body is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturdays by appointment. The shop's phone number is 265-8414.
This article was written based on information provided by the business.
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News..Exclusives..Relationships..Everything You Need To Know & YES The Word of God
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Meet Banky W's Mother and Lil Brother
64 comments:
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 23:49
Wow! His momma is beautiful! Can see where he got his good looks from. Is she full Nigerian?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 23:50
awwwww....so cute...#tjenny saysReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 January, 2013 23:50
Wow! Dey are cuteReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 00:13
Is Banky bi-racial?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 00:37
Shetttt mehn his brother is toooo fine. And his mum is BEAUTIFULReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 01:24
Beautiful mother!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 01:41
Awwwwww. Cute. Lil Bro looks like Mum. God bless them and my family tooReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 01:42
Lovely. Is his mum mixed race?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 01:42
Awwwwww. Cute. Lil Bro looks like Mum. God bless them and my family tooReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 03:12
WOW, She's gorgeousReplyDelete
- HisFlyness06 January, 2013 06:58
Am i d 1st 2 comment?? Beautiful piple...niceReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 10:07
We don't do this here so fuck off.Delete
- HisFlyness06 January, 2013 10:31
Well Fuck u too He-Bitch n mind ur fuckin business dis year! R u a learner?? Anonymous g-string-----» (˘⌣˘┌П┐Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 11:05
This just cracked me up.Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 14:23
Lwkmd ooooo!Ladun u gat some crazy pple that comment on this ur blog.....cant stop laughingDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 18:48
Hisflyness must be a toddler in his pram. go back there and sleep. baby. Now Ladun give the baby a big slap for not being first. Idiot.Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 18:49
You are the learner for saying first. You are so dumb so let me tell you comments are screened so if you read and see no comment and make a comment you aren't the first. i forgot you are still a toddler so too dumb to realize. Heifer.Delete
- HisFlyness06 January, 2013 21:06
Aww did must rili hurt cos ur speech came 4rm d deepest part of ur hateful heart..I call dis enterPAINment!! Now gladly n slowly kill urslf! U won't b missed!! Idiotaaa!!!Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 22:32
Only if you could spell. Ignorant and illiterate toddler. It's a new year and you are telling someone you don't know to go and die? You must be from ALUU. The land of murderers. What a sick demonic evil ogre you are. You should have been aborted. You are a waste of life and it would have been cheaper for the whore of a mum who birthed you to do that. Come back and i'm ready for you. Animal.Delete
Hey kids! kids! go easy on yourselves, no point fighting over nothing. @hisflyness I was †̥ђε̲̣̣̣̥ first to comment and I wasn't given a trophyDelete
Mnnnn.....So much hate! Let there be love!Delete
Cute family :D awwwwww ***ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 07:41
So banky na only yu carry dis ur head for ur family ni? Oga o...btw cute bro and cutest mum,#trippingthings#...yu cute too tho,buh....love the hatReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 11:34
Have you seen his father's head? Abi were you expecting to get that Head from a woman?Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 11:42
Have you seen his father's head? Abi were you expecting to get that Head from a woman?Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 16:17
Bhuahahah I laffed si damn hard at dis.Delete
- happy Yoruba bunny06 January, 2013 07:59
So where DD Banky got his big head from? His mom and kid bro so cuteReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 08:01
His brother is fine o, me likey!ReplyDelete
- Yorker06 January, 2013 08:51
She's stunning beautiful....˚☺k° !,it actually runs in D̶̲̥̅̊ family....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 09:02
He got it after a tumour removal and treatment from his head, so stop abusing him. People should find out things before making remarks. His mom is from Calabar and his dad is yoruba.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Fatimah06 January, 2013 10:47
The tumour was in the shoulder region not the head. The hair loss is most probably a result of chemotherapy.Delete
Cute family, Hot momma! You can't be too sure of the shape of his brother's head till he cuts all his hair because when Banky had hair, it was impossible to tell his head would look like this clean-shaven.
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 11:41
Stop this your usual rant about Banky getting his head shape as an aftermath of Cancer/tumor surgery. Its not true. Perople have funny shapes of heads naturally and its not a bad thingDelete
Fatima, he has thick eyebrows so your Chemotherapy theory doesn't add up. If the cancer is gone, he's stopped Chemo
- Ginika06 January, 2013 18:56
Fatimah is right about the tumour and chemotherapy which happened in the past. The hair all grows back. Facial hair most often grows back perfectly but hair on the head doesn't always. I think for him he has just decided to keep this style because if he lets his hair grow back there may be an airport in the middle!Delete
Too fine!! Love their polished look. Fatimah, howdy?
- Fatimah06 January, 2013 21:53
Good as always. Shooting for awesomeness this year :-)Wishing you same.Delete
*dead* @ airport in the middle! Methinks there is a way the hair can be cut to avoid the landing pad issues.Tehehehehe
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 09:04
Beautiful familyReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 09:06
I likeReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 09:08
Handsome boboReplyDelete
aaaw....How Adorable....ReplyDelete
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i didn't know his hair loss was a result of a medical treatment o,i ll stop making fun of it from now henceforth but i must admit he is a really good sport with the way he responds to the banters on twitter …ReplyDelete
i have always respected the guy's musical entrepreneurial skills for the way he used a small minute 15minutes of fame he got from his rendition of umbrella to build one of the strongest recording families..compared to the likes of eldee,2face,don jazzy e.t.c he has not had as much experience yes he is shoulder to shoulder with them and running things smoothly you hardly hear of fights or conflicts in his camp considering the age of his artistes fair play to him…
if davido knows whats good for him he should sign a management only contract with this guy his career will go through the roofReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 16:15
Ahn ahn, Oga, were you not the same person advising Wizkid to leave Banky the parasite? now you are saying Davido should sign with him? Eyin aiyeee onirun labe ahon. I fraid and shake for una!Delete
i am the same one o,and personally i won't group wizkid and davido in the same category…like i said then wizkid is ready to blow up internationally and i said what he needs is a manager who can and management who can expose him tot eh international market because he is ready for the market banky w cannot take him to that level…davido on the other hand is strictly a local champion who still has a very long way to go in conquering the nigerian market before even thinking of overseas..he is immature,not organised and this shows in his management even with the asika boy in charge so he needs a mature,educated exposed,proper management to take care of his affairs leaving him room and time to act his foolishnessDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 18:04
luca calling somebody immmature..smhDelete
sorry o,i withdraw my comments davido is as wise as king solomon happy?Delete
On Davido matter, i agree with Luca fully and completely. He needs to grow up fast!Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 14:32
God blessed this family all round too much.ReplyDelete
Cute family...they don't aven look Nigerian. BeautifulReplyDelete
I read a similar story of Banky WHere
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 15:19
O ga fun Luca yi sha. Abeg, go and learn how to use punctuation if u must subject us to ur long epistles. Haba! No full stop, no comma, no capital letters.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 15:33
Who asked you for the sermon? Nawa ooo no be Im family ladun put here or she put Im biography?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 15:40
Banky definitely looks like his mum wif d round face nd all...cute familyReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 16:53
She does look like one of them Ibru clan. nd that name Wellington doesn't sound naija atol. Beautiful family...ReplyDeleteReplies
i believe many calabar-efik have overwhelmingly british and scottish sounding namesDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 20:02
Hian! Wellington, his father is a Yoruba man. He's not bearing his mother's nameDelete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 21:03
did he say he was bearing his dad's name. you have to be smart to understand what he posted. lol.Delete
- Zinnia06 January, 2013 23:33
When I was in school, I used to know a babe whose surname was Wellington and she's Yoruba but it didn't occur to me to ask her if she was related to Banky W.Delete
my own comment was generally answering the enquiry about names not tracing his genealogyDelete
- Laduns biggest fan06 January, 2013 19:03
Lovely picture and family.ReplyDelete
Southern Nigerians bear English names. Let's start in Lagos State right in the Brazilian Quarters! Macaulay, Thomas, Smith, Moore etc. Even Middle Belt/North Central people like David Mark! LOL!!Replies
- Anonymous07 January, 2013 01:26
exactly ... people need a social studies and african history refresher course ....Delete
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 20:50
Am I the only one that can't ignore the obvious? Why is his brother wearing lipstick and foundation? I have checked and double-checked; that little boy is wearing make-up. Where do they do that in Lagos? That's just straight-up gay.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous06 January, 2013 21:04
pink lips is now lipstick. get out e jo. you must be gay to be looking for your type.Delete
Can't stop laughing @ "are you a learner"? Ladun, your anons ehn...saiiiii!!! Lmao with tears in my eyes. Thank God for Banky's life. He has a beautiful family.ReplyDelete
Ladun baby!!! I have missed you even though you've fashied my side. I wish yourself and your readers a Happy New Year and God's blessings.
Much love,
Lady Boss. Xoxoxoxo
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Can't stop laughing @ "are you a learner"? Gosh...Ladun's crazy anons haven't changed! Woyo oh! Una no go break my waist with laughter mbok! Saiiiii!!! Lmao and crying at the same time!!!ReplyDelete
Ladun baby!!! I've missed you oh even though you've fashied my side :)
Wishing yourself and your readers a Happy New Year and God's blessings.
Much love,
Lady Boss. Xoxoxoxo
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 10:09
Banky and siblings post is true message to those who had forgotten the song 'sweet mother!'ReplyDelete


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Forest Lake policing could remain cut from city budget
While boating at Forest Lake may be out of the question until the weather warms up, the Kirksville City Council debated Monday whether to continue paying for a Kirksville Police officer to patrol the lake during the busier spring and summer months, an enforcement effort that had been cut during the budget process.
The cost for renting and maintaining the boat out at Forest Lake in Thousand Hills Park was estimated at about $5,100. That cost was cut from KPD's budget but Council discussed whether the enforcement and police presence at the lake was worth the additional expense.
"The officer who did the patrols in the past believes there is a value for it," City Manager Mari Macomber told the Council during its study session Monday. "At the time, we were looking to make the budget work."
Previously, a KPD officer had been on lake patrol for about 40 hours a week mostly during the summer and focusing on the weekend for about 10 hours a day.
Kirksville Police Chief Jim Hughes called the practice "longstanding" and noted that without the boat, police response on the city-owned lake could be impaired.
Hughes did note that in the past year, the officer had made 11 official actions such as issuing citations for boating violations but that generally boating while intoxicated incidents were not routine.
"But the officer will issue a lot of verbal warnings, whether it's not putting a flag up while the skier is in the water or not doing what they're supposed to do," Hughes said.
The Council expressed a desire to continue the practice with Macomber laying out potential funding options including raising boat permit fees at the lake or the possibility of healthier revenues boosting the budget. Council will likely be presented with options and make a final decision at a later meeting.


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Judy Guth doesn't care if you have great references, pay your rent on time, or are as quiet as a mouse.
Without a dog or cat, you're not getting one of her cherished apartments that come with new carpeting — in lieu of a security deposit — for an extra $100 a month.
When it's paid off — usually in about a year — the carpeting is yours. If you decide to move, which few people do, you can take it with you. Nobody ever has, though.
Most of Judy's tenants in her 12-unit apartment house have lived there over a decade — a few more than two. If a pet dies, she takes the tenant to the animal shelter to adopt a new one. It's either that or move.
No pet, no apartment. Those are the ground rules at Judy's place.
"This is the first I've heard of a landlord renting to only people with pets," says Terri Shea, operations manager of the 3,000-member Apartment Association of Southern California Cities, based in Long Beach.
People have accused her of discrimination, and maybe she is biased, Judy says. But she doesn't care.
"My experience has told me you get people with a lot of love in their hearts when you get pet owners," she says.
A spokesperson for the L.A. City Attorney's Office says there is nothing in the law that prohibits someone from refusing to rent to people with or without pets.
The Federal Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, familial status, and disability, but pets are given a pass.
Discriminate away.


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Boy Scouts' Gay Policy Review Has Right-Wing in Frenzy
Gay rights activists and their allies may be ecstatic at the news that, after years of controversy including a Supreme Court decision, the Boy Scouts of America are going to reconsider their policy that excludes gay boys as scouts and adult gay men (and lesbians) as leaders.
It will probably not come as a surprise to readers that, as happy as liberal and civil rights groups were, those on the opposite side of the political spectrum -- along with the religious right -- were equally unhappy. Their leaders, pundits and media personalities didn't waste any time in slamming the organization's announcement.
The comments ranged from dire predictions of the end of the scouting movement (conveniently forgetting the Girl Scouts have been gay- and trans-friendly for years and are thriving) to this harking to the Republic ending in fire and brimstone (again!). Overall, they more or less took the same tone, that predators would be let loose on boys in troop meetings and scout camps; that gay or questioning boys would prey on their helpless fellow scouts; and that church groups would forbid scouts from meeting in their facilities.
Soon after media outlets reported the BSA's decision, the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, who has not shied away from vocalizing his anti-gay opinions in the past, took to Twitter for a string of execrations regarding the news. Here are a few nuggets: "Jerry Sandusky is now the poster boy for the Boy Scouts of America," referring to the serial child molester who was a coach at Penn State University and is now in jail under multiple sentences.
Another read, "BSA under tremendous financial strain. Coffers depleted fighting Big Gay in court, Verizon, Google ending matching funds," in which he actually may have stumbled on truth. Finally this analogy, "A homosexual does not belong in the same tent with young boys any more than a man belongs in a tent full of Girl Scouts" (forgetting that many men co-serve as Girl Scout troop leaders).
On his Internet radio show, he fulminated, "This is just unbelievable to me. This is a suicide mission on the part of the Boy Scouts. They're done. They're toast. They're history. We know that homosexuals offend against children at roughly ten times the rate that heterosexuals offend against young children. There is a risk there - it's just insanity that they are relaxing the standard."
Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, accused the Scouts of "abandoning their historic values. The Boy Scouts of America board would be making a serious mistake to bow to the strong-arm tactics of LGBT activists and open the organization to homosexuality," he said, as quoted on the blogsite Right Wing Watch. "What has changed in terms of the Boy Scouts' concern for the well-being of the boys under their care? Or is this not about the well-being of the Scouts, but the funding for the organization?"
Last year, FRC launched a boycott against UPS because the company decided to stop corporate funding to the BSA over its anti-gay policy. (UPS stock has been trading steadily since then.)
"The mission of the Boy Scouts is 'to instill values in young people' and 'prepare them to make ethical choices,' and the Scout's oath includes a pledge 'to do my duty to God' and keep himself 'morally straight,'" Perkins said about the reconsideration of the policy. "It is entirely reasonable and not at all unusual for those passages to be interpreted as requiring abstinence from homosexual conduct."
Several right-wing commenters on various sites have been making much of the "morally straight" wording in the Boy Scout oath. They omit the fact that the oath was written over 100 years ago, when "straight" only meant "upright" and had no reference to sexual preference or identity.
On Monday, the Associated Press reported BSA's spokesman Deron Smith as saying,
"the Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents," which means decisions about admitting gay Scouts and troop leaders would be made locally, not dictated by the National Council. He told USA Today that the rule change is currently only "under discussion" and "would allow the religious, civic or educational organizations that oversee and deliver Scouting to determine how to address this issue"; presumably meaning that churches could lean on local councils by threatening to withhold their facilities.
Still, Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, warned USA Today that the new rules would be "nothing less than disastrous," which may have been a veiled warning that the Southern Baptists, one of the primary groups that provide meeting places for the Scouts, would withdraw its support.
Richard Land, the editor of the Christian Post who also leads the Southern Baptist Convention's political arm, spoke with a top Southern Baptist, who did not want to be identified, about the BSA's possible new rules,
"It boggles my mind to think the BSA would make such a move," the executive in the Southern Baptist Convention told the Christian news site. "If they have counted the cost of this decision in terms of relationships and numbers, then I believe they have miscalculated that cost."
WND (formerly World Net Daily) predictably published a column in which Linda Harvey described in salacious detail how "new policy introduces homosexual attraction into the troop environment where previously sex separation kept that complication out of the character development of these young men. She then gave the examples of a troop leaders, 25, and scout, 14; two scouts, 14 and 12; two troop leaders.
Harvey went on to complain that scouts who didn't like the new hedonism of the group would be bullied in school -- a rather odd turn on the bullying that usually goes on against kids perceived to be gay. "Once again," she wrote, "children are sacrificed on the altar of progressive values."


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Historic Association names preservation award honoreesBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader April 09. 2013 10:49PM
MANCHESTER - The bell-towered alumni hall at Saint Anselm College, a block of center-city apartments and the supposedly retired Union Leader photographer George Naum are three of the 10 recipients of this year's Historic Preservation Awards, the city's main historic preservation organization announced.
Other recipients include Public Service of New Hampshire, which will be honored for its leadership and legacy; Attorney Cathy Green, who will receive the neighborhood preservation award for maintaining the integrity of her 764 Chestnut Street office; and Megan and Stephen Cairns, for designing a historically-sensitive addition to their 2451 Elm Street home.
"We really try to balance it out so we have a variety of honorees," said Aurore Eaton, executive director of the Manchester Historic Association. "It shows a variety of wonderful historic preservation activities that are taking place in this city."
The award winners are scheduled to be feted at the 21st Annual Historic Preservation Awards Dinner, scheduled for April 17 at the Center of New Hampshire-Radisson Hotel. The $75-a-plate event usually draws about 250 people and is one of the biggest fundraisers for the Manchester Historic Association.
Former Union Leader columnist John Clayton is the honorary chair for the event.
Ed Brouder, a local historian, educator and a former radio broadcaster, will be master of ceremonies. Music will be provided by the Michael Shaughnessy Trio.
Naum worked as a photographer with the Union Leader for 45 years, capturing about 50,000 images of the city and state from the 1950s to the 1980s. He also volunteers at the Historic Association.
"It's a big surprise," Naum said about the award. He remembers being ordered by a former city editor to clean out a room filled with negatives. He contacted the Historic Association, which quickly hauled them away.
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Other honorees are:
--Stewardship Award, St. Anselm College. For preserving Alumni Hall, the college's main administration building. It was completed in 1893, and a bell tower was added in 1912.
-- Neighborhood Improvement Award, Elm Grove Companies. For the rehabilitation of Allyson Apartments, 307 Merrimack St. The circa 1889 Victorian apartment building includes ornate columns at the entryways and the decorative brackets on the roof overhang. Original wood siding was preserved in a recent remodeling.
--Leadership and Advocacy Award, Public Service of New Hampshire. For efforts that support the preservation of Manchester's history. For many decades the company has maintained historical properties and natural landscapes in the city.
-- Homeowner's Award, Carter A. Beck. For care of the 1916 home at 1153 Union St. The striking Federal-Revival style house was built in 1916 by prominent architect C. R. Whitcher.
--Stewardship Award, Amoskeag Terrace Condominium Association. For care of Amoskeag Manufacturing Company townhouses built 1915-1916, the last worker housing built by the company.
--Neighborhood Preservation Award, Attorney Cathy J. Green. For care of the Africa Family home at 764 Chestnut St. The eclectic late Victorian-era home was built in 1902 as the home of business leader Walter G. Africa and his family.
--Design Award, Megan and Stephen Cairns. For the historically-sensitive addition to the north side of their 2451 Elm St. home.
--City Landmark Award, Brookside Congregational Church. For the historical and architectural significance of the church property. Dedicated in 1960, the soaring Colonial-Revival Brookside Congregational Church building provides a new and gracious home that replaced the aging Franklin Street Church downtown.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Bowyer Steals Biffle's Thunder
The theme of this week where TV is concerned might simply be "expect the unexpected." This Week In NASCAR on SPEED has worked hard all year to make itself into a program that fans can once again enjoy.
This Monday, TWIN had a very unexpected pleasure. Loudon winner Greg Biffle was on the panel with Michael Waltrip and host Steve Byrnes. Biffle had been struggling and this was going to be a great moment for him on SPEED. Then, a strange thing happened. His name was Clint Bowyer.
After a brief conversation with both Biffle and Waltrip about the weekend, Byrnes normally turns to the race highlights and the fun begins. This week, Byrnes introduced a two-segment feature on Clint Bowyer. Fans first saw Bowyer at the NASCAR media day in New York City and then a second segment aired following Bowyer through his weekend in Loudon.
It was not until twenty minutes into the program that Biffle and Waltrip finally got to participate in their own show. This was especially ironic because once again the pre-recorded segments really took the momentum out of the episode. A panelist had actually won the first Chase race and TWIN viewers had just spent a long time watching a feature about Clint Bowyer.
Byrnes led the team through the highlights and Biffle talked about a lot of interesting topics where Roush-Fenway Racing was concerned. Changes on the pit crew and sharing his set-up with Carl Edwards for the race were two good notes. Once the highlights were over, the gang was back in good spirits but thirty minutes of the show was now gone.
A shot-in-the-arm for this Monday was the second appearance of Humpy Wheeler. His pre-recorded monologue about Bob Bahre and Bruton Smith was something only veteran NASCAR fans could understand and this was the right place for it. The NASCAR Media Group should have fun expanding and working on Wheeler's role in this show. Hopefully, he will return for 2009.
Waltrip had fun with the Truck highlights and that is exactly what the series needed. An taped interview with Ron Hornaday should have been included, especially after what Hornaday dealt with during the week before he dominated and won the race.
The two veterans on the set then talked about Dover. It was very informative and showed exactly why this show fills a void. Waltrip was fun and entertaining even as Biffle added the facts about today's racing at the Monster Mile. The panel had a good feeling that Biffle might have a shot at making it two in a row.
A look back at the 2007 Dover race was well-edited and showed-off once again what The NASCAR Media Group does best. Reminding viewers of what is coming up next by using the images and sound from the media coverage of the event has been a trademark of NMG.
It still is not clear why the Bowyer segments were in this show or even what they meant. Biffle should have been front-and-center and the highlights from Loudon should have lead the program. After a long battle this year to show the race review before any other program features, it certainly was an interesting call to change the order this week.
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33 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I didn't get this, either.
You have winner of the race right on the set...and you introduce taped pieces about another driver, who did NOT win, instead of talking with Biffle?
TWIN looks like they've been taking "story" lessons from ESPN, and now we see what happens when the story changes.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- Erik said...
This show still is somewhat of an enigma to me. It leaves me scratching my head on the decisions they've made at times.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
The Bowyer segment should have been after the review - before the preview. Odd.#$%^ style. Please Speed this IS NOT the bandwagon to jump on!
I really enjoyed tonights show otherwise. Humpy is just so informative, in the most casual way.
Good not to forget the sports past.
Liked the CTS was covered. Mikey had it - at some point when fighting ya gotta realize the officials are there & give it up.
Lots of hard penalties out of that one. I too, wish they had an interview w/Ron.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Lou said...
Enjoyed the segment with Humpy Wheeler. A nice look back and then to the present. Hope he will be a constant on the show in the future.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Mindy said...
Didn't TWiN have a segment on Bowyer last week too? A little too much Bowyer. Move to the next Chaser.
I thought the show was good. With Biffle's win and MWR running better everyone seemed energized this week, they looked excited for the next race.
Liked the Humpy addition too.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
The Bowyer piece was shot last week (before the race) in NYC. If NASCAR knew then that Biffle was going to win I am sure they would have picked to shot him.
It is not a simple task to just decide to tape a driver and in takes a big effort to put something like that together.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
But part of producing a good show is to be able to throw out what you have planned and change it when the circumstances change.
What happend tonight on TWIN was just plain lazy.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 10:10PM,
So what was it doing in this show? That is what I don't understand. It's nice they taped Clint in NYC and with his folks. What does that have to do with this show and Biffle winning in Loudon?
It seems that because NASCAR does not have any long-form programming on TV anymore during the week, they forced this into this SPEED show. I have to admit, I completely did not get the point.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Tracy said...
I had the feeling they'd done the Bowyer piece a while ago, anticipating he might win at Loudon. Then he had such a great practice run, they probably put the piece into the lineup without qualms.
Biffle showed a lot of class, especially in congratulating MW on his teams' improvements, as well as pointing out Reutimann's name on the driver's handouts for last week, showing DR led the most laps in Richmond.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
It's truly a shame that Biffle wasn't allowed to "shine" in his victory :(.
The Bowyer segment would have been perfect for The Chase is On but they did away with that :(. Of course with 12 you can't do one a week, but it's good to highlight some of the guys and see what they're up to :) away from the track.
I really enjoyed the Humpy segment as well! I really hope it continues next year! The stories he can tell :).
I also would have liked to see some comments from Grampa. I thought Steve was trying to open the door at one point, but no one walked through.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
I understand they filmed this specifically for this week's show, but couldn't they have shown it in the back end instead of in the first thirty minutes of the show?
That probably would have eliminated any of these comments and questions.
- September 15, 2008 at 11:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Maybe after saturday.everyone thought clint was a lock for the win. The script was written. just like espn, and you don't change the script, no matter what happens in the race.
Did anyone else notice, that MW did not mention all of his sponsors, or even toyoto when talking about his three cars.
- September 16, 2008 at 12:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
@Anon1127 - I agree if they had put it anywhere after the review I doubt many would have said a word. Some one would have - but not many
- September 16, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- NorCalFan said...
Enough of Boywer already. I agree that segment should have been shown after the review of the Loudon race because it took the focus away from Biffle's win. And for what purpose?? I'm guessing Waltrip also has heard and seen more than enough of Bowyer since their incident at Bristol.
I enjoy Humpy's segments since he tells interesting stories about NASCAR that aren't commonly known even to the dedicated fan. Also liked Mikey's comments on the history of Dover's track surface.
IMO the show has evolved from being absolutely annoying to watch due to the preview coming before the review to actually being enjoyable to watch even though there's the occasional hiccup (like tonight).
It would even be better with 3 panelists.
- September 16, 2008 at 12:21 AM
- Dot said...
@ Norcalfan, I agree with you. I was going to say the same thing about Mikey in regards to Bowyer.
I thought Greg was so much fun tonight. He needs to win more often. It really loosens him up.
@ Jo, I hope that the TWIN producers aren't jumping on that band wagon either. But I agree, if it was already in the can, what could they do? Mikey made a comment about just because you "win" practice, doesn't mean you're going to win the race. I got a hint of a dig there.
- September 16, 2008 at 12:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
I was totally confused by all the Bowyer coverage at the brginning of the show. It's as if after he dominated practice that TWIN put those clips together anticipating a win and used the footage even when he didn't win???? The Kyle sway bar discussion was really lame. Byrnes asked how that could happen, and just like a politician,Waltrip talked for five minutes without answering the question of how a heim joint could break. Biffle didn't help. He suggested a bolt fell out???? So that's how it broke? Not a great TWIN!
- September 16, 2008 at 5:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
The thinking behind the segment on Boyer is really pretty transparent . These shows never miss an opportunity to stir the pot . Waltrip was sandbagged by a segment on Boyer , and the shows' producer sat back and waited for the nasty comments to begin . But oh darn , Waltrip didn't take the bait . The huge glut of NASCAR themed shows has forced each one to do anything they can think of to one up the others . This time it backfired .
- September 16, 2008 at 6:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
Bowyer? Who is Bowyer? Congrats Biff on a great race and good job Mikey for being a class act. Besides the piece on that other guy, hmmm can't recall his name, the show was informative, funny and loved Humpy Wheeler, what interesting stories he has to tell.
- September 16, 2008 at 7:19 AM
- Lisa Hogan said...
The Bowyer video just seemed to be weird in the placement in this show.
Otherwise, I enjoyed the show. Really laughed when Biffle looked into the camera and did the eyebrow wiggle. :)
- September 16, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- Newracefan said...
I was also a little confused about the CB piece placement and it threw the guys off initially. Loved the Humpy piece it's a nice addition. Overall not as much fun as I thought it would be with Biff "the race winner" right there but there have been worse.
- September 16, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Didn't Bowyer win Loudon last year?
Kinda wondering if he wasn't getting defending race winner treatment and the fact that the piece could only have been shot during the NYC Chase media blitz, they chose the driver of the Jack Daniel's car to get back to their "homespun, just folks" fan base. I could see a Bowyer piece airing the week before Kansas, but they at the least should have put it somewhere else in the show after giving Biffle his proper due for drawing first blood in the Chase. Let him give the viewers his mindset as it would be his first time to tell his story in a non hat-dance manner.
- September 16, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
What ever happened to the weekly Chase related show that Carl Edwards co-hosted on SPEED? That was much better than any of their lifestyle trash. SPEED is worthless. NASCAR needs to go elsewhere if that is the kind of treatment they get by the leading motorsports specialty network not willing lift a finger and promote the sport during the week.
- September 16, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- Ziggy said...
When they came out of a commerical break there at the beginning of the show & SB started the lead in for the CB segment I had to look at the clock thinkin I fell asleep. Honest to God I did fall asleep after that & missed the remainder of the telecast.
Thumbs down to the producers.
- September 16, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
The part of the CB piece with his parents had aired before. I hazily remember it being shown at last year's awards banquet, but I could be wrong. I know that I have seen it before.
- September 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- Sophia said...
WOW! Sorry to see this show is being produced by the person that puts things backwards and kills the momentum. I am STUNNED to read this review after the show FINALLY IMPROVED with a REVIEW First and then the preview.
Thanks for telling me what I missed. Imay skip this show as well.
Hurricane Ike winds made it to Ohio sunday and knocked out power for MILLIONS!! and lost power for 48 hrs, stores closed, nobody went to work or school on monday..this 'wind storm' happened during a SUNNY day) and I listened to the the last part of the race on radio on PRN. Those guys got so excited.
at this point reading here (Haven't even done the race comments yet) I am glad I missed the monday night shows...but I am sorry I missed Biffle on VL and the SPEED sun night shows.
Hope all are safe in the heavy part of the storm.
- September 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Dot said...
@ Lisa Hogan,
I wanted to mention GBs eyebrow wiggle in my post too, but I couldn't think of what to call it. Thanks.
- September 16, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Matt Carey said...
I was a fan on the Bowyer segment, especially because I was in it, interviewing Clint Bowyer!
- September 16, 2008 at 1:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
@Matt - I didn't DISLIKE the segment, just where it was placed.
BTW Nice job. Wish placement in the show was better thought out.
- September 16, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 8:56PM,
"The Chase Is On" is not being produced this season by SPEED.
Carl Edwards lives in MO and the logistics did not work with him down the stretch.
SPEED chose not to replace him with another driver and continue the program. Imagine that.
- September 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- Sophia said...
Ok, all I could watch this week was the TWIN "Bonus" content on NASCAR.com.
LMAO, it was a fun clip. What Mikey said about himself at the end of PRICELESS!! Hope y'all heard it.
- September 16, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- Karen said...
I couldn't find it earlier this evening but checked again thanks to your post and it was funny.
- September 17, 2008 at 12:27 AM
- Dot said...
Just got back from watching the TWIN clip. OMG. You gotta love Mikey. Too funny.
- September 17, 2008 at 12:42 AM
- Lou said...
JD, although I do look at the clips on TWIN on NASCAR.com, I did not look at the latest one after watching the show. But after reading the previous 3 comments, I just had to go there. And they are correct.... Just too funny and enjoyable. I hope Mike, Greg and Steve enjoyed it as much as we did.
- September 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM


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William Elliott Whitmore Bio (2011)
A man armed only with a banjo and a bass drum can be a formidable force, especially if his name is William Elliott Whitmore. On the new Anti- Records album FIELD SONGS, Whitmore uses this two-instrument attack to go straight to the source, leaving no doubt where he comes from. William comes from the land, growing up on a farm in Lee County, Iowa, at the southeastern tip of the state, between the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers. "It's some of the most fertile land in the world," Whitmore proudly proclaims. Still living on the same farm today, Whitmore has truly taken the time to discover where his center lies. From that he will not be moved. With his powerful voice and honest approach he makes his claim, and when the eight tracks that make up FIELD SONGS end there is no doubt this is someone who will be heard.
Where he comes from says a lot about where William Elliott Whitmore is going. Whitmore's father played the guitar and his mother the accordion; both grandparents were also musicians, and he never had to go far to discover great new music. "My parents' record collection was amazing and inspiring," Whitmore remembers. "It included everything from the country music of Charlie Pride and Willie Nelson to the soulful music of Ray Charles and Leon Russell. We used to listen to them and sing along loudly." Around 15 or 16 when his hands finally got big enough to go around the guitar neck he started strumming some chords and writing lyrics. He hasn't looked back since.
Still, there was hard work to be done while the music settled inside him. Carpentry, shoveling horse manure, working on a farm where they raised wild birds: it filled Whitmore's days until he found himself living in Iowa City and watching other professional musicians ply their trade. After attending a few local punk rock and hardcore shows Whitmore quickly grew interested in the music, lifestyle and DIY culture that surrounded this scene. It wasn't long before he would hit the road with a friend's hardcore band, playing his folk songs in between the band's sets. "It was just weird enough to work," he laughs now. "I found out how to be an entertainer and get the audience's attention. It taught me a lot."
The new century was beginning and the Iowan saw a large musical playing field opening in front of him. Soon the Chicago-based Southern Records label offered Whitmore a three-album deal. Extensive touring ensued as he left an undeniable mark on any audience he could get in front of. As word spread, Whitmore developed many friends in high places, sharing the stage with such diverse acts as The Pogues, Clutch, Murder By Death and Converge to name a few. His willingness to take his show to any playing field proved to be invaluable as he turned strangers into diehards with every performance.
Eventually the noise that Whitmore was making found its way to Anti- Records' Andy Kaulkin, who instantly knew he wanted the artist on his label. "I got a call on the farm from Andy," Whitmore says. "I don't know how he found me; I'm not even listed in information. I was out chopping wood and my uncle said I had a call from a record company. Anti- plucked me out of the cornfield." His first Anti- Records album, ANIMALS IN THE DARK," was released in 2009 and met critical acclaim. Rooted in bluegrass, blues and folk protest music, there was an instant recognition that a new voice had arrived to the masses. The stripped-down sound of the songs was right in sync with William Elliott Whitmore's view of the world and what needed to be said. Further touring with City and Color, Frank Turner and Chris Cornell provided a bigger platform to gain attention.
It also left open the door to the starker and striking world of FIELD SONGS, something the singer felt he had to do. "FIELD SONGS is a record that's meant to be listened to all the way through," he says. "It's really one song, cut into eight parts that hopefully places the listener on the front porch with me. The story has a beginning, a middle and an end, just like a working day."
It's a record that honors the long tradition of folk music, while allowing Whitmore's punk, rock, blues and soul influences to shine through. The opening track, "Bury Your Burdens in the Ground," immediately takes the listener into the feeling of being alone on the land, and the realization that the past can not be changed, so rather than dwell on your mistakes, let go of your regrets. It also stakes out the singer's claim to make music on his own terms. The passion and power in his voice is one that can be felt at long distances, and is unmistakably Whitmore's own.
The album's title song stands as the anthem of the small farmer, and how it is a craft to be cherished and nurtured no matter how tough the economics make it. The dedication it takes is mirrored in the music, and is followed by "Let's Do Something Impossible," where there is a sense of belief that all things can be accomplished. It is like the subtitle of FIELD SONGS, and a thought the singer drives home. Unrelenting hope runs deep on this album and Whitmore comes by it honestly, having stood by his land and his unique music with equal love. "If I Can Get There from Here" widens the view of modern life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of seeing things through other people's eyes. Naturally, "Not Feeling Any Pain" takes the album home, and offers a view of the working world and life itself as a continual stream of renewal no matter how hard it may seem at the times.
William Elliott Whitmore has been back and forth across the United States and to cities around the world. His music grows, but it also reminds him that he started in Lee County, Iowa years ago. "I'm a son of the soil," he says proudly. "You learn you're at the mercy of things you can't control. You're in the hands of the spirit. And that's a good thing to know when you keep moving ahead."