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Book Review: Off Season, Discovering America on Winter’s Shore
A vision of the coastal towns is with summer in full shine, seagulls and minivans plying the shore. In the south there is fried fish. In the north there is saltwater taffy and boardwalks. All along, the city folk have built beach houses here, to rent out to strangers or to share with friends in summer. But it is the locals who run the coast when the tourists leave for the summer. When winter rolls in, the pace slows as the ice chokes the harbors, and the towns are left for those who enjoy the solitude. This is Off Season, not Jersey Shore.
In Off Season, Ken McAlpine spent a winter driving the east coast from Florida to Maine seeking stories of small town life. Whether or not we come from small towns, we want to believe in Mayberry. McAlpine’s journey recalls William Least Heat Moon’s classic Blue Highways, a road trip through small-town America. “Life doesn’t happen along the interstates,” he wrote, “It’s against the law.” McAlpine’s story is similar, that the best stories happen when the tourists pack up at Labor Day or Thanksgiving, and the small coastal towns are left with the locals, usually friendly, but still a bit suspicious of an outsider with a pen.
McAlpine escapes the trap of many writers who share with their readers blow by blow accounts of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and ad nauseum accounts of mile markers and highway signs. Instead, he stops for several days in small towns, like Tangier Island, Virginia, and Valona, Georgia, spending time with the fishermen, walking the deserted beaches, finagling invitations to coffee. I only know about a few of the destinations in the book, as the rest are off the tourist trail, left to those who spend their days here by the sea.
These searches for the faces behind the towns reveal locals who lose their minds day by day, but they lose their minds among friends. Some lose their lives in fishing accidents, and there is no shortage of tragedy along the coast. In nearly every town, there is a tale of someone lost at sea. Some lose their livelihoods, as making a living from the sea requires permission from the sea itself, and if she does not wish you to have bounty from her waters, she will let you know. The fishermen themselves come across as a mixed bag. They are each other’s protectors and enemies, with McAlpine relaying tales of noble gentlemen dropping their catch to help a friend in danger, but also of skirting regulations to get in another catch, laws and overfishing be damned.
However, the book is not about tragedy, but real life as it plays out. On Okracoke Island, he watches the last of the summer homeowners close up their houses for the winter, as he settles into the routines of the island, as experienced by islanders. Along the journey, he visits with stubborn old codgers, and those dedicated to coastal preservation. He listens to locals boast of their rising property values, simultaneously asserting that they will never move. And we believe them, for those who didn’t want to stay have already cashed in.
In Rhode Island, he surfs the near frozen ocean with Peter Pan, a legendary cold water surfer. He is among those who could imagine living nowhere else. And the road trip ends on an island in Maine, where a 78-year old lives with his wife in a log cabin they built, heated by a fire, and with an outhouse in back. These are those who are keeping the coast alive. Aside from passing references to the summer being entirely different, he doesn’t talk much about the tourists at all, for this book is not about them.
Among travel memoirs which try to take us too far away, McAlpine takes us faraway to the present. His tales give us a reason to believe in Mayberry and make us want to be part of a community again.
Book Review of Ken McAlpine, Off Season, Discovering America on Winter’s Shore. 2004, one of the best travel books of all time.

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Ultrasound vs. Radio Frequency: Which Beauty Treatment is Right for You?
When it comes to at-home skin tightening, there are two popular technologies to choose from: ultrasound and radio frequency (RF). Both treatments are non-invasive and can be done in the comfort of your own home, but which one is right for you? In this article, we’ll explore the differences between ultrasound and RF technology and help you decide which one to choose.
RF technology is generally better suited for those with thicker, more resilient skin, while ultrasound may be better for those with thinner or more delicate skin.
If you’re looking to tighten and firm a specific area of the body, such as the face or neck, RF technology may be a better choice. However, if you’re looking for an all-over skin rejuvenation treatment, ultrasound may be more appropriate.
RF technology tends to produce more dramatic and longer-lasting results than ultrasound, but it may take longer to see results with RF.
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Ultimately, both ultrasound and RF technology offer safe and effective ways to achieve at-home skin tightening without surgery or injections. Whether you opt for an LED ultrasonic skin scrubber or an RF EMS beauty instrument, you can enjoy the benefits of non-invasive skin rejuvenation from the comfort of your own home. So why not try one today and see the difference it can make?

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Damn this new Damien sounds amazing. I saw him play last year and he came out and let the crowd know it wasn’t going to be like they usually see. He said “I’m tired of playing sad shit and being sad, let’s rock” and then brought a completely different sound to the stage. This album sounds like it’ll be the culmination of that new direction, and it sounds awesome!
Listen to the album preview below.
Also check the Deluxe LP comes with a bonus album on wax that has Damien and an all-female choir. Yeahhhh I’m gonna need to hear that.
Damien Jurado will return early next year with a brand new album. On January 21, the Seattle-reared singer-songwriter will release Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, his 11th full-length, through Secretly Canadian. The upcoming effort reunites the tunesmith with producer Richard Swift, who helmed Jurado's previous LP, 2012's Maraqopa.
"My last record was based on a dream I had about a guy who disappears," Jurado says in the below trailer for Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. "He leaves the house with no form of identification or anything and he decides he just wants to disappear. This new record is sort of a sequel to Maraqopa... it is about a guy who disappears on a search, if you will, for himself and never goes home."
Influenced by reggae in spirit, and dub music in texture, the 10-track album promises "a universe unto its own, with its own symbolism, creation myth, and liturgy," according to Father John Misty, who has kindly written a lengthy essay about the record.
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For a better idea as to what Father John Misty is talking about, read his entire piece below, where you'll also find Jurado's forthcoming tour dates, along with the full track list to Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. And to catch Jurado and Swift air-drumming in the studio (no joke), be sure to watch the below six-minute teaser, filmed by Dan Huiting.
Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son track list:
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The Government has released its action plan to get New Zealand to a smokefree future. The measures include:
- Making tobacco products less appealing and less addictive, including nicotine reduction and a restriction on modifying cigarettes.
- Making smoked tobacco less available by restricting sales.
- Ensuring the regulatory settings prefer less harmful vaping products over smoked cigarettes, whilst new measures will protect young people from vaping.
- Building on the decreasing rates of youth smoking.
- Fortifying measures to guard against illicit trade.
- Support for community-led initiatives targeted at populations with high smoking rates, notably Māori and Pacific.
- Strengthened Māori governance of tobacco control.
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To read the Regulatory Impact Statement, click HERE
To read what ASH has to say about the Plan, click HERE
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Health activist on fighting malnutrition and supporting HUYE’s vulnerable society
Health activist on fighting malnutrition and supporting HUYE’s vulnerable society.
By Donah Mbabazi
The occurrence of poor health among vulnerable expectant mothers and infants prompted Luk J. CANNOODT, a retired health policy analyst and educationist, to set up an initiative that would push for revival in maternal and child health.
Together with his wife Claudine MUKESHIMANA, they started a project IMPORE (Improving Maternal and Paediatric Outcome: the Rwandan Experience), focusing on the most vulnerable children in Southern Rwanda.
They wanted to help deal with some of the challenges that are faced by vulnerable communities, especially mothers and their infants, such as malnutrition.
His initiative came shortly after arriving in Rwanda in 2005, where he observed how these children were at risk of dying prematurely or become chronically malnourished and also, have difficulties learning at school.
Before he came to Rwanda, Cannoodt, a Rwandan-Belgian national, worked in Geneva for the World Health Organization. Back in Belgium, he was teaching Health Policy and Health Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Ghent and was a health policy analyst, advising several ministers of health, especially on the organisation and financing of mother and child care in Belgian hospitals.
He chose to share his expertise when he came to Rwanda and worked as the Dean of the Faculty of Public Health and Human Nutrition at the Catholic University of Rwanda at Save (CUR).
Cannoodt says when he started this project, he wanted to better integrate national and local policies in line with maternal health.
“We have been striving for close collaboration with the district and sector authorities, the district hospital and all health centres of Huye District to facilitate the collaboration with Rwandan organisations and government agencies and to advance fundraising opportunities in other countries,” he says.
A shelter for babies
In 2014 he established a temporary shelter—Chez Marraine—for babies in Taba (Huye District), and for the last six years, it has been a home for infants who had no mother to take care of them; those who were either abandoned or had lost their mothers. Most of them though have now been integrated in families.
In 2019, Cannoodt says they started allowing mothers with low birth weight babies who have a high risk of dying to stay for some time at the shelter.
“The same year, we also started to organise day-care for infants of poor, single teenage mothers. For these mothers, we pay tuition fees so that they can get a sewing degree. Last year, we constructed a sewing workshop at Chez Marraine so that those teenage mothers can further practice, under supervision of an experienced dressmaker, what they were taught during the vocational training,” he says.
His attention to low birth weight babies came as a result of him identifying that a big percentage of these babies died within two years after they were discharged from hospitals.
“Since the beginning of 2019, we are also closely following the LBW babies that are discharged from the neonatal department of Kabutare District Hospital. Research from our NGO concluded that 20% of LBW babies died within two years after they already left the hospital to go home. Since the start of the project, this percentage dropped to less than 2%.”
Another group of vulnerable children that are being helped are malnourished children under five years of age. For this group, he created associations of mothers with malnourished children under 5 in 15 cells of Huye District.
With the support of some sector authorities and health sector staff, Cannoodt provides land to these associations, seeds and fertiliser so that they can grow vegetables, sell part of the harvest, distribute another part to the members (of their household) and keep some of the harvest as seeds for a following rainy season.
“This project (financed by the Province Vlaams-Brabant in Belgium) is also very successful. Within a year, most of the members of such associations no longer have malnourished children.”
Another group of vulnerable children are poor pupils with learning difficulties. Cannoodt believes if they cannot follow in the first years of school, they may never catch up with their classmates and finally drop out of school prematurely.
For this project, he works together with the leadership and teachers of Cyendajuru Primary School and two Belgian not-for-profit organisations (UMWANA and KIMIAF).
In January this year, he is planning to start new projects in collaboration with Root Foundation and the Centre for Global Sports Africa (both based in Kigali).
The health specialist reveals that his main objective is to improve life expectancy and quality of life of some of the most vulnerable children in the District of Huye.
“I also want to expand our activities to other groups of vulnerable children. And if enough financial means become available, I will expand our activities to other areas in Rwanda,” he hopes.


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The news: U.S. Bank will roll out the Shopper Cash Rewards Visa Signature credit card—which gives cardholders cash-back rewards at their favorite retailers and on everyday purchases—on October 24, per a press release.
Why it’s worth watching: U.S. Bank’s Shopper Cash Rewards card emphasizes choice and flexibility—features consumers highly value when it comes to earning cash-back rewards. Twenty-nine percent of respondents in our US Cash-Back Credit Card Emerging Features Benchmark said earning rotating rewards based on their categories of choice was “extremely valuable.”
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OBJECTIVE: In healthy adults the secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) declines with ageing and body composition alters, particularly with an increase in total body fat. In elderly people, hypothalamic-pituitary disease can cause GH deficiency (GHD), compared with age matched controls. This study aimed to clarify whether GHD in the elderly is associated with differences in body composition, circulating lipid levels and quality of life (QOL) compared with control subjects.
SUBJECTS: Twenty-seven elderly patients (14 males, mean age 71 years, range 65-83) with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders (23 pituitary tumours) and GHD (mean (SD) peak stimulated GH response 1.6 mIU/l (1.03) range 0.6-5) were studied. Twenty-five patients had been treated surgically (six cranial surgery, 19 transsphenoidal) and eight patients had received external cranial irradiation. Twenty-seven control subjects (14 males, mean age 72 years, range 65-86) were also studied.
METHODS: Weight, body mass index (BMI), total fat mass (FM, bioelectrical impedance), waist to hip ratio (WHR), serum IGF-1, fasting blood glucose and lipid profile were measured. QOL was assessed in both groups using five interviewer administered self-rating questionnaires: The Nottingham Health Profile, Short-Form 36, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Mental Fatigue Questionnaire and Life Fulfilment Scale. The GHD group also completed the Disease Impact Scale.
RESULTS: The data (mean (SD)) from males and females were analyzed separately. The male patients had a higher BMI than controls, 28.9(4.5) vs. 25.2(2.3) kg/m2 (P = 0.01) but the BMI in the female patients and controls was similar. In the female patients compared with the controls, FM was higher 39. 4(6) vs. 33.1(8.3) % (P = 0.02), WHR was also higher 0.9(0.08) vs. 0. 83(0.09) (P = 0.03) and serum IGF-1 levels were lower 10.8(6.4) vs. 18.2(6.5) nmol/l (P = 0.01). However, in the male patients, FM, WHR and IGF-1 levels were similar to the controls. Fasting blood glucose was similar in both male and female patients and the controls. Two female patients and one male control subject were taking lipid-lowering agents and were therefore excluded from the analysis of lipid profiles. Total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio were not significantly different for both male and female patients compared with the controls. The 27 patients with GHD reported significantly less energy (P < 0.05), mobility (P < 0.05) and personal life fulfillment (P < 0.01) than the 27 controls. There were significantly more problems with emotional reaction (P < 0.01), social isolation (P < 0.05) and mental fatigue (P < 0.05). Additionally the GHD group reported more impairment in areas of social functioning (P < 0.05), general health (P < 0.05) and mental health (P < 0.05). The GHD group reported a modest degree of disease impact (mean score of 14.1). There were no significant differences in the domains of material life fulfillment, pain, sleep, physical functioning, vitality, anxiety, depression, self-esteem or role physical functioning compared with the controls.
CONCLUSION: Compared with control subjects, the elderly female patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disease and GHD had a significantly higher total fat mass, with the WHR indicating a more central fat distribution and lower female serum IGF-1 levels. In contrast, elderly male patients had similar total fat mass, WHR and IGF-1 levels compared to the controls. There were no significant differences in the lipid profiles between male or female patients compared to controls. However, many of the male patients were receiving androgen replacement which might have influenced these results. Low HDL cholesterol concentrations are probably a better predictor of future cardiovascular disease than raised LDL cholesterol levels in the elderly population and these were similar in patients and controls for both
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Every pair of eyes is unique. That's the view at Blink Lash Boutique, where owners Janelle Koch and Jen Pearson lead a skilled staff in providing custom eyelash extensions for their guests. Each team member applies synthetic extensions one by one, making lashes longer without fitting them for tiny platform shoes. The strands themselves are available in a variety of styles and thicknesses to create looks from subtle to dramatic. No matter what the desired outcome, the team places client safety and comfort first—Jen and Janelle are both professional aestheticians, and all of their fellow lash stylists undergo rigorous training to ensure their work is suitably flirtatious.
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At his private practice, the good doctor blends his vocational pursuits to deliver a staggering array of answers to cosmetic concerns. Folks looking to offload some stubborn pounds can come in for weight-loss therapy, liposuction, or tummy tucks. If you're looking to turn back the clock, Dr. Verdeza is well-versed in hormone replacement therapy and platelet-rich plasma facelifts that redirect a client's own platelets to restore the appearance of youth to visages.
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Good and bad things happen everywhere but in the Philippines they can be a little extreme in every day life. Although you will find a lot of it is about knowing what to expect more than anything else.
Being able to adapt to a new country, new culture, new environment and new way of living is what moving to the Philippines is all about. If your expecting everything to be the same as the West you need to think very carefully on how you want to live. You may find the Philippines can offer the perfect life but it will cost you, or if you adapt you find it gives you the perfect life without the usual Western comforts. After 6 years in the Philippines I share my experiences and a couple of videos on things I picked up in the Philippines.

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We join the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history by celebrating Women’s History Month.
Mary Taussig Hall and Social Reform
In commemoration of Women’s History Month, RBSC highlights Mary Taussig Hall (1911-2015). Hall was a social worker, and an activist for child welfare, civil rights, and peace, from St. Louis, Missouri. Her career spanned most of the twentieth century and shaped social services policy in Missouri and the nation. As a lifelong advocate for peace, Hall’s reach extended internationally: as a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the United Nations Association in St. Louis.
Arielle Petrovich (Hesburgh Library’s Instruction & Outreach Archivist and Librarian-in-Residence) created a Special Collections spotlight exhibition on Hall for Women’s History Month. Because of the Coronavirus that exhibit is currently closed, so we share highlights and photographs from the show here:
- Women’s Peace Party, St. Louis, secretary’s minutes, 1915-1916
In 1915, Progressive social reformer Jane Addams co-founded the Woman’s Peace Party (WPP), a pacifist organization established in response to the First World War. Florence Gottschalk Taussig, Mary Taussig’s mother, a political activist and a close friend of Addams, chaired the St. Louis chapter of the WPP. Local meetings centered on planning of educational speaking engagements and membership recruitment. (Mary Taussig Hall Papers, MSN/MN 0511, Box 7, Folder 200)
- Jane Addams letter to Mary Taussig, 10 May 1933
After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, Mary Taussig was invited by Jane Addams to work as her private secretary and to volunteer at Hull House in Chicago. Addams had established Hull House to support recently-arrived immigrants to the city. Eventually it offered childcare for working mothers, job training, and other services. Mary eventually returned to St. Louis for a graduate degree in social work at Washington University, where she took up the cause of child labor reform among lead miners in Missouri. (MSN/MN 0511, Box 5, Folder 132)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent this holiday telegram to Mary Taussig and her mother to thank them for their support during his reelection campaign that fall. As part of the affluent elite in St. Louis, Taussig and her mother’s social peers generally did not support FDR’s New Deal economic reforms or vote Democratic. Roosevelt applauded both women for maintaining their party loyalty. (MSN/MN 0511, Box 6, Folder 185)
After World War One the Women’s Peace Party became the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Florence Gottschalk Taussig served on its national board and Mary Taussig Hall eventually chaired a joint committee to commemorate the centennial of Jane Addams’ birth in 1960. After World War Two the WILPF’s work broadened to include world disarmament, racial integration, civil rights, and international peace. (“Billions of Dollars…for What?” Pamphlet, c. 1955; “Integration” Pamphlet, c. 1958; and “The ABC’s of Civil Rights” Pamphlet, undated — all from MSN/MN 0511, Box 7, Folder 210)
The Mary Taussig Hall Papers also document Taussig Hall’s commitments to peace and disarmament in her personal correspondence. In a July 1933 letter to her parents, while she was working at Hull House, Taussig exclaimed, “I want so badly to follow in your footsteps Mum—and really play an important part in the W.I.L. [Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom]. I’m going to work at the Peace booth out at the Fair [1933 Chicago World’s Fair] too—won’t that be fun?”
Nearly thirty years later Taussig Hall received a personal note in a letter from Guy W. Solt, a staff member at the American Friends Services Committee in Philadelphia. On 29 June 1960 he wrote, “War is obsolete. But beyond the abandoning of war there remains the far more magnificent achievement of creating a strong spiritual bond between the peoples of the earth, and especially between the white and the colored peoples. Surely it is God’s plan that we live as one people. . . . I close with this quotation from above the door of a Catholic church in Boston: ‘Send forth thy spirit, and it shall be created, and thou shalt remake the face of the earth.’”
Taussig Hall remained active in peace and civil rights work in St. Louis through the early 2000s. RBSC holds a portion of her papers. The Missouri Historical Society holds most of her papers in the Mary T. Hall Papers, 1888-2003.

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New London, CT, Officially Opens New Mooring Field
August 23, 2011
At a ceremony on Saturday, August 20, the City of New London, Connecticut, officially announced the opening of its new mooring field just north of Shaw Cove.
The city installed 41 new helix moorings this summer, along with a harbor launch and dinghy dock at Custom House Pier, aimed at attracting more boaters to the lower Thames River and the many events held on the New London waterfront. Cost per night is $35.
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Applied Surface Science, Vol.437, 287-293, 2018
Surface scaling analysis of textured MgO thin films fabricated by energetic particle self-assisted deposition
In the fabrication of a high-temperature superconducting coated conductor, the surface roughness and texture of buffer layers can significantly affect the epitaxially grown superconductor layer. A biaxially textured MgO buffer layer fabricated by ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) is widely used in the coated conductor manufacture due to its low thickness requirement. In our previous study, a new method called energetic particle self-assisted deposition (EPSAD), which employed only a sputtering deposition apparatus without an ion source, was proposed for fabricating biaxially textured MgO films on non-textured substrates. In this study, our aim was to investigate the deposition mechanism of EPSAD-MgO thin films. The behavior of the surface roughness (evaluated by R-q) was studied using atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements with three scan scales, while the in-plane and out-of-plane textures were measured using X-ray diffraction (XRD). It was found that the variations of surface roughness and textures along with the increase in the thickness of EPSAD-MgO samples were very similar to those of IBAD-MgO reported in the literature, revealing the similarity of their deposition mechanisms. Moreover, fractal geometry was utilized to conduct the scaling analysis of EPSAD-MgO film's surface. Different scaling behaviors were found in two scale ranges, and the indications of the fractal properties in different scale ranges were discussed. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


The Sports Council is continuously looking for outstanding events to bring to the Southern California area. A decision to bid on any event is made after a rigorous examination of the potential benefits and costs associated with it, including, but not limited to:
Appeal of the event to the public, especially with regard to ticket, sponsorship, merchandise and broadcast rights sales.
Event history and performance, including recent history in other markets.
Prestige of the event, especially in supporting Southern California as a popular event and visitor destination through national/international television broadcasts and national/international press coverage.
Economic benefits of the event, including the prospective impact on the Southern California accommodations, restaurant and tourist infrastructure.
Expense to the local organizer of hosting the event, such as costs related to venue rental, preparation, competitor amenities, accommodations, and marketing and promotion.
Association of the event with larger organizations and events such as national, regional and international championship events of sports on the program of the Olympic or Olympic Winter Games.
"We look at events which make economic sense," notes Sports Council President David Simon. "If the event helps to bring interesting and exciting sports into the area and can be held in a fiscally responsible way, we'd like to talk about it."
The Sports Council is also a willing partner with other local organizations bidding to bring events to the area. For example, the Sports Council worked in cooperation with the visitors and convention bureaus of Los Angeles, Pasadena and Anaheim to bring the 1993 Super Bowl to Pasadena's Rose Bowl. More recently, the Sports Council teamed with the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim to attract the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships, the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials - Gymnastics and the 2005 World Badminton Championships. Another example is the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials - Swimming. The Sports Council and the City of Long Beach partnered on the successful bid that brought the prestigious event to Long Beach for the first time in 28 years.
Recent events which have come to the area through the efforts of the Sports Council and its partners:
2019 Breeders' Cup, Santa Anita Park, November 1-2
2019 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional, Honda Center, March 28 & 30
2020 MLB All-Star Game, Dodger Stadium, July 14
2020 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional, Staples Center, March 26 & 28
Events being considered at the present time include, but are not limited to:
2022 Super Bowl, Inglewood, February 6, 2022
2023 CFP National Championship Game, Inglewood, January 2023
2023 U.S. Open (Golf, )Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18, 2023
2026 FIFA World Cup
2028 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles, July 21-August 6, 2028


It’s a sin tops TV Bafta 2022 nominations | Bafta
The Channel 4 series It’s a Sin topped the Bafta Television Awards nominations where it is up for 11 gongs.
The series, written and created by Queer as Folk and Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies, followed a group of gay men and their friends as they navigated the UK’s HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. and in the early 90s.
The show’s 11 nominations, including five in the craft categories and six in the television awards categories, include nods for Davies in the drama writer category, as well as an acting nomination. lead for singer Olly Alexander for his role as Ritchie Tozer.
Her co-star Lydia West was nominated in the Leading Actress category, alongside Kate Winslet, who starred in HBO/Sky Atlantic’s Mare of Easttown, and marking the Titanic star’s first nomination on television, although that she has already been nominated and won a film. Baftas, and is a former Britannia Award winner.
Denise Gough and Emily Watson for ITV’s Too Close are also nominated in the lead actress category, alongside Jodie Comer for Channel 4’s drama Help and Niamh Algar for Channel 4’s Deceit.
Stars who will go up against Years & Years singer Alexander in the lead actor category include David Thewlis for Landscapers, Hugh Quarshie for ITV’s Stephen, Samuel Adewunmi for BBC’s You Don’t Know Me, Sean Bean for Time and Stephen Graham for Channel 4’s Help.
The drama Sky Landscapers, which also starred Olivia Colman, who is not nominated in the performance categories, is the second most nominated television show, with seven overall, five in the craft categories and two in TV categories.
Inspired by true events, the series starred Colman and Thewlis as a mild-mannered married couple whose lives are turned upside down after bodies are discovered in the back garden of a Nottingham house.
Landscaper nominations include fiction director, original music, lead actor and miniseries categories.
Help, Time and We Are Lady Parts each received six nominations, Netflix’s Sex Education five nominations and A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the drama series on The couple’s highly publicized split in the 1960s brought four nominations in the craft categories.
Of the 42 nominees, 23 receive their first Bafta nominations, including comedians Rose Matafeo and Joe Lycett, and Alexander.
In the international category, Jesse Armstrong’s drama about a warring media dynasty Succession competes with French comedy about the talent business Call My Agent! and Netflix’s Korean dystopian hit Squid Game.
Netflix’s French thriller Lupine, HBO crime drama Mare of Easttown – which also sees Kate Winslet take part in her first TV Bafta for her performance – and the Underground Railroad, a drama about slavery, are also nominated.
Richard Ayoade, comedian, presenter and star of The IT Crowd, will host the Virgin Media Bafta TV Awards ceremony for the third consecutive year when he returns to London’s Royal Festival Hall on May 8.
The Bafta TV Craft Awards will take place on April 24.


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Benny the Bull Halloween Costume
When it comes to mascots, there’s no doubt that Benny the Bull has carved out a very successful place for himself. He’s a spry and kinetic mascot who is loved by all ages.
Benny has spent the past 50 years of his life bringing joy and excitement to Chicago sports fans of all ages, whether it’s through dunk competitions or dancing or funny costumes. He has also become the poster boy for a generation of fans who love his big, silly and wildly popular personality.
Despite his success, Benny has also earned his fair share of criticism. He was accused of stealing food from fans during his first few seasons, then of punching an off-duty police officer and riding his bike through Taste of Chicago (the case was dropped).
But that didn’t deter the Chicago Bulls from giving him another chance. They knew he’d be perfect for a revamp of the mascot, which was undergoing a reboot with new designer Cookie Gluck, who had created the mascots for the Bucks, Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics.
Anderson said that Gluck’s design was a great fit for Benny, whose fur is soft and thick but who has large anime eyes that stay fixed while conveying degrees of frustration and nonchalance. And he said that Gluck has been able to bring the same animation and whimsy to his work that Anderson brought to Benny’s personality.
It’s been a few years since Anderson was the Benny, but he’s still very close to him and he’s been back in Chicago full time in 2019. He runs business development for a company that does all the mascot work in the city, including for the Bulls.
He’s a good guy and very dependable, but he still carries some of the wistful memories of his old self. And there’s a part of him that wants to go back, so he wears a Benny costume every now and then.
In the meantime, he’s a pretty successful businessman and he’s been a great dad to his son Isaac. He’s also in the midst of planning a honeymoon with his girlfriend Whitney, and he is excited to be able to spend more time with her and his son.
Besides his mascot work, Anderson is also a freelance sports writer and has written for Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and is working on his master’s in sports administration.

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Lt Kalia's brother, Vaibhav, now 25, identified his body when it arrived in a coffin wrapped in the national flag in Palampur. Saurabh's face, he recalls, "was the size of my fingers, his eyebrows were the only visible feature, no eyes, no jaw, there were cigarette burns… it was very bad. My parents couldn't have seen him."
Vaibhav pauses, then stops talking.
He does not mention that his brother's eyes and eardrums were pierced, the private organs cut, his chest burned… the details are mentioned in the appeal that his father has sent out to Indian citizens in the last five years.
Their father Dr N K Kalia, a senior scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has written to every important department in government, to the prime minister, to every embassy and consulate he could find addresses of, to take up the case of human rights violations and the flouting of the Geneva Convention by Pakistan.
Jaswant Singh, then the external affairs minister and a former soldier himself, replied that the matter would be raised with Pakistan at every opportunity.
Vaibhav Kalia in a room full of his brother's memories.

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Aspects That May Attribute to There Being a Criminal Justice Reformation
Justice is one of the topics that leaves many people months dry. This is because as much as the relevant authority may think that they are doing their best to ensure that there is justice practiced there are individuals on the other hand who think that justice is no longer serviced. Justice being serviced in a country lies in many categories such as the criminal, state, and even the judiciary justice. However, the most essential category is that of criminal justice. This is as a result of the many questions being raised every day in regards to the criminal justice category. This is due to the failure of the men in uniform to lack to serve the citizens of a country justice as they should. Thus the need for there being a justice reform be done in the criminal justice system. With the criminal justice reforms, it is quite easy for the government to address issues that have been affecting its citizens. By doing this kind of reform, the government is in a way intervening for the citizens in a country. One can look for blogs and books that have [url]more[/url] information about the justice reforms and [url]learn more[/url] [url]here![/url] [url]Read more [/url]of the aspects that may attribute to their being a criminal justice reform [url]now![/url]
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A crime such as racism being expected in the prisons could also lead to there being a reformation in the criminal justice system. For one to determine the level of racism, comparing the numbers in prions in terms of races is the best thing to do. In cases where one race may be popular in the prison than another, then there is no other way other than making a call for reform. Mostly, this is carried out after an investing-nation in the difference in the number is detected.


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Payday loans, also called short-term loans, are a convenient means of obtaining modest funds for unexpected costs. Nevertheless, before taking out such an advance in Wyoming it is essential to be aware of the applicable laws and regulations.
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2023:Program/Submissions/Protection of dignity of fundamental rights of all without any exclusion - DQ3TAJ
Title: Protection of dignity of fundamental rights of all without any exclusion
I have studies philosophy and European litterature when I was student, and later international human rights law including humanitarian law, ILO Convention and envrionmental treaties. At Wikipedia I have tried to present and promote Yogyakarta Principles on international human rights law on sexual orientation and gender identity and Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilties.
Track: Equity, Inclusion, and Community Health
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Aiming human rights protection of all and full respect of dignity of each person, without any exclusion on basis of any disabilities, sexual orientation, gender variance, any migrant.
I hope more inclusive and tolerant envionment and condition of society including Wikipedia and Wipimedia, which enable participation and empowerment of disabilities of any kind, including mental disabilities and intellecutual challenged, in addition to persons of any sexual orientation and gender identity, migrant and refugee. For this aim, more observance and awareness on international human rights law, treaties, instruments and norms should be implemented. Ae well, I hope creation of new reasonale accomodation and accesibility for the vulnerables to be realised.
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Respecting present international human rights law, treaies and norms, I hope more awareness for protection of dignity and rights of the vulnerable, including disabilities of all kinds, any sexual orientation, gender variance, migrant and refugee. For this aim, I hope provitsion and creation of new accesibility and reasonable accommodation.
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Jaramillo moves up to second in KOM competition at Tour of Utah
LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah – Wearing the Larry H. Miller most aggressive jersey, Jonny Clarke spent his third day at the Tour of Utah in the break of the day today during the 154 km queen stage, from Canyons Village to Snowbird ski resort. Clarke and eight other riders bridged up to his teammate, Daniel Jaramillo, who jumped away from the peloton on the first KOM 22 kilometers into the stage, determined to inch closer to the lead in the Utah Office of Tourism King of the Mountain jersey.
McCabe retains sprint jersey after queen stage
“We had two goals today,” Jaramillo said. “One was to focus on getting our GC guys Serghei Tvetcov and Gavin Mannion in good position before the final climb, and the other was to collect as many KOM points as possible. I think we achieved our goal, and I’m feeling good to try and move into the KOM jersey tomorrow.”
Jaramillo claimed maximum points on the first KOM summit at Jordanelle, a category four climb, and continued to push the pace on the next ascent, Guardsmans Pass. This category 1 climb offered 10 more points, which Jaramillo also collected, bumping him from 11th at the start of the day in that competition into the virtual lead with one HC climb remaining to the finish at Snowbird.
At the end of the day, the Colombian climber sits just three points behind overall and KOM leader Sepp Kuss with two opportunities for KOM points on the final day.
Travis McCabe, who has already won the first and third stage in this year’s edition of the Tour of Utah, retains his lead in the Utah Sports Commission Sprint jersey with 55 points, 28 ahead of his closest rival, Jasper Philipsen.
Tomorrow’s final stage a 126 kilometer jaunt around Park City featuring the HC categorized Empire Pass, which comes nine kilometres from the finish in town.


Karen O. and Danger Mouse | Lux Prima
After piquing the Internet’s interest in late 2018 with the sprawling, space-influenced, nine-minute-long track “Lux Prima,” and then following it up a few weeks later with the driving, empowered stomp of “Woman,” Karen O. and Danger Mouse’s collaborative album Lux Prima arrives on Friday, March 15th after months of build-up and hype. The project marks a return-to-form for two vastly different artists who’ve both built their reputations, and fan-bases in the indie and underground music scene.
Karen O. made a name for herself as the front-woman for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a New York City based indie-rock band who stumbled upon almost-instant success with their genre-weaving first single “Maps,” a track which immediately found its place among the indie rock cannon. With four studio albums under her belt with the band, O. then ventured into the solo world by teaming up with Spike Jonze for the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack in 2009 and then again in 2013 for the film Her, with the latter earning her an Oscar nomination. She released her debut solo album Crush Songs in September 2014.
Danger Mouse came to prominence with The Grey Album, a wildly ambitious mash-up album which combined Jay-Z’s vocals from The Black Album with instrumentation from The Beatles White Album. Despite having approval from both Jay-Z and the surviving members of The Beatles, record label EMI notoriously shelved it, which only added to the project’s mystique. The 6-time Grammy award winner then teamed up with Cee-Lo for the massive single “Crazy,” created the band Broken Bells with James Mercer from The Shins, formed Danger Doom with the influential, underground rapper M.F. Doom, and has also produced for an array of artists existing in all types of genres including Norah Jones, Adele, and A$AP Rocky.
In accordance with the release of Lux Prima, the duo plan a special March 18th performance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” promised to be directed by Spike Jonze, and will unveil “An Encounter With Lux Prima” at the Los Angeles’ Marciano Art Foundation from April 18-21st. The installation, which sold-out immediately upon release, promises to be “an immersive, communal listening experience sound-tracked by the album, uniting their singular creative vision with groundbreaking audiovisual technologies.”
Lux Prima by Karen O. and Danger Mouse will be available digitally, and in C.D. format on March 15th, 2019.
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LAPORTE | Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann will participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony to designate Downtown La Porte Main Street Association as an Indiana Main Street (IMS) Community.
Indiana Main Street is one of the key ways the state of Indiana supports local communities in their efforts to revitalize, restore and develop their downtown areas.
WHO: Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, joining OCRA and city officials
WHAT: Celebration and Ribbon Cutting for La Porte joining the IMS Community
WHEN: Tuesday, August 27 at 3:00 p.m. CST
WHERE: Greater La Porte Chamber of Commerce (outdoor event) 803 Washington Street La Porte, IN 46350
(inclement weather – event will be held inside the Greater La Porte Chamber of Commerce)
For more information on Indiana Main Street visit our website at http://www.in.gov/ocra/mainstreet.htm.


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Following the initial phase of the Ayr Road Response Measures, the council replaced the temporary traffic management on Ayr Road with more robust materials.
The council claimed the “segregation units” would many advantages: fixed to the carriageway, preventing them from being moved; arrower than the cones, increasing the usable width of the cycle lane; and less visually intrusive, but will still have a reflective strip for night-time visibility.
However, many residents disagree they provide any benefits and have set up the Action Against East Renfrewshire Bollards page on Facebook.
Issues brought up include: residents have difficulty going in/out of driveways; complaints about unsightly bollards outside property; delivery drivers unable to stop outside houses; extra pressure put on side roads; safety concerns for cyclists unable to avoid fallen bollards/obstructions in cycle lane; bin lorry blocking road and causing congestion as cars unable to pass; concerns about emergency vehicles being unable to pass through traffic; limited stopping space for buses; no stopping places for drop off for school buses; unrest within the community between cyclists and other road users who are unable to share spaces due to hard segregation.
Alan Mattock said: “There has been uproar and a huge amount of complaints made to East Renfrewshire Council about the ridiculous black and white posts lining the cycle lane.
"Residents finding it dangerous driving in or out of driveways, deliveries impossible, tailbacks during wheelie bin collections. No possibility of dropping disabled people off outside homes being visited.
“Apart from making driving in the affected areas more dangerous it has made the road from Giffnock to Mearns Cross look like a permanent road works site. Several campaigns are under way to force the council to get them removed and replaced with something less dangerous and more aesthetically pleasing to home owners living on the road affected.”
Yvonne Elliot added: “These bollards on Ayr Road are dreadful waste of money that myself and hundreds of residents want removed.
"They are unsightly and dangerous. How do emergency vehicles park? What about bin lorries, utilities, deliveries etc? A sheer waste of money, when they are closing down libraries in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire Council need to be told most people want them gone.”
The council is seeking feedback on the scheme at https://erspacesforpeople.commonplace.is/proposals/a-77-ayr-road-phase-2
A spokesperson said: “The measures on Ayr Road, which are funded by the Scottish Government, are being undertaken on a trial basis following community feedback identifying a local demand for improved active travel provision in the area.
"Consultation with residents has been ongoing since November 2020, both online and in writing, and we continue to consider the views of residents, pedestrians and road users via our project website.
“There has been significant increase in active travel witnessed during Covid-19, and these measures aim to safeguard the existing cycle lane on Ayr Road and help keep people safe whilst walking, cycling and wheeling.
“This trial and our community feedback platform gives us the opportunity to fully assess measures moving forward, and look at what potential future changes may look like to meet the needs of all road users.”


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The defense Hopes Savchenko has filed an appeal against the extension of her arrest, said on the last working day of the week the lawyer Ukrainian pilots Nikolai Polozov.
"Hope Savchenko and her lawyers filed an appeal for an extension of the guardians of the Basmanny court," he wrote in his own microblog on Twitter.
The Basmanny court in Moscow on Tuesday until may 13, extended the term of arrest Savchenko, accused of belonging to the deprivation of life of the Russian correspondents. After his arrest in mid-December, the woman went on hunger strike in jail.
at the end of January Savchenko was transferred from a normal camera insulator to a medical facility for additional treatment and further observation in connection with the prolonged refusal to eat. According to the results of the Minsk talks, which lasted from Wednesday to Thursday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that an agreement was reached for her release. From my side, press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov on the last working day of the week explained that the issue Savchenko as such in Minsk was not discussed, the decision in her case would be to take the court.


MEPs pushed back Tuesday against plans to include nuclear and gas in the EU’s green taxonomy by supporting a resolution that would block the proposals.
Members of the European Parliament’s committees for economic and monetary affairs and the environment voted narrowly in favour of vetoing a Complementary Delegated Act (CDA) that would label gas and nuclear as compatible with the EU’s climate goals. The vote was 76 to 62 in favour of a veto.
The controversial proposals, outlined in February, would see the two business activities included in the taxonomy’s “transition” category on the basis that Europe will need them as interim energy sources on its way to decarbonisation. Advisers to the European Commission have spoken out against this interpretation, saying the category was created solely to identify the most efficient ways of conducting business activities in sectors that do not yet have viable green options, such as cement and steel. The availability of renewable energy should therefore preclude fossil-based gas from being eligible, they argue.
Unlike gas, nuclear energy could be considered climate-aligned, but there are major concerns over its other environmental and social risks. Many investors currently exclude nuclear from sustainability strategies on that basis.
“We recognise that nuclear is low on carbon, but we regard sustainability as a broader concept than just the environmental dimension,” said Adrie Heinsbroek, chief sustainability officer at Netherlands-based asset manager NN Investment Partners. He added that the firm does not regard electricity utilities as eligible for inclusion in sustainable and impact strategies “in case they construct additional or new nuclear-based power production installations”.
Heinbroek said companies actively involved in gas exploration can be included in such strategies if they are “committed to Paris Agreement and the subsequent reduction of carbon emissions”.
The four-month window in which the European Parliament and Council can halt plans to include gas and nuclear in the taxonomy will end next month.
For the council to trigger a veto, it would need at least 20 member states to oppose the CDA, making it highly unlikely.
Parliament, on the other hand, simply requires an absolute majority to quash the plans. And Tuesday’s vote was a litmus test for its final vote, slated to take place during a plenary session on 7 July. At least half of the 705 MEPs will have to support the resolution for it to pass.
Observers say a veto is unlikely, however, and lobbying is expected to ramp up following Tuesday’s result to ensure the proposals are accepted by a majority of MEPs next month.
If the CDA is approved by Council and Parliament, it threatens to widen the gap between regulatory expectations and the expectations of many asset managers’ clients, who do not see gas and nuclear as aligned with sustainability objectives.
Isobel Edwards, an analyst at NNIP, said that regardless of the EU’s final decision, the firm’s green bond strategies will continue to exclude gas and nuclear as eligible uses of proceeds.
“It wouldn’t be appropriate to suddenly include it even if the EU does, since our clients expect certain kinds of investments,” she said, pointing to less controversial activities such as renewables, clean transportation and green buildings. “If we suddenly started including gas and nuclear it would be quite a deviation. Other impact funds will likely have similar conditions, that their clients are used to certain types of allocations. So regardless of whether or not the EU approves it, it doesn’t mean asset managers can suddenly start including gas and nuclear in their green and impact strategies.”
Edwards suggested that, if the changes are approved, asset managers would in the future be required to clarify whether their fund has taxonomy commitments including or excluding gas and nuclear when talking to clients.
“For companies that want to issue gas and nuclear green bonds as well, they should think carefully about which fund managers this is going to be appealing for – since most funds will not be able to suddenly start including gas and nuclear as eligible when they have strong green and sustainability commitments as part of the fund,” she said.
It is unclear what will happen if the CDA is vetoed. It is possible it would be ditched altogether in favour of another approach. The EU’s advisers have suggested that, instead of putting gas into the green taxonomy, a new “amber” taxonomy could be developed to acknowledge the role of certain non-green energy sources in the transition to net zero. But it is also possible that the CDA will be reworked by policymakers ahead of a second attempt.


Hokies roll behind Burke's gem
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Devin Burke of Virginia Tech pitched a five-hit, complete game and the Hokies beat Coastal Carolina 9-1 in an NCAA regional ame.
Mark Zagunis and Andrew Rash each drove in three runs to help the Hokies (39-21), who already have one loss in the double-elimination tournament. Coastal Carolina (37-23) was eliminated.
Burke (11-3) pitched his second complete game of the season, allowing a home run to Jacob May in the ninth inning. He struck out two and walked two in winning his sixth straight decision.
Rash and Chad Pinder each hit solo homers for Virginia Tech. The Hokies broke open the game with a five-run ninth, highlighted by Zagunis' two-run single and Rash's two-run double.
Coastal Carolina's Ben Smith went 6 1/3 innings and gave up two runs.
Virginia blanks Elon 2-0 behind solid Silverstein
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Scott Silverstein and two relievers scattered eight hits and Virginia beat Elon 2-0 on Saturday to move within one victory of advancing to the super regionals of the NCAA tournament.
Silverstein (10-1) allowed six hits in six innings, striking out six and walking two, before Josh Sborz worked the seventh and Kyle Crockett finished for his 12th save. Spencer Medick (7-7) went all the way for the Phoenix, allowing nine hits.
Virginia scored in the fourth when Nick Howard singled, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Kelly Towns' double. Nate Irving's single made it 2-0, and the Cavaliers pitchers made it stand up.
Silverstein stranded two runners three times, and Crockett allowed a one-out single in the ninth, but struck out Chris Bresnahan and pinch-hitter Tyler McVicar to end it.
Elon will play UNC Wilmington in an elimination game Sunday, with the winner facing Virginia.
Rodon tosses 2-hitter as NC State tops W&M 1-0
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Carlos Rodon threw a two-hitter and North Carolina State beat William & Mary 1-0 on Saturday night in the Raleigh regional.
The hard-throwing lefty struck out 10, walked none and hit three batters while moving the top-seeded Wolfpack (46-14) within one victory of a second straight trip to the super regionals.
Rodon (9-2), a sophomore who allowed one hit in 11 innings against North Carolina last week in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, threw 81 of his 111 pitches for strikes and hit 94 mph with his fastball.
The third-seeded Tribe (38-23) managed only two two-out singles -- one by William Shaw in the sixth and another by Ryan Brown in the eighth.
Grant Clyde drove in the game's only run with a sixth-inning single off John Farrell. Trea Turner finished with two hits for the Wolfpack.
Farrell (11-3) struck out six in 7 1-3 innings for William & Mary.
Montgomery, SCarolina bats defeat Liberty 19-3
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Jordan Montgomery had a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings, Kyle Martin drove in four runs and South Carolina took control of the Columbia regional with a 19-3 victory over Liberty on Saturday night.
The Gamecocks (41-18) set a school record for runs in an NCAA game and took their 26th straight tournament home win. They try for No. 27 -- and the regional title -- on Sunday night against Liberty or Clemson.
The Flames (35-28) face the Tigers (40-21) in an elimination game to start Sunday's play. That winner would have to beat the Gamecocks (41-18) twice at Carolina Stadium -- something no one's done in the postseason since 2002.
South Carolina turned up its offense with home runs by Martin, Tanner English and Max Schrock. Not that they needed them all with the way Montgomery (5-1) threw as he retired 18 of the last 19 hitters he faced.


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The Ben Schenstead Trio
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Specializing in classical and fingerstyle guitar, Ben Schenstead is a multi-facetedmusician who enjoys exploring the boundaries between Latin, jazz, classical, and world music. Ben’s first album, Sunburst, was nominated for a Prairie Music Award and his second, Spirit of the Guitar, featured solo guitar and string orchestra. Be prepared for entertaining excursions into a wide range of musical styles as Ben strives to demonstrate the true potential of the nylon string guitar. Ben is joined by Allan Parson (bass) and Melanie Schenstead (hand percussion).
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Based on a true story, this film follows a 7-year-old boy, Wawa, and his older sister, Naxiang, who live beside the Nujiang River in Yunnan Province, China. Every day, Naxiang crosses the river to attend school using an overhead cable, but their mother will not allow Wawa to use the cable. Eventually, Wawa secretly uses the cable to cross to the other side. The dangerous activity has deadly consequences, and the siblings’ lives are changed forever.
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