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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two of the most wanted Islamist rebels in Chechnya were among 13 killed in a shootout between Russian law enforcement officers and rebels in the volatile mountain province, Interfax news agency said on Thursday.
Brothers Khuseyn and Muslim Gakayev have been accused of organizing several high-profile attacks, most recently a suicide bomb attack on an interior ministry vehicle that killed four last August.
They were also blamed for an attack on the Chechen parliament in 2010 that killed at least six people, and an assassination attempt at the residence of Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
"During a special operation in the mountains of Chechnya, twelve militants were killed," Interfax quoted an unnamed Interior Ministry spokesman as saying. One law enforcement official was also killed, Interfax said.
The operation started on Wednesday and was still going on, Kadyrov was quoted by Interfax as saying.
Insurgents seeking a separate Islamist state still stage daily attacks across the broader North Caucasus Mountain region more than a decade after Russia reestablished federal control over the province following two separatist wars.
The special operation was going on in the Vedeno district, one of the regions hardest hit by the wars that followed the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
British Illustrators of the '60s: "inventiveness and mastery of their craft"
* David continues his description of the fabulous new book, Lifestyle Ilustrations of the '60s, just released in the UK and Europe by the new publishing house Fiell and edited by Rian Hughes
Those with long memories might recall a posting I wrote a few years back about a number of British artists who were working back then , none of whom I had ever heard of before and who are now completely forgotten. This book will hopefully redress that balance.
What is clear from leafing through the 1500 or so illustrations in the book is that Britain had its own group of great commercial artists who could absolutely match the Americans for inventiveness and mastery of their craft though up 'til now they have had no record of that work and no recognition.
The leading British artists included Walter Wyles, John Heseltine, Eric Easrnshaw, Michael Johnson , Brian Sanders, Stanley Coleman, Frank Hasseler Ron Atkinson, Cecil Vieweg and Gerry Fancett. Google them and in most cases all you'll find are links to TI, such is the extent to which they have disappeared from the publics consciousness.
Anyone who has looked into the last great flowering of American Illustration, those great magazine illustrators of the Cooper and Fredman Chaite studios will find the same lament; everything was going great until around 1960, 1964 or 1965 ( accounts differ) when everything just stopped. But not in Britain.
For once we can all be grateful that the UK lagged behind America and while Photography and television gradually eroded away the market for illustrated fiction, it was still an integral part of most British magazines until well into the 70s.
The best of the Brits were very much the equal of anything coming out of the US and were able to experiment with highly creative compositions, inventive uses of colour and paint ( typically the wonderfully smeary/gloopy luiquitex) and some plain old beautiful drawing. For those wondering "what if" the golden era of US illustration had lasted another decade...
... the answer is here.
Continued tomorrow...
* Lifestyle Illustrations of the '60s is available at Amazon.com
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- Charlie Allen1:00 PM
Stunning stuff..... Wow, how isolated we were, especially in the west, and oblivious to illustration going on in Europe and Britain. Thanks, as always, for posting it now.ReplyDelete
Leif's quote: Britain had its own group of great commercial artists who could absolutely match the Americans for inventiveness and mastery of their craft...ReplyDelete
Because of the rigid traditional British training in art schools, they knew their craft well, and their drawing was always solid. However, I think they were a bit more conservative with their color, and not as daring as many of the 60's American illustrators, at least what I have seen so far of British illustration. Back then, the British people were traditional by nature, so they may have had to tone down their illustrations a bit. I suspect that British illustrators were looking at American illustration's dramatic changes in the late 50's and early 60's, and jumped on the band wagon.. at least that is the impression I got then and I get now. That is not to take anything away from British illustrations, they produced a lot of excellent work and it was beautifully executed as Leif points out. Thanks again Leif, for an interesting expanded view of mid century illustration.
Tom Watson
In case there's any confusion, I just want to emphasize that this week's posts are written by David Roach. :^)ReplyDelete
- Chad Sterling2:39 PM
Tom, I guess that may have something to do with there being a much smaller pool of illustrators and a lot less outlets for their talents.ReplyDelete
Book looks terrific! Don't suppose there's anything by ROnald Searle in there?ReplyDelete
Yes, that's a good point Chad.ReplyDelete
And, thanks for the correction Leif, my mistake.
Tom Watson
Very interesting these entries, as all it does David.ReplyDelete
Just got my copy. Holy cow, what a terrific book. The work is fantastic, and the job Hughes did restoring color and removing type is nothing less than stellar.ReplyDelete
Got my copy today , brilliant stuff.ReplyDelete
My copy of this book arrived this morning. Absolutely stunning. Easily the best art book I've purchased this year.ReplyDelete
Wonderful illustration work, right balance of detail and stylizationReplyDelete


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Cricket stumps may be replacing rugby posts around the county but two Hampshire clubs still have an eye on ending their season with silverware.
Eastleigh RFC and Ellingham and Ringwood are the last two clubs left standing in the Gales HSB Hampshire Bowl and they come face-to-face at Parsonage Barn Lane tomorrow.
Both clubs play their league rugby in the London 3 South-West division and have played one another twice already this term. The Es won 38-20 at the beginning of the season while Eastleigh triumphed 10-8 back in December.
Eastleigh finished third in the table – the highest in the club's history – and captain Russell Smith hopes his side's passion and consistency will give them the edge over the home team who started their league season with a bang but did not manage a league win in 2014.
Smith said: "We are absolutely buzzing ready to go for this one – we have not played for three weeks."
Every Eastleigh player with first team experience this season has made themselves available for the long-awaited showdown.
"Selection has been a lovely headache to have because we are at full strength," added Smith.
"We have had to tell some regular first teamers there is not a starting place for them and have seven regular first team players on the bench."
Teammates and club members recognised Smith's efforts as skipper over the last four years at the recent end-of-season presentation night.
Smith added: "This game is a chance for me to give something back after being given a special gift and I want us to walk away with some silverware.
"The pride and passion at Eastleigh is something that has always kept us going and that . should help us win this – the badge on the shirt means so much to us – we are one big family."
This may be Smith's last game as captain of Eastleigh after four years but opposition coach Steve Anderson is just as keen to end his 14-year term with the firsts on a high.
He said: "We really had a good start to the season and were chasing promotion but then a mixture of injuries and players leaving to go travelling meant a lot of changes and we suffered eight straight defeats after Christmas."
One of those was their final fixture against New Milton, but the Es ran in four tries towards the end and that seems to have given them a much-needed confidence boost.
"We went on to beat Fordingbridge in the cup, which was a potential banana skin, had a good tour in Gloucestershire and then beat the Southampton University Medics to reach the final," added Anderson.
"Both us and Eastleigh have strong sets of forwards and exciting backs." In the Gales HSB Hampshire Plate, Snows Group Hampshire 1 side Farnborough host newly-promoted Fareham Heathens.


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Enjoy some of the best dives of your life, spectacular meals prepared by the best chef in town and an unforgettable nights at the ranger´s station. The following is a general idea of the three-day tour. Please understand that it can be changed depending on weather conditions or personal preferences agreed upon prior to the trip.
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Day 2: 2 dives, possible third dive, night in Bahia Honda
Day 3: 3 dives - return to Santa Catalina
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Nights dives can be organized for an additional $65 if a minimum of three people sign up.
Afternoon and early morning activities include exploration of the nearby mangroves and village and of course relaxing.
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- Entrance fees to the park ($60)
- Two overnight stays in Bahia Honda ($40)
- Tips for the crew and chef
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Please try and bring only the most necessary. You can leave your luggage at the dive shop.
Detailed Description of the Tour
The day before the tour
You need to check in at the dive shop the day before of the tour, where we are going to help you to fill in the liability release, fit all necessary gear and finalize the payment. Our opening hours are from 7:00 to 11:00am and form 2:00 to 7:00pm. Please let us know if you can´t make it the day before. At this point you can also leave the bag you are taking with you and won´t need any more (personal items, not gear) so we can send it with the logistics boat which will leave before you in order to have more space on the dive boat.
The day the tour starts
We meet at the dive shop at 7:30am, where you are meet the rest of the participants, part of the crew and the PADI Pro (Instructor/Dive Master) that comes with you on the trip. We depart form Santa Catalina beach between 8:00am and 8:30am and do our two dives on the way. Once at the hotel, we are assigned our the cabin(s) and eat lunch. After relaxing for a bit, we do the third dive, after which we return for dinner.
The second day
After a hearty breakfast we head out to do the first two dives of the day. Upon return, a delicious lunch is awaiting us, after which you can spend some time exploring the island and village, or, if possible, do a third dive.The day ends with dinner and hopefully a sound sleep. We may also have lunch on one of the baches in the park, depending on the dive plan.
The third day
We ask you to pack those things you will not need anymore and send your luggage back to Catalina on the logistics boat after lunch. After breakfast we once again head out for two dives and return for a last meal (or have it on one of the beaches). On the way back to Santa Catalina, we stop to do our final dive of the trip. We usually arrive at about 4.30 pm. Once at the dive shop, we ask you to return the equipment you were given and finish filling in logbooks.


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For the past month, Bears coach Lovie Smith has repeated his desire for a productive running game to pace the offense and to allow the defense to rest.
Smith should get his wish today.
If the Bears cannot run the ball against the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-3), it's tough to say whether any opponent will allow them to run for big yards. The Jaguars have the third-worst run defense in the NFL, which is a weakness that the Bears (3-1) plan to exploit in their bid to maintain at least a share of first place in the NFC North.
That could mean a big day for Matt Forte, who has yet to rush for 100 yards in a game this season and has been hindered for the past couple of weeks by a sprained right ankle. Forte is listed as probable to play today despite being limited in practice this week.
Meanwhile, fellow running back Michael Bush managed only 29 yards on 10 carries last week against Dallas and has averaged 3.3 yards a carry this season. He also is looking for a productive game against the Jaguars, who have allowed 150.3 rushing yards a game.
Although impressive statistics were nice, Smith said, the Bears' success in the running game would be measured by more than a number. They have averaged 101 rushing yards a game this season, which is No. 16 out of 32 teams in the NFL.
"First off, it's just commitment," Smith said. "We have to do our part to keep the amount of carries up there. And from there, we just want to be productive.
"In an ideal world, shoot, we'd like to have about 10 yards a carry. That's pretty hard to do, though, isn't it? It's pretty hard to say [how to measure success]. If we needed this 3rd-and-1 and we run the football, we want to have success with that. If it's first down, we want to get ourselves in a favorable second-down position."
Smith is an old-school, defensive-minded coach whose offensive philosophy is based on having a strong running game as a foundation and an effective passing game as a supporting feature. That run-first mentality rarely jived with former offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who built his record-setting offenses in St. Louis by passing first and running second.
Much more harmony exists between Smith and first-year offensive coordinator Mike Tice.
Tice played 14 years in the NFL as a blocking tight end who cleared paths for running backs. He echoed Smith's preference for a game plan that featured consistent running plays.
Entering today, Tice has called for 118 runs and 117 pass attempts for a nearly perfect split.
"We're still, in my opinion, not running the ball well, not running on first down," Tice said. "We're going to continue to run it. We're going to continue to try and find the personality that we're going to have as a run team. I think that it shouldn't take that long, but it is. Football wise, that's the most important thing right now that we can focus on."
As with most aspects of football, success starts on the line of scrimmage.
Bears guard Chilo Rachal replaced Chris Spencer in the starting lineup after Week 2 in part because of his bulldog approach as a run blocker. Rachal said he and his teammates heard their coaches' mantra about running the ball, and they agreed with the approach.
Run blocking typically comes down to strength and discipline. A little nastiness also helps.
"We're the least respected position, so we always have an attitude," Rachal said. "We all want to succeed, and we all have to have those big rushing games."
Today's would be a good start.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
23 comments:
- soperman said...
Happy Birthday Mr. natural.
- September 27, 2011 8:43 am
- Darksyde said...
I love all the people already bitching and complaining that we can't win in pre-season. (On other, less refined comment sections.)
I like to see that we have, for the most part, competed with teams like Boston and Buffalo, with a mostly rookie/junior roster. We haven't iced a complete NHL line yet. That, and it's fucking pre-season. I just can't wait to see us ice a full roster! And I pray I'm not jinxing it, but damn, the Mexican looks pretty damn good so far. But again...it's pre-season. I withhold any and all judgements until at least Oct. 7.
- September 27, 2011 8:48 am
- Darksyde said...
...and a very happy birthday to Mr. N!
- September 27, 2011 8:51 am
- juce said...
Happy birthday Mr. N and have a wonderful day!
- September 27, 2011 9:49 am
- Moey said...
Mr. N,
Enjoy your day!
- September 27, 2011 9:53 am
- Steve said...
Happy B day Mr N.
Nickname for Camopelli
Canpee or Newpee
- September 27, 2011 10:07 am
Thanks to all you goofy bastards.
Celebrated all weekend, was off Friday and Monday, Saturday was a complete blast ending at Hurley's.
Back to the grind today.
Gimme some real PHucking hockey already!!!!!!!!!!
- September 27, 2011 10:29 am
- Steve said...
Hockey Bro needs a great lawyer.
- September 27, 2011 11:48 am
Happy bday Mr. N, have a good one!
- September 27, 2011 12:27 pm
- soperman said...
Did anyone go to Kevin Mio's "The Why Didn't They Keep Hamrlik? club" first meeting last night at Hurley's?
- September 27, 2011 12:33 pm
- moeman said...
Bonne Fête to all celebrating a Bday today.
- September 27, 2011 3:56 pm
- moeman said...
The Globe's teenbeat überfanboy/hack/leafhomer mirtle twits that this is a 'terrible article'.
I'd suggest mirtle is 100% wrong. Did I mention he was a hack?
- September 27, 2011 4:34 pm
- moeman said...
heh, the star cranks up the whine machine;
Fucking losers.
- September 27, 2011 4:42 pm
- Steve said...
I stopped reading when the Harper name appeared.
- September 27, 2011 4:54 pm
- moeman said...
@Steve, I almost did too but leaf fan harper's hyped hockey smarts but actually its total lameness is part of the leaf loser mentality. Its worth the read.
- September 27, 2011 4:58 pm
- Kmaxx said...
Happy B Day Mr. N! Glad to hear it was large.
- September 27, 2011 5:20 pm
- Kmaxx said...
Obvious nickname for Campoli - CYA
- September 27, 2011 5:23 pm
- moeman said...
RDS, always reporting what is important about the game;
"BROSSARD - Chris Campoli a dû fouiller dans sa mémoire pour retrouver un peu du français qu'il a appris à l'école. Mais il a bien entrepris son séjour à Montréal, mardi, en y allant d'un premier effort dans la langue de Molière."
- September 27, 2011 5:47 pm
@moeman, so what you're trying to say is it's more important to be able to give French interviews than score or prevent goals. Guess that's why the Canadiens haven't had a sniff in 18+ years.
BTW, I've only watched one game, the loss to Buffalo and I think Plekanec played in it but, is he still playing with a dress on? I wish they'd get a center with balls.
- September 27, 2011 7:34 pm
- moeman said...
@the M., it ain't me sayin, its RDSéparatistes;
- September 27, 2011 7:49 pm
- Number31 said...
Leave the gun, take the Campoli.
- September 27, 2011 8:33 pm
- moeman said...
Methinks N31 is suggesting we nickname Campoli 'Bada Ping!'
- September 27, 2011 8:44 pm
- Number31 said...
If he hits the post enough, Bada Ping sounds perfect.
- September 27, 2011 9:06 pm


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Santos struggling to save games, job
* The Sergio Santos era in Toronto has not gone as planned. After another poor performance for the reliever Friday in Pittsburgh, Bob Elliott says the Jays may be looking at others to close games. .... 2014 Canadians in the Minors 2014 Canadians in College Letters of Intent 2014 Canadian draft list 2015 Canadian draft list
By Bob Elliott
The Blue Jays acquired Sergio Santos from the Chicago White Sox at the Anatole Hilton during the winter meetings in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
The word "control" was mentioned half a dozen times.
The Jays were sharp, so they said, because they now had control of Santos, then 27, for the next six seasons. Santos had signed a club-friendly, three-year $8.25-million contract with three option years with the White Sox, meaning he was under the Jays control until 2017.
And now the Jays control whether Santos remains the man they ask to get the 27th and final out.
Asked to get the final three outs with a two-run lead Friday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, it was ugly:
Neil Walker singled, Andrew McCutchen struck out, Pedro Alvarez hit a two-run homer, Ike Davis popped up, and Starling Marte homered into the Pirates bullpen for a walk-off win. Santos walked off the mound head down with the walk-off loss.
Santos was put in the tough spot of being asked to get the final five outs with runners on the corners and a one-run, eighth-inning lead Tuesday night in Kansas City. Even if he gets the first man on a fly ball it's a tie game. He retired one.
Salvador Perez hit a two-run double, Mike Moustakas struck out, Alcides Escobar walked and Jarrod Dyson hit a run-scoring single. Enter manager John Gibbons. Exit Santos.
Santos is 5-for-8 in save opportunities. His other blown save was the second game of the doubleheader in Minneapolis when put in another tough spot: Up 5-3, runners on second and third, asked to get the final five outs. Santos didn't retire a man.
He walked Trevor Plouffe, bounced two wild pitches past Dioner Navarro, walked Kurt Suzuki and walked Brian Dozier with another wild pitch. Enter Gibbons. Exit Santos.
And on the subject of control, Santos has walked nine hitters in 9 1/3 innings.
The Jays will now proceed with a closer by committee process.
Now, besides having to decide who would close games the rest of this trip, the Jays will eventually have to decide whether to pick up the $6-million US option on Santos for 2015 or pay him the $750,000 buyout.
"The only thing I can tell you for sure about the AL East is that Toronto will finish last. Any of the other four can win it." — Mitch Williams, MLB Network.
When the Jays' 2013 all-in season ended with 74 wins, a few things were clear, so a laundry list was compiled:
The Jays said they needed another starter.
The Jays needed to improve their defence. They spent seven weeks in Florida deciding on Ryan Goins to play second. After 20 games, they sent Goins to triple-A Buffalo. Brett Lawrie, who plays a gold-glove calibre third base, was playing second Friday in a National League park.
In the second half of last season, the Jays had an eight-man bullpen of one-inning guys: Casey Janssen, Steve Delabar, Brett Cecil, Aaron Loup, Darren Oliver, Neil Wagner, Dustin McGowan and Santos.
This year with Janssen injured, the Jays have three long men in Esmil Rogers, Todd Redmond and J.A. Happ along with Delabar, Cecil, Loup, Wagner and Santos for the most part.
The most embarrassing part of the season for Rogers Communications is not a blown lead or relievers walking batters or starters averaging roughly 5 1/3 innings per outing. No, it's the fact that when the corporation needed pitching help and wanted to spend $14.1 million on free agent Ervin Santana, players were asked to defer their salaries. FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal had the story how each Jay would have benefited from a raise on an option down the road or an increased buyout.
Chuck LaMarr, one of the Jays' top amateur evaluators, has scouted Tucson high school lefty Alex Verdugo. The Jays pick ninth overall June 5 and they also have the 11th pick since they failed to sign Phil Bickford, drafted 10th overall last June. Verdugo is rated 20th best prospect by Perfect Game scouting service ... New Jays scout Steve Connelly, of Wilson, N.C., is tied for 21st in a Baseball America study of the area scouts to have the most big-league debuts this decade. Scout Ramon Pena, who has worked for the Tigers, Mets and Indians, leads the way with 11 debuts. With the Royals, Connelly signed Chris Dwyer, Greg Holland, Ed Lucas and Wil Myers ... Five former and current Jays scouts are tied for 33rd: Matt Briggs of Birmingham (J.P. Arencibia, Brad Emaus, Chad Jenkins), former Nationals scout Ryan Fox of Yakima, Wash. (Jeff Kobernus, Derek Norris, Drew Storen), Tampa resident Joel Grampietro now with the White Sox (Drew Hutchison, Tyler Pastornicky, Daniel Webb), Rob St. Julien of Lafayette, La. (Evan Crawford, Danny Farquhar, Aaron Loup) and Hilario Soriano of the Dominican now working for the Mets (Joel Carreno, Luis Perez, Moises Sierra).
Only Mark Buehrle had thrown more than 38 innings amongst Jays starters heading into Saturday night. On the coast, Jesse Chavez has pitched 38 innings for the Oakland A's. He has allowed one run or fewer in five of his six starts for a 1.89 ERA. Chavez made two starts for the Blue Jays in June of 2012 (allowing four runs in 2 2/3 innings to the Brewers and six runs in six innings to the Marlins) before the A's purchased his contract in August.
The true story of Millon Dollar Arm of two pitchers from India, lefty Rinku Singh and right-hander Denish Patel, signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates hits theatres this week. They made their pro debuts July 4, 2009 with the rookie-class Gulf Coast Pirates. Sun freelance photog Eddie Michels was the official scorer that day and his score sheets were sent to Cooperstown. Unconfirmed Dunedin sources say George Clooney was willing to play the part of the official scorer, but had a conflict with another project. Singh reached class-A West Virginia in 2012, while Patel spent two seasons in the Pirates organization but never was promoted from the Gulf Coast.


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New data released by the federal government shows consumers are paying less for groceries today than they were just six months ago. This decrease comes amid increased production and use of ethanol, often the scapegoat of choice by food manufactures and meat processors when grocery prices rise.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for groceries (food consumed at home) declined for the sixth straight month, and prices for all the major grocery store individual food groups declined compared to April. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs showed the largest one-month decrease at -0.9 percent. Prices for dairy products, fruits and vegetables, and beverages also showed noticeable declines.
"Against the backdrop of tremendously volatile energy and food markets over the past 36 months, the one constant that has remained is increased production and use of fuel ethanol," said Renewable Fuels Association Vice President of Research Geoff Cooper. "Oil prices have spiked to historic levels and crashed dramatically. Food prices have spiked and fallen at a rate not seen since 1950. Yet, America's ethanol producers continue to steadily increase our supply of domestic renewable fuel, which cuts oil imports and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Given this consistency, it is clear that a host of unpredictable factors such as runaway oil and energy prices, exchange rates, changing diets, and weather events have had a far greater influence on food prices than American ethanol production."
In addition, the CPI for May found:
- Overall food prices (including food consumed both at home and away from home) decreased for the fourth consecutive month.
- Prices for food and beverages have increased just 2.7 percent in the last 12 months, which is well below the 30-year average for annual food inflation and less than half of 2008's oil-fueled food inflation rate of 5.5 percent. USDA projects 2009 grocery prices will increase just 2.5 to 3.5 percent compared to 2008.
- Over the last 12 months, the overall Consumer Price Index has fallen 1.3 percent. This is the largest year-over-year decline since April 1950 and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is due mainly to a 27.3 percent decline in the energy index during that period. This underscores the fact that prices for all consumer goods, including food, are closely tied to energy prices.
- The gasoline index increased 3.1 percent in May after declining 2.8 percent in April. A much larger increase is expected in June, as retail gasoline and diesel prices have jumped in the last month.
On a separate but related note, prices paid to U.S. agricultural producers for farm goods rose less than forecast in May, due largely to the drop in wholesale food prices. According to Bloomberg, the May Producer Price Index (PPI) showed the "biggest 12-month slump" in wholesale costs in a half century. Wholesale food costs dropped 1.6 percent in May compared to April.
All of this data comes as American ethanol producers are poised to produce a record amount of ethanol and distillers grains, a livestock feed coproduct, in 2009. Based on demand and operating capacity, the U.S. will produce and consume ~10.5 billion gallons of ethanol and more than 30 million tons of distillers grains, replacing a significant amount of corn used in livestock feed domestically and overseas.


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Steve recently recalled the name of former Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall with fondness. Steve's recollection prompted this first-hand account by attorney and Power Line reader Bill Levin in which Saltonstall, or at least one of his life lessons, makes a cameo appearance:
It is not every day that you get to share a Leverett Saltonstall story involving Eliot Richardson and Judge Bork.
During the Bork confirmation hearings, working in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel under Chuck Cooper and Mike Carvin, I reviewed Judge Bork's Watergate-era history. While it is widely known that Judge Bork fired Archibald Cox, it is practically unknown that Eliot Richardson, before resigning as Attorney General, called Bob to his office to beg him to perform his constitutional duty of firing an executive branch officer pursuant to the President's lawful direction. Otherwise, argued Richardson, there would be a true constitutional crisis.
The story of the meeting was told to us in vivid detail by Judge Bork. It was confirmed in discussions with Eliot Richardson during our interviews related to the nomination process. Shamefully, Eliot Richardson never came forward publicly, when it mattered at the time or in subsequent historical accounts, to absolve Judge Bork of his supposed infamy in executing the Saturday Night Massacre. At the same time, all those years later, Richardson agreed to testify in favor of Judge Bork's nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Which brings us to Leverett Saltonstall. I am standing alone with Eliot Richardson off-stage as he is about to be called to testify. Richardson is, to put it charitably, in a rambling mood, not at all eager to focus, or be focused, on the events and chronology of the long passed Watergate era. He turns to me and says, apropos of nothing, "It reminds of old Leverett Saltonstall. He taught me you can go right to the line, but you cannot cross it." There was no obvious response, but there was true dread that he was about to give incoherent testimony.
Leave it to the old pros. Richardson marches off to the witness chair and, with the cameras rolling, shakes off the cobwebs and gives dead perfect testimony. Perfect in every respect, except one. Even then, he did not publicly disclose his role in the firing of Archibald Cox.
Thanks to Mr. Levin for permission to publish his recollection.


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The prevailing wisdom about Linux on the desktop runs something like this: "I'll believe Linux is ready for the desktop as soon as you can give me a Linux distribution that even my grandmother can run."
In this feature, I'm going to compare the newly-released Ubuntu 7.04 (codenamed "Feisty Fawn") with Microsoft Windows Vista in a number of categories. To keep the playing field as level as possible, I'm looking wherever I can at applications -- not just in the sense of "programs," but in the sense of what the average user is going to do with the OS in a workday. Sometimes the differences between the two OSes are profound, but sometimes the playing field levels itself -- OpenOffice.org, for instance, is installed by default in Ubuntu, but adding it to Vista isn't terribly difficult.
Also, while I was tempted to compare Vista's Aero interface to the Beryl window manager (which has a similar palette of visual effects), I decided that pretty graphics, while nice, had more to do with personal preference than efficiency. In addition, Beryl isn't installed by default in Ubuntu, and Aero isn't available on all PCs.
In each case, I've tried to look at practical benefits rather than theoretical ones -- what works, what doesn't, and what you have to do to get certain things done. I should also note that, despite being a big fan of Vista, I've tried to keep my enthusiasm for it from overriding my judgment. Everyone needs something different, and not everyone needs (or wants) Vista -- or Ubuntu -- so I've done my best to keep my mind, and my eyes, wide open.


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The courtroom at the Jodi Arias murder trial was shocked -- and Arias began sobbing -- when the prosecutor stunned them by suddenly flashing a photograph of Arias' ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander with his throat slashed open.
Alexander's sisters and friends burst into tears and one ran out of the courtroom when prosecutor Juan Martinez held up the grisly picture of Alexander with his throat slashed and bloodied.
Arias, who is on trial for allegedly murdering Alexander, sobbed uncontrollably at the sight of the photo. She is accused of stabbing Alexander 27 times, slashing his throat, and shooting him twice in the head in a bout of jealousy. She could face the death penalty if convicted.
In the moments before the incident, Martinez was questioning Lisa Daidone, who dated Alexander in 2007 after Alexander's break up with Arias but while he and Arias continued to sleep together. The defense had gone painstakingly through an angry email Daidone had sent Alexander to break up with him, after she found out he was cheating on her with Arias.
"Do you think that even with everything they claimed he put you through, do you think it is appropriate to take a knife and slash somebody's throat?" Martinez yelled.
"Is this what a normal relationship looks like to you?" Martinez shouted as he held up the picture amid shouts of "objection" from the defense and gasps from onlookers.
Judge Sherry Stephens called for a recess, and when the court returned the judge warned the audience to keep their reactions to testimony silent.
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The outburst came at the end of an intense line of questioning from Martinez as he asked Daidone to explain that Alexander treated her well during their relationship, attempting to disprove the defense's accusations that Alexander was a sex-obsessed, aggressive cheater.
Daidone had testified under questioning by Arias' lawyers that she broke off her relationship with Alexander several times partly out of her suspicions that he was cheating on her, although he had asked her to marry him.
As Mormons they refrained from sex before marriage and she was surprised to find out after Alexander's death that he was not a virgin. Another witness, Desiree Freeman, told the court that Alexander claimed to be a virgin. "He made jokes about it" and seemed proud of the fact, Freeman testified.
The defense cited Daidone's breakup email listing her complaints about Alexander in their effort to portray Alexander as an aggressive philanderer.
"Did you tell him that you felt he wanted you just for your body, that kissing didn't mean anything to him and was just a way for him to let out sexual tension? And that it made you feel used and dirty?" defense attorney Jennifer Willmott asked Daidone.
Daidone said yes, and that she "had felt that way then."
But the prosecutor grilled Daidone about that email, drawing a picture of a more reserved and sexually restrained Alexander.
"You were asked about that email," Martinez said, "and one of the things you talked about, isn't it true that Mr. Alexander wouldn't kiss you at the start of the relationship? You were the person who initiated contact? He was the person holding it up, right? He was holding up your religious beliefs?" Martinez asked.
Daidone agreed.
"He was doing everything he could to conform to what you wanted, wasn't he? Not other way around," Martinez said.
Daidone said that when she sent the angry email to Alexander, criticizing him for thinking about sex and talking about sex, that she was "inexperienced" and "immature," and she later came to regret saying those things to him.
Daidone said that Alexander always kept in close contact with Arias, texting and calling her often. She was suspicious that he was cheating on her, but did not know they were involved sexually.
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The most interesting candidate for the congressional seat now held by Earl Blumenauer is not the gay dude with the moussed coif. It's the short fella with the hook for a left arm.
The Nose admittedly knows diddly about politics. But it doesn't take a Karl Rove to look past the recent publicity given the candidacy of Sam Adams, the longtime aide to Mayor Vera Katz, and instead see Steve Novick.
Novick hasn't officially announced as yet. That will wait until Blumenauer gets off the picket fence and runs for mayor in 2004, a move most expect within a couple of months. Then Novick will join Adams and an expected five or six others in a joust to fill one of the nation's more solidly Democratic congressional seats.
Why has Novick captured the Nose's attention? Maybe it's his plain-spokenness. "Bush and [House Majority Leader Tom] DeLay are doing to the country what Bill Sizemore tried to do to the state: They're bankrupting America with tax cuts for the rich. "
Or maybe it's his résumé: Oregon native, U of O grad, Harvard Law. Big law firms in San Francisco and New York. U.S. Justice Department's environmental-enforcement division. Lead counsel in the eventual Love Canal lawsuit, in which the feds won $129 million against Occidental Chemical. Back to Oregon to be the issues director for Tom Bruggere's failed U.S. Senate campaign (and, later, Ted Kulongoski's successful bid for governor). Caucus administrator for the Senate Democrats in Salem, policy advisor for Multnomah County Chair
Diane Linn and then legislative coordinator for the Oregon Department of Education.
Along the way, Novick found time to run the Center for Informed Citizen Action, which ran successful campaigns against Sizemore's initiatives and issued innovative reports illustrating exactly where tax dollars go.
Maybe it's just his energy and intellect; Novick gives you the feeling that he will never be outworked or outstudied. Add to that a Howard Dean-like combativeness and the punchline skills of a sitcom writer. The Nose gets the sense that Novick is the kind of guy who follows his convictions--damn the consequences. He's certainly not afraid to depart from liberal orthodoxy. "I'm not a pacifist," he told a Nose colleague. " I'm not opposed to having the strongest military in the world. The First Gulf War had some appeal: expelling invaders through international force." This war? "An oil grab and public-relations gimmick, sold on false pretenses, which is now producing $4 billion a month's worth of chaos."
Now, what about the hook? Novick says he has been without an arm since birth. "It's amazing how little it matters. Oh, it's hard to buy an ice-cream cone and get change--but it's convenient for pulling out an oven rack." He also is missing fibulas in both legs, which contributes to his
4-foot-9-inch stature.
To which Novick, as for everything else, has a ready response: "All politicians claim to be for the little guy...."


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Two black Labrador retrievers were rescued from the back yard unharmed, Fenzel said. The fire also burned a power line, resulting in lost power to a neighboring house, he said.
Fenzel said it"s unclear when or how the fire started. By the time firefighters arrived the 200-square-foot cottage was engulfed in flames and any evidence of the fire"s origins had been destroyed, he added.
No one was hurt and the cottage"s occupants were not at home when the fire broke out, he said.


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Rivers, waterfalls and wetlands make Costa Rica a fabulous destination for water sports enthusiasts. Situated between 2 oceans, the country is covered in tropical rainforest and offers adventures galore. From turbulent white water rafting to spectacular fishing on the Pacific Ocean, these activities are a must for active travellers.
There is no shortage of water in Costa Rica thanks to its tropical wet climate. A 3,821-metre-high mountain ridge with several active volcanoes divides east and west. The west coast has a clearly defined rainy season, while the Caribbean side is wet and humid all year round. Beautiful rivers carry the rain water out to sea. As a result, you will find many outdoor activities in and around the water.
Rafting is the most popular water sport in Costa Rica. A ride on the roaring Savegre River is an experience in itself: this challenging river snakes through the rainforest and takes you past some beautiful waterfalls. For real diehards there are rafting trips that range in length from 14 to 27 kilometres. Some stretches go along calm water and offer plenty of time to enjoy nature, the rainforest and the sounds of the animals. And when the next rapids approach, the raft plunges into the roaring water. Don't worry if you tip over and end up in the water: the Rio Savegre is one of the cleanest rivers in Central America. The Rio Savegre offers a range of rafting itineraries, varying from Class II for beginners to Class III and IV that will give even more experienced rafters a real shot of adrenalin. Relax and recover over a cool drink and lunch in a rainforest surrounded by monkeys and birds. Pura vida! Complete your jungle experience with an overnight stay in one of the eco hotels along the river.
Tortuguero lies on the east side of Costa Rica. This national park is especially famous for its huge green turtles that lay their eggs here, but it is also a fabulous destination for a kayak tour. Take a kayak to explore the vast system of channels and rivers that is inaccessible to larger boats. Get up early for a morning tour to experience the jungle waking up and hear the loud howler monkeys pierce the silence. You can rent your own kayak or take a guided tour. You are likely to encounter an array of unique animals on your kayak tour: keep an eye out for crocodiles, ant eaters, sloths or one of the 4 species of monkeys that live in Costa Rica. In addition to howler monkeys, there are also capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys and squirrel monkeys.
From late July to November, green turtles lay their eggs on the beach of Tortuguero. Join a park ranger for a guided tour at night to see the turtles come to shore. They dig a hole in the sand, lay 110 eggs the size of ping pong balls, cover the hole and crawl back to sea.
Marlin, tarpon, tuna, dorado or rainbow bass: the oceans on both side of Costa Rica are an angler's dream come true. The Pacific Ocean in particular is home to a colourful selection of fish. Book a fishing guide to find the best fishing spots and guarantee a catch. With luck you will also spot dolphins, manta rays, turtles and even humpback whales. Close to shore is the best place to catch the beautiful roosterfish. A real fighter, this fish averages a metre in size and weighs around 15 kilos. It may take up to 30 minutes before the fish surrenders so you will need some perseverance. You may also catch snappers, mackerel and large gar. Bring your catch to shore and have a local restaurant cook them up. This is as fresh as it gets!
Costa Rica is home to a diversity of marine life and offers fabulous diving opportunities. More experienced divers will love the Bat Islands and Catalina Islands. At Catalina Islands you can dive among manta rays, bat rays and spotted eagle rays; at Bat Islands, you will find yourself surrounded by bull sharks, black tip reef sharks and tiger sharks. Another very popular diving destination is at the National Park Manuel Antonio, which features spectacular underwater canyons and caves.


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Cook County Democratic leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday to pick a replacement for Commissioner William Beavers, who was convicted last month of federal tax evasion.
Ald. Howard Brookins will lead the meeting at which Democratic committeemen will decide who will finish Beavers' unexpired County Board term, which ends in 2014, based on the weighted votes cast in the district in the 2010 commissioner election.
Brookins, whose 21st Ward cast the most weighted votes, said at least six candidates submitted resumes.
Stanley Moore is considered a leading candidate for the post. Moore unsuccessfully sought a seat in the Illinois House in 2008.
Other hopefuls include Kenneth Sawyer, nephew of former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer; Brian Sleet, chief of staff to 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer (who is a son of former Mayor Eugene Sawyer); and Nick Smith, an aide to 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale. Brookins said former County Board President Todd Stroger decided not to seek the post.
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"Score: A Hockey Musical" is Coming to a Theatre Near You
Olivia Newton-John stars in Score: A Hockey Musical (Getty Images: Lisa Maree Williams).
Mike Fleming of Deadline reports that the Toronto International Film Festival will debut a new movie musical. If that were the whole story, only RMNB Gleeks Neil and Peter would care. But this is a special musical– a hockey musical.
"Score: A Hockey Musical captures key elements of Canadian identity – our passion for our national pastime, our unique musical style and our special brand of humour," says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF.
In the film, seventeen-year old Farley has led a sheltered life. Much to the dismay of his parents (Newton-John, Jordan), Farley loves to play shinny with the local rink rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is signed to a hockey league, where he achieves instant stardom, throwing him into a world of hype. Farley soon finds that hockey fame comes with a price.
All that and Barenaked Ladies. Only time will tell if Score will reach the pantheon of hockey cinema populated by Slapshot, Miracle, the holy Ducks trilogy– or if it'll be relegated to the dollar bin with The Cutting Edge (flamebait for commenters). Either way, it's a movie for Canadians about good-looking kids playing hockey, singing songs, and reaching for the stars– it's going to be a slam dunk for some people.
I'd be astonished if the movie doesn't include a cameo or two from some hockey notables. Mario, 99, Sidney Crosby– maybe all three? The only safe assumption is that Mike Green wasn't asked to appear.
Here's the trailer! (Hat tip to The Score)
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A leading Palestinian Arab professor and a group of 30 of his students are at the heart of a fierce controversy after they dared to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to learn more about the Nazi Holocaust against the Jewish people.
Israeli-Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh reports for the Gatestone Institute that Prof. Mohammed Dajani (pictured) of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem has long been criticized for trying to "normalize" relations between Arabs and Jews.
For many, Dajani taking a group of his students to the Nazi death camps was the last straw.
Palestinian media by-and-large condemned Dajani and those who joined him on the trip, and many commenters on Internet-based news outlets echoed that sentiment, many going as far as to accuse Dajani of treason and collaboration with the enemy.
Al-Quds University was quick to distance itself from the Auschwitz trip, insisting that it had not authorized Dajani to arrange such an outing.
The Palestinian Authority did its best to remain mum on the issue, likely not wanting to create further international controversy by taking a hostile position vis-a-vis the Holocaust, but also not wanting to further anger Palestinians by appearing to condone Dajani's actions.
What was clear in the whole fiasco is that the Palestinian Authority has been very successful in its decades-long effort to educate new generations of Palestinians to view the Jews as their enemy, and to be suspicious of any topic that would paint the Jews in a sympathetic light.
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders served as the first African-American U.S. surgeon general during the Clinton administration. At a 1994 United Nations conference on AIDS, she was asked about promoting masturbation to prevent young people from engaging in riskier sexual activity. "I think that it is part of human sexuality," Elders replied, "And perhaps it should be taught." She was forced to resign. Elders, 75, continues to address sexual health and education on the lecture circuit. ESSENCE.COM talked to the retired professor about her advice for President Obama's nominee for surgeon general and the battle over health care reform.
Dr. Joycelyn Elders appears at her confirmation hearings for the office of U.S. surgeon general in 1993.
(ESSENCE) -- ESSENCE.COM: When you were surgeon general, you were outspoken on controversial issues like distributing contraception in high schools and talking about drug legalization. What advice would you give to Dr. Regina Benjamin, if she is confirmed, about how to approach those kinds of issues?
DR. JOCELYN ELDERS: How to approach those issues and keep her job? My advice to Dr. Benjamin is to decide on the issues that you want to go out and work and fight for. But also know that, if there are issues that you feel strongly about, you have every former surgeon general out there -- we organize and we talk -- who can address some of those issues for you. If she feels like it's a really controversial thing, she doesn't always have to take it on herself. She can let one of us take it on.
Another thing that's very important is to always use science-based data to speak out against things, even if they're politically incorrect. That's what the office has always stood for. When everything else drills down, people still believe in the surgeon general.
ESSENCE.COM: Do you think the president is being forceful enough about getting Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans to keep a public option in the bill?
ELDERS: This is probably something I shouldn't say, but I'm always saying that anyway, so one more time won't hurt. The president is really out there knocking his brains out trying to get this through, but I feel he is taking too much of the lead.
He should allow other people in his administration to be out here running from place to place, doing town hall meetings and all of this other stuff. When it gets down to the final bill and shaping it into what you want it to be, then let the president come in to do the heavy lifting. We've got the president out there doing heavy lifting before anyone else. Essence: Cambridge mayor on teaching a lesson on race
ESSENCE.COM: Regarding your comment about masturbation at the 1994 UN Conference on AIDS, if you could do it over would you do it differently?
ELDERS: No. That's probably one of the best things I did for this country. I allowed us to talk about sexuality more openly and honestly. We are sexual beings, from birth to death, and we never feel that we can talk about sexual health. You can't be a healthy, well-adjusted human being without a healthy sexuality.
ESSENCE.COM: When you were surgeon general, you also advocated for universal health care. How do you feel about the current debate on health insurance reform?
ELDERS: We debate health insurance reform every time we get a new president. Obviously this is something we should have done 50 or 60 years ago. We wouldn't be in the mess we're in now had we done that. Watch Obama's ex-doctor critical of health plan »
But we can't have a healthy nation with ignorant people. We've got to educate our population on how to be healthy and make them understand that they can do more to improve their own health than all the doctors in the world. If we want to reduce the cost of healthcare, we've got to prevent disease and do what we need to do to keep people healthy and well. Esssence: Sonia Sotomayor: A wise Latina
ESSENCE.COM: Do you see yourself as a trailblazer?
ELDERS: I don't necessarily see myself as a trailblazer. I think I was saying things that many people thought but didn't say. AIDS was a political football for a long while, and now we are much more into prevention.
But then, people are embarrassed to buy condoms and vaginal contraceptive films. Parents don't talk about it. Society doesn't talk about it. We can't talk about it on TV because the kids might learn about it. It just makes no sense what we do. I think that as we learn more, we will be less embarrassed about our own sexual health. And that should still be a big part of the agenda.
Just think of how much teenage pregnancy costs. The most common cause of poverty in this country is unplanned pregnancy. People come up to me all the time and say, "Dr. Elders, you were right. Too bad we didn't listen to you."
ESSENCE.COM: At the time that you were asked to resign, with all the media attention, what was that like? What were you feeling and thinking at the time?
ELDERS: It happened so very quickly. I really wasn't expecting it. I was told at 8 or 9 in the morning that they wanted my resignation on [White House Chief of Staff] Mr. Panetta's desk by 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I spoke to Bill Clinton, and I think he understood what I was talking about. I was his director at the Arkansas Department of Health for six years, and I had said nothing different or new. But there's a difference between being a governor of a small state and being the president of the United States. Essence: Will new green jobs go to black people?
But the best thing that ever happened to me was getting fired. I've been able to go across the country and meet a lot of people I would have never met otherwise. I went back to the University of Arkansas and was on the faculty, and I've had fun since I left Washington. And I never worried about what I was going to say anyway.
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