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The Berlin Wall Falls 1989 NBC Coverage

June 12, 2012 – 7:44 am

The Berlin Wall Falls 1989 NBC Coverage Pt1

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NBC News coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall hosted by Tom Brokaw at the Brandenburg Gate, November 1989. Part 1 of 2. The exact date of this report is most likely November 10, 1989.

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The Wall (1962) / Berlin Wall Documentary Film Video. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Government film about the erection of the Berlin Wall. From the holdings of the National Archives.Sponsor: United States Information Agency. The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border between East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe and, ultimately, between USA and the Soviet Union. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than a quarter-century, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until the Wall was opened on November 9, 1989. During this period, at least 136 people were confirmed killed trying to cross the Wall into West Berlin, according to official figures. However, a prominent victims’ group claims that more than 200 people were killed trying to flee from East to West Berlin. The East German government issued shooting orders to border guards dealing with defectors; such orders are not the same as shoot to kill orders which GDR officials denied ever issuing. When the East German government announced on November 9, 1989, after several weeks of civil unrest, that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin, crowds of East Germans climbed onto and crossed the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, parts of the wall were chipped away by a euphoric public and by souvenir hunters; industrial equipment was later used to remove almost all of the rest of it. The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded on October 3, 1990. On Saturday, 12 August 1961, the leaders of the GDR attended a garden party at a government guesthouse in Döllnsee, in a wooded area to the north of East Berlin, at which time Ulbricht signed the order to close the border and erect a wall. At midnight, the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and by Sunday morning, 13 August 1961, the border with West Berlin was closed. East German troops and workers had begun to tear up streets running alongside the border to make them impassable to most vehicles, and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 km (97 miles) around the three western sectors and the 43 km (27 miles) which actually divided West and East Berlin. The Soviets were not directly involved. The barrier was built slightly inside East Berlin or East German territory to ensure that it did not encroach on West Berlin at any point, and was later built up into the Wall proper, the first concrete elements and large blocks being put in place on August 15. During the construction of the Wall, NVA and KdA soldiers stood in front of it with orders to shoot anyone who attempted to defect. Additionally, chain fences, walls, minefields, and other obstacles were installed along the length of the inner-German border between East and West Germany. Due to the closure of the East-West sector boundary in Berlin, the vast majority of East Germans could no longer travel or emigrate to West Germany. Many families were split, while East Berliners employed in the West were cut off from their jobs; West Berlin became an isolated enclave in a hostile land. West Berliners demonstrated against the wall, led by their Chancellor Willy Brandt, who strongly criticized the United States for failing to respond. Allied intelligence agencies had hypothesized about a wall to stop the flood of refugees, but the main candidate for its location was around the perimeter of the city.

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“Tennis Tuesday” Top Ten paid tennis players in the world

June 12, 2012 – 7:05 am

Here are the top ten paid tennis players in the world:

Hey people, here we have this post about the top 10 highest paid tennis players of the world, for a little introduction let me tell you that a sum of $1.7 million is given to men’s and women’s US open champion for the title. And the US open pays equal prize money to all players for the past 38 years.
So let us take a look at them.

10. James Blake

James Blake Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
His annual earning is $7 million and career prize money is $6.6 million. His ranking was at 4th in 2006 and now he is at 23rd

9. Ana Ivanovic

ana ivanovic Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
She has been Grand Slam titled once in 2009 and has annual earnings of $8 million with career prize money of $ 7 million.

8. Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
This 22 year old man was Grand Slam titled in 2008 and has the annual earnings of $10.5 million and Career prize money of $12.9 million.

7. Andy Murray

Andy Murray Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
His annual earning is $12 million and career prize money is $8.5 million. He was an Open finalist in 2009 and was ranked at no. 2.

6 Venus Williams

venus williams Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
She was Grand Slam titled seven times and has annual earnings of $14.5 million and career prize money of $23.9 million. She was the one who fought for women to get equal pay at Wimbledon.

5. Andy Roddick

andy roddick Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
His annual earning is $16 million and career prize money is $16.8 million. He was grand Slam titled once. Interesting thing about him is that he made a slam final four times and was beaten each time by Federer.

4. Serena Williams

She has been Grand Slam titled 11 times and her annual earning is $18 million with Career prize money of $26 million which is highest for any female professional athlete.

3. Rafael Nadal

rafael nadal Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
He has been Grand Slam titled six times and his annual earnings are $20 million with Career prize money of $25.2 million.

2. Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
She has been Grand Slam titled three times and has annual earnings of $22.5 million with career prize money of $12.6 million. This sexy babe is a sponsor of Nike, Canon, Tiffany and land Rover.

1. Roger Federer

Roger Federer Top 10 Higest Paid Tennis Players – 2011
His annual earnings are $36 million with $50 million career prize money. He was Grand Slam titled 15 times!

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Top football stadiums in the country (Part 11, BYU was most undeserving national champion of all time in football)

June 12, 2012 – 1:50 am

BYU won the national championship in 1984 but in a playoff they would have been defeated.

Of all the modern football teams that won a national championship none were more undeserving than BYU. In a playoff they would have lost for sure.

AP Final poll

  1. BYU
  2. Washington
  3. Florida
  4. Nebraska
  5. Boston College
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Oklahoma State
  8. SMU
  9. UCLA
  10. Southern California
  11. South Carolina
  12. Maryland
  13. Ohio State
  14. Auburn
  15. LSU
  16. Iowa
  17. Florida State
  18. Miami (FL)
  19. Kentucky
  20. Virginia

[edit] Coaches Final Poll

  1. BYU
  2. Washington
  3. Nebraska
  4. Boston College
  5. Oklahoma State
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Florida
  8. SMU
  9. University of Southern California
  10. UCLA
  11. Maryland
  12. Ohio State
  13. South Carolina
  14. Auburn
  15. Iowa
  16. LSU
  17. Virginia
  18. West Virginia
  19. Kentucky
  20. Florida St.

Here is a list of the top football stadiums in the country.

Power Ranking All 124 College Football Stadiums  

By Alex Callos

(Featured Columnist) on April 19, 2012 

When it comes to college football stadiums, for some teams, it is simply not fair. Home-field advantage is a big thing in college football, and some teams have it way more than others.

There are 124 FBS college football teams, and when it comes to the stadiums they play in, they are obviously not all created equal.

There is a monumental difference from the top teams on the list to the bottom teams on the list. Either way, here it is: a complete ranking of the college football stadiums 1-124.

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49. LaVell Edwards Stadium: BYU Cougars

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Everything here is slightly above-average, but what helps this stadium stand out is the beautiful mountains surrounding LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Built in 1964, it seats 64,045, and the fans can be heard screaming throughout the game.

The tickets here are also priced relatively cheap compared to many other stadiums, giving fans a good bang for their buck.

 

48. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium: Navy Midshipmen

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This tiny stadium offers visitors quite an experience at a college football game. There is so much tradition and history in the 34,000-seat stadium that anybody close must come to experience.

Built in 1959, this stadium is filled with memorials and plaques that are dedicated to those who have played and also fought.

There are also battle names located on the front of the seating sections. Not many stadiums in the country offer something as unique as Navy.

 

47. Amon Carter Stadium: TCU Horned Frogs

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This stadium originally opened up in 1930 and only seated about 22,000 people. It has undergone numerous renovations and is currently undergoing another.

When that is complete, the stadium should hold more than 50,000 and could be even higher on the list.

With the Horned Frogs now heading into the Big 12, this stadium is likely to get even louder, and the atmosphere even better on Saturdays.

 

46. Waldo Stadium: Western Michigan Broncos

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Far and away the best college football stadium in the MAC, Waldo Stadium only seats 30,200, but is an excellent place to take in a game.

Built in 1939, it consists of four different structures that make up the stands on all four sides.

The atmosphere inside the stadium can get loud, and the student section is rather rowdy for the big games. There is everything from lawn seating to luxury boxes here at Waldo Stadium.

 

45. Bobby Dodd Stadium: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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Downtown Atlanta is easily visible from Bobby Dodd Stadium, and not many stadiums are older, as Bobby Dodd is entering its 100th season, having first been open since 1913.

The stadium seats 55,000 and has held up pretty good over the years.

When the Yellow Jackets are good, this place can get rather rowdy, and for big games, this is a great place to watch some college football.

 

44. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium: East Carolina Pirates

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Originally opened in 1963, this 50,000-seat facility is home to the East Carolina Pirates.

There is excellent tailgating available here before the game, and once inside, expect the place to get loud, particularly for the Conference USA games.

There are a few added amenities here that make Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium stand out, such as a state-of-the-art video board.

 

43. Ross-Ade Stadium: Purdue Boilermakers

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West Lafayette is a great college town with one of the oldest stadiums in the Big Ten.

Built in 1924, this stadium seats 62,500 and is one of the smaller venues in the conference.

The best place to start the gameday experience is at the Slayter Center, listening to the marching band. Once inside, the plastic bleachers are very comfortable compared to the metal or wooden ones that most people are used to.

 

42. Jones At&T Stadium: Texas Tech Red Raiders

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When this stadium was originally built in 1927, it only held slightly more than 27,000 people, and since a few renovations have taken place, it has been raised to a capacity of 60,454.

Generally speaking, they need all of those seats, as the stadium fills up for Big 12 games.

There are few places in the country with fans who support their team like they do here in Lubbock.

 

41. MacKey Stadium: Nevada Wolfpack

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This tiny stadium opened in 1966 and only seats 29,993 visitors, but is located just a mile from many of the downtown casinos in the Reno area.

This stadium only seated 7,500 when it originally opened and has a wonderful atmosphere.

The place can get cold, but the mountains in the background make for quite a beautiful setting.

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1-7 SEC record was worst ever for Vols, Dooley on hot seat?

June 11, 2012 – 8:46 am

Tenn Football Coach Derek Dooley’s Mom on the Radio

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I really enjoyed hearing Vince Dooley speak a couple of years ago at the Little Rock Touchdown Club and he said that his son Derek would do a good job at Tennessee if given enough time. Evidently Derek’s mom feels he should get enough time too. Mother of Tennessee Football Coach Derek Dooley Calls Radio Show: “Let me say this,” Barbara Dooley said. “Derek Dooley walked into kind of a mess. Florida (coach Will Muschamp) walks into talent just oozing out of their ears. Jimbo Fisher walks into FSU with talent. And y’all are telling me that Derek Dooley is on the damn hot seat? Are you crazy?”

The wife of former Georgia coach and athletic director Vince Dooley went on: “You’ve got Mama’s rile up now, buddy. Did you know (Derek) played 17 freshmen against Florida?”

My son Wilson and I went to the Tennessee Vols at Arkansas Razorback game in Fayetteville last year. During a restroom stop in Ozark, Arkansas I got to hear a lot of Tennessee fans talking. One said that Dooley will be gone at the end of 2011 and the other said that they have to give him time. The first gentleman argued that they had never had such a bad SEC conference record in 50 years.

Derek Dooley: On the Hot Seat at Tennessee?

The Vols have a losing record in his two seasons at the helm.

The Tennessee football program will be watching bowl season from home, and Vols fans are already contemplating if head coach Derek Dooley can lead them back to prominence. Tennessee is historically a top ten football program, but that has been nowhere near the case for the last four years. Phil Fulmer had an amazing run from 1992-2004 before letting the program slip severely, missing the postseason in both 2005 and 2008. Enter the scorched-earth policy of Lane Kiffin, who cost the program massive personnel losses between running off players and recruiting others who were not fits in an academic or proper-behavior setting. Consequently, Derek Dooley inherited low scholarship numbers and was asked to clean things up from Kiffin’s recruiting “style”. Dooley seems to be everything that Tennessee wants as a leader, but the results on the field have been horrible. The Vols have dealt with extensive youth and injuries — including losing quarterback Tyler Bray and top receiver Justin Hunter for major parts of this season — over the last two years, but that does not explain his 11-14 Rocky Top record to many fans and college football observers.

Is Dooley already in trouble in Knoxville?

Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman) 
I think Dooley is in trouble, although I do not expect Tennessee to make a move this offseason and deal with the attrition of four coaches in five seasons. Dooley is a very likeable leader who does things the right way, but there are no indications that things will improve on The Hill. The Vols were young this season and did suffer key injuries, but those are reasons why you don’t compete with the SEC elite — not excuses for going 5-7 and playing lethargic, uninspired ball against Kentucky with your season on the line. There are some scary stats from Dooley’s second campaign — 117th in the country in rushing, 70th nationally in rushing defense, dead last in SEC games in scoring, rushing yards per carry (2.3) and rushing yards per game (63.5) — but the fact the Vols program seems much closer to Vanderbilt and Kentucky than it does to Alabama, LSU, Georgia, etc. is disconcerting on Rocky Top. This is not the first time in Tennessee’s storied history that it has faced the obstacles of youth and injuries, but it is the first time in a century (1910-11) that the Vols have had two consecutive losing seasons. Dooley is the type of coach you want to back, and he does compete in America’s toughest league. Maybe he can win eight or nine games next season and surprise us all, but there is no current reason to believe that will happen.

Mitch Light (@AthlonMitch) 
I believe it’s fair to say that Derek Dooley will be on the hot seat in 2012, his third season in Knoxville. He didn’t inherit an ideal situation at Tennessee, but he has done nothing in his two seasons to prove that he is the long term answer for the Vols. In five years as a head coach (three at Louisiana Tech and two at UT), Dooley has a 16–24 record in conference play. In his two seasons at Tennessee, he is 4¬–12 in the SEC, with two wins over Vanderbilt and one win over Ole Miss and Kentucky. That simply isn’t good enough. His 2011 team was hit hard by injuries, losing star wideout Justin Hunter to a torn ACL in Week 3 and quarterback Tyler Bray to a broken thumb for five games. That can explain some of this team’s struggles, but there is no reason that Tennessee should have had so much difficulty running the ball. The Vols ranked 117th in the nation in rushing, averaging a paltry 90.1 yards per game. That is inexcusable.

It’s always dangerous to throw out a number of wins required for a coach to keep his job, but Dooley will probably need to win at least eight games in 2012. Regardless, though, his team needs to look like it has improved — something that can’t be said for each of the last two seasons.

Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) 
I think it’s too early to judge Dooley at Tennessee. Yes, back-to-back losing seasons are a disappointment and Saturday’s loss to Kentucky isn’t sitting well in Knoxville, but the cupboard wasn’t exactly full when he took the job. Had quarterback Tyler Bray and receiver Justin Hunter stayed healthy for the full year, it’s likely the Volunteers could have gotten to at least 6-6 or pulled off an upset to get to 7-5. One alarming trend developing for Tennessee is the losses in SEC play over the last two years. Out of the seven defeats in conference games this season, four of those were by more than 10 points. The schedule has been brutal the last two years, with South Carolina improving, along with catching SEC West games against LSU and Arkansas in 2011. If the Volunteers go 6-6 or 5-7 next year, then it’s time to put Dooley on the hot seat. However, Tennessee is recruiting well and there’s a lot of young talent that should help this team get back into a bowl game next year.

Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) 
In theory, every single coach in America is on the “hot seat.” It is a vague term that represents a portion of every fan base that is unhappy with the current performance of its head coach. At times, that portion of the fan base is more passionate and more justified. No matter the verbiage used, Derek Dooley will be facing THE make or break season in Knoxville next fall. He has unquestionably had terrible luck: Losing the team’s top three players for the better part of the season, the tumultuous way in which he landed the gig and the lack of talent when he got to campus have all been a part of the 14 losses Tennessee has experienced over the last two seasons. That said, the offensive line was young and talented entering this season and showed very little growth and development — try last in the SEC in rushing and 117th nationally. And there was a clear divide within the locker room between the veterans and the younger players and it cost them a bowl game. The team chemistry issues in particular give pause, as uniting a locker room is one aspect of coaching that can be not only controlled, but maximized by a strong, positive leader. If this team is healthy and develops on offense, Tennessee should be poised for eight wins (and Dooley will have proven he belongs). But if the Vols play like they did against Kentucky ever again, his time on Rocky Top will come to an abrupt end.

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The real truth about Che Guevara (Part 3)

June 11, 2012 – 8:03 am

A few years ago the movie “Che” was released and it praised the communist killer Che Guevara. Here is what Movie Guide had to say about it:

“Armed Struggle” is the rallying cry of CHE, Steven Soderbergh’s four-hour tribute to the violent Communist tactics of guerrilla warrior Ernesto “Che” Guevaro. Divided into two parts, the movie tells how Che came to Cuba with Fidel Castro to overthrow the government by fomenting Communist revolution. Led by Fidel, Che and Castro’s men start with the isolated rural sections of the eastern section of Cuba and work their way to the middle section of the island to cut it in half. After achieving violent victory and working for Communism in Cuba and Africa, Castro orders Che to Bolivia, where the American government advises the Bolivian army, which finally captures and kills Che.CHE is a left-wing, anti-American primer on how to wage violent Communist revolution and destroy Western Civilization. The movie’s leftist worldview is more Romantic and fascist rather than atheist humanist. Che’s violent methods, though slightly watered down, have finally been successful in Bolivia recently, as well as Venezuela. Leaving politics aside, this movie is amazingly photographed but rather unemotional and subdued, and sometimes disjointed. The acting is not as impressive as advertised, though it is good.

 
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Communism has never been tried is something I was told just a few months ago by a well meaning young person who was impressed with the ideas of Karl Marx. (Today many young people have shirts with the picture of Che on them.) I responded that there are only 5 communist countries in the world today and they lack political, economic and religious freedom.
Communism has always failed because of its materialist base.  Francis Schaeffer does a great job of showing that in this clip below. Also Schaeffer shows that there were lots of similar things about the basis for both the French and Russia revolutions and he exposes the materialist and humanist basis of both revolutions.

Dr. Francis Schaeffer examines the Revolutionary Age (part 2)

Similarities between French Revolution and Communist Revolution

Schaeffer compares communism with French Revolution and Napoleon.

1. Lenin took charge in Russia much as Napoleon took charge in France – when people get desperate enough, they’ll take a dictator.

Other examples: Hitler, Julius Caesar. It could happen again.

2. Communism is very repressive, stifling political and artistic freedom. Even allies have to be coerced. (Poland).

Communists say repression is temporary until utopia can be reached – yet there is no evidence of progress in that direction. Dictatorship appears to be permanent.

3. No ultimate basis for morality (right and wrong) – materialist base of communism is just as humanistic as French. Only have “arbitrary absolutes” no final basis for right and wrong.

How is Christianity different from both French Revolution and Communism?

Contrast N.T. Christianity – very positive government reform and great strides against injustice. (especially under Wesleyan revival).

Bible gives absolutes – standards of right and wrong. It shows the problems and why they exist (man’s fall and rebellion against God).

Is Christianity at all like Communism?

Sometimes Communism sounds very “Christian” – desirable goals of equality, justice, etc. Schaeffer elsewhere explains by saying Marxism is a Christian heresy – Karl Marx

borrowed some of the ideals of N.T.

Below is a great article. Free-lance columnist Bradley R. Gitz, who lives and teaches in Batesville, received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois.

This article was published January 30, 2011 at 2:28 a.m. Here is a portion of that article below:
A final advantage is the mutation of socialism into so many variants over the past century or so. Precisely because Karl Marx was unclear as to how it would work in practice, socialism has always been something of an empty vessel into which would be revolutionaries seeking personal meaning and utopian causes to support can pour pretty much anything.
A desire to increase state power, soak the rich and expand the welfare state is about all that is left of the original vision. Socialism for young lefties these days means “social justice” and compassion for the poor, not the gulag and the NKVD.
In the end, the one argument that will never wash is that communismcan’t be said to have failed because it was never actually tried. This is a transparent intellectual dodge that ignores the fact that “people’s democracies” were established all over the place in the first three decades after World War II.
Such sophistry is resorted to only because communism in all of those places produced hell on earth rather than heaven.
That the attempts to build communism in a remarkable variety of different geographical regions led to only tyranny and mass bloodshed tells us only that it was never feasible in the first place, and that societies built on the socialist principle ironically suffer from the kind of “inner contradictions” that Marx mistakenly predicted would destroy capitalism.
Yes, all economies are mixed in nature, and one could plausibly argue that the socialist impulse took the rough edges off of capitalism by sponsoring the creation of welfare-state programs that command considerable public support.
But the fact remains that no society in history has been able to achieve sustained prosperity without respect for private property and market forces of supply and demand. Nations, therefore, retain their economic dynamism only to the extent that they resist the temptation to travel too far down the socialist road.
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Which metropolitan area has more population: Little Rock or Fayetteville?

June 11, 2012 – 7:35 am

The fast growing Fayetteville-Rogers- Springdale area may one day have more population than Little Rock but it is a far cry from that now. Fayetteville is ranked at #107 and Little Rock is ranked at 72.

Take a look at Wikipedia:

The 366 Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States of America
Rank Metropolitan Statistical Area 2011 Estimate 2010 Census Change Combined Statistical Area
!000001 New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island, NY–NJ–PA MSA !B9832392139707 19,015,900 !B9832454804946 18,897,109 !D0050693985799 +0.63% New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY–NJ–CT–PA CSA
!000002 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, CA MSA !B9836237952016 12,944,801 !B9836327939144 12,828,837 !D0047061710084 +0.90% Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA CSA
!000003 Chicago–Joliet–Naperville, IL–IN–WI MSA !B9839326974527 9,504,753 !B9839373002581 9,461,105 !D0053787870006 +0.46% Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL–IN–WI CSA
!000004 Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA !B9843086112755 6,526,548 !B9843326116752 6,371,773 !D0037176605963 +2.43% Dallas–Fort Worth, TX CSA
!000005 Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, TX MSA !B9843784099948 6,086,538 !B9844016361822 5,946,800 !D0037508392980 +2.35% Houston–Baytown–Huntsville, TX CSA
!000006 Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD MSA !B9843939951060 5,992,414 !B9843985228860 5,965,343 !D0053952587907 +0.45% Philadelphia–Camden–Vineland, PA–NJ–DE–MD CSA
!000007 Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA !B9844433308753 5,703,948 !B9844649118523 5,582,170 !D0038251331536 +2.18% Washington–Baltimore–Northern Virginia, DC–MD–VA–WV CSA
!000008 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL MSA !B9844492782786 5,670,125 !B9844680580479 5,564,635 !D0039655705113 +1.90% ~primary census statistical area
!000009 Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, GA MSA !B9845056737988 5,359,205 !B9845226754216 5,268,860 !D0040659336241 +1.71% Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, GA–AL CSA
!000010 Boston–Cambridge–Quincy, MA–NH MSA !B9846603671815 4,591,112 !B9846688344362 4,552,402 !D0047673123201 +0.85% Boston–Worcester–Manchester, MA–RI–NH CSA
!000011 San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA MSA !B9847049240241 4,391,037 !B9847176776397 4,335,391 !D0043555568838 +1.28% San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA CSA
!000012 Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA MSA !B9847247130010 4,304,997 !B9847435054481 4,224,851 !D0039648893015 +1.90% Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA CSA
!000013 Detroit–Warren–Livonia, MI MSA !B9847291747431 4,285,832 !B9847267468928 4,296,250 !H9939780372511 −0.24% Detroit–Warren–Flint, MI CSA
!000014 Phoenix–Mesa–Glendale, AZ MSA !B9847346955368 4,262,236 !B9847510999238 4,192,887 !D0041019930700 +1.65% ~primary census statistical area
!000015 Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA MSA !B9849317190449 3,500,026 !B9849490734954 3,439,809 !D0040452165210 +1.75% Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA CSA
!000016 Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI MSA !B9849849807872 3,318,486 !B9849966969355 3,279,833 !D0044409233937 +1.18% Minneapolis–St. Paul–St. Cloud, MN–WI CSA
!000017 San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, CA MSA !B9850402446678 3,140,069 !B9850546004101 3,095,313 !D0042364187969 +1.45% ~primary census statistical area
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“Music Monday” Meaning of the song “The Weight” by the Band

June 11, 2012 – 7:12 am

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From their movie “The Last Waltz” with The Staple Singers –

I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin’ about half past dead;
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
“Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?”
He just grinned and shook my hand, and “No!”, was all he said.

(Chorus:)
Take a load off Fannie, take a load for free;
Take a load off Fannie, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.

I picked up my bag, I went lookin’ for a place to hide;
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin’ side by side.
I said, “Hey, Carmen, come on, let’s go downtown.”
She said, “I gotta go, but m’friend can stick around.”

(Chorus)

Go down, Miss Moses, there’s nothin’ you can say
It’s just ol’ Luke, and Luke’s waitin’ on the Judgement Day.
“Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?”
He said, “Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an’ keep Anna Lee company?”

(Chorus)

Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, “I will fix your rags, if you’ll take Jack, my dog.”
I said, “Wait a minute, Chester, you know I’m a peaceful man.”
He said, “That’s okay, boy, won’t you feed him when you can.”

(Chorus)

Catch a Cannonball, now, t’take me down the line
My bag is sinkin’ low and I do believe it’s time.
To get back to Miss Annie, you know she’s the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.

(Chorus)

___________

The Weight

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“The Weight”
Single by The Band
from the album Music from Big Pink
B-side “I Shall Be Released“
Released June 24, 1968
Format 45′
Recorded January 1968
A&R Recorders (studio A),
New York City
Genre Folk rock, roots rock
Length 4:34
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Robbie Robertson
Producer John Simon
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“The Weight”
Single by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations
from the album Together
B-side “For Better or Worse”
Released August 21, 1969
Format Vinyl record (7″, 45 RPM)
Recorded Hitsville U.S.A. (Studios A & B); 1969
Genre Funk, pop, soul
Length 3:00
Label Motown
M 1153
Writer(s) Robbie Robertson
Producer Frank Wilson
Diana Ross & the Supremes singles chronology
“No Matter What Sign You Are”
(1969)		 “The Weight”
(1969)		 “I Second That Emotion”
(1969)
Together track listing
 
[show]10 tracks
Side one
  1. “Stubborn Kind of Fellow“
  2. “I’ll Be Doggone“
  3. “The Weight“
  4. “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing“
  5. “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)“
Side two
  1. “Sing a Simple Song“
  2. “My Guy, My Girl” (medley of both songs)
  3. “For Better or Worse”
  4. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“
  5. “Why (Must We Fall in Love)“
The Temptations singles chronology
“I Can’t Get Next to You”
(1969)		 “The Weight”
(1969)		 “Psychedelic Shack”
(1969)
Music sample
Play sound
Alternative cover
 

“The Weight” is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004,[1] and Pitchfork Media named it the thirteenth best song of the Sixties.[2] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named it one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[3]

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[edit] Composition

“The Weight” takes the folk music motif of a traveler, who in the first line arrives in Nazareth in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. (The band Nazareth took its name from this line.) Once there, he encounters various residents of the town, the song being a story of these encounters. Nazareth is the hometown of the guitar manufacturer C. F. Martin & Company.[4]

The residents include a man who cannot direct the traveler to any lodging, Carmen and the Devil walking side by side, “Crazy Chester”, and Luke “waiting on Judgment Day” while leaving his young bride behind and alone.

Musically, the song shows the blending of folk parlour song (harmonies) in the chorus, where the voices come in: “and, (and, and), you put the load right on me (you put the load right on me)”.

In his autobiography This Wheel’s on Fire, Levon Helm explains that the people mentioned in the song were based on real people The Band knew. The “Miss Anna Lee” mentioned in the lyric is Helm’s longtime friend Anna Lee Amsden.[5][6]

On August 17, 1969, The Band played “The Weight” as the 10th song in their set at Woodstock.

[edit] Robertson on “The Weight”

According to songwriter Robertson, “The Weight” was inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel, about which Robertson once said:

(Buñuel) did so many films on the impossibility of sainthood. People trying to be good in Viridiana and Nazarin, people trying to do their thing. In ‘The Weight’ it’s the same thing. People like Buñuel would make films that had these religious connotations to them but it wasn’t necessarily a religious meaning. In Buñuel there were these people trying to be good and it’s impossible to be good. In “The Weight” it was this very simple thing. Someone says, “Listen, would you do me this favour? When you get there will you say ‘hello’ to somebody or will you give somebody this or will you pick up one of these for me? Oh? You’re going to Nazareth, that’s where the Martin guitar factory is. Do me a favour when you’re there.” This is what it’s all about. So the guy goes and one thing leads to another and it’s like “Holy shit, what’s this turned into? I’ve only come here to say ‘hello’ for somebody and I’ve got myself in this incredible predicament.” It was very Buñuelish to me at the time.[7]

[edit] Reception

“The Weight” is one of the group’s best known songs and among the most popular songs of the late 1960s counterculture. However, the song was not a significant mainstream hit for The Band in the U.S., peaking at only #63, though it fared better on some radio stations (e.g., #3 on KHJ[8]). The Band’s record fared much better in Canada and the UK – in those countries, the single was a top 40 hit, peaking at #35 in Canada and #21 in the UK in 1968. Three cover versions of “The Weight” charted higher on the US pop charts in 1968/69 than The Band’s original recording:

None of these cover versions charted in the UK, where The Band’s version remains the only version to chart. The label credit on The Band’s version mentions the names of the band’s five members but not The Band per se. The lyrics on The Band’s and DeShannon’s versions never mention the title.

[edit] Other cover versions

“The Weight” has become a modern standard, and hence has been covered in concert by many other acts, most prominently Little Feat, Stoney LaRue, Aaron Pritchett, The Staple Singers, Waylon Jennings, Joe Cocker, Travis, Grateful Dead, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, O.A.R., Edwin McCain, The Black Crowes, Spooky Tooth, Hanson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Shannon Curfman, Panic! at the Disco, Aretha Franklin, Joan Osborne, John Denver, Cassandra Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield, Deana Carter, New Madrid, and Dionne Warwick. Ratdog and Bob Weir are also known to cover this song from time to time. Additional notable versions are by Lee Ann Womack, the band Smith, Weezer, The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Jimmy Barnes with The Badloves, Free Wild and Aaron Pritchett.[9] At the end of the documentary It Might Get Loud Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge play The Weight acoustically while The Edge and White swap vocals.

On record, folk singer Michelle Shocked covers the song as part of her 2007 gospel album ToHeavenURide. Charly Garcia covered the song in Spanish under the title “El Peso,” and Czech singer Marie Rottrová covered the song with the band Flamingo in 1970. Jeff Healey covered it on his album Mess of Blues in 2008.

[edit] Film and commercial play

“The Weight” has been featured in a number of films and television shows – films featuring the song include Easy Rider; Hope Floats; Igby Goes Down (a cover version by Travis); The Big Chill; Girl, Interrupted; Patch Adams; 1408; and Starsky & Hutch (as a parody of the scene in Easy Rider). Television shows which have featured “The Weight” include Californication, My Name Is Earl, Sports Night, Cold Case, Chuck, and Saturday Night Live. The song has also been used in commercials for Diet Coke and Cingular/AT&T Wireless. “The Weight” was also covered by Sherie Rene Scott in the Broadway musical Everyday Rapture.

Due to contractual problems, The Band’s version was used in the movie, but not the soundtrack for Easy Rider – included instead on the film’s soundtrack was a cover (very closely resembling The Band’s original) by Smith. In The Band’s concert film, The Last Waltz, The Band perform the song with the The Staple Singers. The song is also featured in two other of The Band’s concert videos: The Band Is Back (1984) and The Band Live At The New Orleans Jazz Festival (1998). “The Weight” was one of three songs The Band’s 1990s lineup performed for Let It Rock!, a birthday concert/tribute for Ronnie Hawkins. “The Weight” is one of three songs performed by The Band featured in the 2003 documentary film, Festival Express.

An acoustic rendition of the song appears in the 2009 documentary It Might Get Loud, performed by guitarists Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.

[edit] Personnel

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99 weeks of unemployment benefits is too good to be true, why not 200 weeks?

June 11, 2012 – 6:46 am

Liberals sometime just lose track of reality. Unemployment benefits were originally set up for a 3 month period, but the Democrats have extended it to almost two years!! What will be the result?

I don’t now why I bothered spending all that time perusing the writings of Paul Krugman and Larry Summers in order to produce my previous blog post when this Michael Ramirez cartoon makes the same point in a much simpler way.

Michael Ramirez

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Arkansas’ worst record against SEC foe in football?

June 11, 2012 – 12:20 am

University of tennessee football Coach Phillip Fulmer signals for a time out during an October 9, 1993 game against Arkansas.

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University of tennessee football Coach Phillip Fulmer signals for a time out during an October 9, 1993 game against Arkansas.

Here are the records for the first 11 eleven years in SEC:

OpponentsW-L929394959697989900010203Alabama4-7LLLWLWWLWLL Auburn5-1-5TLLWLLWWLWW Florida0-3   LLL      Georgia1-4LW      LLL Kentucky1-2      WL  L LSU5-6WWLLLLWLWLW Mississippi6-5LLWWWLWLLWW Mississippi State7-1-3LTLWWWLWWWW South Carolina7-4WWLWLLWWLWW Tennessee2-9WLLLLLLWLLL Vanderbilt2-0  WW        Summary40-2-483-1-43-1-42-66-32-62-66-24-43-54-45-4  

I hate to reveal this but Arkansas’ worst record against a SEC football foe is against the Vols. Check out these facts from Hogville:

Overall Statistics
Total Games Played 17
Win-Loss-Tie 4-13-0
Win Percentage 0.235
Conf Games Played 14
Win-Loss-Tie 4-10-0
Win Percentage 0.286

Football Series History vs. Tennessee

Winning team is bolded and Razorback Red.
 
Date Home Team Away Team Score
2011-11-12 Arkansas Tennessee 49 – 7
Coach: Bobby Petrino Notes: Fayetteville-AR
 
2007-11-10 Tennessee Arkansas 34 – 13
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
2006-11-11 Arkansas Tennessee 31 – 14
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Fayetteville-AR
 
2002-10-05 Tennessee Arkansas 41 – 38
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
2001-09-08 Arkansas Tennessee 3 – 13
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Fayetteville-AR
 
2000-11-11 Tennessee Arkansas 63 – 20
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
1999-11-13 Arkansas Tennessee 28 – 24
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Fayetteville-AR
 
1998-11-14 Tennessee Arkansas 28 – 24
Coach: Houston Nutt Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
1997-11-15 Arkansas Tennessee 22 – 30
Coach: Danny Ford Notes: Little Rock-AR
 
1996-11-16 Tennessee Arkansas 55 – 14
Coach: Danny Ford Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
1995-10-07 Arkansas Tennessee 31 – 49
Coach: Danny Ford Notes: Fayetteville-AR
 
1994-10-08 Tennessee Arkansas 38 – 21
Coach: Danny Ford Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
1993-10-09 Arkansas Tennessee 14 – 28
Coach: Danny Ford Notes: Little Rock-AR
 
1992-10-10 Tennessee Arkansas 24 – 25
Coach: Joe Kines Notes: Knoxville-TN
 
1990-01-01 Tennessee Arkansas 31 – 27
Coach: Ken Hatfield Notes: Dallas-TX – Cotton Bowl
 
1971-12-20 Arkansas Tennessee 13 – 14
Coach: Frank Broyles Notes: Memphis-TN – Liberty Bowl
 
1907-11-18 Arkansas Tennessee 2 – 14
Coach: FC Longman Notes: Memphis-TN Neutral

Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)<br />

Photo by Butch Dill

Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Louis Zamperini: American Hero part 3

June 8, 2012 – 1:21 pm

Unbroken Official Olympics Preview Trailer (2014) – Angelina Jolie Directed Movie HD

Louis Zamperini – “Unbroken” by Men, Humbled by Jesus

Published on Nov 21, 2014

The personal testimony of Louis Zamperini on how Jesus changed his life after the Japanese were unsuccessful in taking his life during World War II. This talk by Louis Zamperini at Emmanuel Enid, Oklahoma was one of his last public appearances before his fall limited his travel schedule. Louis died July 2, 2014.

The Great Zamperini

When my wife Jill and I watched the interview that Louis Zamperini gave to Jay Leno we were not astonished to learn that the strength Louis Zamperini needed to forgive those who tortured him came from his faith in Christ.

Louis Zamperini’s Story of Survival and Redemption

Former Olympic Star and POW Finds New Ministry through “Unbroken”

UNBROKEN_COV

Associated PressMr. Zamperini, record-setting miler, 1939

May 27, 2011 – The story of Louis Zamperini’s POW experience—and conversion to Christ at the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade in Los Angeles—is told in the bestselling book, Unbroken. We caught up with Zamperini to talk about his June 10 book signing at the Billy Graham Library and how God is using Unbroken to touch lives around the world.

Louis Zamperini's Story of Survival and Redemption

I have tears in my eyes and praise in my heart for what God has done through you.
~A letter from Billy Graham to Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini's Story of Survival and Redemption

by Janet Chismar

When 94-year-old Louis Zamperini opened his mailbox a few months ago, he found a letter he will always treasure.

“Dear Louis,” wrote Billy Graham, “My associate read me parts of the new book about you yesterday. What a life you have lived. What a description you have in the book of your conversion to Christ in 1949, and the great part that [your wife] Cynthia played in it, which I was aware of, but not in such detail. I had tears in my eyes and praise in my heart for what God has done through you.”

Mr. Graham’s letter is one of thousands that have poured into Zamperini’s mailbox since the release of the New York Times No. 1 bestseller “Unbroken.” The story about Zamperini’s remarkable journey from Olympic runner to World War II hero has been hailed by TIME magazine as the best nonfiction book of the year.

And Billy Graham isn’t just a consumer of “Unbroken,” he plays a pivotal role in the book.

As his letter said, the year was 1949. The city: Los Angeles. Louis Zamperini was adrift and struggling with alcoholism and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following savage abuse as a prisoner of war in Japan. Cynthia was ready to saddle him with divorce papers.

It was around this time that neighbors convinced the young woman to listen to the bold evangelist preaching in a big tent outside downtown Los Angeles. Cynthia accepted Christ that night, and she told her husband that because of her conversion, she wouldn’t file for divorce. She asked Louis if he would accompany her to the Crusade. After a week of arguing, she finally persuaded him to go.

“I was resentful,” he says. “I’d always been poisoned against such tent meetings since I was a youngster.”

An Answer to Prayer

Hillenbrand paints a vivid picture of what happened when Zamperini actually walked into the Billy Graham Crusade, including portions of the sermon he heard, which concluded with a clear presentation of the Gospel. That chapter in the book is an answer to prayer.

“‘Unbroken’ is Laura’s book,” says Zamperini, “so all I could do was pray that she would somehow have the Gospel in it. Then she called me and told me she had talked to Billy Graham and Cliff Barrows. She wanted to include the sermon I heard, and they sent it to her.”

He describes how the two joined forces to share the story of “Unbroken.” When Hillenbrand was researching her book about the thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit, she found an interesting quote from a 1938 Los Angeles Times article. A reporter had called Zamperini’s coach and said, “Louie hasn’t lost a mile race in four years. If he loses this year, who do you think will beat him?” Zamperini’s coach answered, “Seabiscuit.”

The newspaper writer loved that quote—and so did Hillenbrand. She proceeded to call Zamperini and said she wanted to write a book about his life. “I told her I had just finished my own book, ‘Devil at My Heels,’ and that I had milked the story dry.”

Hillenbrand recognized that Zamperini’s story was worth waiting for. “We became close friends, and after about a year, she asked again. She said this: ‘I must do it.’”

Zamperini is thankful for Hillenbrand’s persistence and thoroughness. He describes her as an amazing researcher. “She has such depth in her writing, and she confirms every single thing. The woman is historically accurate on every word. She won’t print a word unless she has confirmation.”

The book is really a history book, says Zamperini. “I get calls from World War II veterans, and they say, ‘I have just finished ‘Unbroken.’ Finally someone has written the truth about the war in the Pacific.’”

Hillenbrand’s graphic descriptions elicited difficult memories for Zamperini. “I found myself back in prison camp when I was reading the book, and had to stop and look away to be sure I was still here. I almost had a nightmare.”

Old Things are Gone

Zamperini did have nightmares in prison and nightmares at home until he received Christ at the Billy Graham Crusade. “That night when I got home from the Crusade, it was unbelievable. I didn’t have a nightmare, and I haven’t had one since,” he says.

One critic of the book found that hard to swallow. “I can’t understand how someone with severe PTSD could get over it in one night,” he wrote.

“The fellow obviously doesn’t know his Bible,” Zamperini says with a laugh. “When you accept Christ, you become a new creation. Old things are gone.”

While secular audiences are eating up Hillenbrand’s captivating descriptions of Zamperini’s track career, World War II experience, and the horrifying prisoner of war account, Christians are finding fresh inspiration in the pages of “Unbroken.”

“I get so many letters from Christians,” says Zamperini, “and some of them are having a tough time. I write back and share Scripture with them.”

He describes a letter he received recently from a man who had been fired from his job. “This man was a Christian and forgave everyone else in his life, but he had a hard time forgiving the boss who fired him. He hated the man. But then he read in ‘Unbroken’ how I forgave the POW prison guard.” Now this man has not only forgiven his boss, he is praying for him.

“‘Unbroken’ has had a tremendous influence, and it has turned into a God-given opportunity to share the Gospel,” Zamperini adds. “The book has yielded an unbelievable ministry.”

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