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Soccer camps are a big part of the nation's multi-billion dollar summer camp business and impact several levels of the American game.
By Mike Woitalla (from the March issue of Soccer America)
About three decades ago, when I was in elementary school, my P.E. teacher pulled me aside and asked, "You're into soccer, right?"
I nodded. He then said he needed to learn the rules. I found that promising, surmising that maybe we'd start playing more soccer at P.E. I told him I could help him out. At home, my father and I searched through our soccer books and magazines until we found a concise summary of the rules that I could bring the teacher.
We still hardly ever played soccer at P.E., but the following summer I discovered that this neophyte to the game had launched his very own summer soccer camp. He had even photocopied the rules I'd given him and handed them out to his campers.
I remember asking my dad how someone who knew next to nothing about the sport could launch a soccer camp. That may have been when I learned the word entrepreneur. The P.E. coach recognized a good business when he saw it.
Of course, I never attended his camp. But I did go to three soccer camps, and I remember enjoying every minute. My first one was in Texas, run by the NASL's Dallas Tornado. I couldn't believe that Ron Newman - the team's head coach! - was coaching us. I remember how much we laughed at his jokes when he demonstrated. And the players I idolized when I watched them at Texas Stadium were on the field with us as well. These were guys I would wait for outside the locker room to get autographs and now I was spending the entire day with them. I couldn't believe how lucky I was.
The next couple of camps I attended, still in my pre-teens, were at Iolani, my new school in Hawaii where I hoped to play varsity soccer. The camp counselors were current varsity players. I admired them almost as much as the pros in Dallas. And I remember always keeping an eye out to see if the varsity coach, Bob Barry, was watching when I played, and trying so hard to impress. A few years later, I was one of the counselors.
Those soccer camps were the only summer camps I ever attended. Times have changed, of course, and now it's the norm for children to fill most of their summer weeks at a wide variety of camps.
Households in which both parents work have reached the 75 percent mark in the USA, and camps provide a child-care option while promising to teach children particular skills.
There are cooking camps and drama camps. Art camps and language camps. Science camps and chess camps. Rock 'n' roll camps and rock-climbing camps. And lots and lots of soccer camps - for kids who can barely walk and for teens who might become stars.
Chances are, if you're a parent, you're camp-shopping right now. And pretty soon you'll be digging up the tax ID numbers for the camps your child attended last summer in case you can take the Child and Dependent Care tax credit.
"My camps were never about childcare," says Hubert Vogelsinger, one of the pioneers of American soccer camps. "We had some kids who weren't that enthusiastic about soccer, but were just dumped off by their parents who wanted to get rid of them for a few weeks. They didn't make it. I'd give them their money back and send them home."
Vogelsinger immigrated to the USA in 1961 from Austria, where he was a pro player. After he became head coach at Yale, high schools in the area kept asking him to come by and help teach their players shooting skills. He finally suggested that instead of him visiting the various schools, all the players meet at one place. That led to his first camp, a gathering of 60 players, and the Vogelsinger Academy was born.
Vogelsinger's camps spread around the country, attracting 3,000 campers annually. Five years ago, after more than four decades of running his camps, Vogelsinger sold the enterprise to Nike.
"I never did it for the money, but because I loved soccer and it helped kids get into it and become better players," Vogelsinger says. "But I did make good money."
When Vogelsinger and other camp pioneers launched their programs, youth soccer was just starting to spread across the USA. Coaches with a soccer background were rare at the grassroots level, so the camps provided a unique opportunity for youngsters to be around real soccer people. Children who played traditional American sports were much more likely than soccer players to get good coaching at school, the rec center or with their teams.
"There were some basketball camps [in the 1960s] when I started my camps," said Vogelsinger, "but I think the other sports got into it more heavily because of what happened in soccer. The soccer was not the beginning of sports camps - and there were lots of camps where kids played various sports - but the idea of specializing was heavily influenced by the soccer."
Joe Machnik worked at Vogelsinger's camps before launching No. 1 Soccer Camps in 1977 and today Machnik's camps are in 20 locations around the nation.
"More kids began to play, so the camps grew, and then girls started, and soccer camps exploded," says Machnik. "When I started in 1977, if we had 150 kids, we had 10 girls. But now it's sometimes more than 50 percent girls."
Colleges soon recognized the benefits of having their soccer coaches run camps. Jerry Yeagley at Indiana and I.M. Ibrahim at Clemson were pioneers on that front. Universities provided facilities at little or no cost for the camps, and the coaches could supplement their salaries from the soccer camp cash cow.
When John Rennie arrived at Duke in 1979, his assistant coach was earning $500 a season. Launching a lucrative camp program enabled Rennie's assistant coaches to earn a living wage.
"The camps were tremendously important for retaining and getting assistant coaches," Rennie says. "Now the NCAA allows more salary for assistant coaches, but even now the income they get from camps is a major supplement."
The camps also attract players hoping to play college ball. "It's very beneficial in recruiting," says Rennie.
Louisiana product Jason Kreis, currently head coach of MLS's Real Salt Lake and MLS's third all-time leading scorer, starred at Duke after attending Rennie's camp.
"We never knew who Jason was," Rennie said. "He was going into his senior year in high school, he came to camp that summer, and by the end of camp he pretty much had a scholarship to Duke."
Camps don't just help finance college programs. The USL, with more than a hundred pro, semipro and amateur teams around the nation, also takes advantage of the camp income.
"A good majority of the teams utilize the camps not only for their own personal business but to provide the players an opportunity to supplement their income, or to give players who are not being paid an opportunity to earn some money during the summer," says USL spokesman Gerald Barnhart. "It's also an opportunity for players to get their feet wet in coaching while they're still playing."
That Americans send more children to camps than any other nation in the world hasn't gone unnoticed. British coaching firms send thousands of coaches to the USA each summer to run camps. Preceding David Beckham's arrival to MLS by two years was the Beckham Academy in Southern California. MLS itself has a camp network spread over 44 states. And many youth clubs have entered the camp business to provide their coaches and trainers with extra income.
By hosting camps (and soccer classes) year-round, indoor facilities can significantly add to their annual revenue - one firm promises up to $200,000 to arenas that host their programs.
Just how huge the camp industry has gotten is reflected in the trend to attract younger players - however debatable it might be whether 18-month-olds need soccer classes to "build their self-esteem" or whether 4-year-olds are ready to be trained on "dribbling, turning, stopping, passing and shooting."
"Everybody's got a camp now," says Rennie. "Everybody."
(This article originally appeared in the March 2009 issue of Soccer America magazine.)


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As the Best of 2012 series continues on MLSsoccer.com, we're counting down the 12 most important stories of the year in Major League Soccer. We'll take a look at one story per day from Dec. 19 until Dec. 30, when we unveil what our panel of 20 editors, writers, videographers and statistics specialists voted as the Story of the Year in MLS in 2012.
Tragedy befell Major League Soccer in 2012, and Columbus Crew beat writer Craig Merz looks back at the lasting emotions surrounding story No. 5 on the countdown: the death of Kirk Urso. The passing of a current player was a first for the league, an emotional rallying point for the Crew and, months later, still one of the moments we won't soon forget.
There is no playbook on how to handle the tragedy that befell the Columbus Crew in the early hours of Aug. 5, when rookie midfielder Kirk Urso suddenly passed away from an undetected congenital heart defect at age 22.
More than four months later the emotions are still frayed as the organization, their fans and the entire soccer community come to grips with how a fit, personable and talented young man could be gone.
by Brian Bliss
Federico Higuaín's first MLS brace
I stand up in the radio booth with club president and general manager Mark McCullers during the games, and we watch from up there. When Higuaín hit the first one, Mark and I were doing the full, two hands above our heads, touchdown-type thing with high-fives and everything. Fifteen minutes later, he hits the second one and Mark is dancing a jig. I might not have been dancing a jig, but I was pretty excited to see it. Then you get down to the locker room and it's the same thing from the coaching staff and all the way around.
Everyone was pretty excited about it. It was his coming out party, and he had a whole lot of hype coming in. He delivered and showed that he could be a force in the league.
Kirk's death took the wind out of our sails for sure, and I think it would have taken the wind out of anyone's sails. But the guys rallied around that and Federico came right when that incident occurred with Kirk, and I think Federico was actually a catalyst to raise the spirits of the group. People were believing in him as a player and they knew he could take a little on his back and relieve some of that pressure the guys were dealing with on the field and with everything with Kirk. It was heaven-sent that he came when he did.
"I think about him every day," Crew coach Robert Warzycha told MLSsoccer.com earlier this month.
Urso's death resonated far beyond the city limits as former teammates and coaches expressed their grief. Urso grew up near Chicago, played for the Fire's developmental league team and in the US youth national team system. He went to the University of North Carolina, captaining the Tar Heels to the national championship in 2011.
He made an impression at every stop.
Former Crew midfielder Brian Maisonneuve, Urso's U-17 assistant coach, spent several minutes reminiscing with an interviewer about his former pupil a few hours after learning of the death.
Later in the day, Maisonneuve called back and made a request: "I've been talking to a lot of people today about Kirk and one thing bothered me. I told you earlier Kirk did almost everything right.
"That's not accurate. Please say he did everything right."
LISTEN: The Crew's Ethan Finlay on ExtraTime Radio
The ensuing days were a fog. In the first practice open to the media after Urso's passing the players were like zombies, answering questions but not really being there.
Others struggled as well. This was the first time MLS had to deal with an in-season death of one of its active players, and the league supported the Crew organization by providing counseling and, more importantly, worked with them and Toronto FC to postpone their match on Aug. 11 so the Crew players and staff could attend the funeral in Illinois that day.
With the memories of a rainbow appearing at the graveside at the conclusion of the service still fresh, Columbus took to the field again five days later in Crew Stadium against the LA Galaxy.
In a moving tribute in the 15th minute (commemorating Urso's uniform number) the stadium fell silent before the sounds of mournful tones of "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes were heard from the Nordecke supporters section (video above).
Properly inspired, the Crew played to a 1-1 tie, then with the debut of Designated Player Federico Higuaín the next match, reeled off a tie and four straight wins to put themselves in playoff position.
Alas, this was no Hollywood ending with Columbus hoisting the MLS Cup at the end of remarkably trying season: They stumbled down the stretch and missed the postseason by a point.
"The team did very well under the circumstances, but maybe Kirk's death affected us at the end of the season a little bit," Warzycha said. "It affected each player differently but it had a huge impact on everybody."

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EPA Region 6 Enforcement and Compliance Results for 2011
Release Date: 12/08/2011
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More than $29 million assessed for penalties
(DALLAS – December 8, 2011) With over 600 enforcement actions in the region, environmental violators were required to spend about $311.7 million in pollution controls and cleanup, with another $2 million invested in environmental projects benefitting communities. These actions allowed the treatment, minimization or disposal of more than 3.1 billion pounds of hazardous waste, 137.5 million pounds of air and water pollutants reduced, treated or properly disposed, cleaning of about 3.6 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and water, and the assessment of $29 million in civil penalties.
"These results show that polluters are being held accountable for their damage to the environment," said EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz. "The enforcement teams at EPA and our state partners have again demonstrated their commitment to protecting people's health by upholding the law."
EPA and state regulatory agencies share environmental enforcement authority for regulated businesses and industry within each state. Through close coordination, the agencies focus on enforcement actions which bring about the most environmental benefit. Often, these investigations and actions are brought by both federal and state agencies. EPA and state agencies also bring separate environment enforcement cases as part of our shared annual planning efforts. Regional state partners collected $5.2 million through penalties and fines.
As part of its mission, EPA uses enforcement to encourage governments, companies and other regulated entities to follow environmental obligations. The Agency continues to protect the air we breathe, safeguard the water that flows through our communities and into our homes, and to care for the land where we build homes, schools and businesses. Compliance with environmental laws is essential to controlling pollution and protecting the people from exposure to harmful chemicals.
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KEY LARGO, Fla. - A one of a kind underwater research facility off the coast of Key Largo is about to go to a watery grave because of budget cuts.
Aquarius, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration owned habitat, has hosted hundreds of scientists and provided invaluable data on South Florida's prized coral reefs.
VIDEO: Underwater footage
Over a decade ago, Local 10's Todd Tongen introduced viewers to Aquarius, so he decided to go back.
VIDEO: Todd's first story on Aquarius
The undersea lab in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has been submerged for nearly 20 years, yet many scientists believe they have yet to see the depth of knowledge it can provide.
NOAA plans on using robots and remote technology in the future for underwater research, but supporters, like U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., think that would take the humanity out of the science.
Otto Rutten, Aquarius' science manager, has worked on the project for 18 years. Rutten said scientists can extend their bottom time and compress a huge amount of research into a single mission thanks to this engineering marvel that lets them live three atmospheres below the sea's surface.
NASA has mounted 16 separate missions at Aquarius because inner space so closely resembles outer space and the undersea lab is perfect training for astronauts set to live aboard the International Space Station.
Federal budget cuts threaten to close the lab unless it can secure private funding. Aquarius needs about $3 million a year to operate.
"When you compare it to the amount of dollars that go into marine research in our country, it's just a drop in the bucket," said Rutten.
There is hope an institution will save Aquarius from drowning.
"It would be an awesome draw for any university to say we have the worlds only underwater laboratory. You should come to our research university," said Rutten.
Social media and outreach for the independent Aquarius Foundation — established to raise the money to run the lab — was as much a focus of mission last month as recording more data from the reef. Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray's One World One Ocean campaign documented the mission and posted live updates online.
Copyright 2012 by Post Newsweek. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Bugaboo Bee
Strollin': Bugaboo Bee
If labels make you happy, but prices let you down, the Bugaboo Bee may be an option you can't resist. Celebs like Matthew McConaughey, Gwen Stefani and Dave Grohl probably didn't bat an eye at the $530 price tag, but it's a luxury many of us can't afford. The attractive pushchair does have a fair number of sleek features that many parents find worth the investment.
Crafted by the same makers as the Bugaboo Cameleon, the Bee boasts many of its characteristics and makes a name for itself with some significant differences. To see what the "buzz" is all about,
Falling into the lightweight category, the Bee weighs significantly less than the Bugaboo Cameleon or Frog at 17 pounds. Much to my surprise, the Bee easily collapses in one fell swoop without having to remove a bassinet or toddler seat, making storage and lifting a cinch. The stroller, however, only comes with one seat, which is reversible, reclining and extend-able. For parents wanting to use the buggy immediately, there are adapters available for various infant car seats. After that, toddlers up to 37.5 pounds can enjoy the posh set of wheels.
Parents find themselves flying down busy streets with ease, which makes errand running efficient. The basket underneath the seat allows for ample storage space and easy access. In keeping with the stylish Dutch brand, the Bee is available in five fabulous fruity colors.
Tell me what you think of the Bugaboo Bee!
We will be finishing off our mini season of original stroller reviews with a special giveaway in October. Stay tuned for more details.


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'Percy Jackson' Sequel 'The Sea of Monsters' In The Works
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was a moderate success for Fox 2000, making about $226 million worldwide on a $95 million budget (though most of that money came from overseas). The film was always intended to kick off a tentpole franchise for Fox 2000, so it's not really surprising to hear that the studio is adapting the second book in author Rick Riordan's five-volume series into a movie.
The LA Times' 24 Frames has an insider claiming that Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters is going into "active development," and could even start shooting as soon as this summer.
In the first film, young Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) discovered he was a demigod, spawned from the union of Poseidon and a human woman. When he was framed for stealing Zeus' thunderbolt, Percy and his friends went on a quest to find the stolen weapon and eventually discovered and defeated the real thief, saving the world from a war between the gods.
In Riordan's second book, Percy must save "Camp Half-Blood" the safe haven where demigods are protected from evil by magic barriers. Someone has poisoned the barriers, so it's up to Percy and Co. to venture into "The Sea of Monsters" to find the mythical Golden Fleece to save the camp.
The primary cast is expected to return for this next installment, and that list would presumably include Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Katherine Keener and Kevin McKidd. Writing duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are handling the script; the pair have a diverse resume, including films like 1408, Agent Cody Banks, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood and Problem Child 1 & 2. Take that how you will.
Director Chris Columbus (who also did the first two Harry Potter films), is not expected to return to direct Sea of Monsters, but will reportedly produce the pic alongside Breaking Dawn producer, Karen Rosenfelt. Take that how you will.
The first Percy Jackson was entertaining enough – especially for the young adult crowd. The lead actors in particular (Lerman, Jackson and Daddario) had good chemistry and the story is a fun little twist on Greek Mythology. It's not as immersive or epic as Harry Potter , but it was certainly more entertaining than the Narnia movies (for me at least). I'm not mad at them for making another one – plus, the whole "Sea of Monsters" thing could be cool on the big screen (in 3D, no doubt).
We'll update you about Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters when an official announcement is made.
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Women's Foundation of Arkansas CEO Lynnette Watts is set to address the school on Monday. She's expected to discuss a 2013 update to a 1973 report by the Arkansas Commission on Status of Women.
The school says this is the first time the report has been updated in 40 years.
Watts' talk is open to the public. It will start at noon Monday at the Clinton School of Public Service in downtown Little Rock.


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Makes her first public address in Durban at a side event organised by CSE in association with the ministry
Durban, December 6, 2011: India's side event on December 5, organised by CSE in association with the ministry of environment and forests, saw a packed hall listening to a panel which included the environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan, CSE's director general Sunita Narain and deputy director general Chandra Bhushan, Charles Di Leva from the World Bank and Ambuj Sagar from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi. The subject of the discussion was 'the imperative of equity in climate negotiations' (see the announcement and videos at www.cseindia.org/content/durban).
Speaking at the CoP17 side event, the minister made it clear that India will not compromise on the principles of equity and historical responsibility, which according to her, were the bulwarks on which all climate negotiations must rest. She supported the contention made by Sunita Narain earlier in the evening, that India had a "right to grow". After over 20 years of negotiations, Narain had pointed out, concrete consensus on climate was still eluding the world. The Cancun Agreement, according to her, was the latest debacle, where the burden had been shifted unjustly on to the developing world, without any concession on this critical right.
At Durban, India and China are being pilloried for their growing emissions and for being stumbling blocks to the negotiations, but the world is conveniently forgetting -- said Narain -- about the US emissions, which are still growing at 4 per cent.
Chandra Bhushan, who made a presentation on the CSE study on low-carbon growth, said that many industrial sectors in India had already achieved a high level of efficiency and low emission intensity. Even with a very ambitious mitigation programme, India will need the carbon space to grow -- for which an agreement based on equity is critical
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Wouldn't it be awful if all the snowboard companies were actually based in Southern California? Imagine that–if every person who had the dream of working in snowboarding or even just wanted to visit one of these companies had to fly into LA, San Diego, or Orange County, stepping off the plane into sweaty, violently irritating traffic situations and a general "Where the hell's the snow at?" malaise hanging in the smoggy air. Well, I'm here to tell you that the world is not that cruel–ever heard of a town called Seattle?
Ride, K2, and Morrow are out on Vashon Island. Nitro has offices in Redmond. CAPiTA, Coal Headwear, and C3 Distribution are headquartered down on the waterfront–right across the street from Mervin Manufacturing (Lib Tech and Gnu). Oh man, a whole slew of brands are making it happen in an awesome town that is actually semi-near sweet shredding. Stevens Pass, Snowqualmie, and Crystal Mountain are just right up the road, and a couple hours will get you to the legendary Mt. Baker. Best of all, Seattle is nowhere near Tijuana. It's crisp and cool in the fall–and on a clear morning after a storm, you can even see the frosty peak of Mt. Rainier reminding you of exactly what you'll be doing in a short month or two.
So in celebration of all this–and also because there was a love/HATE, Afterlame movie premiere downtown involving a CAPiTA party and Corey Smith art showing, I went north to test the Seattle shred-scene waters. First stop: Mervin. Lib/Gnu co-mastermind Pete Saari toured me around the inner-workings of the Mervin mainframe. I saw real snowboards being made by real snowboarders. What looked like closet doors were actually portals into a maze of offices piping out Mervin creative brilliance. Then Pete had to run off and handle business, so I went across the street.
Second stop: CAPiTA/Coal/C3. A cool little family of people work out of this warehouse/office space. Blue Montgomery steers the CAPiTA wheel with both hands. Brad Scheuffele and the other Coal people put love into hats. The gentlemen behind C3, the company distributing aforementioned brands, hold it all together. Cold ones quench afternoon thirst straight from the office keg-o-rator. Good things happen here.
Third Stop: movie premiere blowout. Northwest legends were in attendance. Russell Winfield. Peter Line. Todd Schlosser. Wow, maybe Jamie Lynn was hanging out in a dark corner … maybe. Salt Lake City's Form Of Rocket played rock-and-roll explosion after the movies, and love/HATE rider Andy Forgash stood front and center the whole time blasting his little eardrums to bits. Scotty Arnold, Darrell Mathes, Travis Parker, Charlie Morace, TJ Scheider, a gigantic list of fun snowboard people with affiliations to both movies came out for the celebration.
As for me? Not like anyone cares, but … I gawked at the view of downtown Seattle from the I-5. I had lunch on the waterfront. I got star-struck when I saw Todd Schlosser at the party. I watched all the movies for the fiftieth time. I drank too much. I dropped my camera. I tripped walking on flat pavement. I woke up with a hangover. I still had my wallet and cell phone on me. I still liked Seattle.


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The 2008 Bumper Sticker Straw Poll, 10-13 to 10-20-07: Clinton Returns to First, Gore Second
Since the day after Election Day 2004, we've been tracking the number of bumper stickers, campaign buttons and shirts and lawn signs that we sell in support for each of the Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential race. While polls measure opinions of the moment, our measure tracks a more strong and lasting and lasting commitment to show their support for a particular candidate in a public way. That kind of strong commitment turns into donations, and later turns into votes. The following is the percent share of sales of our Election 2008 gear in the past week of October 14 – October 20, 2007:
Hillary Clinton: 38.1%
Al Gore: 26.4%
Barack Obama: 15.9%
Dennis Kucinich: 7.3%
Joseph Biden: 5.6%
Mike Gravel: 2.7%
Chris Dodd: 1.5%
John Edwards: 1.2%
Bill Richardson: less than 1 percent
Although there are still some consistencies — Bill Richardson on bottom, Barack Obama waiting in the wings, Dennis Kucinich nipping at his heels — this has also been a topsy-turvy week. Al Gore's surge of last week has begun to fade to the persistent dominance in support for Hillary Clinton, who returns to number one. But still, Al Gore's position at number 2 in our committed preference "straw poll" is indicative of something missing from the presidential race, something that Al Gore has and that a lot of people want. Speaking of something missing, look at John Edwards' nosedive in the trend graphs below:
More people felt the urge to show their committed support for Christopher Dodd and Mike Gravel than for John Edwards. One week doesn't make a persistent trend; to find the meaningful trends we have to look across time. To that end, look for another update next week.


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Folks, I've been privileged to have covered more concerts this summer than I can remember in a relatively short time. Most were good. A few I would call "great." Maybe one or two I would call "mediocre."
That gets me to Highway 101, and while I've been a writer for more years than I like to imagine, I really can't think of the proper words to tell you just how good Highway 101 actually is.
You know the band, or at least know of them, if you follow country music. They were going great guns for a time, but then were inexplicably detoured from the pothole-free road they were traveling to.
Well, actually, they weren't even allowed to drive anymore. It was like all the choices were toll roads, and they hadn't paid the toll. Let's take a look.
Highway 101 started in 1986 in Los Angeles and debuted with "The Bed You Made For Me." They were the first all-male band to have a female lead singer. "The Bed" spent 24 weeks on the country charts and peaked at No. 4. Following it were "Whiskey, If You Were A Woman" (No. 2) and two consecutive No. 1 songs, "Somewhere Tonight" and "Cry, Cry, Cry," though the latter was part of the group's second album, "(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes".
Three other releases on that sophomore album, "All The Reasons Why," "Setting Me Up," and "Honky Tonk Heart" were all top-10 hits. The band had attracted phenomenal attention in a short period of time and was awarded Vocal Group of the Year honors from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.
A third album was released in 1989 and contained another No. One song, "Who's Lonely Now." Founders of the group were Paulette Carlson, the original lead singer; Curtis Stone, bass guitar, mandolin and vocals; Jack Daniels, guitar; and "Cactus" Moser, drums and vocals. In addition to the awards won, there were Grammy nominations also. While those didn't come to pass, I think they should have!
Carlson departed for a solo career in 1990 and was replaced by lead vocalist Nikki Nelson, a beautiful redhead from Nevada with an unbelievably powerful voice and obvious talents on acoustic guitar. She is joined today by Stone, Moser and Andy Gurley. Nelson's first exposure to the public was the 1991 album "Bing Bang Boom," of which the title cut made the Top 20.
However, the second release on the album absolutely bowled me over when it came out and still does today. "The Blame," written by Moser and two others, absolutely is at the top of my favorite song list. Moser and friends' lyrics are powerful and brought to life in very convincing fashion by Nelson.
The great songs on the album brought the band another Vocal Group of the Year nomination. That lineup though was interrupted briefly when Carlson and Daniels returned for a reunion album in 1996, but they would leave the group again two years later.
The band reformed in 1999 with Stone, Moser, guitarist Charlie White and new lead vocalist Chrislynn Lee. White, who played in the Mountain View show and now owns a music store in Prim, and Lee both exited the band. Nelson came back in 2006 and remains today.
For anyone who may think otherwise, Nelson has more years as the lead singer of the group and to us is the face of the band. (The above-mentioned Andy Gurley replaced the tall and talented White who obviously had a great time being reunited with his former mates on stage at Mountain View.)
Stone and Nelson work extremely well together. The voices blend wonderfully and prove an excellent complement to each other. After their sound check at the Folk Center, Stone and Nelson stepped outside the venue for a breath of fresh air and were gracious and kind to a visiting reporter.
They write together and are working on a new project today at Stone's home studio. Stone, by the way, is the son of West Coast music legend Cliffie Stone who discovered the great Tennessee Ernie and Molly Bee and also signed Buck Owens to his publishing firm.
I love a response attributed to Curtis in an earlier interview regarding his thoughts on country music: "I would create a place, a label, where people like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Alabama, Highway 101, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs could do what they do best, great songs with no frills.
"Country, 'Rock a Billy'. 'Rock a Billy' has never changed, why should country music have to? There is an audience out there for real country music. The new stuff is good, don't get me wrong, but it is not the same as traditional country."
This writer's response to that comment is an enthusiastic, "Amen!"
Moser missed the Mountain View gig due to a conflict in schedules. You see he also works in his wife's band, a performer we figure you have heard of who goes by the name "Wynonna."
Cactus is a great drummer and equally adept vocalist. You likely heard of the horrific motorcycle accident he experienced while he was on his honeymoon, but we are happy to report he is coming back well from that incident.
I have always wondered with artists of this caliber, if, down deep, there must be some resentment with today's music and today's artists. I mean, it would stand to reason, right? There are some talented folks on radio today, but this group is a cut above.
Actually, though, I didn't hear a bit of resentment. Stone and Nelson are magic together on the stage. They are not playing games or embarking on a crusade. They would just like to be heard! They keep going because they love the music.
It's been their whole life, two lives that have a lot more living and a lot more great songs left in them. They deserve to be heard. Therefore, I hope people reading this will voice a thought to their local fair board, festival committee, or theatre owner to book Highway 101. The next step after that will be a return to radio which is also a no-brainer to us.
For booking information on Highway 101, persons may contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tommy Jackson is a former newspaper editor who now writes a weekly entertainment column. Contact him at email@example.com.


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While state gaming commission Chairman Stephen Crosby said he understands why some communities are opposing potential casino developments, he said officials in those towns should still be negotiating with developers.
While state gaming commission Chairman Stephen Crosby said he understands why some communities are opposing potential casino developments, he said officials in those towns should still be negotiating with developers.
In a meeting the Daily News editorial board Wednesday, Crosby addressed concerns raised by towns surrounding Milford, where Foxwoods has applied for a license from the state for a $1 billion, 660,000-square-foot resort casino at the intersection of Interstate 495 and Rte. 16.
"I do think that communities should, as part of their range of strategies here, think carefully and constructively of what's in the best interest of their town if this does go forward, even as they're trying to make sure this doesn't go forward," Crosby said. "That's a hard line to walk."
Crosby said surrounding communities, like the host community, should be working with the developer to figure out what impacts a casino development would have and what would be needed to mitigate those effects.
He said while he understood the challenge of opposing the casino on one hand and working with the developer on the other, he feels it is necessary for town officials.
"(The opposition) will clearly be the dominant message, but I think the governing body can also say to its public we want to look out for you," Crosby said. "It might happen, we want to make sure we don't get left at the altar if it doesn't. And the law ultimately does require it."
Crosby also continued to stress that surrounding communities don't have the right to say no. While casino developers need agreements with such abutters as part of their second round application, the commission will step in and arbitrate if a community won't work with a developer.
Crosby noted, though, that surrounding towns have far more say in the process than they would with any other major development, like a mall.
"They don't have the right to say no," Crosby stressed. "That probably would've made casino gambling impossible."
The commission is encouraging both the developer and the communities to begin working together now.
"Now is their time for maximum leverage, now is the time to be negotiating with bidders," Crosby said. "They have to think about protecting their community."
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Chicago examiner vol xviii jfo 40 a m c * * * sunday Chicago april 7 1918 sunday t)dtpp pyvp f'pyrrc ix Chicago elbbwhebh x rvj.^.li 1 1 \ j l 1j -> x o a y o suburbs eight centi city takes 20,000,000 of loan on first day half of total subscribed by two banks average of 8 reached for every person in Chicago outside cities too busy to give figures sioux city wins flag by going over the top Chicago subscribed 20,000,000 to the nation's third liberty loan yesterday if this pace is maintained the city will pass its minimum quota of 12t;.000,000 on the seventh day of its thirty-day campaign thousands paraded in the military pageant which opened the great campaign here on the first anniver sary of america's entry into the war hundreds of thousands watched kighteen thousand attended the greit war loan rally in billy sun day's tabernacle in thirty minutes another throng at the auditorium theater subscribed 1,100,000 officials at a late hour declared the clay's full total would not be known until to-morrow the flying squadrons of salesmen were speeded from the headquarters promptly at t o'clock yesterday morning 10,000,000 subscription tops the list tiie following large subscriptions wsy officially announced the first day of the drive continental * commercial nntlonnl dnnk contlnen tnl a commercial trust a snvinsk bank and hi bernian banking associa tion siii.<hiii.<mio c'l(y of chleaco ordered by city council but applica tion not yet on filet 3,000,000 armour & co for its em ploye 3 500.000 Chicago womnu'n aid 250,000 fairbanks morse & co ..... 175.000 catholic order of forester 150,000 fconernl american tank car company 100,000 at booth at Chicago ath letic association 100,000 ladles catholic benevolent association joo.ooo mrs jacob bauer 30,000 charles \. monphnni a co . 50,000 polish woman's alliance . 50.000 arnin ii n puppcnhumcn stern * johnson 50,000 women booth morrison tel harry moir s::0,o0 i : . 50.000 bohemian lodge a j & a m 30,000 at booth in corn exchange national bank 29,200 political equality league 25.000 board of education 16,000 Chicago college club mem bers 13,000 men of reserve xaval mili tia 10,000 officers heserve kaval mi litia 3,500 rational drug clerks a . . . social ion 2.500 miss florence bartlett 10,000 jacob frank 3,000 total 16.t67,300 subscriptions not officially reported u s weather forecast chicaso axu vicixity — partly ruuili sunday monday fnir cooler f-i'ih northwtit winds becoming va | lile , temper ttbb for tt«cty-f'«it lnura pniing it 2 1 n & tufheat 57 loneal 39 mean 4 temperature for the iar 42 russ proclaim war on japs as british land t oxdox april 6 the follow *-• ing official statement has been issued in moscow in reference to the landing of japanese at vladivostok the council of peoples commis saries is undertaking political steps at the same time the coun cil orders all the soviets in si beria to offer armed resistance to an enemy incursion into rus sian territory british forces have been landed at vladivostok in conjunction with the japanese detachment other dispatches from moscow state pershihg men repulse raid by burt ford iamerican private with bare hands captures big german sergeant wearing tin cross staff correspondent of the interna tional ews service with the american army ot the toll sector april 6 a ! night raid by the germans in the j sector northwest of toul was re ! pulsed this morning and two pris oners were brought to headquarters at the front just as gen pershing arrived there the germans advanced under cover of a heavy barrage at half-past 2 o'clock in the morning the outpost fired a volley and a return barrage was given by the americans the raiders were scattered with many casualties xot a single american was injured capture cross wearer a tall german sergeant wearing the iron cross became confused and was knocked down and captured in no man's land by an american private when a.sked by an officer how he did it the american replied with my mius before he could draw a corporal sighted a second ger man running and halted him with a rifle shot and brought him in a prisoner to be rewarded the commander personally praised the private and corporal saying that's the kind of pluck and ac | lion i congratulate you and shall see that you are rewarded " at another point eight germans in a wire party came across two amer i icans carrying rations to an out post the sergeant in command or dered the americans to surrender but the latter shot the german leader dead and drove the others off with their automatics the two ameri cans brought the dead german in fifth mrs goodwin sues nat for divorce new york april 6 what nat goodwin to be sued for divorce well according to the records in the office of the county clerk in new city rockland county papers in such an action were filed there march 14 by fifth mrs goodwin mr goodwin refuses to admit that there is any misunderstanding with his wife allinson wins fight to go to camp meade washington april g — brent dow allinson non his fight to-day to enter the national army at camp meade lid instead of camp grant 111 where he was instructed to go t>y his Chicago draft board mrs chatfield taylor to be buried tuesday saxta barbara cal april 6 mre hobart chatfield chatfield-tay will be burled in santa barbara metery at 11 o'clock tuesday morn ln services will be conducted by thj reev george f weld in alt saints church u s will surprise foe says george american troops to shock the germans in few weeks brit ish prime minister declares king george asserts pershing soldiers in fighting line give new confidence to the britons london april 6 during the next few weeks amer ica will give the prussian military junta the surprise of their lives this was the statement of premier lloyd george to-day in a telegram to the lord mayor of london read at a luncheon given to celebrate the united states entry into the war bexdali exehgies he added m the decision of the american people that it was their duty to join in the great struggle of free peoples against the attempt of over weening despotism to establish its own universal dominion by military power was one of the most mo mentous events in history during the last year they have been bending all their energies to the work of preparation foreign secretary ealfour said the meaning of america's action had not thus far been appreciated in this country to realize what it meant englishmen must ask themselves whether great britain would have taken the same course in the same circumstances ki\u george praises v s king george replying to a tele gram pent by the lord mayor said american troops are daily tak ing their place in the battle line and this increases more than ever the confidence with which we pa tiently look forward to the ultimate victory of our united efforts in de fense of the rights and liberties of civilisation w h page the united states am bassador and a j balfour the british foreign secretary were the chief speakers the united states forces are at the complete disposal of the allies ■ambassador page declared this hour is the supreme test we are hurrying as many as are needed an american flag was presented to the city of london by mr page the ideals of the german military party and those of the great democ racies of the worl dcannot flourish side by side mr balfour said while praising president wil son's principles german states men cynically and flagrantly have violates them without their own people's reproach lack op sixceritv the inexcusable ravishment of russia shows the lack of sincerity animating the central powers the future of the world's peace is jeo pardized if such arrangements are allowed t remain measuring the magnitude of the present crisis america allowed the brigading of her troops with brit ish troops the british public should fully appreciate this sac rifice i am confident of the future be cause the forces of right and free dom are greater than those oppos ing them a tevlett of america flr«t year in thp wnr is printed on pace 1 sec fc wilson for fight to finish accepts challenge of autocracy pledges all d altimore april 6 — before an audience of 7,000 people at the fifth regiment armory *—* president wilson opened tfie liberty loan drive here to-night the occasion was also in celebration of the anniversary of america's entrance into the war the president said fellow citizens : this is the anniversary of our acceptance of germany's challenge to fight for our right to live and be free and for the sacred rights of free men everywhere the nation is awake there is no need to call to it we know what the war must cost — our utmost sacrifice the lives of our fittest men and if need be all that we possess the loan we are met to discuss is one of the least parts of what we are called upon to give and to do though in itself imperative the people of the whole country are alive to the necessity of it and are ready to lend to the utmost even where it involves a sharp skimping and daily sacrifice to lend out of meager earnings they will look with reprobation and contempt upon those who can and will not upon those who demand a higher rate of interest upon those who think of it as a mere commercial trans action i have not come therefore to urge the loan i have come only to give you if i can a more vivid conception of what it is for the reasons for this great war the reason why it had to come and the need to fight it through and the issues that hang upon its outcome are more clearly disclosed now than ever before it is easy to see just what this particular loan means because the cause we are fighting for stands more sharply revealed than at any previous crisis of the momentous struggle the man who knows least can now see plainly how the cause of justice stands and what the imperishable thing is he is asked to invest in defeat will cost u s place in world men in america may be more sure than they ever were before that the cause is their own and that if it should be lost their own great nation's place and mission in the world would be lost with it i call you to witness my fellow countrymen that at no stage of this terrible business have i judged the purposes of germany intemperately i should be ashamed in the presence of affairs so grave so fraught with the destinies of mankind throughout all the world to speak with truculence to use the weak language of hatred or vindictive purpose we must judge as we would be judged i have sought to learn the objects germany has in this war from the mouths of her own spokesmen and to deal as frankly with them as i wished them to deal with me i have laid bare our own ideals our own purposes with ont reserve or doubtful phrase and have asked them to say as plainly what it is they seek ready to be just to german people we have ourselves proposed no injustice no aggression we are ready whenever the final reckoning is made to be just to the german people deal fairly with the german power as with all others there can be no differences in peoples in the final judg ment if it is indeed to be a righteous judgment to propose any thing but justice even-handed and dispassionate justice to ger many at any time whatever the outcome of the war would be to renounce and dishonor our own cause for we ask nothing that we are not willing to accord it has been with this thought that i have sought to learn from those who spoke for germany whether it was justice or dominion or the execution of their own will upon the other nations of the world that the german leaders were seeking they have answered answered in unmistakable terms they have avowed that it was not justice but dominion and the unhindered execution of their own will n military mas ters overridepeace envo ys the avowal has not come from germany's statesmen it has come from her military leaders who are her real4ulers her statesmen have said that they wished peace and were ready to discuss its terms whenever their opponents were willing to sit down at the conference table with them her present chancellor has said — in indefinite and un certain terms indeed and in phrases that often seem to deny their own meaning but with such plainness as he thought pru dent — that he believed that peace should be based upon the principles which we had declared would be our own in the final settlement at brest-litovsk her civilian delegates spoke in similar terms professed their desire to conclude a fair peace and accord to the peoples with whose fortunes they were dealing the right to choose their own allegiances but action accompanied and followed the profession their military masters the men who act f&r germany and exhibit her purpose in execution proclaimed a very different conclusion fci we cannot mistake what they have lone in russia in finland in the ukraine in roumania the real test of their justice and fairness has come from this we may judge the rest they are enjoying in russia a cheap triumph in which no brave or gallant nation can take a pride a great people help less by their own act lies for the time at their mercy their fair professions are forgotten they nowhere set up justice but everywhere impose their power and exploit every thing for their own use and aggrandizement and the peoples of conquered provinces are invited to be free under their dominion are we not justified in believing that they would do the same things at their western front if they were not there face to face with armies whom even their countless divisions cannot overcome if when they have felt their check to be final they should propose favorable and equitable terms with regard to belgium and france and italy could they blame us if we concluded that they did so only to assure themselves of a free hand in russia and the east plan world dominion built in east their purpose is undoubtedly to make all the slavic peoples all the free and ambitious nations of the baltic peninsula all the lands that turkey has dominated and misruled subject to their will and ambition and build upon that dominion an empire of force upon which they fancy that they can then erect an empire of gain and commercial supremacy — an empire as hostile to the americas as to the europe which it will overawe — an empire which will ultimately master persia india and the peoples of the far east in such a program our ideals the ideals of justice and hu manity and liberty the principle of the free self-determination of nations upon which all the modern world insists can play no part they are rejected for the ideals of power for the principle that the strong must rule the weak that trade must follow the flag whether those to whom it is taken welcome it or not that the peoples of the world are to be made subject to the patronage and over-lordship of those who have the power to enforce it would mean world conflict this program once carried out america and all who care or dare to stand with her must arm and prepare themselves to con test the mastery of the world a mastery in which the rights of common men the rights of women and of all who are weak must for the time being be trodden under foot and disregarded and the old age-long struggle for freedom and right begin again at its beginning everything america has lived for and loved and grown great to vindicate and bring to a glorious realization will have fallen in utter ruin and the gates of mercy once more pitilessly shut upon mankind the thing is preposterous and impossible and yet is not that what the whole course and action of the german armies have meant wherever they have moved i do not wish even in this moment of utter disillusionment to judge harshly or un righteously i judge only by what the german arms have accom plished with unpitying thoroughness throughout every fair region they have touched what then are we to do for myself lam ready ready still ready even now to discuss a fair just and honest peace at any time that it is sincerely proposed — a peace in which the strong and the weak shall fare alike but the answer when i proposed such a peace came from the german commanders in russia and i cannot mistake the meaning of the answer force to the utmost only answer <% i accept the challenge i know that you accept it all the world shall know that you accept it it shall appear in the utter sacrifice and self forgetfulness with which we shall give all that we love and all that we have to redeem the world and make it fit for free men like ourselves to live in this now is the meaning of all that we do let everything that we say my fellow countrymen everything that we hence forth plan and accomplish ring true to this response till the majesty and might of our concerted power shall fill the thought and utterly defeat the force of those who flout and misprize what we honor and hold dear germany has once more said that force and force alone shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men whether right as america conceives it or dominion s as she conceives it shall determine the destinies of mankind there il therefore but one response possible from us force force to the utmost force without stint or limit the righteous and triumphant force which shall make right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust *_ __ flor detail of president's visit to baltimore see page 3.j jl germans shelling amiens stations french forced to retire to new positions along oise battle spreads to new sector british hotly attacked at corbie east of somme base but hold ground haig says paris april 6 — reports i are that all german forces on s the western front have been ~ \ regrouped and divided into | two main armies one under i field marshal von macken ! sen is to face the british : while the other under prince ; leopold of bavaria will facr | the french this change in i the german high command is taken as proof of germany's failure in the present offen sive london april 6 german troops resumed their offen sive in picardy to-day with plunging attacks against three vital sectors of the allied line on the oise front the ger mans in heavy attacks gained ground near amigny about four ( miles east of chaulnes accorcl ing to berlin which claims french positions were pene trated paris to-night admitted that the french army defending the oise line in this sector after ter rific fighting had retired to pre pared positions "' aim to hurl french b » back on compeigne this action brings the ger man offensive into a new sector and evidently is intended to force the french down upon compeigne and soissons north of albert in the ger i man drive against amiens the british were engaged heavily iii the aveluy wood the railway stations near amiens were shelled according to a german official report at the tip of the montdidier salient powerful assaults were directed against the french at mesnil-st georges and mohchel french violently attacked in south the most powerful blow v;i do lfvered against the french west or montdidier it was broken up by our artillery says the nipht official . report from paris and failed com pletely the french statement adds numerous dead remained before our lines while all these attacks major and minor did not constitute a continu ous battle line they do meaii that the fighting on the front to-day i extending from albert to xoyon co^^^j ered a distance of more than fiftß miles 1l ■correspondents at british i continued on 6th page 3d column ;' final ft ' edition ■^^ this edition consists of f^f i new s city ufa j |— , 12-new h dram . i ,__ movie s-auto i_want a4 sport •• financial 4 editorial real estate i i feature 7 magazine i i i k color map t comics <■society »— photogravure j
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Chicago examiner vol xviii jfo 40 a m c * * * sunday Chicago april 7 1918 sunday t)dtpp pyvp f'pyrrc ix Chicago elbbwhebh x rvj.^.li 1 1 \ j l 1j -> x o a y o suburbs eight centi city takes 20,000,000 of loan on first day half of total subscribed by two banks average of 8 reached for every person in Chicago outside cities too busy to give figures sioux city wins flag by going over the top Chicago subscribed 20,000,000 to the nation's third liberty loan yesterday if this pace is maintained the city will pass its minimum quota of 12t;.000,000 on the seventh day of its thirty-day campaign thousands paraded in the military pageant which opened the great campaign here on the first anniver sary of america's entry into the war hundreds of thousands watched kighteen thousand attended the greit war loan rally in billy sun day's tabernacle in thirty minutes another throng at the auditorium theater subscribed 1,100,000 officials at a late hour declared the clay's full total would not be known until to-morrow the flying squadrons of salesmen were speeded from the headquarters promptly at t o'clock yesterday morning 10,000,000 subscription tops the list tiie following large subscriptions wsy officially announced the first day of the drive continental * commercial nntlonnl dnnk contlnen tnl a commercial trust a snvinsk bank and hi bernian banking associa tion siii.
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DALLAS -- Monta Ellis' debut with the Dallas Mavericks was an impressive sight for Mavs' fans to see.
Ellis poured in 32 points, dispensed eight assists and picked up a pair of steals as the Mavs derailed the Atlanta Hawks, 118-109, Wednesday night at American Airlines Center. In attack mode all night, Ellis converted 11-of-17 shots, including 2-of-3 three-pointers.
Coach Rick Carlisle knows opponents are going to now be on guard when it coming to trying to defend Ellis. But Carlisle knows how to overcome the homework done by the scouts.
"Teams are going to scout the situations that he's involved in,'' Carlisle said after Thursday's practice. "The things that's hard to scout is when you get stops and get in transition and get into random play.
"That's really one of the strengths of our team. When we can get him the ball randomly and set screen and rolls and get him going towards the basket, that's a great situation.''
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FYI/TMI: Rock Hall Announces Nominees, Andrew W.K. Gives Little Pony Speech
(In an effort to keep you fully informed, and fully entertained, below we present you with today's FYI and TMI — news you need and news that's, well, sometimes is needless….)
Rock Hall Announces 2013 Nominees
Deep Purple, Heart, Kraftwerk, Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Rush, and Donna Summer are among the nominated acts for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2013. The other nominees are Chic, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Albert King, the Marvelettes, the Meters, N.W.A, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Procol Harum. Inductees will be announced in mid-December and honored at a ceremony on April 18, 2013, in Los Angeles.
U.S. Album Sales Down, Digital Up In 2012
U.S. album sales totaled 218.4 million units in the first nine months of 2012, a 4.4 percent decrease from the corresponding period in 2011, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales increased 15.3 percent to 85.5 million units, and digital track sales were up 6 percent to 1.009 billion units, marking the first time track sales have surpassed the billion-unit mark. CD sales dropped 14.4 percent to 129.7 million units. Adele's 21 was the biggest-selling album in the first nine months of 2012 with 4 million units sold, and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" featuring Kimbra was the top-selling digital song, with sales of nearly 6.5 million units.
Andrew W.K.'s Inspirational My Little Pony Speech
While history is being made with a forthcoming new set of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and robust digital music sales, rocker Andrew W.K. is making his own history of sorts — at a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic convention. The party veteran recently participated as a guest speaker at the convention in Strongsville, Ohio, where he shared his thoughts on individuality. Speaking to an audience of "bronies," or, older teenagers and adults who watch the show, W.K. said, "A lot of times adults confuse growing up or becoming more mature with a sense of seriousness, a sense of boringness, a sense of stupidness. Lameness. But really, the great thing about being [an] adult … is that you just have more power." So what have we learned from Andrew W.K.? Party hard, and be yourself.


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text: I'm sure we've played a game like this before, but on another forum I frequent someone started a thread, and I thought I'd reproduce it here. Take a film, a book, a game, etc, and remove one letter from the title, to give a (hopefully) humorous alternative. Here are mine from the other board: Moby-Ick: The white whale's condition is revealed to be the result of white-spot disease, perhaps due to Ishmael's ongoing insistence that a whale is a fish. Oldfinger: The third film featuring post-retiree James Bond. A geriatric businessman smuggles pills and false teeth, and plans to contaminate Walmart to increase the value of his own pill supply. Can Bond stop his diabolical scheme? To Kill A Mocking-bid: Powerful literary tale of prejudice and the fight for justice, as the protagonist's father auctions off his prized possessions only to meet with sneering offers that seriously devalue the items in question. Little Wome: American post-Civil War classic in which Pontius Pilate attempts to balance domesticity, work and true love while reflecting on his place in society. A Hundred Ears of Solitude: Latin America has problems, but no-one's listening to them.


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In pool play, West defeated Cabot South 20-10, 20-18. Clarksville fell next, 20-6, 20-5. Russellville defeated Lake Hamilton 20-13, 20-11 in the final game of pool play.
"The team played awesome," West head coach Jonathan Neeley said. "They got down in a couple matches and had some nice comebacks. The final match was fiercely contested and it was fun to see the girls battle. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into the final week and conference tournament this weekend."
West (31-4, 9-0) continued to dominated in tournament bracket play, defeating Beebe 25-17, 26-24 and Cabot North 25-10, 25-11. West defeated Russellville East in the finals in three sets 27-25, 16-25, 15-12.
Ashton Sitkowski gathered 36 kills on the day and hit for a solid .239 average. Sitkowski also led the team in serve-receive passing with a 2.29. Sitkowski ended the day with 10 aces and led the team in digs with 24.
Taylor Hathcote also had 36 kills and tied for a team high 13 aces. Hathcote had 23 digs throughout the day.
Shameka Ealy had 23 kills.
Kyrston Rice had eight aces, 20 digs, and passed a 1.92 over the course of the day.
Tori Underhill contributed nine aces and 19 kills.
Leah Biggers passed a very consistent 1.88 in serve-receive
Anna Clarie Pilkington played very well throughout the tournament. She tied for a team high in aces with 13. She also had 14 digs and had 106 assists.
The Russellville East volleyball team performed exceptionally well in the Devil Pup Invitational, losing to Russellville West in the finals.
In pool play East defeated Beebe 20-8. Russellville fell to Cabot North in a close game 19-20, then went on to defeated Morrilton 20-14.
In tournament bracket play, East beat Clarksville 25-12, 25-17 and Morrilton 25-7, 25-19. East fell to West in the finals in a hard fought game. 25-27, 25-16, 12-15.
Against Beebe, Katie Hefley had three points, one ace, two kill and a block. Maddison McKinley had three point, three kills and two blocks. Victoria Teague had 12 points and an ace. Shelbie Thompson had one block, three kills and one dink.
Against Cabot North, McKinley scored seven points and one ace. She had six kills and two blocks. Teague had two points and an ace. Thompson had seven points, two blocks, two kill and a dink.
Against Morrilton, Bailey Wilbers had five points, one block and a kill.
Hefley had one kill, one dink and one block. Thompson had five kills and a dink. McKinley had six points, two kills and four blocks.
Against Clarksville, Hefley scored eight points, plus one ace and a block. Thompson had six points, two aces, two kill and two dinks. Teague scored six points and an ace. Emily Posey had one kill. McKinley had five kills.
Against Morrilton in the semi-finals, Posey scored 12 points. McKinley had six points, two blocks, one kill and a dink. Wilbers had five points and two blocks. Hefley had one block. Thompson had four points, two dinks and a kill.
Against Russellville West, Hefley had 13 points and a kill.
McKinley had four points, seven kills and five blocks and one dink. Teague had six points. Thompson had two points, two kills, one dink and two blocks.
"Our kids had a fantastic day," East head coach Cindy Williams said.
"Our passes were on. Our girls were talking. Sets were right. Our front row took care of business. I couldn't be happier with the way the girls performed. It was a great day of volleyball."


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Medicos frown on websites that put bargain Botox a quick click awayJill Stark
Published: November 18 2012 - 3:00AM
DOCTORS have called for medical regulators to crack down on daily deal websites that sell cut-price Botox injections and liposuction, claiming the sites continue to breach advertising rules, which ban such sales techniques for the medical procedures.
Promotions on daily deal coupon sites such as Groupon are spruiking discounts of up to $400 on anti-wrinkle injections and other cosmetic procedures.
The Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australia has written to all major group buying websites warning them the deals flout Medical Board guidelines and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) legislation, which state such procedures must be not be advertised as limited-time offers.
The regulations are designed to protect consumers from being pressured into making impulse decisions about cosmetic treatments. But president Gabrielle Caswell said the society's warnings have gone unheeded and the regulations ignored.
She said heavily discounted time-limited deals encourage people to commit to treatments without first receiving appropriate medical consultation.
''If a deal looks too good to be true that probably is because it is too good to be true. If people are prepared to entice members of the public to purchase regulated treatments without a medical consultation then you'd have to wonder what other unsafe short cuts they'll entertain,'' Dr Caswell said.
''This type of advertising and promotion encourages people to purchase these treatments without regard for whether they are suitable or safe for them.''
In July, Victorian Health Services Commissioner Beth Wilson told Fairfax she was concerned about offers for time-limited cosmetic procedures, saying, ''The ramifications of decision-making on the run as a result of gimmicky and questionable sales methods are of great concern.''
She called on medical authorities to look into group buying sites to ensure they were complying with the law.
AHPRA, which polices medical practitioners, has confirmed it is investigating the sites to ascertain whether guidelines are being breached.
But while a spokeswoman said businesses would be liable for fines of up to $10,000 if they were found to be breaking the rules, she said she could not comment on any individual matter.
''AHPRA is now actively addressing concerns about group discounts for healthcare. AHPRA and the National Boards expect registered practitioners to meet the requirements of the advertising guidelines,'' she said.
''A National Board has the power to address a persistent advertising breach through its conduct, health or performance pathways. This can lead to restrictions being placed on an individual's registration and their ability to practise.''
A Groupon Australia spokeswoman would not comment on whether it had received notification that some its promotions for cosmetic procedures were breaching guidelines.
In a statement she said: ''Groupon works closely with healthcare practitioners to ensure that we are within the Medical Board of Australia's guidelines for advertising of regulated health services and the Health Practitioner National Law Act in each state or territory.''
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/medicos-frown-on-websites-that-put-bargain-botox-a-quick-click-away-20121117-29j4s.html


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Michel Gondry Teases Unreleased Beyoncé ProjectIt's unclear if or when the short clip will see the light of day.
WATCH: Dave Grohl's Doctor Steals the Show at Boston Foo Fighters ConcertGrohl's orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Lew Schon, joined the band on stage at Fenway Park in to sing the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
13 Songs That Will Make You Cry Icicles This WinterThis playlist is best listened to while wearing a parka and holding a nice mug of hot chocolate. No mini marshmallows though. This way you get a taste of what true seasonal affectiveness disorder is like.
How I Met Your Mother: Barney & Robin's Wedding Playlist
Inside The Album Of The Year: Jack White 'Blunderbuss'
Outside Lands: America's Coolest Music Festival – LiterallyMetallica, Jack White, Beck, the Kills, Skrillex and so many more top musical acts lit up a cold and foggy Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the fifth and possibly finest edition of the Outside Lands music festival yet.
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Metro-North Service Restored in Wake of East Harlem Explosion
UPDATED: Metro-North Railroad restored all service to and from Grand Central Terminal for the evening rush-hour after an explosion leveled two buildings in East Harlem, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
New Haven and Harlem line service had been restored earlier Wednesday, while Hudson Line service was restored as tracks were reopened.
The MTA said that structural engineers from Metro-North had verified the integrity of the Park Avenue elevated structure, which runs near the site where two buildings collapsed in an apparent natural-gas explosion Wednesday morning. All four of the tracks on the structure were cleared of debris, inspected for track and third-rail integrity and approved for use by railroad and the city fire department, the MTA said.
Trains will operate at slower speeds through the area of the collapse in an effort to protect employees and "reduce vibrations as rescue and recovery work continues," the MTA said in a release. Commuters should expect delays and crowding during rush hour.


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Alan Rosenberg Strikes Out In Court
SAG president Alan Rosenberg's final opportunity to preserve his strike-hungry executive director and negotiating committee fizzled this morning in Superior Court.
Judge James Chalfant needed one hour to rebuff Rosenberg and his curious counselor Eric George, whose original petition for a temporary restraining order halting renewed contract talks was rejected Tuesday on account of "errors" in the documentation. The only errors today were apparently legal ones the judge blew off before adjourning; George is expected to make an unprecedented, last-ditch, "But my client's life sucks" appeal in the weeks ahead.


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Bush and Arab American Voters
George Bush has lost half his support in the Arab American community. While in the elections of 2000, he won 45.5% of Arab American votes (Gore won only 38%), this time he is battling to win 28%, according to a recent poll conducted in mid-January 2004 by Zogby International (ZI) for the Arab American Institute (AAI). This is a further drop from the 33.5% Bush was predicted in July 2003.
It will be interesting to see what effect these figures will have on Bush's policy towards Iraq and Palestine. Seventy per cent of Arab American voters say that Middle East policy is an important factor for them in deciding how to vote, according to the AAI poll that has a margin of error of +/- 4.5 per cent. Civil liberties and treatment of immigrants were other key issues, especially because thousands of Arabs have personal memories of being rounded up after 9/11. Bush knows that he is unpopular among the Arab communities. Now he has to look at the electoral statistics in the face, will this affect his policy?
Pollsters put emphasis on the fact that Arab Americans are concentrated in several 'key' states, such as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, giving the community more strategic importance than their numbers would seem. In previous elections, even a few votes have swung results in these states, especially in Florida in the previous elections.
In the last elections in 2000, Bush's higher support among the Arab community may have even helped him clinch the photo finish election. This time, all the indicators are pointing to him losing tens of thousands of votes among Arab Americans, precisely in the most marginal areas.
There are over 3.5 million American citizens of Arab origin and their numbers are growing by the year. In terms of size, the Arab American vote is just under half the size of the USA Jewish community, but its influence is set to rise.
Where will the Arab votes go? Forty per cent of Arab Americans would vote for "any Democrat," while the remaining 32 per cent would either vote for an independent candidate or are still undecided as to who they would support for president.
With the Democrats still choosing their candidates, Arab Americans also have an important role to play in the primaries. In some of the primaries, Democrat ballot papers are being printed in Arabic in a bid to encourage Arab Democrats to vote and feel more involved in the party. In the past similar tactics attracted many Hispanics and Poles.
But one-third of Arab Democrats are still undecided. Just over a third supports Vermont Governor Howard Dean., the only candidate to register over 10% of the Arab vote, according to the AAI poll. Retired General Wesley Clark follows with 9%, Senator John Kerry, 6% and Senator Joseph Lieberman, 5%, with Congressman Richard Gephardt winning four per cent. Senator John Edwards and Congressman Dennis Kucinich each received the support of 3% of Arab American Democratic voters.
The only area where Bush's support has not completely dropped is among Arab Republicans (57%). Also, 37% of Arab Americans indicate that they would be more likely to support him if the administration follows a less rigidly pro-Israel approach and eases up on civil liberties.
From his handling of 9/11 to his policy to Arab-Israel negotiations and the war on Iraq, Bush's term has had enormous implications for all Arabs, both inside and outside America. Arab Americans, however, have had much less impact on him. The next 9 months may well be the start of a change.
© 2004 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
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