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It would show you the true cost of owning an electric compared to a time when self-serve was not available for gas.
To reduce start-up cost they'd have to standardize batteries so that there were a minimum number of variants. If they could cut it to less than 6 different batteries available, it might be doable. I read that some of these batteries with special equipment for charging can be charged in about 1/2 hour. They'd only need enough batteries on hand to satisfy peak customer demand for about 40 minutes, allowing for turn-around. Testing should determine the battery as good or bad, that is holding a minimum charge. That way you'd pay a share of cost for always having a good battery set, the charge and testing, the swap, and enough to create a profit margin for the business.0
cooleydd Posts: 105Good points but think about making a change every day and maybe more times a day depending on where you go. To me it looks like the economics would never make it possible - unless, of course, there was no other fuel.0
If I have the car in park, zero miles per hour, parking brake on, and get the RPM,s to 1500 my enitre car shakes. Does anyone know why this is happening? Does the same thing happen to your LaCrosse? I have a 2010 3.6L CX.
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However, comparable sales for 2011 show a steady decrease
2011 January 3,771 – (11.2%) decrease
2011 February 8,100 – (2.3%) decrease
2011 March 12,939 – (9.8%) decrease
2011 April 5,649 vs April 2010 5,236 -- (+7.9%) increase
Someone had mentioned to whom Lacrosse is losing sales, well it is to the Impala and Malibu whose sales for April were 21,071 and 24,701 units, which represent volume increases of 30.5% and 49.4% respectively.
By comparison, 4,525 Regals were sold in April.
Source: http://media.gm.com/content/dam/Media/gmcom/investor/2011/9352001AprDel.pdf0
Yes and no satisfactory answer.
I talked to parts dept today and they told me GM had told them to keep using the old oil filter until depleted, then use PF63. That does not make sense either. Or that GM told parts that they are the same oil filter.
I have an appointment to take in next Monday and a list of 15 items I want them to take care of. And that is not all, but it will be a start.0
I definitely recommend taking the vehicle to be diagnosed. Do you have a case set up with GM Customer Service? Please keep us posted on any information.
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Glad to hear you are taking your vehicle into the dealership. I am sure they will be more than willing to assist with your list of concerns to try to raise your customer satisfaction. I would recommend including all of your concerns on the list so that way the dealer has an idea of your frustrations and expectations. I apologize, however there is still no re-programming for the memory seats. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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I have had the car to the dealer since two days after taking delivery. That equates to fifteen months of trips to the dealer. They have been very helpful but they are only able to do so much. Two reps. And one engineer from Detroit have looked/driven it and all agree it is not acceptable. A new transmission and new wheels and tires we're installed. Still shaking. The issue of the engine shaking was not corrected with the new parts that were installed. I have been in constant communication with GM customer service.
NO GM EMPLOYEE WOULD EVER TELL ME WOULD EVER TELL ME WHAT MY OPTIONS WERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! In my opinion if you sell a car that vibrates and it is not supposed to do that, then either fix the problem or buy it back. GM has not been able to fix the problem and they have not made any attempt to buy it back. Caron, you tell me what I should do. I would like to hear that GM is working on a solution. Can you assure me that this is the case?
Why don't you keep ME posted!
Can you please email me your case number, zip code and dealership information? I have spoken with our technical department about your concerns and I would like to discuss this with your dealer and or agent.
Thank you,
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Sales are up, yes, because GM is shipping autos to dealers whose inventories are bloated and rising, yet GM is calling back some 4,000 workers and plan to spend $2 billion on plant expansion. Voodoo economics or just good central planning at GM? You make the call.0
Update on car at dealer and loaner. I accidentally posted in this forum,
message 27 and read first.
Continuing, I checked on vehicle last Wednesday. They told me they were still working on it, but I noticed it was parked out back. No call from them yet, so they've had it a full week.
Added points, this one also shakes when idled up to around 1500 RPM. Not sure that I mentioned the boots on rear shocks are also fallen down on this one with less than 4K miles. Also gaps at door front seals.
I know I mentioned that it seemed to be getting better mileage with local driving. Saturday I had a short jaunt that included some interstate highway and I put gas in before, my usual Shell premium. I'd bet it had cheap or regular gas in from dealer. Power jumped almost immediately. But mileage really sucked, dropping on the indicator from 22 to 20.1MPG. I may have to try some cheap gas in mine to see if mileage improves.
Definitely missing the HUD. The AC system does not do wild swings, but the fan runs to slow and I had to manually adjust speed up a lot to cool and keep near the temp setting. The seat cooling did not seem to work. I did notice an ugly smell at one point, but I had four passengers. And despite that we were cool enough in the front, two of the rear passengers complained about being hot and air was coming from the center rear register. Other items I miss that I have on CXS but not on this CXL are HID/aiming headlights, the big screen of the NAV with camera, blind spot alert, and the difference in handling.
That was my first night driving and there were times when I had real difficulty seeing the road clearly enough, especially during maneuvers.
I had to do some backing in parking areas and not having the camera to see, when it can, made me uneasy. Much the same with not having the blind spot alert.
The difference in handling is monumental, like two totally different vehicles. It is a bit hard to determine the exact reason because the CXL has the 18" Michelins and no touring package. Also the hyper-strut has only been on the CXS model. According to the TPMS, tires have about 1 1/2 to 2 # too much air if the door placard has the best numbers for handling and ride. On smooth road it is a great quiet ride. But small road imperfections and heavy truck grooving of surface induce poor handling, sway at front and rear of vehicle. The CXS with hyperstrut and touring package seems to limit it to the rear with same conditions and most of it disappears when put in sport mode of touring package. The lesser audio system is definitely poorer quality, but I noticed there are no rear deck speakers and holes from the trunk, possibly one source of noise. Far less road noise on the CXL, which I still suspect noise is the GY tires and too, one of the reasons for the hyper-strut (CXS only) is it is supposed to be quieter.
Maybe, with 2# less air in the Michelins the sidewalls will provide enough give that the pulling laterally from road imperfections will disappear.
For a car of this size, I still say the Classic Aurora is a better ride and handling.0
1)Please keep us posted on the dealer remedy for the fallen boots on the rear shocks. my dealer offered to "reglue" or epoxy the boots back up/on if it bothered me. Seems that the design was to seal out the water and road grit so they s/b kept in place. Also a mechanical device like a screw or clamping device would work better?
2)Interesting comment about your CXL with 18" Michelins riding well. Our 2010 is seriously quiet on the road. If not for throaty exhaust notes it is hard to tell it is running. Also the driveability on grades has learned to shift better. Still has an economy preference which is OK by us. Great cars.
3) Also noted in car mags that 2012 Malibu will be built on same Epsilon platform that Lacrosse is on resulting in larger car in and out with move to 4-cyl and E.assist drive. S/B a great seller.
good luck with your fixes.0
Have you guys noticed a hole on the passenger's side in the fascia that covers the area where the engine fire wall meets the glass? At first I thought the hole was a drain hole to move water running down the front glass but the hole is only on the passenger's side. Besides, the hole in that location is worthless as it too small to move water efficiently as well as it is susceptible to clogging with dust.
I brought this to the attention of my service manager and he said he had never seen this hole before. And to prove this was not an anomally he checked all the Lacrosses on the lot and they all had the unexplained hole. So in effect he concluded that it was not a good idea to seal the hole since it may a use he is not aware of?
Bloggers, does your Lacrosse have this hole? And if it does, do you have any concerns about water intruding into the console area and create premature and undesirable rust?0
I faxed a long report to Buick yesterday. In it I included my specific complaints and much of the customer satisfaction I've seen in these forums (complaints) hoping that Buick will get its act together. Some of them were complaints that they could only look at in future designs such as the inefficient use of space for storage. My hopes that they will fix what we have is priority.
I will likely hear from my dealer since they seem to choose to work through the dealer. It might be that such things as my defective oil filter, the poorly designed CAF that collapses, and the falling boots were defective batches and GM will need time to fix. I also pointed up that it is outrageous they want $200 for the Nav update disk which will be outdated the moment they press it.
I thought the comments on Michelins would feather your nest.
But you might have noticed it was in one particular area, road noise. I was a bit unhappy with the handling and it is a bit difficult to pinpoint that reason. It could be the suspension differences from CXL to CXS with touring or the tires might be involved. On roads a bit rough, I found it a bit bouncey compared to CXS which is less bouncey but you might say harsh.
On the CXL, it might be the tires? Tires, even quality tires, seem to have a sweet spot for overall ride determined by matching tire pressure to suspension. This loaner already had about 1 1/2 pounds more air than on sticker and bouncey, if due to tire, is usually when the tire is a bit on the low side. If it were my car, I'd add about 2 pounds and then see how it rides. Too much flex in tire may not force the shock system to work as designed. It seems you need shocks with multiple valving systems in them to better match a range of conditions.
I'm a bit afraid to lower from 35 the pressue in these low profile GY. It might improve ride but adds risk to these very low profile, expensive tires. Also there seems to be quite a bit of change to the tread profile with small pressure changes, just from regular temp changes, and driving some distance between changes seems to change handling and response from the small amount of wear during the temp change.
I'm really wondering about the 3.0 I test drove these days. Fuel being primary and I strongly suspect that one had regular fuel, not premium. I'm certain that was what was in the loaner when I drove off and it made me think it had 3.0 or 2.4L. A dose of premium and it was like an engine swap. Which do you run in yours and why?
I'll post back when I learn more.
In one of the other forums someone fixed the headrest issue by bending posts. He put up picture showing driver side done and passenger not. It looks really good.
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rider: I admit a preference for Michelin products. to get a premium high speed rated tire as an OEM option is just gravy to us. The quality control is outstanding and the matching to the OEM specs is equally good. Years ago the OEM tires were throw aways IMO, but the mfr's wised up (led by Ford, Honda and then Hyundai) to the fact that we will pay for quality but not junk!
We use midgrade top tier fuel in our 2010 CXL with 3.0L. Per prior post, we just returned from 1400 mile trip to NE. 29.4 MPG at 70-80 on way up and 27.8 on return with A/C and two adults light load. Car is outstanding on the road. It has "learned" our speed preference and only shifts down when the 50 MPH left laners (Ohio,Tenn.,Wisconsin and FLORIDA) are encountered on a steep grade. If kept at 70-80, it rarely shifts down due to higher RPM's.
We just had the oil changed at 3400 miles after the trip with no usage - 5W30 and PF48 filter by dealer. tire rotation (36#)showed no abnormal brake pad or tire wear. Hoods were one still up so other was reexpoxied under warranty. Great Dealer in Albertville, AL.0
Glad you had a good trip. I too am biased with Michelin being in the top tier. I had a 90's Regal that came with GY (BY bad year) and changed them to Michelin. It was like a totally different vehicle for ride and handling. Those were maybe the weatherwise and one of the characteristics of them was an extremely soft sidewall. They were excellent until age seemed to be a factor, that is the hardening that can occur with age.
I agree that Ford was one that made early moves to better tires although it started with Town Car and moved down. Some got Continentals which also seems to be a good tire. Some of those GY that GM used were absolutely garbage in my opinion. Also hard to believe that some actually are diehard fans of GY Eagles in any model.
I wish I could get that kind of mileage.
I may again try lower grades just for mileage testing. Also the mid-grade to see power change. There is just soooo much difference between regular and premium when it comes to power, if needed.0
Are you talking about the tiny slotted hole, far right, about 2" from glass?
I'd bet that is a weep hole to get rid of last bits of water. I suspect the far left wiper arm hole does the same.
If elsewhere, I'm at a loss. I thought maybe you had found the source of outside smells when using recirulation of air.0
I am going to look into this for you. Can you point at the hole with a pencil and take a picture and email it to me? I look forward to your response. Have a great weekend!
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Twice now I've had alert system go on fritz. Symtoms: Warning icons on outside mirrors blink constantly and Driver Info Center is taken over by constant message to seek servicing freezing out all other messages.
First occasion corrected it self when car restarted after 15min break at a rest stop. No problem for several weeks and then yesterday problem re-occured all during 3 hour drive to beach even after re-starting several times.
When I started this AM no problem so i presume a re-boot occured over nite.
Car has only 1,600 miles.
Anyone else have trouble?
If I take it to dealer when it's working is it possible to run a meaningful diagnostic?
I didn't think to try CONFIG/COLLISION/DETECTION SYSTEMS/SIDE BLIND ZONE ALERT SYSTEM' ON OFF. Any one think this is cure?0
I had the alert along with the warning icons in both mirrors constantly (stuck) on, I have an appointment at the dealer on Wed. June 10
Would appreciate reading your outcome. I may not be able to get help before ur appt.
PS Is ur problem constant or intermittent like mine?0
On day one, Friday, the service required message was on constantly as were the icons in the mirrors. Today, Monday, the icons and service message are off but the system is non-functional and has been since Saturday.0
You make a good point about system off. I presumed when blinking icons and message stopped the system was OK. Never dawned to me it was out completely.
How many miles on ur LaX.?0
Has anyone who has the 4 cylinder showed up in forum?
Maybe it is the reason sales have fallen? That and 3.5L seems to be a bit of gas guzzler.
The engine choices just seem way too limited for this vehicle. Especially with high gas prices. And unless you are looking at those with 3.5L standard, the upcharge to replace 4 cylinder is near $2000.
GM stupidity has moved 3.0L to Cadillac, so I've read. I'd bet that GM would sell many more Malibu, Impala, LaCrosse, Regal, all appropriate models, than sales of Cadillac.0
Rider: The upcoming increase in CAFE standards requires that GM downsize the engine size across the product line. My view is the I-4 was installed to transition to the E.assist model in 2012. BIG improvement in MPG if it works w/o bugs and MUCH cheaper than the Volt approach. Per my prior posts on this board I also feel that GM was intentionally upgrading the Lacrosse to CXS sales with the engine choices. The CXL was a great deal in 2010 with the 3.0L and matched to the cars original design specs. Cadillac is a highly profitable platform for GM and if they wanted the 3.0L for the base CTS and SRX models they got it. Also E.assist goes across the various brands so it is a VERY important move to MPG and CAFE standards.
I actually feel that GM knows exactly what they are doing and are exhibiting some long range product discipline and planning that the prior regime seem to be missing other than Bob Lutz ( who did not fit in with the phone guys due to an excess of car knowledge IMO). Lutz is the Exec that approved the Lacrosse so we have him to thank for a great choice. Total sales is the key to the current manic behavior with engines but GM is definately back, albeit still a little schizoid in the marketing area until it all has time to come together after the "fruit basket turn over" phase with the old guard and then the phone/government appointees. The survivors of the many purges that have true car knowledge will surface and deliver a stable of good car choices if the market gives them time.
good luck with your problems- our 2010 CXL with 3.0L has been great!0
I took a look at the current Cadillac lineup. Engines available are the 3.0, 3.6, and a couple of V8.
The only logic to moving the 3.0 that I can think of would be, wait, I can't think of a good one. There might be behind the scenes issues like cost or cost of maintenance. The final drive shown connected to Cadillac 3.0 is much different and likely hurts mileage.
You seem to be off base on GM profitability. Chrysler has repaid loans. Not so with GM and the government looks like it will be out a big chunk. And the GM stock is still in the tank it seems since if the government sold its shares today they'd lose about $16 Billion.
And it is just now on the horizon that we are expecting a double dip recession if not depression. Houses have lost a 1/3 of value and predictions are this year will be worse yet.
Where will GM get money to hold on until they get it right? Unless economy changes drastically in just a couple of years I'd bet on bankruptcy. Unions will settle for pennys on dollar and be gone. Then GM will have the capability to compete with foreign names.0
My beautiful 2010 CXS threw a rod on the interstate at 75 mph. My angels were looking after me and I made it to the side of the road without incident. When your car shuts down on a busy interstate, that's dangerous. A local dealer (I was not near my town) replaced the engine. Apparently, metal sprayed thoughout the oil system. The new engine makes a disturbing vibration sound upon start up in the mornings. I have been in contact with GM Customer Service since the incident occurred, nearly a month ago. They tell me I cannot expect any compensation until the car is fixed, so I guess now I have to take the car in to repair the new engine. My question: Has anyone else had a similar hazardous experience with their 2010 Lacrosse? I'm not sure how to proceed. Take it to my local dealer for yet more repairs? That's what GM is telling me to do. I was sold a dangerously defective automobile and now I feel stuck with it. Any suggestions.0
I believe I posted earlier that Cadillac used a higher final drive for performance not MPG. Cadillac owners indifferent to MPG in GM view due to higher price paid for same engine, trans, etc, available in other brands.
Only my opinion that GM is on track for recovery. Double dip or other macro economic event makes that an unlikely scenario. I still see them as much stronger after tax payer bailout to protect voting union members and suppliers - not to mention the warranty holders with GM lame duck vehicles that also vote for somebody.
The current products represent the bridge to recovery based on sales and products consumers want to buy - not government bailouts. No redux on that score. Houses are also a consumer choice- wrong area = wrong choice.
If we double dip again GM will be the least of our worries with the current self serving political and business management/executives now running the show. U.S debt rating, self serving politics over country, Irag, Afgan, Libya, banks, SS, Medicare, States financials and give away deals to tenured "employees" , executive salaries & bonuses for lousy performance, individual scams, disability scams, etc. etc.
Sorry for the rant - enjoy the new car - we do.0
What was cause of failure? If low on oil the dealer would have pointed that out. If coolant mixed with oil and took out engine they would also see that. 26,000 miles is a mechanical failure excluding the two previous concerns. sounds like you lucked out with repairing dealer.
The 3.6 in the CXS has been around for a while and no prior posts on any catastophic failures- very concerning event. Hope it is a one-off problem.
Sorry for your troubles and gfood luck with new motor.0
Thanks crankeee. I wasn't told what caused the failure. I had no warning lights. Nothing but a bad sound, then no power. A GM dealer had done all the oil changes and maintenance work and we had it done on time. Yes, a very disappointing outcome, especially since the new engine makes troubling noises. Looks like more trips to the service dept. I was curious if other owners had experienced anything like this. We have bought GM cars for decades and were eager to buy the Lacrosse. I'm not so sure the news stories about improved GM quality have much basis in truth. Too bad.0


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Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. With extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between, the bat's wing anatomically resembles the human hand. Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide. In fact, bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth!
70% of bats consume insects, sharing a large part of natural pest control. There are also fruit-eating bats; nectar-eating bats; carnivorous bats that prey on small mammals, birds, lizards and frogs; fish-eating bats, and perhaps most famously, the blood-sucking vampire bats of South America.
While some bat populations number in the millions, others are dangerously low or in decline.
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A single little brown bat can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour, and is one of the world's longest-lived mammals for its size, with life spans of almost 40 years.
Bats can be found almost anywhere in the world except the polar regions and extreme deserts.
Some bats have evolved a highly sophisticated sense of hearing. They emit sounds that bounce off of objects in their path, sending echoes back to the bats. From these echoes, the bats can determine the size of objects, how far away they are, how fast they are traveling and even their texture, all in a split second
Bats find shelter in caves, crevices, tree cavities and buildings. Some species are solitary while others form colonies of more than a million individuals.
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Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet!
To survive the winter some species of bat migrate, others hibernate, and yet others go into torpor (regulated hypothermia that can last from a few hours to a few months).
Gestation: 40 days - 6 months (bigger bats have longer gestation periods)
Litter Size: Mostly one pup
For their size, bats are the slowest reproducing mammals on Earth. At birth, a pup weighs up to 25 percent of its mother's body weight, which is like a human mother giving birth to a 31 pound baby! Offspring typically are cared for in maternity colonies, where females congregate to bear and raise the young. Male bats do not help to raise the pups
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Size: Bats are divided into two suborders: Megachiroptera, meaning large bat, and Microchiroptera, meaning small bat. The largest bats have a 6 foot wingspan. The bodies of the smallest bats are no more than an inch long.
Lifespan: Most bats live longer than most mammals of their size. The longest known lifespan of a bat in the wild is 30 years for a little brown bat.


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Over the last couple of days, I've looked at all of the forwards chosen in the 2012 and 2011 entry drafts. Today, we're moving on to the great Taylor v. Tyler debate of 2010. Two years out, those two players are still at the top of the pile, but many of the others in the top ten aren't yet playing in the NHL. If you've read the methodological explanations already, feel free to skip down to the results.
In the chart below, I've taken each player's goals, assists and points, converted them to a "per game" rate, multiplied them by the league equivalency number, and then expressed them as an "NHL equivalency" assuming an 82-game NHL season. As you may have guessed, each league has a different equivalency number. I've used this article for the translations from the KHL (multiply offense by 0.83), SEL (0.78), CZE (0.74), FNL (0.54), NCAA (0.41), WHL (0.30), OHL (0.30) and QMJHL (0.28),and this article for the translations from the USHL (0.27), AJHL (0.16), and BCHL (0.14). With these players getting older, there are now only a few leagues that have drafted players but no translations, and if you're playing there (ECHL, minor European league), that's probably a bad sign.
Before I go ahead and put up the chart, a bit more explanation is needed. Not all of the players drafted in 2010 were actually the same age; in fact, several players had already passed through the draft at least once (and sometimes twice). All of these older players are included in the chart but are marked in yellow. There were also some players who were first eligible for the draft in 2009 or 2010 but weren't drafted until 2011 or 2012. I've also included these players in the chart with "N/A" written in the "Draft Number" column. If 2010 was the player's first year of eligibility, the yellow highlighting is removed.
The "Draft Number" column is not the player's actual draft position but the player's position among forwards. So, for example, the Carolina Hurricanes drafted Jeff Skinner 7th overall, but he was the 6th forward to be drafted, so his "Draft Number" in the chart is "6". Some of these players have also gone unsigned or been traded, so I'll just note that the "Team" listed is the one that drafted the player.
These numbers may also be slightly different than the NHLE numbers you may have seen elsewhere for these players. That's because I include both regular season and playoff games in the results, which I think probably gives a better estimate. None of these teams are playing a balanced schedule anyway, so it seems to me that including the larger sample of games is the way to go.
The "Rank" column is organized by NHLE. Anyone without an NHLE ranking is placed at the bottom in the order that they were drafted.
Points of Interest:
- There are quite a few very promising prospects who spent last season playing in one of the best European leagues. If those players all come over (Tarasenko, Kuznetsov, Jarnkrok, Granlund, Fasth, and Larsson), it will be interesting to see whether or not their offense holds up. All six of those players are given over forty points by the translations, something that just 138 forwards achieved last season. Will these players all arrive as top six forwards? Probably not. Fasth in particular seems doubtful based on the small sample of games in 2011-12 and his past performance.
- One of the problems with the NHLE system is that it only captures the performance of the "winners", i.e., the players who come directly to the NHL. At this time last year, Ondrej Palat, Curtis Hamilton, Tye McGinn, and Ryan Martindale were all among the top twenty-five, putting up big numbers in the CHL. None of them came directly to the NHL, and all of them struggled in the pro game. Palat survived the best of that group, finishing 94th on this list after posting 39 points in 79 AHL games. Most of the other junior players will join these four in the AHL next season, and that year of AHL experience will likely push this group back up the chart (though probably not back into the top twenty-five).
- It is helpful, though, in reminding us to take the numbers put up by the CHL kids with a grain of salt. No matter how good Mark Stone looks playing in the OHL, the step to pro hockey is substantial, and not everyone is going to make it.
- But not everyone makes a stop in the AHL. There are few other top picks well down this list who are already playing in the NHL. It's safe to say that all of Ryan Johansen, Nino Niederreiter, Brett Connolly and (to a lesser extent) Alexander Burmistrov weren't quite as good as their teams had hoped offensively in 2011-12, but all four have already played more NHL games than some of the men listed above them ever will.
- The St. Louis Blues had a very successful draft with two players in the top ten. Adding Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko to an already excellent forward group is going to make this team very difficult to defend for at least the next four or five years (Backes, Oshie, Perron, Steen, Stewart and Berglund are all twenty-eight years old or younger).
- Some players made a huge leap this season. Chris Wagner, for example, scored just 19 points in 41 games in his freshman year at Colgate, but upped that 51 points in 38 games as a sophomore. Other players who made a big leap include Brock Nelson and Nick Bjugstad, both of whom likely got much more ice time as sophomores than they did as frehsmen coming out of high school hockey.
- With each league being different, it's always fun to pick out the best guy in each league. In 2011-12, that was Taylor Hall (NHL), Vladimir Tarasenko (KHL), Calle Jarnkrok (SEL), Mikael Granlund (FNL), Jaden Schwartz (NCAA), Mark Stone (WHL), Charlie Coyle (QMJHL), 2012 first-round pick Tanner Pearson (OHL), and Ondrej Palat (AHL).


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Mastectomy Scars Transformed on P.Ink Day
Above: Blackwork tattoo by Roxx 2Spirit. Floral tattoo by Joy Rumore.
On Monday -- P.Ink Day -- a group of truly exceptional tattooers, exceptional in their art and in their spirit, dedicated their time to transform mastectomy scars of kickass women into beautiful life-affirming creations. Just taking a look at Gigi Stoll's photos of what went down at Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn that day, offers a glimpse into just how powerful and magical tattooing can be.
As I've posted here before, P.Ink or Personal Ink Project is an incredible resource that offers tattoo inspiration, ideas and info for breast cancer survivors. It also is a place where these women can research and perhaps even connect with skilled artists who can transform mastectomy scars into beautiful works of art. On Monday, P.Ink brought artists and survivors together in person, and picked up the tab via an Indiegogo campaign -- that still needs help with funding.
To learn more about P.Ink and the transformation of mastectomy scars from the perspective of the tattoo artist and the client, check this HuffPo video (below) featuring P.Ink's founder Noel Franus, artist Joy Rumore and Megan Hartman, whom Joy tattooed on Monday (tattoo shown above). Joy also blogged about her experience, which is a great read.
For all the inspiration and beauty, thank you, P.Ink and the artists who made it all possible: Stephanie Tamez, Virginia Elwood, Ashley Love, Michelle Tarantelli, Roxx, Shannon Purvis Barron, Nikki Lugo, Miranda Lorberer, Jen Carmean, and Joy Rumore.


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The Dinosaur Institute team is preparing for the 2017 annual field season, the crew will spend four-weeks digging for dinosaurs in the Jurassic outcrops of Utah.
Dinosaur Institute Director Luis Chiappe will be featured in a new BBC film hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
For the project, which will air in 2016, Dr. Chiappe accompanied the famous documentary filmaker to an 80-million-year-old nesting site of some of the biggest dinosaurs on the planet.
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The Dinosaur Institute (DI) houses the Museum's collection of Mesozoic tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates), dating from 250 million years ago to 65.5 million years ago. This collection includes fossils of dinosaurs spanning the Mesozoic Era, as well as fossils of other tetrapods that lived alongside the dinosaurs, such as flying and marine reptiles, crocodiles, turtles, amphibians, and early mammals.
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The fossils in our collection have been acquired over nearly a century, and the collection continues to expand rapidly through the Dinosaur Institute's very active field program. The DI runs expeditions several times a year to collect fossils from Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. We also participate in international field programs, most recently in China, South Africa and Argentina. Learn More
The DI staff provides mentorship in paleontology for a diverse group of people, from volunteers and docents to undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows. A wide range of research is conducted here at the Museum by both staff and visiting researchers, from examining different aspects of the evolution of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals to investigations into their diversity, genealogical relationships, ecology, and life history. Meet the Staff
The Dino Lab is a functioning preparation lab staffed by paleontologists from the Dinosaur Institute. People of all ages can gaze through the glass windows as fossils are cleaned, examined, and cataloged. The crew of preparators and volunteers are currently working on fossils excavated in Utah from the Jurassic-aged Morrision Formation. The lab offers Museum visitors a unique opportunity to watch paleontologists work on real fossil specimens and a rare behind-the-scenes chance to follow the steps in preparing fossils for eventual display and research. The Dino Lab is staffed and open to the public every day the Museum is open. Come by and see what we're working on right now! Learn More


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Brent Mayne, who played 15 Major League Baseball seasons for seven teams, headlines five individuals who will be inducted into the Orange Coast College Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The 2010 class also includes former coaches Mike Mayne, Tandy Gillis and Vern Wagner, as well as former women's tennis standout Julie (Slattery) Shapiro.
The inductees will be honored at a reception in the OCC gymnasium foyer, beginning at 4:30 p.m. and will also be recognized at halftime of the school's home football game against Southwestern, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.
Brent Mayne played one season at OCC, before moving on to become an All-American at Cal State Fullerton and a first-round draft pick (13th overall) of the Kansas City Royals in 1989. He collected 1,143 hits, 38 home runs and 403 runs batted in in 1,279 big-league games with the Royals, New York Mets,Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers. He finished with a .263 career batting average and his .993 fielding percentage ranks fourth all-time among catchers.
Mayne, a Costa Mesa High product, was inducted into the OCC Hall of Fame in 2005.
Mike Mayne, Brent's father, amassed 400 wins in 15 seasons as the Pirates baseball coach, including a state championship in 1980. Mayne's teams won six conference championships and featured more than 100 future professional players, including future major leaguers Chris Beasley, Donnie Hill, Damon Berryhill, Kevin Romine, Kevin Reimer, Jeff Gardner and Rich Amaral.
Also an assistant football coach at OCC for more than 12 years, Mayne was the pitching coach for 2008 NCAA champion Fresno State. He also worked in scouting and coaching roles for the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics.
He was National Community College Coach of the Year in 1980 and was inducted into the California Community College Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame in 1993.
Gillis, who coached the school's only men's basketball state champion in 1978-79, compiled a 244-228 record in 16 seasons at the helm, beginning in 1976.
Gillis, a member of the 1959 Cal team that won the NCAA championship, as well as the Golden Bears' 1960 squad that lost in the national title game to an Ohio State team that included John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas and Bobby Knight, also coached men's tennis for eight seasons at OCC.
He is a member of the California Community College Hall of Fame.
Wagner was head wrestling coach and an assistant football coach at OCC from 1971 to 1981. An assistant on the 1975 national championship football team, Wagner went on to an administrative career at several universities, including UC Irvine. After working at the University of Washington from 1987 to 1994, he became dorector of the Seattle Kingdome, home to the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners. He died of leukemia in 2000 at the age of 63.
Shapiro, whose maiden name is Slattery, is one of only four to be named OCC Athlete of the Year twice. She won state singles and doubles (with partner Natalie Hastings) in 1988 and won another state doubles crown in 1989, when she was second in the state in singles.
She later helped Cal Poly Pomona win a Division II national championship and was a two-time All-American for the Broncos. She was national runner-up in singles both years at Cal Poly Pomona.
She was Senior National Player of the Year and won the Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Mark Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders, has acknowledged the possibility of moving the franchise back to Los Angeles if Oakland can't get its act together on a new stadium.
That's interesting. But if words translated into actions, the L.A. market would have landed an NFL team or two 15 years ago. More than half of the league's 32 teams have been linked to L.A. at one point or another, as in, Team 'X' could potentially move if it can't get a stadium deal where it is.
At the league's annual meetings Monday, Davis said his patience is wearing thin over the Coliseum City project, the proposed redevelopment of the 850 acres in and around the Oakland Coliseum to create new homes for the Raiders, Athletics and Golden State Warriors. He said Oakland Mayor Jean Quan had told him there would be a deal ready to go by the end of last season and that Quan later bumped that deadline to this summer.
"I need to know we've got a deal," said Davis, whose team shares its stadium with the A's, meaning the Raiders have a dirt infield at home for half their season. "We can't continue to play on a baseball field. We just can't do it. We can't continually be pushed, pushed, pushed. 'We're going to try this, we're going to try that…' The group that they have in there now is credible to me. If they want to get something done, they can. But they have to work with the city."
NFL owners voted Monday to approve a one-year extension of the Raiders' lease at the Coliseum, meaning that deal will expire after the upcoming season.
Forget about the notion of the Raiders sharing a home with the San Francisco 49ers, who are building a new stadium in Santa Clara.
"The problem was, when they started building it, if we'd have gone with them then we'd have been abandoning Oakland," Davis said. "The whole time, I've been up and up with everybody that I'm negotiating in good faith. So I couldn't be involved with the 49ers and still be doing it good faith, and using that as leverage or anything else.
"By the time the 49ers finished their building — and you've got to give them credit for getting something done in California — it's a 49er building. It's like the Jets and the Giants in the old Meadowlands. We'd be like a second tenant. That's not what I want for the Raiders and their legacy."
But if a deal doesn't come together in Oakland, Davis said he is open to moving. He said he has met over the years with Southern California developer Ed Roski and AEG's Phil Anschutz — pitching NFL stadium proposals in City of Industry and downtown L.A., respectively — but that he has yet to engage in negotiations with either. Like his late father, Al Davis, he also touted the Hollywood Park site.
"That's probably the best place to put a stadium," Mark Davis said. "If they use the racecourse land and everything else, it's absolutely the perfect place to do it."
But just because Davis says the clock is ticking on Oakland, and doesn't deny eyeing L.A., doesn't mean he can start packing the moving vans.
No one will get an open layup when it comes to L.A., and the San Diego Chargers, for one, would vigorously oppose any team moving into that market and leaving them to wilt in the shadows.
Relocating a franchise with the blessing of the league — and that blessing is essential to secure financing help from the NFL and Super Bowl commitments — requires a three-quarters-majority vote of the teams. In other words, a move could be blocked by nine votes of no.
You can bet that any team that conceivably would be damaged by such a move — a.k.a. the Chargers — would be working hard to assemble those nine votes.
Two months ago, Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, quietly bought a 60-acre parking lot that sits between Hollywood Park and the Forum, sufficient space to house a stadium although not enough for the venue and all the parking the league would want.
The Rams, like the Raiders, can get out of their lease after the season. The Chargers are year to year at Qualcomm Stadium, and the city of San Diego cannot sue them to stay.
For Davis, the situation is growing increasingly bleak in Oakland. He has respect for Colony Capital, the developer involved in the Coliseum City project, so he's willing to give the city a bit more time, but his arms are crossed and his foot is tapping.
Frustrated as he is, Davis could be in for a long wait.
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GoPro Baby Does Dubstep in Awesome Super Bowl 2013 Commercial
GoPro saved money to pay for their Super Bowl airtime by using one of their own cameras to film their commercial. Well, that's the theory we have anyway. We don't know that for certain. It doesn't really matter, anyway. The only thing that matters is look at the chubby cheeks on this baby! Now we want to buy a camera so we can affix it to other people's heads. Good work, GoPro -- your commercial was a success.


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Top Dog Talks
Tribe GM Mark Shapiro addressed a number of issues yesterday.
Click to listen to latest from the Bisons Baseball Network:CLICK HERE
As it stands right now after speaking with Buffalo Manager, Torey Lovullo, Laffey will work on fine tuning a few things prior to starting in a game. Look for him to start in the Herd's next homestand.
For the time being, the roation stays Jackson, Halama, Weaver, Bullington and Huff. The Bisons will be back in action tonight against Charlotte.


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Keeping up with technology and the NEC pays off for three Illinois-based companies. The proof is in the design of this snow melting system.
Winter's almost here, and snow has already started to fall across some Northern states. But when snow and freezing rain put a glazed finish on roadways, driveways, and ramps, accidents are sure to follow. That's why Teng and Associates, Chicago, with the help of Delta-Therm, a manufacturer of electric heating systems based in Wauconda, Ill., designed a snow melting system for a large parking garage in Des Plaines, Ill.
When designing a snow melting system, keeping up with the latest technology and paying attention to the bottom line are important. So when the 1999 National Electrical Code (NEC) made a change to no longer require all snow melting and deicing cables to be ground fault protected, Teng and Associates decided to design three ramps using mineral insulated (MI) cables to melt away the snow and ice. Sec. 426-28 states: "Ground-fault protection of equipment shall be provided for fixed outdoor electric deicing and snow-melting equipment, except for equipment that employs mineral-insulated, metal-sheathed cable embedded in a noncombustible medium." MI cable is the only cable available for snow melting and deicing that is exempt from ground fault protection when embedded in a noncombustible medium, such as concrete or asphalt.
Delta-Therm supplied 57 MI cable assemblies (14,730 linear ft) for the three ramps leading to and from the parking garage. The National Fire Protection Agency recognizes the fire resistance characteristics of MI cables, which automatically halts current flowing through this cable once they begin to overheat. Because installing ground fault interrupters (GFIs) for this system is redundant, the NEC exemption significantly reduces the costs for a large installation.
"Eliminating 60 GFIs - starting at $300 per device for three ramps - trimmed the final bill by as much as $18,000," says Siva K. Haran, P.E., LC, with WMA Consulting Engineers, Ltd., and former Project Manager and Senior Electrical Engineer at Teng & Associates. "This also eliminated the nuisance tripping common to GFIs, relieving the City of Des Plaines of having to locate and reset the device if it goes off line in foul weather."
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The post explains that this is because Instagram "is about producing photos on the go, in the real world, in realtime. On the other hand, Instagram for the web is focused on making the browsing experience a fast, simple and enjoyable one."
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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team competed at the IC4A/ECAC Championships May 10-12 in Princeton, NJ. The Blue Devils were led by senior Aaron Radden, who placed fifth in the 200m dash finals on Sunday with his time of 21.16 seconds.
In addition to the IC4A/ECAC competition, Central sent one team member, freshman Joseph Gioielli, to the New Balance Boston Twilight Series. Gioielli paced the competition and claimed the win in the 800m run with a new personal career-best time of 1:50.56. His time in the event also breaks his own CCSU record of 1:51.33 set on April 17 at the Larry Ellis Invitational.
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On Friday at the IC4A/ECACs, the Blue Devils began competition with the 10,000 meter run. Senior John Krell placed 22nd in the race with his time of 31:55.84.
Sophomore Jamal Fruster competed in the 400m dash on Saturday, crossing the finish line in 50.83. Senior Nick Lindblom performed well in the 400m hurdle event, finishing in a season-best time of 53.36 for 13th out of 32 competitors.
The Blue Devils also fielded a 4x100m relay team that placed 15th with a time of 53.36. The team consisted of Fruster, Radden, junior Chris Savvidou and freshman Kendall Walker.
On Sunday, senior Rashad Williams closed out the competition with a ninth-place performance out of 36 competitors in the shot put event. Williams registered a distance of 16.60 meters.
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On this day in 1963, the 15 thieves involved in the Great Train Robbery, one of the most famous heists of all time, escape in an ex-British Army truck and two stolen Land Rover four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicles, making off with some $7 million in stolen loot.
The mastermind of the Great Train Robbery was Bruce Reynolds, a known burglar and armed robber. Inspired by the railroad heists of the Wild West in America, Reynolds and 14 other men wearing ski masks and helmets held up the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England. They used a false red signal to get the train to stop, then hit the driver with an iron bar, seriously injuring him, in order to gain control of the train. The thieves loaded 120 mailbags filled with the equivalent of $7 million in used bank notes into their Land Rovers and sped off. The vehicles had been stolen in central London and marked with identical license plates in order to confuse the police.
In their hideout at Leatherslade Farm in Buckinghamshire, England, the robbers divided their loot. Viewed as folk heroes by the public for the audacious scale of their crime and their flight from justice, 12 of the 15 robbers nevertheless were eventually captured. In all, the gang of thieves received a total sentence of some 300 years. One of them, a small-time hood named Ronnie Biggs, escaped from prison after just 15 months and underwent plastic surgery to change his appearance. He fled the country and eluded capture for years, finally giving himself up in 2001 when he returned from Brazil voluntarily to serve the 28 years remaining in his sentence.
The two Land Rovers used in the robbery were discovered at the thieves' hideout; a car enthusiast still owns one of them today. Produced by the British-based Rover Company, the Land Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1948. It was modeled after the four-wheel drive American-made Jeeps used by the British War Department during World War II and was made of cheaper, readily available aluminum alloy due to the postwar shortage of steel. By 1960, Land Rover production had reached 500,000 vehicles per year, and the all-terrain vehicle had become popular in all types of climates–desert, jungle and city–around the world. Rover later introduced an upscale version called the Range Rover, which become another bestseller for the company. The German automaker BMW purchased Rover in 1994, but split the brand six years later, selling the Land Rover name to Ford Motor Company. In 2008, Ford sold Land Rover, along with Jaguar, to Tata Motors Ltd., India's top automaker.


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Rihanna Unfollows Chris Brown on Twitter
Rihanna has some interesting priorities. The 'Where Have You Been' singer, who's been ill enough to get hooked up to an IV lately, has finally cut off social media contact with ex Chris Brown. It wasn't the fact that he beat her until she was bruised and bloody back in '09 that did the trick, nor was it his heavily photographed romance with current flame Karrueche Tran.
What did it take for Rihanna to leave Breezy's Twitter be? It was a thinly-veiled diss track.
Brown released a freestyle set to Kanye West and DJ Khaled's collaboration 'Way Too Cold' (formerly 'Theraflu'). While he never says RiRi's name in the track, TMZ reports that she unfollowed him hours after the song hit the Web, leading fans to suspect that she thinks the song is about her. And if that's the case, the picture it paints isn't pretty, as Brown raps, "Don't f— with my old b— it's like a bad fur / Every industry n—- done had her / Shook the tree like a pumpkin just to smash her / B—- is breaking codes, but I'm the password."
Shortly after her highly visible unfollow, Rihanna tweeted:
Aw, poor dat #neaux1currrrr
— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 10, 2012
Shortly thereafter, Brown unfollowed Rihanna as well.
The moves are particularly surprising following Rihanna wishing Brown a public happy birthday tweet on May 5, let alone the controversy the tumultuous two caused when they released their 'Birthday Cake' and 'Turn Up the Music' remixes. We're guessing any hope for a public reunion, whether pop or personal, isn't likely to happen again soon.
Listen to Chris Brown, 'Theraflu Freestyle'


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Posted: 23 Nov 2017 at 2:29pm
What diameter rigging wire does everyone use?
I'm replacing the standing rigging on Solan Goose, and it looks like we've got 6mm 1x19 wire all round. But in the rigging schedule for the Contessa 32 on the association website it specifies 5mm for the lower shrouds?
Our u bolts for the lower shrouds have noticeably pulled the deck up, though they have now been reinforced with steel plates under the deck. I had the thought that perhaps they had been over tensioned with the larger wire.
I was considering compact dyform wire, partly as an upgrade and hopefully as it would feel nicer on the hands, but not sure if it is a good idea, or if I could downsize the lower shrouds at the same time.
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Hi Sandy, long time no see
Marisca has 5mm lowers, 6mm elsewhere with replacement due again this winter. I seem to remember hearsay that Jeremy reckoned going bigger was unnecessary and just moved the weakest link to the deck.
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Thanks Alastair.
Yep poor Solan Goose has been languishing in the marina for the past few years while our kids were wee, but it's time for a refit ready for next summer.
Turns out our forestay and backstay are even bigger at 7mm.
I Would downsize, but don't want to have to deal with changing the shroud fittings on the mast, so think I'll just stick with the same for now, and be careful not to overtension. Waiting for a surveyor to do an inspection too (for the insurance) so will see what he thinks about the deck.
Plenty other jobs needing done as well!
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Hi, I have just renewed Charlotte's standing rigging 6 mm caps fore and back stay, with 5 mm inners.
Check with a rigger I don't think there is any difference in the tang for the inners between 5 and 6 mm. Would be policy if you don't know the age to change the bottle screws at the same time.
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Thanks for the update Alan.
All the sizing info I could find for the shroud terminals seems to indicate that the 5mm version is small than the 6mm. I have the round spoon shaped ones as opposed to T terminals. In any case decided to just stick with the 6mm lowers to save any bother, will just need to be careful to avoid over tensioning.
Was planning to change the bottle screws as well.
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The opening of the Parrish Art Museum's new building in Water Mill on Saturday will include a multimedia concert of compositions by a young composer with local roots.
Both Sag Harbor and San Francisco were home in Nell Shaw Cohen's bicoastal upbringing. Soon after her parents moved to Sag Harbor full time, the budding composer was off to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Now 24 and pursuing graduate studies in composition at New York University, Ms. Cohen will present "Watercolors," a 15-minute piece inspired by four paintings by the watercolorist Charles Burchfield, at the Parrish opening. One of the four, "Glory of Spring," is in the museum's permanent collection.
The Chelsea Quintet will perform "Watercolors" in front of projected images of the paintings in the new museum's performance space.
The intersection of aural and visual is familiar territory for Ms. Cohen. Much of her work is inspired by visual art, including a 2011 collaboration with the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., and members of the string orchestra A Far Cry, to present music inspired by the work of the 19th-century painter Thomas Cole.
"The first piece I composed inspired by art was 'The Course of Empire,' " Ms. Cohen said of her 2008 piece, a string quartet inspired by Cole's paintings.
Visual art has always been significant in her life, she said. As a teenager she was particularly fascinated by art history. "As I got deeper into composing, I realized that I could bring these two passions together. I sought to communicate my interpretation of the art, so that when listeners are hearing the music, it's music that stands alone, but it also has this connection to something larger. It's almost like an essay in the musical form, but not that literal. Once I started doing that, I realized that it was a way for me to continue engaging in the visual art that I found compelling, and share that with people in my own way, which is through music."
Another fascination, she said, is synesthesia, "an anomalous blending of the senses in which the stimulation of one modality simultaneously produces sensation in a different modality," according to Thomas J. Palmeri, Randolph B. Blake, and René Marois, who study the phenomenon at the Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. A synesthete "hears" colors, for example.
This explains Ms. Cohen's obsession — her word — with Burchfield. "His art is really fascinating," she said. "It's especially suggestive of music. Some feel he was a synesthete in that he experienced a psychological connection between music and art. Some of his art — the colors, the shapes, the whole way he conceptualized it — has a very musical quality. And some of his paintings literally depict sounds, where he has jagged lines or repeating circular lines that represent insect noises and birdcalls. He said that he was thinking about Beethoven and Sibelius while he was making his paintings."
As to her own approach to composing art-inspired music, "I try to have a really good sense of what my take on the painting is before I start writing notes, because I really want the music to be a natural extension of my experience of the painting," she said. "I interpret the paintings into music on several levels. There's a larger narrative or atmospheric quality that I might get — that's almost a film score-type approach — where I'm thinking, what is the musical atmosphere that can support and embody this visual? Then there are more specific things. If there are jagged shapes or lines in the visuals, I might write music that has an angular, jagged quality, or if it's flowing and lyrical, I might create something of the musical equivalent."
Colors, and light and dark, are also manifested in her music. "Sun and Rocks," the third of four movements in "Watercolors," "has these very vibrant, striking colors, and the whole picture almost seems to be vibrating," Ms. Cohen said. "So I created music that had extremes of dynamics — loud and quiet — and extremes in register — really high notes and really low notes — to capture that intensity that I saw in the painting."
The process is, of course, subjective and personal: different composers may interpret a painting in dramatically different ways, but "it's a direct response to what I'm seeing in the painting," she said.
Ms. Cohen's Web site, beyondthenotes.org, includes recordings of "Watercolors" and video interviews with experts on Burchfield and synesthesia, as well as her own videotaped discussions of the creative process, among other features. The site also features a blog in which Ms. Cohen writes about "Watercolors" and her other work.
"Watercolors" will be presented at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Admission to the museum and concert is free.


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It's been 24 hours since the Fisher Cat for ex-Fisher Cat trade, and the people I trust most in the business are pretty mixed when I've asked them about it. Let's hope it's a win for both parties ... There is a story in the Toronto Sun that calls out Anthony Gose for his lack of hustle in the Arizona Fall League. I was asked about this by the Jays Journal. A bit of my response as quoted by the Journal:
"Were there times when Gose didn't run out a ground ball? I'm sure. Is it worth a headline in the Toronto Sun? Don't think so. We're talking about a dynamic player who stole 70 bases and sparked New Hampshire to an Eastern League title, played in the Arizona Fall League and kept right on going to winter ball. Personally, I would cut him a little slack if he didn't run out a grounder under the Peoria sunshine."
Hate to break it to the folks at TMZ, but Ricky Romero and former Miss USA Rima Fakih are no longer an item. The power couple ended a serious relationship about a month ago. Good move for Ricky. The not-so-role-modeling Rima was busted for DUI on Saturday after driving a friend's Jaguar ... Caught up with Yankees prospect Joey Maher in Manchester, N.H. This kid is a character. Maher, 19, talks about adjusting to the pro game in this 90-second vid ... Here is video from a terrific baseball clinic held over the weekend. I was honored to be a coach at the event that raised $1,400 for three charities, including the Union Leader Santa Fund.


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Gadsden Civil Service Board member Alice Pruett believes in second chances. At Tuesday's board meeting, Pruett defended the Nov. 30 decision to hire two men to work for the fire department who had admitted to previous drug use.
Gadsden Civil Service Board member Alice Pruett believes in second chances.
At Tuesday's board meeting, Pruett defended the Nov. 30 decision to hire two men to work for the fire department who had admitted to previous drug use. They were among 20 applicants for the fire department jobs the board approved for hiring.
Pruett, a former assistant city attorney, said one of the candidates had admitted smoking marijuana once several months ago. The other had admitted to smoking marijuana several times a number of years ago in high school and had admitted to selling a small amount of marijuana to a classmate.
She said since then, he has not used drugs.
He has worked for the city of Gadsden in another department.
"We personally know him and feel he would be a good employee," she said.
She said to say he "sold drugs" is misleading.
"That could mean anything from an adult out there selling crystal meth and cocaine," Pruett said, "to somebody who did what this young man did when he was a teenager ... He dealt with it, it's in his past. That was, I guess, 10 or 15 years ago.
"He's a good employee, he's had no absentee problems. We know more about him than that he, as a teenager, did something stupid."
She said as a prosecutor in city court she had "zero tolerance" for drug use.
"If someone learns his lesson and changes his life and wants to go on and become a success and do something with his life, then he should take that opportunity," she said. "How many of you have done something in your teenage years that you wouldn't want splashed all over the front page of The Gadsden Times or that you wouldn't want a prospective employer to know about? I expect there are a lot of us."
Pruett also said the employee would be closely supervised by Chief Stephen Carroll and would be tested regularly for drugs.
"If he messes it up, he's gone," Pruett said. "You trust but verify."
Board member Jason Stinson repeated his opposition to hiring someone for the police or fire department with a drug use background and said many businesses would have that in their hiring practices.
He said he opposed the hiring because the individual said he has used drugs more than 30 times. Whether it was in the past or "so many years ago, it didn't matter to me."
He said he believes that would be an "automatic disqualification" for most businesses.
Some members of the city council also criticized the hirings.
Pruett said members of the Gadsden City Council are sent notices of board meetings. She said board members would be willing to talk with council members about the hiring process, but they could not discuss specific applicants.
Civil Service Board meetings are open, and information of the special meeting was in The Gadsden Times. Notice of the meeting was sent to the city council through the city clerk's office.
"If they wanted to be here and participate in the meeting, they were more than welcome," Pruett said.
"I don't know anyone on the board who wouldn't be willing to talk to them," she said, noting it is illegal to discuss with the council individuals the board was going to hire.
"As far as the process is concerned, we would certainly like to hear from them."


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Rendezvous at Spoon River
Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 8:30am to Sunday, October 9, 2016 - 5:00pm
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Dickson Mounds Museum will host the annual "Rendezvous at Spoon River" – a living history re-enactment, during the Spoon River Scenic Drive weekends. Members of the Mackinaw Valley Longrifles Association will be on hand to teach the public about the lifestyles, survival skills, and rich cultural history of Illinois 18th and 19th century inhabitants.
The public is invited to visit their primitive encampment on the museum grounds and engage in blanket trading and knife-hawk throwing; view demonstrations of wooden spoon carving, fiber arts, and much more. The event is open to the public from 8:30 am - 5:00 p.m. and admission is free.