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Image Doesn't Show in Internet Explorer (Fine on Mac) (3 posts)

  1. BlueLaw
    Posted 9 years ago #

    There's something very strange going on. I'm on a mac using Safari and I log into wordpress and upload an image onto my home page. Sure enough there it is. When I go onto a PC with Windows and IE the image is gone.

    ON A MAC:
    If I log onto WordPress and check out the Links section in Manage Uploads the Thumbnail linked to file looks like this: "<img src='http://www.forgemastersfilms.com/wp-content/bannerone.thumbnail.gif' title='bannerone' alt='bannerone' />"

    ON A PC:
    If I log on and go to exactly the same page I get this address instead: “"<!-- -->

    I’m sure this is something to do with it, how can it be that the same wordpress account has different information on 2 computers for the same file? All my other images work correctly, and the image is a .gif, so it should work.

    Isn't this bizarre?

  2. BlueLaw
    Posted 9 years ago #

    I've sorted this, I still find it illogical though. Perhaps it's something to do with the images having the word "banner" in their title, or perhaps it was something to do with them being exported (as .jpg's) from Fireworks. It happened with a second image too. Anyway I used photoshop instead, resized the image slightly and gave it a new name. It works. When computers stop being logical what do we have then? Sex I suppose.

  3. Bodhipaksa
    Posted 9 years ago #

    Your example has single quotes around the attributes rather than the required double quotes. Are you sure the problem's nothing to do with that?

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Inserting Recent Posts into Footer (2 posts)

  1. pickledegg
    Posted 8 years ago #

    I'm trying to display the 5 most recent posts of all categories in the footer. I used an existing theme and this is what is currently in the footer:

Previous entries

    $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=4&offset=1');
    if ($myposts) :
    	foreach ($myposts as $post) :
    		foreach (get_the_category() as $category)
    			$categories[] = $category->cat_name;

<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title(); ?><?php the_date();?> in <?=implode(", ",$categories);?>

    <?php endforeach;?>
    <?php else : ?>

no entries

    <?php endif;?

    But its alway showing 'no entries'.

    I know the recent posts sidebar widget works, and if better suited, how do I go about putting that into the footer?

    Many thanks.

  2. Kalessin
    Posted 8 years ago #

    I copied and pasted your code into my site's sidebar and it worked fine... after I changed the line
    <?php endif;?
    to read
    <?php endif;?>

    Are you sure you actually have some posts? This code will not pick up Pages.

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We check in on developments in Boston as the city reels from explosions near the finish line of Monday’s Boston marathon. How prepared is California for a similar emergency? We’ll also assess the nation’s efforts to prevent acts of terror.

Dean Karnazes, ultramarathon runner who ran the Boston marathon and author of "RUN! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss"
Michael Nacht, professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and former assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs
Mark Ghilarducci, secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency
Brian Michael Jenkins, leading terrorism authority with the Mineta Transportation Institute and the RAND Corporation
Martha Bebinger, reporter for WBUR, an NPR affiliate in Boston
Beth Goldstein, San Franciscan who ran the Boston marathon yesterday

  • CriminalsRunTheUSA

    The telltale sign that a “terrorist attack” was actually perpetrated by the government (which is termed a “false flag” operation), is that it is revealed that a government drill was happening just when the attack occurred, and that the drill covered the exact type of crisis that occurred in the attack.

    Such coincidences have happened uncannily at

    – Boston attack (a bombing drill was taking place all day long).

    – 9/11 (which is why NORAD stood down et cetera)

    – The London 7/7 attack.

    – The Oklahoma city bombings.

    The drill permits the actual perpetrators, if caught by the cops, to claim they were taking part in the drill rather than killing innocent people on purpose in order to further the agenda of the “owners” of society, who seek to dismantle democracy and our freedoms using “shock and awe” false flag attacks to justify a police state.

  • thucy

    Never thought I’d hear the great Dean Karnazes talk about anything but running. Sad. Having lived through 9/11 in NY, and having lived in Western Europe during the first gulf war, I have to say building security in California was always curiously sloppy. But that’s changed a lot in the last ten years. That’s a measure of prevention I can salute. Whereas drone strikes and unlawful detentions are a fake measure of non-prevention that just make things worse. Different adminstrations, same old abuses.
    We really blew it after 9/11. Let’s not make the same mistake again. And if this is an incident of domestic terrorism, as it appears on surface, let’s hope the FBI doesn’t persecute another Richard Jewell before years later realizing (doh!) it was Eric Rudolph.
    FBI has come to mean Federal Bureau of Incompetence.

  • thucy

    Forum Staff:
    Why did you pull my comment that criticized the FBI?

    • thucy

      Thanks for reinstating my earlier comment, but is there a reason it was pulled? It’s a pretty mild comment.

      • Amanda Stupi

        Our staff did not pull or reinstate the comment. Second time we’ve had this happen in recent weeks. I’m collecting documentation and filing a bug report. I wish I had a better answer. -Amanda

        • thucy

          Thanks, Amanda. I appreciate that.

    This cowardice act was more likely done by home grown bloody criminals. Terrorism is always counter productive because it always harm their cause and may lead to the death of people they claim they represents. An example the case of Bin Laden whose criminal act on 9 11 2003 lead to the death of more than a million Muslims and others and the destruction of Muslim countries.

    • Chris OConnell

      Actually terrorism often is very effective. Whether it was the Jewish Zionists in the 40s or the Irish in the 70s-90s, or the US for the past 60 years (the attacks on Iraq being an indisputable case), the ruthless use of violence against soft targets often gets results.

  • Gabriel Lampert

    Nakedness should now be embraced (well, maybe use another word) for Bay-to-Breakers and the like, because at least the naked runner can be seen not to be hiding something.

  • Sanfordia113

    great, just when we were starting to slowly regain our civil liberties to live outside of the oppression of the Patriot Act, someone (probably a detached weirdo that got expelled from MIT) tragically kills a few people with a bomb. Neocons are chomping at the bit to impose Patriot Act II on us!

    • Menloman

      On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011,[2] a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France:[3] roving wiretaps, searches of business records (the “library records provision”), and conducting surveillance of “lone wolves” — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.[4] Republican leaders[5] questioned if the use of the Autopen met the constitutional requirements for signing a bill into law.

  • thucy

    the caller who wants “more rage” from the media should seek counseling. Reporters are not there to feel your pain. They are there to report as objectively as possible. We had enough “rage” post-9/11.

    But bear in mind our government has been bombing innocent civilians in much greater numbers for the last ten years. But they’re poor Iraqis and Afghan people.

    • Frank

      The post-9/11 rage was misplaced, since it’s been proven beyond a doubt that the military industrial complex perpetrated 9/11. But people are easily suckered into believing unfounded claims, like the magical 19 Muslims theory. Similarly with Boston, the evidence of government foreknowledge is plain to see, and the FBI has a hugely checkered past involving handing live bomb to perpetrators and telling them to carry out attacks, yet the media propaganda machine which includes Krasny is working overtime to cause the maximum emotional impact on the public. The media want Americans to be hurt by the Boston event. Deeply hurt. Because it serves their masters’ purpose.

  • Menloman

    ‘The bomber may have had something against runners, or legs, or Boston.’ The irresponsible idle speculation coming from the guests on this program is appalling. In what way is that helpful or informative?

  • RJ

    First and foremost, my heart goes out to those that lost loved ones and those that had horrific injuries that they will suffer from for years.

    Our reaction to this type of event is that we must refuse to be terrorized. We must not let it change how we go about living our lives. It was great to hear some of the FB comments about people who will be more motivated than ever to run in a marathon or participate in a prestigious athletic event.

    As one of the panelists stated, Law Enforcement cannot make us 100% safe and as citizens, we cannot expect them to. Even with a police state (and I know many would argue we’re already there), we would not be 100% protected from this kind of attack.

    What we must also do is continue to treat each other as valued members of our community and we must demand that Law Enforcement do the same. When we start to treat each other as potential terrorists suspects, or allow LE to do that to us, terrorism wins.

    Lastly, what we should not do is install metal detectors and other TSA-style security around marathons. If we do that, then the attackers target somewhere else that attracts large gatherings and is less guarded. Take that money and invest it in (lawful) intelligence gathering, investigation and emergency response. The emergency response was fantastic in this case, lessening loss of life for sure and mitigating the severity of sustained injuries.

  • Nicholas D Bevins

    I have 2 questions.
    1. Are the victims being charged for medical service?
    2. What about property damage?

  • Helga

    Seems like the attack was carefully planned by the government to frighten the public just to 1) stop the fuss around the gun laws, 2) to discredit Russia’s attempts to defend Syria from the international intervention. It’s all about the money, all about the oil and guns. The American Dream is against americans.

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Modern wallpaper options have evolved drastically over the last few decades, rendering irrelevant the old days of limited motifs and arduous wallpaper application and removal methods. Today’s designer wallpaper options comprise such a great variety of materials, textures, motifs—as well as far easier application processes—that electing to include contemporary wallpaper in your interior design projects is no longer something to be dreaded, but, rather, eagerly anticipated.

With so many choices available in the modern wallpaper category, though, it’s particularly important to think carefully about what you expect your wallpaper to accomplish—in other words, whether you expect it to be the focal point in a room, or one element in a harmonious visual statement. To this end, some basic parameters may help you in your quest to select modern wallpaper designs that inject personality and dimension without overwhelming a room’s other equally important components.

More isn’t always better with contemporary wallpaper designs.

There’s no doubt that today’s modern wallpaper motifs include designs so striking and beautiful that you may feel compelled to include them in a room. But remember that impact has everything to do with understanding when enough is enough. Using good judgment when deciding how many walls of a room to cover is vital.

A particularly bold or colorful designer wallpaper motif might be an ideal choice for a room, but covering just a single wall may create the impact you’re searching for, while swathing an entire a room may be overwhelming. Contemporary interior designers have made the accent wall an interesting visual device, illustrating that a well composed room doesn’t have to involve treating every wall in the identical manner.

The proportion of wallpaper to the other elements in the room should inform in your modern wallpaper selection (and application) in the same way that selecting modern furniture and accessories does.

Temporary wallpapers take the fear out of long-term commitments.

If you’re keen on experimenting with contemporary wallpaper, but still find yourself unable to commit to a specific pattern, consider temporary wallpaper. Every bit as beautiful as traditional wallpaper designs, temporary wallpapers are amongst the cool wallpaper options that don’t necessitate committing to a design that you love, but which you might fear growing tired of in a couple of years.

Self-adhesive, and easy to remove, reposition, or replace, temporary modern wallpaper designs can be installed yourself in a matter of hours, providing instant gratification for a fraction of the effort. An extensive range of motifs—floral designs, geometrics, children’s illustrations—make temporary wallpapers perfect for any room, and offer the huge advantage of allowing you to experiment with smaller areas before deciding on a larger wallpaper project.

Modern wallpaper doubles as art.

Today’s designer wallpaper options are so innovative and original, they no longer qualify simply as wallpaper, but as large-scale artistic statements. Designs that are hand screened, for instance, make each wallpaper roll wholly unique, so take full advantage of that fact. While you always have the choice of using wallpaper in a subtle way, modern wallpapers also provide the opportunity to make unique and compelling creative statements, blurring the line between design and art.


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A qualified plan is an employer-sponsored retirement plan that qualifies for special tax treatment under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

There are many different types of qualified plans, but they all fall into two categories. A defined benefit plan (e.g., a traditional pension plan) is generally funded solely by employer contributions and provides you with a specified level of retirement benefits. A defined contribution plan (e.g., a profit-sharing or 401(k) plan) is funded by employer and/or employee contributions. The benefits you receive from the plan depend on investment performance.

The annual contribution limits and other rules vary among specific types of plans. However, most qualified plans share certain key features, including:

  • Pretax contributions: Employer contributions to a qualified plan are generally able to be made on a pretax basis. That is, you don't pay income tax on amounts contributed by your employer until you withdraw money from the plan. Your contributions to a 401(k) plan may also be made on a pretax basis.
  • Tax-deferred growth: Investment earnings (e.g., dividends and interest) on all contributions are tax deferred. Again, you don't pay income tax on those earnings until you withdraw money from the plan.
  • Vesting: If the plan provides for employer contributions, those amounts (and related investment earnings) must vest before you're entitled to them. Check with your employer to find out when this happens.
  • Creditor protection: In most cases, your creditors cannot reach your qualified retirement plan funds to satisfy your debts.
  • Roth contributions: Your employer may also allow you to make after-tax Roth contributions to the 401(k) plan. While there's no up-front tax benefit, qualified distributions are totally free from federal income taxes.

If you have access to a qualified retirement plan, strongly consider taking advantage of it. Over time, these plans can provide you with substantial retirement savings.


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What is this medicine?

TETRACAINE (TE truh keyn) is an anesthetic. The eye drops are used to numb the eye and surrounding area before certain procedures.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?

They need to know if you have any of the following conditions:
  • infection
  • wear contact lenses
  • an unusual or allergic reaction to tetracaine, para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), other anesthetics, medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
  • pregnant or trying to get pregnant
  • breast-feeding

How should I use this medicine?

This medicine is applied to the eye. It is applied only by a health-care professional in a hospital, clinic, or doctor's office.

Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.

What if I miss a dose?

This does not apply.

What may interact with this medicine?

Interactions are not expected.

What should I watch for while using this medicine?

Do not touch, wipe or rub your eyes after application of this medicine; you could hurt the eye without feeling it. Do not try and put contact lenses in your eyes until the effect of this medicine has worn off. Follow your doctor's directions.

You should not use this medicine yourself except under the direct supervision of your doctor. This medicine should not be used for prolonged periods of time. If your condition does not improve, call your health care professional.

What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?

Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
  • eye pain
  • skin rash, itching (hives)
  • sensitivity to light
  • swelling of the eye or eyelid

Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):

  • burning, stinging, redness, or irritation in the eye
  • watering of the eyes

Where should I keep my medicine?

Keep out of the reach of children.

Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Do not freeze. Protect from light. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date. Do not use the medicine if it is cloudy or if crystals form in it.

Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.

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Heart bypass surgery aims to replace damaged arteries in the heart. This surgery is used when the coronary arteries become blocked or damaged.

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What Is Heart Bypass Surgery?

Heart bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass surgery, aims to replace damaged arteries in the heart. A surgeon uses blood vessels from another area of the body to repair the damaged arteries.

This surgery is used when the coronary arteries become blocked or damaged. The coronary arteries supply the heart’s muscles with oxygenated blood. If they are blocked or the flow of blood is restricted, the heart can’t function properly. This can lead to heart failure. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), doctors perform 395,000 such surgeries in the United States each year.

Why You May Need Heart Bypass Surgery

When plaque, which is a material in the blood, builds up on the walls of the arteries, there’s less blood flow to the heart muscle. Since the heart is not receiving adequate blood, the muscle is more likely to tire and fail. This type of damage most often affects the left ventricle, the heart’s primary pump.

Doctors recommend heart bypass surgery if your coronary arteries become so narrowed or blocked that you run a high risk of a fatal heart attack. This condition is called coronary artery disease, or atherosclerosis. Bypass surgery is performed when the blockage is too severe to be managed with medication or other treatment.

How Is the Need for Bypass Surgery Determined?

Prior to the surgery, a team of physicians, along with a cardiologist, will identify whether or not you can safely undergo open-heart surgery. Some medical conditions can complicate surgery or eliminate it as a possibility altogether.

Conditions that can cause complications include:

  • diabetes
  • emphysema
  • kidney disease
  • peripheral artery disease

Tell your doctor about these issues along with family history, prescription and over-the-counter medications before any surgery is scheduled. In general, outcomes are better for planned surgery than emergency surgery.

What Are the Risks of Heart Bypass Surgery?

As with any “open heart” surgery, heart bypass surgery does carry significant risks. However, recent technology advancements have helped improve the procedure, making the likelihood of success much higher.

There are some possible complications that can arise after surgery, including:

  • bleeding
  • arrhythmia
  • blood clots
  • chest pain
  • infection
  • kidney failure
  • low-grade fever
  • temporary or permanent memory loss
  • heart attack or stroke

Alternatives to Heart Bypass Surgery

In the past decade, an increasing number of alternatives to heart bypass surgery have become available.

Balloon Angioplasty

Balloon angioplasty is the most common doctor-recommended alternative to heart bypass surgery. During this treatment, a tube is threaded through the clogged artery, and a small balloon is inflated to widen the artery. The doctor then removes the tube and the balloon. In most cases, they leave behind a small metal scaffold called a stent that will keep the artery from contracting back to its original size. According to the American Heart Association, balloon angioplasty is not as effective as heart bypass surgery, but it's far less risky.

Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)

EECP was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2003 as an alternative to heart bypass surgery, and some studies are very positive about its effectiveness. It’s an outpatient treatment that is administered daily for a period of one to two hours each day over the course of seven weeks.

EECP involves compressing blood vessels in the lower limbs to increase blood flow to the heart. Through this compression technique, extra blood flow is delivered to the heart with every heartbeat. Over time, some blood vessels may develop extra “branches” that will deliver blood to the heart, a sort of “natural bypass.”

There are some medications you may consider trying before resorting to heart bypass surgery or any of the other above methods. So-called “beta blocker” drugs can relieve stable angina. Cholesterol-reducing drugs can slow the buildup of plaque in arteries. Most doctors agree that a daily dose of “baby” (low-dose) aspirin can go a long way to prevent heart attacks in high-risk individuals.

Diet and Lifestyle Changes

Of course, the ultimate preventative measure is a “heart-healthy” lifestyle, as prescribed by the American Heart Association. A diet high in omega-3 fatty acids that avoids saturated and trans fats will enable the heart to best serve the body.

How to Prepare for Heart Bypass Surgery

If your doctor recommends heart bypass surgery, they’ll give you complete instructions on how to prepare. If the surgery is scheduled in advance and not an emergency procedure, you’ll most likely have several pre-operative appointments where you’ll be asked about your health and family history.

You’ll also undergo several tests. These tests will help your doctor get an accurate picture of your overall health. Tests may include:

  • blood samples
  • chest X-ray
  • electrocardiogram
  • angiogram

Here are some ways your doctor may ask you to prepare for surgery:

  • Stop any medication that affects how your blood clots. Many pain relievers and heart medications affect clotting. You shouldn’t stop these drugs on your own, but only if your doctor tells you to do so.
  • Quit smoking. It’s bad for your heart and increases healing time.
  • Contact your doctor if you experience symptoms of a cold or flu. Heart infections can become very serious.
  • Prepare your home, and make arrangements for your weeklong hospital stay.
  • Wash your body with a special soap the day before the procedure. This reduces the risk of infection.
  • Fast, which includes no drinking water, beginning at midnight before your surgery.
  • Take any and all medications your doctor gives you.

How Heart Bypass Surgery Is Performed

Before the Surgery

Prior to surgery, you’ll change into a hospital gown and be given an IV. Through this IV, you’ll receive medication, fluids, and anesthesia. When the anesthesia begins working, you’ll fall into a deep, painless sleep.

The Surgery

Your surgeon will start by making an incision in the middle of your chest. Your ribcage will be spread apart to expose your heart. Alternatively, your surgeon may opt for minimally invasive surgery. This involves smaller cuts and specialized, miniaturized instruments.

You will be hooked up to a heart-lung machine. It will circulate oxygenated blood through your body while your surgeon operates on your heart. Some procedures may be performed “off-pump,” meaning that connecting you to the heart-lung machine may not be necessary.

Your doctor will remove a healthy blood vessel from inside your chest wall or leg. This will be implanted to replace the blocked or damaged artery. When your surgeon is done, the heart-lung machine will be removed. The function of the bypass will be checked. Once it is working properly, you’ll be stitched up, bandaged, and taken to the intensive care unit for monitoring.

What Is It Like to Recover from Heart Bypass Surgery?

When you wake up from heart bypass surgery, there will be a tube in your mouth. You may also feel pain or have side effects from the procedure, including:

  • short-term memory loss
  • confusion
  • trouble keeping track of time

You can expect to be in the intensive care unit for one or two days. There, your vital signs will be closely monitored. Once you are stable, you will be moved to another room. Be prepared to stay in the hospital for seven days.

Before you leave the hospital, your medical team will give you complete instructions on how to care for yourself. These could include:

  • caring for the incision wound(s)
  • getting plenty of rest
  • refraining from physical activity

Even without any complications, recovery from heart bypass surgery can take between six and 12 weeks. That is the minimum amount of time it takes for the breastbone to heal. Anyone that undergoes heart bypass surgery should avoid all heavy exertion, limiting physical activity as much as possible and being careful not to lift objects over 10 pounds. Those recovering should also avoid driving until they receive approval from their doctor.

Most likely, your physician will recommend a program of cardiac rehabilitation. This will involve a regimen of carefully monitored physical activity, with occasional stress tests to see how the heart is healing.

Notify your doctor of any lasting pain or discomfort during your follow-up appointments. You should also call your doctor if you have:

  • fever over 100.4°F
  • increasing pain in your chest
  • rapid heart rate
  • redness or discharge around the incision

Long-Term Effects of Bypass Surgery

The Mayo Clinic is optimistic about bypass surgery outcomes. They state that after a successful heart bypass surgery, symptoms like shortness of breath, chest tightness and high blood pressure should be improved.

A bypass can fix a blocked artery, but you may need to change some habits to prevent future heart disease. The best surgery outcomes are observed in individuals that take this lifestyle changes seriously. But studies show that, following bypass surgery, while most patients are interested in resuming their pre-surgery lives, very few take a genuine interest in making lifestyle improvements that would prevent future coronary events. Talk to your doctor about dietary and other lifestyle changes to follow after surgery.

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Bethenny Frankel is getting ready to cut it up on the ice.

The former star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City,” and later “Bethenny Getting Married?,” has signed on for ABC’s “Skating with the Stars.”

The new mom will face off on the ice against five contenders including Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil, Olympic skiing gold medalist Jonny Moseley and actress Sean Young of “Blade Runner” and “Wall Street” fame.

Also hitting the ice for the competition are “All My Children’s” Greenlee – aka Rebecca Budig --and “Sonny With A Chance’s’” Brandon Michael Young.

The show will find the stars squaring off against each other each week — for six episodes — just like on “Dancing with the Stars.”

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Evan Rachel Wood is a new mom!

The actress and husband Jamie Bell welcomed their first son, a rep for the star confirmed to Access Hollywood on Monday.

“Evan Rachel Wood and her husband Jamie Bell are parents to a beautiful boy. Parents and baby are all doing well,” the rep said.

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Access caught up with Evan back in January, where she was beaming over her pregnancy and impending motherhood.

“I’m very excited. I’m over the moon,” she said at the time. “Motherhood is my dream and my husband is always the one I wanted to do it with, so I’m very happy!”

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Evan, 25, and Jamie, 27, tied the knot in October 2012 in California.

The couple previously dated in 2005 after starring together in the video for Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and reconnected romantically in 2011.

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1. Blazers:
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“Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” airs tonight on the Disney Channel and Demi will also be on Radio Disney’s pre-show from 6 – 8 PM EDT.

How excited am I? One of my favorite designer labels, Lanvin, is designing a collection for H&M, which will be sold in about 200 stores in the U.S. when the collection launches November 23.

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“I’m seeing all these nonsense tabloids claiming I have butt implants-injections. Get a life,” Kim Tweeted.

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Kim Tweeted that the “before” photos are pre-baby North West, and she is working on losing the weight that comes with carrying a child.

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“Making fun of me pregnant & making fun of me trying to lose weight now shame on you,” she continued. “I’m not perfect but I will never conform to your skinny standards sorry! Not me. And BTW I’ve lost a lot so far & I’m proud of that! Don’t give young girls a complex!”

While she did not mention any publications by name, OK! Magazine features the “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star on its cover with the caption “Constant Fat Injections,” next to an arrow that points to her rear.

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LOS ANGELES (August 14, 2006) --An American football superstar, a TV talk show host, an award-winning country music singer, an ultra-conservative TV political pundit, a movie star and a former beauty queen are among the performers who will compete this season on “Dancing with the Stars,” premiering Tuesday, Sept. 12 on ABC.

Hosted by Tom Bergeron and co-hosted by Samantha Harris, the new season brings 11 celebrity/professional dancer couples to the dance floor.

And Access Hollywood has the lowdown on which stars have agreed to cut a rug!

1) Last season’s “Dancing” sensation, Lisa Rinna, will get to watch her husband, film and TV star Harry Hamlin, show off his salsa moves!

Harry will dance with professional dancer Ashly Delgrosso, who returns to the series for her third season.

Ashly was previously paired with Master P and Joey McIntyre.

2) Notorious TV talk show host, Jerry Springer,will be partnered with Australian beauty, professional dancer Kym Johnson, who makes her series debut this season.

Kym was the champion of the Australian “Dancing with the Stars.”

3) National beauty queen,and reality television star, Shanna Moakler — who recently split with husband Travis Barker — will dance with professional dancer Jesse DeSoto.

Jesse joins the cast for the first time this season as her partner.

4) Mario Lopez, a TV host, and former star of “Saved By The Bell,” will be partnered with professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, who makes her series debut.

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She previously partnered with George Hamilton and Evander Holyfield.

6) An NFL legend and three-time Super Bowl champion, Emmitt Smith will be partnered with “Dancing with the Stars” season two professional dance champion, Cheryl Burke.

7) Vivica A. Fox, the stunning film and television actress/producer who has starred in several major blockbusters including “Kill Bill” and “Independence Day” also will hit the dance floor.

Her partner? Professional dancer Nick Kosovich, who returns for his second season. He was previously paired with Tatum O’Neal.

8) MSNBC news anchor — and often controversial — conservative political TV pundit and columnist, Tucker Carlsonwill be partnered with professional dancer Elena Grinenko, who makes her series debut this season.

9) Monique Coleman, one of the teen idols from the Disney Channel’s smash hit “High School Musical.”

She will be partnered with professional dancer Louis Van Amstel, who returns for his third season. Van Amstel danced with Lisa Rinna and Trista Sutter in previous seasons.

10) Country Music Award-winningSara Evans will dance with Tony Dovolani, who partnered with Stacy Keibler in the second season.

11) Willa Ford, the self-professed “bad girl of pop,” will dance with professional dancer Maxsim Chmerkovskiy, who teamed up with Tia Carrere last season.

Each week in the new season,the celebrity and professional dance pairs will perform live choreographed Latin and traditional ballroom dance routines to popular live music performed by a 15-piece orchestra led by musical director Harold Wheeler.

The panel of beloved and sometimes maligned judges, former ballroom dancer Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, will return for a third season to weigh in on the pairs’ performances.

The viewing public also gets to weigh in, by phoning in or voting online for their favorite performers. The scores are combined and the outcome will be announced during a results show the following evening.

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No store-bought bun can compare with rustic, wheaty, homemade burger buns like these.

Serves 8

Prep Time 75 min

Total Time 240 min.

  • 1 cup low-fat milk
  • 1/3 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature (see Cooking tip), lightly beaten
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, or canola oil
  • 1 3/4 cups whole-wheat flour
  • 1 3/4 cups (appr unbleached all-purpose flour
  • Cornmeal, for sprinkling

Cooking Directions

Step 1

Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until the surface shimmers. Transfer to a medium bowl and let cool to body temperature, about 10 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile, pour water into a small bowl. Sprinkle yeast over the water, stir, then let stand for 5 to 10 minutes to dissolve.

Step 3

Add egg to the milk; whisk well. Whisk in sugar, salt, oil and the yeast. Stir in whole-wheat flour. Using a heavy wooden spoon, beat vigorously by hand for 100 strokes. Let stand for 5 minutes.

Step 4

Start adding all-purpose flour to the dough, about 1/3 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. When the dough is somewhat firm and no longer too sticky to handle, turn it out onto a floured surface. With floured hands, knead the dough for 7 to 8 minutes, using additional flour as needed to prevent sticking. Coat a large bowl with cooking spray. Add the dough and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draft-free spot to rise until doubled in bulk, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Step 5

When the dough has doubled, turn it out onto a floured surface and knead for 1 minute. Using a dough cutter or chef's knife, cut the dough into 8 equal pieces. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 5 minutes.

Step 6

Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray and dust it with cornmeal. Shape the dough into tight balls and place them about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Coat a large sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place it over the buns, sprayed side down.

Step 7

Set the buns in a warm, draft-free spot until they have risen by about half, 25 to 30 minutes. Gently press down on the buns, pressing right on the plastic, to flatten them a little. Let them rise for another 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375°F.

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Bake the buns on the center rack until golden and crusty, about 25 minutes. The bottoms should sound hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before slicing.


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Civil War Baseball

Playing with friend and foe in pastures, forts, and prison camps, Billy Yank and Johnny Reb could agree on one thing - they loved baseball. And once back home, Civil War veterans spread their enthusiasm for it throughout America. Read below on the beginnings of baseball!

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Introduction: Battling on the Diamond

Ball Playing in Camp

In this brief chronicle of the origins of our national pastime, Fort Ward Museum explores the founders, heroes, rules and practices of the game.

"The parade ground has been a busy place for a week or so past, ball-playing having become a mania in camp. Officer and men forget, for a time, the differences in rank and indulge in the invigorating sport with a school boy's ardor."

Private Alpheris B. Parker
10th Massachusetts
April 21, 1863

Fielding the base baseball with bare hands

Scouts" who played in the early versions of baseball did not use gloves, but were expected to field the ball with their bare hands.

Disputed Origins

"Although sporting goods magnate Albert G. Spaulding fiercely promoted the patriotic image of veteran Civil War General Albert Doubleday as American baseball's founder, historians have determined that the national game had much earlier origins. From its varied forms, especially from Massachusetts and New York, it evolved, rather than was created. Many now believe that the father of modern, codified baseball was Alexander J. Cartwright, Jr., a descendent of British sea captains".

In 1842, at the age of 22, Cartwright was among a group of men from New York City's financial district who gathered at a vacant lot at 27th Street and 4th Avenue in Manhattan to play "baseball." In 1845, they organized themselves into the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club, restricting the membership to 40 males and assessed annual dues of $5. The following year, Cartwright devised new rules and regulations, instituting foul lines, nine players to a team, nine innings to a game and set up a square infield, known as the "diamond" with 90-foot baselines to a side, bases in each corner. He also drew up guidelines for punctuality, designated the use of an umpire, determined that three strikes constituted an out, and that there would be three outs per side each inning.

Cartwright also banned the practice of "soaking" or "plugging" players (throwing the ball directly at the player to retire him.) To offset the lengthy, high scoring matches that were common in his day, Cartwright's rules also stated that a game was over when one of the teams had scored 21 "aces" or runs.

Using Cartwright's rules, the Knickerbockers challenged any team willing to test them. Even the mode of dress changed. Instead of standard civil fashions, the Knickerbockers wore white flannel shirts, blue woolen pantaloons, and straw hats on the playing field. The first of such matches took place on an old cricket ground, Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. Instead of pitching for his team, star player Cartwright was the umpire during this game and saw the Knickerbockers pummeled by the New York Nine, 23-1.

Cartwright left the New York area in 1849 to travel. He was drawn by the Gold Rush and stories of adventures in the West. Along the way, he taught the game to Native Americans and mountain men he encountered, spreading interest in the fledgling sport west of the Mississippi. Cartwright died in Hawaii in July, 1892.

His grandson, Bruce Cartwright, had only moderate success in establishing his ancestor as the founder of modern baseball. Baseball promoter and sporting goods magnate Albert G. Spaulding's commission to document the origins of baseball had already anointed Union Gen. Abner Doubleday as its founder. Spaulding's propaganda machine had already expended too much money and effort in lauding Doubleday in time for a "Centennial" that it could not be deterred. The younger Cartwright had produced Alexander Cartwright's diary, news clippings and other documents, but was appeased with only an "Alexander Cartwright Day" amidst the celebrations.

What Alexander Cartwright did do, was to formalize the informal, or "pick up" games, of "townball," "goalball," "baste ball" and other bat and ball sports that were derived from the English sports of rounders and cricket. As Cartwright saw it, his version of baseball had strict rules of behavior for players and was considered to be a "gentleman's" sport. At first, the only spectators to attend baseball games were invited guests of the competing teams. Ladies were seated under tents, and tea, crackers and other refreshments were served.

The Pitcher's Mound

The pitcher is poised above "pitcher's point" and throws underhanded toward "striker's point." In the modern game, these positions on the field are known as the pitcher's mound and home plate.

The new rules established that the goal of the conflict was to hit the ball, therefore, the pitcher was to throw the ball where the batter instructed. Bunting was considered poor form and players who were caught off base were supposed to politely allow themselves to be tagged out. Fines were levied against players who disobeyed their captains, argued with the umpires or used profanity. After the game, the home team treated the visiting team to an elaborate dinner, and during the off seasons, wives and girlfriends were invited to social events sponsored by the teams. In Cartwright's world of baseball, only amateurs and members of the upper classes were allowed to play. Some players refused to play teams whose members included "social inferiors."

In 1858, the National Association of Baseball Players was established, attempting to retain some of the more genteel aspects of the game while modifying it for the masses. It barred professionals, but did not include any Cartwright representatives in its deliberations. Fifty teams were established. By 1860, the first road games were played and could draw as many as 3000 fans. Baseball had its first "star" pitcher - Jim Creighton - who mastered speed and control. Sadly, Creighton was also baseball's first tragic figure. He died at age 21 when he suffered internal injuries during a game.

The nature of baseball was changing. By the late 1850s, the sport was becoming more democratized. Fans were called "cranks" and were less than gentlemanly in their behavior - heckling players and umpires. American tastes preferred the faster game over its rival, cricket, and it had another advantage - it was portable and could be played on any open field with minimal equipment. By 1861, free blacks in the northern cities had established their own leagues.

Playing Bat Ball

It is astonishing how indifferent a person can become to danger. The report of musketry is heard but a very little distance from us...yet over there on the other side of the road most of our company, playing bat ball and perhaps in less than half an hour, they may be called to play a Ball game of a more serious nature."

Ohio private, writing home from Virginia, 1862

The National Game

Political pundits loved the game of baseball too, and used its imagery to score hits of their own.

Battling on the Diamond

Although baseball was popular in Northern and Southern communities prior to the war, the game was an ideal breeding ground for spreading baseball socially, economically and geographically. The high concentrations of young men in army camps and prisons converted the sport formerly reserved for "gentlemen" into a common pastime and an opportunity to forget the rigors and sorrows of war. Officers and enlisted men played side by side and soldiers earned their places on the team because of their athletic prowess, not their rank or social status. As such, it forever was linked with patriotism.

The soldier's version of baseball closely paralleled the civilian rules of the game. Localized versions of the game melded together or were dropped entirely in favor of the "New York" rules. Many New Yorkers were stationed within the Defenses of Washington and were among the best players of the sport, affording civilians and soldiers alike an opportunity to see the new leisure pursuit.

On July 2, 1861, the Washington Nationals baseball club was defeated by a team from the 71st New York Regiment in the "President's Backyard" (the Ellipse) by a score of 41 to 13. When the 71st New York returned to the Defenses of Washington in 1862, the teams played a rematch, which the Nationals won 28 to 13, mainly because some of the 71st's best athletes had been killed at Bull Run only weeks after their first game.

Suddenly there was a scattering of fire, which three outfielders caught the brunt; the centerfield was hit and was captured, left and right field managed to get back to our lines. The attack...was repelled without serious difficulty, but we had lost not only our centerfield, but...the only baseball in Alexandria, Texas. George Putnam, Union soldier

One of the best attended sporting events of the nineteenth century occurred on Christmas Day, 1862 when the 165th New York Volunteer Regiment (Duryea Zouaves) played at Hilton Head, South Carolina with more than 40,000 troops watching. The Zouaves' opponent was a team composed of men selected from other Union regiments. A.G. Mills, who would later become the president of the National League, played in the game.

Baseball was not unknown in the South - before the war many newspaper subscribers followed the exploits of Northern teams. The game was popular in New Orleans, and had been played in the Mexican War. Northern prisoners of war playing baseball in captivity to ease boredom, also heightened interest in the game. Eventually Southern prison guards evolved from interested spectators to baseball opponents as they organized to compete against their captives.

Some men took their baseball equipment to war with them, but when proper equipment was not available, soldiers improvised with fence posts, barrel staves or tree limbs for bats and yarn or rag-wrapped walnuts or lumps of cork for balls.

Base runners in early versions of the game

Base runners had to scurry in early versions of the game or they would be struck by the ball.

Playing by the Rules

Today's Little Leaguers would recognize the game of baseball as played by Civil War soldiers, but they would look to their coaches and the umpires to clarify some unfamiliar terms. Baseball words and phrases used to describe plays and positions have evolved over the years, and equipment and uniforms also have seen changes.

The name of the game itself varied from community to community - some teams played "round ball," while others played "town ball," "goal ball," "baste ball," "old cat," and "barn ball." Early versions of the sport required the pitcher to throw underhanded. Outfielders or "scouts" did not use gloves and the baseball itself was softer. Batters were called "strikers" who eagerly wished to hit "aces" or home runs. Outs were called "hands out." A pitcher stood on the "pitcher's point" and threw toward the "striker's point" where the striker (or batter) stood poised above the "plate" or what is now referred to as home plate. The plate itself was a white iron disk, tin plate turned upside down, or whatever could be found as a substitute.

Fielders could retire batters by either catching the ball in the air or on one bounce. The more controversial practice of actually aiming the ball at runners to get them out was eventually banned.

Team members were identified by badges or ribbon worn on their shirts or uniform jackets. A plan by baseball promoter Albert Spaulding to have each member of the team wear a different color or pattern to indicate which position he played was dropped when players objected to looking like a flock of colorful birds.

It is our game

"Well, it is our game; that the chief fact in connection with it; America's game; it has the snap, go fling of the American atmosphere; it belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly as our Constitution's laws; is just as important in the sum total of our historic life."

Play Ball!

Baseball playing was endorsed by Union and Confederate officers as a diversion and morale builder, as were several other physical contests played among soldiers. It also improved physical conditioning. After long details at camp, it eased the boredom and created team spirit. Because a runner was only called out when hit by a thrown or batted ball, high scores often resulted - a Massachusetts regiment once beat a New York unit 62-20.

Sometimes, however, enthusiam for baseball went too far. The Texas Rangers played avidly for six months until other teams refused to compete with them any longer. Texas pitcher Frank Ezell was known for throwing hard at the batters, and for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Greater interest in winning fit into the competitive attitudes of the day, leading to keen rivalries and the rise of professionalism once the soldiers returned to civilian life.

General Abner Doubleday

 General Abner Doubleday

General Abner Doubleday

Consider the legacy of General Abner Doubleday, better known (erroneously) as the founder of modern day baseball than for his Civil War military service. To his credit, Gen. Doubleday always demurred on assertions by others that he was the founder of the national game, but the legend has persisted.

Abner Doubleday was born in Ballston Spa, New York on June 26, 1819. He was a "middle of the class" 1842 graduate of West Point, graduating with A.P. Stewart, D.H. Hill, Earl Van Dorn and James Longstreet. Doubleday served in the Mexican and Seminole wars, and in the spring of 1861, was in garrison in Charleston Harbor. It is said that it was Doubleday, an artillery officer, who aimed the first Fort Sumter guns in response to the Confederate bombardment.

Doubleday served in the Shenandoah region, then was a brigadier of volunteers and was assigned to a brigade of Irwin McDowell's corps during the campaign of Second Manassas. He commanded a division of the I Corps at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, and at Gettysburg, assumed the command of I Corps after the fall of Gen. John F. Reynolds, helping to repel Pickett's Charge. Although he was praised for his performance at Gettysburg, Doubleday had already earned the nickname "48 Hours" for his alleged slowness to act. In particular, Gen. George Meade doubted his ability to move quickly. After Gettysburg, he returned to his division, had no further active command in the field, and served the rest of the war in Washington.

He was brevetted major general in 1865 and became colonel of the 35th Infantry in 1867. He retired in 1873 and lived in Mendham, New Jersey. Gen. Doubleday died January 26, 1893 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Serious baseball historians also reject the notion that Doubleday designed the first baseball diamond and drew up the modern rules of the game, supposedly as a military cadet in 1839. Nothing in his personal writings corroborates this story, put forward by an elderly Civil War veteran, Abner Graves, who served under him. The City of Cooperstown, NY dedicated Doubleday Field in 1920 as the birthplace of the game.

Albert Goodwill Spaulding

 Albert Goodwill Spaulding

Decades before fans were singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," boosters of the sport were singing its praises. By far, its most ardent promoter was Albert Goodwill Spaulding. Originally a pitching star, Spaulding became best known as a sports promoter and sporting equipment entrepreneur.

In 1877, Spaulding stopping pitching to entirely devote himself as a full-time promoter. He subsequently opened up a sporting goods business and began manufacturing baseballs, then gloves, hats and uniforms. Later, he branched out to produce equipment for other sports.

Spaulding's deepest mark on baseball, however, came from Spaulding's move in 1905 to appoint a commission to prove that baseball was a game invented by Americans for Americans. His boosterism was right for the times - it united areas still split with regionalism and dovetailed with patriotic sentiments. For two years, the commission produced no evidence to support Spaulding's assertion. Then, on the basis of an old man's claim that an old Cooperstown schoolmate, Abner Doubleday, was responsible for baseball's origin, the Commission reconsidered the question. At Spaulding's urging, the Commission conferred honor upon retired Union Gen. Abner Doubleday as the person responsible for drawing out the plan for the modern day sport. Coincidently, the declaration just happened to mesh with Spaulding's own plans to have a gala centennial celebration for baseball in 1939.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses and be a blessing to us."

Walt Whitman

Sources of information and Illustrations

  • Archambault, Alan. Billy Yank. The Union Soldier in the Civil War. Santa Barbara. Bellerphon Books, 1997.
  • Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York, David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.
  • Dyja, Thomas. "America's Rites of Passage," Civil War Times Illustrated, Harrisburg, PA. Vol. XXXVII, Number Two., May 1998.
  • Faust, Patricia L., ed. Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York, Harper and Row Publishers, 1986.
  • Fort Ward Dispatch, Summer, 1992, Vol. VII, No. 2.
  • Frommer, Harvey. Primitive Baseball: The First Quarter Century of the National Pastime. (out of print)
  • Kirsh, George B. "Bats, Balls and Bullets: Baseball and the Civil War," Civil War Times Illustrated, Harrisburg, PA. Vol. XXXVII, Number Two., May 1998.
  • Marvel, William and Robertson, James I., Jr. The Civil War's Common Soldier. Eastern National Park and Monuments Association, 1994
  • New York Public Library, Spaulding Collection.
  • Ward, Geoffrey C. and Burns, Ken. Baseball: An Illustrated History. New York, Knopf, 1994.
  • Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: The Lives of Union Commanders. Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
  • Webster's American Military Biographies, Springfield, MA. G&C Merriam Company, 1978

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Babatunde Lea will not forget 2003. Shortly after releasing Soul Pools , his fourth recording as a leader, his inspirer 'Babatunde Olatunji' passed away. Lea's beat, conversely, is livelier than ever and honoring in high spirits the induction of Olatunji into jazz's pantheon of collective memoirs.

Conceptually speaking, Lea's latest recording is akin to the curing properties experienced in his prescient and life-changing initial encounter with Olatunji almost half a century ago. It seems to nourish both his desire for, as well as his particular views on healthier means of relating to self and others. When asked to connect the dots between such an aim and the compositions and the performances themselves, Lea said: 'After many years studying the rhythms of the African Diaspora, I have peeped that through many of the African cultures lies the understanding that there is no separation between mind, body and spirit. In fact, that is when health ensues. I contend that polyrhythms are a metaphor for universal culture. Polyrhythms are connected. So are we as human beings. We just don't fully realize it because it needs to be taught, just like one needs to be taught rhythms by a master drummer. I strive to make my compositions functional, which is an African take on the arts. The purpose I try to imbue my music with is that our growth as human beings should strive toward an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, egalitarian, democratic universal society and I don't care how many life times it takes to get there! I consider myself an activist as well as a musician and consider myself an 'agent of change.' My wife 'Dr. Virginia Lea' and I have a non-profit organization called the Educultural Foundation. Our purpose statement is that we teach critical thinking about social and cultural issues through the Arts. We have programs and curricula ready to go into any institution of learning and present them. You can get more information on the Educultural Foundation by logging on to .'

Soul Pools comes with a second CD recorded Live at Rasselas, with Ernie Watts as guest. Commenting on this 20+ minute strong and tight performance, the percussionist says that he met Watts at the '02 Playboy Jazz Festival, 'where we were both members of Bill Cosby's All Star Band, Cos of Good Music. As a big fan of Ernie's, when I got a couple of gigs in L.A. and San Francisco I asked if he would join in. He couldn't make the L.A. gig but he could make the San Francisco date, the one at Rassela's on Fillmore. I can very easily say that that gig was one of my most rewarding performances ever and we got it on tape. Imagine that! Hilton has been on my last three recordings and we have become quite good friends. He hires me now for gigs with his trio. Earlier this year, we did a few gigs in Europe with it. Geoff Brennan is an old friend of mine from his days in San Francisco. He has since relocated to New York. I picked him because he is one of those rare bass players that know the language of the Afro Caribbean rhythms and straight-ahead Jazz. I am very blessed with my current touring band, The Babatunde Lea Quartet with Ernie Watts on tenor sax, Hilton Ruiz in piano, Geoff Brennan plays the bass and me on drums and percussion. When we play it is more an experience than a musical outing. I am high, from the music, for days after every gig.'

In a release described by the leader as 'somewhat of a milestone,' Lea recounts, 'it had a very rocky beginning, with some personnel changes and new friends made. It made my vision a lot clearer and my path more committed, nonetheless. Each of these musicians gave strength and inspiration to me. As I continue to grow, I try to realize and understand the gifts of each of these master musicians as time goes on. What I do understand is that each possesses profound understanding of rhythm, harmony, communication and the absolute necessity of the spirit being in the music.' In that regard, it isn't that surprising that Lea begins his description of the production contributions of Frank Lacy, as well as his playing, by making reference to a mystical group: 'Frank Lacy in my mind is like a whirling dervish. If they can ever create perpetual motion, it might look something like him. Frank brought enthusiasm, harmonic depth and interesting ideas for arrangements to the mix. He was like a spark plug that kept us all up and focused. His compositions added greatly to the overall presentation. In all of Frank's performances on the CD, you can hear the spirituality, commitment and virtuosity of his playing.'

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