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Social networks allow "information" of all sorts to "go viral" and spread rapidly around the world. An example showed up this morning on Facebook - a photo of a young man (a fool) shitting on an American flag as a crowd cheers around him. This was attributed to a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters, so it sparked the stereotypical responses of knee-jerk American conservatives (who apparently oppose the OWS movement without really having any idea what the protesters represent), proposing that such acts should be made a felony, shoving the flagpole up the guy's ass, zapping the guy's testicles with a taser, making him "walk point", etc.
Turns out the photo is not actually associated with the OWS movement at all, but rather with an antiwar protest in Portland, OR, in 2007 - see here. Whoever started this photo circulating on social networks must have known this was not an OWS protester, so the obvious intent was to discredit OWS by stirring up the reactions of "patriots" who fail to understand certain key principles. Given the speed by which misinformation spreads by "going viral," it would take time to tease out the truth, and by then, the damage to OWS credibility would be done.
I'll get to those key principles shortly. First, however, I want to say that I find this photograph disgusting and will not share it on this blog. Such an act of desecrating our flag is not something I condone nor do I find it particularly effective in expressing unhappiness over our participation in unwinnable, pointless wars (like Iraq and Afghanistan). Obviously, if it were the acts of an OWS protester, it would reflect only discredit on the movement and not help their cause in any way. Such are the deeds of a fool, no doubt carried away with the emotions of a protest and likely an attention-seeker who may be in need of some serious counseling.
Now, let's move on to the reactions to this disgusting act. Any nation's flag, and ours is no exception, is only a symbol. Our secular society recognizes no truly sacred objects, so while an important symbol to many, the flag is not a sacred object. The specific symbols on the flag represent the 50 states and the original 13 colonies, but the symbolism has a deeper level: our flag is a symbol for the freedoms we share. The great experiment embarked upon with the founding of our nation involves protection of "inalienable rights" for all Americans. Rule of the majority, certainly, but protection of minority rights at the same time. That is the key element that made America unique in the world.
Freedom of expression/speech is one of those constitutionally-guaranteed rights that many Americans have given their very lives to preserve. And that freedom means exactly nothing if it only is extended to those with whom we agree. Burning or otherwise desecrating our flag is a symbolic act. It's a form of expression of opinion, and so is protected by the Bill of Rights, no matter how offended we might be by such an act.
In their haste to condemn the OWS movement, the conservatives have reverted to the 1960s: the protesters are stereotyped into dirty, lazy, irresponsible bums who want to destroy the nation that gave them birth and opportunity. Well, our nation has come to be dominated by wealthy, modern-day "robber barons" who've used their wealth and power to plunder the economy and walked away scot-free for the most part. They retain their yachts, their luxury homes, their limousines, and their huge incomes despite being responsible for vast economic disruption via actions that are either illegal or only marginally legal thanks to a compliant government that has become convinced that economic stability is gained through deregulation. It was deregulation that opened the doors for these greedy bastards that presently run Wall Street and, indirectly, the American economy. Most of the OWS protesters are people who have suffered huge economic losses with the implosion of the housing bubble and the costly bailouts of the too-big-to-fail corporations. It seems to me we have cause to protest what's going on, as the gulf between the haves and have-nots widens - these protests are just the beginning of what is to come if something isn't done about our present policy of "welfare for the rich". The wealthy aren't creating jobs, aren't hiring the unemployed, and the "trickle-down" theory has been completely discredited by reality.
The right-wing ideologues want to demonize the protesters to maintain "business as usual" for their corporate allies. As noted, there are some parallels with the 1960s - although the government learned from the events of the 1960s not to start drafting students if they wanted to maintain peace and tranquility. The OWS movement isn't about protesting stupid wars, but rather protests our stupid acquiescence to being fleeced by wealthy thieves who break the law with near-impunity and then have the gall to pontificate about the righteousness of the law when it's applied to protesters!
Unfortunately, the protection of the rights of such fools as this guy in Portland for expressing his opinion in a particularly disgusting way is a critical part of protecting what our flag represents. Such deplorable acts do not touch in any way those principles that made our nation so great. Those principles can only be hurt if we choose to abandon them in our pseudo-patriotic fervor. The greatest desecration of our nation would be to make such acts illegal and prosecute our citizens for expressing unpopular opinions in unpopular ways. By upholding the rights of a fool to desecrate our flag, we actually affirm the principles represented by that flag! Surely we understand that our freedoms are quite capable of enduring the attacks of fools!
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|The tombstone for Martin and Anna Blanchfield nee Boyle and 2 of their children.
I had traipsed through Ss. Philip and James Roman Catholic Cemetery each time I traveled home, hoping that this time would be the time that I would find them. I had found another "Blanchfield" marker, and it was a relative as well, but not my 2nd great grandparents. I still felt empty and incredibly frustrated. This past summer I found a kneeler. A surname marker with nothing more than "Blanchfield" written on it. I had to have walked past it for years without seeing it. It's incredibly easy to miss (especially with little kids nagging you to get them out of a cemetery!). The marker didn't make me feel much better at first though, because I still had no idea which Blanchfield it belonged to.
I took the surname marker and decided to post it on FindAGrave.com. I don't know why. I didn't really have any information to go with it. I just posted a close-up and a picture that had details illustrating how to find it in the cemetery. I didn't expect to get closer to solving the mystery of which Blanchfield lay buried beneath, but I did!
I received an email from a cousin I had never met and she saw the post on FindAGrave. She told me that it was my 2nd great grandfather AND grandmother buried there (Martin and Anna Blanchfield nee Boyle)...as well as two of their children. How did she know for sure without a name on the marker? Her grandmother, a Blanchfield, is in her 90s and still going strong! Just when things get frustrating there are angels that fly in and fill in the blanks! Thanks, Becky!

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The terrain in this area varies widely from the thickly wooded mountains to enormous wide open spaces like this one, where cattle are brought to graze most of the year from early Spring to late Fall.
It's a view I never tire of, and just far away enough so there is no odor "drift"!
In spring there appear to be as many cute little calves as there are mature cows.
And this is one of my dogs, an Aussie mix, sporting his cool summer haircut. This guy loves to have a task to do, he LIVES for the opportunity to run over to help herd those cows.


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Houston Chronicle Launches Premium Subscription-based Website
By: Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON — PRNewswire — The Houston Chronicle Media Group (HCMG) has launched HoustonChronicle.com, a premium news website available by subscription. Chron.com, the media company's flagship digital product and Houston's most-read local news site, remains free.
The launch of HoustonChronicle.com aligns with the HCMG's strategy of offering a wide range of digital products to a variety of readers via their choice of platforms. HoustonChronicle.com is a premium news website, offering deep analysis of issues that matter most to Houstonians, expanding upon exclusive coverage found in the company's 111-year-old Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas.
HoustonChronicle.com subscribers have access to updated coverage throughout the day, unique stories and photos, enterprise reporting, and opinions from award-winning columnists, including all stories from the daily paper. The site is built in HTML5 and features a responsive design that renders across a variety of platforms, from personal computers to tablets to mobile phones. Users seeking content that resides on Chron.com will find links directing back and forth between the sites.
"Our primary goal is to deliver to all of our subscribers the valuable information they want, when they want it, via the device that is most convenient to them, and at a fair price," HCMG president John T. O'Loughlin said. "As a premium website, HoustonChronicle.com is a natural extension of our digital offerings and will be an integral component of all our subscription packages going forward."
As the portal to all things Houston, Chron.com continues to focus on breaking stories and news-you-can-use, including real-time sports coverage, weather and traffic information, pop culture items and utility such as events listings and city guides.
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Ceramic Print Painting - When I made mud pies as a child, I loved the feel of the dirt and clay on my hands. Later, in school, that fun experience returned as I experimented with clay and glazes. I prefer hand built methods for pottery and making prints and paintings in clay, using found discarded materials and the Raku process for creating images.


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Straight from the SCALGO Labs is the launch of SCALGO Live Global which provides you with a powerful way to visualize flooding and surface water flow on a near-global elevation model (the SRTM-model from NASA). Try the interactive watershed-query tool or some of the other tools, pills they are very interesting to play around with.
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The two highest profile pitchmen for Question 6, Rev. Donte Hickman Sr. and Rev. Delman Coates, who in my opinion are not worthy of the title "Reverend," gave this reason for their support: "Let the church be the church, the state be the state, and God be the judge" ("Voices for marriage freedom," Nov. 11). This is nothing more than the blind leading the blind with both falling into the ditch.
We have a very important warning about ministers who come in sheep's clothing. Inwardly, they are ferocious wolves who can be identified by their fruit. These men are not fit to be in ministry let alone take on the name of pastor. The real, genuine pastor will expose the fraud while understanding that his job is to call people to repentance. To state that "I said, 'I don't support same-sex marriage. I support your right to get married in a courthouse,'" is indeed a step too far for any minister who is faithful to God's word.
A true minister understands the Biblical mandate to preach and teach reform, repentance, and the holiness of God. We have a right and a duty to influence those within the public square for the greater good of society. Our message will always be, "this is what you ought to do," knowing the difference when the government says, "this is what you must do."
These so-called ministers have their heads buried in the sand. Matt Birk's article was a breath of fresh air ("Don't redefine marriage," Oct. 28). He would, by far, be a better man to fill the pulpit then these two men. We have even more reason for alarm with a governor who is supposed to protect and provide safety for all the citizens of Maryland. He has failed with this one, and time will tell the story. My advice for the governor would be to seek counsel of a real minister the next time.
On a final note, these men were right in saying that God will be the final judge. My hope is that they will find mercy when standing before God for not calling the people of Maryland to repentance. May God richly bless the 48 percent for their stand on traditional marriage which is really Biblical marriage.
Rev. Terry Turbin, Baltimore


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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
No Blog Today
Forgive me but I'm taking a day off from blogging today. The last day of my 57th year kind of bled into the first day of my 58th year and as a result, this old boy is just plain tired. I've been staring at the computer screen for about 15 minutes trying to decide what to write.
For awhile I thought I'd write about how, when it's just family, the wheelchair becomes integrated into activities in ways so utterly normal. Everyone wants a shoot at pushing me in the chair, everyone helps with the footplates, room is automatically made at the table. No muss, and the little fuss there is, well, it's the pleasant kind. But then I realized that I wasn't up to describing how mighty Ruby felt when she first pushed my footplate down and how accomplishment rang in her voice when she said, 'OK, Dave.'
Then I thought I'd write about how the woman at Walmart who did the 'family portrait' couldn't call me anything but 'the wheelchair'. How I had to bite my tongue and let it go. This was a gift, and a nice one. This was the first thing we did together on the birthday morning, the mood established here would travel through the day. I decided to just shut up and be 'the wheelchair'. My only little act of outrage was when we were to go and pick the picture, the one bought for Joe and I, and she said, 'Everyone but the wheelchair, there's no room for wheelchairs back here.' Mike sputtered that it was a present for us. I said to Joe, let's just go in. Of course there was room for wheelchairs. All I said was, 'And you weren't going to let me choose?' She looked chastened, or I choose to think that look was apology not gas, and that was enough. I just let it go. But ultimately I don't want to write about that because it's got way too negative a tone for way too nice a day.
But then, I thought, maybe I'd write about my reaction to the movie AVATAR ... did it really have a better dead than disabled theme ... or am I just to sensitive to how disability is portrayed. Finally, I decided that I needed more time to think through the mess of emotions I felt watching the movie. I think, over all, on my birthday, I wish we had gone to see the Fabulous Mr. Fox.
Or I could write about the little note card that Joe left for me by my shaving gear. But that's entirely too personal, I've just tucked the card into my briefcase and its sentiment into my heart. So, there's no blog to be written there.
So, apologies all.
I'm taking the day off.
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since you said no blog, I guess I'll just say I very much enjoyed what you didn't blog today and I want to see the picture. Love to see how the family has grown! But I'll wait till you feel up to blogging again!
- 22 December 2009 at 05:46
- wendy said...
Even your non-blogs are wonderful. I'm glad you had a good birthday surrounded by love and sweetness.
- 22 December 2009 at 06:32
- Kowalski said...
Happy belated Birthday, Dave!
- 22 December 2009 at 07:36
- ivanova said...
You get a lot more writing done on your "days off" than most people get on their "days on." Happy birthday!
- 22 December 2009 at 09:29
- Liz Miller said...
What Manuela said!
- 22 December 2009 at 10:11
- Kristin said...
For a non-blog day, that was a pretty awesome non-post!
- 22 December 2009 at 16:31
- Susan said...
Dave, you should take the day off more often!
Looking forward to seeing the photo... and I hope one turns up on Belinda's fridge! Right next to mine. :)
- 22 December 2009 at 16:49
Happy Birthday, Dave
- 22 December 2009 at 17:37
- Unknown said...
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- 23 December 2009 at 11:11
- FridaWrites said...
Uh oh, I think you wrote a blog! Hope you've had a great birthday. Interested in seeing Avatar myself (we have a free movie coupon)--just for the alternative world--but the disability presentation in it is unsettling--not sure how I'd deal with that.
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Travis Fulton scored 23 points and Lorenzo McCloud added 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead Pacific to an 80-71 victory against Hawaii on Saturday night.
Sama Taku added 13 points and went 10 for 10 from the free-throw line for the Tigers (15-10, 9-4 Big West), who took sole possession of second in the conference standings.
Christian Standhardinger had 20 points and nine rebounds and Isaac Fotu 12 points for the Rainbow Warriors (15-11, 9-6), who have lost two straight after winning five in a row.
Hawaii led 38-33 in the second half before it went scoreless for a 6:17 stretch, enabling Pacific to take control of the game with a 15-0 run. Tony Gill had all of his five points during the stretch, and Fulton and McCloud added four points each.
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A notorious Queensland paedophile described as being a ticking "time bomb" for reoffending has made his latest legal bid for freedom.
Douglas Brian Jackway, once the prime suspect in the Daniel Morcombe murder case, is serving an indefinite sentence for the rape of a young girl and sexual assault of a boy in the 1990s.
The 41-year-old has made repeated attempts to be released but has so far been refused because he is considered a risk to the community.
Jackway made his annual application to be freed in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday.
His legal team argued he should be released into a community with other prisoners just outside the jail walls, where he would be monitored and fitted with a tracking device.
Several doctors gave evidence Jackway had made significant progress in the past year.
But all three agreed his antisocial personality disorder, ability to control his impulses and history of substance abuse continued to pose a risk.
Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Aboud said they could be mitigated to a degree through supervision.
"I think it needs to be pointed out that whatever measures are put in place, if any individual is living outside of a prison and they choose to reoffend, they can in fact reoffend," he said.
"It would be a case of catching up with him post-offence."
Dr Aboud said he did not think Jackway, who was himself abused as a child, would go looking for a victim but was more likely to reoffend if he became stressed and then resorted to drinking or taking drugs.
"Once he's intoxicated he's effectively in a very high-risk situation, in my view, like a time bomb that just takes a potential victim to cross him in order for him to go off."
The court heard Jackway was told at his 2017 review he needed to display good behaviour for a period of 12 months to even be considered for supervision.
Peter Dunning QC, representing the Queensland attorney-general, said although there had been a reduction in jailhouse incidents he still had a "way to go".
Defence barrister John Allen QC said the only incident of note was in July 2017 when he made threats to prison officers.
"There was no actual physical violence," he said.
"It's hard to put it above anything more than insubordinate verbal abuse."
Psychiatrist Dr Donald Grant said although Jackway appeared to be "getting a handle" on controlling his impulses, in his opinion he still needed to go 12 months incident-free before he was considered for supervised release.
"It's going to be very, very difficult for Mr Jackway to go into the community," he said.
"He's been in custody in one form or another for almost all of his life since he was 15."
Justice Graeme Crow will hand down his decision at a later date.
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PHILADELPHIA � In the end, it wasn�t about Adrian Gonzalez at all.
PHILADELPHIA - In the end, it wasn't about Adrian Gonzalez at
The Red Sox never thought Gonzalez would play even an average
defensive right field. They simply trusted him to make routine
defensive plays and not to do anything that might risk a severe
In the end, it was about making sure David Ortiz didn't waste
away on the bench for two weeks, destroying the rhythm at the plate
he's been building since spring training.
"When we went into Pittsburgh, my concern for David was going
from the day we left to the day we got back and not having him get
at-bats," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "That really worried
me because I thought it would set him back."
Said Theo Epstein, "It's more about getting David in there to
keep him going and keep him from getting too rusty than it is about
doing everything possible to win one game tonight.
Ortiz has hit .311 with a .391 on-base percentage and .581
slugging percentage in just over 300 plate appearances. He's on
pace to hit more than 30 home runs for the second straight season,
and his .972 OPS more resembles the numbers he posted in the prime
of his career than the numbers he posted over the last three
In past years, the Red Sox worked around Ortiz in interleague
play by having him play first base once in a while at National
League parks. But even if Ortiz sat out National League games
entirely, he had to do so for only three or six days at a time. Not
in recent memory have the Red Sox had to play nine straight games
in National League parks the way they've had to do this season.
Had Ortiz not started a game at first base - displacing
Gonzalez, perhaps the best hitter in baseball - he'd have done
nothing but pinch-hit for almost two weeks. Had Ortiz not pinch-hit
three times in Pittsburgh, he might have gotten a start even sooner
than he did.
"You take a regular player and sit him for 11 straight days,
that's not going to do anybody any good," Francona said. "He's too
important a hitter to us. It's not like it's a shortstop where he
catches the ball. He's a DH and he needs to hit."
Said Ortiz, "I needed it. This is like my sixth day without
To get Ortiz into the lineup, Gonzalez even offered to sit out
on Sunday at Pittsburgh. Francona turned him down.
"He's the best hitter in the game," Francona said.
Gonzalez instead will play in the outfield for the first time
since he played winter-league baseball six years ago. He has
explicit instructions not to do anything to hurt himself, which
would be the worst-case for a Red Sox team so dependent on him.
"He's pretty mature about this," Francona said. "He's not going
to be gung-ho and try to be Ichiro and jump over the wall."
Said Gonzalez, "I don't think many people crash into walls and
dive after balls unless the opportunity calls for it. I'm just
going to play the game. There's a lot of people that switch
positions all the time, and nobody makes a big deal out of it. It's
just for a couple of days so Papi can get in the game."
Dispelling rumors
Both Francona and Epstein shot down a report Wednesday that John
Lackey might need Tommy John surgery to repair elbow ligaments, but
both conceded that Lackey has been pitching at less than 100
percent health.
MLB Network's Peter Gammons told WEEI in a radio interview that
Lackey - who spent most of May on the disabled list with an elbow
injury - might need to go under the knife by August.
"I don't think we'd ever pitch somebody..." Francona said, his
voice trailing off but his point was clear. "Guys go through aches
and pains. That's the way the game is. If it ever gets to the point
with anybody where it gets in the way, we'd do something about it.
That's kind of logical and common sense.
"We don't usually work six weeks ahead on the surgeries. That's
probably not the way it works - 'Go get 'em, Lack. You have six
starts left and then you'll have Tommy John.' "
Lackey received a cortisone shot while he was on the disabled
list in May, but he has a 6.26 ERA in four starts since. His start
Wednesday night - his first since a rain-soaked disaster last week
at Fenway Park - brought with it plenty of intrigue, and the
reports of a more severe injury only added to that.
"John had an elbow (injury)," Epstein said. "We're not hiding
that. He had an elbow injury earlier in this year and he's had a
history with some elbow issues in the past. The shot alleviated
some of the symptoms. Now it's our responsibility to monitor him
and make sure those symptoms don't come back and make sure he's
healthy enough to go out and pitch and pitch effectively. It's
something, as with all of our players, that we monitor on a daily
Starting-pitching depth has been critical for the Red Sox all
season. Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Miller and Tim Wakefield all started
the season outside the starting rotation, and all have made key
starts. Daisuke Matsuzaka already has undergone season-ending
surgery, and Clay Buchholz remains on the disabled list with a back
Any long-term injury to Lackey would test that depth
Proceeding with caution
Thanks to minor but persistent discomfort in his back, Buchholz
is unlikely to return to the Red Sox rotation until after the
All-Star break.
"We're going to go slow with this one and make sure he's 100
percent before he gets back on the mound," Red Sox general manager
Epstein said. "Things would have to improve pretty quickly here for
him to have a chance to (return before the break)."
Buchholz had a start cut short in Detroit at the end of May
thanks to back stiffness, and he pitched on extra rest in Toronto
two weeks later to give his back a chance to settle down. But
discomfort in his back cut short another start after five innings
at Tampa Bay on June 16, and he landed on the 15-day disabled
"He's got a muscle strain, and it's pretty limited in scope,"
Epstein said. "He only really feels it at a certain point in his
delivery. The consensus is that this is something we have to knock
out - even if it feels like it's almost all the way gone, not to
push it and make sure it's all gone."


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It has been common knowledge for the past month or so that Rush Limbaugh would be moved from his longtime home of KFI (640 AM) to the new "Patriot," KEIB (formerly KTLK, 1150 AM), so when I logged on to the KFI website Monday to find out who the new host was for the unfilled 1-3 p.m. shift, I was surprised to see Limbaugh still listed as the 9 a.m. to noon host.
I was ready to call KFI/KEIB's marketing manager, Neil Saavadra, and give him a hard time about the mistake. Until I tuned in and discovered that Limbaugh was indeed on KFI. As well as KEIB. What gives?
"We wanted to make the transition an easy one," Saavadra told me. So through Jan. 17, you can hear Limbaugh on two local stations. Then, Jan. 20 will mark the beginning of KFI's almost-all-local format. Oh, and the new 1-3 p.m. shift? Nothing to announce yet; it appears that a selection is being made as I write this.
Weather beat
I received more emails on Johnny Magnus' "Weather with a Beat" than on any topic in recent memory. More than even the political talk radio letters. It seems that Magnus still has a lot of fans.
More than a few people wrote to give me the name of the song: "Cute," arranged by Neal Hefti and performed by Count Basie and his orchestra.
Reader Mike Dangott wrote also to tell of a website that showcases the Golden West era of KMPC, www.710kmpc.com. KMPC is one of Magnus' longtime stomping grounds. But others — including former KMPC master programmer Chuck Southcott himself — recall Magnus on other stations as well. "I recall first hearing Magnus doing 'Weather with a Beat' when I was in high school and he was at KGFJ," he said. "Johnny used several themes for the bit, but most often the music was indeed Hefti's 'Cute.' "
Fish beat
I asked former KMET (now KTWV, 94.7 FM) newsman and morning co-host "Paraquat" Pat Kelley if "Weather with a Beat" was the inspiration for Kelley's famous "Fish Report with a Beat" as heard on the Mighty Met. Turns out it was. "Sure, it was a parody of the Magnus thing," Kelley said. "We used the Band's rendition of 'The Third Man Theme.' (Pink Floyd's) Roger Waters recorded the theme and put it on an album." Somehow this all makes sense now.
Call letters history
I knew someone would come to the rescue.
Jim Hilliker is Los Angeles radio's official historian. I know of no other single person who possesses his vast knowledge. He sent along this note:
"The license for 1150 AM has had eight combinations of call letters, but the station used the KIIS call letters two separate times, 1970 to 1980, and again from Dec. 1, 1984, to Aug. 17, 1997. The change from KTLK to KEIB is the ninth set of call letters used by 1120/1150."
Those calls are KMIC, KMCS, KRKD, KIIS, KPRZ, KIIS (again), KXTA and KTLK.
As it turns out, 1150 is not the only frequency used by the station, which complicates the story a bit. As Hilliker explains, "Between 1927 and Nov. 11, 1928, the licensee used 775 kilocycles, 1140 and 1340 kilocycles (or kilohertz today) on the AM band. The station moved from 1340 to 1120 on Nov. 11, 1928, but had to divide air time with KFSG. The change from 1120 to 1150 took place on March 29, 1941. The KRKD calls were used the longest from Jan. 21, 1932, until May 1, 1970, 38 years.
"Trivia about the station history: Network radio and TV announcer Harry Von Zell started in radio at KMIC/Inglewood in 1927; also, movie and later radio and TV cowboy star Roy Rogers first sang on the radio over station KMCS/Inglewood in 1931 on a midnight talent show using his given name of Leonard Slye."
So there you have the rest of the story.
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer covering radio in Southern California. Send him email at email@example.com.


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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nearly more than half the City Council will turn over in this year's municipal elections.
Among the names missing from the ballot will be Council President Michael Bloom, Alan Marden and Marie Harpin — all of whom have served for at least two decades. Also missing is another veteran of city politics, John Barrett III, who served only two years on the council but 26 as mayor.
Three potential candidates had taken out papers to challenge Mayor Richard Alcombright but only one had returned them by Tuesday: Robert R. Moulton Jr.
Not returning papers are Richard David Greene, who had been handing out his campaign
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LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The annual town election next week has several races, including for a seat on the Board of Selectmen.
Mount Greylock Regional High School Committee member Robert Ericson is running against former Selectman Joseph Szczepaniak Jr. The seat is that of longtime Selectman William Prendergast, who is not running for re-election.
Ericson currently sits on the high school committee and formerly served on the Lanesborough School Committee. Szczepaniak was on the Board of Selectmen from 2008 until 2011, when he was defeated by a write-in campaign by Robert Barton.
Barton is resigning from the board to run for School Committee. However, because the
ADAMS, Mass. — Four candidates will be vying for two vacant seats on the Board of Selectmen.
Nomination papers were due Monday and Richard Blanchard, Joseph Nowak, Donald Sommer and Michael Young have all returned papers to be on the ballot. They have until April 3 to withdraw their nominations.
That's one short of last year, in which five candidates tried for two seats. The race also ensures new faces on the board — albeit Sommer has served before.
The two three-year seats available are those that had been held by Paula Melville and Scott Nichols. Melville resigned from the board last year and Nichols has opted not to run for
ADAMS, Mass. — Nomination papers are still available for the upcoming May 6 election.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nomination papers for elected offices are still available in the town clerk's office.
• Moderator, three year term
• Selectmen, two year term
• Elementary School Committee member (two spots), three year term
• Elementary School Committee member (one spot), two year term
• Library trustees (four spots), three year term
• Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee member, three year
Where to vote in Berkshire County
State Election
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Voting is from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Deadline to register or change party affiliation was Oct.15.
Candidates on the ballot in races for state office; all others on the ballot are unopposed. Links will take you to their campaign websites.
U.S. Senator
• Edward J. Markey, Democrat
• Brian J. Herr, Republican
Governor/Lieutenant Governor
• Charlie Baker & Karyn Polito, Republican
• Martha Coakley & Stephen Kerrigan, Democrat
• Evan Falchuk & Angus Jennings, United Independent Party
• Scott Lively & Shelly Saunders, Independent
• Jeff McCormick & Tracy Post, Independent
Attorney General
• Maura Healey, Democratic
• John B. Miller, Republican
Secretary of State
• William Francis Galvin, Democratic
• David D'Arcangelo, Republican
• Daniel L. Factor, Green-Rainbow
• Deborah B. Goldberg, Democratic
• Michael James Heffernan, Republican
• Ian T. Jackson, Green-Rainbow
• Suzanne M. Bump, Democratic
• Patricia S. Saint Aubin, Republican
• MK Merelice, Green-Rainbow
The cities of Pittsfield and North Adams will hold municipal elections for mayor, city council and school committee in 2015
You may vote absentee: if you will be absent from your town or city on election day, have a physical disability that prevents you from voting at the polls or cannot vote at the polls because to religious beliefs.
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|Holy crap! Is that Morgan Freeman?
For only $249 the company FOC.US is selling a headset that will run an electric current through your brain (specifically, the prefrontal cortex). Their website says it will "increase the plasticity of your brain. Make your synapses fire faster." They're marketing it as a way to improve your videogame skills for the "ultimate gaming experience."
It also comes with an iPhone app to control your jolts. And it's in your choice of red or black.
|"Now I can kick my boyfriend's ass at Call of Duty."
Now, I'm not going to knock the uses of electrical brain stimulation. This is an area that's currently undergoing a lot of research as a way to treat disease and help people recover from strokes and other causes of brain damage.
But, on the other hand, let's keep a few things in mind:
1. This is electricity, for fuck's sake. It's dangerous.
2. We used to execute people with this.
3. If winning at Halo is that important, you need to get out more.
I'm sure people from FOC.US will point out that their gadget uses a low level of juice, which isn't going to hurt you (on the other hand, I have no idea if it will help. The last video game I mastered was Atari Adventure).
I have to be a bit skeptical about its benefits. I mean, the internet is full of people selling herbs, magnets, and who knows what else as ways to improve your performance at work, the gym, and in bed. Most have nothing more behind them than some half-assed data and anecdotal claims. While I think the jury is still out on cortical electricity, that doesn't make their claims true.
Another issue is that for many people, after you've plunked down a boatload of money for a game system, they don't have $249 to blow on this gadget. So what do they do?
Well, according to a recent editorial in Nature there's concern that people will start doing this as a do-it-yourself project. You could wire up with some batteries at home, or whatever you can find in the garage. There are even companies selling DIY kits for it online. This is where I think the editorial has its best line:
"That's 'could' as in 'you might be able to', by the way; not 'could' as in 'it's a good idea'."
Granted, that's never stopped anyone from doing stupid stuff. Bigger, in the general perception, must be better. If a little battery can improve your score, then shouldn't plugging into your home's AC current be great? By the time you're playing an X-Box hopefully your parents have pulled those plastic things from the outlets that kept you from sticking a fork in them. The target audience here isn't known for being averse to risk.
What could possibly go wrong?
|"Mario and Luigi, here I come!"
I also have to worry about how far this could go. What if electricity does clearly improve brain performance? Can't you just see pushy parents wanting to plug their kids in to get a better SAT score? Or a med school gunner wearing some shockware into a test, disguised as earplugs?
This could end up as the academic equivalent of athletic steroids. The next cheating scandal could be some guy tossed out of a math competition for illegal wiring.
|Lance was stripped of his high school math letters when it came out he'd been "volting."
So, in closing, my point is this: low-level trans-cortical electrical may have medical utility (personally, I suspect it does). But if that "may" makes you want to shell out more money just to beat your brother at Grand Theft Auto V, then I've got some buildings in Rungholt to sell you.
|"Superman warned me the electrodes would do this. Why didn't I listen?"
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Michael Berryman (born 4 September 1948; age 71) is an actor from Los Angeles, California, who appeared in two Star Trek productions, both times under heavy makeup. He was born with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, which prevents the formation of hair, fingernails, teeth and sweat glands. The condition is rare, inherited and incurable.
Outside of Star Trek, he is best known for playing the inbred berserker Pluto in Wes Craven's 1977 horror thriller The Hills Have Eyes. He also appeared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, with Louise Fletcher, Christopher Lloyd, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter Brocco, Brad Dourif and make-up by Fred Phillips), Deadly Blessing (1981, with Lawrence Montaigne and Percy Rodriguez), My Science Project (1985, with Robert DoQui and Frank Welker), Weird Science (1985, with Wallace Langham and Robert Rusler) The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985, with Penny Johnson and Nicholas Worth), Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991, with Rex Pierson, Dan Woren, Frank Welker, Charles H. Hyman, and Wayne Pere), Double Dragon (1994, with Julia Nickson, Leon Russom, Andy Dick, and Jeff Imada), and The Devil's Rejects (2005, with Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Tom Towles, and Daniel Roebuck).
Berryman had a memorable guest appearance in the episode "Revelations" of The X-Files. In addition, he portrayed the principal in the rock video for Motley Crue's "Smoking in the Boys Room".


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