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If only all goodbyes were as uplifting as the one George Strait shared with thousands of country music fans last Friday night.
GREENVILLE — If only all goodbyes were as uplifting as the one George Strait shared with thousands of country music fans last Friday night.
During what is expected to be his final Upstate concert, Strait – who recently announced that his The Cowboy Rides Away tour will be the last major outing of his legendary career – gave an emotionally-charged performance at the Bi-Lo Center that was more of a rousing celebration than a tearful farewell.
Of course, that's not to say the proceedings were completely void of nostalgia and sentimentality. Indeed, some of the best moments were when the Texas native pulled up a stool and reminisced about his early days in Nashville and spoke appreciatively of the help he got from such songwriters as Dean Dillon and Darryl Staedler, whose songs he often recorded.
It was during this stretch of the concert that Strait sandwiched early 1980s hits such as "Marina Del Rey" and "A Fire I Can't Put Out" with an assortment of deep album cuts from the same period, including "Blame It On Mexico," "Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart," "80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper" and "Honky Tonky Crazy."
Not one song seemed too obscure for most of those in attendance, as they gleefully sang along with hits and non-hits alike.
Performing "in the round" on a stage set up in the middle of the arena, Strait delivered a couple of tunes, on a rotating basis, from each of four vantage points throughout the night.
After making his way on stage amid thunderous applause, Strait acknowledged his admirers with a few head nods and smiles before going into "Here for a Good Time," a No. 1 hit from 2011, and following it with "Oceanfront Property," a classic chart-topper from 1986.
Selections ranged from the playful ("Check Yes or No" and "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls") to the plaintive ("I Saw God Today" and "Drinkin' Man").
Decked out in a contemporary western shirt and tight-fitting Wrangler jeans while also wearing a black cowboy hat and boots, Strait was his usual no-frills self on stage. Unlike most modern country acts, whose arena shows are filled with rock-like strobe lights and pyrotechnics, Strait and his 11-piece Ace in the Hole Band let their music serve as the primary source of entertainment.
For nearly two hours, Strait and company delighted the audience with a wide-ranging assortment of honky-tonk and neo-traditionalist favorites.
About halfway through the show, Strait brought up the name of former Due West resident Jim Lauderdale, who wrote some of Strait's biggest hits in the 1990s and 2000s.
Strait's voice was particularly impressive during "The King of Broken Hearts," which he followed with the hi-octane "Where the Sidewalk Ends." Both songs were penned by Lauderdale and included in the film, "Pure Country," in which Strait starred as a fictional country singer named Dusty Chandler.
A little later, Strait and a representative for the Military Warriors Support Foundation presented an Iraq War veteran and his wife with a ceremonial key to a new house donated via the Homes 4 Wounded Heroes program, at which point chants of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" echoed through the rafters.
Strait then slyly launched into his 2006 No. 1 hit, "Give It Away," which he followed with a sparkling rendition of a Jerry Lee Lewis chestnut, "Middle Age Crazy," and his own iconic 1983 hit "Amarillo by Morning."
After performing his latest chart-climbing hit, "Give It All We Got Tonight," Strait offered a career-reflective ode to his fans called "I'll Always Remember You" and wrapped things up with his 2008 hit, "Troubadour," and his first hit single from 1981, "Unwound."
Having exited the stage to near-deafening applause from the crowd, Strait and his band mates returned moments later for four more songs. "Some Kind of Crazy" was followed by his Western swing classic "All My Ex's Live in Texas" and a rollicking rendition of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."
Then, the night ended appropriately with Strait's 1985 hit, "The Cowboy Rides Away."
Martina McBride was scheduled as the opening act, but as concertgoers entered the venue, they were informed that the country music superstar had fallen ill and would not perform.
So, it was a bit of surprise to see McBride take the stage. She immediately let the crowd know that she would only perform for a short while and promised to make it up to them at another time.
Even though she sounded better than most vocalists do at their peak, it was obvious that McBride was struggling to get through the four songs she sang. At various points, starting with her opening selection, "Wild Angels," McBride held her microphone out to the audience and asked for their help.
After finishing "The Way That I Am," she seemed genuinely apologetic about the unforeseen circumstance. "This has only happened once before in my whole career," McBride said of not being able to perform her entire set.
But, to her credit, she soldiered on for two more songs, even playing harmonica on "Love's the Only House" before closing with "This One's for the Girls."
1. Here for a Good Time
2. Oceanfront Property
3. Check Yes or No
4. I Saw God Today
5. Drinkin' Man
6. Love's Gonna Make It Alright
7. Arkansas Dave
8. The Fireman
9. Blame It On Mexico
10. Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart
11. 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper
12. Honky Tonky Crazy
13. Marina Del Rey
14. A Fire I Can't Put Out
15. The King of Broken Hearts
16. Where the Sidewalk Ends
17. The Chair
18. River of Love
19. How 'Bout Them Cowgirls
20. Give It Away
21. Middle Age Crazy
22. Amarillo By Morning
23. Give It All We Got Tonight
24. I'll Always Remember You
25. Troubadour
26. Unwound
27. Same Kind of Crazy
28. All My Ex's Live in Texas
29. Folsom Prison Blues
30. The Cowboy Rides Away
Martina McBride set list:
1. Wild Angels
2. The Way That I Am
3. Love's the Only House
4. This One's for the Girls


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Fisher Cats lose, eliminated from playoff contention
August 30. 2013 10:26PM
Travis Taijeron's two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning broke up Deck McGuire's no-hitter and led Binghamton to a 3-0 win over the Fisher Cats on Friday night, ending New Hampshire's run at an Eastern League playoff spot.
The Fisher Cats fell to 67-71 for the season and were officially eliminated from playoff contention.
McGuire went six and two-thirds innings and allowed two hits, struck out seven and walked four.
Eastern Division-leading Binghamton scored all three of its runs in the sixth inning. The first scored on a McGuire wild pitch.
The Fisher Cats close out the season with games at Binghamton Saturday night and Sunday and Monday afternoons.

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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Berlin Air Show on the use of the new DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) as an ESA reference laboratory. By teaming up, DLR and ESA are continuing their successful partnership of the last 20 years. This latest cooperation aims to set up an extensive network of international partners in space-sector robotics with the aims of exploiting synergies between the partners to best effect, further increasing expertise in this area and preparing for the future. The activities of the MOU partners will be conducted mainly at the RMC in Oberpfaffenhofen. Both partners will be appointing a person to take charge of the implementation of their related activities; the precise division of tasks will be determined in later discussions. Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Board, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, signed the MOU.
DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center
The DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center has its origin in the Institute of Robotics and Mechantronics and will, in future, consist of many facilities and institutes working in the field of robotics, mechatronics, system dynamics, control engineering and optical information systems. The aim is to further consolidate and enhance Germany's leading position worldwide in both the scientific and industrial areas of robotics. This initiative is being supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the State of Bavaria.
Satellite capture
DLR is a global leader in robotics. Justin is a humanoid service robot whose deployment is not confined to Earth, as it can also operate in orbit. With its two five-fingered hands, Justin can behave in a similar way to a human. In-orbit servicing is a trendsetting area among space activities. DLR is developing and testing, with great success, systems and techniques for the capture, repair and disposal of satellites that have exhausted their station-keeping propellant or otherwise ceased to be controllable. These components and control systems, which allow for complex dynamic interaction between robotic arms and satellite platforms, are delivering the core elements for future service satellites and systems for dealing with space debris. At present, many telecommunication satellites in geostationary orbit have to be taken out of service when their onboard propellant is used up, even though their payloads are still functioning flawlessly. With this in mind, the Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (OLEV) service satellite is designed to approach a satellite, dock with it and take charge of its orbital positioning for several years. The capture tool and the implementation of the sensor-assisted final approach were developed by DLR.
Robotic exploration technology
The search for life and the conditions that make it life possible on other planets is one of the greatest scientific challenges for space activity. To this end, ESA is undertaking, in two stages (2016 and 2018), the unmanned mission ExoMars, in which a six-wheeled rover will be deployed. The intention is for it to transport scientific instruments to points of interest on the Red Planet's surface. DLR is a partner in an international consortium that is developing the rover. Its main tasks are the equipping of the wheel and steering drives for a test rover with innovative DLR-developed motors, the simulation of the travel dynamics and extensive ground testing under Mars-like terrain conditions. In addition to this, DLR scientists are developing navigation techniques – including for six-legged walking robots or crawlers – for unfamiliar environments. Also under development is a new real-time 3D data processor. Using this technology, both rovers and crawlers will be able to carry out mapping and also have the capacity for self-location. This technology is an essential prerequisite for autonomous movement over unfamiliar planetary surfaces.
Telerobotics and telepresence
Telerobotics and telepresence are essential elements of future exploration strategies that have already translated into a broad range of applications here on Earth. The underlying key technologies are being developed to further speed up the practical application of these concepts.


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"Rubber" has been kicking around for a while now and most recently it's gotten a dandy little TV spot. If you haven't heard about the film already all you need to know is that it's about a killer tire. Short and simple I know but I wanted to leave you enough time to ponder where the hell a TV spot for this movie would ever run.
Put it in the books kids, August 3rd, 2012 will be the day that the "Total Recall" reboot will hit theaters. Len Wiseman, who directed the "Underwold" flicks will take the lead and Mr. Colin Farrell will take the lead role. No word yet on who will be cast in the role of the 3 boobed hooker but god I can't wait to find out.
A gang load of new stills from "Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night" have hit the tubes and from the looks of things this may not be just a bunch of security camera shots. So that might be good right? Maybe it'll be awesome! I don't know, I'm trying to stay positive people.
OMG you're not down at SXSW? Gee you totally missed this hot new alt rock grind math buzzcore band last night. I'm not even going to say the name because they're so underground you wouldn't know them. There's also a trailer for a new odd looking anthology flick titled "Little Deaths" that premiered down there. You can watch it but I bet you won't get it.
Let this be a lesson to you fellas, if you think you can drive the entire night don't ever let your wife try to convince you otherwise. Because if you let her win that argument you'll end up at some creepy motel with all kinds of messed up crap going on around you.
Big giant river monsters should be scary when they pick up entire planes, but something about whatever's floating around in the new clip from "Monsters" just sounds adorable. You don't get to see the beast but you do hear a little cry it lets out from below the water.
If you're planning to attend the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival this year, you should definitely check out the the so-called "First Look" screening of the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed action flick "Predators", a film I'm still on the proverbial fence about. Topher Grace and Adrien Brody? Really?
Speaking of Adrien Brody, talented direct Vincenzo Natali's highly-anticipated monster movie "Splice" is set to terrify audiences on June 4th. It's always nice to have a potentially nifty horror flick scheduled for a summer release.
Although I have my doubts as to whether or not this project will ever get off the ground, it would appear that Todd McFarlane is still spreading rumors that another "Spawn" film is in the works. I'm excited about the idea as much as the next nerd, but I'm not going to hold my breath. No sense setting myself up for soul-crushing disappointment.
In my humble opinion, there's nothing funnier than watching Nicholas Cage chew scenery in a fantasy picture, which may explain why I'm happy that the viral website for "Season of the Witch" is finally online. I'll gladly watch you swing swords, Mr. Cage, but I'm still waiting for an apology for "Ghost Rider".
If you're one of the lucky individuals heading to Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival this March, you might want to check out the horror titles currently scheduled to play this year. "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" will be there, and I'm insanely jealous.
Hey! Do you remember last week when I filled your delicious mind with information regarding a little film called "After.Life"? Well, in case you were wondering, Anchor Bay has scheduled the film for release this Spring. I'm excited, so I know you're excited. Besides, it's hard not to like a film that features both Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci. Isn't it?
Somebody told me yesterday that I should watch the new trailer for Philip Ridley's demonic horror picture "Heartless", and I must say I wasn't disappointed. Plus, it's got demons, as well as a guy who can see demons. Amazing! What will they think of next?
I was emailed this recently and thought it was too good to pass up. It's literally, and I mean LITERALLY, one of the greatest things I have ever seen. It's a fake trailer for a film called "Gobstopper" starring Christopher Lloyd (!) Check out the description and the video below...
The film portion of South by Southwest was last week and a few interesting horror flicks screened at Fantastic Fest at Midnight, the genre-themed festival within a festival.


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Ars reviews KDE 4.0.0: "KDE 4.0 was officially released last week after extensive development. The long-awaited 4.0 release ushers in a new era for the popular open-source desktop environment and adds many intriguing new features and technologies. Unfortunately, the release comes with almost as many new bugs as it does features, and there is much work to be done before it sparkles like the 3.5.x series." They were also at the KDE 4.0 release event.


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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says his country would respond "with force" if Syria does anything to harm his nation.
The United States is considering military action against Bashar Assad's regime after it allegedly deployed chemical weapons against its citizens. Israeli officials are concerned that Syria might attack Israel in retaliation for any U.S. strike.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday if Israel is targeted "we will respond, and respond with force." His comments were his sternest on record.
More than 100,000 have been killed in Syria. Violence has occasionally spilled over into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, where Syrian mortar shells have landed.
Israel has occasionally accused Syria of aiming at Israeli targets. Israeli troops have returned fire.


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As one of the many bright spots in 1990s animation, Rocko's Modern Life (1993-96) picked up a strong following during its time on Nickelodeon. 52 two-part weekly episodes starred Rocko the wallaby and a small cast of supporting characters, including his dog Spunky, friend Heifer and neighbors The Bigheads. Rocko's Modern Life was a true "cartoon's cartoon", chock full of wacky plots, questionable physics and very little running continuity...and fans wouldn't have it any other way. Created by animator Joe Murray, this wasn't the first animated series from that era with a semi-regular dosage of off-color sight gags (see also: Ren and Stimpy, Animaniacs, etc.), but Rocko certainly got away with plenty of close calls during its original broadcast run. Though many of the syndicated episodes trimmed away some of Rocko's more "offensive" bits, what's left is still a sterling example of animation for immature children of all ages.
Rocko's Modern Life differs from most cartoons of the era, in that it's unquestionably aimed at adults... but kids still came along for the ride. Creator Joe Murray has admitted to not writing Rocko with younger audiences in mind, aiming for unexpected stories that didn't rely on conventional cartoon methods. By and large, this four-season run is remarkably consistent in quality: though Murray and members of his creative team felt that Rocko hit its stride during Season Three, there's very little dead weight in any of these 52 episodes. Even during Season Four, after Murray handed the series over to producer Stephen "Spongebob" Hillenburg, the subversive, surreal spirit of Rocko was still present. It's as much a testament to the talented voice actors, writers and artists as it is to the commitment of Murray's original vision.
Shout Factory's continued efforts have ensured that all four seasons of Rocko's Modern Life have now seen the light of day on DVD, though a stand-alone release of that fourth season is coming very soon. This eight-disc collection serves up all 52 episodes in one handy package...and if that wasn't enough, it'll only cost you about the same price as your average one-season animated release. It's worth noting that the first six discs (Seasons One, Two, and Three) are identical to the stand-alone sets, from the disc art all the way to the bonus content. This means, of course, that these episodes are still the slightly edited syndication versions; from what I understand, this is only because Shout Factory wasn't able to nab the original cuts from Nickelodeon. An unavoidable problem, but one that's worth mentioning... and if you're that interested in seeing a few cut scenes, just head over to YouTube. Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby.
Each of these four seasons includes just 13 episodes, and they're divided neatly between all eight discs. The bonus features often include direct input from Joe Murray, who also created a few pieces of all-new artwork for this collection (including the top image, which serves as the interior packaging spread).
Disc One: "No Pain, No Gain" / "Who Gives a Buck?", "Leap Frogs" / "Bedfellows", "Jet Scream" / "Dirty Dog", "Keeping Up With the Bigheads" / "Skid Marks", "Power Trip" / "To Heck and Back",
"The Good, The Bad and the Wallaby" / "Trash-O-Madness", "Spitballs" / "Popcorn Pandemonium"
Disc Two: "A Sucker For the Suck-O-Matic" / "Canned", "Carnival Knowledge" / "Sand In Your Navel", "Cabin Fever" / "Rinse and Spit", "Rocko's Happy Sack" / "Flu-In-U-Enza", "Who's For Dinner?" / "Love Spanked", "Clean Lovin'" / "Unbalanced Load"
Disc Three: "I Have No Son", "Pipe Dreams" / "Tickled Pinky", "The Lounge Singer" / "She's The Toad", "Down The Hatch" / "Road Rash", "Boob Tubed" / "Commuted Sentence", "Rocko's Modern Christmas", "Hut Sut Raw" / "Kiss Me, I'm Foreign"
Disc Four: "Cruisin'", "Born to Spawn" / "Uniform Behavior", "Hair Licked" / "Gutter Balls", "Junk Junkies" / "Day Of The Flecko", "Snowballs" / "Frog's Best Friend", "Short Story" / "Eyes Capade"
Disc Five: "Bye Bye Birdy" / "Belch of Destiny", "The Emperor's New Joe" / "Schnitheads",
"Sugar Frosted Frights" / "Ed is Dead", "Fish 'n Chumps" / "Camera Shy", "Nothing to Sneeze At" / "Old Fogey Froggy", "Manic Mechanic" / "Rocko's Happy Vermin", "I See London, I See France" / "The Fatlands"
Disc Six: "Fortune Cookie" / "Dear John",
"Speaking Terms" / "Tooth and Nail", "Wacky Delly", "The Big Question" / "The Big Answer",
"An Elk for Heffer" / "Scrubbin' Down Under", "Zanzibar" (The Recycle Show) / "Fatal Contraption"
Disc Seven: "With Friends Like These" / "Sailing the 7 Z's", "Pranksters" / "From Here to Maternity", "Ed Good, Rocko Bad" / "Teed Off", "Wimp on the Barbie" / "Yarn Benders", "Mama's Boy" / "Feisty Geist", "S.W.A.K." / "Magic Meatball", "Closet Clown" / "Seat to Stardom"
Disc Eight: "The High Five of Doom" / "Fly Burgers", "Heff in a Handbasket" / "Wallaby on Wheels", "Dumbells" / "Rug Birds", "Hypno-Puppy Luv" / "Driving Mrs. Wolfe", "Put to Pasture" / "Future Schlock", "Turkey Time" / "Floundering Fathers"
Presented in their original 1.33:1 format, these episodes look a little rough...but for the most part, some of the problems can be easily overlooked. Color levels seem to vary on many occasions, and this doesn't always appear to be an intentional thing. Black levels are also very inconsistent, while image detail leans heavily towards the soft side. Frequent amounts of interlacing can also be spotted along the way, which may hamper your enjoyment of certain episodes. More than likely, the source material given to Shout Factory was in less-than-ideal condition, so it's doubtful that some of these problems could be fixed up. In any case, what's here is still marginally better than what the average broadcast version looked like.
The audio presentation is a bit more satisfying; each episode is presented with the original Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix and sounds just fine. Music cues feel dynamic without overpowering the rest of this presentation, while the dialogue and other effects are generally free from hiss, distortion and other such problems. Unfortunately, no optional Closed Captions or subtitles are included during these episodes.
New to fans (and undoubtedly included with the forthcoming Season Four collection) is a 2012 Script Reading of "Wacky Delly" (Disc Eight, below right) recorded at LA's Downtown Independent Theater on October 6th. Hosted by voice acting legend Rob Paulsen, this event also features Joe Murray and voice actors Carlos "Rocko" Alazraqui, Tom "Heffer" Kenny, Charles "Ed Bighead" Adler, Doug "Filburt" Lawrence and a burping audience member. After the reading, our group participates in a relaxed Q&A session and shares plenty of memories. Overall, it's a nice inclusion that die-hard fans should enjoy checking out.
Some of the 1990s' best animated shows have received little or no exposure on DVD, but Shout Factory finished up their run of Rocko's Modern Life a little sooner than expected (unless you're waiting for the stand-alone Season Four release, of course). This compact and inexpensive eight-disc set doesn't add anything to what we've already gotten, so it's aimed squarely at those who haven't picked up all of the previous releases. Though the A/V presentation remains dodgy and we still don't get the uncut episodes, what's here should satisfy anyone looking for a cheap classic Nicktoons fix. Firmly Recommended.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey from Harrisburg, PA. He also does freelance graphic design projects, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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Master of Accountancy (MAcc) Program
This program is for students who hold an undergraduate degree in accounting or in any area of study and who desire a graduate degree in accounting.
Students in the MAcc program must complete 30 hours of graduate level course work with at least 18 of those hours in accounting. Depending on the student's educational background, additional courses may be required to prepare the student for graduate level study in accounting.
Admission Requirements
Undergraduate Degree in Accounting. GPA of 3.25 on last sixty (60) hours of undergraduate coursework. GMAT with a minimum score of 500. A grade of "C" or better in all undergraduate accounting courses. International students must provide evidence of their ability to communicate in English in both oral and written form. International students must submit transcript evaluations on a course level basis prepared by WES or similar organization. (The Kentucky State Board of Public Accountancy requires course credits to be certified by the Foreign Academics Credentialing Service or another credentialing agency that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc.)
These minimum requirements establish eligibility for admission, but do not guarantee acceptance into the program.
An applicant with an undergraduate degree in an area other than accounting who meets the other criteria may be considered for the program upon completion of additional undergraduate and/or graduate foundation coursework.
Degree Requirements
Required accounting courses-18 Hours
ACCT 500 Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting
ACCT 510 Advanced Accounting Information Systems Control and Audit
ACCT 520 Special Topics in Managerial Accounting
ACCT 530 Special Topics in Tax Research and Planning
ACCT 540 Advanced Auditing Standards, Applications and Fraud
ACCT 550 Special Topics in Accounting for Not-For-Profit Organizations and Governments
Elective graduate courses-12 hours
Students admitted to the MAcc program may select graduate courses offered in the Gordon Ford College of Business upon approval by the department chair. Tier I or business foundation courses and BA 515 will not be considered as satisfying any part of the 30-hour requirement. Six (6) hours of the elective graduate courses may be from outside the Gordon Ford College of Business with prior approval of the department chair. Individual programs of study must be approved by the department chair. The selection of elective courses should be directly related to the student's career goals and/or desired skills/competencies.
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1972's Black Mama, White Mama is like three movies in one, a mixture of three genres. The first third of the flick is a good n' sleazy women-in-prison exploitationer. The second, a low-budget remake of The Defiant Ones with Pam Grier in the Sidney Poitier role and Tony Curtis replaced by leggy blonde Margaret Markov--a definite improvement, you'll agree. And the final act is a rip-roaring gangsters-vs.-revolutionaries action flick with bloody gun battles and machismo aplenty.
So really, no matter what you're in the mood for, chances are good that Black Mama, White Mama will satisfy. It's like a great big dish of neopolitan ice cream--drizzled all over with sweet, hot chocolate, of course.
We open on a heavily-armored bus that's taking a load of female prisoners to the WOMEN'S REHABILITATION CENTER, prison farm in the middle of a jungle in the Phillipines. The camera focuses our attention particularly on sassy sister Lee Daniels (Grier) and the silent, runway model-esque revolutionary leader, Karen Brent (Markov). A sadistic guard who looks a lot like Hot Lips Hoolihan imposes her authority on the two uncooperative women, and then it's time to process the new prisoners. Wasting no time, the Warden barks, "Okay, strip 'em and get 'em wet!" leading to the requisite communal shower scene.
The girls don't seem to grasp the gravity of their situation, romping and giggling in the shower like they're at camp or something, only soapy and naked. Guard Hot Lips watches from an enclosed peeping booth and pleasures herself while the girls have their fun. (It should be noted that this goes on FOREVER...not that I'm complaining.) When the Warden finds her and warns her off such activities with a big, passionate kiss, we know what kind of party it is. Ten minutes in, and we're already well on our way to surpassing the recommended daily sleaze requirement!
a catfight in the mess hall, after which the jealous Warden sentences them both to bake in The Oven for a day. This is a sheet-metal locker in the middle of a sunbaked field, in which the girls are shackled back to back, nude, with only each other for support against the searing steel walls. The sweat and hate run free in the box, and by the time they're released, you're convinced there's no way they can ever be friends.
Then act two kicks in, as Pam and Brent are chained to one another for transport ot a maximum security prison, where the Minister wants to interrogate Pam for info on a gang lord/smuggling chief she used to work for, and Brent for details about the Revolution's next move. They never make it to the new prison, however, as Brent's guerilla friends ambush the prison transport and give the girls the opportunity to strangle Hot Lips with their chain and escape in the ensuing fracas. The police reinforcements arrive and the guerrillas must flee before Brent can meet up with them, so the fugitive women head into the jungle, alone but for each other.
But of course the girls can't agree which route to freedom they should take--Brent needs to be on one side of the island to meet a shipment of guns in two days, or their cause is lost; Pam needs to be on the other side of the island a day earlier to pick up some loot she stole from the gang lord and make her escape via boat. The debate quickly devolves into fisticuffs, as we get another, longer cat-fight between the two tigresses that goes on almost as long as the shower scene did.
Exhausted and still stuck together, the women work out a plan whereby they'll head to Pam's rendezvous since it's closer, then they'll break the chains and Brent can get a car to drive to her meeting a few hours away. Thus resolved, they quickly jack some nuns and steal their habits, then are picked up by a drunken good Samaritan whom they also beat senseless and steal his truck. Everything's comin' up Mamas--it's almost too easy!
Meanwhile, rotund gang lord Vic Cheng is getting a pedicure from a couple of nude women while his men torture a prostitute with a battery and jumper cables, trying to get out of her information about Pam's plans. Vic Diaz as Cheng is really a frightening villain, lying shirtless like Buddha the Hutt and imparting all his lines with a calm, eeeevil assurance that's much more disturbing than a maniacal screech could ever be. This lets us know the girls are in real trouble, and the nudity and torture here pushes the sleaze-meter finally into the red.
Captain Cruz (Eddie Garcia) enlists the help of part-time cowboy/full-time pimp Ruben (a wonderfully flamboyant Sid Haig) to track down the girls before the guerillas do. The guerillas are also on the trail, stealing Ruben's dogs to track their leader across country.
The girls run on and on, being rousted from a bus by police (no idea what happened to their truck) and stealing food from a rural homestead while the owners have noisy sex inside. ("I sure hope he can hold it!" Pam giggles as they clean out the cabinets.) We get more topless women servicing the grotesquely inert Vic Cheng, an attempted rape by a mechanic who almost gets the girls free of their chains, and some absolutely movie-stealing character work by Sid Haig, who is just so wonderfully sleazy and funny every time he's on screen you can't help cheering for him, even though he's a despicable dirt bag. (Examples: in one scene--for no reason--he has Captain Cruz and Cruz's superior compare pecker sizes at gunpoint, with hilarious commentary; in another, he romps raucously with a henchmen's two young daughters while the mortified father listens from outside the door.)
Brent puts her panties around the neck of a small dog and sends it running in the opposite direction to mislead the bloodhounds on their trail!) and bond over their hardships, learning to work together and eventually becoming friends. Unfortunately all parties are converging on the port where Pam hopes to make her getaway, leading to not one but two bloody, really exciting gunfights and a tragic ending that I admit I didn't see coming, but was satisfied by nonetheless.
The thing that surprised me about Black Mama, White Mama was that, despite its sharply disjointed triptich of styles, each individual part works really, really well. Pam Grier is great as the same character she always plays, the tough-n'-sassy sister who takes no crap. Markov is not as good, but is gorgeous enough that it doesn't matter, especially since she can just play straight woman to Pam's buoyant, crowd-pleasing schtick. Sid Haig totally owns every scene he's in, but even his bloody exit doesn't deflate the film's momentum, since the action scenes are so well staged and suspenseful. And Vic Diaz is one of the great villains of all time here, giving a truly scary and intriguing characterization. (Henchman: "You should have killed that guy when you had the chance." Vic (calmly): "It's not too late.") The exploitation and sleaze, the blood and action, all first rate for this type of movie. Kudos there.
Jonathan Demme. (Seriously!) Maybe director and Filipino film legend Eddie Romero had something to do with it. Or maybe it was just a perfect storm. Whatever the reasons, the end result is a delicious sweet treat for lovers of action and exploitation. 2.5 thumbs. Can you dig it?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Black Mama, White Mama (1972): or, The Defiant Chicks
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 3:16 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Blaxploitation, Prison, Road Trip
10 comments:
- Inspector Winship said...
Vic Diaz was in "Kung-Fu Cannibals,", although his roll as a twisted cannibal monk was less front and center. You HAVE to see it or you are missing out on one of the greatest exploiters of all time.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Thanks, Inspector! With a title like "Kung-Fu Cannibals," it HAS to be great! I'll have to track it down.
Diaz was really great in BMWM, as I said. One of the best villains I've seen in a while.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Karswell said...
I remember the big clunky rental box for this in the video shops back in the 80's... the thing was big as a tombstone. And despite it's leering at you from every corner of the video store it never seemed to get rented. It kind of became a joke with us when we'd go to rent some flicks and they'd be out of something we'd want, someone would always say, "Well we could always get Black Mama White Mama."
- March 13, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
You should have done so, Karswell! It's a blast!
- March 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- Karswell said...
No no, I've seen it since, I was just relating an old tale from the video isle. But yeah, cool movie, it's no Darktown Strutters but still reccomendable.
- March 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Jo said...
Heh, I totally want to see this. Now where the hell do I find it?!
ps. Still no luck on knowing where CG is?
- March 14, 2008 at 1:43 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
If you're a Netflix user, you can get it through them or even watch it online. If not, the DVD is out there--check auction sites (or torrents).
No idea about CG. I was hoping YOU would know!
- March 14, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- Karswell said...
>No idea about CG. I was hoping YOU would know!
He's that drunk werewolf guy right? Yeah, I haven't heard hide nor hair from him lately either. Hope he's okay!
- March 15, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Karswell said...
Wow, the usually jumbled word verification letters made me spell out "gooey" on my last comment, ha! Anyone else ever have it actually spell something out?
- March 15, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
Astoungingly wonderful. I must start downloading some of this stuff. Your writing makes it almost as good as having seen it though :)
- March 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM


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UW-Oshkosh enters its 2013 campaign with the highest preseason ranking in school history.
The Titans are ranked 12th by D3football.com after finishing last season in the fourth position. UW-Oshkosh's 2013 schedule features home contests with #9 UW-Whitewater and #11 UW-Platteville. The Titans also have a road game against the defending NAIA champion, Marian University (Ind.).
For the fourth straight year, UW-Oshkosh takes on Central College (Iowa) in the opener. The Titans, who are 29-3 in openers since 1981, visit the Dutch on Sept. 7. UW-Oshkosh won the last two meetings by scores of 47-28 and 31-28. Central College posted a 5-5 record during 2012.
Week two is another road game, as the Titans head to Marian University for the first matchup between the schools. The Knights will be UW-Oshkosh's first NAIA opponent since 2009. Last season, Marian went 12-1 on its way to a national title. The Knights are ranked second in the NAIA Preseason Poll, but they received 8-of-13 first-place votes.
The Titans finally put their eight-game home win streak on the line Sept. 28 when they host Alma College (Mich.). Last year, UW-Oshkosh exploded for its best offensive performance in a century with 70 points and 616 yards against the Scots. Alma is picked to finish seventh in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
WIAC action begins on Oct. 5, with the Titans traveling to UW-Stout. UW-Oshkosh has won seven of the past nine against the Blue Devils, including a 27-18 triumph in the 2012 season finale. UW-Stout returns 32 lettermen and 11 starters from a year ago.
UW-Oshkosh's Homecoming game will be Oct. 12 against UW-La Crosse. The Eagles, who went 4-6 last season, are picked to place fourth in the WIAC. UW-Oshkosh couldn't beat UW-La Crosse from 1973-2009, but since then the Titans have gone 3-1 in the series.
UW-River Falls hosts the Titans on Oct. 19. UW-Oshkosh owns seven consecutive wins over the Falcons, including a 19-7 decision last year. Quarterback Ryan Kusilek (213 yards/game) and defensive back Alex Adams (7 interceptions) are back after strong 2012 seasons.
A recent rivalry heats up when UW-Whitewater comes to Oshkosh on Oct. 26. In the last meeting, UW-Oshkosh snapped the Warhawks' 27-game league winning streak with a 28-13 victory in Whitewater. After national championships in 2007 and 2009-11, UW-Whitewater finished 7-3 last year.
November begins with a home contest against UW-Stevens Point. The series, which dates back to 1896, is one of the longest in NCAA Division III. UW-Oshkosh rode a 42-point second quarter to its 56-31 win during 2012. The Pointers will be experienced, returning eight starters on defense and seven on offense.
The final scheduled road trip sends the Titans to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 9. The Blugolds are picked fifth in the league and will rely on All-WIAC tailback Joel Sweeney, who averaged 122 rushing yards last season.
Conference favorite UW-Platteville makes an appearance at Titan Stadium on Nov. 16. UW-Oshkosh has captured four straight against the Pioneers, including the past three by a combined score of 99-30. UW-Platteville tallied 41 points per game last season behind quarterback Bryce Corrigan and receivers Ryley Bailey and Trevor Whitehead.
UW-Oshkosh brings back 45 lettermen and 12-of-24 starters from its 2012 squad. The offense will be led by All-American tailback Cole Myhra and All-WIAC receivers Zach Kasuboski and Caleb Voss. On defense, linebacker Ryan Stefaniak and lineman Alex Smith made the 2012 All-WIAC Team. Kicker Nate Ray also returns after making 13-of-15 field goals.
Pat Cerroni (39-24 overall) begins his seventh season as head coach. Last year, he guided the Titans to a 13-1 record and the NCAA Division III Final Four.
By Jon Feyen, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information


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Slick, quick and built to haul, the Four Wheel Drive Trucks at Friday's National Tractor Pullers Association competition at the Ionia Free Fair heated things up in the championship points race.
Slick, quick and built to haul, the Four Wheel Drive Trucks at Friday's National Tractor Pullers Association competition at the Ionia Free Fair heated things up in the championship points race.
Reigning Four Wheel champion and current 2013 points leader Jason Brammer of St. Anne, Ill., had his "Corn Fed" machine ripping on all cylinders with the husband-and-wife team of Rob and Tanya Foster pulling hot on his wheels.
"It's about keeping yourself together and running consistent," said Brammer, who won the 2012 title despite not winning a single feature event. "This is always one of the toughest classes, and you really have to drive them right off the line."
This year, the 35-year-old Brammer has already won two pulls heading into this weekend's competition in Ionia.
Rob Foster, who won the 2010 points championship and last year's Four Wheel Drive event at the Free Fair, is third in this year's points standings behind the wheel of "Simply Red," while Tanya Foster is fourth while driving "Foster Child." The goal for all Four Wheel drivers in the points race is to place among the top-five to qualify for the Enderle Pull-Off at the end of the season.
"We had a bad run in Missouri a couple of weeks ago that knocked us down a little," Rob Foster said. "It used to be that there were two or three drivers who were head and shoulders above the best, but now all the drivers in this division are tough. It's a lot of work, but we have a good time as a family. Our goal is for both of us to get to Enderle."
Another Michigan entry in the Four Wheel competition was Dave Bos of Zeeland, whose Chevy truck "Quick Change" was looking lean and clean. Bos, who is in his 31st year pulling, entered Friday's action sixth in the points standings.
"The key is knowing your equipment, having a good engine and having a good track," Bos said. "I figure that I have just as good of a chance to win here as anyone here."


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Tre Mason rushed for 168 yards and a career-best four touchdowns to lead No. 8 Auburn to a 35-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
Mason finished the night with a career-best 32 carries as the Tigers improved to 8-1 (4-1 SEC) on the year. His 168 yards rushing were the third-best performance of his career.
After Arkansas (3-6, 0-5 SEC) had scored back-to-back touchdowns to pull within 11 points in the fourth quarter, Mason led the Tigers to a response with a 12-yard touchdown run, his fourth of the night, with 10:17 left in the game.
The touchdown stretched Auburn's lead to 35-17 and marked the first time an Auburn player rushed for four or more touchdowns since Cam Newton against Kentucky in 2010.
The Tigers got on the board first with a 9-yard touchdown run by Mason with 2:35 left in the first quarter. Auburn took over with a short field after Kris Frost recovered an Arkansas fumble at the Razorbacks' 29-yard line.
Following a field goal by Arkansas, Auburn covered up an attempted onside kick and again converted the short field with six points. The drive was punctuated by a 4-yard touchdown run from Mason, who carried 13 times for 93 yards in the first half.
The Tigers came up with a huge goal line stand late in the second quarter with JaViere Mitchell making stops at the 1-yard line on third and fourth downs as Auburn forced the Hogs to turn it over on downs.
Mason kept running hard as the second half began and the junior scored his third touchdown of the day from 5 yards out to cap an 11-play, 65-yard drive. The drive included Auburn quarterbacks Nick Marshall and Jeremy Johnson completing 4-of-4 passes.
The Tigers stretched their lead to 28-3 on an 88-yard touchdown throw and catch from Marshall to Sammie Coates. The play was the longest of the season for Auburn and third-longest pass in school history.
Coates finished the day with three receptions for 102 yards and a touchdown for his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season. In a night heavy on the run game, Marshall completed 7-of-8 passes for 118 yards and the score while also rushing for 59 yards on nine carries.
Arkansas used a long kickoff return followed by a 13-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Allen to Keon Hatcher to claw back in, 28-10, with 6:11 on the clock in the third quarter.
After a three-and-out by the Tigers, Arkansas took advantage of two pass interference calls against Auburn to punch in another touchdown. This time it was Keiro Small scoring from two yards out, but Auburn still led 28-17.
Jonathan Mincy had a career-high nine tackles to lead Auburn. Arkansas' Jonathan Williams led his squad with 104 yards on the ground. Alex Collins added 92 yards rushing.
Auburn is in action next on November 9 at Tennessee. The game will kick off at 11 a.m. CT and be televised by ESPN.
Game captains for Auburn: Chris Davis, Reese Dismukes
First-time starters for Auburn: none
Cassanova McKinzy's interception was his first career interception and the 10th pick for Auburn this season; the last time Auburn totaled 10 interceptions in a season was 11 in 2011.
The first-quarter fumble recovery by Kris Frost was his first career fumble recovery. Gabe Wright's fumble recovery in the fourth quarter was the first of his career.
Tre Mason scored four rushing touchdowns for the first time in his career; the last Auburn player to rush for three touchdowns in a game was Onterio McCalebb vs. Georgia in 2010.
Mason's fourth touchdown of the day made him the first Auburn player to record four or more touchdown runs since Cam Newton against Kentucky in 2010.
Mason finished the game with 168 yards rushing, the third highest total of his career, and with a career-best 32 carries. It was the first time an Auburn player rushed 30 or more times since Michael Dyer against Samford in 2011.
Mason now has 21 career rushing touchdowns and 23 career total touchdowns. Mason has 13 rushing touchdowns this season and has rushed for touchdowns in six consecutive games. This is the fifth time he has scored two or more touchdowns in a game, and the third time this season.
Mason's 13 rushing touchdowns ties him for seventh-best season on the Auburn all-time list and is the most since Cam Newton had 20 in 2010 and most by a running back since Kenny Irons totaled 13 in 2005.
Mason is now tied for 14th among Auburn's career rushers with James Bostic (2,084; 1991-93), passing Secdrick McIntyre (1,916; 1973-76) and Lionel James (2,068; 1980-83). This was his fourth 100-yard game this season and seventh of his career.
Mason has now scored at least one rushing touchdown in six consecutive games and 13 of his last 16 contests.
Auburn has now outscored its opponents 59-10 in possessions following turnovers this season, even though Auburn only leads the turnover margin by one (14-13).
Auburn first-quarter time of possession of 3:38 was the second lowest quarter of the season; Auburn's first-quarter time of possession against Ole Miss was 3:04.
Auburn has now won 84 consecutive games when scoring 30 or more points.
The 88-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Sammie Coates was Auburn's longest play from scrimmage this season, and the longest pass play since a 94-yard pass from Cam Newton to Emory Blake vs. ULM in 2010. The Marshall-to-Coates pass play was the third longest pass play in Auburn history.
Coates has more than 100 yards receiving for the fourth time this season, three of those on the road against SEC opponents.
The victory by Auburn was its first in Fayetteville since a 9-7 win on October 13, 2007. The 35 points scored by Auburn is the most scored by the Tigers in Fayetteville in the series history and the third-highest total ever recorded by Auburn in the series.
Congratulations to retired Auburn sports information director Buddy Davidson, attending his 650th consecutive Auburn football game today, a streak that extends back to 1957. It is also Davidson's 74th birthday today.
INFORMATION SOURCE: Auburn Athletics Dept.


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I have a demanding job, a wife and four kids, and a web site. So I don't watch much television. Still, now and then I run across something I like, like Rome a few years ago on HBO. We let our HBO subscription lapse because we weren't watching it, but then I saw this post by Jonah Goldberg at The Corner on Game of Thrones:
I really like it. I think if I was 14, I would consider this the greatest TV series in the history of history.
What better recommendation than that, even for those who were last 14 some years ago?
Jonah did express one reservation about the series: the writers seem obliged to include at least one sex scene in each episode. Hmm. Hmm. That is the down side? I decided to take my chances.
Sure enough, Game of Thrones is an amazing amount of fun. I have now watched six of the first season's ten episodes, and am thoroughly addicted. I had never heard of the book on which the series is based, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, but it is classified as fantasy. That is not a genre that I generally favor. I would put Game of Thrones in the "faux-medieval" category: in other words, lots of willing suspension of disbelief but no mythical animals (not unless those dragon eggs hatch, anyway).
I have watched all six episodes on my iPad, using HBO's sensational HBOGo app. Dire as things may seem at times, the world is definitely getting better in some respects. If only, as Glenn Reynolds has often said, other aspects of our culture and political life could advance comparably to consumer electronics. Consumer electronics, of course, is a competitive space driven by free choice on the part of both producers and consumers. Go figure!
One warning: Jonah–a reliable source, as always–was right about the fact that Throne's characters, fictional though they may be, have an almost human-like fondness for sex. The scene that Jonah singled out for disapprobation featured this actress:
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Three Little Pigs Hostel
3 Little Pigs hostel is located right at the Potsdamer Platz square. Whether the citys famous Brandenburger Tor or Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag building or the Jewish Holocaust memorial, youll find them virtually at the next corner.
Enjoy our nutritious breakfast, explore Berlins restaurants and bars or simply make use of our capacious common kitchen and be your own cook.
All rooms are non-smoking with shared facilities, bed linen EUR 2,63 (once but obligatory, City Tax incl.), prices can be higher at special events and holidays - inquire in hostel please.
Check-in time 03.00 pm
Check-out time 11:00 am
Breakfast All-You-Can-Eat EUR 6.00
3 Little Pigs Hostel Berlin: all prices are quoted per person.
All rooms are non-smoking. Bed linen EUR 2.63 (once but obligatory, City Tax included)
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Bar
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Key Card Access
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
- reception is open 24/7
- check-in from 3pm
- checkout `til 11am
Individual bookings for up to 10 persons: can be cancelled free of charge until 6.00 p.m. before the day of arrival. In case of a short-termed cancellation or in case of no show, the Hostel is entitled to reasonable compensation.
3 Little Pigs Hostel Berlin: all prices are quoted per person.
All rooms are non-smoking. Bed linen EUR 2.63 (once but obligatory, City Tax included)
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Start ZOB / Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof / Messedamm
* Use Bus 149 towards S+U Zoologischer Garten
* Step off at station Messe Nord/ ICC
* Use City railway S45 towards Flughafen Berlin-Schnefeld
* Step off at station Schneberg
* Use City railway S1 towards Frohnau
* Step off at destination station Anhalter Bahnhof
Start Hauptbahnhof/ Central Station:
* take bus M41 (direction Sonnenallee/Baumschulenstr.) which takes you directly to the stop Anhalter Bahnhof
Start Ostbahnhof:
* Use City railway S7 towards Wannsee or
* City railway S75 towards Spandau
* Step off at station Friedrichstrae to transfer to city railway S1/S2 or S25 towards Potsdamer Platz/
* Step off at destination station Anhalter Bahnhof
Start Airport Berlin-Tegel:
* Use Bus TXL towards Mollstrae/Prenzlauer Allee
* Step off at station Unter den Linden to transfer to city railway S1/S2 or S25 towards Blankenfelde
* Step off at destination station Anhalter Bahnhof
Start Airport Berlin-Schnefeld:
* take the bus SXF1 to 'Sdkreuz'
* from 'Sdkreuz' take the city railway S1, S2 or S25 in the direction of Oranienburg or Bernau
* step off at destination stop 'Anhalter Bahnhof'
* take the exit 'Stresemannstrae/Martin-Gropius-Bau'
* cross the street and walk about 150m down the road all the way to the Three Little Pigs Hostel
* you will find us in the backyard
Get off at the station 'Anhalter Bahnhof'. From the three exit stairs available choose the one which is on the right labelled with 'Mckernstrasse / Anhalterstrasse'. Then you are already on the street 'Stresemannstrasse', but just need to change to the other side of the street. Now you walk (passing shops like ALDI and Fressnapf) until you come to no. 66. It's not more than 5 minutes. You can't miss the Hostel - it is the red brick building. In the courtyard you will find the reception.
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Sights within walking distance:
- Potsdamer Platz
- Jewish Museum
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Memorial of the murdered jews of Europe
- Topography of Terror Foundation


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'Amazing' Interactive Map Shows China is Only One Part of Apple Supply Chain
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A new interactive map compiled by Asia Society's ChinaFile website shows that while a large amount of Apple product production takes place in China, the tech company actually has suppliers in many countries across the globe.
The map, which was created by ChinaFile visual editor David Barreda and Tea Leaf Nation co-editor David Wertime, used newly released information from Apple and has drawn the attention of journalists and bloggers in the tech and business worlds, receiving coverage from a host of publications, including Gizmodo, Business Insider, Apple Insider and CNN Money.
Of the 748 supplier addresses released by Apple, 600 are in Asia, and 331 in China — and it's a handful of those Chinese factories that have garnered headlines, many negative, in recent years. In an interview with Apple Insider, Barreda said that the map allows readers to view the global scope of Apple's suppliers in "a more tangible, real way."
"Hopefully this will be a tool that journalists and researchers and others can use," Barreda said. "That's another of our missions as a nonprofit."
The map was CNN Money's "map of the day," and Business Insider's Owen Thomas called it "amazing." Barreda expressed hope that the information would lead to more studies of the environmental, social and political impacts created by suppliers.
The supplier information was recently released by Apple as a part of an attempt to improve its image regarding manufacturing labor standards after fielding criticism about numerous incidents of worker suicide and unrest at its Chinese Foxconn plants. According to ChinaFile, Apple joined the Fair Labor Association in 2012 and in the same year released a detailed list of the addresses of its top suppliers for the first time, making the 2013 report its second detailed list. This new membership includes independent auditing of supplier locations. Previously, the company had released more general annual supplier responsibility reports for seven years.
In addition to being the largest supplier location, China recently became home to the largest number of consumers of Apple smart devices.


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Based on previous literature, somatic pain was administered on the left limbs, and the visual stimuli used to evoke vicarious pain showed injuries to the right limbs. This mirrors the side of painful stimulation from the observer's point of view in an allocentric reference frame, but not an egocentric one; thus, lateralization of stimulus presentation could potentially determine some of the functional properties of the VPS. To test this, we repeated the signature response analysis with a left-right flipped version of the VPS pattern (excluding the occipital cortex), which preserves the pattern but with opposite laterality. The results remained the same: The flipped VPS pattern did not track somatic pain intensity ( t UL (27) = 1.47, n.s., t LL (27) = 0.04, n.s. , accuracy Hsom-Lsom = 50%, n.s. ), but did track vicarious pain intensity ( t UL (27) = 2.68, p<0.05, t LL (27) = 2.53, p<0.05, accuracy Hvic-Lvic = 79%, p<0.005). These results indicate that the laterality of the VPS, and by extension the laterality of the stimuli it was trained on, are not an important determinant of its functional properties.
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Patterns tailored to predict somatic and vicarious pain for each individual might be more accurate, and thus provide better markers for representation that could yield different results. Therefore, we performed within-participant classification of vicarious pain patterns across the whole brain and also within the bilateral aINS and dACC. We used unsmoothed (but corrected for slice-acquisition-time and motion, and warped to SPM's normative atlas) images for these analyses. Single-trial level analyses were conducted where first-level betas for each trial were estimated by modeling the 2s cue presentation, the 5, 7, or 11s variable pre-stimulus fixation period, the 11s stimulation (9 levels) and 4s rating periods, and the fixation cross epoch was used as an implicit baseline. Each of the 9 levels of the 11s stimulation period were modeled trial-by-trial with a total of 81 trial-level betas for each participant per experimental session. Trials with high variance inflation factors (VIFs > 2.5), and unreliable ratings were excluded from further analysis. The estimated betas were used for training classifiers (i.e., LASSO-PCR and SVM) for each participant. For each of the cross-validated iterations, one run with upper limb stimulation and one run with lower limb stimulation were excluded from the analysis. The classifier was trained on the trials from the remaining runs and the resultant pattern was tested both on the left out runs from the training modality (i.e., within modality cross-validation) and all trials from the other modality (i.e., between modality cross-prediction).
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New London — Many people taking their first ride on a sailboat can't believe how fast one can go.
"And they're amazed at how quiet it is,'' said Kit Will of Brewer Pilots Point Marina, which was offering one-hour rides for $12 aboard the sleek racing boats Stars & Stripes from City Pier Friday, the first day of Sailfest.
The two 52-foot carbon Fiberglas boats, which were built as training vessels for yachtsman Dennis Connor's America's Cup team, can reach speeds up to 18 knots, or about 20 miles per hour. An average sailboat travels about seven knots, or about eight miles per hour.
On Friday afternoon the city's waterfront was starting to get busy for the three-day festival that draws thousands of visitors. Food vendors were firing up their grills and preparing the likes of falafel, pad thai noodles and New Orleans bourbon chicken. Along with the two Stars & Stripes boats, the Amistad, Mystic Whaler and A.J. Meerwald were snug against City Pier as strollers admired the wooden hulls and tall masts. All three boats were offering public tours and sails.
Small pleasure boats, one with a dog for a crew, buzzed in and around the bigger boats. Ferries carried passengers to and from Block Island and Long Island.
"It's nice to see all this,'' said New London resident Marcus Torres, who rode his bicycle to the pier with his daughter and three neighborhood kids. "Usually it's a ghost town," he said.
Torres, who grew up in New London and looks forward to the annual three-day festival, plans to return to the pier today to "eat, walk around and stay for the fireworks."
"I always bump into old friends,'' he said. "It's like a family reunion."
Aboard the Meerwald, a 115-foot restored oyster schooner, a group of teenage campers were getting ready for a final sail with their families after five days traveling to New London from Liberty State Park in New Jersey.
"The things I love more than anything else is this boat and my Sunfish at home,'' said 17-year-old Raymond Girini of Oakland, N.J., one of the campers. He decided to stay on with the boat, which can carry 44 passengers, for two more weeks as a volunteer.
"They're all great people,'' he said of the crew. "We all look out for each other. When they go on a break, we miss them."
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Is dollar-cost averaging (DCA) a sound investing strategy?
In theory, dollar-cost averaging allows you to invest smaller portions of your money over a longer period of time, reducing the chance that you pay a price too high for any individual investment. If your ideal allocation calls for $50,000 to be invested in the stock market through an index fund like VTSMX, rather than buying $50,000 worth of the fund in one day in a lump sum, dollar-cost averaging spreads that purchase in equal amounts out over days, weeks, months, or even years to reduce your exposure to daily fluctuations of the market. By investing the same dollar amount each time, you buy more shares when the price is lower and fewer shares when the price is higher.
In other words, if you buy $50,000 of VTSMX on January 1 and the stock market crashes on January 2 without recovering for six months, you might kick yourself for not having the cash available to buy when the price of the fund was more favorable in the months your investment on January 1.
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The only good reason for dollar-cost averaging is you may not have that $50,000 ready at one time. If you rely on investing only from money left over from your paycheck every two weeks, you don't have a lump sum available. Those who do have funds available might have already missed out by not investing earlier.
Investing in the stock market as soon as possible with whatever money you have available, in order to form your ideal asset allocation, beats dollar-cost averaging in the long run. Dollar-cost averaging would leave your ideal allocation unfulfilled by leaving a larger percentage of your total assets in cash, uninvested.
Overall, the stock market trends upward, even at the company level if that company is healthy. If you buy individual stocks of a healthy company, the price should move in an upward trend over the long term. Dollar-cost averaging will never be able to make up lost ground compared to investing an available lump sum because you will, on average, dollar-cost average your way into higher prices.
While there may be exceptions when looking at your investment performance in the short term, especially in an environment where stocks are stagnant or declining, but as a long term investing strategy, dollar-cost averaging fails. Small instances of luck will eventually give way to major trends. So far, almost every experiment I've personally attempted has shown that I cannot reliably time the market as well as I want to. I almost always would have done better by just investing as soon as possible rather than sitting with cash.
Psychologically, however, dollar-cost average has a more important role. Spreading out the short-term exposure to any specific day's stock price can make an investment in the stock market feel less risky. If you'd otherwise be concerned about your investments that might fall 1%, 5%, 10%, or more in one day, dollar-cost averaging can help allay those fears. If you have those fears, you may want to reassess whether you're comfortable with the risk of the stock market in the first place.
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The annual Fantasy Football Forum will take place tonight at Boulder Tap House in St. Cloud from 6-8pm. Fantasy Football experts John Tuvey from thehuddle.com and Bo Mitchell from Fantasy Football Weekly will be at the event giving patrons the latest fantasy football information and strategies to win your league. Tuvey and Mitchell will take questions and analyze the in-house participants' mock draft.
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Numerous studies presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference (IAC) show that as people live longer with AIDS, they may confront other health challenges, such as premature aging and an increased risk of heart disease. Also, older people are being newly diagnosed, a trend U.S. health officials say is small but slowly growing.
For example, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital found evidence linking HIV and higher risk of heart disease due to artery inflammation -- increasing the risk for blood clots that trigger heart attacks, even when the virus was well-controlled and patients were not very old.
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The U.S. House today approved H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides funding needed to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the 2013 fiscal year on September 30. The current continuing resolution expires on March 27.
The legislation provides full-year funding levels for five Appropriations bills – Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Commerce, Justice and Science, and Agriculture – to support critical law enforcement and national security efforts, protect our nation's borders and food supplies, and make key investments in our nation's agricultural and economic infrastructure.
For other federal departments and agencies, funding levels are continued at the fiscal year 2012 levels. In addition, both the House and the Senate included limited, good-government changes to certain specific programs to prevent waste of taxpayer dollars or to avoid undue damage to important programs.
The funding provided is subject to the President's sequestration order, bringing the total discretionary spending level in the bill to $984 billion.
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers praised passage of the legislation:
"This legislation provides funding for essential federal programs and services, helps maintain our national security, and takes a potential shutdown off the table," Rogers said.
"I'm proud that we were able to reach across the aisle – and across Capitol Hill – to produce a meaningful, bipartisan bill that funds the government responsibly," Rogers continued. "With the approval of this measure, we have laid the foundation for thoughtful and responsible consideration of Appropriations bills, and can now focus our attention on next year's work. I encourage the President to sign this bill into law without delay."
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BOSTON — Google "the Occupy Movement" and 126 million results appear. While it's the most publicized community protest in some time, we're curious why polls show that the majority of Americans — 53 percent — neither support nor oppose the Occupy movement. WGBH News looks into what went right and what went wrong.
Do they stay or do they go?
For weeks, as the public watched from afar, Occupy Boston activists have been arguing among themselves. At issue: Should they continue with a physical occupation — the encampment at Dewey Square.
Some believed the encampment was diverting attention from the 99 percent whose interests the movement struggled to represent. Others thought the encampment's days were numbered, regardless of whether police would close it down.
Protester Alexia Prichard acknowledged this during a meeting on the Boston Common the night after the encampment was cleared out.
"I personally would have encouraged a bunch of my friends to leave because I don't want them to get sick," she said. "But it wasn't about whether camp wasn't working anymore. It was that that aspect of the protest for the continued evolution of the movement wasn't viable anymore. We were probably going to shut it down in a couple of days anyway."
Embracing or rejecting homeless campers
Another challenge inside the movement: how to include the homeless, the addicted and other marginalized people. Many believed their presence at the encampment sped up its demise.
Contrast Occupy Boston with, say Syracuse, N.Y., a much smaller presence than Dewey Square — and with one noticeable difference. The Occupiers there help the homeless people who come by the camp, giving them food and blankets, but they don't let them camp out.
Paige Gonyea, an unemployed medical assistant, has lived in an army barracks tent in Syracuse for the past two months. She thought that if the homeless were allowed to stay overnight, Occupy Syracuse would risk losing the support it now enjoys from the city and the local public.
"There are places to go if you're homeless. There are shelters," she said. "We're not the Rescue Mission, we're not the Salvation Army and we can't provide homes for everybody. The camp is for people who are protesting."
Occupy Boston included the homeless and even provided 1500 meals a day, many to people without a permanent home, as a necessary condition for living up to the movement's democratic principles.
One of beneficiaries was Joe Gallivan, a Boston homeless man. He said the camp was "a lot better than living in a shelter. They suck. They tell you when to get up when to go to bed, when to go eat."
A peril successfully avoided
Everyone agrees that one factor that went right is something that could have gone terribly wrong: the interaction between the protesters and the police. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis.
Davis thanked the protesters — the majority of whom worked with the police, he said.
"The great majority is really dedicated to this issue, a lot of us are sympathetic to the things that they're saying and it's important to us," Davis said.
From the city streets to the front door
Now that the Dewey Square encampment is no more, everyone's asking: What next?
A Gallup Poll showed that most Americans — 59 percent — still don't know if they approve of the goals of the Occupy Movement. Maybe that's because those goals aren't very clear.
One message from the suburbs, volunteer spokesman Philip Anderson said, is that some people agreed with what Occupy is about. "But we want them to change that to say 'I'm a part of the Occupy Movement,'" he said. Read more about the view from the suburbs.
The movement is responding with several projects including "Weekend Occupy": an idea to decentralize the movement and engage the broader 99 percent. Those are house parties, Anderson said, that mobilize attendees towards a political goal.
"We're compiling something called action items, and these are specific pieces of legislation for statewide or nationwide that people can support, that they can call their representatives about," Anderson said. "We were inspired a little bit by MoveOn.org, but we're hoping to have an even more interactive experience."
Can house parties and YouTube video streams motivate the 50 to 60 percent of Americans who want a clearer directive from the movement? Don Trementozzi, president of the local Communication Workers of America, said the movement could "absolutely have an impact" but only if it moved away from a street encampment to go door-by-door… where the votes are.
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More Bad Behavior: Binghamton EditionPosted by nvr1983 on September 24th, 2009
Maybe I should have waited a few more hours before I put up my "Bad Behavior" post because it looks like we have a new leader in the clubhouse: Binghamton point guard Emanuel Mayben, who was arrested yesterday night with possession and the intent to sell cocaine. Mayben, who was according to some news sources was once the #1 recruit in his age group (I could only find a 4-star rating for him) and orally committed to play at Syracuse before changing his mind (looks like Jim Boeheim dodged one there), had spent time at 2 other colleges (UMass and Hudson Valley Community College) before winding up at Binghamton. Last season, he put up solid numbers (11.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, and a school-record 4.6 APG) helping lead the school to its first NCAA tournament appearance last year.
Recently the Binghamton basketball program has come under fire with The New York Post referring to it as "UNLV East" with the most famous examples being Miladin Kovacevic, a Serbian recruit who allegedly beat another student into a coma and fled the country after posting bail, and Malik Alvin, who was arrested trying to steal condoms from a Wal-Mart. Although we're not sure how much lower you can go than having a player flee the country after posting bail, Mayben's arrest is yet another black eye for a Binghamton program that had just started to make people like Tony Kornheiser proud for their play on the court.


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Tool Test: Lee Valley Knife Hinges
by Matthew Teague
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The first time I installed knife hinges I did so with an inexpensive pair, thinking it would be a good way to learn the process without wasting a lot of money on what is a notoriously finicky piece of hardware. Instead, I learned why quality knife hinges are worth every cent.
Any play or wiggle in the hinge will show up in the swing of the door, and making adjustments after installation is difficult if not impossible. Knife hinges made of thin, stamped steel, with irregularities in the thickness of the leaves or imperfections in the action of the pivot, simply won't function as they should. You can't pay me enough to use cheap ones again.
With that first set of knife hinges in mind, I was hesitant to try the new ones from Lee Valley. Once I got them in my hands, however, I was more hopeful. They have the weight and smooth action of quality hardware, and the brass versions are hard to distinguish from Brusso's (long the standard by which knife hinges are measured).
Likewise, as far as installation goes, I recently installed a few pairs of Brusso hinges and wouldn't walk across the street for the difference. Like the Brusso line, the Lee Valley hinges are available in straight and offset orientations and in a wide range of sizes. You have your choice of either brass or stainless steel.And they're priced notably less than comparable hinges from Brusso, which means Lee Valley will likely become my first stop for knife hinges.
If I have one complaint, it's that the Lee Valley hinges don't come with screws. It's not a huge problem with the brass hinges, but the stainless finish is akin in appearance to brushed nickel, so matching the screws is a challenge. While I love the look of the stainless versions, I wish Lee Valley provided matching screws.
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ADA — Ardmore's girls track and field team had four event wins at the Ada track meet Tuesday.
Tee Taylor and Destinee Howell secured two of Ardmore's four first-place finishes on the day. The Tigers also won the 4x200-meter relay (Cara Jackson, Shamise McGee, Kenesha Noland and Christin Russell) and the 4x100 relay (McGee, Taylor, Howell and Russell).
In the high jump, Taylor jumped 4 feet, 2 inches as the lone competitor in the field to win, and Howell was first in the 800 run (2 minutes, 28 seconds). The 4x200 relay team finished in 1:54.56, and the 4x100 team ran a 51.44.
Ardmore was one of seven teams in the meet.
"Our times really weren't any better, but we had a long spring break," Ardmore coach Brenda McHatton said. "We talked about the things it's gonna take to have a state championship team."
The Tigers had place finishers in 14 events, including runner-up finishes in the discus (K'rean Knight, 91-7), shot put (Kaitlin Cronemeyer, 33-7), 400 dash (Zoe Booker, 1:02.41), 200 dash (Marshelle Stubblefield, 27.19) and the 4x800 relay (Booker, Kevi Davis, Howell and Rickkia Manuel).


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