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Then came a very unlikely genius and made it all clear: "My understanding is that the article will form the basis of a novelization of the war, to be funded via a Kickstarter, just to completely close the circle on events."
While it's obviously a parody, the parallel is perfect. The Fountain War Kickstarter was received with outrage because it was a shameless rewrite of history. It pictured Goons as great warriors who won in an epic battle against the odds, while the truth was well-known: TEST had no functioning leadership, barely any FCs and no reliable allies. I was there and we all gave our best and indeed put up a huge fight, but all was in vain and TEST was doomed to fail from the moment Booda unblued HBC. Goons merely jumped on the easy prey. Them being unable to mop TEST up in a week was rather a foreshadow of their current defeat than because TEST had a shot.
The reason people believe Lenny is that his story is much more "Kickstarter-worthy" than mine. In his narrative a hidden mastermind united various groups to stand together in an epic war against a terrible enemy. Everyone - from alliance leaders to line members - can see himself a hero in Lenny's story. He was there when the Evil Goons were finally slain. He has screenshots enthosising LAWN space. He has the combat log to prove that he was part of the pivotal battle of M-OEE8. Even if he was a line member, he mattered. If he was a leader, he was writing history: Gobbins, Vince, Grath, Progod are all heroes to be remembered still the server runs. Of course they happily play the roles of lieutenants for Lenny. If they did half the effort in destroying Goons, Goons would have lost the Fountain War.
The only problem is that Goons didn't even put up a fight. They moved to lowsec the minute they had a hunch that something is happening. They didn't even attempt to protect Vale. For M-O they brought mere 519 people, TEST had more for a moon timer. After M-O, they ran away and their combat activity was limited to interceptor trolling. Their allies - besides CO2 who left when realized that they are mere meatshield - were useless. Hell, "where is RAZOR" was a meme on r/eve. They tried to doublespeak their uselessness as "Fabian Strategy", but everyone laughed on it.
I have no chance to convince significant amount of people about the effects of GRR, because to believe me, one has to also believe the objective truth: Goons were just a bunch of ratters and miners who abandoned their allies and gave up Deklein without a fight. Therefore he - from line member to leader - wasn't an epic fighter, just a glorified ratter ganker... after years of whining how Goons already won EVE. The hate for MoA was exactly because MoA wasn't delusional: they were openly ratter gankers and because MoA fought while everyone else were whining.
Lenny isn't telling a true story only to replace my name with his. Lenny is telling a heroic epic worthy of a Kickstarter novel featuring you as a hero flying against the Big Evil Goons - financed by him. I'm telling a true story and claiming credit for a mere snowball. In this story, you are a simple bandwagoner who jumped on the snowball. No wonder which version people pick.
Of course it also means that I didn't kill them either, even if it was indeed my snowball. Since they were weak, it was only a matter of time before someone start a snowball. Hell, it could even be Lenny. If it was me, I was merely lucky and not Napoleon. My only real result (and no one questioned that) was my killboard analysis predicting and showing the weakness of Goons years before it happened. The only real result of MoA (and no one questioned that) was killing stupid amount of Goons as proof of their lack of PvP ability.
I rest my case. I now fully understand what happened. For you to see the truth only one thing is needed: to read your own posts made between Jan and March. Count how many times have you laughed on docking, SMA-abandoning, Asher-fitting, interceptor trolling Goons! Now ask the question: can anyone be a hero for defeating this crap?! Does kicking this crap really need a huge coalition with a mastermind behind it? Then you realize: you didn't take part in the Invasion of Okinava, but in the Invasion of Kiska. Sucks? Well, find comfort in the fact that I spent two years of proving it's possible, having everyone mocking me for it, and then Lenny taking credit when it turned out that I was right.
Finally: this incident only reinforces that EVE is beyond help without complete management shakeup. Lenny didn't do whatever he did to get fame or prove a point. Otherwise he had a long history of projects, successful and not. He jumped to the spotlight now to become the new Mittani: a monetizer/RMT-er who is too space-important to be banned. This is why he is paying all these opinion leaders to praise his name, this is why he is rewriting the mop-up of the Deklein ratting crap into the war of the century and above all: this is why he goes out of his way to erase me from history while he is giving out credit to every Tom, Dick and Harriett: those guys - like Bobmon - will protect him from Bugartist. I would never do that, even if he'd offer me all the credit and all his trillions. I was always fighting the dev-corrupting monetizers, therefore I'm a threat to him even when I left the game months ago. He does not need to worry now. As long as Falcon is working there, I'm not coming back.
PS: Lenny, IWI and the rest of the filthy RMTing scum shall pray every day that the tenure of Falcon will be long. Because if he is finally fired for lying to media and customers to protect criminals and running a cyberbully campaign against a customer, I might be back. And then I won't care who'll take credit for destroying the I Want ISK "business".


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This page contains the indexes found on the original Golden Age Batman web site first introduced in 1996. Today, there are faster and better ways to obtain the information reproduced here, but I wanted to make sure that the original indexes were still available for those who wanted to use them.
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The Golden Silvers are a band from London in the UK which has gotten my attention a few weeks ago when I was listening to BBC Radio 1 web radio. They were advertised as one of the leading bands of Radio 1's Big Weekend that took place this year in Maidstone, Kent, England. So, their very catchy song "Arrows of Eros" was aired several times in the past weeks and I have to say, I fell in love with it. Just the beginning is absolutely wonderful. It starts off with that synthesiser-like three-note theme, that repeats itself over and over again in different variations. And then the singing part takes off: 'There was a girl who lived in London To-ho-hooown…' – amazing. What could be a better start for such a typical Britpop song.
Well, I think you should check them out for yourself, which you can either do through their MySpace profile or through their official website. Oh, and by the way, their single "Arrows of Eros" officially comes out on July 14th, 2008. So, pre-order it now at the Young And Lost Club for just £ 3.40 + postage! And no, I'm not getting paid for this.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Gasoline prices in Virginia have increased an average of seven cents per gallon over the past week.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas was $3.21 on Friday, up from $3.14 the previous week. That's also three cents more than the same date a year ago.
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When I saw that the NY Times was holding an essay contest on the subject of why it's ethical to eat meat, I knew I had to submit something. Though I didn't make it into the finalists, I was glad to see some of the same logic used in a few of those that did. Here is my essay for those interested :
As a vegetarian poised to inherit a cattle ranching operation, I have put some time into the mental gymnastics that is rationalizing my role in the family business and the justice of the work itself. I can find no justification for modern factory farming, indeed that ugly version of animal husbandry is what made me an herbivore, but in its more traditional guise, one in which the animal's quality of life is taken into account, I see little wrong. While I lack any formal education in ethics, my sense is the greater good can be served on the same plate as supper.
The cows we raise, with minimal intervention, live happy unadulterated lives before dying in an instant and in a way that benefits others. If I could choose, I'd live my life and die similarly. The struggle to find one's place in the world, to create or attain a sense of meaning regarding one's time here is what makes us human. If we generously assign animals equal feeling and sentience might they not grapple with the same concerns and in some way find peace on the dinner plate, if only in fulfilling the journey of their lives? Like Mr. Pollan's book, Botany of Desire proposes, I think the argument can be made that through domestication certain species have assured their survival. The animals we don't eat go extinct much quicker and with less purpose to their deaths.
Eating meat connects us to the cycles of birth and death, even if it's been carried home in a plastic bag, sealed inside by layers of cling wrap and pressed against Styrofoam. The unconscious does the work for us. The Hebrew word for sacrifice- "korban," means "close." In the intimacy of consuming flesh we bring ourselves closer to nature, to the cosmic cycles of life and to each other. We cringe when we think of the animal that becomes meat and in the "cringing," we are brought to our own mortality and the gratitude that accompanies that reminder causes us to treat each other better. Thanks to the suffering involved, it brings us outside of ourselves. There is both something given and taken in the process of killing. There wouldn't be the same gravity with a carrot. It is no surprise that meat is at the center of our culture's traditional gatherings: The Easter Ham, The Christmas Goose, The iconic Thanksgiving Bird.
In a more ideal setting, one in which the relationship between the prey and predator is greater, the dialogue with mortality becomes clearer. Imagine a hunter who has spent himself racing through the woods after a buck, unsure if the animal will escape and leave him hungry. If he prevails to find himself dripping sweat over the bloody carcass, what guilt is there in that hard won victory?
We are still animals ourselves, and to remove ourselves from the natural order, the ebb and flow of the animal world is its own sort of arrogance. Anthropocentrism, they call it. By eating meat we return to our baser selves, the hungry, wanting, warring bits that we regularly keep in check. It is a way to visit our natural state in a rational way. A release valve for the pressures of civility. If we want to behave the rest of the time, we may need to feed our inner beasts.
In limiting consumption to humanely and locally produced meat, eaten in moderation and ideally with community, most of the environmental and health concerns are mediated. I hope the ethical concerns have been addressed above.
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
The New Ultrarunning Magazine Cover and the Lithia Loop Trail Marathon Odds
After ten years of running and countless victories at distances over the marathon distance Hal Koerner (owner and manager of Rogue Valley Runners) has received, perhaps, one of the most coveted honors for an ultramarathoner. Hal has finally made the cover of Ultrarunning Magazine. This is Hal on his way to his victory during September's Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run. Congratulations Hal!!!
Switching gears now...
Let's bring a little of Las Vegas to southern Oregon shall we? After countless hours of research and information gathering, odds for this weekend's Lithia Loop Trail Marathon have been posted on World Class Ultramarathoner Karl Meltzer's web site. Follow this link to find out who's got a chance at winning the first ever marathon in Ashland, Oregon.
Posted by Rogue Valley Runners at 9:57 AM
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- Sharon said...
Congratulations Hal and all of the Rogue Valley Runners competing in the Lithia Trail Loop. My husband and I are new to running (so new in fact that I am rehabbing a knee with quad tendinitis and my husband is recouperating from a displaced femoral neck stress fracture - but we are anxious to get back at it!
- Friday, November 07, 2008 8:19:00 AM
- jenn said...
killer fanny pack!
- Sunday, November 09, 2008 11:14:00 AM
- Rennaker said...
Take it easy Jenn...
- Monday, November 10, 2008 11:23:00 AM
- JC said...
Congrats Hal! Great job on the trail as well as your support of the local area running scene. You and the RV Runners have done well to put us way up on the map.
- Monday, November 10, 2008 10:28:00 PM
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Last Friday, a Wheel of Fortune contestant solved a prize puzzle with only one letter on the board. The internet exploded with astonishment and conspiracy theories. Esquire's Chris Jones—who's written about phenomenal game-show performances before—broke it down on his blog.
Here's the video if you haven't seen it yet.
It's pretty amazing, but as Jones points out, the woman, a magazine editor named Caitlin Burke, is a bit of a Wheel of Fortune junkie who understands that the game is a process of elimination, one designed to make "the basic and routine seem chaotic and unpredictable." Burke saw the apostrophe and the single letter on the board and worked her way from there. It's certainly impressive, but as you learn, not unfathomable or impossible. Charles Van Doren gets to stay at the top of the list of great game show cheaters.
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TOKYO, Japan (Nov. 24, 2013) – Russia proved too powerful for the U.S. Men's National Team, which fell to the European power, 29-27, 25-22, 25-19 in its final match of the FIVB Grand Champions Cup on Sunday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
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The U.S. Men finished the tournament in fifth place with a record of 2-3. Brazil finished first while Russia took second and Italy was third. U.S. middle blocker Max Holt was named the first middle blocker to the tournament all-star team. He led all blockers with 17 (.85 per set).
"Obviously we wanted to finish the tournament on a better note," U.S. Team Captain Sean Rooney said. "We learned a lot this tournament. Personally, as captain, I'm excited about the places we can go with this group of guys. I'm already looking forward to next summer. I'm really proud to be a part of this team."
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The U.S. Men held set point four times in the first set, but Russia held them off each time and emerged with the win on a block and kill off the block. The U.S. Men were within one point of Russia in the second set 22-21, before losing 25-22. In the third set, Russia's Evgeny Sivozhelez went on a seven-point serving run that included three straight aces to increase Russia's lead from 9-8 to 16-8.
"I am excited for our team for next year and for the future," said Matt Anderson, who was the leading scorer of the tournament with 104 points on 93 kills, five blocks and six aces. "I think we can be a great team. I'm disappointed we gave up in the third set. We had a lull that allowed them to run off seven points. It made it difficult for us to come back."
The U.S. Men led in kills (39-35). Russia led in blocks (9-4) and aces (8-5). Russia scored 27 points on U.S. errors while committing 20.
"This was a difficult match for us," U.S. Head Coach John Speraw (Los Angeles) said. "Russia is an excellent volleyball team that puts so much pressure on you offensively from service line. I thought we were handling it pretty well early in the match. I thought we were passing the ball at a pretty high level. We just didn't get as much offensive production as we needed to from our outside hitters."
Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) led all scorers with 14 points on a match-high 10 kills, one block and three aces. Middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati) added eight points on six kills, one block and one ace. Rooney, at outside hitter, finished with seven points on six kills and one block. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) scored seven points on six kills and one ace.
Middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) totaled five points on five kills. Outside hitter Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.), who started the third set for Rooney, scored five points on four attacks and one block.
Setter Micah Christenson (Honolulu) scored two points on two kills and was credited with 24 running sets. He set the team to a 43.4 kill percent.
Libero Erik Shoji (Honolulu) was credited with nine digs and nine excellent receptions. Priddy led in excellent receptions with 11.
The U.S. took a 6-2 lead in the first set and led 8-4 at the first technical timeout (TTO). Russia tied the score at 9-9 and the teams battled back and forth. The U.S. reached set point first at 24-23, but then served out of bounds. The U.S. took set point three more times, but Russia fought it each time. At 27-27, Russia used a block and kill by Evgeny Sivozhelez to win the set.
The teams were tied 16-16 in the second set when Russia scored on a kill from Dmitriy Ilinykh and ace from Nikolay Apalikov to take the lead. The U.S. pulled to within one at 21-20 on a Russian error and Priddy kill. But Russia came back with a kill and went on to win the set 25-22.
In the third set, Russia's Evgeny Sivozhelez went on a seven-point serving run that included three straight aces to increase Russia's lead from 9-8 to 16-8. The U.S. pulled back to within four at 22-18, but it was too little too late.
Fourteen-Player Roster for FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1. Matt Anderson (OH, 6-9, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2. Sean Rooney (OH, 6-10, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4. David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
6. Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7. Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
8. Reid Priddy (OH, 6-4, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9. Murphy Troy (Opp, 6-8, St. Louis, Mo., Southern California)
11. Micah Christenson (S, 6-6, Honolulu, Southern California)
13. Futi Tavana (MB, 6-7, Kalaheo, Hawaii, BYU)
14. Jeff Menzel (OH, 6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
15. Carson Clark (Opp, 6-8, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Irvine)
17. Max Holt (MB, 6-9, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
19. Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
20. David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
Head Coach: John Speraw (Los Angeles)
Team Manager: Andrea Becker (Martinez, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Anton Willert (Berlin, Germany)
Assistant Coach: Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Gary Moy (San Francisco, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Tim Pelot (Florida)
Athletic Trainer: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Doctor: Andrew Gregory (Nashville, Tenn.)
FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup Schedule
(all times Pacific Standard)
Nov. 19
Italy def. Russia, 28-26 25-20 19-25 27-25
Brazil def. Iran, 25-16, 25-17, 25-27, 25-23
USA def. Japan, 25-17, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20
Nov. 20
Iran def. Italy, 26-24, 16-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12
Brazil def. USA, 31-29, 25-23, 25-23
Russia def. Japan, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18
Nov. 22
USA def. Italy, 25-21, 20-25, 22-25, 28-26, 15-13
Russia def. Iran, 25-23, 25-23, 25-19
Brazil def. Japan, 25-17, 25-23, 25-18
Nov. 23
Iran def. USA, 28-26, 19-25, 19-25, 27-25, 18-16
Russia def. Brazil, 20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17, 15-9
Italy def. Japan, 25-16, 25-21, 25-21
Nov. 24
Brazil def. Italy, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 15-11
Russia def. USA, 29-27, 25-22, 25-19
Iran def. Japan, 25-17, 25-18, 25-14


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Portland State University (PSU) and Celilo Group Media's Chinook Book have launched an exciting mobile app that is available for free to some 33,000 PSU students, faculty and staff. The first of its kind, the app includes money-saving coupons for sustainable products and services that students love as well as student resources for green campus living.
The release of the PSU Chinook Book app marks the beginning of a six-month pilot project to test the demand for a university-specific Chinook Book. The company has been using smart phone apps to supplement its traditional coupon book business since 2010.
"We've had great success with individuals using the Chinook Book app, and we are thrilled to launch the first extension of the Chinook Book mobile platform for a university community," said Carrie Treadwell, market director of the Portland Chinook Book. "The Chinook Book mobile platform allows PSU to deliver exclusive content directly to the mobile devices of students, faculty and staff."
Coupons include discounts at Portland businesses including Ben & Jerry's, Bike Gallery, HOTLIPS Pizza and Whole Foods Market. The app also includes a robust resource section with links to organizations on- and off-campus. Other resources include bike maps, articles and videos about sustainability and links to websites that post green job opportunities.
The app was funded by PSU's Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS) in partnership with Celilo Group Media.
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Billy Butler and the Notion of 'Upside'
By this measure, Butler finished as the 170th-best player in baseball in 2009. Loney finished one slot below as the 171st player. Those six extra steals by Loney seem to have erased much of the advantage Butler had over him in the other categories.
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Pretty good input.
Hey, like I said, I'm not knocking Butler. I think he's a good player and I think the power growth was legit. I definitely expect him to hit more HRs than Loney.
But what we're talking about is projected production versus price.
Butler may very well be on the verge of breakout, but even if he does, he'll probably AT MOST live up to his price tag. He's already being priced at being a nearly 30 HR, .300, 100 RBI player. Those are the kinds of stats you need as a 1B to be drafted in the 6th or 7th round. You can slug more HRs and have a lesser average, but overall, that's what he's got to do in 2010.
As for Loney, he's being drafted as a utility guy, one who will hit .295, hit about 15 HR, have good RBIs and runs, and steal a few bases. I'm sure he's a pretty safe bet to do those things.
The question is who has the "upside" to go further: Is Butler a better bet to hit, say, 35 HR, or is Loney a better bet to hit 20+ HR.
I think the odds are each are less than 50%. But I think the odds are slightly more in favor of Loney delivering production that surpasses his price tag than Butler delivering production that surpasses his price tag. That's how I read the numbers and it's perfectly fair to read them differently.
Finally, as to your point about minor-league comparisons. Well, the people who made the comparison may have been wrong at the time, but it was definitely one that was made. Maybe not from the scouts. But in the fantasy community, people were looking at two 1B with good batting eyes who both needed to make gains in power to be productive for fantasy purposes.
I think the Loney/Butler comparisons are a little unfair. Not only does Loney lack the minor league resume of Butler, but he's two years older. In addition, there is minor league data to support Butler's power potential. We've seen little to indicate the same for Loney.
Butler had already displayed his power stroke in the minors — a homer every 21 ABs, two 30-HR seasons, and 13 HRs in 57 games at Triple-A in '07.
Loney, on the other hand, hit a homer every 59.5 ABs in the minors and had never hit more than 11 HRs in any full season.
Regarding Butler's potential in 2010, if you remember, Butler started off last season horribly. He was just 11-for-57 (.193) with zero home runs through his first 19 games. He also had just three homers before June 1. Obviously, we can't just erase those numbers from his overall line, but if you look at Butler as the 2009 season played out, he significantly improved across the board with each passing month.
Despite the poor start, Butler went into the All-Star break at .290/.340/.449 with eight long balls and 38 RBIs. After the break, Butler put together one of the finer lines among ALL first baseman:
73 games,
287 ABs,
13 HRs,
55 RBIs.
Granted, less than half a season is a small sample size, but when you're talking about a former first-rounder who's put up some of the best minor league numbers we've EVER seen, and then factor in what he was able to accomplish in his first full season (as a 23-year-old), is it really that hard to project a breakout?
Sure, the team he plays for suppresses run production, but that just makes his 93 RBIs last season even more impressive.
It's hardly wishful thinking to think he can hit 25-30 HRs with over 100 RBIs in 2010. Hard to say the same about Loney and owners can get his half-dozen steals elsewhere.
Did I mention Butler hit 51 doubles last year?


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Jake Paltrow — yes, the brother of Gwyneth Paltrow — has written and directed this dystopian flick set in a future where water is extremely scarce. Sure, we've seen a lot of parched world stories, but there's something about this bit of preview art that's fairly striking. Plus, is that Big Dog?
Collider has found this fantastic bit of sales art snapped at the American Film Market. As for the plot of the film, IONCinema has released this synopsis:
Think the antithesis of a certain 1995 Kevin Costner film, this takes place in the near future, where water is a scarce commodity. A teenage cowboy is grieving over the death of his father when he discovers that his fathers' killer has moved in with his sister, and the introduction of scifi technology threatens to claim more lives.
Supposedly Elle Fanning, Casey Affleck and Jamie Bell are all attached to this project. As for Big Dog, we're assuming this is just unapproved art, but it would be great if they could get the rights to use the infamously shoved-around robot for the movie!


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See also: Newborn jaundice
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After the exchange transfusion, catheters may be left in place in case the procedure needs to be repeated.
In diseases such as sickle cell anemia, blood is removed and replaced with donor blood.
In conditions such as neonatal polycythemia, a specific amount of the child's blood is removed and replaced with a normal saline solution, plasma (the clear liquid part of blood), or albumin (a solution of blood proteins). This decreases the total number of red blood cells in the body and makes it easier for blood to flow through the body.
An exchange transfusion may be needed to treat the following conditions:
General risks are the same as with any transfusion. Other possible complications include:
The infant may need to be monitored for several days in the hospital after the transfusion. The length of stay depends on what condition the exchange transfusion was performed to treat.
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Saunthararajah S, Vichinsky EP. Sickle cell disease - clinical features and management. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Shattil SS, et al, eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 43.
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Hockey players often have the stigma of an unpretentious geniality attached to them, and though it may differ from Kyle Clifford's on-ice confrontational streak, his personality fits in well with the broad narrative.
Though there is a relaxed humility in the way he presents himself to his teammates, his coaches and to reporters, there are still flashes of the gung-ho exuberance of youth present in the now-22-year-old selected in the second round of the 2009 NHL Draft.
Director of Amateur Scouting Michael Futa recalled that while scouting Clifford during his draft year, the burly forward would practically rip his hand off at the wrist with his handshake, likening it to "a clamp."
It fits with Clifford's recollection. Though he described the process of continually meeting with Los Angeles and other NHL organizations as "intimidating," he still etched out a comfort level with the team's scouting department, an engagement that distanced itself from consultations with scouts and representatives of other NHL teams.
"The first time I walked out of that meeting, I walked out feeling pretty good, and I felt like that their organization was going to be a championship organization, and I remember saying that to my dad…that if there was one team I could be a part of, it would be the Kings," Clifford said.
Clifford was a 19-year-old when he attended his second training camp in 2010, and he grasped a spot on the team with the same ferocity with which he previously shook Futa's hand.
"I just wanted to come in and play my game and show them what I thought I could do, and how I thought I could contribute," Clifford said. "I know there was a lot of fighting involved, and that was a main focus. But I felt like I got a lot of confidence as a hockey player in those camps, too, and I showed them that I can play at that level, at that time, and obviously the toughness took care of itself."
His pugnacity was noted by Kings fans. He fought in rookie games. He fought Paul Bissonnette of the Phoenix Coyotes in the pre-season. A HockeyFights.com search details his dance partners from the 2010-11 regular season, and includes a list of major league enforcers. George Parros. Shawn Thornton. Zenon Konopka. Brad Staubitz.
The methods used by Clifford to wrest control of a roster spot in 2010 may seem familiar as 2011 third round pick Andy Andreoff vies for a spot on Los Angeles' 23-man roster.
There are certainly differences between the two players' attempts to make the team. Clifford would have returned to the OHL's Barrie Colts had he not made the Kings in 2010, while Andreoff already has a year of professional experience at AHL-Manchester.
"I think the first body of work that they had on Cliffy was the experience he had in Manchester at the end of the previous season," said assistant coach John Stevens, who was hired by the Kings in the summer of 2010, two months after Clifford's seven-game professional debut during the Monarchs' playoff run.
"I guess he went in there and went right in and played the same way in the American League that he did in junior. He was just a real power forward, hardnosed – all the things you see in him now, and I think that's something you look for in a young player, just his ability to go up to the next level and continue to be the same player."
Andreoff's attempt to earn a role with the Kings in 2013 is sustained by a full year of nurturing within the organization. In 2012-13, his first full professional season, he recorded 13 goals and 26 points with 111 penalty minutes over 69 AHL games.
"He's been going through the development process and trying to get better in all the areas they want him to get better at, and clearly he has. He's a lot closer to being an NHL player now than he was when he got here, and that's what you want to see," Stevens said.
"Is he close enough? We're going to find out. That's what training camp's for."
Their skill sets aren't identical. But both players have shown versatility up front and are listed as left wings, with Clifford showing ability last season to slot up and down the left side of the lineup based on the team's needs, and Andreoff being just as comfortable at center as he is at left wing.
"I was playing center and left wing last year, so I'm kind of used to it now, and I'm enjoying it," he said.
There's a heaviness inherent in their games and the respect it commands amongst their opponents. Similar to Clifford three years prior, Andreoff found a willing opponent in Monday's rookie game when he squared off against Anaheim's Teigan Zahn in Los Angeles' 3-2 win. He also scored on a crisp, glove-high wrist shot in Saturday's rookie game at the Honda Center, electing to shoot from a sharp angle while on an odd-man rush. The goal evened the score at one and opened a scoring barrage in an eventual 6-1 win by the Kings rookies.
"He has a real edge to his play, but he's got a skill set that goes along with it," Stevens said.
Despite some subtle differences, both Clifford and Andreoff are power forwards with north-south games that fit in well with the team's style of play. The Kings are one of the league's larger teams, and though the two players have decent size – Clifford is 6-foot-2 and 209 pounds, while Andreoff is 6-foot-1 and 201 pounds – they play bigger than the measurements attached to their names.
Of course, Clifford's body of work includes three NHL seasons and a Stanley Cup, while Andreoff is yet to make his NHL debut. For that to happen, he's going to have to exhibit his fearlessness and rugged qualities through training camp and a seven-game preseason schedule. There will also be aspects of his game he'll need to continue to refine as he's evaluated for an eventual roster spot.
Manchester coach Mark Morris referenced Andreoff's awareness in his own end and game tempo as a pair of elements that could be improved through continued development.
"I think his recognition of defensive scenarios or his ability to jump into a hole to have more urgency – and those are all natural things for young guys to learn," Morris said. "You've just got to do things quicker. You've got to do it with more conviction. All the pieces are there. He's just got to fill in the gaps with quickness, and I think time will make him the player that everybody expects him to be."
His base of preparation and willingness to make himself better has impressed Stevens.
"He's put the work in, and he's had a great summer of training, and he's coming in looking a lot more like a pro than he did when he came out of junior, and that's exactly what you want."


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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I'm not dead, but apparently I want to talk about what would happen if I were
Luckily, I may not have to worry about any of these scenarios, because lo, I have the Internets. And the Neighborhood Watch Group in my corner of the Internets (by which I mean 3Carnations) totally has my back. It took a mere week of no Internet activity this time for 3Carnations to send me an email making sure I'm still alive. I could survive a week with no food or water lying on my basement floor with a broken neck, right? She could totally have sent help in time? What's that? No? Well then. 3Cs, maybe this is the reason you should join Facebook: the ability to keep closer tabs on me and provide more prompt follow-up in case of my demise.
At any rate, I am fine. I always think I will have more time for blog reading and writing in the summer, given that there is nothing good on TV to distract me, but I forget that in the summer, I am much less averse to leaving my house in the evening hours, what with the lack of total darkness and bitter cold that thwarts any ambition to combat hermitude during winter months.
So I have simply been busy lately. What have I been up to? Well, let's see.
I picked up and thereafter sampled my free wine. I will say, for Chardonnay, it is not half bad. I might even go so far as to say that for Chardonnay, it is delicious. It was also free, and it's hard to argue with that.
Of course, it would have been far too fiscally responsible of me to walk out with my 12 free bottles of white wine without also spending some money on red. The summer wine sale is in progress, and I cannot see my favorites priced at $6, $7, and $8 a bottle and not do some stocking up. I bought six bottles and yet, I sort of want to go back and buy six more. People, there are BARGAINS in store! It pays to buy in bulk! I have never once felt the urge to acquire a Costco or Sam's Club membership in order to stockpile toilet paper or Ramen noodles, but where alcohol is concerned, apparently I am all about economies of scale. My logic knows no bounds. My priorities not remotely flawed.
Moving on. What else has happened recently? Well, it finally rained. It rained right in the middle of the outdoor viewing of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that I attended, but it rained nonetheless. Also, one (just one!) of my cherry tomatoes has turned nearly red. I think that had more to do with luck or fertilizer than with rain, but the rain is welcome in any case. Neither the rain nor the fertilizer has saved my Big Beef tomatoes, unfortunately. Today, the most promising-looking one of those somehow entirely disappeared. I stared at my tomato plants for a full two minutes pondering its sudden absence. Whatever animal, neighbor, or lawn gnome took off with it was probably watching me, laughing, the whole time.
In more interesting news, I attended four shows in six days. I am totally a Girl About Town. The last of those was a semi-secret, semi-private Jenny Lewis show that I scored free tickets to on my way out of another show. It was sponsored by Target and Converse, meaning it was very corporatey and logo-laden, but we had a lovely time nonetheless. Plus, I got a free girly red martini in a blinking martini glass, and nothing says "Fun" like a blinking martini, no? You like blinking lights, don't you? (Like the one on the waffle iron. Or the little guy on the Don't Walk sign. I may be tired and losing my focus here, but somebody please get that reference.)
Also, I planned two vacations. Actually, not so much "planned" as "committed to." And this may have happened before my last post and I just neglected to mention it until now. I did say I was overdue for a vacation. Apparently my remedy for that is to take two. Hurrah! First up is a week-long road trip to the Badlands, etc. (South Dakota tips, anyone?) Then in September it's a long weekend in L.A. Unlike my last trip out of the state, neither of these will be with my coworkers. Mexico may beat South Dakota on most people's list of hot spots worth visiting, but being able to return from vacation without saying, "Huh. Haven't been in this office for a while, and yet, I just saw YOU yesterday!" ranks pretty high on my list. I can't wait.
And finally, in less exciting news, I have developed an awesome case of insomnia. Oh man, it is the best. Know what's even better than feeling tired and headachey and nauseated all day because you have a hangover? Feeling tired and headachey and nauseated all day without even having had the fun of an irresponsible bender the night before to warrant it. As I type away right now, my head is heavy, my eyelids are drooping, and yet, like magic, I am certain the moment my head hits my pillow, I will be wide awake, ready to tackle all the world's problems (or at least, ponder incessantly the most trivial of my own). If you have any remedies or suggestions for this dilemma, I would love to hear them. Partying like a rock star is one thing. Looking and feeling as though I've partied like one without having done any actual partying is quite another. Yawn.
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Have you tried the geography game? Whenever my mind is too busy to sleep, this is my go-to game. I keep playing in my mind with increasingly more difficult parameters until I drift off.
- Shelly said...
South Dakota! I love South Dakota! If you're a total nerd like me, may I recommend Mammoth Site? It's a tar pit that lots of prehistoric animals (including mammoths, obvs) fell in and died. Then, when they started excavating it, they built a building over top of it and you can tour it! It's awesome...uh, if you're into dinosaur bones and stuff. And Mount Rushmore is great, but there's not really much to do except walk up, see it, take some pictures, and move on. But the Badlands and the Black Hills are gorgeous! We just drove around and looked at the scenery most of the time.
1. I wish I could go days without seeing either of my bosses! God, you're lucky.
2. I used to play the "How Long Would It Take to Find Me," too! In my scenario, I was usually dead for five or six days before the dogs started to gnaw on my arm and my phone rang. Depressing, but I go days and days without hearing from people - weeks, in my dad's case. Good thing Darren's here!
1. I wish I could go days without seeing either of my bosses! God, you're lucky.
2. I used to play the "How Long Would It Take to Find Me," too! In my scenario, I was usually dead for five or six days before the dogs started to gnaw on my arm and my phone rang. Depressing, but I go days and days without hearing from people - weeks, in my dad's case. Good thing Darren's here!
- -R- said...
I thought you were just getting one free bottle - 12 is a lot! But still, I say you should buy more wine. Why not?
Do you want me to e-mail you every day and ask if you're still alive?
H has insomnia regularly, probably on a weekly basis. When it's really bad, he takes Tylenol PM or something similar.
I would love to hear more about the secret show. I think things like that always sound so fun and cool.
- Jess said...
Those trips sound awesome. Insomnia does not.
We should develop a code. Like, you update your FB status once a day at least. And if there's a day with no update, we know to call the police.
You have not responded to any of the comments yet! Are you still alive?
- Stefanie said...
Ha. I am, R. Don't send a search party just yet. :-) Thanks for your concern, though.
- lizgwiz said...
I have given a co-worker strict instructions (and I hope she knows I'm serious) that if I mysteriously don't show up to work one day, she is to show up at my house and use the spare key I've given her to make sure I'm not lying there incapacitated. 'Cause if I'm...capacitated, I'll always at least call.
If I become incapacitated over the weekend, I guess I'll have to rely on the innate nosiness of my next-door neighbors. Which, actually, might be okay--they told me that the (very) old lady who lived in the house before me once fell down between the wall and the bed and couldn't get up, and the guy across the street noticed she hadn't opened her drapes for the day and called for help. They broke down the door and found her. So, hopefully, my neighbors will similarly have MY back.
1. I'm glad you are alive.
2. You can never have enough wine.
3. I'm jealous of your vacations.
4. I have the same feeling as you do today and I'm not hungover either. It's not fun.
- Stefanie said...
Monkey--My mom used to suggest listing all the states in alphabetical order in my head (or listing all the capitals) when I couldn't sleep. Is that what you mean by the geography game? Incidentally, I suck at geography, so anything harder than that and my mind would just keep wandering. I play a name game in my head instead--trying to come up with a name for each letter of the alphabet, using various parameters. Even that hasn't worked lately.
Shelly--Thanks for the tips! I will add Mammoth Site to the list of things to research.
Heather--I can go months without hearing from my parents. It really is better to have other people keeping tabs on me. :-)
R--Yep, it was a whole case, which is 12 bottles. Hurrah! And thank you for enabling my wine-buying habit. I will email you about the show, as I owe you an email anyway and I hate it when my comments back to comments are longer than an actual post. :-)
Jess--Are you on FB every day? I almost never see you post anything there! I do think FB may be the best venue for this sort of check-in, however. With all those people in my friend list, surely ONE of them will notice if I disappear...
Liz--Does your coworker also have strict instructions to get rid of anything in particular in your house if you DO meet your demise? ;-) We all should have someone like that, right? And WOW. Those are some nosy and observant neighbors. Glad there was a benefit to it at least!
Stacey--See, I think you can have *enough* wine, but you can never nave *too much* wine! (I went back and bought more sale stuff today.) :-) And bummer you've got that unwarranted hangover, too. Mine lasted nearly three days. Here's hoping yours vanishes sooner than that.
- 3carnations said...
I can't believe you're trying to guilt me into joining Facebook to save your life. I'll just start emailing you every day that I don't get a comment for you. :-)
When I was single (and living here in this town with no family), a person "quit" their job at my place of employment by simply not showing up at work anymore. No one ever called to check on her, and we mailed her her final check. My then-boss said not to call her, that she knew she had a job, and would come in if she wanted to keep it. I informed several coworkers that if I ever just stop showing up, something is wrong, and to please follow up on it.
- flurrious said...
My dad's brother died at home alone and it wasn't discovered for several days. Fortunately, it was winter. A few years later, my mom's brother died at home alone and it was discovered shortly thereafter, which was fortunate as it was July. I am pretty sure I will go the same way as it has now become something of a family tradition.
I rarely have insomnia anymore, but what always cured it for me was writing letters in my head telling the intended recipient all the ways in which he or she had disappointed me. By the time I got to, "you should be ashamed of yourself!" I was almost asleep.
- Courtney said...
I am super jealous of your many concerts, especially the free Jenny Lewis one. Perhaps you could try to remember every song played at every concert in order, and that would make you fall asleep.
When will you be in South Dakota? If you're going to be in the western part, I may just drive over there and meet you! Seriously!
- Carrie said...
Let's take advantage of those economies of scale and pack portable bottles of red wine for our trip. PS: Everyone I talk to who has been to the Badlands LOVED it.
- nancypearlwannabe said...
I would kill to see a private Jenny Lewis concert. You hear that, Jenny?
Anyway, I've been using melatonin for years now when I can't sleep and I find it's much better than Tylenol PM because that makes me groggy. Melatonin is natural and resets your body's clock- it's what a lot of airline pilots recommend when they have weird overnight work shifts. You can get it in GNC or Whole Foods.
Also, please don't fall and break your neck. I would miss your concert and wine tales!
- Allie said...
You know what my remedy for insomnia is? I'm actually guessing you'll find this shocking.
Sleeping pills from the doctor.
Yep. I know I'm all about med-free remedies, but I get wicked, miserable bouts of insomnia and I need to break the cycle sometimes. It's the only thing that's ever really worked for me, unfortunately. Good news is that I only need to take one, get a good night's sleep, feel like a zombie the next day, and then I'm good until the next bout.


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- You may be looking for Dukes, a borough in Liberty City.
The Imponte Dukes is a two-door muscle car featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and set to appear in the upcoming current-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V.
The Dukes is the quintessential American muscle car: aggressive 1970s styling, a large engine, and a low, roaring exhaust note. It appears to be chiefly modeled after the 1968-1970 Dodge Charger, while the front bumper appears based on the 1968 or 1969 Pontiac LeMans, GTO or the 1968-1969 Firebird. The Imponte name can also be found on the right grille of the front bumper, similar to the Pontiac name found on 1968-1969 Firebirds. The taillights resemble those of the 1970 Dodge Challenger, with hints from the Charger. The body styling takes cues from many Dodge and Pontiac cars of the 1960s and 1970s.
The Dukes may be found with any combination of accessories, such as a small hood scoop, a pentagonal shaped hood bulge with the words "supercharged" written on it, rear window louvers, and a small rear spoiler. However, no Dukes will spawn with all options. As a possible parody of Dodge's Super Bee, a "Highway Reaper" version can also be found, featuring a large supercharger with a bug catcher, "Highway Reaper" decals on the rear quarter panels, a chin spoiler mounted under the front bumper, (nonfunctional) hood pins, and wire mesh covers over the grille and headlights, all with "750BHP" written on each side - referring to the Dukes' powerful 7.4 L, 750 horsepower V8 engine.
The GTA Chinatown Wars rendition is very similar to that of GTA IV, but varies in the manner in which they appear. Like in GTA IV, the game features two variants; they consist of a regular Dukes, which commonly appears all over the city, and a Spanish Lords Dukes, which is most distinguishable by its hood blower and neon underglow.
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It is currently unknown whether the IV model or an updated model will appear in the next generation of GTA V.
The Dukes has a supercharged 7.4 L V8 coupled to a four-speed gearbox in a FR layout, pumping out a ridiculous 750 horsepower. Unfortunately, most of the power cannot be transferred to the road due to the heavy steel body, small number of available gears, and relatively small, undersized tires that result in wheel slip under full throttle in low gear. Acceleration is thus lacking, but the Dukes has a decent top speed of 156 mph (252 km/h). Lending to its design generation (mid 1960s to early 1970s), the Dukes has one of the softest suspensions on any vehicle, generating massive body roll in turns and resulting in unimpressive, sluggish handling, but the incredible amount of power delivered to the rear wheels causes massive oversteer, though, with practice, the player can powerslide with great ease, making the Dukes one of the most impressive powersliding vehicles in-game. The Dukes' handling characteristics and poor suspension requires cautious use of the gas and steering, as the car can easily spin out and fishtail. Braking on the Dukes is, as expected, poor. The large rear drum brakes, coupled with the large steel body and weak and undersized front discs make for extended stopping distances and front wheel lockup. Considering its age, ABS is unsurprisingly not available on the Dukes.
Crash deformation is acceptable, and thanks to its very heavy chassis, the Dukes can take many direct hits before failing/catching fire, making this vehicle good for long-distance travel or dangerous driving. However, using the Dukes as a getaway vehicle is not recommended, due to its sluggish and heavy handling, which opens an opportunity for higher level law enforcement to push the vehicle off the road and quickly disable it.
Off-roading in the Dukes is surprisingly not as horrendous as it's design would suggest. While a lack of ABS and sub-par handling make sliding extremely common on surfaces such as grass and sand, an experienced player can use this to their advantage by using long powerslides around corners and giving any pursuers the slip. Steep hills should be avoided, as with all vehicles while off-road, however, if this proves impossible, the Dukes tends to be able to literally muscle it's way over many obstacles players wouldn't expect, such as medium sized rocks and steep inclines. This can cause damage to your vehicle however, caution is advised.
The regular Dukes in GTA Chinatown Wars is generally somewhat above average in speed, handling and braking. Grip is quite poor, and the car often drifts out of control at high speeds, but not as bad as the Stallion.
In GTA IV, a Dukes is requested as part of Stevie's Car Thefts, appearing across the intersection from Modo in East Holland, Algonquin with unique cherry red paint and dark metallic red trim. As a new Dukes will respawn at the same spot until the player delivers one to S&M Auto Sales, the player can save one at their safehouse before delivering another to Stevie.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, a Spanish Lords "gang" variant of the car exists as a derivative of GTA Chinatown Wars' Dukes, featuring a yellow body with red undersides, an engine blower, and red neon underglow that lights up at night. The gang variant also sports slightly improved speed, and superior handling and braking.
Notable owners
- Wade Heston owns a matte-black Dukes in GTA: Chinatown Wars.
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- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Dukes' default radio station is Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
- It is more likely that the Dukes is based on a Pontiac GTO (mostly The Judge edition) than a Dodge Charger, since Imponte is based on Pontiac, and the Bravado Buffalo is already based on a Dodge Charger.
- If the player takes a Dukes to a Pay 'n' Spray too many times it will turn a unique, dark (almost black) green color. This color will then be permanent, and no amount of subsequent resprays will change it. This is most likely a glitch, as almost every other car in the game will continually cycle through its available colours each time you visit a Pay N' Spray. The exceptions are the Buffalo from The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Infernus, the Banshee, and the PMP 600, which all suffer from the glitch.
- A Dukes can be seen in the Pißwasser advertisement, being driven to the water in a pier.
- The Dukes is one of the few cars that does not have a license plate, the others being the Slamvan, Contender, the beater variant of the Vigero, and most notably on most supercars such as the Comet, Super GT, Turismo, and the Infernus.
- Some Dukes may spawn with black chrome (similar to the red chrome variant requested by Stevie), usually the rest of the car is either black or yellow.
- The name most likely refers to the TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard, which stars a 1969 Dodge Charger.
- In the game files, its name is "duke." This may have been the Dukes' beta name.
- If the car is painted black, the car will appear to be a reference to the Fast and Furious series, being a classic Dodge Charger with a triple-slot "bug catcher" blower connected to the supercharger, nearly identical to that driven by Dominic Toretto.
- While the Dukes doesn't appear in GTA V, you can modify your vehicle's wheels by selecting the Dukes wheels in Los Santos Customs. The car is also mentioned in the police scanner files under the filename "0x09223C6C", meaning it was possibly considered to appear in the game.
- This has just been confirmed by Rockstar, being an exclusive car to the PC and Next Gen releases. They may have returned the car due to the fact that the modifications to replicate the car from The Dukes of Hazzard are there (like the Dixie Horn), yet the car itself isn't. A lot of players use the Declasse Vigero and/or the Albany Buccaneer as a substitute.
- The Dukes makes a brief cameo in GTA V. While watching TV, an advertisement may appear advertising the Cunning Stunt Academy in which two Dukes are featured in the logo.
GTA IV + Episodes from Liberty City
- Parked in the small parking area next to the abandoned Sprunk Factory on Argus Street, Tudor, Alderney
- In the mission Lure for Francis McReary, an iridescently colored Dukes can be found across the street from the target's apartment on Denver Avenue, East Holland, Algonquin.
- Commonly spawn in Acter, Tudor (Alderney), East Holland, Northwood, Purgatory, Star Junction (Algonquin), South Bohan, Boulevard, Fortside (Bohan), Cerveza Heights, Steinway, Willis (Dukes), and Schottler (Broker)
- Sometimes spawn in Firefly Island, Firefly Projects, Beechwood City (Broker), and East Island City (Dukes).
- Spawn in traffic during Multiplayer.
GTA Chinatown Wars
- Regular Dukes are commonly available throughout the city.
- Spanish Lords Dukes only spawn within Spanish Lords turf in southwestern Bohan and northeastern Algonquin.
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- It is unknown if this will be added to traffic like other cars, or if it will be exclusive and appear in garages like current generation DLC vehicles.


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On July 26, 1871 Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky (In Russian: ?????? ????????????? ??????????) was born in a small town 250 km northwest of Moscow. He was born into a poor Jewish family of musicians, but was baptized as a young man, in order to study in Moscow (Jews were not allowed in Moscow at that time.) He died in Boston in 1951. He is known primarily as the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949, but he started his career as one of the greatest double bass virtuosos.
As a former double bass player, I grew up playing several of Koussevitzky's compositions for bass. I hated them all. While he will always be a deservedly obscure composer, we own him a great debt for his role as a conductor, teacher and leader. He helped build the Boston Symphony into a great orchestra and was one of the leaders that established their summer home, Tanglewood. Leonard Bernstein was one of his pupils at Tanglewood.
I love the story about how Koussevitzky started his conducting career. In 1905, he divorced his first wife and married the daughter of a very wealthy tea merchant. When asked by his future father-in-law what he wanted for a wedding present, Koussevitzky replied, "an orchestra!" For two years he practiced conducting his wedding-present-orchestra. He also studied in Berlin with the great Arthur Nikisch and made his professional conducting debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1908.
In 1922 he commissioned Maurice Ravel to orchestrate Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. It quickly became the definitive version of this piece and is still the most popular orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano composition. He started a foundation to commission new works and his foundation was directly responsible for many of the most important works of the 20th century, including Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes, Douglas Moore's opera The Ballad of Baby Doe, Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3, and Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie. But the most important commission was Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. Bartók had come to the United States to flee World War II. He was destitute and in ill health. Koussevitzky visited Bartók in his hospital room in NYC and delivered an advance payment for the Concerto for Orchestra. This commission reinvigorated Bartók and the Concerto for Orchestra is his most successful work.
One more Koussevitzky story: Koussevitzky gave Leonard Bernstein a gift of cufflinks. Bernstein wore them for every concert he conducted. Just before entering the stage, Bernstein would kiss the cufflinks to remind him of his teacher's wisdom and inspiration. With that kind of legacy, I guess I have to forgive Koussevitzky for his handful of double bass compositions that tortured me as a young student.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) Baltimore Ravens rookie cornerback Asa Jackson has been suspended for four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances.
Jackson has played the past three weeks on special teams after being inactive for Baltimore's first 10 games. He has one tackle.
Jackson, a fifth-round pick out of Cal Poly, will be suspended without pay. If the Ravens make the playoffs, he will be eligible to return to the active roster the day after the team's first playoff game.
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I am looking for the plans for my 19th Avenue Park Eichler in San Mateo. It is a model JE-65 designed by Jones & Emmons built in 1955.
I tried asking the Environmental Design Archive in Berkeley, but they do not have the plans to houses by Jones and Emmons.
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CHICAGO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Illinois could become the next U.S. state to legalize gay marriage with a bill set to be introduced in the state Senate in early January, even before a new legislature takes office with a super-majority of Democrats in both houses.
Buoyed by November election referendum victories for gay marriage in Maryland, Maine and Washington state, gay marriage supporters in Illinois said they plan to press for approval in the Democrat-majority legislature. If it passes, that would make Illinois the tenth state to approve same sex nuptials.
Approval in President Barack Obama's home state would be a symbolic victory for gay rights activists after the president endorsed same sex marriage in May.
Chicago state Senator Heather Steans will introduce a gay marriage proposal next week, said Rikeesha Phelon, spokeswoman for Illinois Senate President John Cullerton.
"The Senate president and Senator Steans are confident they have the votes to pass a same-sex marriage bill," Phelon said.
Even if Illinois lawmakers fail to approve gay marriage before a newly-elected legislature takes office on Jan. 10, there is a reasonable chance of passage later in the year because Democrats gained seats in the November election and will have super-majorities in both chambers.
No Midwest state has approved gay marriage by a vote of its legislature. Iowa's Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that same sex marriage was legal, a decision some opponents have been trying to overturn ever since.
In June, 2011, Illinois legalized civil unions, which grant some of the rights of marriage to same sex partners. But gay rights activists said that did not go far enough.
All prominent Democrats in Illinois have endorsed gay marriage, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn.
One issue to be resolved is whether Illinois should allow religious groups the option of declining to perform same-sex marriages. New York granted such an exception in 2011 in order to secure the legislative votes to legalize gay marriage there.
A bill introduced in the Illinois House, where support is not as strong as in the state Senate, offers such a religious exemption. Democrats hold a majority in the House too.
Last week, at least 260 Illinois faith leaders including representatives of several Jewish congregations and Protestant denominations, published a letter supporting same sex marriage.
"There can be no justification for the law treating people differently on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity," the letter says.
But the Catholic Conference of Illinois, which represents Catholic bishops in the state, said on its website that marriage should be reserved for a man and a woman.
In addition to the three states which voted in November to legalize gay marriage, six others allow it - Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire, plus the District of Columbia. (Writing by Greg McCune; Editing by Claudia Parsons)


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With another iPhone release comes another battle of Android vs. Apple fanboys. The battle ranges from Twitter fights to certain phone companies straight up mocking the hipster fanboy culture that Apple tends to attract. Regardless of the side you are on, whether you drool over the latest iOS release or you cherish having working maps and YouTube on your Android, you have to agree that the battle tends to be fun to watch.
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Technology is a wonderful thing. It makes our lives simpler and more efficient, and has provided countless advances that have become essential to daily life. But with all of our technological advancements, we can become a little obsessed with "improving" things with technology that don't necessarily need to be improved. Often, we go so far with our excitement about technological "advancement" that we add complexity to something that was previously incredibly simple. My lunch experience today was just one such occasion.
One of the partners at my firm and I decided to hit the local pizza buffet for lunch. We ordered up our buffets and drinks, grabbed our drink glasses, and were greeted by a jolly fellow standing at the soft drink machine. In the place of the usual five or six soda choices and the ice dispenser stood a machine with a single opening and one dispenser. Above it was a screen displaying multiple soft drink choices. The attendant happily gave us instructions on how to operate the soda fountain. Apparently it can dispense over 120 different flavors of soft drink. You touch your "base" soft drink on the touch screen, then select the variety of drink you want. For example, I wanted a Dr. Pepper. I touched the logo, and another screen appeared. I could choose between the original, Dr. Pepper Cherry, or Vanilla Dr. Pepper (I think). I just wanted my normal, everyday, original Dr. Pepper. Other choices, such as Diet Coke, had a much larger range of choices. It had cherry, vanilla, lime, raspberry, and maybe even orange.
It's kind of a neat concept at first, but after about 1.7 seconds of thinking about it, you realize how silly this is. Wow, this soft drink dispenser now offers 120 different options! That's so cool! Wait a second… No, it really isn't. It just means that instead of pushing the lever under the Dr. Pepper spigot and receiving my Dr. Pepper menu, I have to navigate through touch-screen menu selections just to get the same soft drink choice that took me no time at all. I can't even push the water lever; water has its own menu choice. Plus, those people who have zero decision making ability whatsoever will be paralyzed by the number of choices. What starts out as a refreshing beverage choice turns into an existential crisis! Oh, the humanity! Ultimately, this is just another area where technology makes a mundane experience that much more complex.
Speaking of technological complexity, the guys over at ESPN's Baseball Tonight seem to have trouble working touch screens. God help you if you end up behind one of them at the soft drink dispenser!


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Following a congressional inquiry, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service on March 30 announced that it would temporarily shelve a policy which suspended or terminated DFAS employees who posted low credit scores.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-Ohio), and three other members of the Ohio congressional delegation last month requested the agency hold off on the policy that has resulted in what the lawmakers called an "unjust suspension of employees."
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy men's basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced that Kendrick Saunders will join the Navy coaching staff, replacing Jason Crafton, who took the head coaching job at Division II Nyack College last month. Saunders comes to Navy after spending the last two years on the staff at Princeton.
"Kendrick is an outstanding coach who possesses the ambition, work ethic and values that are important to be successful," said Navy second-year head coach Ed DeChellis. "He will be very instrumental in recruiting quality student-athletes here at Navy. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise in recruiting and coaching at a service academy and we are excited to have him on our staff."
"I am excited to become part of the United States Naval Academy and its basketball program. Navy is a special place and one of the great institutions in America," said Saunders. "I am very familiar with the standards and mission and have an understanding of the special people and students that make up the Naval Academy family. Being from Maryland, I am excited to be back and have an understanding of the prestige of the Naval Academy."
Saunders was the director of basketball operations at Princeton the last two seasons, helping the Tigers to the 2011 Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament berth, where Princeton would lose in the second round to eventual Final Four participant Kentucky, 57-53. During the 2011-12 season, Princeton finished with a 20-12 record, reached the CBI Tournament quarterfinals and finished third in the Ivy League with a 10-4 league mark.
Prior to his arrival at Princeton, Saunders served as an assistant coach at Army from the 2006-10 seasons, spending five years under Army head coach Jim Crews.
Saunders arrived at West Point following a two-year stint at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md., where he was a member of Webb Hatch's staff. During his last year at Frostburg State, the Bobcats compiled a 14-12 mark. Prior to his tenure at Frostburg, Saunders spent four years as the top assistant at Hunter College in New York City, where he coordinated the team's recruiting efforts, monitored players' academic progress and managed the preseason conditioning program.
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