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A carrying capacity framework for soil phosphorus and hydrological sensitivity from farm to catchment scales
R. Cassidy, I. Thomas, A. Higgins, J.S. Bailey, P. Jordan
School of Geog & Environmental Scs
Agricultural fields with above optimum soil phosphorus (P) are considered to pose risks to water quality and especially when those areas are coincident with hydrologically sensitive areas (HSAs) that focus surface runoff pathways. This is a challenge to manage in areas of agricultural intensity in surface water dominated catchments where water quality targets have to be met. In this study, a soil P survey of 13 sub-catchments and 7693 fields was undertaken in a 220 km2 catchment. HSAs were also determined as the top 25th percentile risk from a runoff routing model that used a LiDAR digital elevation model and soil hydraulic conductivity properties. Distributions of these spatial data were compared with river soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) concentration measured fortnightly over one year. The results showed that 41% of fields exceeded the agronomic optimum for soil P across the sub-catchments. When compared with the available water quality data, the results indicated that the high soil P carrying capacity area of the sub-catchments was 15%. Combining high soil P and HSA, the carrying capacity area of the sub-catchments was 1.5%. The opportunities to redistribute these risks were analysed on fields with below optimum soil P and where HSA risk was also minimal. These ranged from 0.4% to 13.8% of sub-catchment areas and this limited potential, unlikely to fully reduce the P pressure to over-supplied fields, would need to be considered alongside addressing this over-supply and also with targeted HSA interception measures.
Science of the Total Environment
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.453
digital elevation model
Soil phosphorus
Hydrologically sensitive areas
Agronomic optimum
Cassidy, R., Thomas, I., Higgins, A., Bailey, J. S., & Jordan, P. (2019). A carrying capacity framework for soil phosphorus and hydrological sensitivity from farm to catchment scales. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.453
Cassidy, R. ; Thomas, I. ; Higgins, A. ; Bailey, J.S. ; Jordan, P. / A carrying capacity framework for soil phosphorus and hydrological sensitivity from farm to catchment scales. In: Science of the Total Environment. 2019 ; Vol. 687. pp. 277-286.
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China's Traditional Spring Festival TV Gala Chases Younger Viewers with "Rap of China" Crossover
A viral TikTok hit from rapper Gem is set to be performed with Lay Zhang on one of Chinese TV's biggest nights of the year
By Allison Jiang January 16, 2020
Home > Daily Drip > China's Traditional Spring Festival TV Gala Chases Younger Viewers with "Rap of China" Crossover
It's often referred to as "the most-watched TV program in the world," yet state broadcaster CCTV's Spring Festival Gala has been hit with widespread criticism for being staid and out of touch in recent years, even inviting racism accusations with one notorious skit in 2018. Now, in a quest for relevancy, 2020's outing has announced that it will be bringing together three of China's newest stars to perform a viral TikTok song.
The hashtag #WilliamChanLayZhangWildWolfDisco has been trending on microblogging platform Weibo as netizens expressed their excitement at the upcoming collab between pop stars Willian Chan and Lay Zhang with northeastern rapper Gem. The hashtag racked up 8.5 million views and over 2,000 posts.
"Wild Wolf Disco" ("野狼Disco") first found fame after it was performed by Gem when he was a contestant on Rap of China. Gem, a rapper from China's "Rust Belt," didn't end up winning, but the song quickly went viral on video-sharing app Douyin (the Chinese sister app to TikTok). People started recording videos of themselves throwing out moves to the old-school '90s beat, with the dance challenge became a mega-hit among users.
According to Sina Entertainment, the original rapper will be joined onstage by little fresh meat stars Lay Zhang and Chan Wai-ting (William Chan). Both of them were previously involved in boy bands in South Korea and Hong Kong respectively, but have enjoyed massive success in mainland China after going solo. Coincidentally, Lay also has his own vertical-format TikTok reality show called REKNOW.
Whether this will be enough to distract younger viewers from hunting for hongbao (red envelopes) on their phones for long enough to actually watch the Spring Festival Gala rather than just having it on passively on their homes' TV screens remains to be seen. But it's an interesting acceptance of hip hop into the mainstream, and from one of the China's most traditional televisual events no less.
For more on the song and Gem's fascinating rise, click below:
Chinese Rap Wrap: The Remarkable Story of a Retro-Feeling Rust Belt Rapper's Break-Out Success
CCTV Spring Festival Gala
Lay Zhang
William Chan
Wild Wolf Disco
Allison Jiang
Allison Jiang is a Baltimore-based writer interested in the intersection of art and culture. She is passionate about big dogs, social justice, and stand-up comedy, among other things.

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Project 321 is one of four awesome Oregon brands we're highlighting for our Ride Oregon Made Celebration. Save 15% on your dream wheels June 15-30, 2018. See details here.
Our goal is to build you the best wheels possible, and we couldn't do that without the support of our incredible vendors. One of the newest on the scene is Project 321 out of Bend, Oregon. We thought we'd take a quick minute to introduce you to this fun-loving, hard-working crew.
Project 321 manufactures quality bike components. They believe that you can have it all - if you're willing to work hard enough to make it happen. Case in point: their magnetically actuated drive system, which functions exactly opposite of a traditional mechanical push spring. "This is definitely the most unique aspect of our product line," says co-owner Sam Ottemoeller. "By using magnets instead of springs we are able to offer sound level options and exceptionally low drag."
Bike Rumor summed it up well when they said, "If you could design the perfect drive mechanism, what would it be? High engagement? Low drag? Quiet? Those were the answers Project 321 were looking for when they set out to design a new drive system. While the new drive system allows the rider to choose the volume of their pawls, it also creates a system that claims to have far less drag while keeping the high degree of engagement, all with fewer moving parts."
When Project 321 moved their headquarters from Fresno, California to Bend, Oregon they quickly fell in love with the region. The natural world around them, with trails out their back door, inspires everything they do.
"Oregon is such a welcoming, and beautiful, state!" Sam says. "We have made wonderful connections since we moved to Bend. Many local bicycle related companies have reached out to us and we have made awesome personal connections as well. There is a general sense of productivity and excitement - which definitely makes it fun to do business here!
Though they've been busy getting the company up and running in Bend, Sam says they are certainly trying to get out and ride a bit, too. "We love Phil's Trail Complex and McKenzie River is happening this summer for sure!"
We enjoy getting to know our vendors and forming relationships that allow us to truly know the people behind the quality components we're adding to your wheels. With Project 321, it turns out the feeling is mutual.
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Leadership is the vessel for many of the worst team myths, for a logical reason. As keepers of the team vision, leaders make up a lot of stuff. Here are some of the worst illusions foisted on us by leaders about leadership.
Teams require a single individual to lead them. It isn't so. There are many models of team leadership, ranging from traditional iron-hand rule through various degrees of self-direction to apparent leaderlessness. Leadership can rotate by the clock, or by the task at hand.


Like many Austinites, we are absolutely obsessed with food trucks. Not only do they supply fast and delicious food, they also provide a snapshot of the awesome diversity within our city. From Korean-Mexican fusion to gourmet donuts, there is literally an option for every taste bud. The best part is that they're located all over town – perfect for all those random I-need-something-delicious-now-or-I'll-get-hangry moments that we all experience from time to time. Check out our list of go-to Austin food trucks for your lunchtime inspiration. You can thank us later.
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In fall 2016, the Academy of American Poets teamed up with the Housing Works Bookstore Café in New York City to present a free conversation series exploring how different art forms engage with poetry. These conversations paired some of today's most celebrated poets with accomplished artists from other disciplines. On November 14, 2016, the series featured Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in conversation with Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. Read Academy of American Poets Executive Director Jennifer Benka's introduction and listen to an audio recording of the event.
With roots in New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, and New York City among other cities, jazz was invented by African American musicians in the early 1900s. And it has been said that a jazz ensemble is the best example of democracy: there is individual freedom, but with responsibility to the group. In both jazz and poetry, collaboration is necessary. The vocalist takes her solo, improvising, but within the structure of the song being played. Similarly, the poet and the reader jam.
It seems timely, tonight, to spend sometime appreciating how art creates models for, and gives us successful examples of, working together to create a greater thing. And how jazz and poetry, both offer us the opportunity to celebrate and be moved by the individual voice. As we listen to a poem or a song, we witness one person's subjective experience being brought out of, what the poet Mark Doty describes as "the isolation of silence and onto common ground." These art forms that give voice—literally the sound of speech or song—and personal expression, help us understand our shared experience.
Across generations, both Yusef Komunyakaa and Cecile McLorin Salvant's, extraordinary voices enrich our lives.
Komunyakaa is the author of more than ten books of poetry, including an influential jazz poetry anthology and Copacetic, a collection of poems that incorporates jazz influences. His book Neon Vernacular: New & Selected Poems 1977-1989 won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the recipient of the Wallace Stevens Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, among many other awards and honors. He is currently Distinguished Senior Poet in New York University's graduate creative writing program.
In 2010, when she was just twenty-one, she won first place at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. Her 2013 album, WomanChild, won the award for jazz album of the year in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll and was nominated for a Grammy Award. And, earlier this year her album For One to Love won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Miles Davis once said: "I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light." Please welcome two people who remind us there is still light: Yusef Komunyakaa and Cecile McLorin Salvant.


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Review: Beth Leavel
On January 19, 2020 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
Despite this cabaret act being named "It's Not About Me," throughout Beth Leavel greatly relishes telling stories of her own long Broadway career. She barrels through it all with the ferocious commitment and incisive comic energy for which she's most known.
She's currently in between her much-loved turn playing Broadway diva Dee Dee in The Prom and creating the role of Miranda Priestly in Elton John's musical version of The Devil Wears Prada. She opens with the song from The Prom which gives the act its title, blowing the roof off of Feinstein's / 54 Below from the very beginning. Then she marries belting with a warm sense of welcoming in her take on Cole Porter's "I Get A Kick Out Of You" the "you" in this case very clearly being the audience. In a typical pairing of sincerity with wisecracking, she notes she wants the show to feel like we're all sitting around drinking in her living room – and then says that since everybody's drinking we're halfway there.
There are only about nine songs in the show, much of which she gives over to backstage stories told with much hilarity. Not only Broadway stories, but stories from regional theatre, where she has done such great roles as Dolly Levi and Mama Rose. And does she sing songs from those great roles? Oh yes she does, oh boy does she ever! I'm not going to tell you which ones; I'd rather you go "oh no she isn't!" just like I did. Highly recommended.
Review: Raja
On September 21, 2019 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
This queen repeats herself sometimes. You know what, though, Raja looked into the cause of this issue, and found the theme of her new show "Lush Life," which is all about the weed and wine she cheerfully admits to consuming before during and after the show. She explains that lush means luscious, extra and (in her words) a "moderate alcoholic" – all qualities she proudly owns, and uses to entertain her adoring audience.
It doesn't hurt that with a little wine in her, Raja instinctively swirls, twirls and dips with aplomb whenever there's music. That makes me wish the ratio of talk to music favored music more, even though her monologues are spiritually and politically deft and intelligent.
She's one of the most effortlessly stylish queens ever to appear on Drag Race, and she features a little bit of everything in this show: some singing, some monologuing about contemporary issues, and a whole lot of fashion fierceness (three fabulous glimmering monochrome outfits). As a matter of fact, she opens the show singing – not lipsynching – Madonna's "Vogue," giving you fantastic body and face. There's your admission fee covered right there. Raja has a warm charismatic presence, which makes you think she'd be able to put over just about anything she wanted. Recommended.
Review: Shuga Cain
On June 4, 2019 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
Who knew that Drag Race alum Shuga Cain named herself after Shug Avery, the juke joint singer from The Color Purple! Just to make the point crystal clear, in her cabaret act Sweet Dreams Shuga does numbers from not one but two different versions of The Color Purple.
From the movie – which she identifies as the film that most inpired her personally and artistically – she does Shug's love song to Miss Celie "Sister." It's the only song Cain sings live (all the others are lip synchs), and she's very self-depricating about the quality of her singing. She doesn't have to be: she's better than a lot of ladymen from the show, and could definitely do more of it in her act. The other Color Purple song she does is a lip synch of "I'm Here" as sung by Cynthia Erivo in the stage musical. She nails this one to the ceiling, making it a fitting climax to her act.
Her show, called Sweet Dreams, is very much in the autobiographical mode of many solo drag shows. What sets Shuga apart though, is the chatty just-between-us-gurls tone that makes you feel that she's talking to just you. It's clear that she primarily considers herself a comedy queen – she attributes her allegedly sub-par singing to "too much tequila and dick" – and she is indeed a laugh and a half. Cain also happily identifies herself as an "80s baby" and does a megamix by divas such as Janet, Whitney, Mariah and the like, which she delivers with high-energy bounce. The whole evening is boisterous fun, and definitely recommended.
Review: Justin Vivian Bond
On March 16, 2019 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
I've often referred to Judy Collins as a river of song – it just flows out of her in a gorgeous shimmering stream. Justin Vivian Bond is more like a tower of song – mysterious, imposing, beautiful, powerful and sometimes explosive. JVB's current show "Under the Influence" is a tribute to Collins, part of Collins' 2019 Vanguard Award and Residency at Joe's Pub.
V considers Judy Collins to be v's own spiritual baby sitter and music teacher. Collins significantly if indirectly educated Justin in music – all by the songs and songwriters Collins covered. So, with only a couple exceptions, Bond performs songs written by songwriters she discovered through Collins – but which Judy herself did not sing.
Bond's taste in songs is impeccable, and v approaches them with the touch of a very careful curator. A curator, that is, who finds what is most explosive in the art they're presenting, and then promptly detonates it. V turns David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair" into something more rawly emotional, and fiercely sharpens the danger in Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" (in probably the best version of that song I've ever heard). V's climactic rendition of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" truly burns down the house.
One of the best features of all of Bond's shows is v's acidly funny, stream of consciousness, between-song patter (which has had the downside of making certain shows marathon length, but not here). As always Bond is hilariously entertaining, wildly imaginative and vividly expressive. Highly recommended.
"High-falutin' honky-tonk" – that's my "elevator pitch" for Diana Agron's current cabaret act at the Café Carlyle. She originally designed her songlist to compliment her first run at the Carlyle, which found her singing the music of "some of the finest male-fronted acts of the '70s." Here, she mainly covers songs originally done by other women. She keeps breaking her own rules to put together a show that feels right, which makes it harder to explain, asking the audience if they have any suggestions.
The former Glee star recently married folk rock band Mumford & Sons' banjoist and guitarist Winston Marshall. Her own musical aesthetic lines up less with Glee, and more with the style of her husband's band. This is a beautiful young woman with a gorgeous voice who is nowhere more comfortable than when she's singing a cover of a 1960s folk rock chestnut or 1950s standard.
On her first run, Agron was hesitant when it come to patter, but calmed right down when it came time to sing. She's not necessarily more eloquent between songs this time, but she's all-around more confident and in command, which lends her off-hand comments a kind of raffish charm. No song was less than beautifully sung, and, as before, she performs best when a song brings out the actress in her – most notably in Eartha Kitt's wicked signature tune "I Want to Be Evil" and Lou Reed's "Perfect Day."
There's an enormous amount of potential here – I would give a lot to hear Agron's huskily golden yet liquid voice act the hell out of some of June Christie's sophisticated material. The job in cabaret, as much as in theatre and film, is storytelling, and Agron is getting better at doing that in this format. In any event, Agron gives us enough wonderfully sung renditions of dauntingly complex songs that I can heartily recommend her.
On December 16, 2018 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
This show was intended to be called "Justin Vivian Bond is Regifted," but somewhere between the time when Bond sent v's title and blurb to the Joe's Pub office and the time the tickets were printed, some device somewhere "auto-corrected" the title to "Justin Vivian Bond is Refrigerated." JVB figured "well, the tickets have been printed," kinda liked the title, and thought it wouldn't take much to move the show in that direction. One of the adjustments v made was to open with a passionate version of Annie Lennox's "Cold," setting up the "fire and ice" dynamic that has always been JVB's wheelhouse.
The legendary Kiki & Herb Christmas shows of yore were full of vitriol and blasphemy. More love than vitriol now (though when v touches on a subject worth the vitriol, v doesn't hold back), and an end to blaspheming in favor of something more spiritually positive: Bond now puts v's own pagan ambivalence about Christmas at the heart of the show. For instance there's a dark little medley celebrating the winter solstice, dedicated to Judy Collins.
The musical backing from Matt Ray on piano, Nath Ann Carrera on guitar and Claudia Chopek on violin is sophisticated and rich. There's nothing particularly jazzy about the arrangements – if anything they are redolent of folk rock and chamber pop – but there is a powerful sense of improvisational give and take.
Bond is one of the most original and potent performers of our time, whom I think everybody should see at least once. Or more often – there's something new and freshly rewarding about every single performance.
Review: Pharoah Sanders
On December 7, 2018 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
Jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman once called Pharoah Sanders "probably the best tenor player in the world." Tenor saxophone, that is, and based on what I experienced seeing him at Birdland, I'd have to agree. But he's more than that: there's something visionary about Sanders. When he begins to play, the room he's playing in feels somehow different, lighter.
Sanders was an important player in the frequently dissonant free jazz scene of the early 1960s, but as he embarked on a career as a leader rather than a sideman, he reinterpreted what the "free" in free jazz meant. For him, it meant free and full expression using any and all means available, the tonal as well as the atonal, the sweet as well as the dissonant. It also meant exploring freedom in the political sense, and above all in a spiritual sense. One can easily interpret Sanders work from the late 1960s onward as one long exploration of what it means to be spiritually free – and how does one express that in music?
The first composition he performed began with the band playing a gentle, soothing pentatonic wash for several minutes. When Sanders joined in at first he went with that gentle flow, but then there was one of those angular, sharp, atonal runs that were a hallmark of Pharoah's early avant-garde work, appearing with the speed, suddenness and uncanniness of lightning in a clear blue sky.
Some other astonishing moments: at the end of a yearning ballad, Sanders slows everything down in a short coda in which every note surprises and yet is exactly right, especially the breathtaking second to last note at the very bottom of his instrument's range. After which he immediately bounces into a playful blues that finds this physically frail septuagenarian dancing around and hamming it up, strumming his sax as if it was a guitar. In this number each of the sidemen gets an extended solo; Nate Reeves's solo stands as the single best jazz bass solo I have ever heard, jumping back and forth between virtuosic techniques with impossible nimbleness.
And at the very end, Sanders played a bit of his epic statement of purpose "The Creator Has a Master Plan," singing in a strong warm voice, gently emphasizing one word, to powerful effect: "The creator makes but one demand / Happiness through all the land." Then he launches into John Coltrane's masterpiece "A Love Supreme" for a few soaring minutes before concluding with a return to "Creator." Highly recommended.
One of the most effortlessly stylish queens ever to appear on Drag Race, Raja is doing her second solo cabaret show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Titled Masque, the show features a little bit of everything: some singing, some monologuing about contemporary issues, and a whole lot of fashion fierceness.
As a matter of fact, after singing one of her original songs in a bejeweled and horned mask, Raja says "this is the part of the show where I do nothing but fucking model for two and a half minutes," proceeding to give indescribable body and face to Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy." There's your admission fee covered right there.
And even though she says "that all the choreography you're going to get" after a handful of hip bumps in her first sung cover of the evening – Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" – don't you believe it. Raja instinctively swirls, twirls and dips with aplomb whenever there's music. That makes me wish the ratio of talk to music favored music more, even though the monologues are spiritually and politically deft and intelligent. Maybe a tad repetitive, but I'll chalk that up to the weed and wine she cheerfully admits to having taken in.
Raja has a warm charismatic presence, which makes you think she'd be able to put over just about anything she wanted. Recommended.
Review: Tammie Brown
On May 4, 2018 By dramaqueennycIn cabaret, reviewLeave a comment
After seeing a live show of Tammie Brown, I finally have a bead on this surrealist drag queen's artistic core. She is, more than anything, a hippie chic queerpunk singer-songwriter. There's a hint of classic movie queen in her looks, but it seems that's the equivalent of Debbie Harry or Grace Slick making something fabulous out of what she found in a thrift shop.
And while Tammie's sense of humor is disarmingly unique, she's not truly unprecedented. I could see her comfortably do her left-of-center thing at the Pyramid Club in the 1980s, at Club 57 or Max's Kansas City in 1970s, or even in a Jackie Curtis extravaganza at LaMaMa in the late 1960s. However, queens this tripped-out are in short supply these days, so we should treat her, to quote the title of her show, as a National Treasure.
Brown also proudly wears her South Texan origins, singing a couple of songs in Spanish, and showing love for all things Mexican (maybe there's a Frida Kahlo influence here, too, eh?). Tammie sways happily about the stage while her faerie fey guitarist Michael J. Catti converts all of her original oddball techno-pop songs from that style into something much more pleasant: SoCal-flavored psychedelic and/or "soft" rock. And her in-between patter veers between gleeful non sequiturs and political commentaries from the silly to the venomous. Recommended.
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"JVB goes masc," Mx Justin Vivian Bond drolly purrs after a roaring opening performance of Iggy Pop's "Cry for Love." After years of covering female singer-songwriters, Bond has decided it's time for a change of course with a new cabaret show Boys in the Trees, named for the Carly Simon song of the same name. Viv has subtitled the show "Justin Vivian Bond sings All the Young Dudes – a Rite of Spring," which is a significant indication of what v's getting at. "All The Young Dudes" is a song David Bowie wrote for glam rock band Mott the Hoople, and this show has a substantial glam rock bent, with much Bowie, as well as Lou Reed and Roxy Music.
The "Rite of Spring" part suggests sexuality and sensuality, which is overflowing in this show. Viv's tag line makes this explicit: "Instead of singing songs by people I wanted to BE, I thought it would be hawt to sing the songs of the people I wanted to FUCK!" This probably overstates the case, as JVB admits by ambiguously saying "once I picked the song list, I found I hadn't realized I wanted to fuck these guys." Rather, desire and longing pulse through the evening like a hastened heartbeat. The title song – the only one on the song list originally sung by a woman – includes the telling lyrics "Last night I slept in sheets the colour of fire / Tonight I lie alone again and curse my own desires."
In many ways Viv keeps to v's usual combination of wryly cynical observations and heartfelt song renditions. As always Bond's taste in songs is impeccable, and v approaches them with the touch of a very careful curator. A curator, that is, who finds what is most explosive in the art they're presenting, and then promptly detonates it. It doesn't take much to ignite Bowie's melodramatically compassionate "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide," but by the time Viv reaches that climax, v's already taken Bowie's "Lady Grinning Soul" and Lenny Kravitz's "Fields of Joy" to places infinitely more fiery than the originals. Even Andy Gibb's "Thicker Than Water" gets a rosy, yearning glow, untouched by irony.
The choice of finale, however, is beyond perfect. Roxy Music's "Mother of Pearl" starts in a very romantic, sincere place, but then singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry laces more and more distance into the lyrics as the song progresses, lines like "Oh Mother of Pearl, so semi-precious in your detached world." It marries JVB's gimlet-eyed perspective to intimations of passion and love than is perhaps real, perhaps an illusion. Devastating.
As always Bond is hilariously entertaining, wildly imaginative and vividly expressive. And thank goodness Viv has given us another show that leaves you wanting more, and adds some more uptempo selections to the ballads Bond favors. Highly recommended.
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OC/DC: What A Democrat-Led Congress Means for OC and California - Part Two
In part two of a three part series, we continue our look at what House Committees would look like under a Democrat Congress, a prospect some political watchers see as increasingly likely. (Note: this report was sparked by a recent column in Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call where noted political analyst Stuart Rothenberg reported that according to his numbers the 15-20 key races will likely lean Democrat on Election Day. This series simply takes a look at that possibility).
Under a new leadership team in Congress, and under a new party, Orange County's Congressional Delegation and its Republican Members will loose key leadership posts, while Democrat(s) would move to positions of authority. Further, in key committee spots, California Democrats would gain new positions of leadership posing a challenge for lobbying interests, local government, corporations and trade groups with interests in Orange County as they work to reestablish new relationships with what could be new leaders in Congress potentially unfamiliar with local funding, appropriations, and legislative requests previously handled by their Republican counterparts.
Part One covered the A-H committees, below is the second group:
Current Chairman: n/a
Possible Dem. Chairman: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Los Angeles)
Congresswoman Millender McDonald is in her 6th term and is a likely leader of this committee under new Democrat leadership. House Administration is the HR / Operations committee of the House assigning offices, managing facilities, and setting rules for so-called "Franked Mail" and internal management policies and operations. Until this week the committee was led by Republican Bob Ney (R-OH), who resigned his gavel after agreeing to a plea deal in the Abramoff lobbying scandal. Although not widely known outside DC, this committee can be influential and put its leader in a position of authority, as seen – unfortunately – with Ney. However, should the Democrats assume leadership of the House, it would put another Californian in a position of leadership.
Current Chairman: Henry Hyde (R-Illinois)
Possible Dem. Chairman: Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo)
Henry Hyde is a great Member of Congress and a gentleman; he is also retiring -- opening up an open-seat battle for his suburban Chicago seat as well as his Chairman's seat on IR, as it's known. Should the Democrats lead after November, a very likely new Chairman is Tom Lantos, Democrat from the Peninsula/San Mateo . Perhaps the only Holocaust survivor in Congress, Lantos is described by many media outlets as "hawkish" winning him some allies on the right as a bipartisan dealmaker. However, should the scales tip and Chairman Lantos lead the committee in a new Congress, criticism of the Administration's foreign policy would likely increase -- as would hearings into various aspects of the Executive Branch's foreign policy apparatus.
Interestingly, Elton Gallegly(R-Ventura County) is 2-3 seats from the top spot on the R-side of the aisle, but there's expectation he'll retire after one more term. OC is represented by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-HuntingtonBeach), Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), and Darrell Issa (R-Vista, San Diego/Riverside Counties). This committee overseas foreign lending, diplomatic support, anti-terrorism, human rights and international operations among other issues and is a key committee in support of the Administration's war on terror and other programs such as anti-drug operations and anti-proliferation activities. The committee is at the center of foreign policy debates surrounding an emerging Iran, Venezuela, the international oil economy and supplies as well as drug and proliferation debates surrounding these two nations, among others. While the loss to the County may seem minor (outside our delegations' offices) the real impact would be to President Bush, loosing a key ally on the Hill in support of his agenda.
Current Chairman: Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin)
Possible Dem. Chairman: John Conyers (R-Michigan)
John Conyers is serving in his 21st (not a typo) term in Congress and has long been an active critic of Republican Administrations in general. He was a strident defender of President Clinton throughout the impeachment proceedings of 1998-1999. In this vein, he has prepared a current report, critical of operations in Iraq, dubbed "The Constitution In Crisis" which according to many conservative writers reads like a pre-assembled articles of impeachment document for Democrats to use should they regain power in November. A link is here.
Judiciary is in influential committee in Orange County, affecting a wide array of Constitutional issues: criminal procedure, due process, regulations governing judges and trials, the protection of intellectual property, administrative law, interpretation of the Constitution, sentencing and punishment, Geneva Convention/procedures for dealing with suspects apprehended during wartime, and hugely important in OC – immigration, among others.
This committee includes two senior California Members: Gallegly, again in the top 4-5 in seniority, and Dan Lungren who regained his seniority from earlier House service when re-elected from a different district in 2004. They join Darrell Issa, the only other California Republican on the committee. Issa's background as a successful electronics executive gives him a unique perspective on an area of committee jurisdiction crucial to OC's thriving tech sector: patents and intellectual property.
On the Democrat side of the aisle, California is powerfully represented by a number of Members who are attorneys, and a rare non-attorney members: Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles). She joins California Democrats Howard Berman (# 2 in seniority on the D-side); Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose); Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena); and Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood). With Gallegly likely retiring after one more term, this leaves OC and California heavily out-numbered by home-state Democrats on this committee at a time when it will likely spend countless hours investigating criminal procedure during war time, actions in Iraq, treatment of detainees, as well as a variety of human rights and Constitutional issues – to say nothing of possible impeachment articles. Watch Judiciary closely in the next Congress.
Current Chairman: Richard Pombo (R-Tracy)
Possible Dem. Chairman: Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia)
Resources guides national forest, mining, minerals, resources, energy / water and land usage policy, as well as fishery and ocean management and oversight of our national parks. Under California Republican Chairman Richard Pombo, this committee has explored a number of worthwhile policy goals ranging from re-examining certain elements of the Endangered Species Act, to ownership and access to federal lands and off-shore drilling among other issues. Pombo has put himself in the crosshairs of environmental activist organizations time and again for daring to explore policy questions surrounding long-standing federal policy.
Under a Democrat-led Congress the agenda would likely shift more heavily in favor of many of the environmental and NGO groups that no-doubt have mobilized in support of Democrat candidates this fall. Impacting OC (and the rest of the Country) this committee would take the lead in likely blocking any discussions about offshore drilling, oil reserves in Alaska, or additional hydrocarbon exploration in favor of other options. Additional areas of interest locally would be National Park expansion and access / fees as well as land management policies in areas like California's inland deserts and the Cleveland National Forest where fire management, development and environmentalists tend to collide. This committee is the battleground for environment, water and federal land use policy.
Californians on the Committee include (again) Elton Gallegly in a 2-3 seniority spot, joined by neighboring Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Corona) and Central Valley Republican Devin Nunes. On the other side, Grace Napolitano (D-Los Angeles) joins Jim Costa (D-Bakersfield), Northern California Democrat George Miller (a staunch ally of Nancy Pelosi ) and Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced).
Committee on Rules
Current Chairman: David Dreier (R-Glendora)
Possible Dem. Chairman: Louise Slaughter (D-New York)
Chairman Dreier is the lone Californian on this committee, a committee that is far more influential than its name and size would indicate. Working with the Leadership, this committee directs all rules and restrictions governing debate, amendments, parliamentary procedure and vote schedules for pending legislation. Key legislation is referred to the Rules Committee after its committee of jurisdiction has held hearings, placing this committee at the center of legislative debates and key policy maneuvers in Congress. Dreier is one of the most influential and successful members of the California delegation, but did face a tougher than expected re-election battle in 2004 because of opposition from immigration-related issues and "John and Ken (of KFI fame)." Serving a safe seat nonetheless, Dreier is the point man for many legislative efforts benefiting Orange County, ranging from appropriations bills to amendments. Losing Dreier at the helm means the state loses a key ally and advocate among the House's top leadership.
Next: Part Three – Science, Ways and Means, Veterans Affairs and more!
Posted by Jeff Solsby on September 21, 2006 at 04:43 AM in OC/DC | Permalink
It's time for some Congressional oversight. John Conyers should be a great person to start mucking out the stables of Republican corruption. He'll have years worth of work to unwind the K street project.
Posted by: Time for oversight | September 21, 2006 at 05:22 AM
We just got a peek at what might lie ahead, with Lockyer's (California) auto-maker suit. Democrats are doing everything imaginable to make California a place NOT to do business. He's already given us those stupid "... known to California to cause cancer ..." notices. I would like to think he's an idiot, but that obviously isn't the case, so the only thing left is fiend.
Posted by: ZZMike | September 21, 2006 at 08:40 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't having a Republican majority in the House actually impede the level of support and funds the great blue state of CA receives from congress? Although, and thank God, OC is red, we must remember the rest of the state is coated with a thick coat of blue, which must not be an attractive recipient of favors from a GOP controlled house.
With CA having such a strong democrat representation, I believe we have never been able to form a cohesive group in DC, thus falling so far behind in funds allocated to our state in comparison to many much much smaller states.
So in-fact, I dare say, the state may see more funds if the house goes blue, so all the democrats can dole out favors to the largely democrat CA delegation. So, in short, yes go out and support your Republican representative, but they are the minority in California's congressional delegation and may or may not necessarily be able to bring home the pork because of the company the are forced to roll with.
Posted by: Seneca | September 21, 2006 at 09:23 AM
In this vein, he has prepared a current report, critical of operations in Iraq, dubbed "The Constitution In Crisis" which according to many conservative writers reads like a pre-assembled articles of impeachment document for Democrats to use should they regain power in November.
Ah, we can only dream....
WHEN CLINTON LIED, NOBODY DIED.
Posted by: MrWhipple | September 21, 2006 at 09:39 AM
Well, that certainly makes it OK:
"Children, it's OK to tell a lie, as long as nobodyt dies as a result."
As the ancient Romans used to say, "He who walks with the lame, learns to limp."
Posted by: Jubal | September 21, 2006 at 10:24 AM
You're missing the point, Jubal.
When Clinton lied about having sex with an intern, he was impeached.
When Bush lied to -- or, if you prefer, horribly mislead -- Americans about WMDs, ties between Al-Qaeda and Iraq, and Iraqi "nucular" ambitions, Congress remained eerily silent.
So, to sum up:
Clinton lied. Dead people: 0. Impeachment: Yep.
Bush lied. Dead people: ~40,000. Impeachment: Nope.
Mr. Whipple:
Actually, it is you who missed the point.
Clinton, under oath, said something he knew to be untrue. Saying something you know to be unture is called a lie, as in lying under oath.
Bush didn't lie about WMDs, etc. He stated what his Administration -- and also what the Clinton Administration -- had believed to be the case. Having bad information is vastly different than saying something you know perfectly well to be untrue.
Posted by: Jubal | September 22, 2006 at 07:02 PM
Actually Jubal you of all people should know better than to make statements like this given facts to the contrary. After a rigorous investigation that most normal people would consider a witch hunt that resulted in scurrilous charges being brought by a partisan Judiciary Committee a trial ended up resulting in an acquittal. Given your respect for the rule of law I would have to say you are mistaken.
On to the subject at hand of a DEM majority in Congress. Given how a GOP majority congress with a GOP President has involved in what can best be described as a foreign policy nightmare coupled with an insane fiscal policy having one branch of government in the opposition party could only be better.
Posted by: Juris Prudence | September 22, 2006 at 09:09 PM
And remembering back to the time. GOP's were hardly interested in confronting the war on terror. In fact they went out of their way to block the President's efforts calling one of them (forcing taggants on explosives making them easier to trace) a 'phony issue'.
So spare us the hearts and flowers on this issue.
Jubal, the administration knew quite well the Iraq weapons claims weren't true. The Nigerian yellowcake story had already been debunked by the CIA several times, with George Tenet going so far as to take it out of two of Bush's speeches before his final address (where it managed to slip back in); Colin Powell was cussing and bitching the night before his address to teh UN, calling the "intelligence" he was supposed to present "bulls--t"; and British intelligence was advising Tony Blair and the rest of the British government in the Downing Street Memo that Americans were "fixing the facts around the policy" of invading Iraq. Sorry, strawman about how Bush didn't know.
It was a lie.
Posted by: rebecca | September 22, 2006 at 10:00 PM


This piece is a very brightly coloured composition dating back to the early 20th century. The rug depicts neatly arranged flowers in the top half which is perfectly reflected in the converse image on the lower half. It also features an elegantly designed but simple sawtooth border showing the brilliant use of negative and positive spaces, with either red trefoils on green or green trefoils on red.
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Driving licenses were issued to 10 women in Saudi Arabia on Monday just weeks before the ban on female drivers is to be lifted on June 24.
"The issuance of the licences means that for the first time in more than 50 years, women will be able to drive legally in the kingdom," said a statement by the Ministry of Information.
The 10 women traded in their foreign driving licenses for Saudi ones at different departments of traffic in the capital, Riyadh, and other cities.
"I have 12 years of driving experience in Lebanon, Switzerland, and the United States. It's a dream come true that I am about to drive in the kingdom. The moment I got the news about driving was unbelievable for me," Rema Jawdat, a risk analyst at the Ministry of Economy and Planning, was quoted as saying.
The decision to allow women to drive is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia.
A video shared on Twitter by user @saudalzmanan showed the moment one of the first women receive her licence from officials.
"Thousands of congratulations to the daughters of the homeland, being issued the first licence in Saudi Arabia," the tweet read.
Tahani Aldosemani, assistant professor at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University in Al Kharj — about 77 kilometres south of Riyadh — exchanged her US-issued driving license for a Saudi one on Monday.
"I lived in the United States while earning my PhD for four years, traveling and moving between states without any problem or violation of law," she said.
Esraa Albuti, an executive director at Ernst & Young, said that allowing women to drive in the kingdom was a step forward.
"As a working woman, I need to move around a lot at different times of the day, and it is hard to have a driver dedicated to me 24 hours a day," she said.
The General Department of Traffic announced last month that all preparations for women in Saudi Arabia to start driving have been completed.


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What Will PG Display in The Postseason?
Date: June 30, 2020Author: Nick Andre 0 Comments
The nickname "Playoff P" has been highly criticized after coming up small in recent playoff appearances. Now, with a new organization, Paul George looks to change that narrative this summer in Orlando. The six time all-star has been a great second man next to Kawhi Leonard and wants to carry momentum into a tough playoff journey in the Western Conference.
Since George's emergence in 2013 as a premier all-star, his expectations were at an all time high to lead his team to a championship. Although he has had many memorable regular seasons, the energy in the postseason has been somewhat unpleasant. In key pivotal moments of a playoff series, George has disappeared in at times on what could have made a difference in changing the dynamic of a series.
Paul George has not won a playoff series since 2014:
▫2015: Missed playoffs (injury)
▫2016: Lost 4-3 to TOR
▫2017: Lost 4-0 to CLE
▫2018: Lost 4-2 to UTA
▫2019: Lost 4-1 to POR
How far will the Clippers go with Playoff P? pic.twitter.com/DJqtEK1Obx
— Top Ball Coverage (@TopBallCoverage) June 11, 2020
During his time in Indiana, the Pacers were legitimate favorites to win a championship led by George. Even when everyone doubted them, Indiana believed they were significantly a better team than the LeBron James-led Miami Heat. Indiana at one point had Miami on the ropes and eliminating them from the playoffs. Unfortunately, George did not play at the highest level when it mattered most through many of those games. The poor performances resulted in Miami going to two consecutive NBA Finals in their run.
Game 7 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals, George would only record 7 points on 2-9 shooting. After capitalizing in a pivotal Game 6, Indiana was suppose to go into South Beach in Game 7 and steal a victory. No one can say that George nor the rest of the Pacers did not believe they could knock down the Miami Big 3 in the playoffs. With the grit and toughness they displayed through the season, they were shortly enough to take down Miami in a playoff series.
George was obviously outplayed by LeBron. While the King dropped 32 points on the young all-star, George didn't allow the game to come to him whatsoever. Indiana as a whole could not stop the dynamic shooting of the Miami Heat. Three pointers were falling for the Heat and the Pacers were late covering the perimeter. As a star, George had to understand how to set the tone for his team. With his poor performance, Indiana was flat the entire game and it resulted in a blowout loss.
Let's fast forward now to 2018. In George's first season for the Oklahoma City Thunder, the expectations were to knock off Russell Westbrook's then-enemy Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors. But once they got to the first round against Utah, the team struggled drastically and couldn't hold off a team led by then-rookie Donovan Mitchell.
Paul George asked if there was any added pressure with the Playoff P hype: "There's no stress. It's not like it's a name I'm trying to live up to…"
Melo jumps in: "Can't give it back now."
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) April 19, 2018
George may have had one of the most horrendous game of any all-star in Game 6. In another must win game, George shot a gruesome 2/16 shooting from the field with only 5 points in Salt Lake City. It was unfortunate that Westbrook did not have any production out of his superstar to back up his 46 point performance. George's ill-advised shot selections along with his unassertiveness allowed Utah to move on to the 2nd round against Houston.
Those are just two examples of George's playoff disappointments. Over the past 6-7 years, George hasn't elevated his game in the postseason enough to move past his competition. It is the reason why he has never been viewed as a superstar in his career. Having numerous MVP caliber seasons, it is up for George to keep the same energy going forward with his new team and new hopes for a championship.
In a new environment, George looks to embrace the given nickname "Playoff P". With his new role as the 2nd man behind Kawhi, George is expected to play that Scottie Pippen type role in LA and make all the necessary plays in order to get through in the playoffs. Keep in mind that George has had this ups and downs throughout his first season in a Clipper uniform. With health and team chemistry being in his favor going forward, the Clippers are in great hands by the production of George.
Expect George to play in a much comfortable position this postseason. With the season suspended due to COVID-19, this gave George the golden opportunity to heal and stay ready for the return. There's no pressure on him to carry the team with his new role on the Clippers. It will be interesting how he matches up with the tough teams in the West during their playoff run. Kawhi Leonard is hungry for his 3rd championship and needs all the support that is necessary. The team has a deep rotation of players who can come in and make a huge contribution. But the most important piece besides Leonard is PG-13.
George is eager to change the narrative of his playoff career. He is playing at home and in the best position he has ever been in for a championship. Let's see how much he produces once the NBA season returns when the Clippers show their hunger for a championship.
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Sacramento – California Governor Jerry Brown announced a smart and humane ballot measure on January 27, 2016, that would dramatically reform both juvenile and criminal justice laws in the state, Human Rights Watch said today.
California is one of just 15 states in the United States that allow a prosecutor instead of a judge to make the decision to file cases in adult court. Since 2003, over 10,000 California youth under 18 have been tried as adults, nearly 7,200 of them were directly filed in adult court with no oversight by a judge. Charging youth as adults has serious, lifelong consequences for the youth involved; and multiple studies have shown that children who are prosecuted in the adult system commit new offenses more quickly and go on to commit more serious crimes than those who are kept in the juvenile justice system for the same offenses.
The ballot measure would also authorize adult parole consideration for nonviolent inmates who complete the full sentence for their primary offense and allow inmates to earn credits for good behavior, education, and rehabilitative achievement.


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Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Alexander Jimenez along with exercise physiologist Daniel Alvarado discuss how to recover from common running injuries.
Now, I'd like to talk to you personally about how you can defeat common running injuries or injuries that are athletic. Whether you're a runner, soccer player, basketball player or any other type of athlete, and you've had an injury that was running- or jump-related, there are special things you absolutely wish to do to get the better of that injury, deal with muscle ache treatments and start to recover quickly.
The very first thing you need to do is rest the region, at least for 72 hours (which may be hard for you exercise diehards). For instance, if you're looking for ankle sprain remedies, first thing I tell people to do is instantly rest and keep to elevate the area for the next three days.
Then, you want to start out actually doing exercise which is non-impactful. Usually, the best things to do, especially if you're a runner, is to begin cycling and swimming. With swimming and cycling, you're exercising larger muscle groups like your legs and still going to be functioning your lungs, so it's going to assist your own body remain in shape at the very same time increasing circulation into that region, helping you heal quicker.
So again, if you're not in a position to run right now, begin swimming and commence cycling on a great spin bike or do spin categories (though you may want to stay away from the standing position in spin categories, as that may possibly also aggravate the exact same jogging harm). That's the very first thing you need to do when you're beating a running harm once that place feels well enough for you yourself to start being active again.
Surprising to some of you, it 's also vital when you get injured to alter your diet. You've got to begin eating omega-3 fatty acid-rich and anti inflammatory foods — like such amazing omega 3 foods as wild-caught salmon, grassfed steak and chia seeds.
Also you need to start have anti inflammatory herbs, as ginger and turmeric benefits are actually impactful. Turmeric, for instance, has so many healing properties that now there have been 6,235 peer-reviewed articles printed that prove the benefits of turmeric and one of its renowned healing compounds, curcumin.
Generally, just getting more fruits and vegetables in your daily diet is important. Additionally, liquid coconut water can assist you to conquer low potassium, as that mineral can in fact help eliminate toxins in the body and can help cure a place that's injured from a running injury.
Thing and the following measure you need to do for common injuries that are running is start strengthening muscle tissue, and among the top activities to do is always to do resistance band exercises. Groups are very non-impactful, and they actually help the body work through a full range of movement. So begin using bands for both your lower and upper body.
It's additionally crucial that you begin to work your core, as strengthening these muscles may have prevented the injury in the very first place. Particularly, there are several important exercises you can certainly do to strengthen your heart and lower back muscles to assist in preventing injury and pain.
The next thing is always to get some soft tissue work. I'd go and find a good quality athletic trainer, or a guide or massage therapist. Somebody who is able to really look at your body, feel including heavy dilemma massage, and work them out, for different knots or physical or muscle imbalances.
It could be possible you have a muscle spasm somewhere that's causing your body to run out of balance or a muscular imbalance. Let 's say there is a leg that is short, and you're running constantly, subsequently you're placing extra pressure on a single joint more in relation to the others over, and over, and over again. And that's when you check out the benefits of chiropractic adjustments and could possibly even consider seeing someone like a chiropractor.
So seeing a natural holistic physician — whether it would be an athletic trainer, chiropractor or manual/massage therapist — they can really look at your structure that is physical in addition to musculature and help balance things out.
When you begin running again, do so on softer surfaces and work the right path up slowly. Lots of times we raise our mileage too fast, which could cause re-injury a different jogging injury or. Hence, simply increase whatever you're doing or just 10 percent per week in fit volume or your jogging volume.
It's possible for you to trust me on all this about rehabbing from common running injuries and athletic injuries, because not only am I a doctor, I'm cyclist, runner, swimmer and a former triathlete. As it pertains to jogging injuries, so I feel your pain! I've had them before, and I've rehabbed myself and thousands of patients as well.


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UCF football player shot, recovering in hospital
Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Chris Williams was shot at King Tut's Lounge early Saturday morning.
UCF football player shot, recovering in hospital Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Chris Williams was shot at King Tut's Lounge early Saturday morning. Check out this story on centralfloridafuture.com: http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/story/sports/2015/07/18/ucf-football-player-shot-recovering--hospital/30349591/
Noelle C Campbell and Rachel S Stuart, Central Florida Future Published 3:25 p.m. ET July 18, 2015 | Updated 11:02 p.m. ET July 18, 2015
Chris Williams intercepts a pass.(Photo: Nick Leyva, Central Florida Future)
UPDATE: Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed late Saturday that UCF football player Chris Williams was shot at King Tut's Lounge on Alafaya Trail early Saturday morning.
OCSO deputies responded to the case regarding a physical fight in progress with shots fired, according to a release. Upon arrival, as a large crowd started to leave the area, deputies were advised that the shooting victim, Williams, had arrived at Florida Hospital East.
The victim advised he was shot at King Tut's Lounge during an altercation. His injuries are non-life threatening and at last check he was listed in stable condition, the release states.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call OCSO at 407-254-7000.
UCF defensive back Chris Williams is recovering in the hospital after being shot.
George O'Leary has been made aware and spoke with Williams and his mother over the phone, said UCF Athletics spokesman Andy Seeley.
Brandon Helwig reported that Williams had updated his friends on Facebook saying, "I'm okay everybody I got shot in arm twice but I good." He has also remained active on his Twitter, retweeting tweets that wish him well.
The redshirt freshman, who hails from St. Marys, Georgia, spent most of 2014 on the scout team, according to UCFKnights.com.
We are working to get more information. Check back for updates.
Noelle Campbell is a Digital Producer for the Central Florida Future. Follow her on Twitter at @noellecampz or email her at NoelleC@CentralFloridaFuture.com.
Rachel Stuart is the News Editor for the Central Florida Future. Follow her on Twitter at @RachSage or email her at RachelS@CentralFloridaFuture.com.
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The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service is beginning to collect data from more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers, for its annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey. The survey looks at all aspects of U.S. agricultural production, including farm financial well-being, chemical usage, and various farm characteristics. In 2016, the survey will take a closer look at corn production, and both organic and conventional milk production in the United States.
ARMS is a joint effort of NASS and USDA's Economic Research Service. The information the agencies obtain through the survey influences national and state policy-making decisions. In addition, ARMS data are used to calculate the farm sector portion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The survey also collects detailed information on production practices, costs, and returns for 13 principal commodities on a rotating basis. The last time ARMS focused on corn and dairy was in 2010.
"The 2014 Farm Bill introduced important changes in agricultural policy, by expanding the range of crop insurance options while eliminating several commodity support programs," said Barbara Rater, director of NASS Census and Survey Division. "Data from the 2016 ARMS will be used to assess the crop insurance choices made by farmers, helping policymakers better understand the impact of crop insurance offerings on farm production decisions and financial outcomes."
NASS is already working with producers on the first phase of this survey. The survey is conducted in three phases from May 2016 through April 2017. The current, first, phase screens participants to make sure they accurately represent the entire U.S. farm sector. During the second phase, NASS will collect information on production practices and chemical use for specific commodities. In the final phase, NASS will survey producers on cost of production, farm income, and production expenditures.


Hillcrest (51): Oliphant 6, Shaw 3, Nemelka 10, McVey 21, Fue 11. FG 16, FT 9-23. (3-Pointers: Fue 1).
Brighton (53): Hirschi 2, Christensen 5, Skowyra 3, Johnson 17, Johnston 6, Chin 16, Mansell 2, Engle 2. FG 18, FT 11-19. (3-Pointers: Skowyra 1, Johnson 1).


The Whipping Fist is not a power punch like a right cross, a scraping fist, or Hook Punch, but it is quite effective for it's intended use. Which is...? Attacking the groin. That is it's only target. Try to use it any other way, and you'll find it quite anemic.
The punch swivels from the elbow and comes up underneath the opponents guard. It is difficult to see, and block. The key to using the Whipping Fist effectively, is keeping the arm relaxed, and using speed rather than trying to add strength.
It's an excellent addition to a striking combination that focuses on Changing Levels and Varying Targets.
Here are some tips along with pads drills, and bag drills later in the video for practicing the scraping fist on your own, or with a partner.


The 2015 Healy Rosé is a salmon pink color — definitely trending more on the orange side of the spectrum than pink. We purposely chose cooler vineyard sites and picked the fruit early to preserve natural acid and keep the alcohol level low. Half of the fruit went straight into press and the other half was gently crushed and allowed to macerate for about five hours to build complexity. We very slowly fermented these wines separately at cool temperatures in stainless steel tanks and aged them for five months on the lees before evaluation and blending trials. The result is a bright, fresh rosé with honey dew, apricot and seductive fresh strawberry aromas. A perfectly balanced, lively and texturally intriguing wine with an acidic mouthfeel and an extremely long finish. The goal was to produce a thought provoking rosé with depth that is easily enjoyable now. I think that we exceeded our goal and I am excited about this new addition to the Signature Series!
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Cardinals fans aren't as patient as their reputation suggests, and team president of baseball operations John Mozeliak admitted to me last winter he was feeling more pressure than in past years.
The Cardinals didn't meet that demand in the first half of 2018, and after Saturday's loss to the Reds left them one game over .500, Mozeliak finally made the decision to pull the plug on manager Mike Matheny and two of his coaches.
Published in Chicago Tribune on April 16, 2017 — Print headline: "Billy goat curse? Rings hollow now"