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Canterbury star Josh Reynolds showed it's possible to survive on the NRL's minimum wage, but the tenacious Bulldogs five-eighth predicts the game will see immediate benefits from increasing the base salary.
With the minimum contract set to rise by 40 per cent for players on the fringe of first grade, Reynolds says the ARLC are ensuring the next big thing isn't lost to the game.
The new collective bargaining agreement is currently in the hands of player representatives and if they give the arrangement the tick of approval, it will be implemented by Christmas.
In previous years Reynolds combined playing duties with plumbing and labouring until breaking through to be one of the shining lights of the NRL in 2012.
Reynolds, 23, built his career on rising above adversity, but said the challenge of making ends meet for some players can prove too much.
The basement salary is set to increase from $55,000 to $75,000 - and to $85,000 by 2017 - and Reynolds believes the rise will encourage talented players to continue with the game and fight to become late-blooming stars like himself.
"I definitely think it will put a lot more guys on track. We might lose one or two big players in a bunch because it does get a bit hard you know," Reynolds told AAP.
"It's not an easy path. If you have a second little job, sometimes you just think to yourself, `is it all worth it?'
"It's always in the back of your head whether you're going to make it or not."
Reynolds was a plumber for four years and when he came into full-time training at the Bulldogs he tried to get a labouring job to improve his cash flow.
He admits the uphill battle he faced to make it in the NRL was a contributing factor to his stunning achievements.
But Reynolds said the pay increase will help players coming through the ranks focus solely on realising their dreams.
"It's a hard thing. When you're training full time you're expected to be at training every day and being on that minimum wage, what it's at the moment, it's a bit hard," he said.
"Bringing it up is going to be good. The boys can just concentrate on just playing footy and not worry about having that second job just to live."
Reynolds paid credit to senior player representatives like Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith and Robbie Farah for going into bat for fringe first graders in their collective bargaining negotiations with the ARLC.
Significantly increased bonuses for representative players are among the other amendments set to be introduced.
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I like this story. Stupid dude named Trevor sends unsolicited crotch shots to a woman he just met on the internet; she responds by forwarding the photo and his abusive comments to his mother. Do you think she grabbed him by the ear and wagged her finger in his face?
I'm all for more mothers shaming these naughty little boys!

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CHICAGO, Ill. (Friday, Jan. 3, 2014) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Friday that Chicago Fire Academy players Grant Lillard and Collin Fernandez, and Indiana Fire Academy's Cameron Lindley have been called in to participate in United States Under-20 and Under-18 training camps in Florida.
Lillard was one of 36 players selected by U.S. U-20 Men's National Team head coach Tab Ramos for the team's training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. from Jan. 3-12. This is the first domestic camp of the new cycle and will feature two intrasquad scrimmages.
Fernandez (pictured above) and Lindley have been called in by U.S. U-18 Men's National Team head coach Javier Perez for a week-long training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. from Jan. 4-11 to prepare for the upcoming Copa del Atlantico in the Canary Islands, which is scheduled to be played Feb. 4-7.


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Name:D. Dragon
Nickname: The Revolutionary
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Clan: Kaguya
He is often seen with a tense look companied by a sadistic grin. He is rarely never seen grinning or smiling. Dragon has slightly tanned.skin, contrasting to his son.
When not in battle, Dragon can be seen wearing a black, hooded cloak. Under the cloak, he wears a white, collared zip-up shirt, similar to what Sasuke wears. Around his waist, he wears a large red sash. The shirt is tucked into the shirt. He wears black pants with large pockets that end just under his knees and black sandals.
His most striking feature is a large, dark red tribal tattoo that covers most of the left side of his face.
Dragon, unlike most D's, has a dislike for the concepts of destiny and faith. This dislike stems from a love for freedom, whereas he believes that everyone has the freedom to decide their own path and make their own choices. This love of freedom has also caused him to believe that one shouldn't ridicule another based on who they are related to.
Dragon can be very friendly despite his fierce demeanor. He can also be very cold and will tell people what they need to hear rather than what they want to.
Despite being a Kaguya, he doesn't have a lust for battle and murder, but still enjoys fighting a lot.
His favorite foods are candy, alcohol and like his son, meat.
Village Info. Village of Birth: Kirigakure
Village of Alliance:Kumogakure
Rank//Chakra Info. Ninja Rank: Sage by posts
Specialty: Wind, Water, Lightning
Basic 5 Mastered with the exception of AACT, which is in progress.
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Background Info. History:
Dragon, like most Kaguya members, was born in Kirigakure. As a child, he was scrutinized among the clan for not being a cold killer and a lover of violence. This scrutiny caused him to hate the clan and isolate himself from it.
He enrolled in the academy of Kirigakure and was one of the top of his class, fighting with fierceness.
When Dragon found out that in order to graduate, he must slaughter his classmates, he grew furious and refused to kill. As his comrades killed each other, Dragon's hate for Kiri began to grow. Eventually, he was among the last two left. Refusing to fight on those terms, Dragon took the beating, retaining critical injuries. Severly wounded, his unconscious body was discarded, as he was believed to have died. However, his ideals didn't go to vain, as people in Kiri began to question the ways of Bloody Mist.
As he layed dying, a family outside of Kirigakure took him in and nursed him back to health. Dragon was extremely grateful to the family, and offered to repay them, but they said there was no need.
Sometime between these events and the Kaguya revolt, Dragon met a younh woman and had a brief affair, resulting in Dragon having a child. He named the child Luffy. However, as Dragon could never enter Kiri again, he was unable to raise Luffy.
Years later, Dragon was confronted by the Kaguya clan, who wanted him to help with the revolt. Dragon refused despite his love for battle and hate for Kiri due to his belief that if he killed innocent people, he wouldn't be any better than the concepts of Kiri that he loathed. The fact that he rebelled against his own clan and the village with his life as a risk earned him the moniker "The Revolutionary" among the Kaguya.
A few days after the failed revolt, he learned that Luffy's mother had died. Fearing the worst for his son, he infiltrated Kiri and did some spying undercover. Finding no one that could confirm his son's survival, he flew into a rage. Donning his cloak and tattoo for the same time, he attacked Kiri, using his Wind jutsu to destroy buildings. Hearing that the strong ninja of the village was after him, he fled the village.
He went back to the family that had saved him and asked them to take care of Luffy for him in the event that he was alive. Sure enough, Luffy was alive and would later be raised by the family.
Dragon traveled a lot, learning many jutsu. Eventually, he arrived in Sunagakure. He spent a lot of his life there. After hearing that Luffy was alive and lived in Kumo, he defected and joined Kumo.
He currently resides there and plans to learn his clan's abilities. He has also gotten himself a sword exactly like Sasuke's but with a red blade and purple handle. He keeps the sword in a sheath that is held in his sash.
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The traditionally conservative state of Utah has become a flashpoint in the national debate over marriage equality after a federal judge struck down the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, briefly legalizing such unions in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately placed a stay on that ruling, putting a halt to the weddings, as the state's Republican governor and attorney general appeal the decision to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In the meantime, the governor's office announced that the state will not recognize the estimated 1,360 same-sex marriages that were solemnized in Utah's 17-day equality window, though the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a separate suit challenging that decision.
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Author Notes: This dish celebrates three wonderful early summer ingredients - radish, snap peas and mint. Don't be scared off by the raw radish. It's sliced thin enough to take out some of its sting. The snap peas are sweet and crunchy. And the mint gives it a lively spring-like flavor.
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Serves 2-4
- 6-8 fresh firm radishes
- 1 pound snap or snow peas
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 bunch mint
- Slice the radishes super thin - preferably with a mandoline. If you're not ready to use them right away, leave them soaking in a bowl of cool water for up to a few hours. When you're ready, drain them and pat them dry.
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This 2013 is my/our time to shed the lbs. and make it a GREAT year!
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Preliminary work to rebuild the I-35W bridge in downtown Minneapolis is underway this week, but it will be a long time before Minnesotans get over the tragic collapse that occurred Aug. 1.
Most of us only saw the photographs and the videos, and heard the voices on the radio.
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I have one on my boat. It does help immensely with exhaust fumes. I personally would not surf without the FAE on a boat with no catalytic converter.
I did not get the expected noise reduction in the boat that others have enjoyed. It's only reduced a bit. Noise behind the boat is hugely reduced. I might need to adjust the pipe angle.
My FAE had a significant manufacturing defect with the support mounting holes being crooked. I was able to compensate due to it shipping with two of the square mounting tubes. As I had it in storage for over two years before installing it, I did not bother the manufacturer about the issue. Just inspect carefully and install promptly if you get one.
Boat performance and wake shape are not affected to any significant degree, at least during normal operations at 10-30 MPH. I haven't really tested top end, but I never cared about that. One thing that is affected is turbulence under the water behind the prop. For surface sports, it's not a problem. If you like to do hydrofoiling, it will be negatively affected for beginners who like to cruise behind the boat. They won't inhale exhaust anymore, but it will be harder to remain steady when directly behind the boat.
The only issue that I had with mounting remaining steady was that I believed my dad instead of the instructions regarding how tight the clamps should be. One pipe fitting came loose while towing the boat on the trailer. This leads to another issue: I think I'll do something to prevent swim platform movement. The FAE hangs on it, and it's got freedom to bounce around a bit.
With a new boat, I would be very keen to get feedback directly from the boat's manufacturer first. There may be an issue of backpressure and catalytic converters that are on most current towboats. Nautique is making the FAE-designed Surf Pipe available as a factory option (http://www.mastercraft.com/teamtalk/...ad.php?t=56874). However, that's not the same product as the main FAE, and there could be a warranty issue on other, newer boats. For a second-hand account, see post #63 here:
Last edited by Ian Brantford; 11-01-2013 at 12:04 PM.2005 XLV, upgraded ballast, Comptech swivel wakeboard and hydrofoil racks, Monster cargo bimini
I put one on my '12 LSV earlier this summer. I love it. Made a pretty big difference in the sound. Before it was hard to communicate with the surfers even when you were on the back of the boat. Now I can talk to them from the drivers seat pretty easily. Music sounds way better when you are surfing too.
The install was pretty easy. I have the same setup as the earlier pics in this thread with the cross beam mounted to the swim platform. That method of installation on the LSV is a very sturdy setup. They also had me put some screws in the exhaust ports on the boat to help hold the FAE. I check it after each run and I have not seen any loosening at all and that's after probably a 100 hours this summer. My installed pics are in this post.
Nobody talks about exhaust smells anymore either, after the FAE install. We didn't really notice before so it wasn't bad, but you can definitely tell that it is better now. We also pull slalom skiers at 30+ and wake boarders pretty regularly and I have not noticed any difference in handling, power or wake with the FAE installed.
I'm happy I put it on and can recommend it.
Ron2011 Mobius LSV
Ron, thanks for linking your photos. like that install better with the way it ties into the brackets.Hey, Its Moomba time
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Yes, thank you Ron. I apparently missed that thread and I too like the option to tie into the sides of the brackets.
I know bad news always travels fast so it's good to hear some very solid positive feedback instead. I'm sure that the FAE guys are getting their setups more dialed in as well.
Hmmmm, seeing this sliding back up the priority list now.The years have been kind, it's the weekends that have done the damage.
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One other thing for the driver to keep in mind with an FAE: there are no flaps. If you do an emergency stop, you could hydrolock the engine and wreck it.
I did such a manoeuver shortly after installing the FAE. The engine cut out. I was able to restart, but it continued to frequently cut out. We had to end our day. I eventually figured out that water was being held in the exhaust system due to the upward slant of the FAE. After disconnecting it and draining the water, regular operation was resumed with no apparent damage.2005 XLV, upgraded ballast, Comptech swivel wakeboard and hydrofoil racks, Monster cargo bimini
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Lol... More false info..
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What about backing up?The years have been kind, it's the weekends that have done the damage.
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what about it?
I"m in if someone puts it together-group buy-FAE
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Showalter: Division standings to loosen soon
By Robert Falkoff / Special to MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- With clubs at or near the quarter pole in the 2014 season, there was only a 3 1/2-game difference between first and last place in the American League East entering Thursday's action. But Orioles manager Buck Showalter doesn't expect the division to be so bunched a month from now.
"Everybody starts separating about the middle of June," Showalter said. " At ESPN, they used to talk about it every year. We're getting into that stage of the season where teams start separating.
"A lot of clubs have tried to work their way through injuries. Everybody has them. That's why the 'what-ifs' are so important."
Lough reflects on breakthrough season in KC
KANSAS CITY -- Orioles left fielder David Lough returned to Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, spawning memories of some happy days in 2013.
Last season with the Royals, Lough played well enough to stamp his name as a fixture in a Major League lineup. Kansas City called him up from Triple-A Omaha on May 16 and Lough took full advantage of the opportunity. Jeff Francoeur was struggling as the everyday right fielder, and Lough worked his way into that role as the Royals made a strong second-half push to put themselves in the hunt for a Wild Card playoff spot.
"It's kind of weird being in the visiting clubhouse, never been over here before," Lough said. "It's good to be back. I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces around the ballpark and saying hi."
Lough hit .286 for the Royals in 96 games last year and played well defensively. But Kansas City wanted an everyday leadoff hitter and made a deal for right fielder Nori Aoki on Dec. 5. A couple of weeks later, Lough was traded to Baltimore for Danny Valencia.
"I came up through the Kansas City system, and they showed a lot of faith in me," Lough said. "I didn't let them down. Last season, I thought I did some good things to help the team win. They had enough guys where they felt they could let me go, but it gave me an opportunity with the Orioles."
Lough was something of a late bloomer. He was a two-sport college athlete and needed a steep learning curve after signing professionally.
In six years coming through the Royals' organization, Lough said he learned "a ton" about becoming an everyday player.
Lough came up last year when speedy outfielder Jarrod Dyson had to go on the disabled list. The original idea was that Lough would play until Dyson came back and then return to Triple-A.
"I forced their hand by playing well and eventually winning that right-field job," Lough said. "I loved Francoeur and he taught me a lot. They kind of gave me the job, and I ran with it and played the kind of baseball I know how to play."
Although he has been struggling at the plate with the Orioles this year, Lough needs only to look at his 2013 statistics to maintain inner confidence. He finished eighth in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting.
"I only have 68 at-bats this year," Lough said prior to Thursday's game. "I feel comfortable at the plate and feel I can turn the offensive production around. My defense has been there and I've done some things to help the Baltimore Orioles win games. If I'm not doing it offensively, I'm trying to do it defensively."
Orioles recall Meek for bullpen, option Gausman
KANSAS CITY -- Needing a bullpen reinforcement for their series opener against the Royals, the Orioles recalled right-hander Evan Meek from Triple-A Norfolk on Thursday and optioned right-hander Kevin Gausman to Norfolk.
Gausman accompanied the Orioles to Kansas City and met with manager Buck Showalter for a discussion about his start against the Tigers on Wednesday. Gausman went four innings, allowing six hits and five earned runs. He'll continue to build up innings after reporting to Norfolk.
"We needed an arm," Showalter said of the decision to bring up Meek after the bullpen had a heavy workload Wednesday. "It puts us back on our feet tonight. Evan was the best fit, all things considered. He's ready to go."
Meek returns to the Orioles after appearing in five games for Norfolk. In 6 1/3 innings, he allowed seven hits and four runs.
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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On Friday, Nov. 26 MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation will launch the GRAMMY Charity Black Friday Sale, a post-Thanksgiving sale including both all-new one-of-a-kind packages, as well as buy-it-now bargains and slashed prices on celebrity autographed memorabilia and VIP experiences — perfect for the music lover in your life. The auction will continue until Dec. 6 at www.ebay.com/grammy.
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switzgal wrote:OK let's talk Jake related then.
What do you think Jake's best characteristic is? Why did you like him?
switzgal wrote:He was just a nice sweet guy who loved being with Bella. Helped her out of her misery. What could you not like about that?
Then in Eclipse, he was so in love with her by then he had to try and see her and save her from herself (wanting to be immortal)
That tent scene was so HOT!!! OMJ!!!
mgrassel06 wrote:switzgal wrote:As Jacob said, Bella was right. They were supposed to be in eachother's lives; they just had to figure out how.
switzgal wrote:mgrassel06 wrote:switzgal wrote:As Jacob said, Bella was right. They were supposed to be in eachother's lives; they just had to figure out how.
Right. SM loved Jacob. You can tell because she made him so real. I think out of all the characters I can relate to Jacob the most. I mean we all have gotten our hearts broken and hurt the way he had.
switzgal wrote:mgrasse you nailed it.
I read Twilight 2 years ago and my friend who lent it to me never gave New Moon (another one of her friends had it at the time I finished Twilight) She did warn me that there's not a lot of Edward in it beforehand and eventually I forgot to ask her about it.
That tent scene was so HOT!!! OMJ!!!
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Fiesty Conspiracy Theorist: When Tim Russell (Brenton Thwaites) is finally released from a mental hospital, he is eager to leave his gloomy small town and get on with his life, forgetting the father he shot and the supernatural forces Tim once faulted as the real culprit. But not so for his beautiful and impeccably dressed sister, Kaylie (Karen Gillan). Convinced that an antique mirror harbors those supernatural forces, Kaylie brings the mirror back to her old, rundown home to confront and destroy it for good. But will Kaylie's battle plans and fiery personality be enough to escape the mind-bending reach of the mirror?
Headstrong and determined, Kaylie Russell (Karen Gillan) is obsessed with the mirror, which she believes to be over four centuries old. As Kaylie engages the mirror in a dangerous battle, it becomes less and less certain that her high tech gadgets and meticulous planning will be enough to ensure victory. It's a terrifying prospect, especially since her beautiful silk dresses and sparkling engagement ring remind us just how much she has to lose, from a promising career to a bright future with a loving fiancé.
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Elk Mountains > Snowmass Mountain > Climber's Log
Snowmass Mountain Climber's Log
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|Grand Slam
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 1994
|With this climb of Snowmass I finished all of the Colorado Fourteeners for the first time. We approached from Lead King Basin.
|Posted Feb 26, 2008 10:53 pm
|Snowmass Lake route
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007
|Started from Maroon Lake, climbed Buckskin BM then down Buckskin Pass and camped at Snowmass Lake. Climbed Snowmass via gully between Snowmass & N. Snowmass. Got both summits and then descended standard route and packed out Snowmass Creek. This was an awesome route!
|Posted Feb 6, 2008 11:31 pm
|What snowfield?
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
|Don't bother looking for cairns above treeline...just make a beeline for the ridge! Great views from the summit, one of my top 10 14ers!
|Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:24 am
|Tedious route finding rewarded with summit!
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
|BEAUTIFUL lake! Worth the 8 mile backpack in. TEDIOUS route finding ("cairns?" WHERE?! They are little... don't waste your time- just shoot for the ridge!). Fun scramble at the end to a great summit block! L-O-N-G 13 mile hike back down and out! Loved the scenery along this route... quite possibly my favorite (of 46 now)!
|Posted Sep 3, 2007 11:20 pm
|Lead King Basin
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007
|Great ridge scramble and fun little summit. Weather was perfect.
|Posted Sep 2, 2007 8:47 pm
|Panthera uncia
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2007
|My favorite climb so far... Climbed the east snowless slopes and watched the sunrise from the summit. This 14er rocks!
|Posted Aug 24, 2007 4:12 pm
|snowfield and ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
|with jamie and mike....climbed the namesake snowfield to the summit ridge around 13,850 feet. the ridge was an unexpected surprise with lots of class three and four terrain to cross before reaching the summit.
can't believe i passed on north snowmass. the glissades, especially the first one(1000+ feet, just flat-out ripped), back towards snowmass lake were really fun!
|Posted Aug 12, 2007 1:28 am
|Scott Rogers
|Did this one last summer. The sunflowers from Lead King Basin were amazing!!!
|Posted Jul 11, 2007 10:41 pm
|Snowmass West Face
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|A long day from the Lead King Basin TH for me and trishapajean. We climbed the left-most gully most of the way, then wrapped around to the north and ended up traversing most of the summit ridge. Spectacular exposure!
|Posted Jul 8, 2007 3:22 pm
|Snow field to ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
|Climbed with Shanahan96, Jamie Nellis and Denalibound from Snowmass Lake. Long hike in/out with heavy pack, but this is the route we wanted. What's Snowmass without climbing the namesake snow field? Due to hard snow on the back of the ridge we opted to stay as close to the crest as possible. This resulted in some extra scrambling than normal, and several short class 4 moves at the various gendarmes. Great fun!
Also traversed out to tag "North Snowmass", excellent views of Capitol and Pierre Lakes from the north summit. Its worth the extra 20 minutes!
|Posted Jun 11, 2007 10:11 am
|From Snowmass lake
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|Hiked in Snowmass Creek route and camped at the lake. Wish it was earlier since there wasn't much snow - that damn talus field is tough in tele boots. Anyway climbed to the ridge and skied from there. Did not fancy climbing the ridge to the summit in tele boots so neglected to summit. Ski was fun though. Long hike out with 50lb pack.
|Posted Jun 4, 2007 12:15 pm
|Lake Geneva
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006
|TalusMonkey, Greg, and I camped above Lake Geneva, traversed over to the trail and went up the west slopes route. Steep talus and amazing lakes on the way up.
|Posted May 24, 2007 6:31 pm
|What a day!
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005
|Incredible day! This was my 2nd 14er and my first Class 3 peak. We started hiking that day at about 2am, made it to the lake by sunrise, and summitted around 10am. I think we finished hiking that day around 5pm, after about 15 hours and 20 miles. My friend Dave and I were dead exhausted.
The scenery and scrambling were great, but the scree field was less than fun....
|Posted Sep 23, 2006 12:41 am
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006
|It was more like "Snowmassless" Fun climb, great weather.
|Posted Sep 7, 2006 10:20 pm
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|Would rather have had snow to ski/glissade down. Weather stayed nice all day, just cloudy enough.
|Posted Aug 10, 2006 5:25 pm
|Snowmass Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|A fun scramble.
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:50 pm
|Brian Kalet
|The S-Ridge (ascent), West Face via Marble (descent)
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|10 hours roundtrip. Trip Report
|Posted Aug 7, 2006 5:20 pm
|Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake via Snowmass Creek Trailhead
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2005
|Awesome Trip! Great stream crossing near oxbow lake. Loved the ridge scramble. Lots of snow!
|Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:23 pm
|Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2006
|The most technical climb thus far, and physically demanding. I had heard of the Elk Range being rather rugged and remote, but I had no idea. The entire hike to base camp was gorgeous, filled with marmots and columbines. Lake is suberb, and fishing was great!
|Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:44 pm
|Mike Mc
|Snowmass Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006
|Straight up the snowfield to the saddle between Snowmass and North Snowmass...Gorgeous!
|Posted Jul 19, 2006 3:04 am


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People have asked me about my impressions of my trip and there is one word I want to communicate: Local. The stops were so varied, the needs so diverse, the problems so different, it is difficult to generalize, but I'll try anyway:
Go Local
Really get down to the street and neighborhood level, and stop thinking about the "city" as anything other than a group of neighborhood groups that rally for change. To really go local, you'll need to make what you work on relevant to the people who actually live there. What do they care about? Have you asked them? Do you know them? Flamingo Fridays is a great place to start. Hate your neighbors? Time to either learn tolerance or move.
Ask Eugene or Portland. One of them (I can't remember which) has done this great project of re-owning their street corners with decorative paint and bookcases to share books. Anything that gets it down to the street or neighborhood level get it to stay very very real.
You Don't Need a Crowd
Everyone wants to know how to get more people involved in their Transition community and I would say "Focus on doing important work." If you have one person, you have an action plan. If you have two, you have a committee. If you have three, you have a team. You don't need thousands of people. You need a few people you can learn to tolerate, and eventually like and appreciate. Do whatever you or both of you, or your team feels is important to do, and only do it if you have enthusiasm for it.
Avoid Trying to Generate Money "for the future."
The best way to kill a group is to get someone to fund it with seedling money early on. Or hire a professional staff person early in the process. Or insist that you need a grant to fund anything you'll need to do. The first statements volunteers make when a group gets a "part-time" staff person is "Have him/her do it."
Forget about money, grants, bank accounts, or mission statements. I know this sounds harsh, but it seems to me that when a group got bogged down with that stuff, the "process" starts to feel like molasses.
Forget about making an agenda
In one group, the idea of running their group more formlessly seemed to generate enormous energy. They were truly distressed that they were unable to settle on a mission statement, and their agenda took too long to get through. When I suggested just setting up the agenda with the people that bothered to show up, the mood seemed to lighten. Hey, if you can't even show up, why should your "agenda item" be on there? If you really care enough, maybe you need to send it with another person who IS attending, and make sure THEY care enough about it to want to talk about it. Don't be too worried about chaos. Be more worried about deadening the spirit of the people there.
I'll write more about the trip later. It was wonderful to meet so many dedicated people, and all the hosts who made my stay welcoming and warm.
You can hear a version of the speech (it was made much better after Jon Cooksey got through with giving his advice) at Radio Ecoshock with Alex Smith, and an interview with Alex and I, and an interview with Two Beers with Steve below:
LoFi Hour-long version (there is an 80 minute version too, but how much can one take?)
Interview with Alex and me.
and an Interview with Steve Patterson at Two Beers with Steve


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"I've been here so long that when someone new comes in to talk to me I don't say, 'Who's your mother?" I say, 'Who's your grandmother?' I have to connect it that way," McDowell said.
Betty's Speed Wash Coin Laundry is open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. McDowell can be found at her business five days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. She stops by on Saturdays to check on things there and at the storage facilities she also operates in Russellville.
"I love my laundry," McDowell said. "If I didn't like it, I wouldn't be here."
The business offers coin-operated washing machines that operate for $1.75. The dryers run for 10 minutes for a quarter. McDowell said the cost is due to her "awful" utility bills.
"I think last month it was $1,200," McDowell said. "In the winter it goes up."
Betty's Speed Wash also provides a drop-off pressing service. McDowell has recently hired a second worker but said she doesn't typically need two.
"I usually just have one person [helping me]," McDowell said. "I want the other press myself."
McDowell has been pressing clothes for 30 years. She said she loves her laundry and her customers. McDowell said she even enjoys doing her own laundry.
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"When we built our house up on Skyline in 1988, I had room for a washer and dryer. I thought 'maybe some day,' but I just bring my laundry here."
McDowell has pens for her business that celebrate the "59 good years" of business that she's had.
"The guy that made these wanted to put '59 great years,'" McDowell said. "But I told him, 'They haven't all been great, but they've all been good.'"
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Love the throwbacks
Loved the Titan uniforms
Would love to see the 80's throwbacks.
The question is, does the team bring back the green with white trim, or the green with black trim?
IMO, the green and white.
I think with today's equipment, the helmets, facemasks, the new nike uniforms, those 80's green and white uniforms would look awesome.


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Just can't get enough o' those Mayan ruins … poor Ty. Yet another visit to yet another big pile of rocks, this time Coba, in central Yucatan south west of Playa del Carmen. The weather is still not that good here – a gigantic cloud seems to be hanging around over top of us here, generating cloudy skies and thunderstorms. We do get some sunny times, mostly in the morning, and then it clouds over mid-afternoon and, often, rains in the early evening. And, while usually the water current in the ocean here flows south along the coast, the past couple of days it seems to have reversed and is now running quickly and strongly north, creating quite big waves. Although it's not really rainy season here yet, the weather has been strangely wetter than usual – maybe hurricane season is coming early this year. On the satellite map the Gulf of Mexico looks like a gigantic pot of boiling water. Yesterday again the waves were very high, almost like the ones in Puerto Vallarta, and we had a bit of difficulty getting out of the water without being dashed against the shoreline rocks in the middle of Playa's beach.
Anyway, on Wednesday the day dawned dry with a glimmer of sun shining through the cloud cover so we decided to visit Coba, a large Mayan ruin site located in the jungle. From the Playa bus station two ADO buses a day run to Coba; we took the 9 am, which stopped at Tulum ruins and Tulum pueblo, before heading inland to Coba and arriving after a pleasant two hour airconditioned ride at the archeological site. From the research I'd done I expected a fairly undeveloped situation at Coba but there were still the usual souvenir stalls and small Yucatecan restaurants outside the grounds, none of which was doing much business as far as I could tell.
Entering the site we walked along a tree-lined path leading to the first set of buildings, next to which are bike and bike taxi rentals. Since Coba is big, and would have taken all day to walk around, we decided to go for the bike taxi, basically a trike with a small padded seat for passengers (I stress the "small"; it barely had room for both of us. We saw two big guys being driven on one, each of whom had one cheek hanging off either side of the seat). Our driver headed off down the shady path, passing walkers and other trikes heading back to the ranch.
There are several different groups of structures open for visiting and with the trike, we were able to see all of them in two hours without having to rush. All of the buildings are situated in a treed jungle area (although "jungle" suggests deep, dark, dense bush, the jungle here consists of small birch-like trees and large banyan-like ones, all of which are small enough to allow lots of light to enter. The paths between the building groups likely follow the old Maya sacbe (white roads). At Coba there are about 40 sacbes, some local, some heading deep into the jungle. The longest sacbe is 100 km, connecting Coba with Yaxuna, close to Chichen Itza. "Coba" means "waters stirred by wind", an homage to the four lakes along which it's situated. Unlike Tulum, it is not manicured and reconstructed; a number of large stone jungle-covered mounds can been seen, along with those that can be visited.
Coba dates from the Classic Period, 600 to 900 AD, after which it was abandoned for unknown reasons. At its height Coba supported up to 45,000 inhabitants. The city is thought to have been an important trading post and a commercial link between the cities on the coast and those inland. Coba was never found by the Spanish, thus being left covered by jungle until the 1890s, when it was rediscovered. Excavations started in the 1970s and many of the buildings are left pretty much as they were found. This site of 80 square km/50 square miles is in almost pristine condition. Coba is believed to contain up to 6,500 structures, of which only a small fraction have been restored. (http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carmen-info-mayan-ruins-of-coba.html).
We saw the observatory, a four or five level beehive-like structure, many stele with almost impossible-to-decipher carvings and palapa-roofed coverings, quite a few domestic houses, the "paintings complex" (below),
two stone ball courts, and a grand pyramid, the Nohoch Mul, meaning "big mound". And big it is, the tallest Mayan ruin structure in the Yucatan at 138 feet.
Nohoch Mul is one of the few Mayan pyramids still climbable. When we arrived there a few people were climbing it, some of whom were red-faced from the effort.
It is quite steep, with a "staircase" of large and uneven steps and a thick rope to help with the descent. From the top, we had a view out over seemingly the entire Yucatan forest of trees to the horizon, only interrupted by a few unexcavated structures whose tops could be seen above the trees.
While going up was relatively easy (and not by an order of magnitude anywhere near as difficult as the climb to the mountaintop of Krabi's Tiger Cave Temple), coming down was more difficult and tiring. The next day my thigh muscles were still tingling from the workout. [See my post on our Tiger Cave Temple expedition here]
On the function of the Mayan ball courts, here is one account: Coba has at least two very pretty ball courts, one of which has been partially excavated only recently. The ball game played an important role in Mayan society and most cities had a ball court, which is basically a corridor of two stoned walls. The game was played between two teams, using only their hips and elbows to get a rubber ball through a hoop. At some sites, like Coba, the sides of the ball court are slanted, which makes it possible to get close to the hoop.
In other places, like Chichen Itza, the hoops are situated high up on almost vertical walls, seemingly making it impossible to score (unless you don't subscribe to the law of gravity, which would give us the explanation to many other Mayan mysteries…) Inscriptions and other pieces of art show that human sacrifice was a part of the game. There are different theories as to who actually got sacrificed – the captain or the whole team? Did the losing have to pay with their lives or did the winning team willingly and proudly go to live with their gods? You will hear different stories on this one. (http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carmen-info-mayan-ruins-of-coba.html)
After an almost two hour long tricycle ride, we headed back out to the bus which showed up right on time and whisked us back again to Playa. For those of you interested in Mayan ruins, I'd recommend doing this site by bus; there are two ADO departures from Playa every morning at 8 and 9 am and two returns from Coba at 1 and 3 pm. The bus costs 86 pesos per person each way and the entrance fee into Coba is 57 pesos each. We paid 200 pesos for the tricycle tour (170 for the bike and a 30 peso tip) for a total cost of 486 pesos ($35.55), much cheaper than any of the tours we looked at. And Coba, with its jungle canopy covering, is a beautiful and restful experience.
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About 600,000 to 800,000 people are expected on the National Mall on Jan. 21 when Obama is sworn in for his second term, D.C. officials say — far fewer than the 1.8 million who huddled in the cold in 2009 to see the nation's first black president say the oath. Still, it's a massive undertaking that will bring Washington to a virtual standstill. A look at the numbers:


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Harper's first walk-off homer snaps Nats' skid
WASHINGTON -- One would have thought the Nationals won the seventh game of the World Series after Bryce Harper's two-run homer in the ninth, the first walk-off homer of his career, gave the Nats a 9-7 win over the Pirates at Nationals Park on Thursday afternoon to snap their six-game losing streak.
It was Harper's first home run since July 1, and there he was, absorbing the playful body blows from his teammates. There was music played in the locker room for the first time in almost a week.Full Game Coverage
WASHINGTON -- One would have thought the Nationals won the seventh game of the World Series after Bryce Harper's two-run homer in the ninth, the first walk-off homer of his career, gave the Nats a 9-7 win over the Pirates at Nationals Park on Thursday afternoon to snap their six-game losing streak.
It was Harper's first home run since July 1, and there he was, absorbing the playful body blows from his teammates. There was music played in the locker room for the first time in almost a week.Full Game Coverage
Said Ian Kroll, who blew his first save opportunity but earned his first Major League win: "It was 10 times better than the last six games. Everybody is amped up. It was kind of emotional going into the bottom of the ninth. But Harp pulled one out for us. That's what he does. That's why we got him on the team. He's unbelievable."
With two outs and Roger Bernadina on first, Harper swung at a 1-1 pitch from Bryan Morris and hit the ball over the left-center-field wall for his 14th home run of the season.
"It's great to get the 'W,'" Harper said. "We really needed it. Going through that AB, I was trying to put something in the gap so Bernie could score."
Washington got off to a great start, scoring four runs in the first inning against right-hander A.J. Burnett, although only one was earned.
After Harper was hit by a pitch, Steve Lombardozzi bunted the ball down the third-base line and beat the throw by Pedro Alvarez for an infield single. Harper got caught in a rundown between second and third, but Alvarez couldn't catch Clint Barmes' throw, allowing Harper to score the game's first run.
Harper finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs and made an excellent diving catch, while Lombardozzi went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs and made a spectacular play in the field at second base.
Ryan Zimmerman followed Lombardozzi with an RBI single to right to make it 2-0.
Three batters later, Ian Desmond singled to left to put runners on first and second for Denard Span, who singled to right to score Zimmerman. Desmond also scored on the play, after a throwing error by first baseman Gaby Sanchez.
The Pirates made their third error of the inning when Kurt Suzuki reached first on Jordy Mercer's fielding error, but a run didn't score.
Left-hander Gio Gonzalez started for the Nationals and lasted 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits and four walks, and he matched his season high with 11 strikeouts.
But Gonzalez was the first to say that it didn't feel like he dominated the Pirates.
"It's one of those weird lines," Gonzalez said. "You look at it and find out that at the end I had 11 strikeouts. I kid you not, it felt like I had six. And it felt like the Pirates were putting the ball in play a lot."
Gonzalez allowed a run on Burnett's RBI groundout in the fourth, and then the Pirates made it a game in the sixth. After Sanchez singled, Josh Harrison followed with a two-run homer over the center-field wall to make it 4-3.
"When you have a track record against somebody, even if small, you do kinda go into it with a bit of confidence," said Harrison, whose fifth career homer was his second off Gonzalez. "You already knows what he throws, you've seen everything he has and can take it from there."
Washington added what seemed to be three insurance runs in the eighth off right-hander Vin Mazzaro. Lombardozzi's RBI single scored Bernadina, and then Adam LaRoche hit a two-run triple to make it 7-3.
It appeared the Nationals had put the game out of reach, but the Pirates came back and scored four in the ninth against Rafael Soriano and Krol. Soriano entered the game in a non-save opportunity and looked shaky from the start.
He walked Neil Walker and Starling Marte before allowing an RBI double to Mercer, scoring Walker. After Andrew McCutchen struck out, Russell Martin drove in Marte with a single to left to make it 7-5. Acting Washington manager Randy Knorr, who was filling in for the ejected Davey Johnson, decided to take Soriano out in favor of the left-hander Krol.
"I was watching Soriano pitch when it is not a save opportunity," Knorr said. "He wasn't throwing the ball over the plate. A couple of lefties were coming up, and I like the way Krol throws the ball. I figured if [Soriano] wasn't in that mode to shut the game down, I would bring somebody else in."
Krol had a tough time getting hitters out. The bases were loaded with the Nats one strike away from victory when Harrison singled to center field to drive in two runs and tie the game.
Krol acknowledged he was nervous for the first time since he made his Major League debut on June 5.
"It was crazy to be out there in that situation and something that I'm not comfortable with," Krol said. "It's something I don't normally do. Like I said a million times, you have to go out there and do your job, get batters out, make good pitches and attack the hitters."
By the time the game ended, three hours and 39 minutes after first pitch, both managers -- Johnson and Clint Hurdle -- were not around. Johnson was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the fifth, while Hurdle was tossed for arguing that Alvarez didn't make the turn at first base after reaching on an infield single in the seventh.
But in the end, the Nationals were happy with the victory.
"People smiling. That lets you know it's a good day," Gonzalez said.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats.


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Lilly becomes the fifth starter, replacing Rule 5 rookie Carlos Monasterios, who moves back to the bullpen as a long reliever. Lilly -- 3-8 with a 3.69 ERA -- has $4.3 million remaining on his contract this year and will be a free agent after the season."I think I'm going to a really good place and to a team that has aspirations of winning the World Series," Lilly said, "and that's a fortunate thing for me to be a part of." Manager Joe Torre said he hadn't talked to Lilly yet, but would probably start him on Tuesday against the Padres. He said he expects Theriot to replace DeWitt as the primary second baseman batting in the lower part of the order. He said Theriot also is a natural shortstop who can spell Rafael Furcal. "Hopefully, they make us better," said Torre. "I talked to Theriot and he is excited about coming over. He's a scrappy little player, a basestealer with more speed [than DeWitt] in that regard. I haven't talked to Ted Lilly, but he played for me in New York and he gives us a little more stability in the rotation. I know he's competitive. I hope he stays healthy and helps us get to the postseason." Torre emphasized that the Dodgers weren't looking to move DeWitt. "He was the price tag," said Torre. General manager Ned Colletti, however, indicated that improved defense and running speed that comes with Theriot was part of the equation, saying he could have acquired Lilly without dealing DeWitt. "We have interest in Theriot," Colletti said. "He's a middle infielder. Blake DeWitt is more of a natural third baseman than second base. They are the same type of player in their passion for the game, Theriot is a little older, but he's more situated for the middle of the infield. We could have had Lilly without trading DeWitt, but there were more dynamics than meets the eye." DeWitt said his goodbyes in the clubhouse before Saturday's game. "It's sad, in a way," he said. "It's definitely a tough situation for me. I've worked hard with these guys going far back. It definitely came as a complete shock but it's part of the game. I look forward to the opportunity there. Chicago is probably my favorite place to go on the road and it's definitely close to my family [in Missouri]." Lilly was drafted by the Dodgers in 1996, was traded to the Expos before he reached the Major Leagues in the Carlos Perez deal and pitched parts of three seasons for Torre with the Yankees. He talked to Dodgers equipment manager Mitch Poole on Saturday, and the lefty said it's the same person who handed him his first uniform during Spring Training games. "It's pretty amazing how this has come full circle," he said. A Torrance, Calif., native, the 34-year-old Lilly has a 106-92 career record and 4.21 ERA in 12 seasons with the Expos, Yankees, A's, Blue Jays and Cubs. He has reached double figures in victories in each of the past seven seasons, including 12 or more wins in six of the last seven. He was on the team's short list of targeted starters and became a more obvious choice after big names like Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt were dealt elsewhere. The 30-year-old Theriot, who has played second base primarily this year, is hitting .284 with one homer and 21 RBIs. He was a third-round Draft pick in 2001 out of LSU and earns $2.6 million this year and is under control for two more seasons. Theriot received a call from Torre after the trade.
"I thought it was very cool, especially coming from a man of his stature," he said. "We talked for a few minutes. He said, 'I want you to get here as soon as you can.' It makes you feel good when you get a call from a guy like that."
DeWitt, 24, was batting .270 with one homer and 30 RBIs in 82 games for Los Angeles. In three big league seasons, he has a .262 average with 12 homers and 86 RBIs. He was originally selected in the first round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.Smit, 22, is 5-3 with a 2.35 ERA and six saves in 37 games for Class A Inland Empire and Double-A Chattanooga. He was originally selected in the fifth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. Wallach, 21, was 6-0 with a 3.72 ERA in 17 games for Class A Great Lakes. He was originally selected in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. His father, Tim, is a former Dodger and the current manager of the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes and his brother, Matt, also plays in the Dodgers' farm system. The Dodgers were busy prior to the Deadline, acquiring outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Royals Wednesday for catcher Lucas May and young pitcher Elisaul Pimentel and reliever Octavio Dotel from the Pirates in exchange for right-hander James McDonald and Minor League outfielder Andrew Lambo. They wanted Podsednik because of the uncertain health of injured outfielders Manny Ramirez and Reed Johnson, who are on the disabled list. At least three clubs have inquired about the availability of Ramirez, who has been on the DL three times this year and will be a free agent after the season. But the Dodgers have told clubs they won't give Ramirez away or eat the remaining $8 million on his 2010 salary.
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Famous Lebanese singer Wade' Al Safi is getting ready to record a special song for Syria and Syrian President Bashar Al Asad.
Al Safi will perform the song, written by Syrian poet Dr. Nabil Ta'mah, at a celebration in Damascus.
According to the London daily Elaph, Syrian singer Mayada Al Hinawi has also released a new song for Beirut about peace and love between Arab people.
The controversial new play "Sah Al Noum" (Good Morning) about the legendary Lebanese singer Fairouze will open in Damascus after the city was chosen the cultural capital of the Arab world for 2008.
The Rahbani's, who are lebanon's most important family of musicians and who are Fairouz's family, stated that they are very pleased to participate in the celebration and said that art has no boundaries and it doesn't concern politics.
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text: European colonialism, the slave trade, apartheid in South Africa, African music, Roots. All of these subjects link Americans, Europeans and Africans together, and they are all portrayed through television, film, radio, video, and newspapers. At the same time, indigenous knowledge and discourse practices continue to flourish in Africa alongside modern media, and images and attitudes that romanticize or denigrate Africa continue to produced in the U.S. and Europe. This course examines these powerful tools of communication with specific forms and genres and in specific sites where they are performed. Films include the American movie portraying colonialism in Kenya (Out of Africa), and the Ghanaian movie about American slavery and African identity, Sankofa. Peter Davisĺ In Darkest Hollywood portrays film in South Africa under apartheid and the influences of Hollywood in South Africa. We will also examine attempts of South African television to produce edutainment (popular sit coms) that deals with AIDS. We will view films by the leading African filmmaker, Sembene, widely shown in the U.S. and Europe, that explore issues of colonialism, gender, and belief in conjunction with modern everyday practices. Sites to be considered include traditional courts where individuals bring their disputes and must utilize customary discourse practices and the influence of Britain and the U.S. on law and the state courts in specific locations. We will also consider the relationship of African Americans to Africa through heritage tourism and African music. Special attention will be devoted to the role of radio and television in contemporary global political affairs, and to the concert party in Ghana, a performance that evolved out of a British popular entertainment and to the contemporary expressions of politics in this theatrical form. Students will write two papers, one on the relationship between the U.S. and Africa, and one comparing the portrayal of Africa in two separate forms of media. There will be a mid-term exam and a final, and much of the discussions will take place through group presentations. Texts: (A reader will also be included in the readings). Ebron, Paula. PERFORMING AFRICA. (2002). Baaz, Maria Eriksson and Mai Palmberg, eds. SAME AND OTHER: NEGOTIATING AFRICAN IDENTITY IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION. (2001) Cole, Catherine. GHANAĺS CONCERT PARTY THEATRE. 2001. Fardon, Richaard and Graham Furniss, eds. AFRICAN BROADCAST CULTURES: RADIO IN TRANSITION.(2000) Hirsch, Susan . PRONOUNCING AND PERSERVERING: GENDER AND THE DISCOURSES OF DISPUTING IN AN AFRICAN ISLAMIC COURT. (1998) Yankah, Kwesi. SPEAKING FOR THE CHIEF: OKYEAME AND THE POLITICS OF AKAN ROYAL ORATORY. (1995.) Jointly offered with ANTH-E408


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Former American Idol contestant, Haley Reinhart stopped by to chat with Fresh 102.7/New York as she prepares to give fans her debut album, Listen Up!, with the single "Free" being the first track to hit the airwaves.
You'll certainly remember Haley from Season 10 of American Idol. She sang an unbelievable duet with Tony Bennett on the show, "Steppin' Out with My Baby," which turns out to be one of her fondest, if not THE fondest moment of her time on the program. "It was amazing," Haley said. "I grew up with Jazz my whole life." And she's not just blowing smoke. Haley is a regular visitor to NYC jazz clubs when she's in town. "There's some prodigies out here… It's cool to see all the raw talent" says Haley. In case you want to get your snapping fingers snapping just like Haley, her favorite places to listen and lounge are The Blue Note and Smalls.
Haley's debut album Listen Up! will be hitting shelves and online retailers on May 22. Haley says her new single, "Free," "has hints of jazz in there," it's definitely "sultry" and has an "organic and hypnotic kind of vibe."
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Haley returned to the Idol stage back in March to perform her new single. Of that experience, Haley says she "felt great knowing she was not getting judged." She also gave some advice to the new contestants. Go with your gut and instincts. There are a lot of different people giving the contestants a lot of advice, so she tells them to take what they need from it and move on.
Haley also told her story of performing the Elton John classic "Benny and the Jets" on Idol. She remembers calling her parents explaining that no one had ever picked that song to perform and couldn't understand why. During that conversation, it came on the radio at her parents home. She saw it as a sign that she had to perform it.
Another song and experience that Haley will never forget was when she took on Led Zeppelin's "What Is and What Should Never Be" on the show with her dad, Harry Reinhart playing guitar. She called him the night before to perform with her. There's nothing like springing an impromptu performance on your parents. Especially a performance in front of millions of viewers!
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Characters involved: Ron, Hermione, Harry, Ginny, the other Weasleys, healer
Mood of plot bunny: sad but romantic. lots of family bonding and loads of crying (mainly Hermione)
Plot line: So Ron and Harry are just starting their new jobs as Aurors and so far they haven't had any big jobs. That is until their boss (who kinda hates them) tells them they are to follow a former Death Eater and capture him once they know he is up to no good. On the job they realize who it is. Augustus Rookwood. He's the one who killed Fred and naturally Ron wants revenge. He charges out and end up killing Rookwood but nearly killing himself as well.
Skip to St Mungo's. The Weasley, Harry and Hermione are there. Nobody knows how Ron is. Hermione runs off and is talking to herself. She realizes she does love Ron. (They weren't really dating but they both had feelings for each other.)
This is where I always get stuck. The ending can be whatever you want. Just make sure Ron and Hermione get together.
Other details: Harry and Ginny are together but not married. Hermione and Ginny were still at Hogwarts and were quickly sent to St Mungo's after they heard what happened. I imagined this as a short story. Not a oneshot but not really long either. I was thinking somewhere between 5 and 10 chapters? But you can do whatever you like.
Take good care of my bunny. She likes to be worked on often. Can't wait to see what you do with her! Good luck.


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Team owner Richard Childress says he has talked to embattled driver Kurt Busch about driving for Richard Childress Racing if sponsorship can be found.
Childress told ESPN.com Friday that he would field a fourth Sprint Cup team for Busch if he could find sponsorship.
"I have talked to Kurt about running a full season with a fourth team if we had sponsorship,'' Childress told ESPN.com Friday at Richmond International Raceway. "He's a very, very talented driver.
"I like Kurt. Kurt and I would get along. There's just not a sponsor out there today that can fill a complete car.''
Childress added that "It's getting late in the year" to find sponsors for next season.
Busch declined to address his 2013 plans Friday night after finishing third in a Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Busch has been driving for Phoenix Racing this season after being released by Penske Racing following a series of emotional outbursts last season.
Busch was suspended for one race earlier this season for making threatening comments to a Sporting News reporter. He could return to Phoenix Racing next season but is looking for other opportunities.
Childress has said he still plans to field three Cup teams next season for drivers Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Paul Menard.