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Did you ever have some little thing that bothers you, but you never do anything about it? Today I'm going to do something about it.
Some people leave their computers running all the time, when they don't have to. There, I've said it.
In some cases, there is a good reason for leaving it on all the time. But much of the time, people are just lazy and don't want to make the effort to shut their PC down and restart it the next morning.
Come on, folks, turn the dang thing off if you're not going to use it, especially with what energy costs these days. You'll not only lengthen the life of your computer, but you'll save money, too.
How much cash would you save? Keep reading. We'll get there.
This story started a while ago, where I work. We're in the process of moving a data center full of computer equipment from one location to another.
One of the parameters we needed to know before the move was how much the electrical load of our equipment would amount to. So we bought a meter that measures the wattage any particular device uses.
We had to measure the electrical draw of all the servers and other equipment and add it up.
After we finished, the meter was still available, so I began to tinker around and test some of the kinds of computer equipment a normal person would have in his home or office _ pretty much just out of curiosity.
I figured that if people knew what the actual cost was of leaving their stuff turned on all the time, they might change their minds about leaving equipment turned on unnecessarily.
So I started up OpenOffice Calc (my spreadsheet program), got out my latest NYSEG bill, and began to do some figuring. The hardest part was sorting out exactly how much the electricity costs.
There is the actual cost of the electrical power, then the cost of transporting that power to my house, plus the adding and subtracting of other charges and figuring the tax on some of it.
Anyway, one evening I did it. It turns out that each kilowatt-hour costs me just shy of 13 cents, delivered conveniently to my home's electric meter.
So, arbitrarily, I'm going to use that as a basis for my calculations. Some people's cost may actually be slightly higher or lower.
Then I had to take our measuring device, do a lot of plugging and unplugging of different kinds of things, and keep track of it all.
For starters, I measured some light bulbs, just to keep honest people honest. According to our watt meter, a 100-watt light bulb actually drew 97 watts. A compact fluorescent bulb, rated at 14 watts actually drew 13 watts. I guess that's close enough in my book.
So I picked some representative computer equipment to measure: a "regular" PC, with one hard disk, a DVD drive, floppy drive and a normal amount of RAM, typical of what most people would be using. I'm not testing server computers for this column. They usually need to run 24 hours, seven days a week for a good reason.
I measured a 17-inch CRT-style monitor, and a 19-inch LCD-style monitor, both fairly common these days.
For printers, I picked a fairly new inkjet printer, and a popular office-type laser printer.
Then I figured out the number of hours the devices would be turned on, but not used under some different scenarios.
I also took my wattage measurements while the devices were more or less idling, because they typically use more power while they are actually doing work than when they're just sitting there, and I wanted to be fair in my calculations of waste. After all, it's not a waste if you're actually using it.
Let's start with a nice round number: A 100-watt light bulb. It will cost me 30 cents to run it for a day.
Now, if I'm running an office and I burn that light bulb all the time but the office is only actually in use for a single work shift Monday through Friday, I will throw away $82 over the course of a year.
That's for one light bulb.
If we substitute a fluorescent fixture with two 40-watt tubes in it (fairly common), that would be about $67 wasted over a year's time. Have 10 of these fixtures in your office? Do the math.
On to the computer equipment. For the purpose of consistency, I will continue to use the scenario of being left on all the time, but only used for one work shift a day, Monday through Friday.
A PC by itself will waste $67 a year. But add an older CRT-style monitor and an office laser printer, and it comes out to $125 of wasted electricity in a year. Again, if you're a business owner with more than one, do your own math. A small office with several PCs, and you could be approaching a month's rent.
A CRT-style monitor alone would amount to $44 annual waste. An LCD-style monitor would be $15.
To put this in some perspective, let's say you're a medium-sized company. You have 20 PCs, half with older-style CRT monitors and half with newer LCDs. You have five laser printers. Everybody is leaving their stuff running all the time, and you have one work shift Monday through Friday. You're wasting $2,000 a year in electric costs.
Now some food for thought. You could continue to give the electric company the two grand, or you could turn off the equipment and give each of your 20 employees a $100 bonus check at the end of the year.
Which would you rather do?
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Alright thanks to helpful advice from this site i got my new speakers. like them so much i ordered a 2nd set for the back. and a new pioneer deck. so what about subs? i heard i would need to get low profile subs, i was wondering if anybody had any good ideas for brands and sizes, i will probably do a double set up with the box under the seat but i might consider doing a single sub if its really worth it. any help is awesome again.2003 K1500HD-Straight Pipe, Drop -In K&N Filter, 3" Lift Soon, H2 Rims
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Do you have boxes picked out? If not, I've been looking at subthump.com. They make some really nice boxes for under the rear seat
I bought some 8" Boston acoustics for under my back seat. They list that they can be mounted inverted so thought ide try it. built my own box and Ive only got a 30 watts rms per channel alpine amp hooked to them right now but for the price Im impressed. Looking in A couple weeks to get a bigger amp though and I will update if they were truly worth it.
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these are what i was looking at. id like to stick with infinity since thats what i got right now for speakers or maybe alpines
JL Audio makes a stealth box specifically for our trucks. They're not cheap, but they're nice subs and a custom made box for the truck. That being said, I've looked at the subthump.com boxes as well and those are a bit more configurable as far as specific subs you might be looking for. Just make sure you get some good subs and enough power for them. And make sure the box gives the subs enough space to do their magic.
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Actually for his truck its mtx who makes one for behind the back seats i got one in my 2001 2500hd and it actually thumps pretty hard. I cant really remeber what i paid since its been a few years now
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One of my friends wants to sell me her 2 alpine type e 10" subs with a kendwood kac-8103d amp for $100. My only concern would is will there be enough room for the subs to hit in that box?
your fiine running those subs in the dual down fire box since it requiers 0.5 - 0.85 cubic feet of air space to run the sups and the box is .55 cubic feet of air
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I just ordered a LANZAR VCTBS8 8" 600W Amplified Slim Car/Truck Subwoofer from eBay for $113.00 shipping included. Everything I have read about it online indicates that it actually is about 85 watts. It may be cheesy, but for that price, I am willing to take a shot. From the reviews I have read, the only bad ones were from people who were pissed that they couldn't aggravate residents and other car drivers at intersections with it.
I am not looking to be a nuisance to anyone. I just want to enhance my basically factory equivelant stereo, so my expectations are not too high. I will have to report back about it's performance once I have it installed.
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— After weeks of steady declines, the retail price of gasoline began moving higher this week. Whether this is a temporary or long-term trend remains to be seen.
The national average price of self-serve regular today is $3.358 per gallon, up from $3.353 last Friday, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Survey. Gas prices are still 21 cents a gallon lower than they were a month ago.
The average price of diesel fuel today is $3.662 per gallon, down from $3.670 a week ago.
What's behind the reversal in declining prices? Two things. Last Friday the price of crude oil surged nearly 10 percent following encouraging news from the European Union summit addressing economic concerns in that region. That suggested that the world might not be headed for a global recession after all.
Also, tensions with Iran heightened once again over it's nuclear program. The U.S. Navy moved a task force to the Persian Gulf region.
That's when prices at the pump stopped falling for the first time since mid April and started ticking up again by about one or two cents a day. Prices still continued falling in states with the most expensive fuel, like Hawaii, California and Oregon.
In states with the cheapest fuel, the price decline slowed to a stop, or in the case of South Carolina, with the nation's cheapest gas, actually moved up a bit.
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Schools in Mecklenburg's southern tip are growing faster than expected, leading Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials to say they're confident they'll meet their projections for almost 2,700 more students this year.
The official enrollment count for N.C. public schools is taken on the 20th day of school, which falls on Sept. 23. In the past, CMS has also released a 10th-day count.
But because a new data system called PowerSchool has thrown some twists into the tally, Superintendent Heath Morrison and Scott McCully, executive director for student placement, said they aren't ready to release numbersfor the entire area yet.
But Morrison said he's confident the final count will hit or top the projection for 143,836 K-12 students, up from 141,171 a year ago. CMS is the state's second-largest district, trailing Wake County.
Morrison also acknowledged that no matter how carefully CMS projects enrollment trends, some schools always yield surprises.
McCully said this year Community House Middle School and Polo Ridge, Elon Park, Hawk Ridge and Ballantyne elementary schools are surging past projections already. All are in the Ballantyne area in the county's southern tip.
McCully speculated that MetLife's opening of a retail operation in Ballantyne Corporate Park, expected to bring more than 1,300 jobs, is driving the growth.
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Is Kenya's economy back on track?
Only a few months ago, it seemed all doom and gloom for the Kenyan economy as post-election violence threatened to wipe out gains and stymy growth.
Tourists were cancelling safari and beach holidays in their droves. Gangs were rampaging around the agricultural heartlands. And few would dare to journey on roads full of boulders, burning tyres and knife-wielding youths.
Yet even back then, some analysts argued that East Africa's strongest economy should be able to withstand the electoral crisis, provided it was brought to a rapid halt.
And stop it did, after President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga buried their differences over who won the Dec. 27 vote in a coalition government formed in April.
Now foreign and local investors have given a resounding thumbs-up to Kenya's economy via the largest InItial Public Offering in the region's history. The offer for mobile operator Safaricom was over-subscribed by 532 percent, shares leapt 50 percent in the first hours of trading and 860,000 people bought shares via the IPO.
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Quote:Thanks for the responses...1. I have had 2 Atlas Mounts (at the same time ,one on a pier and one for portable,I know what they can do.)But they are WAY TOO heavy for me as a portable use mount!So lets not discuse them! Im looking for real time info Fromusers of the IEQ45.please....The fact that The Ieq45 has electronic balance,helps to keep the loads set right in a practical use.( I also have a G11-G2 on a pier.....)Mark your input helps alot,The ap work I would do would beVideo at F6.3-F3.3..so thats not a problem....For dslr work I would use a AT6RC.....But I had a C9.25 b4 and like it but am thinking I would like to have a C11,at just 8 lbs more than the C9.25.For the Fun factor of visual and video work.------------------------------------------------------------So for AP use I will use the AT6RC...DSLR 5-6 minSo for visual and video(reduced F#)I would use the C11Im thinking this would be the most bang for the $ set-up------------------------------------------------------------The C-11 vrs C-9.25 is not alot in weight or size to rule the C11 out....but as we get older each lb count ..lol It would be interesting to see some AP pics at a 35lb load and over 1000mm pics from this mount..
Quote:Rod have you even used a iEQ45 ? Have ever set one Up ?Have you picked one up?..Sorry I did not want to turn this into a debate...so I totaly think you are out of line!!!Im just looking for data from USERS!This is not about which mount is better,,,,,,I know which one is best,just like telescopes, the one you use the most!!!
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Indiana's basketball team isn't focused on the preseason hype.
No. 1 rankings, magazine covers … to a man, the players say they're not letting the outside distractions get to them.
"We've just focused on getting better every day," Christian Watford said Thursday. "We're not worried about where we're ranked."
After all, hype or no, the Hoosiers have plenty of work to do. Improving their defense and integrating a talented freshman class are at the top of the list.
"It's a lot of little things we need to do on defense," said poster boy and preseason player of the year Cody Zeller. "We could score a lot last season; I don't think it's going to be a problem scoring. I think defense is going to be a key on how far we can go."
Considering IU's turnaround campaign ended in a 102-90 loss to eventual national champion Kentucky six months ago, Zeller has a point.
"We know we've got to get better defensively," Watford said. "We're going to try to get up in a lot of people, try to create some turnovers."
The addition of four ballyhooed freshmen will help. Consider Peter Jurkin, the 7-footer who should complement Zeller quite nicely in the post.
And with the Hoosiers deeper than they've ever been under coach Tom Crean, Jurkin and his classmates don't have to be thrown to the fire.
"That's going to be one of the biggest points for Peter, to be able to just sit down and watch the game even as we go through it," Derek Elston said. "For us coming in, we were thrown in the fire right away and we kind of had to use what we had.
"When I was coming in as a freshman, I had to try to be a [center], then shoot and do all this stuff. Peter's a true [center] who's so long, he just has to sit there; someone gets beat on defense, he blocks literally everything. Now, whether it be a goaltend or not, that's another debate. He just blocks everything, and right now that's what we need him to do."
Fellow freshman Yogi Ferrell gives the Hoosiers four able ball handlers, with Jordan Hulls, Victor Oladipo and Remy Abell.
"We can all handle the ball, we can get out, run the floor, get some easy baskets," Abell said.
Working those four, as well as Maurice Creek, into the rotation will be one of Crean's biggest challenges this season.
Creek returns after missing all of last season with an injury. It was the third time in his three seasons at Indiana that his campaign was cut short.
"The freshmen we have now, very talented … it's very competitive. We all want minutes. We're all going to go compete to get the minutes," Creek said.
A good problem for Crean to have.
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When I was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, I decided to make every Christmas and Birthday as if it were my last. I didn't want to celebrate me; I wanted to do something for someone less fortunate than me. I knew it would give me something to look forward to, but I never imagined the Christmas Angel project (for needy kids) I started would be 25 members strong by now. If you are interested, now is the time to start doing your research.
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Sisters Face Death With Dignity and Reverence
For end-of-life care, a group of convent sisters rely on social networks rather than aggressive medical care.July 9, 2009 healthSeries
Sensors Help Keep the Elderly Safe, and at Home
New technologies help older people to live alone and avoid trips to hospitals or nursing homes.February 13, 2009 usNews
Offering the Gift of Comfort
Kei Okada, a spiritual care counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, says his role is to help people find "meaning in, and peace with, life's final chapter."
July 13, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Hospice Care , Visiting Nurse Service , Chaplains , Death and Dying
A Move to Extend Visiting Hours at Hospitals
A nonprofit group is urging hospitals to eliminate restrictive visiting hours and permit families, broadly defined, to remain with loved ones throughout their stays, even in intensive care units.
July 11, 2014, Friday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Hospitals , Elderly , Elder Care
Where Older People Are Gloomy About Their Health
Older adults in the South believe their health to be worse than those in the Northeast and Midwest, government researchers find.
July 10, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: States (US) , Longevity , Elder Care
The Fault in Our Stars
Official rankings of nursing homes often don't match residents' and family members' opinions, a new study found.
July 8, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Nursing Homes , Medicare , Elder Care
Weaning Older Patients Off Sleeping Pills
Valium, Xanax and other drugs are widely used for insomnia and anxiety, but long-term use can be hazardous.
July 2, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Elder Care , Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) , Insomnia , Elderly , Sedatives , Ambien (Drug)
Older People Often Overtreated for Diabetes, Study Suggests
Calculating how much medication an older patient should get and on what schedule is often complicated by erratic meals, vision loss, depression and dementia.
June 30, 2014, Monday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Elderly , Elder Care , Insulin , Hypoglycemia , Diabetes
Before Night Falls
In Arthur Nazaryan's photographs of a hospice nurse and her patients, death shapes the scene by its absence, not its presence.
June 29, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Bronx (NYC) , Nazaryan, Arthur , Calvary Hospital , Death and Dying , Hospice Care , Photography , Nursing and Nurses
When Advance Directives Are Ignored
Medical personnel are more likely to pay attention to one type of advance directive, a study finds.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Living Wills and Health Care Proxies , Emergency Medical Treatment , Elder Care
For Women in Midlife, Career Gains Slip Away
Many women are leaving the work force in their peak earning years, a setback for the economy that also bucks a powerful decades-long movement.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON ELDER CARE AND: Women and Girls , Elder Care , Labor and Jobs
'You Can Do It, Shirley'
The fitness trainer: 44 years old. The client: 90.
June 21, 2014, Saturday
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Documents on Long-Term Care
The goal was cost savings, but the state's sweeping changes in Medicaid spending on long-term services set off a stampede in recent years by managed care companies for low-risk, high-profit enrollees.
90 and Facing Eviction
Last month, 90-year-old Bella Hornung received an eviction notice from her assisted-living home in Brooklyn. She is determined to stay as long as possible, though aware that her options are dwindling.
Nursing Homes' Dental Problems
Catherine Saint Louis speaks about why daily oral care in nursing facilities is almost universally overlooked, and why that can lead to dangerous complications for residents.
The Caretaker
A short documentary explores the tender relationship between a caretaker who is an undocumented immigrant and an elderly woman in the last months of her life.
Life Among the Dolls
Four generations of the author's family contributed to a collection of more than 700 dolls.
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Although renewables such as solar and wind are sold almost universally as the panacea to global warming, the world has been trying to get away from renewables for the past 200 years.
Turbines near Broken Bow bring benefits — but not to neighbors dealing with their noise, size, 'strobe effect'
"No matter which way you look, you see them," Dave Stunkel said, looking out his window. "And no matter which way the wind blows, I get the noise." ... at times, he said, "it's just unbearable — like three or four jets going over at the same time." In the winter, they said, the pitch changes, climbs higher; less a whoosh than a whine.
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Winter and summer visitors to Park City, Utah enjoy more than 9,000 acres of recreational terrain at three world-class alpine ski resorts including Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley Resort. Visitors can take a morning flight from either coast to Salt Lake City and hit the slopes by the afternoon. Park City has fewer crowds and an authentic mountain town charm, and Hyatt Escala Lodge is located just minutes from historic downtown Park City, which boasts over 100 shops, galleries and dining experiences with complimentary hotel transportation.
Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City offers convenient ski in/ski out access to 4,000 acres of diverse mountain terrain at the beautiful Canyons Resort, the third largest ski and snowboard destination in the country. With 176 trails, 17 ski lifts, two modern terrain parks, six natural half pipes, a zip line, and a new ski beach, Canyons Resort is the ultimate winter recreation destination. Canyons Resort offers scenic gondola rides, miles of challenging hiking and mountain biking trails, and outdoor concerts in the village center during the spring and summer months.
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Billy Joe Morgan, 53, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, went to his eternal home July 8, 2013.
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Tin Top Cemetery in Weatherford.
Billy was born June 10, 1960, in Weatherford, to J.W. and Dorothy Morgan, of Weatherford. Billy has been a lifelong resident of Weatherford. Billy married Sherri Kennedy Morgan of Granbury, on Oct. 12, 1984, raising two beautiful children, Krystle and Joshua. Billy was a proud father and grandfather of two, Chandler Morgan and Betheny Couch, who were his pride and joy.
Billy began working for Lockheed Martin when he was 18 years old as a machinist, up until his death. Billy will be missed not only by his family and friends, but by every person he came into contact with. He never knew a stranger. Billy's kindness towards others, encouragement towards others in need, sacrificing his needs for others, and giving more than he took, resulted in the love and adoration of his family. His attitude and love for others were an example of what living life is all about, as he lived life to the fullest.
Survivors include two children, Krystle Morgan and Joshua Morgan of Weatherford; their mother and his best friend, Sherri Morgan Smith and her husband, Curtis, of Weatherford; two grandchildren, Chandler Morgan and Betheny Couch, of Weatherford; four sisters, Viola Powell of Mineral Wells, Leda Holder and husband, Jimmy, of Weatherford, Rosetta Yoder and husband, Curtis, of May, Texas and Geneva Gill and husband, John, of Irving Texas; six brothers, George Morgan and wife, Janice, James Morgan and wife, Sarah, Tommy Morgan and wife, Verda, Walter Morgan and wife, Bonnie, and Archie Morgan, all of Weatherford; and Dale Morgan of Lubbock, as well as countless nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Billy Joe Morgan is greatly missed and loved.
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East County middle school students take to the stage
Date: April 30, 2009
by: Pam McTeer
MANATEE COUNTY — Two East County middle schools are ready to bring the tales of Dr. Seuss and Mulan to life through music.
About 250 students from Haile Middle School and a handful from Freedom Elementary will bring the whimsical but lesson-oriented stories of Dr. Seuss to life this weekend with their presentation of "Seussical Jr."
Two casts will be performing at 7 p.m., May 1-2 in the cafeteria at Haile, 9501 S.R. 64 E. The one-and-one-half hour musical features musical styles from Latin to pop to swing and R&B. The story is a compilation of several Dr. Suess stories including "Horton Hears a Who," among others, and introduces the audience to the accounts and personalities of Horton the elephant, JoJo, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and all the Whos of Whoville and other characters.
"It is just a very entertaining musical," Haile choral director Michael Peacock said. "It's got a lot of great music, even though it's geared toward middle and elementary school audiences. It's got a lot of life lessons that really come to life."
Students at Nolan Middle School will light up the stage with performances of "Mulan Jr." at 7 p.m., May 8-9, at the school, 6615 Greenbrook Blvd.
The musical follows the story of Mulan, a girl from China who disguises herself as a man to serve in the Chinese army in place of her ill father. While serving her country, she realizes that she has value and can overcome her fears to help save China.
"It does follow quite closely along the Disney version," chorus/drama director Marilyn Branning said. "We've had to come up with a way to create an avalanche where the Huns are buried in the snow. We have a very talented cast. All the students who are in the production really want to be in the production and perform."
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Nevada catcher Travis Simas has been named the Western Athletic Conference baseball player of the week after driving in seven runs with three home runs and two doubles.
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|Womens Soccer Preview: Towson
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The UNCW women's soccer team returns home Friday as it hosts Towson in a 7 p.m. Colonial Athletic Association contest at the UNCW Soccer Stadium.
UNCW (5-7-0; 0-2-0 CAA) is back home after seeing its four-game losing streak come to an end last weekend with a pair of 2-1 road losses at league foes Hofstra and Northeastern.
Sophomore Katrina Guillou continued her solid play as she found her way onto the scoresheet for the sixth time in eight games with a goal at Northeastern. Guillou's tally against the Huskies moved her into the top spot on the team's scoring chart with 13 points (5 G, 3 A). Junior Stephanie Bronson also maintained her scoring pace, notching her fifth goal in seven games with a strike in the 85th minute against the Pride.
Towson (6-5-1; 1-1-0 CAA) opened Colonial Athletic Association play last weekend with a split of its contests, suffering a 1-0 setback to Delaware in its league opener before rebounding for a 3-0 shutout of Drexel. Senior Emily Banes has got off to a scorching start to her final collegiate season as leads the Tigers and ranks second in the CAA in scoring (10 G, 5 A). Junior Erin Quinn has started all 12 games in goal for the Tigers this season and has amassed a 1.23 goals against average, 59 saves and a .797 save percentage.
Friday's matchup marks the 13th meeting between the two programs. UNCW holds a 10-2 lead in the all-time series and enjoys a 4-1 mark against Towson at the UNCW Soccer Stadium. The Seahawks posted a 5-2 victory over the Tigers in their most recent meeting last October at the Towson Soccer Stadium, a game that saw sophomore Maddie McCormick become just the fourth player in program history to record a hat trick.
Friday's contest against the Tigers marks the start of a 14-day stretch that will see the Seahawks take to the field just two times in that span. UNCW is back in action Oct. 11 when it hosts league newcomer the College of Charleston in a 7 p.m. contest at the UNCW Soccer Stadium.


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Ervin W. Seefeldt, Jr., age 63, formerly of Ransomville, died unexpectedly on Monday, July 15, 2013 in Gainesville, NY.
Erv was born August 19, 1949 in Lockport, the son of the late Ervin Sr. and Dorothy (Zimmerman) Seefeldt. A Vietnam veteran, he served in the U.S. Army from 1969 until his honorable discharge in 1971. He was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
Erv worked as a mechanic for Peter Baker Farms in Ransomville, Modern Disposal and various other farms. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He also raced stock cars at the Ransomville and Perry Speedways for many years.
He is survived by his sons, Ronald, Jason and Bernard Seefeldt; a daughter, Jessica and her husband, John; a sister, Barbara Williams of Lockport; and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, Ervin W. Seefeldt IV and a brother, Walter Seefeldt.
Friends may call at HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Road, Ransomville on Friday, July 19, from 5-8 PM. Funeral services will begin 8:00 PM in the funeral home, with Pastor Bobbie Gee officiating. Military honors will follow the service. Burial will be private in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria.
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Mike Rushton was in the press box at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, watching the Eagles battle their much-hated NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. Rushton, a writer for SportsNetwork.com, was banging out a feature on Eagles backup quarterback Kevin Kolb, and by the time he left the stadium that night the story was basically done.
But something wasn't quite right about the lede, and as Rushton lay in bed trying to fall asleep, an entirely new beginning to the story suddenly came to mind.
"The first four graphs popped in my head at 11:30 on Sunday night," Rushton recalls. "Rather than get out of bed to go to the computer, I wrote the paragraphs down on my iPhone."
The result? A terrific piece on the travails of the second-string quarterback who lives in the shadow of the team's star, Michael Vick.
It's a moment every reporter has experienced. You're struggling with the lede, the all-important opening of your story that will either lure readers in or send them packing. Nothing works until suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a great lede pops into you head, fully written. Often, it's all you can do to write it down before it disappears as quickly as it came.
It's the "aha" moment of newswriting, that inexplicable flash of inspiration that is so fleeting yet so satisfying.
For a Pulitzer Winner, Inspiration From Images
Rick Bragg, a former New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, says he experienced such moments often. For him, they were all about connecting visual images to his words.
"It happened on most stories," he says. "Usually it's just the image that sings out, 'This tells this story in a few lines, in a capsule.'"
Bragg, who's now a writing professor at the University of Alabama, describes the lede as "not so much a hook as just that image that explains, that drives home the bigger idea."
In a story he did on the death of George Wallace, Bragg says, "it was the image of an old man in ragged clothes sitting on a rickety porch in a working-class area of Anniston, a man who loved Wallace because the governor once remembered his name."
In a piece on the homeless in Miami, "it was a man named Ed Washington who lived in a refrigerator box with a cat named Two-Lane," he recalls.
And for a story on the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, Bragg began this way:
After the explosion, people learned to write left-handed, to tie just one shoe. They learned to endure the pieces of metal and glass embedded in their flesh, to smile with faces that made them want to cry, to cry with glass eyes. They learned, in homes where children had played, to stand the quiet. They learned to sleep with pills, to sleep alone.
Bragg says that lede was gleaned from dozens of stories about "all the pain McVeigh had caused. I took a nugget of misery from each one and strung them together, to create a kind of chain of impact and suffering. In that case it was not one image but several -- his crime was so immense it could not contained by one image."
Crafting a Lede on Sept. 11
On Sept. 11, 2001, New York Daily News rewriteman Corky Siemaszko was assigned to write a "violin," what he calls "a lyrical intro summing up that terrible day's coverage."
"I got my marching orders after struggling for eight hours to get into Manhattan," he recalls. "When I finally sat down at my desk, I spied a cold cup of coffee and suddenly I knew what I had to write."
Siemaszko's piece, which he says "spilled out of me," began like this:
The morning coffee was still cooling when our grandest illusion was shattered.
Within minutes, one of New York's mightiest symbols was a smoldering mess and the nation's image of invincibility was made a lie.
Mike Sielski, a sportswriter for the Wall St. Journal, wrote this lede for a column about the way pitcher Oliver Perez tries the New York Mets' patience:
Oliver Perez is the four-year-old who won't stop crying during the six-hour flight. He's the college roommate who won't clean his side of the room. He's the directory-assistance operator who can't find any listings in 'Kalamazoo' because he thinks it's spelled with a C.
Sielski describes his thought process this way:
"It's easy to say Oliver Perez is maddening to watch pitch. He doesn't throw strikes. But how do I capture that feeling a Mets fan has while watching him pitch? What are everyday happenings that frustrate people? I just tried to think of as many as I could. Plus, 'Kalamazoo' is just a funny word, I think."
Finding the Source of Inspiration
So where do "aha" ledes come from? Hard to say. Through the ages artists, composers, mathematicians and philosophers have reported having such flashes of inspiration. (Of course, no one would equate writing a lede with say, Isaac Newton discovering gravity after having an apple fall on his head.) Researchers are using M.R.I. technology to monitor what happens in a person's brain when he or she is doing something creative.
From my own experience, aha ledes have usually come when I've worked on an article for a while, so maybe it's a matter of connecting the dots, of finding links between seemingly disparate elements in the story.
Years ago I wrote about Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II. I'd interviewed a former internee, an elderly man named Paul Kusuda, and while I wasn't thrilled with the lede, the editor was yelling for the article. I was about to send it when an entirely new and much better lede popped into my head. It went as follows:
One day in America, not so long ago, Paul Kusuda had his freedom taken away.
Wrenched from his home, herded onto a train bound for a Japanese internment camp, the 19-year-old Kusuda watched the landscape roll by, wondering where his country had gone.
Wrenched from his home, herded onto a train bound for a Japanese internment camp, the 19-year-old Kusuda watched the landscape roll by, wondering where his country had gone.
Where did this come from? Years later, I still don't know. I remember connecting the image of Kusuda sitting on a train with the idea of him watching his country disappear, but beyond that, I'm not really sure.
The problem with "aha" ledes, wonderful as they are, is that they can't always be summoned when they're most needed - in the newsroom, on deadline.
So some writers, like Lisa Eckelbecker, a reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, try to channel the creative process, as she did when writing about a re-enactment of a 19th century baseball game.
"This is kind of embarrassing, but I feel my best ledes come to me when I'm almost in a trance," she says. "If I'm struggling to come up with something, I take a deep breath and try to clear my mind. Then I think about what I want to convey. That usually helps me focus and come up with an anecdote, a scene or even an attitude that can be turned into a lede."
A Team Effort
But the "aha" lede can also be a collaborative effort. Siemaszko says the scribes on the Daily News rewrite desk "often bounce lede ideas off each other."
He adds: "Several years ago, when I was assigned to do a story about George W. Bush's difficulties with the English language, my colleague Helen Kennedy reminded me Bush's dad also had the same problem."
"The syntax of the father," Kennedy began.
"Is visited on the son," Siemaszko added, completing the thought.
"And thus, a lede was born," he says.


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July 31, 2014
Former Calvert ISD athletic director and high school football coach Coylin Detivonne Grimes pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Waco to a reduced charge stemming from a drug probe.
The original charges against Grimes included conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and accessory after the fact, but those were dropped in exchange for the guilty plea to the lesser charge.
U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith set Grimes for sentencing on January 3, 2013.
Grimes to pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to a superseding indictment charging "misprision of a felony", which means he was aware of illegal activity, but failed to report it.
The indictment says Grimes made known to a judge that he concealed the drug activity by allowing Doyle Allen and Gregory Henderson access to his brother's residence so that they could retrieve cocaine and later prevented law enforcement from finding it.
Grimes is free on a $50,000 bond set by a federal magistrate after he was arrested on Aug. 17 as part of a wide-ranging drug sting, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
He, his brother, Taureane Grimes and 14 other people were the focus of a probe of an alleged drug delivery ring that's been under investigation since 2011.
Grimes led the Calvert Trojans 6-man football team to a state championship in 2002 and had been coaching with the district since 1999.
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Ashi Hamono was established in 1948 in Sakai City Japan, a major center of traditional knife making. Ashi makes knives utilizing a one piece (rather than forge laminated 2/3 layer blade) or zenkou construction. Ashi's Ginga line is famous for it's thinness and precision, utilizing top quality Japanese carbon steel and Swedish stainless steel. Ashi knives have an excellent attention to detail from their forging, grinding, heat treatment and hafting.
White steel is a high grade carbon steel loved for it's fine grain and ability to take a very fine razor sharp edge and to hone easily. Named for the color of the tag put on the billets at the Hitachi steel mill. White steel is a low contaminate steel (sulphur and phosphorus being the main ones) which is a favorite of sushi chefs for knives in which a very fine finish is essential. Not the easiest steel to forge and temper properly, white steel done well is a testimony to a smith's skill.
The Japanese version of the French chef knife, gyutos are most at home with vegetables but can be used for a wide range of jobs, thin and precise they cut smoothly and wedge less than thicker knives. 210mm gyuto is the size most familiar to users of European and American chef knives, long enough for most jobs and comfortable for most users.


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NORMAN — By Caitlin Schudalla
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United Way of Norman President Kristin Collins said "there's something special about Norman." That special quality was exemplified by Friday's announcement of campaign funds raised.
Surpassing United Way's set goal by approximately $40,000, Campaign chairs Tom Cooper and Cindy Nashert announced to a crowd of community members, staff and guests that this year's drive totaled $2,093,404 to help human and social service agencies and programs.
"It was so gratifying to see how this community embrace the needs, thank you for this great opportunity," Nashert said. "We had no idea what we were getting into, emotinally."
Among a long list of individual campaign categories, the most successful was the Employee Drive, accounting for $798,917 of the total funds raised.
The youngest and possibly most popular campaign, No Shave November, enjoyed unprecedented success, achieving its goal of enlisting 100 participants and topping last year's $17,000 with $66,748. The individual winner of the No Shave November contest was Sheriff Joe Lester, raising more than $13,000.
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1. Ray-Ban Large Wayfarer Acetate Sunglasses ($195)
Part of Kristen Stewart's laid-back cool that everyone's eager to emulate is her no frills approach to dressing. Accordingly, we'd see her in a pair of classic Ray-Ban wayfarers. These iconic shades never go out of style, and even got a mini-upgrade with a larger frame shape that is right on-trend for summer!
2. Pour La Victoire Sade Bag ($495)
Pour La Victoire has always been one of our go-to footwear brands, we adore their amazing studded sandals and of-the-moment heels, so were thrilled to learn they're launching a handbag line just in time for fall. The Sade Bag is one of their thirteen debut styles and would make for a fitting upgrade from our style subject's usual backpack carry-all. The bucket shape is large enough to carry everything you needÂ--even if you're not running from vampires-on-the-goÂ--while the mix of black leather and silver chain has a rebel spirit of which we know Stewart would approve.
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The second we saw Sara Beltran's darling jewelry line, we knew we couldn't live without her beachy pieces. Her colorful bracelets look like exotic souvenirs picked on a warm-weather vacation, while her use of hand-picked shells, raw stones, and fossilized sharks teeth makes them surprisingly precious and luxurious. We'd recommend layering them on to add colorful intrigue to your neutral basics, giving your ensemble an air of globetrotting chic.
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While we love waxes for that cultivated dirty hair look favored by some of our favorite, more insouciant stylesetters (think Agyness Deyn pre-shaved head), sometimes it can feel too heavy and weigh our locks down, forcing us to sacrifice volume. Luckily, one of our favorite purveyors of hair products, Redken, is releasing their wax blast spray this July, which offers a similar finish with a more lightweight feelÂ--so you can easily recreate Stewart's tough-girl, tousled beauty look.
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While Stewart did step it up by opting for gold brocade leggings from Burberry Prorsum's F/W 10 collection in the featured picture above, she is definitely a girl who loves her denim, and these dark bermuda shorts have a rockabilly vibe that easily aligns itself with her edgy persona. Not only are these clam diggers too cool for school, they're also surprisingly functional thanks to the longer hemline. Pair them with a shredded tee and studded sandals for a Balmain-inspired warm-weather look or throw on a bohemian top and neutral sandals for an outdoor bike ride or hike!
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Unlike some of our favorite stylesetters who have an unquenchable lust for Louboutins, what stands out about Stewart is that she often opts for sneakers or flats. Yet, occasionally she does give a sneak peek of a girlier side, so we thought these sparkly Chuck Taylors were a spot-on mix of her boy-meets-girl attitude. Use them to perk up your airport layers or pair them with rolled khakis for a glitzy touch.
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Adding coffee-derived MOS to a weight-loss diet enhanced both weight and adipose tissue losses in men, suggesting a potential functional use of MOS for weight management and improvement in adipose tissue distribution. More studies are needed to investigate the apparent gender difference in response to MOS consumption.
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Student Relations and Conduct at Pitt-Johnstown upholds a climate of civility through conduct standards, educational programs, and intervention efforts. The intention is to encourage and promote appropriate behavior, enhance education, and develop the moral reasoning abilities of the student body. As such, the goal of the student conduct system is to create conditions for education affording students opportunities to develop mechanisms through which appropriate value-driven decisions can be made. Rather than simply removing a student from the environment, this approach is founded upon a commitment to behavioral change; a view which embraces the educational mission of the University.
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The Dees' Nursery & Florist is proud to present our 4th Annual Flower & Garden Show. Stop by and wander through our beautiful display gardens and get some great ideas for your own home. Sit and relax in one of our many free educational seminars on a variety of different gardening topics. There will be special savings on many of your favorite lawn and garden products as well as special sales on flowers and shrubs. We didn't forget the kids either as we have many kids events planned to get them into the wonderful world of gardening. The Easter Bunny will also make a surprise visit. Mark your calenders and stop down and check us out. You won't be disappointed. At Dees' quality means success in the garden.
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You ladies are so right about the alcohol inks, they are fun and fabulous to work with. I have used them for a few years now and have had some great times finding new ways to use them. Everything you say about them is so true.
God Bless you both for all the fun projects you present.
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What beautiful ideas for using my latest new toy - alcohol inks. I'm going to try them this weekend. Incidentally, I turned my computer programmer daughter onto making the alcohol ink glass ornaments during the week of webisodes. She make several dozen for herself and to give to her coworkers. Her coworkers were amazed and impressed!
You guys ROCK....what a fun episode this is. I am learning so much esp. w/new techniques or supplies I have not tried yet. Thanks...
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loved this episode about alcohol inks. I plan to use the ideas on my next ATC trade. I am going to try coloring the dazzles with the alcohol ink. What a good idea. I would have never thought of doing that on my own. I have been watching the webisodes everyday. I enjoy them very much. Thanks for all the ideas on all the great products you sell. Please keep them coming. I waited all day for the new episode, as I have been every Tuesday.
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— The First National Bank of Weatherford will celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the town's favorite businessmen – Fred Werner.
Known as the "Dean of Weatherford Bankers," Werner began his career at FNB in 1963 at the age of 18. He started in the bookkeeping department filing checks, and eventually rose to the position of loan officer.
Werner is a Weatherford High School graduate and has always had as much affection for his hometown as it has had for him. He currently serves as senior vice president and marks 50 years with the bank on March 4. A special reception in his honor is being hosted at the bank's downtown location 2-4 p.m. on Friday, March 1.
"Fred is an institution within an institution. He has banked multiple generations here in Parker County," said bank president Lin Bearden. "In addition to being a great banker, which is obvious after tenure of 50 years, he is just simply one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Everybody in town knows Fred or knows of him, and I have never heard anything negative. They just love him."
Fred has made tens of thousands of loans during his successful run. Additionally, he has always made time for anyone in the community with a need. He has served on numerous charitable organizations in Parker County including the Gideon's, Weatherford Optimist Club and Red Cross. He served as treasurer for the Salvation Army of Parker County for 40 years.
Today, Werner is leading a new branch of the bank that opened on College Park Drive in Weatherford. When he is not banking, Werner enjoys crappie and sand bass fishing, as well as telling some entertaining stories about the people of and events in Weatherford over the last half century. The community is invited to come congratulate Werner on his previous and next 50 years with First National Bank of Weatherford.


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Zach Gamble, 34, had worked as a corporate planner/buyer with Uni-Select in Kennesaw.
The will hold visitation for Gamble Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. for friends and family.
The funeral will be held at at 2 p.m. Thursday, and burial will follow at in Acworth next to Gamble's father, James.
Gamble's body will lie in state an hour before Thursday's service so people can pay their respects.
Survivors include Gamble's 7-year-old son, Luke; a sister, Nikki Gamble of Acworth; his mother and stepfather, Tina and Leon Robbins of Gainesville; and grandparents Bernice and Howard Cook, according to the obituary posted on the Justice for Zach Facebook page.
Gamble was born Jan. 27, 1978, in Marietta, graduated from in Sandy Springs and earned his bachelor's in political science from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.
He served in the Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005 as a corporal and squad leader and did two tours in Iraq.
at in Marietta. He never regained consciousness after suffering severe head trauma in a Smyrna apartment complex two weeks ago.
The Cobb County Police Department and Gamble's family are searching for answers as to what caused his death.
He was accidentally struck by a taxi driver in the Concord Apartment Complex parking lot early March 25, but police said they believe that the taxi did not cause the most serious injuries, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said.
Witnesses told Cobb police that where he was asked to leave, and an argument took place outside, Acworth Patch reported.
The official cause of death is pending the Cobb medical examiner's report.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477.
Gamble had registered for this month's Fight for Air Climb to raise money for the American Lung Association, and donations in his memory may be made at action.lung.org/goto/zachgamble.
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Live music with a Latin and a rock flavor, along with art demonstrations and a quirky, colorful parade highlight Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee Street. The event starts runs from 11 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. Saturday in south St. Louis.
"It's definitely one of the most unique parades that I've ever seen," said Jason Deem, who co-organizes the celebration with Will Liebermann. "It's something I think would only happen on Cherokee, because we've got so many artists and so many creative people who come together to make it happen."
The festival, in its 15th year, should be muy bueno.
"The festival's been increasing in size every year," Deem said. "And we're expecting a huge crowd this year because May 5 actually falls on a Saturday. We're adding a third stage this year, the parade has been getting bigger every year, and we've got more vendors than we've ever had, so we're expecting a really big crowd."
The music, with 15 bands on the schedule, should be a diverse treat.
"Secret Sound Society does the Gringo Stage, so they've typically got a variety of local St. Louis rock bands," Deem said. "The Main Stage is booked by Mysterio Productions, and that's primarily Latino music. We also have a third stage this year, the Love-O-Rama Stage, and that's a number of local bands as well."
The People's Joy Parade, organized by the Community Arts and Media Project (CAMP), offers an eclectic mix of parade participants.
"We have a lot of creative people who come out," said Jenny Shriner, CAMP's events coordinator. "They create their own costumes and wear them. There are a lot of artists. We have different performers, (including) stiltwalkers and other characters who come out and participate in the parade. We also have children and people from the neighborhood. They come out with their families and dress up in different costumes of their choosing."
The mix typically features art bikes and cars that are decorated very colorfully and creatively — the Banana Bike Brigade was one of the highlights of the Mardi Gras Festival — and the art cars include the Cinco de Volvos and El Caminos carrying performers and people in costume. In addition, there will be Gigante puppets carried on huge bamboo frames, angels, a good luck dragon, dance troupes, roller derby girls, Elvis impersonators, Mexican wrestlers, non-traditional marching bands and floats that are only limited by the imaginations of the people assembling them.
"We're going to have all sorts of fantastic delights," Shriner said. "It's going to be really cool. We just have all different types of people participate. The really creative, best of the best of St. Louis come out for this one."
People can spectate, or they can participate.
"People can still sign up on parade day if they just decided, 'You know what? I've got the day off, I want to take the kids down and we want to walk in the parade.' I'd be willing to sign people up parade day," Shriner said. "I'll have permission slips to make it easy for everyone to join us."
Shriner, who conducted costume workshops in April, said the sky's the limit.
"They can use old Halloween costumes, they can be creative and paint their face – we'll have some face painters down there doing some face painting for the kids," she said. "We're just really trying to reach out and get people involved, because it's so much fun."
A foot beat choir allowing people to sing and walk in the street will also be part of the parade.
"It's led by Celia Shacklett, who is a really well-known local musician in St. Louis, and she plays guitar and will have other people playing with her," Shriner said. "I think we have a tuba, and a saxophone, and another lady who plays ukulele. We're going to have some kiddos singing too, so people are welcome to join in with that group if they want to, on parade day. They call it the foot beat choir because you're dancing in the street and singing at the same time."
The parade starts at 1:11 p.m. at the corner of Cherokee and Minnesota. It will head east on Cherokee to Nebraska, north on Nebraska to Utah, east on Utah to Iowa, south on Iowa to Cherokee, and east on Cherokee to Texas. Participants will meet at noon to get organized.
Shriner is enthusiastic about the possibilities.
"It's going to be so amazing," she said. "I'm really excited for it. It's a fun way to celebrate our fantastic community on Cherokee."
Getting there
From Highway 40 or 44, exit at Jefferson and go south. Continue south on Jefferson about 1-2 miles to Cherokee. To go towards the Festival Area make a right on Cherokee. The festival area starts at Iowa and Cherokee.


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By Eric DuVall
Greater Niagara Newspapers
This ain't Ron Hawkins' first rodeo.
It isn't his first band, either, but the double-disc debut from Hawkins' latest outfit, Do Good Assassins, is infused with the unmistakable go-big-or-go-home ethos that has earned him his dedicated fan base in Western New York and Southern Ontario over his 30 year career.
Hawkins, frontman for the (mostly) disbanded Lowest of the Low, and his latest bandmates have compiled an uncommon set of songs — uncommon because they cross genres and traverse the musical landscape — and have compiled them on a once-sacred but now almost unheard of double album.
To hear Hawkins describe it, "Rome" is woven from strings of decadence and decay. It's an apt metaphor for a medium that includes some of rock's greatest offerings: "London Calling," "Blonde on Blonde" and "Exile on Main Street" to name a few.
Decadent music and a decaying art form. These are places Hawkins knows. And he fully acknowledges walking in to that space, a musician should be wary.
"We called it 'Rome' as a double debut disk," Hawkins said by phone from his home in Toronto. "How ballsy can we be with the first record for this band?"
To be sure there's no lack of courage in this offering, but after decades spent earning an audience Hawkins figures if it feels right it's worth the risk. The first disc is all country, very much in the mold of his two most recent solo offerings, "10 Kinds of Lonely" and "Straightjacket Love." The second disc is the kind of tight and tough rock-and-roll that first garnered attention with Lowest of the Low.
Those loyal fans will get their chance to hear the entire new catalogue, front to back, in back-to-back shows at Mohawk Place in Buffalo Friday and Saturday nights.
"I've got enough of a hardcore audience that are really into the songwriting, lyrics, etc., that they'll give us this set of shows," he said.
From the opening chord of the rock half of "Rome," "Sadder Days" — a clever play on Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" — Hawkins' longtime fans will feel like they've slid into the corner stool at their favorite old watering hole for a good long chat with an old friend.
But there's not just nostalgia here. These are new songs and the vocal interplay between Hawkins and guitarist and contributing songwriter Steve Singh (Hawkins: "It seems like I always have to have another guy in the band named Steve playing guitar and writing songs") makes perfect sense.
That fresh inspiration is evident in the writing. The harmonies jump and Hawkins' raspy delivery meshes delicately with Singh's smoother, prettier sound.
Hawkins said the opportunity to work with a new collaborator gave the album its juice.
"The whole idea inspired the hell out of me," he said. "I was writing like a madman."
Rock track "Home Sweet Home," described as an irreverent ode to "friends (whose deaths) I would chalk up to the rock and roll lifestyles taking their toll," closes with a classic Hawkins dart: "It takes a village to raise a child/Takes a city to bury it alive."
The country half of "Rome" takes a mournful tone at times, offering reflections in verse and a stripped bare presentation that floats from song to song at times so slight it's a wonder how these are songs at all. But they are, and they're good ones.
The title track "Rome" closes the country side and sums up where The Do Good Assassins are headed:
"Through the long nights of ruin/To the mornings made of gold/We rise and we fall that way in Rome."
Decadence. Decay. Reset and repeat. If "Rome" is where Hawkins is headed, it's very much worth the trip.


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An investigation is underway after human remains were found in northeast Brazos County.
According to Sheriff Chris Kirk, the owner of a ranch called his office Wednesday evening after he said he had found human remains. The property is off of Tabor Road near Wagon Wheel Drive.
The remains were "badly decomposed," according to Kirk, who said they were in a fenced pasture about 100 yards from Tabor Road.
Kirk said he cannot rule out foul play, but that there is no immediate threat to the public. Authorities were at the scene Thursday morning continuing their investigation.
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European response to Australia's abandonment of a carbon tax illuminates the impossibly narrow margin of political acceptability within which governments must work as they try to rearrange climate.
Australia repeals climate sacrifice; who will be next?July 24, 2014 10:13 AM by bobt
European response to Australia's abandonment of a carbon tax illuminates the impossibly narrow margin of political acceptability within which governments must work as they try to rearrange climate.
Federal land not part of the US oil output surgeJuly 17, 2014 3:14 PM by bobt
If it were an oil producer, the US federal government would look much like Mexico, with output declining while adjacent areas boom.
Poll slump hints Americans weary of whining presidentJuly 9, 2014 2:35 PM by bobt
Ominous poll results bespeak collapse in the stature of a US president consistently hostile to oil and gas.
Gore shares stage with opponent of Aussie carbon taxJuly 3, 2014 11:34 AM by bobt
When governments meddle in energy markets, strange things happen—such as an appearance by Al Gore with a coal magnate at a press conference announcing opposition to carbon taxation.
Iraqi crisis shows factional strife trumps nationalismJune 26, 2014 10:16 AM by bobt
Continuation of disruption to Iraq underscores how readily observers in the West underestimate factionalism, in its various dimensions, as a force in the Middle East.
Blitz of Iraq puts new focus on Saudi output decisionsJune 19, 2014 9:07 AM by bobt
The jihadist blitz of Iraq should quash whatever misapprehension remains that production growth in North America greatly lowers the importance of the Persian Gulf to oil markets.
Extreme agenda shaped emissions proposal by EPAJune 12, 2014 3:22 PM by bobt
Architects of the US Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants have no intention of stopping with coal.
Misconceptions feed reluctance to allow export of US crudeJune 5, 2014 9:06 AM by bobt
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About all anyone outside the US Environmental Protection Agency knows about proposed rules due soon that might restructure power generation in America is that they'll arrive on time.