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  • Keeneland November sale begins Tuesday

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:06 pm
    Keeneland Association Inc.’s November Breeding Stock sale is slated to begin Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Lexington, Ky.

  • Starbucks annual profit up after cost cuts

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:55 am
    Starbucks Corp. reported fourth-quarter earnings of $150 million, up significantly from earnings of $5.4 million in the same quarter in 2008. The increase reflected sharp cuts in expenses related to the coffee giant’s decision to close 800 stores this year. (SBUX)

  • Travel industry to reverse job losses

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    The U.S. travel industry, which has lost 400,000 jobs in the last two years, may see healthy gains in employment next year, says an industry trade group.

  • Indiana cuts government spending after another down month

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:47 am
    Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered sweeping spending reductions in state government after the fourth straight month of lower-than-anticipated state revenue in October.

  • Senate approves $2.85 million for first responders

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $2.5 million in funds for protecting first responders and equipping law officers in Kentucky as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill.
 
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  • Lunchbox: Mostly bad news … sorry

    skelley
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    Let the voters decide: A Republican state lawmaker has pre-filed a bill that proposes letting Kentucky voters consider a constitutional amendment to legalize slots. Under Georgetown Sen. Damon Thayer’s proposal, the referendum — if approved — would allocate at least $100 million of slots revenue to the state’s struggling horse industry. At this point, however, it doesn’t look like Democrats want to let the people weigh in, at least not at the polls: “I see no sentiment in our caucus for support of Damon Thayer’s bill,” said Senate Minority Leader Ed…

  • Louisville #1 In Jergens Consumption

    jmeador
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:36 pm
    Ahh, November sweeps: That salacious, pre-Christmas season when major networks unleash their most sensational “news” stories to grab the attention of ‘Merica’s lowest common denominators so bigger advertising dividends will be paid. In the case of WLKY, we’ve got internet porn searches. Specifically, Louisville is the de facto capital of naughty internet searches, meaning that we spend more time Googling ‘Lady GaGa + transvestite’ than the average horny bear, which somehow our chamber of commerce cannot successfully market. LOUISVILLE, Ky. —…

  • Easy Rider

    jmeador
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Kentucky may become the new home of a Harley-Davidson manufacturing plant. According to The Courier-Journal, the flailing chopper-maker is considering relocating a 2,500 employee Pennsylvania facility to the greener, cheaper pastures of the Commonwealth. Like many manufacturers, Harley-Davidson is consolidating in the wake of declining sales and is exploring how to cut costs with its largest union. The current union contract, with an average wage of $23 per hour, expires in February. In September a spokesman for Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said the state had assembled $15 million in…

  • Lunchbox: 1600 Sesame Street

    pbailey
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    What we audit do: The Metro Council’s Government Accountability Committee unanimously approved the “open books” ordinance, a city bill sponsored by Councilman Jim King, D-10, and Kelly Downard, R-16, which would force companies receiving city tax dollars to make their expenditures public. The measure was drafted in response to the refusal by The Cordish Cos., developer and owner of 4th Street Live, to show how they spent a $950,000 loan given to refurbish a downtown bowling alley in the entertainment district. The elephants in the room: Louisville hasn’t had a…

  • UK Coal Controversy Continues

    jmeador
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    A little over a week ago, the University of Kentucky and Alliance Coal announced plans to name a new men’s basketball dormitory after a dirty, planet- and culture-killing fossil fuel known as “coal,” sparking campus protests that have elicited virtually no response from the university’s board of trustees and its figurehead, UK President Lee Todd, despite national television coverage. Barefoot & Progressive has been doing a bang-up job covering this sad little war being waged in Kentucky’s academic nexus, the latest front being a…
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  • MERF Benefit

    bluecat
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:57 am

  • Cabin finishing up new album

    bluecat
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    Via the band’s MySpace page: “Hello, all! We’re almost out of hiding … and the new album is practically finished! Just have to do the final mixing, mastering, all the fun stuff, and we’re getting ready to hit the road a bit! As we’re putting some tentative dates together, let us know if there’s anything local to you that you’d like to see us play. We can’t wait to be on tour again and we definitely can’t wait to have this new album released. So, stay tuned … we’ll be out there shortly. Thanks for all the unending support! Keep in…

  • Make GWAR, not love

    bluecat
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:59 pm
    GWAR is a band in the same way that John Wayne Gacy was a party clown. They have their ulterior motives, one of which is the no-holds-barred satire of their stage show. It is something that is actually bawdy, obscene and in your face, not some elevated humor trying to hearken back to Swift. As a stage show, they work as a real mash up of popular culture - often bringing figures from news headlines up on stage a little too soon (I seem to remember a lot of boos and what-the-hells when they brought an effigy of the Virginia Tech shooter onto the stage at Sounds of the Underground). It is…

  • LEO Music ’Cast: Burn To Shine

    bluecat
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am
    Burn To Shine celebrates the release of its new album, Signs of What’s To Come, with a show Nov. 14 at Phoenix Hill Tavern. The band spent five weeks in California making it with producer Toby Wright (Cheap Trick, Primus). Jonathan “Stre” Streander and Chase Dabney join us in the LEO offices. Listen: Burn To Shine

  • Monsters Of Folk. Oct. 31. The Palace Theatre

    bluecat
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    Yim Yames. Photos: Frankie Steele (Olive Creative) Conor Oberst Mike Mogis M. Ward Will Johnson I’m not a Conor Oberst fan. He can write, no question, but over the course of a few records, his developed vocabulary transforms into a beast he can’t quite control, squeezing out feeling and tone. I own “Digital Ash in a Digital Urn” and “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning,” have heard “Lifted” and “Cassadaga,” his Mystic Valley Band collaboration. Maybe I’m biased against a writer who sings with such suffering so often that I wonder if he’s putting me on, but I…
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  • Today’s Reason To Drink

    The Bar Belle
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:22 am
    Things that make me smile.

  • Sip on this wine documentary

    The Bar Belle
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:35 pm
    From a press release: “Vintage Kentucky:The Vine to Wine Experience” chronicles Kentucky’s wine industry, from its status as a national leader in the 1800s to its demise as a result of Prohibition, to its current reemergence.The 30-minute documentary, co-produced by New West in cooperation with the Kentucky Grape and Wine Council and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, will be shown statewide on KET with the first airing on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 p.m. (Dates and times of additional airings are available at www.ket.org.) Few people know that Kentucky was home to…

  • Today’s Reason To Drink

    The Bar Belle
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:38 am
    No cream for her coffee makes Sara an angry jumprope.

  • Bar Belle from 11/4/09 LEO Weekly

    The Bar Belle
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:04 am
    I crashed the Pendennis Club and I have a matchbook to show for it. Also, football bars and drunk texts.

  • Today’s Reason To Drink

    The Bar Belle
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am
    If it’s OK with everyone, I’m gonna sit this Christmas out. The only things I have to give are hugs, kisses, winks, smiles, dick jokes and cookies.
 
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  • Saturday’s Pick Five, 10th Edition

    c d kaplan
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:18 am
    Thanks to the Cards, who may have notched their last W of the year, the surprising Blue Devils and the Mighty Mighty Quack, I went 3-2 last week. The tally for the season is 26 up and 19 down. Not enough to pay for a trip to Vegas, but not bad. Boise State @ Louisiana Tech. Riddle me this: Why on earth are the Bulldogs of Ruston, La. in the Western Athletic Conference? I know, you’re thinking this is a gimme. Boise State is on a collision course with BCS controversy. LT is 3-5 with 0 impressive Ws. But, hey, Friday night in the Bayou can be a scary place for some carpetbaggers from…

  • Knights Prove Pawns in Cards’ Game

    c d kaplan
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:37 am
    Some quick observations on the Louisville/ Bellarmine match up that was far less scintillating than I thought it would be. Speaking of quick, can Preston Knowles elevate and launch in a nanosecond? Yes he can. But I digress. As for the kids who trekked down Eastern Parkway from their Norris Place home, Scotty Davenport’s Bellarmine Knights simply got lost in the moment. Big Crowd. Big Nerves. Not such a big deal. After the game, Davenport talked about how his team’s basketball sense got lost early on. The normally fluid motion offense sputtered and misfired. It happens under the…

  • Cardinals/ Knights Pre-Game Musings

    c d kaplan
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    Tonight’s “exhibition” against the formidable Bellarmine Knights is not your daddy’s walkover. Exhibit A: LeMoyne 82, Syracuse 79. Exhibit B: Bellarmine Knights. Allow me to repeat what I said about last year’s edition of the Norris Placers. “They run the motion offense better than any team I’ve seen this year at any level.” There is no reason to believe it will be any different this season. Exhibit D: Didn’t Bellarmine almost beat the Cards just a couple of years ago? With a far less talented squad. Exhibit C: The Cardinals remain a work…

  • Down The Stretch They Come

    c d kaplan
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    This is about college football, not the Breeders Cup or Churchill Downs’ fall meet. But, hey, anything to grab your — the readers’ — attention, right? Some meandering ruminations: The annual carping about the BCS can now officially begin. Anybody with any football sense watching Oregon draw and quarter Southern Cal Saturday understands that this is a team of national championship caliber. Of course, that loss to Boise in the opener shall keep them too far down the pecking order to ever make it to the last night of the season. But, hey, how would you like to be Bama or…

  • College Pigskin’s Family Feud

    c d kaplan
    1 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am
    That’s right, kids, it’s time Network Battle of the Kellys. Name your fave between the two hottest new coaches on the scene. Cincy’s Brian Kelly has turned the formerly moribund program with no tradition, no facilities and no fan base into the Beast of the BEast. And more. Whatever bit the Bearcats, turning them into the most ferocious felines in college football, it’s got them hungry for more. Cincy made it to the BCS last season, and are on that proverbial collision course for another January date in somewhere sunny and sublime. Can Brian Kelly coach QBs? Well, uh, I…
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  • Game Day: Cards underdog at West Virginia

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    The University of Louisville football team returns to BIG EAST Conference action when the Cardinals travel to Morgantown, W. Va. to face the Mountaineers of West Virginia on Saturday, November 7 at Noon. The game can be seen live on the BIG EAST Network, which will be WHAS TV in Louisville

  • Woodley counting down days to Louisville

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:49 am
    When you ask Highland Park H.S. (Texas) quarterback Luke Woodley about his upcoming plans to attend the University of Louisville, he can quickly tell you how many days exactly until he arrives on the UofL campus. The 6-2, 194-pound, three-star prospect may be ready to be a Cardinal, but he has some business to take care of first.

  • From the Locker Room: Bellarmine

    4 Nov 2009 | 8:19 pm
    The Louisville basketball team wrapped up its preseason Wednesday with an 88-65 win over Bellarmine in Freedom Hall. Sophomore Samardo Samuels led the way with 18 points and 14 rebounds and the Cards shot 50 percent from the field. Louisville now turns its attention to the regular season opener against Arkansas on Nov. 17 in St. Louis. Check inside as CardinalSports.com delivers all the post-game reaction from the locker room.

  • Louisville sprints past cross-town Bellarmine, 88-65

    4 Nov 2009 | 6:26 pm
    Louisville got 18 points and 14 rebounds from sophomore Samardo Samuels during an 88-65 exhibition win over Division II Bellarmine in Freedom Hall Wednesday night. The Bellarmine Knights cut the margin to nine points twice in the second half, but Louisville's depth and talent won out as they built a 26-point lead in the second half.

  • Georgia QB Hutson Mason receives offer from Chippewas

    4 Nov 2009 | 4:14 pm
    In the strange world of recruiting, some prospects are subjected to some twists and turns in the process. That is exactly the case for Lassiter High (GA) quarterback Hutson Mason. Look inside for an update on his recruitment and see what school just offered hi
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  • Bliss Gallery Grand Opening Tonight

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:29 am
    Bliss Gallery, a new locally-owned art gallery in Westport Village, is celebrating its grand opening this weekend. The ribbon cutting celebration will be tonight (11/6) at 5:30 p.m., and the gallery will be open extended hours all weekend: Friday, November 6 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, November 7 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, November 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bliss Gallery is owned by regional artist Julie Diehl. The gallery features original art as well as handmade and unique gifts and fashion accessories. If you're out Christmas shopping this weekend, stop by and check out what…

  • Louisville Black Friday 2009

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:06 am
    They were replacing the Halloween decorations with Christmas decorations at Wal-Mart yesterday, which means it's almost time for one of my favorite days of the year--Black Friday. While you could wait until Thanksgiving to look through the Black Friday ads and plan your route, it would probably be more efficient to find the ads and store opening times as early as possible. Lucky for you, all of that information is updated as it becomes available in my Louisville Black Friday Tips article! Louisville Black Friday 2009 originally appeared on About.com Louisville on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at…

  • Louisville Jobs, 11/05/09

    5 Nov 2009 | 1:18 am
    The following jobs have been posted on the websites of various Louisville employers in the week prior to November 5, 2009: Lecturer in Graphic Design - IU Southeast PT Hourly Office Service Assistant - IU Southeast Financial Aid Counselor - IU Southeast Director of Special Events - Bellarmine University Adjunct Instructors - JCTC Combustion Engineer - GE Range Sensor Development Engineer - GE Design Engineer - GE Refrigeration Sealed System Engineer - GE Senior Design Engineer - GE Washing Machine Design Engineer - GE Washing Machine Design Engineer - GE Washing Machine Design Engineer - GE…

  • Swine Flu Kentucky Vaccinations

    3 Nov 2009 | 2:11 am
    Louisville Metro Public Health will be offering swine flu vaccinations on November 11 and 12 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. These doses are reserved for individuals in high-risk groups: children aged between 6 months and 4 years, healthcare workers, emergency responders, pregnant women, and children aged between 5 and 18 years with chronic medical conditions. The shots are free, and TARC service will be provided to Cardinal Stadium from many different locations. See this Louisville Metro Press Release for more information.Swine Flu Kentucky Vaccinations originally…

  • Churchill Downs Fall Meet

    30 Oct 2009 | 4:08 am
    Halloween may be over on Sunday, but that doesn't mean that we don't have anything to look forward to until Thanksgiving. The Churchill Downs Fall Meet starts Sunday, November 1. So, once sneaking candy out of your kid's trick-or-treating stash gets old, head out to Churchill Downs for the last races of the year. It's fun even if you don't win, but hopefully you'll have better luck than I usually do.Churchill Downs Fall Meet originally appeared on About.com Louisville on Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 11:08:50.Permalink | Comment | Email this
 
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  • HEALTHCARE FORUM AT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:26 pm
    Saturday from 10am - Noon There will be a Health care Town Hall forum at Valley High School on Dixie Highway. The event is hosted and moderated by Chris Thieneman Republican candidate for Louisville Metro Mayor.U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is the featured guest will be addressing our health care situation. There will be an open question period.Please make plans to attend it is open to all.Here is the official announcement:Dr. Rand Paul will be in Louisville to discuss the state of health care. Please attend if possible info provided below.Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009Time: 10:00am -…

  • MYVIEWMATTERS RADIO WORLDWIDE TONIGHT W/ CHRIS THIENEMAN AND DAVID ADAMS!

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:15 pm
    As announced the MyViewMatters Radio Show started simulcasting tonight with Kentucky grassroots Radio online! With the new addition of simulcast we now reach worldwide literally. This gives us the chance to get into more content not only locally, but Statewide , and National issues as well.Of course this also means we reach a larger audience and now is the time for advertisers to jump on board one of the fastest growing local shows on the air today!.With that in mind we introduced a new member of the show. We now have an on site reporter for events around town and he will be going to events…

  • MYVIEWMATTERS RADIO SIMULCAST TONIGHT!

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    Tonight the MyViewMatters Radio Show on WKJK 1080 AM at 7 pm begins simulcasting each week on Kentucky Grassroots radio network.You can link in here for the show. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KY-GrassRoots-Radio Coverage begins at 6:30 for KGR with Gatewood Galbraith as their guest tonight then switches to MyViewMatters at 7.With this new simulcast and podcast format we now have the capability to reach across the entire State with issues and allows us to branch out even more than we already do.Tonight's show will focus on health care with Chris Thieneman and David Adams in th studio. We will…

  • ARE OPEN RECORDS UNDER ATTACK?

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:39 am
    You know the Courier Journal did yet another piece today on the King divorce records. Believe it or not I am not going to spend this article on King. Other than the fact that FitzGerald did allow a handful of documents to be kept private, including custodial evaluations of the Kings and a 1991 affidavit by Rebecca King that involved the state of mind of one of their three children, rumored to be Katie King, I have no real problem except this.Don Cox, a lawyer for Rebecca King, said his client would like to negotiate a settlement with the newspaper to keep certain documents private and avoid…

  • HERNDON DROPS LAWSUIT AND IMPLIES JIM KING INVOLVED

    3 Nov 2009 | 7:44 pm
    UPDATE: Rick Redding over Louisville Mojo had a great link on the story about Herndon. Check it out. Kudos Rick. http://www.tastymojo.com/LouisvilleMojo/photos_news/Herndon%20--%20Signed%20Notice%20to%20Dismiss%20Action%20I.pdf (warning pdf file is 24 pages long)You know it is becoming a daily habit of having Jim King's name involved in something illegal or unethical at best. Take this Courier article by Joe Gerth for example:http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091103/NEWS0106/911030350/Herndon+asks+for+dismissal+of+defamation+suit　Ken Herndon you may recall was running for the Metro…
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  • Senate Passes Extension for Tax Credit, Up to House Next

    Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    News out of Washington: First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package. But with that program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the Senate voted 98-0 Wednesday to extend and expand the tax credit to include buyers who already own homes. The House is expected to vote on the bill Thursday. [link] If this passes the House, then all American have the opportunity to get tax credits in 2010. The real estate industry has been pushing to extend and expand the housing tax credit. About 1.4 million first-time…

  • Louisville Bedroom Defined

    Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am
    There is a lot of confusion about what constitutes a bedroom in real estate. There are many opinions and even proper definitions. Let’s tackle them one at a time. Building Codes Every principality has official building codes. These codes go into great detail and are what inspectors use to verify certification. This is especially important for new construction as the home occupancy certification is needed before the home buyers can legally move in. In all cases, the local building codes are the most authoritative answer as to what constitutes an official bedroom. The following is the…

  • Louisville KY Home Sales: October 2009

    Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    In all but one of the Jefferson County areas home sales were up in October. That goes against seasonal trends where activity tapers off as we head into the Holidays. Average home sale prices were generally up as well, compared to September. As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. October 2009 AREA SALES AVERAGE DoM 0 Central Downtown District 8 $201,431 85 1 Downtwn/Old&WestLouisville/Shively 79 $42,525 57 2 Butchertown/Highlands/Germantwn 84 $181,561 71 3 Brownsboro/StMatthews 74 $209,440 64 4 Pleasure Rdg/Valley Station 82 $106,503 82 5…

  • Louisville Housing Market Getting Mixed Signals

    Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief
    28 Oct 2009 | 10:32 am
    The WSJ published this piece today—Home Prices Rise, Yet Confidence Fades—which highlights just how tricky things are in the housing market today. As always, you want to look at home buyers and sellers separately. For home sellers, the fourth straight month of home value increases is a breath of fresh air after all they’ve been through. Home values are still down from highs that occurred in 2005 and 2006 (depending on market) but it’s most assuredly a step in the right direction. As prices continue to rise, expect to see more sellers list their homes, especially in the…

  • Louisville Housing Not ‘Out of the Woods’ Yet

    Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief
    22 Oct 2009 | 7:56 pm
    There are a myriad of economic indicators that shed light on the future of real estate. Some, like mortgage rates, are extremely positive. Others are not. One is new home building permits. Here in Louisville, newly issued permit numbers are down. In Louisville, building permits are also down, mirroring the national trend. So far this year, Metro government has issued 592 permits for new single-family home construction — down from 789 during the same period in 2008, according to the city’s Codes and Regulations department Web site. We’ll have to wait and see how things move heading…
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  • Dub Vee links

    Mike Rutherford
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm
    --Spread check: 'Eers by 17.5 --The Parkersburg News and Sentinel takes a look at the past "unforgettable" matchups between Louisville and West Virginia. For a while there, it looked as if West Virginia and Louisville were starting one of the better rivalries in the Big East. Both teams were loaded with NFL talent - Pat White and Steve Slaton with the Mountaineers, Elvis Dumervil and Brian Brohm for the Cardinals, to name a few. And the matchups were fascinating. Who could forget that colossal fourth-quarter comeback White engineered as a redshirt freshman for WVU at Mountaineer Field. Or the…

  • Will Stein will start against West Virginia

    Mike Rutherford
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Adam Froman will serve as his backup. Catch the fever.

  • Former Cards selected in D-League Draft

    Mike Rutherford
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:54 pm
    Former Louisville great Reece Gaines was selected by the Bakersfield Jam with the 13th pick in the second round of tonight's NBA Developmental League draft. In the 2003 NBA Draft, Gaines was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 15th overall pick. I'm guessing this is a rare feat. Perrin (PERRIN!) Johnson also heard his name called when the Springfield Armor took him in the sixth round. Best of luck to both in their continued efforts to make money playing a game. And now, because I can...

  • Louisville 88, Bellarmine 65

    Mike Rutherford
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am
    To be perfectly honest, I've been fairly pessimistic about the upcoming basketball season since the '08-'09 squad went down to Michigan State. Not "football program" pessimistic, just "I think we may be taking more of a step back than some people think" pessimistic. There's the loss of two lottery picks, the offseason Pitino scandal and a tough Big East from top-to-bottom to deal with. I think lowered expectations are understandable. While reading into any November game, especially an exhibition, is foolish, Wednesday night was the biggest shot of optimism for me since that loss in Indy last…

  • Red-hot rivalry ready to burn across the Kentucky bluegrass

    Mike Rutherford
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:58 am
    Red-hot rivalry ready to burn across the Kentucky bluegrass Big article from USA Today this morning on college basketball's most intense rivalry. Up the road in Louisville, some are immune to the Kentucky hype. "They had the same buzz two years ago," Louisville athletics director Tom Jurich says. "Remember when they were recruiting eighth-graders?" That was a route taken by Gillispie that became fodder for sports talk shows and bloggers. Louisville, which won 1980 and 1986 NCAA titles under coach Denny Crum, has enjoyed far more success than its state rival in recent years. It made the…
 
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  • Gilles Meloche Scandal Day 4809823

    jake
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Andy Alcock got his hands on tapes released in Dawn Simpson’s complaint against Gilles Meloche. And they are juicy: “I’m trying to have a legitimate conversation with the guy and he walks around the desk and hugs and kisses me on the neck and says, ‘Aw, poor baby,’” Simpson told the investigator. -SNIP- “’I really want to see you,’ he said. ‘All I keep thinking about is coming on the bus.’ That’s what he calls the bus, ‘And holding you and kissing you,’” Simpson recounted the voice mail. -SNIP- Simpson said one time, she couldn’t account for…

  • Kenya McGruder Let Go from Council

    jake
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    I’m baaaaack. Miss me? Remember the Democratic Caucus Director of the Metro Council? Remember that hot mess a few months ago? Here’s a refresher: Why David Tandy Won’t Be Louisville’s Mayor [July 31] Regular Frankfort Rumor Mill Round-Up [August 3] Pay Disparity Within Metro Council Caucus [August 5] David Tandy Thinks He’s Running for Mayor [August 16] Well… Council went into executive session yesterday and decided her last day will be December 31. Once I get caught up here in the big city (yay civilization!), maybe I’ll have some more to share on this…

  • Traveling – How Bout an Open Thread?

    jake
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Due to last-minute travel plans, posting is gonna be a bit light through tomorrow afternoon. Life happens, right? So let’s use this open thread opportunity to discuss what you think needs to improve in Louisville. What’s the most urgent need of your immediate community or neighborhood? Please keep it mostly clean, avoid personal attacks and let’s maybe keep the partisanship out of it for a change.

  • Jerry Abramson-Cordish Corruption Galore

    jake
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    Looks like the Jerry Abramson – Cordish Companies hot mess has spread all across the land: The mayor said he’s pushing for the arena/hotel-casino/entertainment district project, number one, as a way to get jobs for the community. He’s also pushing for it as a way to revitalize the downtown. Cordish’s projects in both Louisville and Kansas City have revitalized those formerly two dead downtowns with vibrant, energetic live entertainment districts, he said. “My friend, the mayor of Louisville, said they’re just giving Cordish as much land as Cordish will…

  • Go to This: Southwest Community Forum

    jake
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    You live in the southwestern part of town? Then you should go to the Southwest Community Forum on Tuesday, November 10th. Southwest Community Forum 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. on 11/10/2009 Southwest Government Center 7219 Dixie Highway Sponsored by the Greater Louisville Project, the event is free and open to the public. You’ll have the opportunity to: Learn what the research says about education in Southwest Jefferson County Ask a panel of experts your questions about the current state of education and efforts that are under way Participate in a brainstorming session to discuss what…
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    Consuming Louisville

  • First Friday, Boudreaux's and a Word from Your Host

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:54 am
    It's time for the first Friday November 2009 edition. In addition to the Louisville Beer Store opening tonight the other thing that caught my eye is the mention of Boudreaux's, the new creole place that recently opened on Main Street. First, any mention of the word "Boudreaux" must be followed with a link to an awesome scene featuring the best Boudreax ever: Ouiser Boudreaux. Now that that's taken care of we can move on. I enjoy creole food (well the creole food that I can find that doesn't contain shellfish or pork) so I'm really curious about Boudreaux's. For First Friday tonight they've…

  • Unexpected Entry in the Hot Chocolate Search: Wild Eggs

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:05 am
    Last week we had lunch at Wild Eggs with a couple friends. We were almost finished with our meal when we saw the most glorious concoction of marshmallows and chocolate syrup float by to the table next to us. I hadn't event noticed that Wild Eggs had hot chocolate on the menu. So of course I had to order a hot chocolate for dessert. The hot chocolate was super super hot. It took forever to be cool enough to drink. It was frothy and had a pleasant enough chocolate flavor. The real treat of this hot chocolate though is obvious in the picture: chocolate syrup and marshmallows. Of all the hot…

  • 10% Off Pumpkin Pie Latte at Heine Brothers

    5 Nov 2009 | 6:36 am
    I had occasion to stop by the Heine Brothers at Douglass Loop yesterday. Well ok that's not quite true. The truth is Heine Brothers posted the picture at right of their Pumpkin Pie Latte and it looked so delicious I stopped by there in the afternoon to get one even though I already had a meeting scheduled at Heine Brothers for later in the evening. So yes, I was at Heine Brothers Douglass Loop twice in one day. I got my pumpkin pie latte to go so it didn't look quite as beautiful as the one in the photo but it tasted very good. Pumpkin pie lattes are 10% off at Heine Brothers until November…

  • Kentucky, Crime and New Zealand?

    5 Nov 2009 | 6:35 am
    Interesting is probably not the right word to describe an event focused on crime and punishment but it's the only one I've got. New Zealand is a country with a population of 4.2 million-almost exactly the size of Kentucky.   In the 80's they faced a crisis in the juvenile justice system.  After a process of listening to the community, the country enacted legislation in 1989 to move to a "restorative" approach to juvenile justice.  The "restorative" approach is unique in that it involves victims, offenders and the community in the justice process.Kentucky now is faced with…

  • Ask Fairdale Bigfoot (Week 8)

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:59 am
    Fairdale Bigfoot is pleases that he received more questions this week and we'd really like to keep up that trend. Please send questions to fairdalebigfoot@gmail.com or ask away via Twitter: @fairdalebigfoot. Dear FDBF,Are you worried about the hunters? Do you have family in W Va.? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570010,00.html?test=latestnews(Name withheld)Fairdale Bigfoot is not afraid of human hunters, but pities them. Several attempts have been made to reveal Fairdale Bigfoot's true identity. Take heed, humans, Fairdale Bigfoot is Fairdale Bigfoot. Further attempts to find a human…
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  • Run Thanksgiving like a restaurant at home

    MJ
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:49 am
    INDUSTRY STANDARD: Insider Info For Those Who Dine Out With Columnist Marsha Lynch Who doesn’t love Thanksgiving? Oh, my — I see a few of you raising your hands. That’s probably because it’s being held at your house, and you remember being up to your elbows in a sink of soapy water at 9 p.m. last year, muttering [...]

  • Café Thuy Van: Vietnamese off the beaten path

    MJ
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:04 am
      (Photo by Robin Garr.) LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes More than 30 years after the first wave of Vietnamese immigrants came to Louisville, these refugees and their children and grandchildren have moved into the mainstream of community life. Much like our Latino, Bosnian, Senegalese and other immigrant neighbors, these refugees of war brought Louisville a gift that delights both [...]

  • TanThai sets new standard in Thai food

    MJ
    21 Oct 2009 | 1:25 pm
    LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes (Photo by Robin Garr.) Foodies, food lovers and food geeks who’ve been around town for a while will recall the happy shock that comes with the discovery of an ethnic spot that stands out from the pack: A new arrival with food preparation and style that hint at something special going on in [...]

  • Café Mimosa returns

    MJ
    21 Oct 2009 | 12:28 pm
    By Kevin Gibson LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes The familiar logo on the former Lentini’s reads “Café Mimosa,” but the sandwich board out front says it all: “We open now!” A fire destroyed Café Mimosa’s former location — along with its partner Egg Roll Machine — in January. Owner Phat Le vowed to reopen; the former Lentini’s made sense [...]

  • The Patron won’t go away, and we’re glad

    robin
    7 Oct 2009 | 6:26 am
    The Patron brunch
 
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  • New York’s 23rd Congressional Race and Future of the GOP

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:46 pm
    The race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District has got to be one of the important elections to come along since the election of Obama; perhaps even more so. However, ever since the election of Ronald Reagan, the Grand Ole Party has shifted further and further to right, especially on social issues while the majority of country has remained pretty much in the middle. Many have referred to this shift as the take over or hijacking of the Republican Party. First, a little history.For decades, the GOP was primarily a center right political party. That is, it premise was to maintain a small…

  • Nobel Committee Blunders

    17 Oct 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Now, I’m the first guy who likes to see Americans get the Nobel Peace Prize, but don’t you actually have to do something to earn it? So, what exactly did Obama do during the ten days between the time he was sworn in a President and the cut off date for nominations for the Nobel Award? I don’t know about you, but given the size of the White House, my greatest accomplishment in ten days would be to find the kitchen and all the restrooms! Heck, during the first few weeks after his inauguration, Obama was still picking staff and unpacking. So then, perhaps the best place to start is by…

  • Illegal Immigration and the Southern Poverty Law Center: Sending the Wrong Message?

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:18 pm
    Here’s a really interesting article I received from FAIR, the Federation for Immigration Reform folks. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the Southern Poverty Law Center. If not, let me give you a brief history lesson. The SPLC came out of the civil rights movement as way to locate, monitor, and when possible, prosecute so-called hate groups. Over the decades they have been very successful in going after the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and a host of other groups of similar nature. They have been hailed as heroes and vilified as a front group for Leftists or Communists (whichever is in…

  • Politics and Religion: Poll Results

    27 Sep 2009 | 4:50 pm
    We just concluded our poll, which was posted on September 1, along with our article "Politics and Religion: Reaping the Whirlwind". The poll asked our readers if they believed the wall between church and state should remain; come down; on be weakened. The vote is in and our readers overwhelmingly said that church and state should not mix. 66% of our readers wanted to maintain or strenghten the seperation between religion and government. 16% wanted to the wall between the wall to come down, while the remainder thought a little mixture of church and government was ok. While not part of the…

  • Illegal Immigration, Obama’s HealthCare and You: Truth and Consequences.

    19 Sep 2009 | 5:33 pm
    President Obama’s healthcare plan continues to make the news, and while most Americans would agree that our nation’s healthcare infrastructure is in shambles, few Americas want to see those here illegally become eligible for any portion of taxpayer benefits. In fact, a number of leading Democrats have quietly begun backing off the so-called “Public Option”. I have gleaned some interesting articles that I thought you might find interesting. I should point out that, in all fairness, I haven’t seen any proposals by the GOP to provide comprehensive health coverage to legal US residents.
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  • We Moved, So Come to Our New Site and Update Your RSS!!!

    Nick
    18 Oct 2009 | 5:26 pm
    Dear Readers…. BACKSEAT SANDBAR has moved UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS & LINKS http://BackseatSandbar.com (previously that would redirect you to backseatsandbar.wordpress.com, where most of you have linked us in) UPDATE YOUR RSS FEED: http://feeds.feedburner.com/backseatsandbar/OsCm. We expect to see the same number of subscribers on our new site as we had on our old! If you don’t know what we mean by RSS subscriptions, visit RSS Feeds Explained and consider using them. Essentially they aggregate all of the websites you like to visit into one place similar to an email inbox so that…

  • BACKSEAT SANDBAR HAS MOVED!

    Cory
    3 Aug 2009 | 7:00 am
    Dear Readers…. BACKSEAT SANDBAR has moved UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS & LINKS http://BackseatSandbar.com (previously that would redirect you to backseatsandbar.wordpress.com, where most of you have linked us in) UPDATE YOUR RSS FEED: http://feeds.feedburner.com/backseatsandbar/OsCm. We expect to see the same number of subscribers on our new site as we had on our old!  If you don’t know what we mean by RSS subscriptions, visit RSS Feeds Explained and consider using them.  Essentially they aggregate all of the websites you like to visit into one place similar to an email inbox so…

  • Mount Eerie, Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids @ Red Mile Round Barn – 10/22

    Cory
    3 Aug 2009 | 3:42 am
    Mount Eerie, Tara Jane O’Neil, and No Kids will be playing at the Red Mile Round Barn on Thursday, October 22nd at 8:30PM. All Ages. No word just yet on prices… We caught the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise tour at the Red Mile Round Barn, and it made for an incredible concert experience. While the legendary performers may have had a lot to do with it, the beautiful venue added to the entire experience. On that note, we’ve been fortunate to catch each of these acts in the past, including bringing in No Kids for one of our own shows with the first Casiotone for the Painfully…

  • Wax Fang: American Song Writer of the Week

    Cory
    3 Aug 2009 | 3:40 am
    I have no idea how we missed this one…and even though it’s somewhat old news from the vault by this point, we wanted to be sure everyone else knew. Back at the end of April, Scott Carney was featured by American Songwriter as Wax Fang was the Songwriter of the Week. The feature includes a nice interview with Scott that includes mention of where he was in his life when writing La La Land, and some of the artists that influence him, including our own Yim Yames. We finally caught Wax Fang back in February 2008 and we’ve been addicted ever since. After hearing La La Land, and…

  • Juffage, Tints, the-zero-element, Karass @ Skull Alley – 8/5

    Cory
    31 Jul 2009 | 3:36 am
    Juffage, Tints, the-zero-element,& Karass are performing at Skull Alley on August 5th in celebration of Rahman’s birthday albeit 2 days belated, because, well,he’ll only turn 28 once. It’s hardly a secret that we love The Zero Element and while their instrumental dance rock may not do it for everyone, I find them to be one of the absolute best bands in the area. For me, VHS or Beta’s “Irreversible” is the finest moment on their Night on Fire album, and if they were to stick to the path created by that song, they would be The Zero Element. Karass is the…
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  • Leonard Cohen: Still Feisty After All These Years

    mail
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:45 pm
    At some point during the septuagenarian’s marathon three hour concert in Nashville Thursday — two sets, multiple encores — I turned to the Film Babe and offered how glad I am that I never saw Leonard Cohen until this late stage of his career. There is something more palatable about this satyr’s poetic sexual musings, something kind of quaint, now that he’s a bit hunched at age seventy five. And never doubt that this man is a sybarite to the core. A grand poet, genius actually, he is first and foremost a sensualist. Janis Joplin wasn’t the only one you know.

  • Movies I Love, Part XXVI: “A Face In The Crowd”

    mail
    25 Oct 2009 | 11:54 am
    The following is not a quote from Rush Limbaugh. Or Glenn Beck. Or Keith Olbermann. “Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus, shut-ins, pea-pickers – everybody that’s got to jump when somebody else blows the whistle. They don’t know it yet, but they’re all gonna be ‘Fighters for Fuller’. They’re mine! I own ‘em! They think like I do. Only they’re even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for ‘em. Marcia, you just wait and see. I’m gonna be the power behind the president – and you’ll be the power behind…

  • Is Kragthorpe Almost To End Zone?

    mail
    21 Oct 2009 | 12:32 pm
    The purpose here is to discuss Steve Kragthorpe. More exactly, Steve Kragthorpe’s situation and the downward momentum of his career at Louisville: how he replaced Bobby Petrino, how the team was immediately less good, how the fans became disgruntled, how that disenchantment has escalated to cacophony, and how those fans want him gone — yesterday, if not sooner. But first to Susan Boyle. You remember her, right? She was all the rage as a singing sensation on one of those British who-is-going-to-be-the-next-superstar shows. One day, nobody had ever heard of the frumpy housefrau with the…

  • Songs I Love, Part XIV: “Mississippi Queen” Mountain

    mail
    15 Oct 2009 | 2:04 pm
    It may very well be that the phenomenon I’m going to talk about happens only to pubescent boys. But, since that’s a category in which I was once included, it happened to me. So, I’ll start with this premise. For people with a serious inclination toward rock music, there will come a time when their first big guitar song blasts though some radio speakers. And, if you’re alone, or even if your mom is driving you to Bar Mitvah class,  you crank up the car radio — with impunity. The song hits you in the loins. The bass drum is always a major kerthink. You turn into…

  • Songs I Love, Part XIII: “Arianne” Aaron Neville

    mail
    5 Oct 2009 | 2:21 pm
    Let me start with a personal anecdote (as if that’s something unusual that I haven’t done before . . . too many times.) I attended the New Orleans JazzFest for the first time in 1976, and made it down there once again before that decade ended. Then I had some personal life changes that made it unwise for a number of years to tempt myself with the treasures of the Crescent City. But, in 1988, I was lured back by the prospect of experiencing the Little Feat reunion. With Bonnie Raitt, sitting in on slide guitar, be still my beating heart. On the marvelous Steamship President no…
 
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  • Trade in your clunker data for new data

    Mark
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am
    You can download data on 677,081 cars traded in the Cash for Clunkers program from Cars.gov. The AP has already analyzed it and found that one in seven of the new vehicles purchased in exchange get only a few miles per gallon more than the so-called clunkers:The single most common swap — which occurred more than 8,200 times — involved Ford F150 pickup owners who took advantage of a government rebate to trade their old trucks for new Ford F150s. They were 17 times more likely to buy a new F150 than, say, a Toyota Prius. The fuel economy for the new trucks ranged from 15 mpg to 17 mpg based…

  • Tens of thousands of military Social Security numbers published on Library of Congress Web site

    Mark
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:19 am
    Until this week, you could find the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of current and former soldiers, sailors and airmen on the Web site of the Library of Congress. This included Social Security numbers for a former operational commander for Iraq, a former commander of U.S. Central Command, a former vice chief of Naval Operations, a former director of the National Security Agency -- and Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State for President George W. Bush. The Social Security numbers were in online versions of the Congressional Record…

  • #depth on Twitter

    Mark
    27 Jun 2009 | 9:05 am
    You can find links I used to share more often on this blog by searching for the #depth hashtag on Twitter.

  • Follow me on Twitter, Delicious and Google Reader

    Mark
    20 Jun 2009 | 9:03 am
    If you’re interested in the kinds of things that interest me on this blog, you can follow me on Twitter, Delicious and Google Reader. I serve an unsteady stream of links that often never make it here. All have RSS feeds you can subscribe to independent of Depth Reporting. My latest updates to those services are also available on Depth Reporting’s right rail. There’s some cross-posting going on, so forgive me for the dupes.

  • Visualizing U.S. Supreme Court ideology

    Mark
    18 Jun 2009 | 7:28 am
    The Ideological History of the Supreme Court, 1937-2007, is a nice visualization designed by Alex Lundry that uses scores developed by two political scientists to measure where the justices have stood on an “ideological continuum” from liberal to conservative. You can download the visualization in spreadsheet form, play with it and see how it was done. Boiling a judge’s judicial philosophy down to a score is a tricky business, and not everyone likes it. You can get a flavor of that by reading The Distorting Slant of Quantitative Studies of Judging, by a law professor.   [via…
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  • A Year Ago vs. A Year To Go

    Justin Krebs
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:25 am
    The Dems two gubernatorial losses were an open seat & an unpopular incumbent, while the Palin / Pawlenty / Beck-endorsed loss was a seat that hadn't gone Dem in a century. Maine gave us heartbreaking & horrifying vote, but it looks like Washington State voters have battled by ballot to protect gay partnerships (and let's not forget Kalamazoo...). Some good area NY legislators were tossed, yet from Atlanta to Houston, run-off elections are signaling more change in the wind. Some of Election Night hurt, and hurt badly & seemed to take the shine off of last November. Yet we also saw:…

  • Meet the Folks at DL Spartanburg

    Brian Sonenstein
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:10 am
    Back in July, we profiled our very own Drinking Liberally Spartanburg, SC chapter. They just sent us this video about their group, and we liked it so much we thought we'd share it with everyone else! Got video or pictures of your local DL chapter? Let us know!

  • Conservatives Like Options...It's The Public They Can't Stand

    Justin Krebs
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:27 am
    The Senate finally nears a healthcare bill but Holy Joe Lieberman wants the option to filibuster with the GOP against progress as 45,000 Americans die yearly from no coverage. The House finally nears a proposal but Blue Dog Dems cling to the option of opposing their party without repercussions & abandoning their voters who want reform. The President pushes us closer to change but the GOP wants the option to opt out, & to sabotage, sully & sink a plan they won't even vote for in the end. Conservatives like options ...it's just the public they can't stand. After we pass this public…

  • Why We Cheer For Bank-Robbers Over Robber-Banks

    Justin Krebs
    22 Oct 2009 | 5:18 am
    Banks' reckless risks ran real awry, upending our economy, poisoning pensions, creating a crisis & f-ing unfortunate families ...but we were told they were too big to fail. After we bankrolled their bulls**t bailout, they bounced back to business-as-usual then posted preposterous profits, though kept crunching credit for all of us. Their salaries soared & arrogance enlarged, so the gov is going to whittle wayward wages, but they keep boasting billions in bonuses -- unaware, unconcerned or unmoved by our outrage. Bonus? More like Screw-Us. This bonus is bogus. That's why we cheer for…

  • MP Sue Bradford at DL Dunedin (NZ)

    Brian Sonenstein
    9 Oct 2009 | 10:18 am
    MP Bradford speaking to DL Dunedin, 9/29/2009 Not even a month after losing a leadership battle in New Zealand's Green Party, former MP Sue Bradford's resignation from parliament has hardly proven to be a sign of personal defeat. Instead, Ms. Bradford has gone back to what she loves most-- taking part in grassroots activism and working for real, bottom-up change. read more
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  • Try it, you'll like it 2! Elk Creek Ghostly Whites

    30 Oct 2009 | 8:50 pm
    It's All Hallow's Eve eve and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Roommate is in bed watching a scary movie on his laptop. And thankfully, so far at least, the post-Ike renovation of Casa Lou has rendered it mouse-free (oh yes, like many other 103 year old Original Highlands houses, Casa Lou has had some critter problems). What's a girl to do but blog and tweet and catch up on emails...A few weeks ago I chimed in on Elk Creek's Bone Dry Red, one of the three wines that Elk Creek was kind enough to send me for review (And that's your disclaimer, folks). That…

  • Big Monies at the Back Door Costume Contest and more...

    30 Oct 2009 | 1:56 pm
    Happy Halloween, Louisvillagers!I always knew that the Back Door has a HUGE Halloween party every year-- I may have even been once or twice-- but I didn't know what the draw was. The draw is this: a $500 prize for best costume! Holy bar tab, Batman! And this year, I have an "in" with one of the celebrity judges. If I had known about the huge prize, I would have gone last year. I was a lock with my "Crazy Bald Britney Spears" costume. This year... not so much.According to reliable sources, this weekend is the last weekend for both Carly Rae's and the Barret Bar. Sad news. We're off to Carly…

  • Bigfoot, Chicago, and Sushi: Monday Evening Randomness

    26 Oct 2009 | 3:40 pm
    Whether it's the sudden uptick in the temp today or the residual benefits of Roommate's fantastic homemade chili last night, I'm feeling darn near perky this Monday evening. I've been a bit laggy with my blogging of late; these past few weeks have been mild, but persistent, madness. I'm not saying that there's a light at the end of the tunnel (another surgery next month, for example), but... you know... I'll take what I can get.Some random stuff for this (unfortunately cooling) Monday evening:This weekend Chicago is at the Kentucky Center-- the musical, not the Peter Cetera-fronted pop/jazz…

  • Barbara Kingsolver in Louisville

    20 Oct 2009 | 9:34 am
    When I first got this email I thought, hey, it's been a while since I last read a book by Barbara Kingsolver.  And then, as I read the email, I realized that there was a good reason: turns out, Kingsolver hasn't written a novel in a while.  But she's got a new one coming out, The Lacuna, and not only can you buy it at a 15% discount at Carmichael's, but you also get a free ticket to a reading and book signing event on November 22. Note to Carmichael's, though: The following email is a bit confusing. The event is free-- all you have to do is buy a book-- so how are you donating…

  • Jazz Hands!

    16 Oct 2009 | 2:16 pm
    You'd think I'd be a big jazz fan, being from New Orleans and all... (Right, I'm not really from New Orleans. Don't get all picky on me, kids.) And truly, New Orleans style brass band jazz is, indeed, my favorite kind of music. (If you're ever in need of instant happiness in your ears, download something by the Soul Rebels Brass Band.) But jazz in general? It's not really my thing.That's neither here nor there. Luckily there are some Louisvillagers over at the Louisville Jazz Society who more than make up for my lack of enthusiasm. Each week, I get a lovely listing of all the jazz-related…
 
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  • John Wall debuts, Kentucky rolls 117-52

    Guy
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:04 pm
    Happy John Wall Day! That’s the text I received to start my morning, and Mr. Wall did not disappoint. For the first time, we got to watch John Wall go up against someone other than his teammates and the Golden Eagles suffered the consequences to the tune of 27 points, 9 assists, and 4 rebounds. Other than a blemishes in the form of couple carrying calls, Wall’s performance was close to perfect. He nailed a 3 early, split fruitless double teams to open up the floor, got to the basket almost at will, and zipped passes to open teammates. The most impressive thing to me about John…

  • The Pinkie Previews: Louisville at West Virginia

    Miller
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:14 pm
    Date – November 7, 2009 Time – 12:00 pm Site – Milan Puskar Stadium TV – WHAS 11 (Big East Network) Radio – 790 AM WKRD Home of the Mountaineers After getting a win on their home turf last weekend, the Louisville Cardinals travel to Morgantown for a showdown with the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Cards sit at 3-5 on the year, including 0-3 in Big East play, and have not won a Big East contest since October 2008. West Virginia is 6-2, including 2-1 in Big East action, and returns home after unexpectedly losing to South Florida 30-19 last Friday. Louisville…

  • New Mexico Soccer Player Plays Dirty

    nickev
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pm
    “My actions were uncalled for,” Elizabeth Lambert said in a statement released by New Mexico. “I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation.” No kiddin’.

  • The Pinkie Previews: Clarion Golden Eagles at Kentucky Wildcats

    nickev
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    In doing research on this Clarion basketball team, I found a nicely done preview on their athletics website, www.clariongoldeneagles.com. I have already written a preview on Eastern this morning, so I am going to just quote some excerpts and then forward you on that way. Going into this thing, the only thing I knew about Clarion is that they were Division II and that John Calipari played point guard there. Here is some more info on the Golden Eagles. From ClarionGoldenEagles.com – The Golden Eagles finished 11-16 overall and 2-12 in the PSAC-West finishing out of the PSAC playoffs for…

  • Pulaski Academy Wraps Up Regular Season Tonight

    Carl H
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    The defending 5-A Arkansas State Champion Pulaski Academy Bruins will finish their regular season tonight at 7:00pm ET on ESPNU with a road game at Little Rock Christian. The playoffs begin next week, Friday the 13th. Head Coach Kevin Kelley, who The Pinkie had the privilege of interviewing last season (CLICK HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW), has done something this year that surprised everyone: He punted! Kelley, quickly gaining recognition throughout the coaching realm for his unorthodox style of never punting, finally did so in Pulaski’s October 2nd game against 5-A rival Camden-Fairview. On…
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  • The Cost of Not Enacting Health Care Reform by Linda J. Bilmes and Rosemarie Day

    Drteds
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:36 pm
    The Boston Globe, November 7, 2009 A new study puts the number of deaths among Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 associated with lack of health insurance at 44,789 a year. US government agencies typically use a figure around $7 million to represent the lost economic output from each death. If we conservatively use only half of the government figure, or $3.5 million, it suggests that the annual cost to the US economy of 40,000 deaths is about $140 billion. Linda Bilmes is a faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she teaches public finance. Rosemarie Day is deputy director of…

  • From Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Office: The Full Text and a 10-page Summary of the House's Health Care Plan

    Drteds
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm
    To better understand what the U.S. House of Representatives is voting on this weekend Download AHCAA-DETAILEDSUMMARY-102909 To read the entire Bill Download Full text

  • Here’s What the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act Means for You

    Drteds
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    From the Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi   LOWER COSTS No more co-pays or deductibles for preventive care No more rate increases for pre-existing conditions, gender, or occupation An annual cap on your out-of-pocket expenses Group rates of a national pool if you buy your own plan Guaranteed, affordable oral, hearing, and vision care for your kids GREATER CHOICE Keep your doctor, and your current plan, if you like them More choice, with a high quality public health insurance option competing with private insurers HIGHER QUALITY You and your doctors make health care decisions — not…

  • The Congressional Budget Office Director’s Blog for November 6, 2009: Updated Estimate for Health Care Legislation Pending in the House

    Drteds
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:57 pm
      Earlier today, I posted a blog about the cost estimate for the health care legislation pending in the House. I explained how the repeal of certain tax rules in H.R. 3962, the health care bill, would now generate less revenue because the rules would only be in effect for two years during the 2010-2019 period as a result of the unemployment legislation that was signed into law today. The original estimate for the impact of that repeal under H.R. 3962, about $26 billion over the 10-year period, will now be reduced to about $6 billion. CBO just issued an updated estimate for the health…

  • The Pluses and Minuses of the Congressional Health Care Reform Plan(s)

    Drteds
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:46 pm
    The American Prospect, October 27, 2009 by Robert Kuttner   What are our fondest hopes and worst fears for the health legislation now slouching towards the president's desk? On the plus side, it will cover slightly more than half of America's uninsured, qualify more of the near-poor for Medicaid, and it may lead to some greater rationalization of health outlays. On the minus side, the plan leaves most people dependent on employers for health coverage and reinforces the political and economic power of the private insurance industry. It subsidizes insurers with more than half a…
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  • 2009 USGP of Cyclocross – Derby City Cup Video

    ben
    31 Oct 2009 | 7:26 am
    Click here to view the embedded video. Cobbled together from sketchy footage and so-so photos from both days at the 2009 USGP here in Louisville. Enjoy. Featured are a number of Rogues, some of which who Love the Pain, IronMan Michael, ‘Zanne, her crippled hubby, Molnar (whos baby girl gave me a dollar), those awesome little scamps from Red Zone cycling, and of course Jimmy the self-proclaimed “one-eyed drunken cyclops” from F*ckgas.org. Where’s all the TwinSpires.com guys?  Well… my one and only teammate DNF’d in the mudpit at the end of the video on the…

  • The USGP of Cyclocross Comes to Town, A Story

    ben
    25 Oct 2009 | 7:43 pm
    This weekend, the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross was in Louisville, my hometown. Cyclocross is a nutty mix of cycling and running on grass, dirt and sand. The USGP is a national race series that offers races in a number of different categories, based on experience level, gender and age. Here in Louisville there were some 300? 400? riders. The “big” races are the Men’s and Women’s PRO races… but the rest of them are comprised of folks like me. Why is this man so happy? The USGP is a well-organized, well-sponsored event. The USGP is a circus, and when the circus lands…

  • Amelia.

    ben
    23 Oct 2009 | 8:49 am
    Amelia sternly criticizes my performance at the 2009 Tour de Louisville cyclocross race. One of my favorite photos of her.

  • HOWTO: Build a Better Blog

    ben
    23 Oct 2009 | 6:45 am
    Over the past couple of years I have found myself perusing and eventually following a number of local/regional/national blogs and sites on stuff that I find interesting – cooking, baseball, model sailplanes, cycling, what-have-you. The best ones are ones backed by interesting people with interesting things to say – at least interesting to me, and that’s what’s important to me. This blog-reading/stalking stuff is very personal. Some blogs do everything “right”, meaning they’ve optimized their site and content for a wide range of viewers – friends…

  • My Homebrew Cyclocross Bike

    ben
    21 Oct 2009 | 3:43 pm
    In honor of the USGP Derby City Cup cyclocross race this weekend, I give you this: Look upon my works, ye mighty, and chuckle heartily. What you see before you is my spring/summer waiting-on-the-baby project, a cyclocross bike. It’s a jumble of parts acquired from my basement, local sources, Craiglist and eBay. It is also my first from-the-group-up bike build. Finished in August, I spun it out the River Road Country Club cyclocross (CX for short) course to make sure it wouldn’t fall apart, and then… I raced it at the Tour de Louisville cyclocross race October 4th. The race…
 
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  • Coffee with your Councilman - Saturday, Nov.7th

    Brian Tucker
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am
    “Coffee with your Councilman” set for Saturday, November 7thBlackwell invites residents to come out and talkLouisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell is once again inviting residents of District 12 to come out for “Coffee with your Councilman” this Saturday, November 7th.“As the seasons change and the temperature cools, warm coffee and conversation is a good way to pass the time. If you have a concern you would like me to know about then come on out and let’s talk,” says Blackwell.The event will take place at Sister Beans, 4956 Manslick Road beginning at 10:00am.“We have found…

  • Heating Assistance Program Information

    Brian Tucker
    2 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm
    The Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership (CAP) will begin the Heater Assistance Program, November 2, 2009 through March 31, 2010. This program offers space heaters on loan to individuals and families when their main heating source is in need of repair or replacement. Appointments may be necessary so please call ahead of time. Households that meet income eligibility guidelines can visit one of the following locations to apply for this program: CAP Central District – 810 Barret Avenue (Urban Government Center); 574-1157CAP East District – 4810 Exeter Ave (Newburg Community Center);…

  • Day Of The Dead

    Brian Tucker
    2 Nov 2009 | 5:18 am
    As the sun crawls over the rooftop across the street, its orange glow spreading over and burning away the gentle blanket of frost laid overnight, I climb out of bed and glance at my calendar. November 2nd...Day of the Dead.El Día de los Muertos, or All Souls' Day, is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Latin Americans living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on November 1st and 2nd in connection with the Catholic holiday of All Saints Day which…

  • SW Community Cleanup - Nov. 7, 2009

    Brian Tucker
    22 Oct 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Southwest Pride CleanupSaturday November 7th Register 8:30am; Cleanup 9am-12pm 7770 Dixie Highway (next to Auto Zone). Join Councilman Blackwell and other civic minded Southwest Louisvillians to make our community a better place. Volunteers will be provided with gloves and garbage bags and will be treated to free coffee and doughnuts. Groups of over 20 will receive $100 for their participation, with the largest group over 20 receiving an additional $100. If you have a suggestion for an area that needs attention, please call Kim Leanhart at 368-3880. Thanks to Councilman Blackwell for this…

  • 2009 Southwest Festival - This Saturday!!!

    Brian Tucker
    6 Oct 2009 | 12:55 pm
    Click the image below for all the information you need on the 2009 Southwest Festival at Sun Valley Park.
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  • Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Harlan and Clarence Thomas’ Color-Blind Constitution

    5 Nov 2009 | 11:03 am
    I feel like I’ve been neglecting Harlan in this blog lately. There’s actually a technological reason for that. When I started this blog I created 2 Westclip searches: one for Brandeis and another for Harlan.  My email inbox soon started filling up with notices about Brandeis. I wasn’t particularly disturbed by the fact that I wasn’t getting any messages about Harlan; I just assumed nobody was doing any research on him. Then the other day while logged onto West I decided to take another look at my Westclip searches. Sure enough, I had misconfigured the Harlan search.

  • Faculty Blogs: The Supreme Court and el Dia de los Muertos

    31 Oct 2009 | 11:51 am
    Last year I took a class at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft  on creating shrines for el dia de los muertos, traditionally celebrated November 2 and 3 in Mexico and parts of the U.S.  The class was taught by my friend Suzanne Martino, a gifted assemblage artist.  I opted for whimsy over sentiment, celebrating the beloved White Castle on Bardstown Road whose closing in 1988 put a headstone on my and many of my friends' (extended) youth and slacker existence.  Suzanne has since returned to Colorado, but as a remembrance (and because assemblage is so fun), I decided to construct another…

  • Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Urofsky Gives a Talk About His Biography

    30 Oct 2009 | 10:02 am
    Mel Urofsky visited Brandeis University on September 29 and gave a speech about his new biography Louis D. Brandeis: A Life. He doesn’t read from the book, but he does do a good job covering all of the themes of the book, while throwing in some good anecdotes.  The speech is included in its entirety (with Q&A) online. It makes for a pretty good introduction to the book. Now if only someone can raise the money to bring him to Louisville.

  • Faculty Blogs: GeoCities, Dead at 15

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:49 pm
    Beloved early Internet icon GeoCities died today at the age of 15, slowly smothered by its adoptive parent Yahoo. Web pioneers fondly remember its rich neighborhoods, from the geeky confines of SiliconValley and Area51 to the bohemian districts of Soho, SouthBeach and SunsetCity.  There they learned the power and joy of personal publishing, even if it only concerned the question of whether Abe Vigoda was dead or alive, or the relative cuteness of their and their friend's cats.  It was preceded in death by the HMTL 1.0 Stylesheet, the blink tag and the dancing baby animated gif (shown on the…

  • Faculty Blogs: Current Scholarship - Central States Law Schools Association

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:19 pm
    I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Central States Law Schools Association's annual conference this past weekend.  Attached are abstract and the slides of the presentation that I gave concerning the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to the employment relationship. I saw a number of interesting presentations across a broad range of subjects.  Many of the abstracts are posted here.  Several of the presentations that I heard may be of interest to those in the field of labor and employment.  On the employment law panel with me was Susan Cancelosi,…
 
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