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Jeffrey Larsen is a food stylist, recipe developer, pastry chef and cooking instructor, specializing in allergen free cooking and baking. Jeffrey has worked on a number of cookbooks and cooking magazines. His stand - out achievements, as a food stylist, are nine books for Williams-Sonoma. He also has worked with his colleague, Karen Shinto, on almost every issue of Sunset Magazine for the last ten years. In addition to teaching classes throughout the Bay Area, Jeffrey now consults with individuals and businesses on developing products, developing menus and creating allergen free kitchens. www.jeffreylarsen.com Day 1 - Friday Evening A two-hour question and answer; forum on the alternative grains/flours and why they are combined as they are. Recipes will be given for Jeff's two all- purpose flour blends. Jeff will delve into how to set up gluten free kitchen and how to convert your favorite recipes to be gluten free/allergen free. He will also give you his best baking tips and tricks. To keep you well fortified wine and cheese will be served! After the event join Jeff and tour the famous Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa and have dinner at one of two of Napa's very own, gluten free restaurants! - http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/ Day 2 – Breakfast at the Inn Enjoy a beautiful breakfast prepared by the Inn on Randolph staff. If you are up early join Jeff in the kitchen as he prepares fresh muffins and scones. During breakfast, Jeff will share his recipes and techniques for making this happen easily using his favorite all - purpose baking mix, Pamela's Bread Mix. He will give his formula for fortifying Pamela's mix with additional whole grain flour. This not only adds nutritional value but also reduces the amount of sugar and salt. Late morning: Free time to enjoy downtown Napa Afternoon: Join Jeff in the beautiful Inn on Randolph gluten free kitchen for a class on making Gluten Free Pasta at Home. Jeff will impart the secrets to making satisfying fresh pasta from scratch and will share and teach his very own recipes for egg pasta and vegan pasta. He will show you all his techniques for making lasagne sheets, fettucini, spaetzel and raviola. This will be a hands - on class and we will be making butternut squash ravioli that we will then enjoy for dinner. Following the class we will enjoy the fruits of our labor and a gluten free dessert created by Jeff. Class Price: $250.00. Rooms at the inn are booked separately. Please book early, as class sizes are limited. Please call the Inn on Randolph to reserve your class space and room: (707) 257-2886


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I have been thinking that maybe I should get my wife a bigger diamond. I am sure I could get a larger stone put into the original ring. Or maybe I should just buy her a larger ring to wear on her other hand. She has told me years ago that she was very happy with her ring. But it makes me feel a little inferior for my wife not to have a bigger eye catching stone.
Do you think the original ring stands for something more or would a bigger stone mean more? Just curious how others feel.
If you want to do something to show you love her, rather than buy her another ring (is she a jewelry kind of person? Lots of us aren't ...), how about renewing your vows and having a party to celebrate?
I know you have had some difficult moments, but if you feel it is important enough for her, and you would like to see her with additional sparkle than I say do it.
I meant it, and thankfully he seems to be listening to me. I don't care for them, I think they're ridiculously over-priced thanks to DeBeer's stranglehold on the market, I don't like large stones in rings, and if he reeeeaallly wants to give me a hunk of ice for my finger, it had better be imitation or a different stone. Personally, I'd prefer the money be used for our honeymoon or home.
Listen to your wife, and if you really want to do something to show you care, there are much better ways to do so than buying a gaudy replacement to something she already loves.
I'm not saying a huge diamond, but something very nice to me is a prereq. To me it shows stability, it shows that the guy can afford to spend some money and won't have it mess up his bills. I'm intensely responsible when it comes to money, so someone who's saved excess to get me something traditionally significant just does appeal.
I don't know if anyone else has ever been proposed to without a ring, but it's kind of anti-climactic. I was told "When I can afford something, I'll get you something beautiful"...Oh well, that's nice. But if you can't afford a piece of decent jewelry why should I believe you'll have the funds to start a household? I don't expect to be taken care of financially in a relationship, but I do expect to be valued and personally for me, that includes not being what I consider half-assed.
Again, not saying I'd need a huge diamond, but definitely something that shows some degree of effort and taste, Something that I like, something that fits, something that shows a certain base level of regard for the levity of wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone...I have found it disrespectful to have a guy on a bended knee with a poem, because as sweet as it is, that's just not how I see my life going. I get misconstrued for being a lot less traditional than I actually am, and to me someone giving me a ring is their way of saying "I understand you're traditional, and if you're going to get married I know you want to do it in a traditional way".
I don't think you should replace the original ring in any way. She likes it! It's you who has the problem with it. But I think if you want to get her another token, a ring, a necklace, something, look at what she likes and get something she'll enjoy, not just impress others with.
I'd be interested to see, too, of your friends whose huge rocks were the original rings. I think a lot of people start off with something smaller and then as life situations change, positions in society go up, there's more money to spend, guys do buy their wives something bigger. I know my grandparents "upgraded" around their 30th anniversary, my bosses husband just got her something ostentatious, my Dad even got my Mom a gorgeous emerald a few years back as a token of their being together.
Personally, my husband has told me before that he wants to "replace" my diamond and get me something bigger (when mine is fine thanks). It sort of annoyed me bc I didn't say "yes" because of the size of the ring. I LOVE my ring--not because it's a diamond (although I do think it's pretty) but because it's the ring he gave me when he asked me to be his wife.
I'm sure YOUR wife feels the same, Guard.
I suggest, instead of replacing her engagement ring, maybe buying her a pretty diamond anniversary band to go alongside it if it's a gift you're considering.
But no---I don't think a bigger blingier stone means "more". The original ring is very dear to her heart, I guarantee it.
"I've been proposed to, or "proposed to" like...eight times in my life."
Aren't you in your early 20s? That's pretty impressive
It's really just the mix of not sleeping around (guys assume I will if we get married) and having a love of somewhat wounded, weird-looking men. This isn't the case in my current relationships, but because I'm sincerely attracted to guys that don't get girls frequently, their desperation lets them believe they "love" me no matter how incompatible we are. Mix the other main type that I've been attracted to, controlling freaks, and it actually just makes sense.
hahaha So I don't/didn't take the proposals seriously, if it makes sense.
I, personally, don't like big stones. I think they're gaudy but that's just me.
When I was with my son's father, and we had generally talked about getting married, I would of been fine with just the actual wedding ring. No engagement ring. I knew what his bank account looked like. And to me it is more important to make sure our son had money, not that I had some huge ring on my finger.
With my SO, we talk marriage. I gave him an idea of what kind of ring I would like. Probably like 1/2 carat. Even though a carat would be nice. I am realistic. While he does have a good job, he does have 4 kids. I would never expect a huge ring that would put him (us) into debt.
Now if a rich man proposes to me with a little diamond, I am going to be mad.... like you know you can afford more lol
But it would be a nice gift if you can afford it. As in, hey we have been together 20 years. That is a long time!
I don't think my set is overly extravagant and certainly not huge by today's standards but my husband seems to think that all women would LOVE a 2 or 3 carat diamond on their finger.
I'm short and I have small hands. It would probably look silly.
And mine was bought 16 years ago.
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The morning after a snowstorm for some is like the day after Christmas, the remnants of the day before are everywhere, but the excitement is gone, it is a clean up day.
Most likely the cars are shoveled out and now ice patches appear from the melting and freezing of the snow plowed away. Driveways and roads are now all single lanes, with hockey sideboards.
It you found the pristine snow beautiful, today you see the menace and downside to a foot of snow.
I did some research and found perhaps the worse snowstorm of the last 150 years. The Storm of 1888 was totally unbelievable. This nor'easter storm happened March 12, 1888, and reportedly dumped 40 to 50 inches of snow from Maryland to Massachusetts, and more than 20 inches in Vermont and northward into Canada. The report is that it snowed blizzard-like for 36 hours with the winds in many places gusting up to 80 mph, making snowdrifts that actually buried three-story homes. The tallest recorded snowdrift was reportedly 52 feet, recorded in Gravesend, New York.
People were trapped inside homes for a week. And the snow plows? There were none! No big garbage truck with plows; no, they wouldn't be invented for another 25 years. The temperature went from like 55 degrees Fahrenheit to all of 6 through 9 degrees Fahrenheit, dropping almost 50 degrees within a few hours and then stayed that cold with the average wind being over 40 mph for 36 hours.
Not sure how the East End of Long Island fared afterward, but since there were no telephones there were no angry calls to LIPA, or town halls. However, I must report, "telegraph service," was disrupted for a weeks, as was the then all-important Rail service which at the time consisted of hundreds of Independent companies.
Another name for this storm is "The Great White Hurricane." So as you get ready to get ready for Monday, think back to the enormity these folks had to deal with. And remember the horses they used back then to "drive around" did not come with, heaters, defrosters, windshields, CD players, adjustable seats, and coffee cup holders.


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The engaged power couple is releasing a vintage pink rosé from their 1,000-acre French estate on March 15 in the United States. It will be the first offering from their vineyard, which they acquired in 2008.


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All Others Pale - Mikkeller ApS
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Reviews by MattSweatshirt:
4.1/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I don't drink bottles of Mikkeller pale ales or IPA's here in the states as there is no way of telling how old it is. Finding it on tap in Mikkellerland I had to try it.
Pours a opaque orange body with a white head.
Yeah...the smell on this is amazing. It smells like an IPA it is so hop forward. It's sweet with melon and orange, tangerine, and pineapple. That falls into a piney and a little earthy and sour aroma.
The taste is a bit of a letdown but that doesn't mean much. More of the earthy and piney aspects come out. Nice little bitter bite. There is less of the citrus and tropical hop in the flavor.
Serving type: on-tap
12-19-2012 06:48:47 | More by MattSweatshirt
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07-23-2014 01:37:20 | More by KAF
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04-30-2014 23:26:41 | More by jzlyo
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03-21-2014 03:21:50 | More by afsdan
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10-26-2013 01:47:32 | More by GRG1313
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
09-01-2013 15:58:30 | More by jaydoc
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06-20-2013 08:16:12 | More by jaxon53
4/5 rDev +3.9%
06-10-2013 18:24:40 | More by mrfrancis
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
05-26-2013 19:55:10 | More by Slatetank
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11-29-2012 04:22:54 | More by st9647v3
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
10-16-2012 16:42:30 | More by RblWthACoz
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4/5 rDev +3.9%
07-07-2012 02:39:19 | More by Chugs13
3.65/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Very clear, copper body with a nice, thick off-white head. Very good rings descend the glass.
Fruit and malt aroma. Melon and pine in the hops. Very light caramel malt scent.
Light malt taste, light biscuit. A pleasant bitterness plays follow-up. A bit acidic.
Light bodied, smooth and clean for mouthfeel. Carbonation is very fine and doesn't impart much character to the feel.
A pleasant enough APA. A little on the 'light' side of things overall, but certainly easy drinking with mild yet intriguing flavor notes.
Serving type: bottle
05-28-2012 17:15:16 | More by beergoot
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05-20-2012 02:18:40 | More by Tim460
3.05/5 rDev -20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - Cloudy orange-copper, carbonation bubbles aplenty, 1 finger off white bubbly head, a good amount of lacing.
S - Sour, mixed berries, pineapple, olive, orange peel, grain, bread.
T - Old fruits, olive, light raison & licorice in the middle, light earthy/fruity hops, finishes with pale malt, grain, wheat. sour/funky olive after taste.
M - Medium body, slightly sticky, moderate carbonation.
O - Interesting, but I am not sure if that is a good thing in this case. Cap states "04 06 09" I think that means this beer is around 3 years old. I could only drink half the bottle, first Mikkeller drain pour, but I am sure it is because this is a really old batch.
Serving type: bottle
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look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
1 pint .9 fl oz brown glass bottle with standard pressure cap served into an Orval goblet in high altitude Castle Rock, Colorado. Reviewed live. Expectations are pretty high as this is me favourite brewery in the world.
A: Pours a one finger head of decent cream, fair thickness, and okay retention. Colour is a nontransparent dark copper.
Sm: Sweet, likely with lots of sugar, but also featuring some pleasant hop tones. A bit buttery. A mild strength aroma.
T: Simple, actually - in a very disappointing way. The hops lend the climax an unnatural bitterness. The sugar is a bit mishandled, but it does alright. It doesn't really feel like a pale ale; it's schizophrenic. The balance is completely off, but the build is alright. Overall, it's a disappointment.
Mf: Smooth and wet, suiting the flavours in a merely general manner.
Dr: Drinkable but disappointing considering the brewer. I definitely wouldn't get it again, as much as I like the brewer. Once again, Mikkeller fails at light beers. I may be a bit harsh on it because I expect so much more, but overall it isn't bad.
Serving type: bottle
12-23-2011 04:32:42 | More by kojevergas
4/5 rDev +3.9%
12-17-2011 01:52:36 | More by TasteTester
3.48/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A - Nice dark and murky brown/orange color. Quarter finger of head fades quickly. Ring of nice bubbly head around the edges. Decent lacing
S - Subtle smell. Not as hoppy as other pale ales. Not as citrusy. Getting some malts, getting some brown sugar... still not hitting me over the head.
T - Dry. About what I'd have gathered from the smell actually! Pleasant and refreshing but far from wonderful. Beginning and end of drink are where I'm getting the most flavor (and alcohol). It is hoppy with a hint of sweetness and alcohol. I do like the aftertaste--it is definitely smooth and balanced.
M - Nice mouthfeel. Good amount of thickness and carbonation.
O - Not many bad things to say about this beer, just not that many good. A decent beer I'd expect from a 6 pack.
Serving type: bottle
11-30-2011 22:45:35 | More by dlello2
3/5 rDev -22.1%
11-29-2011 01:41:08 | More by MeisterSmudge
4/5 rDev +3.9%
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All Others Pale from Mikkeller ApS
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Composting Toilets: Regulatory Barriers to an Integrated Green Solution
January 25, 2010
Vermont Law School Land Use Institute, Tara Franey, presented this at the New England Water Environment Association's annual meeting in Boston. She covers the regulatory experience of two larger installations of composting toilets, examines the current regulatory climate in New England for these systems and makes recommendations for improvement.
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January 13, 2009
This powerpoint presentation has been shown in a variety of venues: the Vermont League of Cities and Towns conference in March 2007, Vermont Environmental Conference at VTC in fall 2008, the Planning Commissioner's Summer Retreat in 2009 and to regional planning commission staff in September 2009. Funded by the Windham Foundation, this training project for municipal land use decision-makers has been developed by Peg Elmer, Associate Director of the Institute, with assistance from Research Associates Kristen Hines and Kat Roos O'Niell. Other key contributors include Brian Shupe of Vermont Natural Resources Council and Paul Markowitz of the Sierra Club. It is intended to be downloaded and used broadly in Vermont. If you have questions about its content (the speaker notes are essential), need it in a different format or would like to request that Peg or a research associate accompany the presentation, please contact Peg via email@example.com
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March 17, 2009
Vermont Law School Land Use Institute Research Associate Albert Vanderlaan presented a discussion entitled "Training for Zoning and Planning Board Members: A Discussion About Mandatory vs. Voluntary Programs" to the full Vermont Land Use Education and Training Collaborative. The discussion was an effort to open communication channels between interested parties to spark interest in the prospect of making certification for zoning and planning officials mandatory in Vermont. Six states have legislatively mandated training and certification of zoning and planning officials, including neighboring Vermont. Albert offered the structures of the six states mandating training as well as two other states', Michigan and Iowa, perspectives using voluntary training programs. Further, the discussion included the benefits that would be gained in Vermont by passing such legislation, along with problems encountered in other states, and what would, and would not, work in Vermont. View PDF of PowerPoint presentation.
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Vermont Law School Land Use Institute Research Associate Don Hayes presented his findings from a survey that assessed the impact of local and state land use regulations on the development of affordable housing in Vermont. The survey was directed at affordable housing developers. Survey respondents were asked questions covering four broad areas: community support, local government review, the appeal process, and the Act 250 permitting process. Don's presentation includes a summary of the survey results and a summary of stakeholder recommendations to reduce the impact the regulatory environment has on the development of affordable housing in Vermont. The presentation was given at the 2008 Vermont Housing Conference as part of a panel discussion on planning and zoning regulations in Vermont. The panel included Joss Besse of the Vermont Department of Housing & Community Affairs and Kathy Beyer from Housing Vermont, and Don Hayes. View PDF of PowerPoint presentation.


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The field of music cognition is growing. No need to worry, folks, a bunch of psychologists have finally figured out why we all like music. Hooray! I have been waiting 33 years for science to tell me why I feel sad when Hank comes on the radio.
When I found out about this field a few years ago, I didn't care that much about it, or pay attention to it. But after attending some lectures on the subject that basically dismissed any work done in the fields of musicology, music theory, or ethnomusicology, and after hearing my colleagues and friends rail against the assumptions made by these scientists, I too have become both personally and professionally offended by the claims the researchers are trying to make.
The biggest problem of the field is that broad conclusions on the emotional responses we have to music are drawn by putting subjects through experiments and measuring their responses to what they hear. The music used for these experiments is primarily classical. How many of us listen to classical music regularly? Okay, all of you who put your hands up, quick, name your favourite Grieg piece. No? Fave Schubert? No? Put your hands down.
I'm not being a pretentious ass; I'm merely pointing out that for most of us in modern North America, our exposure to classical music is limited, and those limited exposures tend more towards the wallpaper type (soundtrack to movie, on the speakers at the mall, etc.). Any response that we might have to classical is dictated by our notions of what it means to listen to that music: it implies wealth, education, an elite social standing; it reminds of that movie where all the people wore white wigs; you get the idea. I'm not generalizing – of course classical has many roles and much meaning to various people, but within the broader context of what we're exposed to (and choose to listen to) daily, it's certainly not a universal music.
Which brings me to the next problem of this field: why do you turn on music? What a ridiculous question, you tell me. There's all kinds of reasons: I'm sad; I'm happy; I'm getting over a breakup; I'm driving real fast in my car and it's exciting; I'm trying to drown out my children screaming in the other room; I just bought this CD; I believe I can force my husband to like the Stones if I just play them two hours a day...
Yeah, the list goes on and on, and it changes all the time. In other words, the experience of music is highly personal and elastic. The song that makes you delirious one day is annoying and loud the next. There's all kinds of things to factor into listening, the most obvious of which are mood, the external environment, the time of day, the people you're with, what you ate for breakfast (maybe).
And if the emotional component of listening to music is that diverse, shouldn't we assume, as the next logical step, that the elements of music that catch our attention are equally diverse? That is, I might enjoy listening to a melody and complex harmonies, whereas you are attracted to the raspy timbre of someone's voice, while that guy over there can't get enough of the interaction between the drum's rhythms and the bass, and that girl really likes the undulating effect of a particular way of finger-picking the guitar. Makes sense to me.
(By the way, what I described here is a diluted explanation of the field of ethnomusicology, which is the formal study of music in/as culture. Ethnomusicologists are interested in the human experience of making, enjoying, participating in, music, generally employing the belief that all music is valuable and worthy of enjoyment and study, for someone. And we are trained [hopefully] to look at not just the anthropological side of the discipline, but the musical side, by using various musical theoretical models to explain what people are hearing.)
What has caught my attention in recent weeks, among other things, is the glut of articles in the popular press dedicated to disseminating music cognition research. Most of it is ill-conceived and not at all sensitive to the highly individualized responses that music generates. So what, you argue, that is science. How do you elicit a body of verifiable data if your participants are all touchy feely in their responses? It has to be bound, concrete, somehow.
Fair enough. Nevertheless, I find the celebration of this field of research in these articles troubling. I also find the compulsion to universalize the experience of music ridiculous when we live in a world that is so obviously going in the other direction. How many teenagers change their genre allegiance daily because they can watch anything they want on YouTube? How many of those teenagers are listening to Vivaldi to reinforce the emotions they are feeling? Vivaldi, if present anywhere, is likely one among many choices.
Yet, the articles claim that the basics of music have been discovered. This one cracks me up. The four essential components of music? Let me tell you: melody, harmony, rhythm, and bass! I laughed for ages; my husband and I were all "Aaah, hah ha ha" as we made lunch that day. (I totally make it sound like all my husband and I do is make lunch and talk about music...actually, that's about right. We also play with the cat and take pictures of her.)
Then there are the articles like this one, in the Ottawa Citizen.
Bad writing aside (how do a human heartbeat, solar flares, and natural disasters reside on the same level, and also, how does a heartbeat have a rhythm? It is a beat, something that underlies and structures rhythm; it is not a rhythm in itself), the article paints a glossy picture of the poor research conducted by star music psychologist Daniel Levitin (he knows Sting=he must be cool), who claims he can find the "rhythmic fingerprint" of any given (famous) classical composer using a mathematical equation.
So the researchers examine all this classical music composed between 1500-1900 and come up with some universal declaration on the pieces' level of rhythmic predictability without any indication as to crazy things like the function of the music. You know, music for the Catholic Church after the Counter-Reformation (1563) had to stick to very strict rules regarding not only rhythm, but dissonance, melodic leaps, and their resolutions. Some of the 'great' composers were writing for the Catholic Church (Palestrina, Vivaldi, etc, etc,) and they had to abide by these rules if they were going to get paid for their work. Predictable? Yes. Necessary for a paycheque? Yes. But somehow now we think they were being 'artistic' much in the way I bet we'll think Rihanna was being artistic by using a vocoder in 400 years.
As for Beethoven being more rhythmically predictable than Mozart...umm, have you ever played Mozart or Beethoven? Mozart is so bloody dull that falling asleep at the piano is quite likely, whereas the harmonic, melodic, structural complexity of Beethoven is so compelling that you could make learning his late sonatas a lifetime goal.
But let's say this equation was true and Mozart is indeed more rhythmically interesting than Beethoven. And let's say, for one crazy second, that you then thought about why that might be the case: possibly Mozart could play at an early age, earlier than Beethoven, and learned how to play a variety of rhythms when his brain was more pliable. Maybe Beethoven was required to compose for students, or for publishers looking to sell to students, and he wrote more simplified rhythms as a result. Perhaps Mozart more frequently thought of the interactions between soloist and orchestra, thus composing more complex rhythms, whereas Beethoven has more compositions for solo playing (Mozart had 41 symphonies and 27 piano concertos, while Beethoven only had 9 symphonies and 6 piano concertos). Maybe Beethoven was always playing in cold rooms and his fingers didn't move as quickly as Mozart's. Maybe Mozart drank too much coffee and the erratic rhythms in his compositions are simply the result of him being unable to play even sixteenth notes. I mean, seriously.
Also, Beethoven was deaf. Is there possibly a connection between not hearing and not being able to discern rhythm as easily?
What about how this study was done? Did they look at the scores, or did they take the thousands and thousands of recordings available of these pieces and compare the performances of them? I imagine the rhythmic diversity of the pieces is suddenly greatly amplified by the conditions brought about by live performance (or in the case of studio recordings, tape manipulation. Glenn Gould, anyone?). Or are the researchers assuming that the written score is the final word on a musical work?
All of these are questions that could, and should, be asked by the researchers. The problem is, there are great people doing great work, as my colleague has pointed out, like Frank Russo at Ryerson University, but they get overshadowed by the people in articles like the ones above.
A while back, one of the bands I like had a posting on Facebook about a political event they were playing. Among the comments on the post was a snide, "Stick to music," in other words, don't get involved with politics when you clearly know nothing about it. And I thought, what the hell? I bet nobody ever tells you that you should 'stick to [insert your job here]' when you tried to talk about music. Well, I'm suggesting that now. I think really cool things could come from this field if the scientists expanded their ways of thinking about music and why it matters to people, so maybe the next step should be some friendly interdisciplinary collaboration.
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True story. About twenty years ago I was working at a major label in Hollywood and one of the new senior executives from General Mills was aghast at the lack of marketing skills and discipline when it came to releasing new music. He hired a vey nice fellow from Proctor and Gamble, who studied the business of music for a few days and decided that what was missing is market research. And how can you know what and when to release when you don't know what the market needs? The answer was as plain as the noses on our faces. Focus groups. So he arranged for a studio in San Francisco to be rented out for the day, and advertised for a particular group of women to apply for a day's worth of work. Stay at home moms, 24-40 years of age. The product we were testing was music from a male country music artist, and classic rock hits from the seventies. The group was assembled in the studio, music piped in and after every song the women were asked a series of questions, mostly just the same thing asked differently...would you buy it? Throughout the morning it was clear that these women were having none of it, although they thought the country music and classic rock was just fine. But with 2.6 kids, a demanding husband and soccer practice to drive to, who had the time to buy anything as ridiculous as a CD? The man from Proctor and Gamble was heating up. "Wrong, wrong, wrong" he kept yelling throughout the day. "This is clearly a bad focus group. They aren't telling us the right answers." By noon he sent them all home. A week later he took the whole show to NYC where it was repeated, this time hopefully with a more elevated level of housewife-music aficionados. Nope. Same results, different day. In a few months they found a new job for him, since I'm sure he had a two or three year contract to fulfill. He hung on, he knew how to play corporate politics. As I said, a very nice guy. His last job in the music business? President of the label's Nashville office. Seems to somehow fit into your theme in some fashion.
Haha! Vivaldi is a Verizon ring-back tone and a luxury car commercial to a younger generation. It doesn't remind them of "Spring" any more than a bar of Irish-themed soap. Music is so much about subjective memory and experience, and so many of these pseudo-scientists relegate it to something your baby-einstein is supposed to listen to while learning Mandarin at age 2, or something you are supposed to play for plants to make them grow. To be fair, music theorists can be just as guilty of labeling chords and modulations as universal in their effect. Ethno folks get the best perspective on just how subjective it all is, but it can be a head-up-one's-own-ass type of pseudo-discipline as well. The real question: Does music belong in the realm of academia at all? Can it even exist there, dissected into its component parts? Can music ever truly be measured by anything but the human instrument? And can its effect be articulated by anything other than itself, or the other arts?
People like to say that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture", but I see no problems there, as long as you don't try to call any of those things a "science".
Thank you so much for writing this.
Maybe part of the problem with this field of research is psychologists aren't scientists.
I've played acoustic since the age of six and I'm now 53. In all my time of engrossing myself in music it has been the emotional and spiritual experience that keeps me playing. I've had people who are schooled musicians who try to boil it all down into mathematical equations. Okay, so if you can do that and it makes you happy, good for you. Leave me to my drug of choice...music. Gillian, your blog proves a point. Of course this is just my opinion not being a psychologist, but the psychiatric community must continue to do things like this to make themselves feel useful, get funding and feel important. Since I was a young lad, I learned the guitar very easily and fast because I loved it and still do, but then honestly, I was totally useless in school. My music was my escape from reality or, maybe it was my escape to reality. Whatever. Thanks for writing your thoughts Gillian.
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Melody: I agree on music theory, although it's gotten a lot better in recent years. And ethno can be bad, but at least the discipline is drawing on other fields like cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, communications, etc., and tries to be all postmodern and reflexive. But there are problems in the field, and its best people are always trying to fix them...most ethnos are people who rejected the narrow-mindedness and scope of theory and musicology, but those fields are being forced to change with the times. It sounds to me like you know this already.
I think if we know that we'll never really find a true answer on what music means, then it's okay to study it academically (might make one feel rather useless though).
Bryan: yes, definitely for funding!
During the Galante years at RCA Nashville, a big shot from NYC was given a tour of the studios. He walked into RCA's Studio B (where the greats recorded), clapped his hands twice, then turned to his entourage. "The acoustics are terrible," he said. "Tear it down."
They escorted him to the next studio, knowing he would have no idea where he'd been or how to find his way back.
And, Gillian, this reminds me of when American scientists spent several years studying the reasons why red wine made the French and Italians so happy. They found the ingredients that were responsible and turned them into a pill.
I have yet to hear the results of those pills, and their correlation to 'happiness.'
And speaking of a penis, 'Ethnomusicologist' reminds me of a line from Frank Zappa's movie 200 Motels (yeah, I was one of three people who went to the movies to see it). A girl said, "Penis? That sounds like something a doctor would have hanging off of him."
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From the prices and standard of the Langham in London I was expecting a pretty decent hotel. The location is good, the lobby is impressive and the rooms are a fair size with great views if you get one facing the city. What really lets it down is the service (first noted when no-one came to help with our cases when we arrived).
They put me in a smoking room when I had requested non-smoking and when I rang reception to tell them I couldn't deal with the smell (think pub at the end of a heavy night) someone came up with an ionizer which required me to leave the room for 30 minutes. Didn't do any good so I rang round down again and got told there were absolutely no non-smoking rooms. In a hotel of 387 rooms on a weekend when nothing in particular was going on I found that hard to believe - I think what they were saying was they didn't have any rooms left in the category I was paying for and they weren't going to even consider upgrading me. I kept plugging away though (despite it being their fault for not listening to my request when I booked) and even kept my calm when a 'guest services' rep. told me I was actually on a non-smoking floor. She did have a bit of trouble explaining the hotel ashtrays and matches in my room and overflowing ashtrays by the lift but still swore blind that I was in a non-smoking room. Eventually they found me a non-smoking room, 10 floors down, by the lift and overlooking a car park as opposed to a city view corner room with sofa area that I was paying for. By that point I was just pleased to be out of the smog and naively thought they would adjust the rate.
Next stop was the swimming pool - fine if there were no more than 2 people in it. Jacuzzi - nice, and overlooking the city. The reception staff were as unhelpful as the reception/guest services people. Stood around waiting for someone to sign me in, had to ask which way the changing rooms were, where the towels were etc. and to top it off when I went to collect my room key (have to give it in if you want a locker) on the way out they had muddled them up and lost it. The solution for this was for me to go up to reception with wet hair and get another one - no suggestion at all that they could call up there first or be at all helpful despite losing it in the first place.
Didn't eat in the restaurant, but did have room service one night, which was not horrendous, but really not great. Fatty meat, no bread or even a glass of water.
Was very happy to be checking out until I got to reception and was told that the rate was the same for my car park view square room as it was for the city view corner room with a lounge bit. When I questioned it I was told that all their rooms are the same size so the rate was the same. After offering to go up to both rooms with Mr 'Guest Service' and show him that that really wasn't true we agreed that I would not be paying the same.
I think what got me about this hotel was that for 5 stars you expect that little bit extra which usually shows itself in the service and care and attention to guests. Maybe having spent a few days in Asia beforehand I had been spoilt, but I still would expect the bare basics to be there and they weren't. It is pretending to be something it really isn't.
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Subject: General Tech, Processors, Mobile | February 18, 2012 - 09:06 PM | Scott Michaud
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Clay Breshears over at Intel posted about lazy software optimization over on the Intel Software Blog. His post is a spiritual resurrection of the over seven year's old article by Herb Sutter, "The Free Lunch is Over: A Fundamental Turn Toward Concurrency in Software." The content is very similar, but the problem is quite different.
The original 2004 article urged developers to heed the calls for the multi-core choo choo express and not hang around on the single core platform (train or computing) waiting for performance to get better. The current article takes that same mentality and applies it to power efficiency. Rather than waiting for hardware that has appropriate power efficiency for your application, learn techniques to bring your application into your desired power requirements.
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The meat of the article focuses on the development of mobile applications and the concerns that developers should have with battery conservation. Of course there is something to be said about Intel promoting mobile power efficiency. While developers could definitely increase the efficiency of their code, there is still a whole buffet of potential on the hardware side.
If you are a developer, particularly of mobile or laptop applications, Intel has an education portal for best power efficiency practices on their website. Be sure to check it out and pick up the tab once in a while, okay?
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Intel has just released an update to their OpenCL (Open Computing Language) SDK (Software Development Kit). With this update Intel has released a 64bit .rpm package, and previously only supported Windows. OpenCL is a huge jump in the future of heterogeneous computing, and the future of computers. Intel joins a host of manufacturers that now support OpenCL which includes AMD/ATI and nVidia.
OpenCL has many competitors in the heterogeneous computing realm which includes nVidia's CUDA and Microsoft's DirectCompute. All of this is one giant step forward in GPGPU. In the majority of computers that have dedicated GPU's or have an Intel processor with on-cpu graphics that are not in use, this is great news! Hopefully, future Linux distributions implement OpenCL similar to OS X did with Snow Leopard.
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Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Storage | May 11, 2011 - 07:58 PM | Scott Michaud
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Programmers are beginning to understand and be ever more comfortable with the uses of GPUs in their applications. Late last week we explored the KGPU project. KGPU is designed to allow the Linux kernel to offload massively parallel processes to the GPU to offload the CPU as well as directly increase performance. KGPU showed that in terms of an encrypted file system you can see whole multiple increases in read and write bandwidth on an SSD. Perhaps this little GPU thing can be useful for more? Alenka Project thinks so: they are currently working on a CUDA-based SQL-like language for data processing.
CUDA woulda shoulda... and did.
SQL databases are some of the most common methods to store and manipulate larger sets of data. If you have a blog it almost definitely is storing its information in a SQL database. If you play an MMO your data is almost definitely stored and accessed on a SQL server. As your data size expands and your number of concurrent accesses increases you can see why using a GPU could keep your application running much smoother.
Alenka in its current release supports large data sets exceeding both GPU and system RAM via streaming chunks, processing, and moving on. Its supported primitive types are doubles, longs, and varchars. It is open source under the Apache license V2.0. Developers interested in using or assisting with the project can check out their Sourceforge. We should continue to see more and more GPU-based applications appear in the near future as problems such as these are finally lifted from the CPU and given to someone more suitable to bear.
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After receiving a Bachelors of Science degree in Business and Marketing from the University of Oregon in 1968, Erik Johnson, born in Oakland and raised on the Monterey Peninsula, moved to San Francisco and began working as a cost accountant. In February, 1969, Johnson went on a six month backpacking trip that took him across Europe and North Africa. Upon his return, Johnson worked as a security officer, a cook and food server at a small burger and shake restaurant and as an accountant. In January, 1971, Johnson relocated to Santa Cruz and ventured into real estate. As it became clear that he was not suited to be a realtor, Johnson began to have ambitions of opening his own business. In September, 1973, after making unsuccessful bids on a health food store, ice cream shop and doughnut shop, Johnson purchased a 600 square foot location in Scotts Valley for $429. Borrowing the amount from his father, Johnson signed a note to cover equipment costs and took over the lease of the former Tartan Bakery. Lacking experience in the restaurant industry, Johnson quickly enlisted the help of his family. Ray Johnson, Erik's Father, created homemade soups, his mother, Dolores, and his sister, Laurel, made deli salads and baked goods while his brother, Chris, an attorney, handled the lease negotiations. Judy, Johnson's wife-to-be, worked behind the counter and helped with personnel, hiring, training and catering. Even Johnson's brother-in-law, Rick, chipped in with his carpentry skills. In the following year the neighboring TV store closed and Johnson was able to expand Erik's Deli to 1800 square feet.
Growth and a Bright and Growing Future
With the expansion of the first Erik's in Scotts Valley, Erik was then ready to take the next step, opening a second location in Capitola in June of 1976. After the success of the second Erik's, a third Erik's quickly followed with Erik's DeliCafe of Aptos opening in October of 1977. The very next year, Erik's expansion in Santa Cruz County continued with Erik's DeliCafe of Santa Cruz opening in June of 1978.
After opening four Erik's in Santa Cruz County, Erik and Erik's DeliCafe took the next step, opening a location outside of the County. Erik's DeliCafe of Los Gatos opened in March of 1981.
The 1980s was a period of growth for Erik's with locations opening throughout San Jose, Santa Clara and San Mateo County. The 1990s saw further expansion for Erik's including the opening of Erik's first "general store."
Erik's DeliCafe of Santa Cruz - Soquel Drive opened in November of 1994 and was the first Erik's to be designed as a "General Store." However, although there was no barnwood, Erik's father Ray Johnson still provided the decor that remains at the location today.
Over the past couple of years, Erik's has undergone further expansion, with the opening of Erik's DeliCafe of San Jose - Downtown, Erik's DeliCafe of Monterey, the remodel of Erik's DeliCafe of Capitola the opening of Erik's DeliCafe of Morgan Hill - Cochrane Road, the remodel of Erik's DeliCafe of Los Gatos, and the openings of Erik's DeliCafe of Carmel - the Barnyard, Erik's DeliCafe of Mountain View Charleston Road and Erik's DeliCafe of San Jose - the Plant. These new DeliCafe's have been described as a fusion of the antique Erik's atmosphere with a modern design and open floor plan.


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Great, heavy material, fine stitching and detail--only problem is, the patina-dye process is far from acceptable. Out of the box, beautiful pants; follow the wash & dry instructions, it's a different look. The dye process IS SUPPOSED TO fade like jeans but, wash them like it says: cold cycle, inside-out and when you take 'em out, and dry on low setting, they have noticeable streaks throughout the fabric and looks as if you rolled into a pile of drywall dust or mud! They always look dirty, honestly and I am not the only one that says this, many reviews on REI, say same thing!! Kuhl's Web site, they must monitor the reviews and they don't have any bad comments on the dye-streaks--but the reviewers do say they run big. The 2nd Kuhl Ryder pair (as exchange), from TA as a replacement, same and even worse color-fade streaking! As if, they wrinkled in the wash and there the streaks appear! I called Kuhl and they said, it's the patina-dye process and you are to wash them alone for first couple of washings to minimize the streaking of the dye. Well, 4 washes, cold, by themselves, and no difference! According to Kuhl, most all of their pants use this dye-process. I told them the TA, Kuhl shorts I purchased last year, ran smaller than these pants do and never had weird-streaking of the same color of dye, like these crazy-pants series has! Kuhl says this Ryder heavy-duty series, as their other heavier-material ""The Law"" pants series, use the same patina-dye process that can wrinkle/crease in the wash and the wrinkles/creases, then cause noticeable color-streaks that are lighter than the original color. The after-wash-look is so, so different from the new, from the box look. If you buy these, remain cautious when you wash them and know, they do run larger in the waist-size, quite different compared to other companies/competitors.


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Original recipe yields 1 - 12x16 inch cake
- Sift together and set aside in large bowl the flour and sugar.
- In saucepan over medium heat bring to a boil; 1/2 cup margarine or butter, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 cup water, and 4 tablespoons cocoa.
- Pour cocoa mixture over flour and sugar mixture. Stir in buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well and pour into a greased and floured sheet pan.
- Bake in a preheated 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) oven for 20 minutes.
- To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done, bring to boil in a saucepan 1/2 cup margarine or butter, 6 tablespoons milk, and 4 tablespoons cocoa. Remove from heat and immediately stir in the confectioners' sugar, nuts (if desired), and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat until smooth and immediately pour frosting over cake. Cake may be served warm or at room temperature.
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First, this cake is SUPPOSED to be super thin. Hence, Texas SHEET Cake. Like the reviewer below said, use the large jellyroll size pan (15"x10") not a 9x13 or 8x8...it just won't work. Very very moist and rich. I lost my original recipe about a year ago and have been searching to find one that will work. This one is almost there, but I do add a bit more cocoa. It just didn't have enough chocolate flavor. Otherwise, this recipe is just awesome! Be sure to pour the icing over the cake right out of the oven. It soaks in and makes a beautiful thin smooth icing on top. ALSO, IF YOU COVER THIS WITH FOIL OR SARANWRAP...be sure to use toothpicks or something to prop up the foil, otherwise it will stick to the icing and you'll have a huge mess. Lesson learned the hard way! :-)
This is the exact same recipe my mother makes....this is easy and quick. Be sure to use a jelly roll pan or the Pampered C.'s bar pan. You can substitue a 1/2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice with milk for the buttermilk. That is how I always make this recipe and I make it about 10 times a year. This is great for a potluck or small group dessert. Feeds a lot of people. Thanks for sharing.
This is THE Texas sheet cake recipe! Exactly the same as the one I got from my Mom. It always turns out so moist and delicious. (And yes, sweet!). The recipe doesn't mention pan size that I can see... be sure and use the large jellyroll size pan (15"x10") not a 9x13 or it won't cook right. It comes out to be quite a thin cake, it is so sweet you don't want a big thick piece! If you've never made a Texas sheet cake before, you will doubt the odd preparation method and probably be concerned that there is no possibility that it will turn out when you see the runny batter, but don't worry!!
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Amount Per Serving (20 total)
- Calories
- 362 cal
- 18%
- Fat
- 15.5 g
- 24%
- Carbs
- 55.2 g
- 18%
- Protein
- 2.8 g
- 6%
- Cholesterol
- 49 mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 145 mg
- 6%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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We still have a few days before the weekend hits, but our friend Nancy Guppy is here to give us an early heads-up on what not to miss around town!
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"A Rose is a rose is a rose", works from the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection runs now thru January 17th at the Wright Exhibition Space.
Eli Rosenfeld's new project, "Si Limon", is an electric Afro Cuban project and the band will release their debut EP on Halloween @ Nectar Lounge in Fremont.
Rachel Kessler launches her "Public Health Poetry Project" with readings in The Henry Art Museum restroom on Friday, October 26th and in the Richard Hugo House restroom on Thursday, November 8th.
"The Skriker" by Caryl Churchhill, directed by Janice Findlay, runs now thru 11/11 @ The Erickson Theatre on Capitol Hill.
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Release: 04/20/2012
NORFOLK, Virginia - UNCW's second-seeded women's tennis team blanked Delaware, 4-0, early Friday to advance to Saturday's semifinals of the 2012 Virginia 529 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Tennis Championships at Old Dominion's Folkes-Stevens Tennis Complex.
The Seahawks pushed their record to 15-6 this spring and will battle 63rd-ranked Georgia State on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Panthers topped James Madison, 4-0, in another quarterfinal match earlier Friday.
"I was very impressed how business-like and focused we were going into our opening match today against a Delaware team that we had a tough match with just three weeks ago," said UNCW Head Coach Jerry Garrity, the 2012 CAA Coach-of-the-Year.
"We knew they would make us play tough points and we had to be willing to stay in our game plan for long periods of time. We had a great start in doubles today and had tremendous energy, which was a big factor being able to win a quick doubles point."
Garrity's team opened up its match quickly by securing the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Freshman Miller Hales and sophomore Kelly Cameron bageled Olivia Heim and Kim Milla, 8-0, at the No. 3 position and senior Christina Lee partnered with freshman Alyssa Ritchie for an 8-3 verdict over Samantha Carnall and Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom at the top position.
The Seahawks continued to roll in singles. Cameron increased the score to 2-0 by blitzing Sjoberg-Sunstrom, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 4 singles and senior Casey Dashiell dominated Amanda Halstrom, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 6.
That left Ritchie, the CAA's Co-Rookie-of-the-Year, to deliver the clincher and the Franklin, Ohio, product breezed past Courtney Fenimore, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 singles to complete the scoring.
"While we're excited to earn a spot in the semifinals, we know we're going to have to tighten the screws tomorrow and be incredibly disciplined if we want to be in a position to win. Georgia State is a very well-coached team and a program we have a ton of respect for. We're looking forward to the challenge tomorrow and know it will be a great match."
It was UNCW's second victory over the Blue Hens this month. The Seahawks registered a 6-1 decision against UD on April 1 in Norfolk.
"I was really impressed with the fight and energy our team showed today," said Dashiell, who played in front of family and friends in her hometown. "We were spread out from each other, but there wasn't a moment when you didn't hear a 'Go Hawks' or someone shouting someone else's name."


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Amesbury, MA — Bernard Thompson passed away Wednesday at the Maplewood Care Center in Amesbury. He was born in Freeborn, Ky., and was the son of the late Kenneth and Mabel (Walton) Thompson. He was husband of the late Ruth (Newcomb) Thompson who passed away in 2006.
A decorated veteran of WWII, he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater. Stationed on the USS Indianapolis, he was injured in the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Serving 8 years in the U.S. Navy, he retired as a Chief Petty Officer and was awarded 2 Bronze Stars, a Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. Following the war, he attended Commercial Art School in Boston, Mass., for sign painting and became well known for his sign painting in the greater Amesbury area. He was a member and past Chaplain of D.A.V. of Newburyport and member and past Chaplain and Senior Vice Commander of the Richard F. O'Brien Post #2016 V.F.W. of Amesbury. He also enjoyed the outdoors and loved camping, hunting, and boating.
He is survived by two sons, Raymond Thompson of Kensington, N.H., and Rodney Thompson of Merrimac, Mass.; one daughter, Sylvia Cook of Salisbury, Mass.; one brother, Jack Thompson of Jacksonville, Fla.; 4 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, May 28, at 11 a.m. at the E.V. Jutras & Sons Funeral Home, 118 Friend St., in Amesbury. Burial with military honors will follow in the South Byfield Burial Ground on Warren Street in Georgetown, Mass. Calling hours at the funeral home will precede the service from 9:30 to 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his name to the Richard F. O'Brien Post 2016 VFW, P.O. Box 541, Amesbury, MA 01913 or online to the Wounded Warriors.


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By ASHLEIGH LIVINGSTON
---- — PLATTSBURGH — This year, 6-year-old Madison Hunt wanted her Halloween costume to be pretty — and pretty scary.
"I see people with vampires and ghosts and goblins, so I thought, I could be a zombie bride," said the first-grader, who attends Bailey Avenue Elementary School.
Madison donned her getup, complete with a blood-stained white dress and veil, to "Malloween," a trick-or-treating event held recently at Champlain Centre in Plattsburgh.
There, the Press-Republican spoke with her and several other area kids about candy, costumes and the meaning of Halloween.
According to 10-year-old Jack Mather, the holiday may have originated with one young boy whose sweet tooth drove him to trick people into giving him candy.
"I think I heard it in a book one time," said the fourth-grader, who attends Saranac Elementary School.
"He wanted some candy."
Jack, who also wants candy, said he plans to bring in about nine pounds of it this Halloween.
With the help of his family, Jack created his "jack of diamonds" costume by drawing images of the playing card on large pieces of poster board. The boards are held together with straps, which sit on his shoulders to create a sandwich board.
"It took a long time to make it," he said. "I wanted to do something with my name, so I was going to be a jack-in-the-box, but I actually decided to be a jack."
Jeremiah Rascoe's costume, on the other hand, was inspired by the upcoming national elections.
The 11-year-old, who attends fifth grade at Momot Elementary School, dressed up as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
And, as an aspiring butterfly scientist, it's no wonder 6-year-old Breyanna Bassett chose her monarch butterfly suit.
"I like butterflies," said the first-grader, who attends Saranac Elementary School. "They're very pretty, and I wanted to be something that had wings for Halloween."
In fact, it seems dressing up is what Breyanna loves most about the holiday.
"I don't really like candy," she said.
Madison agrees that Halloween is really about "dressing up and having fun;" however, she does anticipate that her trick-or-treating efforts will result in about 90 pieces of candy.
And Alexis Newsome, 7, likes just about everything about the holiday.
"It has candy, and it has fun, and you get to wear costumes," she said.
Alexis, who attends second grade at Beekmantown Elementary School, chose to dress up like Frankie Stein, her favorite character from Mattel's Monster High doll collection.
"I like Frankie, and I love Monster High," she said. "I like her because she's so pretty."
For Kaydence Stanley, dressing up for Halloween is a family affair. In fact, it's an Addams Family affair.
The 3-year-old and her parents, Greg and Melissa Stanley, attended "Malloween" dressed as Wednesday, Gomez and Morticia Addams, respectively.
Halloween is about "funness," according to Kaydence, but instead of candy, people should hand out "real food that are shaped like candy," such as "chicken shaped like Kit Kats."
And though Halloween can be scary, Kaydence said, she isn't worried about the ghosts and goblins she may encounter while trick-or-treating.
"It's very scary out, but it's not that scary because they're just dressed in costumes."
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This is part of an occasional series of articles where the Press-Republican gets kids to share their thoughts. See Staff Photographer Kelli Catana's video of kids talking about Halloween online with this story at pressrepublican.com.


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Happy New Year from Curious Kat's Adventure Club! :) I hope It brings you everything you wish for! After Christmas indulgence, burn calories on hikes to Devils Punch Bowl or River Mole stepping stones. Or if you would like a treat when the post Christmas blues hits, dine with us at Dans le Noir where the waiters are blind and your senses are heightened. Please also remember we only have a couple of places left on the adventure packed trips to Portugal and France. Check: www.adventureclub.biz.
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Note: There is a performance of Shakespeare in Delaware Park's "Hamlet" tonight, but no performance of the Kavinoky Theatre's production of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." The Shaw Festival's productions are running as scheduled.
Shaun Sheley, as Hamlet, appears with Adam Rath as Laertes, in Shakespeare in Delaware Park's production of "Hamlet."
"Hamlet," through July 14 at Shakespeare in Delaware Park. ★★★
From the review: "Shaun Sheley, in his first attempt at the daunting character in Saul Elkin's production of "Hamlet" for Shakespeare in Delaware Park, seems to have found a novel approach. His Hamlet, conceived in concert with Elkin, is an entirely pragmatic if occasionally jocular figure. He does not seem trapped in an existential crisis so much as stuck in the midst of a particularly bloody crossword puzzle, attempting to reason his way out of an entirely unreasonable situation." --Colin Dabkowski
Brian Riggs and Charmagne Chi star in the Kavinoky Theatre's production of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change."
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," through July 7 in the Kavinoky Theatre. ★★★½
From the review: "Joe Demerly's first directorial assignment for The Kavinoky is very impressive. Each skit, each song, is presented with great care . It matters little if the stellar quartet of a cast – Kelly Meg Brennan, Charmagne Chi, John Fredo, Brian Riggs – are in joyous relationships or suddenly on would-be love's downside, the vignettes, for the most part, work. A few skits begin lamely and go nowhere. These are minority minutes." --Ted Hadley
At the Shaw Festival:
"Lady Windemere's Fan," through Oct. 19 in the Festival Theatre. ★★★★
From the review: "The production design of the show, which provides an alternately light-drenched or shadow-plagued backdrop that amplifies the wide mood swings of its characters, is one of the most enthralling the Shaw Fest has ever conceived. Teresa Przybylski's sets and Louise Guinand's lighting conspire to create sumptuous and frightening stage pictures that seem to owe more to Caravaggio or Velazquez than anything from Hollywood or Broadway." --Colin Dabkowski
"Trifles," through Oct. 12 in the Court House Theatre. ★★★½
From the review: "Next to Glaspell's beloved mini-masterpiece, Eugene O'Neill's "A Wife for Life" looks like exactly the piece of unpolished juvenilia it is. Which makes sense, as it was the great American dramatist's first play, which he later disowned and attempted, unsuccessfully, to destroy. We should be glad he didn't. Though the piece is probably more interesting to O'Neill scholars and seasoned theatergoers interested in tracing the patterns of his career, its proximity to "Trifles" elevates it to something more." --Colin Dabkowski
"Guys and Dolls," through Nov. 3 in the Festival Theatre. ★★★½
From the review: "For this production, directed by Tadeusz Bradecki with molecular fidelity to the original material and choreographed to within a millimeter of its life by Parker Esse, the Shaw has rounded up a phenomenal cast." --Colin Dabkowski
"Major Barbara," through Oct. 19 in the Royal George Theatre. ★★★
From the review: "Director Jackie Maxwell's production of Shaw's long-winded but monumentally engaging play about the tug-of-war between public and corporate interests sets out to rescue Undershaft from her status as a weak protagonist all too willing to mold her ideals to the arguments of others. Alas, despite Maxwell's laudable efforts and a remarkable performance from the magnetic Nicole Underhay in the title role, the show fails to transform Shaw's projection screen of a protagonist into a living, breathing human." --Colin Dabkowski
Claire Julien and Julia Course star in the Shaw Festival's production of "Our Betters."
"Our Betters," through Oct. 27 in the Royal George Theatre. ★★★
From the review: "The play, which explores the efforts of newly wealthy Americans to seek ancient British titles and the status that accompanies them, is timed to exploit our culture's renewed obsession with the roaring '20s and the surrounding decades. The play, though a bit clunky in its conceit, is positively 'Gatsby'-esque in its attempt to uncover the emptiness of the British aristocracy and the equally vapid American climbers who try to invade it." --Colin Dabkowski


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The Macomb County Community Services Agency is in need of volunteer drivers to deliver meals to homebound senior citizens on Easter Sunday, March 31.
Volunteers are needed in all Macomb County communities, and asked to deliver a route of approximately 10 to 12 meals.
Those interested in delivering meals must register by Friday, March 1. Contact the MCCSA Senior Nutrition Program at 586-469-5228 for more information or sign up online at www.MacombCountyMi.gov/MCCSA.
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