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EMI Music
Produced by: David Coverdale
Released: Sept. 20, 25 / Website
Relative: Coverdale/Page, Whitesnake
GENRE: Blues rock
A great deal of thought went into this review. The main reason being, this is not your average Coverdale related album. I had to sum up what I wanted from a new record from the great man, what the fans in general wanted and indeed, what David himself wanted to record.
The most important part of that summation was the fact that David has long promoted this album as a solo record and as a more mature blues rock album.
If that was the primary goal, then it's safe to say that has been achieved and this album is a great collection of 70's influenced mid-tempo blues rock songs.
Those like me that were initially hoping for a big time rock album will not find it here.
I was aware of David's intentions and did hope against all hope that he would return to stadium rock, but I am over that now and have settled into enjoy this album.
Coverdale is one of the finest vocalists in rock n roll ever.
I am a huge fan of his Whitesnake work and hope that he one day decides to make something like Coverdale Page again.
But for now, this album follows on from where the last Whitesnake album Restless Heart left off.
There is a few differences. Gone is his long time guitarist Adrian Vandenburg, replaced by Earl Slick (Dirty White Boy, Little Caesar) and Doug Bossi. It appears to be quite and inspired move in the end, as Slick plays all over this record in both Page like hard edged bravado and with soft acoustic touches.
Long time drummer Denny Carmassi is still on board, bringing back memories of Coverdale Page in places and Marco Mendoza plays bass with other contributions from keyboard player Mike Finnigan (who featured on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland) and harp player Jimmy Z.
Track By Track:
The album starts with a slow intro (Into The Light) that builds in intensity and sounds like a big time rock anthem is coming. It reminds me of Coverdale Page. Then it goes all soft and blusey, then The River Song blasts into action. The track is past Coverdale Page, part Restless Heart and part Eddie Van Halen. David sounds a million dollars, his voice is the clearest and strongest I have heard in years and shows no signs of letting up.
The River Song is heavily drenched in blues, organ and raspy vocals and in it's mid tempo way, contains some great guitar parts.
She Give Me... is the coolest track. It has a real swagger to it and again pays tribute to Coverdale's love of the Led Zeppelin blues. The song is the second most uptempo of the album and is generally a good fun blues rocker.
Don't You Cry is a Beatle-ish organ drenched ballad. Heavy in sentiment and musically sparse during the verse, the song comes alive in the chorus.
Love Is Blind is an acoustic driven pop ballad, again sparse in the verse to allow Coverdale's voice to rule the song. The song has a happy tinge to it - being quite upbeat for a ballad. Quite diverse and complex musically, it takes several listens for this to be apparent.
Slave reminds me of the Restless Heart album. More dominated by an electric guitar, after a soft intro the song rock along quite nicely and again herald's back to the Coverdale page sound.
Cry For Love follows on nicely. Once again, a 70's blues sounding number, complete with uptempo beat, blues harp and piano accompaniment. Quite a party number, without being too over the top.
Living On Love heads back into acoustic ballad mode, with more dedications to a 70's sound. The 6 minute track gets progressively heavier and more dominated bu Earl Slick's guitar work.
Midnight Blue is a pretty love dedication, a soft piano, organ and acoustic number. It's sounds is similar to Don't Leave Me That Way from the Coverdale Page album, but much softer and more restrained.
Too Many Tears is a simple remake from the Restless Heart album. Not quite sure why it was done, but musically there are subtle differences. It's more acoustic driven and fits the feel of this album perfectly.
Don't Lie To Me is easily the most uptempo and straight ahead rocker of the album. A good variation of pace at this time.
Wherever You May Go is just perfect. A beautiful way to finish the album, this track is Coverdale at his sentimental and vocal best. A simple acoustic ballad with the great addition of a female vocal accompaniment.
|ESSENTIAL FOR: All fans of David Coverdale, Coverdale Page and good blues drenched rock.
RECENT DISCOGRAPHY:Slide It In . 1987 . Slip Of The Tongue . Greatest Hits . Coverdale Page . Restless Heart . Starkers In Tokyo . Into The Light
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Rating: 92
This is an excellent album with a mixture of rock tracks like River Song, She Give Me,Slave, Don't Lie To Me some power ballads Don't You Cry,Love Is Blind,Too Many Tears,Wherever you May Go and I guess light rock tracks Cry For Love,Living On Love and midnight Blue..Overall great sound and performances of all the artists involved on a cd that showcases elements of Hendrix,Stones with a bluesy feel throughout.In relation to Laurents comment on Manic Eden with Vandenberg's guitar playing not representing the blues etc how far wrong can you be the Manic Eden cd as far as I'm concerned is very good and Vandenberg shines along with contributions from Tommy Aldrige,Rudy Sarzo and Ron Young....I think you better give it another listen I'd rate it a 90..great RAW blues and great rythym
Rating: 70
The highlight song is "Slave", then it's all down hill from there.
Rating: 95
First off, I am a biased critic. David Coverdale is my favorite singer of all time. This cd was a great addition to my collection. Although much more bluesy than Whitesnake, this cd returns the listener to the start of his career. The sound of "Into The Light" is much like "Northwinds." If you expect screaming like "Still Of The Night," it's not here. This is just a good sitting at home by candlelight disc which just puts you in a good, relaxed mood. Now, since the blues album has been made, it is time for Whitesnake to get back together, including John Sykes.
Rating: 90
All David Coverdale fans rejoice !!! Although admitting a bit commercial sounding all-in-all an excellent effort...would love to see "Don't lie to me" performed live and miss this type of mainstream blues based rock....Dave if you're listening a tour is demanded with a stop in sunny Pnoenix USA...
Rating: 100
100%??? bueno en realidad este rating es solo y exclusivamente por que soy fan acerrimo de david coverdale el disco esta muy bien, pero lo que se oye decir a los medios de comunicacion que este disco se parece mas a la epoca snakebite, northwind, whitesnake..pues no, mienten, no se parece en nada, las guitarras de david coverdale sobraban el guitarrista nuevo mejor se estaba cortando los dedos, dios mio, es horripilante, donde esta adrian vandemberg?, restless heart si fue un buen disco, into the light deja un poco que desear, un coverdale muy repetitivo y popero, la version de too many tears es muy mala, como la original nada, la producion muy parecida a la de restless heart pero peor,la mezcla de miles de guitarras hace que sea muy barullerapor otra parte el tema don´t lie to me vuelve a llevarnos al mejor rock whitesnake de los 80...comprazlo, solo por oir a coverdale merece la pena
Rating: 98
David Coverdale is ever the God Of Voice. After all the years with Whitesnake, now he's able to do a mature album without guitar virtuosism and earthquake drumming.
Only his voice on everything!
Thanks David!
Rating: 35
same thing I've been screaming since '89..dave do ya got john sykes phone number....at least we have jorn lande...john if you're reading this call jorn...so us rockers can have a real album
Rating: 80
I have been a huge David Coverdale fan since 1980. He's been my favourite singer for as long as I can remember. Whitesnake still is my favourite band and Neil Murray my favourite rock bass player.
I do appreciate the change of musical direction towards some quieter shores. The fact that David goes back to his roots is something that pleases me. Still, the album is good and the vocals are great but I feel a lack of passion from his sidemen. No doubt that they all can play ! But I miss Mendoza's fire like when he plays with Sykes or with his fusion trio. I miss the whole chemistry that glued the old WS together. I miss the interaction between Murray's bumbling and emotional playing and Coverdale's amazing voice. I have the feeling that Coverdale doesn't really know where he stands at the moment.... the blues is in his heart but there seems to be an eye on the wallet that says "give 'em a good dose of 1987".
Still, Into The Light is a good album and by far the best stuff Coverdale put out since 1987. He found in Doug Bossi and Earl Slick good hard rock guitarist who can feel the blues (unlike Mr. Vandenberg who could not play the blues to save his life - see the Manic Eden album for instance). The River Song is my favourite song off the album.
Coverdale is one the right way. He's slowly but surely going back to where he belongs. This album is a very positive sign for the future. The inspiration is back and the voice is still the best one around. ITL is a grower. It takes a few times to really get into it.
Despite the above, ITL is very likely to be on Top of my list as one of the best album in 2000 ! Thanks for the music !
Rating: 100
pure coverdale,absolutly great!!!!
Rating: 93
I love the sound of this album. The guitar is tasteful and
really captures a maturing style and sound. Considering that David cannot go on pretending to be 25 years old, this opens up a
whole knew path seperate from the Whitesnake label. The songs are good and memorable and I always get a kick out of him covering his own songs, so I didn't mind a new version of TOO MANY TEARS. I certainly hope that there is some public response
to this style so that I can buy his next album as a domestic
release also.
Rating: 90
Fans of early Snake and Northwinds, run to get this one! David gets back to his roots big time. This album was well worth waiting for!!
Rating: 100
The best of Hard rock/blues is back!!! Killer voice!!! One of the best singers of the world (togheter with Paul Rodgers, Glenn Hughes and Ronnie James Dio, of course!)... Great!!!!
Rating: 85
I've just listened to great vocal performance by Dave! I didn't expect an hard rock album, so I am pleased to find very good rock-soul music that has always been Dave's favourite. I look forward to Coverdale to meet Glenn Hughes for a new collaboration!
Rating: 80
An interesting album of eclectic songs. Like his solo album Northwinds (1977) this CD features a mix of blues, soul and rock. Some songs harp back to the sixties and sevenities while others are reminiscent of Coverdale-Page and adult contemporary music. The production is clear and crisp with David's vocals mixed high and upfront. The only downside is that the rockers are lacking some true heft due to the low mix on the drums, guitar and bass. Joe Lynn Turner's latest album Holy Man strikes a better balance for this style of rock-blues songs with a stonge backbeat while maintaining clear vocals. So overall I like the album but some of the rock songs could have sounded better with the old Whitesnake line-up of Moody, Marsden, Murray, and Paice.
Rating: 95
Great album, same old great voice and a super rock-blues sound!!
Rating: 95
What an absolute corker of an album.This is just about the best thing that David has done in a long time.Definitely one of my album`s of the year.Good to see him back to what he does best.
Rating: 100
Soy un gran fanático de David Coverdale desde la primera vez que lo escuché cantar solo una estrofa. Este álbum es lo mejor de David en ańos, su calidad vocal está aún intacta y no deja de asombrarme su forma de cantar. Wherever you may go es la mejor canción que he escuchado en mucho tiempo. Un album imperdible amigos de Argentina (de dónde soy) y del mundo. El maestro es incomparable.
Rating: 100
Only the best singer in the world, can make an album like this!!!!!!!
Rating: 88
I have been a lifelong fan of Mr.Coverdale and I would rate Into the Light well ahead of the pedestrian "plod rock" of Restless Heart. The vocals on the slower numbers rekindle memories of some of his finest moments like Soldier of Fortune and Blindman. Highlights for me are the rousing The River Song and the beautiful Wherever You May Go. Even though Still of the Night remains one of my all time favourite songs, I for one would not be sorry to see DC drop the watered down cock rockers such as Slave. Over all, a welcome return to form.
Rating: 95
Without a doubt this is Coverdales most ecelectic and ambitious album since the largely unknown Northwinds in 76. It features a good mix of rock, blues, and soul. Sometimes classic sounding, sometimes contemporary and for once with a very good production. The only downside is that lyrically Coverdale is treading old ground, reusing off repeated phrases and concepts with abandon. Still, the music, vocals and production are the best you will hear on an album of this type this year. BUY IT.
Rating: 100
Superb, superb, superb, best thing the old snake has done in years, can't stop playing it, if you ain't bought it yet, what are you waiting for - get out and get it. It is, in our opinion David's best vocal performance in years. Let's just hope that he brings Into the Light live to us in London.
Rating: 95
a cracking album by a cracking artist bring on some more covers !!
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OURAY – The City of Ouray's rustic, largely undeveloped Rotary Park along Highway 550 in the North Ouray Corridor could be transformed into a gravel processing and storage site under a proposed new plan being considered by the Ouray City Council.
The proposal marks a radical departure from the Parks Master Plan adopted by the city in 2010. It would displace a proposed miners heritage park, now in the development phase, from Rotary to Fellin Park, and shift the regulation-sized ice skating rink currently located in Rotary Park back up to the Box Canyon Falls parking lot, where it was originally, for several years in the early 1990s. A picnicking and rock climbing area in the southern portion of the park would remain intact.
Council held a work session on the matter on the evening of Monday, Sept. 30, with three different issues on the table for discussion: the location for a proposed new site to meet the city's gravel augmentation needs (Rotary Park vs. the city's wastewater treatment plant), the location for the ice rink (Rotary Park vs. Box Canyon parking lot) and the location for the Mining Heritage Park (Rotary Park vs. Fellin Park).
Gravel augmentation is a perennial problem for the City of Ouray, sandwiched as it is in a narrow canyon with little room to store and process the thousands of yards of material that pour down out of the Skyrocket Creek and Cascade drainages, and then are dredged out of the Uncompahgre River in the North Ouray Corridor every year.
The city desperately needs a central location to process and store this material, said Counselor John Ferguson. Currently, the city hauls material to the SAKO gravel pit in Ouray County, south of Ridgway, where it is processed, stored, and then hauled back for use on Ouray city streets as needed.
Council has considered purchasing an empty lot in the North Ouray Corridor for gravel augmentation purposes, but this could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which the cash-strapped city doesn't have.
What the city does have is land aplenty – about five acres' worth, at Rotary Park that's more than enough for the three acres or so that would be needed for the gravel augmentation site. Councilors argued that the park is lightly used, and has never been a successful site for the ice-skating rink, with strong sun exposure that shortens the skating season considerably.
The Box Canyon Falls parking lot, on the other hand, gets very little sun exposure and remains very cold throughout the winter, but there are several problems in locating an ice rink there. The rink would not have its own dedicated parking area; skaters (and broomballers) would have to walk up the access road from the base of Third Ave. and Oak St. – already a busy area crowded with several motels, the Ouray Hydroelectric Plant and Oak Street residential neighborhood. Nor is the proposed area large enough for a regulation-sized hockey rink, and, finally, the rink walls would have to be dismantled and stored on an annual basis.
The issue came to a head when the Beautification Committee wanted to issue a Request for Proposals for berm work for the proposed miners heritage park this fall, using $12,000 budgeted for that purpose this year.
"We need to make a final decision on what is or is not going to occur," City Administrator Patrick Rondinelli told council.
This was the first time that council broached the subject with the Beautification Committee and the Parks and Recreation Committee, which is charged with overseeing the ice skating rink.
"It is an emotional issue," said Councilor John Ferguson. "I don't think anything is a done deal at this point. But people need to understand the city's dilemma about where to process and store gravel. I understand if you say 'Let's turn the park into a gravel pit,'" he said. "It won't win a popularity contest."
However, Ferguson argued, the ice rink "has not been successful" in its current location, whereas the Box Canyon Falls parking lot "would be a beautiful venue, and cold enough to stay frozen for a longer period of time." As a plus, the Box Canyon Falls visitors center could double as a warming hut and skate rental facility in the winter, he said.
The mining exhibit, Ferguson argued, could be successfully relocated in Fellin Park in the former location of the tennis courts. "It would get much more traffic than at Rotary Park," he predicted.
Council candidate Carl Cockle offered his own historical perspective, as one of the handful of citizens who started the ice rink in the Box Canyon parking lot in the 1990s. "It was a great place, very cold, with very little sun, and the ice didn't melt much. But it wasn't a regulation rink, and there's the question of what to do with the parking."
Cockle said the city did experiment with plowing out the Box Canyon Falls access road and allowing cars to drive up there one winter. "It was a total disaster," he recalled. "There were so many cars hanging on the cliff and down the road."
Councilor Michael Underwood, meanwhile, emphasized his concern about council preempting a plan to develop the proposed miners heritage park in Rotary Park, in which the Beautification Committee has already invested "quite a lot of time, energy and money."
Underwood advocated for locating the proposed gravel augmentation site at the city's wastewater treatment plant instead, in an area where there are currently unusable ponds that need to undergo environmental remediation.
"At this point we are not able to use the ground for anything," Underwood argued. "It . would make more sense to spend money to make the land usable, and would give us another alternative to consider."
The city has already spent $33,800 for engineering on the mining park and ice rink improvement projects.
Beautification Committee member Mike Kern said it was "disconcerting" to all of a sudden potentially face a radical change for the location and very nature of the mIners heritage park, but added that he was not opposed to relocating it in Fellin Park.
Members of the Parks and Recreation Committee, meanwhile, said they liked the idea of the proposed ice rink improvements, but are concerned that the city cannot afford to build the $1.7 million facility called for in the Parks Master Plan. Current fundraising efforts have raised just $9,000 toward the project.
Mayoral candidate Pam Larson was not in favor of seeing Rotary Park converted into a gravel storage area, and agreed with Underwood that the wastewater treatment plant was a favorable alternative, particularly since the pond-dredging there is already budgeted for 2014.
But outgoing mayor Bob Risch worried the treatment plant site was not large enough to meet the city's gravel augmentation needs.
Larson argued that gravel is a movable commodity. "It seems like we are asking for more and more land for something we are moving and using," she said.
Risch conceded that "There may be a way to look at both parcels..." using Rotary Park as backup for storage on an as-needed basis, and called for a cost-benefit analysis of the two sites.
"Why does it have to be so visible?" Beautification Committee member Barbara Uhles lamented. "Everything the city has ever done looks like crap; now you're trying to put a gravel pit right at the entrance to Ouray? It makes no sense. I hope you are planning on fencing it."
Ferguson reminded Uhles that the North Ouray Corridor "is an industrial corridor."
"Industrial doesn't have to look bad," Uhles retorted.
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Cranidos, quite frankly, hits about as hard as the comet that killed off its dinosaur brethren. Sporting an absolutely monstrous base 125 Attack equal to that of Gyarados all the way in OU, as well as a powerful STAB move in Head Smash, Cranidos is an offensive juggernaut to say the least. It also sports great coverage moves as well and an amazing ability in Mold Breaker. Combine this with good HP and decent Speed, and Cranidos has the potential to flatten unprepared teams.
However, not everything is peachy for Cranidos. Its Speed is only average, allowing faster Pokemon to prey on its mediocre defenses and take it out. Priority is also a thorn in Cranidos's side; most of the widely seen priority moves in Little Cup hit Cranidos super effectively, meaning that priority abusers probably need to be eliminated before Cranidos can be used effectively. Once most or all of the threats to Cranidos are gone, it can do what it does best: hit everything in sight as hard as possible.
With Choice Scarf to alleviate its average Speed, Cranidos can work as a great cleaner thanks to its combination of massive Attack, STAB Head Smash, and great coverage moves. Cranidos hits 22 Speed with an Adamant nature and Choice Scarf, allowing it to get the jump on all unboosted Pokemon in Little Cup as well as many Choice Scarf users that sit at 21 Speed. Head Smash hits extremely hard, scoring 2HKOs on most Pokemon in the metagame. However, when Head Smash's recoil starts to get Cranidos's health down to dangerously low levels, it's advised that you use Stone Edge, which doesn't hit quite as hard but lacks recoil, making it a great choice. Earthquake provides great coverage alongside Rock-type moves, and has the added bonus of hitting Pokemon with Levitate thanks to Mold Breaker. Lastly, Zen Headbutt hits common Fighting-types very hard on the switch, while Fire Punch knocks out Ferroseed, which otherwise walls Cranidos nicely.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
While Choice Scarf Cranidos is meant to use a hit-and-run strategy, the Rock Polish set is meant to set up and sweep outright with its combination of high power STAB and coverage moves as well as its ever-useful base 125 Attack. Rock Polish is a given on this set, boosting Cranidos to 30 Speed, enough to outpace all of the unboosted metagame and most boosted Pokemon as well. Stone Edge is used on this set instead of Head Smash, as Cranidos can't afford to take more recoil than it already does from Life Orb, and it is still very powerful. Earthquake is a great coverage move, getting wonderful neutral coverage when combined with Stone Edge. Thanks to Mold Breaker, it also hits Pokemon with Levitate, which is a huge plus. Zen Headbutt allows Cranidos to hit Fighting-type Pokemon very hard on the switch, while Crunch allows Cranidos to hit Ghost-types incredibly hard. Life Orb is the preferred item, allowing Cranidos to switch attacks and giving it a nice power boost. However, Oran Berry is an option to allow Cranidos to stay on the field longer.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
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While Cranidos has that massive Attack, which should always be used, it has a respectable special movepool. However, its Special Attack isn't anywhere near as great as its Attack. The only special attacks that should possibly be considered are Ice Beam to hit Ground-types harder, and Fire Blast to hit Grass-types and Ferroseed. Superpower is an option to hit Scraggy very hard, though unfortunately it doesn't OHKO Eviolite variants. ThunderPunch is a nice option to hit Water-types.
Cranidos can run a Swords Dance set or a set with two boosting moves in Swords Dance and Rock Polish, but it is fairly slow and needs as much coverage as it can get. Choice Band Cranidos hits like an 18-wheeler, but once again Cranidos isn't quite fast enough to abuse it. Paralysis support is recommended if you use Choice Band Cranidos. It also has access to Whirlwind and Stealth Rock, but Cranidos is frail and as such is not exactly the best user of either move. A Substitute + 3 attacks set seems interesting on paper, though Cranidos has trouble setting up due to its frailty.
Checks and Counters
Switching into Cranidos comes with the problem of taking a hit from something with base 125 Attack, as well as a 150 Base Power STAB move to back it up. Perhaps the best Pokemon for the job are bulky Ground-types such as Hippopotas and Phanpy, which take little damage from Head Smash and most of Cranidos's other moves. They also threaten Cranidos with STAB Earthquake, OHKOing more often than not. Steel-types are the next best option, as they can switch in on anything but Earthquake with relative ease. If you don't have to switch in on an attack from Cranidos, the list of checks increases dramatically. Faster Pokemon and users of priority can take out Cranidos with ease thanks to its only average defenses. Fighting-types with and without priority can maim Cranidos with their super effective STAB moves.


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As Henrico H.S. turns 50, alumni recall proud tradition
On opening day Sept. 4, 1962, tenth-grader Lee Good Hanchey was one of 1,167 students at the brand new Henrico High School, where she needed 23 units to graduate and racial diversity was practically non-existent. Teams and clubs had yet to be formed, traditions yet to be made.
"It was a clean brand new campus and very different looking from the older high schools with lots of new things to be part of," Hanchey recalled recently. "I thought it was a very exciting place to be."
Hanchey would go on to teach at the school she loved from 1979-2009, pioneering and guiding the Center for the Arts, helping to lead and define Warrior spirit.
This year, Henrico High School celebrates its 50th anniversary with a "Warrior Jubilee." Hanchey, other former and current teachers and administrators, and alumni gathered around a conference table at the school last month to talk about what they've seen change and plans for the school's future.
Warrior Spirit begins
The summer before the school opened in 1962, students were brought together from rival middle schools, Brookland and Fairfield, to decide the colors (green, gold and white) and pick the mascot (the Warrior). Pregame bonfires the Thursdays before homecoming were the norm and helped build unity in the newly formed community, Hanchey said.
"It was a lot of fun to gather out there and celebrate as a group, but I can't imagine doing that today, but it was a lot of fun," she said.
Even into the 1970s, every Friday during all sports seasons – not just football season – there was a pep rally, said Judy Whytley Ganzert, who taught at Henrico from 1974-1989.
Hanchey said that the pep rallies she attended as a student were different from those she saw as a teacher, because the whole school community was really involved.
"I remember everybody cheered, because everybody knew the cheers – they were taught the cheers," Hanchey said. "It was a big deal – it created a tremendous amount of school spirit. It wasn't a disengagement from school."
Judy Ganzert fondly remembered the massive homecoming parades that would start at Azalea Mall, go through the small field, and end with two laps around the track surrounding the football field.
"The kids would spend forever dreaming up their themes and their plans and rigging their trucks, and the girls who were on homecoming court got the convertibles and rode in the convertibles," she said. "The homecoming court would be dropped off at the main gate and the princesses would go up and sit in their little seats."
Tom Jeremiah, the school's director of student activities and a multi-sport coach who came to Henrico in 1985 to teach English, said that while the parades still take place, they don't occur on the track anymore. Principal Ron Rodriguez said, with a laugh, that there are no plans to bring the bonfires back.
Curriculum and culture change
Coach, physical education and drivers' education teacher Bo Ellett, who worked at Henrico for 38 years and retired in 2006, said that when he started at the school, there were just 12 students who weren't white. "The changes were really gradual," Ellett said.
Hanchey had looked forward to the newly desegregated school system when she started as a student but said that it wasn't until she was a teacher that she saw the biggest demographic shift, particularly after the International Baccalaureate program came to the school in 1995 and the Center for the Arts in 1990.
"What I really, really loved as a teacher here was that we had kind of a mini United Nations," Hanchey said. "We had students from every conceivable country, and it's just a great place to teach because you have lots of different kinds of students come to this school to study.
"It made this school – and this school was already a welcoming place, the students very accepting of other people and of their talents and of their abilities, and I love that about Henrico High School."
Ellet said that when the school added the IB program, it made him a better teacher. It also brought in different viewpoints about activities, Jeremiah said, and diversified the types of clubs the school offered.
As of 2011, the student population was 72 percent African-American, nine percent Asian, 15 percent white, three percent Hispanic and two percent other, Rodriguez said, with 47 percent of the student's families living at the poverty level.
In 2009, Newsweek magazine ranked the school as No. 929 of its list of the top 1,500 U.S. high schools – the only Henrico County school to make the list.
"When you look at that [poverty rate] and turn and look at the success rate and the achievement level we get at Henrico High School, it's still very high. We're very proud of that," said Ganzert, who left Henrico in 1989 to become the specialist for social studies for Henrico County Public Schools.
Expectations and support
Sometime in the last half-century, the attitudes of some alumni toward the school changed and multi-generational attendance and support waned.
"Lee and I, in working on the 50th, are trying our hardest to change some alumni thinking about what Henrico is today," said Lynette Riddell Metzger, class of '72. "Unfortunately, some people say, 'I don't want to go back to that school; I don't want to be on that campus for a football game.' We're like, 'What?' Lee and I don't get it, but we're trying to understand."
That's also Jeremiah's greatest frustration.
"Somebody whose child is going to another school, they come and look at the trophies and say, 'I graduated from here, I did this, I did that. Why come back?'" he said.
Hanchey said she'd heard the same thing when she was advocating for the Center for the Arts. People would say, "It's dangerous there." She'd respond, "'If it's dangerous, why am I still teaching there now? I would not be working for a place that's dangerous.' The biggest thing was that once I got them onto campus and they saw the programs, they were sold about how wonderful this school is."
Attitudes already are changing for the better, Rodriguez said. Metzger is determined that the anniversary celebration – to be held on campus for all alumni – will be the chance to prove to everyone what a great place it is.
"If we can just get them here, I told them it's like the movie 'Field of Dreams,'" Metzger said. "I'm looking at Lee like, 'If we plan this they will come. Right?'"
The event will feature walking tours, speeches and performances by distinguished alumni (including noted author David Baldacci), opportunities to get involved in pre-game activities, a 5K run benefiting Henrico athletics, recognition of alumni, faculty and administration and catered events. Students will be helping with many of the events.
Some familiar sights
The meeting place for many a student break, for parent pick-up and emblem of school spirit always was the stately Warrior head mounted in front of a small wall at the front of the campus, said Metzger. "It still is," Rodriguez said.
"Over the years, it was always having paint thrown on it. When we played Hermitage it would be painted blue or red," Metzger said. "It was always a target for rivalries."
The original head – designed by Henry "Chuck" Richardson, one of the original three black students at the school who later became a Richmond City Councilman – was blown up years ago. All that remained was a piece of metal rebar, Ganzert said, but the spot remained a popular meeting place for nearly another decade.
Nobody ever discovered who blew the head up, but its void did present an excellent learning opportunity for the students at the then-new Center for the Arts to design a new Warrior, Hanchey said.
Among other things that haven't changed: No one likes inclement weather at this outdoor campus.
"I used to say, 'You'll love Henrico High School – it's like being at Kings Dominion with a water ride. You will get wet,'" Hanchey said.
Last month, the Henrico County School Board approved a $23-million, three-year renovation budget that will change the way foot traffic flows around the campus. Improvements will include combining the auditorium main office and gym in one locale, Rodriguez said. These and other improvements will help create a more secure campus and force everybody to centralize.
"That is going to be so cool," Ellett said.
The renovation, however, will not impact the Warrior head, which will remain in its "sacred" location as a beacon of school spirit, Rodriguez said.
MADD walk raises more than $26,000
The Central Virginia chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) hosted its annual Walk Like MADD fundraiser April 12 at Dorey Park in Varina. More than 20 teams of walkers raised money from individual donors by participating in the walk, and in total the event generated more than $26,000 in donations for the organization. > Read more.
Varina Ruritans honor students
The Varina Ruritan Club hosted the winners of its 2014 Environmental Essay contest at its monthly meeting March 11 in Varina.
The contest, in its eighth year, was for the first time open to students in grades 3-5 at Varina Elementary School. (It previously was open to Sandston Elementary School students.)
The meeting included the winners, parents of the winners, Varina Elementary principal Mark Tyler and several teachers who were in charge of the contest at the school. > Read more.
Baseball game to benefit Glen Allen Buddy Ball
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Christopher's and Benedictine will play a varsity baseball game at Glen Allen's RF&P Park as part of a fundraising effort for the River City Buddy Ball program.
The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
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'Muppets Most Wanted' worthy of its franchise
Do Muppets sleep? It's hard to say.
They don't really eat (or breathe, as far as anyone can tell). And only occasionally do they have visible, functioning legs.
As far as anyone knows, sleeping might be off the table. And that makes it very hard to accuse the Muppets of sleepwalking through their latest feature, Muppets Most Wanted – even if that's exactly what's going on.
Jim Henson's beloved creations were back in a big way after 2011's The Muppets, with fame and fortune and even an Oscar, a first for the group ("Rainbow Connection" was nominated, yet somehow failed to collect at the '79 ceremony). > Read more.
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That year she was in fourth grade in Vera Blackwelder's homeroom at Frances E. Willard Elementary School.
Her parents are Virgie (Long) Ray and the late LeeCoy Ray. Her father was born and reared in Goshen Valley, and he wanted to come home.
Patti and her husband, Charles have three children. Amy Stinson and her husband Chris live in Alpharetta, Ga., with their daughters, Ansley, 6, and Kylie, 5. Amy teaches second grade in Alpharetta. Their daughter, Julie, lives in Piedmont and teaches second grade at Piedmont Elementary School. David lives in Los Angeles and is enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the University of Southern California studying biological oceanography. Patti's brother, Michael, lives in DeLand, Fla.
Patti said she's proud of all of her children and would like to think that her daughters chose teaching as a career because she and Charles taught. Between them, they have 84 years of teaching.
Charles taught in the Piedmont High vocational department before going to the Central Office. He retired from there, then taught at Haralson County High in Tallapoosa, Ga., eventually becoming principal. Since their retirements, they have started walking the Chief Ladiga Trail for exercise, as well as enjoying the serenity.
Patti was librarian at Piedmont Middle School for 30 years. She retired and was librarian at Westside Elementary in Cedartown for 12 years.
She said she decided to teach because she had such great role models as teachers. Some of them were Marie Hendrix, Mary Hughes and Maxine Johnson.
"They just inspired me to have a love for education and a love for schooling," said Patti. "They always seemed to love what they were doing and enjoyed helping kids, and I wanted to do the same. It just made for a wonderful career."
Looking back on her career, Patti said it was the perfect job for her.
"It opened up a lot of doors for friendships with students and teachers alike," she said. "That's been a glorious part of my life. I'm a people person. I love being around people and enjoy those who share the same passions as I do."
Patti earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Jacksonville State University.
She said to be truthful she became tired of the drive to Cedartown, and that's one of the reasons she made the decision to retire.
"I felt like it was time," she said. "Also, technology was becoming such a big part of teaching. Even in the library there was a lot of technology. It was like they were wanting children to read books on computers as opposed to handling books and turning the pages. I just didn't know if I could make that transition."
She missed teaching when she first retired and, she continues to miss it in many ways today.
"After that long, when your body does something for 42 years, it's hard not to get up early in the morning and rush out the door," she said. "It was really hard to begin with, but I've managed to get used to it."
The Needhams are members of Piedmont Cumberland Presbyterian Church where Patti has played the piano since she was 13. She began taking piano lessons from Vera Jo (McAbee) Myers when she was 9.
"I was raised in that church," she said. "I've been going there 54 years and playing the organ and piano for 50 of those years."
She said she feels that being able to play the piano is God's gift to her and she tries to use it to enhance the worship of her church. She also sings solos occasionally, and teaches a Sunday school class.
Patti said she stays busy with family, church, friends and cooking. She has a lot of recipe books and goes online to Pinterest to find new ones.
"I love to try new things," she said. "I have a brand new kitchen and I'm excited about getting in there and preparing meals. Of course, it's just the two of us now. I'd rather cook for big groups. My mother loved to cook. Before I got married she made me plan one meal a week so that I would be somewhat prepared. Of course, she helped me. I think that's the way young women need to learn."
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When Elodie is worn-out and cranky, we call the ensuing spectacle the tired crazies. Typically, we know the tired crazies have arrived when she begins waving her little balled up fists around haphazardly. She loses her sense of humor. She is easily frustrated. The more frequently she rubs her eyes, the closer we come to watching a normally sunny pumpkin transform into a sour lemon. We never know what could push her over the edge, jettisoning her from the milder tired crankies to a full-blow case of the tired crazies. An ill-timed kiss on the cheek from a scratchy-faced dad could do it.
As her parents, we've gotten to where we know the signs of an impending fit of the tired crazies, and we do what we can to prevent the meltdown. It's easy, really. We just put her down for a nap.
Well, as it turns out, I suffer from the tired crazies as well. It's hard to confess, but it's true. Elodie is not one of those babies who, at 6 weeks old, settled into the habit of sleeping eight hours at a time. It hasn't yet happened at 6 months old either. So, it's been half a year since I've slept through the night myself.
Oh, those blissful nights when I went to sleep and didn't get up four to five hours later, then fell back asleep only to be awoken two to three hours later. Those heavenly nights of uninterrupted, pre-baby sleep are like a shimmering mirage to me now… literally, right now, writing this manifesto at five in the morning through eyes that feel loaded with sandpaper even after coffee (which I never drank before becoming a mother). And while it's taken me awhile to admit it, I really can't run on caffeine and motherly hormones alone. I must sleep, and sleep when I can, to save the people around me from suffering the ugly consequences of being in my presence when I'm fighting a bout of the tired crazies.
So this week I write in defense of naptime, not just for kids, but for moms as well.
Somewhere between nursery school and entering the job force, women lose the ability to sleep guiltlessly during the day. Of course, as with any sweeping generalization, there are exceptions. I know there are women out there who have no qualms about pulling the covers up over their heads and forgetting about the world for a while… but I'm going to wager that the percentage of the female population who are able to do this regularly is much less than the percentage of serial nap-takers among men. Men seem to suffer from nap-phobia on a much lesser scale. Take my husband as an example. He has absolutely no misgivings about settling into bed/couch/hammock and powering down completely – any time of the day, any day of the week – big log-sawing snores and all. It doesn't matter if it's 10 a.m. and perfect weather for a hike, or 5 p.m. and time to start preparing dinner. He's tired, so he sleeps.
This concept – sleeping when you're tired, even if the clock tells you it isn't yet bedtime – has escaped the psyches of most women. As a recovering napophobe, I understand the argument against napping all too well. It's as if taking a nap signals to the world that you are a slacker, willing to waste precious daylight in the pursuit of rest. Why nap when you could be checking off boxes on your to-do list, or better yet, burning calories?
Here's why: You are a better person after taking a nap. You are a better mother, especially.
This week, I experimented with repeated nap taking. When Baby Elle went to sleep in the middle of the day, so did I. I signed out of Hotmail, put my cell phone on vibrate mode in another room, even left the clothes in the dryer, and I took a nap. When I woke up one to two-and-a-half hours later, the world hadn't stopped revolving without me. Nothing, in fact, had changed while I slept, save for our clothes getting wrinkly in the dryer. But I had changed. When the garbage truck drove away before I could pull out the polycart, and the jog stroller got a flat tire, I didn't have a meltdown. My sense of humor returned. I uncurled my fingers from their tight nest in my fist, and I stopped rubbing my eyes. An ill-timed kiss on the cheek by a scratchy-faced husband didn't send me over the edge.
While I will always probably harbor lingering reservations about napping, thanks to years of denying myself them in the quest to do more in our do more society, becoming a sleep-deprived mother has – if nothing else – made me tired enough to allow myself the pleasure of curling up beside my baby and taking a nap. And although I will likely suffer bouts of the tired crazies again, at least I'll have another convincing reason to consent to naptime.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TERiX, an independent service provider of outsourced IT services, today announced it achieved a significant victory in the case of Oracle America, Inc. v. TERiX Computer Company, Inc., et al. In a recent court decision, a California Northern District Court judge dismissed Oracle's claim that TERiX trafficked in access credentials.
"While we need to consider this dismissal within its proper procedural context-it's a base hit, not a home run-we're nevertheless pleased with the court's decision," says TERiX CEO Bernd Appleby. "TERiX does not traffic in access credentials or Solaris Updates and we do not condone, and in fact condemn, such practices by any independent service organization. We remain committed to the customer's right to repair and maintain their IT assets in any manner they see fit, and we stand with our customers, other independent service organizations, and the business community at large in defense of this right."
Organizations are increasingly turning to independent service providers for blanket support of equipment regardless of manufacturer in multi-vendor IT environments. While many believe organizations should have the right to turn to third party service providers to maintain and repair their technology, it is becoming increasingly common for the manufacturers of such technology to coerce customers into accepting non-competitive service of their products at non-competitive rates and then canceling support on older products to control the replacement cycle. This takes away the customer's control over their own IT infrastructure and forces them to abandon equipment that otherwise could have continued providing value.
"We believe one of the principal reasons this lawsuit was filed is because TERiX provides maintenance services that are technically and qualitatively on par with the OEMs but with added value and flexibility that the OEMs either can't or won't provide," added Appleby.
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Philips Hue Connected Bulb - Starter Pack
Philips Hue Connected Bulb - Starter Pack
Product Information
Create your personal wireless lighting environment with the Philips Hue connected bulbs and wireless bridge. And control it all with your iPhone or iPad from wherever you are. You can connect up to 50 Hue light bulbs to a single system, while using as much as 80% less energy than traditional bulbs.
Each Hue light bulb delivers 600 lumens and produces all shades of white, from warm to cold, and a wide variety of color. Each bulb uses 80% less power than a traditional light bulb.
It's easy to extend your lighting system with additional single bulbs. All you need is the bridge that comes with the Starter Pack.
- Create and control your personal lighting scheme from your iPhone or iPad
- Wireless connectivity via easy-to-set-up bridge
- Light bulbs are compatible with most sockets
- Great quality of bright white light with tunable white and colors
- Create light settings based on your favorite photos
- Tune, dim, and control Hue from anywhere
- Choose from expert light recipes to help you relax or concentrate
- Set timers to help you wake up and pace your day
Did you notice?Each hue light bulb uses 80% less power than a traditional light bulb.
Apple Recommends ForTune, dim and control lighting from iPhone and iPad no matter where in the world you are.
What's in the Box?
- Single Pack: One Hue Light Bulb
- Starter Pack: Three Hue light bulbs, One Hue bridge, Power supply for Hue bridge, LAN cable to connect the Hue bridge to your router
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- UPC or EAN No.: 046677426354
- Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
Manufacturer Note
- The Hue Bridge (included in the Starter Pack) is required for operation
Featured App
Philips Hue
Meet the hue app. The amazing way to control every Philips hue bulb in your home. All in the palm of your hand. It makes the light switch look like it came from the Dark Ages.
With hue, you'll see light in a whole new way. It lets you play with tone, contrast and colour to create any lighting mood you could dream of. It's clever, intuitive and connected. It's so much more than just a light bulb.
We call it PERSONAL WIRELESS LIGHTING.
hue lets you express who you are, through the way you light your home. With a vast palette of light and colour. So you can set your inner Picasso free.
hue can be wherever you want and you can access it whenever you want. Any room. Any space. All wirelessly, through your smart device. Clever, hey?
At its heart, hue is a lighting solution for the home. It's functional and practical. But it can also be emotive and inspiring. It'll change the way you think about home lighting. Forever.
See what hue can do for you:
- Can a light bring back your fondest memories? hue can.
Choose your favourite holiday photos from your library and use the colour picker to recreate the ambience of that safari sunset, island paradise or snow-
capped vista.
- Can a light be a better guard dog than your guard dog? hue can.
Turn your lights on or off remotely using your iPhone or iPad. Even set the lights to come on automatically, just before you return home.
- Can a light help you get better grades? hue can.
Use the 'CONCENTRATE' Light Recipe to help you pay attention and stay focussed for longer.
- Can a light help you unwind after a long, hard day? hue can.
The 'RELAX' Light Recipe sets your lights to a specific yellow-white tone, scientifically proven to have a calming effect.
The possibilities are endless with hue.
Requires the Philips hue starter pack (3 Philips hue bulbs and hue bridge). Single bulbs can then be added, up to a maximum of 50 per bridge.
We want you to fully enjoy Hue, but before start enjoying please read the privacy policy www.meethue.com/privacy and accept our terms and conditions www.meethue.com/terms. If you have any questions or concerns, please also have a look at our FAQ or contact us. We are ready to answer your questions. …
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Ratings & Reviews
HUE is a WINNER!!!
Bought a starter kit plus 3 individual bulbs today. Took 10 minutes to set up. I had to convince the "geniuses" at the local Apple Bought a starter kit plus 3 individual bulbs today. Took 10 minutes to set up. I had to convince the "geniuses" at the local Apple Store that HUE really existed. They went online, discovered it did, went in the back room, found and sold them. No one had asked about them before I walked in.
They assured me I could return them in 14 days, so I decided to try them. Hue and the free App is amazing! Download your own pic. Touch it to turn on the lights. Group anyway you want, dim independently, color control independently.
If you turn off the wall switch, the bulbs forget where they were. Turn the switch back on, and the bulbs turn on to default approx. 3000 degrees K. Then touch any mood you set up on the iPhone, and it instantly changes colors & intensity.
We have a 50's Diner designed kitchen with black / white tile, red wall tile, red neon accents, so touch the 50's Diner photo, and 4 bulbs come on, 2 red and 2 whatever temp white you choose. Halloween? Orange no problem. Christmas? Red and Green.
1-A must if you are really into home automation, home theatre, etc.
2-Extremely high quality feel bulb design
3-Bulbs run barely warm and draw 8.5 watts max
4-Super easy to use
5-No need to use your iPhone. Set the onboard timer function for on / off. Gives that lived in look, and no need to turn on / off every time.
6-Full dimming capability
7-Default to Warm White (looks like 3000 degree K) if power fails and comes back on
8-No high frequency sound, no flicker, no RFI interference
9-Instantly group able and groups can be changed instantly
10-Philips is a leader in LED technology. I have over 100 Philips LED bulbs in service for over a year, with no failures. yet, Lights of America and other off brands have failed 100% in a year! The electronics fail, not the LED's themselves in the off brands.
11-Touch a pic of the room to turn the lights on.
12-Set a different background pic for every page of moods.
13-Set a page up for every room. This groups the bulbs to a scene in that room by choosing the specific page on the iPhone.
2-Only medium Base available today. I need Candelabra base and need R30
3-600 Lumen output is a little low but is OK
These bulbs are NOT going back!!! Wife loves them, as do I. 'Nuff said!!! …
- Written by John H from Lexington
1373 of 1534 people found this useful
Better than a double rainbow!
Picked up the starter pack today. Had it running in 5 minutes. It is SOOO much cooler than I expected. The app is great and easy t Picked up the starter pack today. Had it running in 5 minutes. It is SOOO much cooler than I expected. The app is great and easy to use. Just wish I could afford lots more bulbs! …
- Written by John H from cary
585 of 717 people found this useful
Ok got it working...
Controlling lights from iPad and iPhone is neat. Colors work well. There is a slight learning curve..
I recommend using all th Controlling lights from iPad and iPhone is neat. Colors work well. There is a slight learning curve..
I recommend using all the lights on setup, this may have been problem for me since I screwed in only one bulb..
Also I noted when you edit bulb name light flashes while in edit mode.
This would have been a definite 5 star but unfortunately tech support is nonexistent except for email. …
- Written by Gary T from MILLINGTON
571 of 700 people found this useful
I love it...
Excellent idea, It's great, it's beautiful and mostly important: it works perfectly...
- Written by LEONARDO N from MIAMI BEACH
Still loving mine, EVEN AFTER A YEAR!
These bulbs are awesome! I use mine everyday. The color feature gets old after a while but with the right app (I use Simple Hue) t These bulbs are awesome! I use mine everyday. The color feature gets old after a while but with the right app (I use Simple Hue) these bulbs are the handiest things since sliced bread! Highly recommended. …
- Written by Nate A from St. George
0 of 1 people found this useful
Not Really Worth it....
I bought the 3 bulb starter kit, LED strip at my local apple store. When I brought them home I was quickly disappointed. The light I bought the 3 bulb starter kit, LED strip at my local apple store. When I brought them home I was quickly disappointed. The lights themselves aren't very bright and barely lit up my rooms and walls as well as I thought they would. The LED strip was much shorter than I expected and also wasn't very bright considering it's a $90 dollar item. Also, when all of the lights were grouped the LED strip would not match the same color of the bulbs.
The one thing that really bothered me was the blue color - I could not get that deep dark vibrant blue that I really like. The color picker on my iPhone shows you colors to choose from but the lights cannot produce all of them. The deep blue was more like a light blue/purple.
On a positive note: The setup is really quick and easy, the warm colors are really nice - especially the red.
I ended up returning these the next day because I just couldn't justify the cost/value. If you're willing to spend a lot of money for color bulbs LIFEX makes an amazing color light which is really bright and the blue is so deep you can almost make it like a black light. I may consider buying HUE bulbs in the future when they can produce a more powerful and color rich bulb. Its only a matter of time until these LED bulbs will get cheaper. …
- Written by Richard R from Rancho Santa Margarita
3 of 3 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
Are the Philips hue bulbs available with a bayonet fitting
- Asked by Kon A from Melbourne
- 17-Apr-2014


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The panel discussion set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Nevada State Museum at Springs Preserve includes author Sally Denton, who wrote a book about the deep political strife during the Great Depression and plots against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Panelists include University of Nevada, Las Vegas history professor Eugene Moehring, former state archivist Guy Rocha and Reno News and Review editor Dennis Myers, who will also be analyzing the current economic and political climates.
The event is moderated by the museum's history curator, Dennis McBride.


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Plastic Surgery Missouri
MO Plastic Surgery Physician Specialties
Missouri Plastic Surgery doctors and medical specialists that may be involved in the discussion of Plastic Surgery in MO.
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Specialty Definitions
Plastic Surgeons
- A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function, involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. He/she uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
- A plastic surgeon possesses special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation. Competence in the management of complex wounds, the use of implantable materials, and in tumor surgery is required.
- Plastic Surgery within the Head and Neck
- A plastic surgeon with additional training in plastic and reconstructive procedures within the head, face, neck and associated structures, including cutaneous head and neck oncology and reconstruction, management of maxillofacial trauma, soft tissue repair and neural surgery. The field is diverse and involves a wide age range of patients, from the newborn to the aged. While both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery are practiced, there are many additional procedures which interface with them.
- Surgery of the Hand
- A plastic surgeon with additional training in the investigation, preservation, and restoration by medical, surgical, and rehabilitative means, of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
Local Resources for Plastic Surgery MO
MO cities with doctor specialties that may be involved in the diagnosis, treatment, or ongoing care of Plastic Surgery in Missouri.
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Computer! It is fancy, lol. it has all 102 keys, too. No viruses, fast as a speeding bullet, i got sound! It has things I don't know yet what it is. It is very nice. Ta DAH!
Did, done. All my son did for me, with auto updates off, yep.
Very cool,
Now you can listen to all those music clips on your laptop.
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No one has stepped forward yet, but the Associated Press is reporting that two winning tickets were sold for last night's Powerball lottery. The AP says the winning Powerball tickets came from Missouri and Arizona.
The winning numbers are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 with the Powerball number of 6, according to the Powerball website.
Missouri Lottery officials say the winning ticket came from the Kansas City area. An exact store location will be released later today, according to spokeswoman Susan Goedde.
"It is so exciting to sell one of these Powerball tickets," said May Scheve Reardon, executive director of the Missouri Lottery, in a press release. "In addition, we sold two tickets that matched all five white balls, which means they each win $1 million. Three millionaires in one night is a wonderful night!"
Reardon noted in the release that Missouri has had the second most Powerball jackpot winners, behind Indiana. "With last night's jackpot winner, we are up to 27," said Reardon.
The Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night at 9:59 p.m. Central time. A live drawing was available on hundreds of TV stations and on YouTube.
Each Powerball ticket cost $2. Players chose five numbers plus a sixth Powerball number. Players matching all six numbers can select an annuitized amount paid out over 29 years or a lump sum payment. For complete details, visit the Powerball website.
In an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, one St. Louis-area man is quoted as saying, "I've lost a lot of money on it. I could just throw it down the toilet, but I can dream just like the rest of them."
Since the last drawing on Nov. 24, the Powerball jackpot has grown by over $100 million to a record $580 million. The estimated cash payout is $379.8 million. The last set of winning numbers was drawn on Oct. 16.
Did you buy a ticket? What would you do with $550 million? Let us know in the comments.


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HERE'S A LITTLE BIOLOGY LESSON: As early humans evolved, starvation and deprivation were persistent threats to survival. So they learned to store fat in flush times and burn fewer calories when food was hard to come by—just like bears preparing for hibernation. If you go hungry all day and then eat a heavy evening meal, you're doing the same thing.
Instead, try eating several small meals, consuming 30 percent to 35 percent of your daily calories in the morning. You'll feel full all day and give your body a chance to burn off what you took in—rather than sleeping on it like a bear.
That's why avoiding this starvation response is a core principle of The Men's Health Diet. On this plan, you'll lose 15 pounds in 6 weeks—without ever getting hungry, bored, or frustrated. Here are a few of the The Men's Health Diet guidelines that'll help you turn fat into muscle without ever feeling deprived.
The foods
Dairy, eggs, whole grains, and fiber. If you usually skip breakfast, start with a glass of milk or a slice of cheese with whole-wheat toast. Or, if you wake up ready for a meal, have walnut-flaxseed oatmeal with some yogurt and blueberries.
The goal
To load up on calories.
The rationale
The protein in milk and other dairy products can increase muscle protein production, helping to promote muscle growth and fat loss after exercise.
More of the same! That's right—eating twice in the a.m. means you'll take in fewer calories overall. A lot of guys don't have the time (or the stomach) to power down a third of their daily calorie allowance first thing in the morning. So breaking up the meal keeps your calorie intake shifted to the morning while allowing you to start your day without busting a gut.
The foods
Vegetables, beans, fruits, nuts, and whole grains. Think soups and salads.
The goal
To pack in as much nutrition as possible.
The rationale
Lunch is the defining moment of your nutritional day. Breakfast is about calorie loading, and by dinner the day is shot. So lunch is your chance to feast on at least three representatives from the fruit, vegetable, or legume category—which is why soups and salads are your go-to choices at this time of day.
What's for dinner? Pick up your copy of The Men's Health Diet to learn the superfoods that pack on pounds of muscle!
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If you've started counting calories, be wary when it comes to pouring that bowl of corn flakes. Compact cereals can cause you to accidentally overeat, reports a new study from Penn State University....
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It's really possible to sweat out your appetite. Doing several rounds of intense intervals might make you eat less, reports new Australian research. In the study, researchers found that men who completed...
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Old Outside, All New Underneath
Pinup girls have enjoyed a big resurgence in popularity over the past decade. Today you see girls dolling themselves up like Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, Bettie Page, and Brigitte Bardot did in their heyday. And you can't hit a hot rod show or browse an auto parts catalog without ogling dozens of car models in clothing, makeup, and hairstyles reminiscent of these icons of the '40s, '50s, and early '60s. In fact, there's a whole counter-culture associated with it, including makeup artists, hairstylists, and reproduction and vintage clothing vendors. But while the styling and clothes that these babes hung on their chassis 50 or 60 years ago works when applied to the lovely ladies of today, let's be honest—nobody wants to see a current-day Lauren Bacall sprawled out in a negligee. And today Brigitte Bardot looks like a hot chick sundae that was left on the counter overnight. It's a look better left to present-day hot chicks like Sophia Verga or Olivia Wilde or Sophia Verga.
So, given that old-school styling goes best when draped over a modern undercarriage, we weren't too surprised when we were introduced to the Mopar Underground's PPG Hot Red J-12 concept rig—or its uber-cool Willys wagon. Both take different approaches to wrapping modern Jeep underpinnings with vintage style.
The J-12
Despite the throwback vibe, the J-12 is a completely new vehicle. The Underground guys took a '12 Wrangler Unlimited Sahara and violated it in the best way possible. From front-to-back, the team first manipulated the CAD program of the Nukizer concept vehicle front clip to make it more civilianesque, with squared-off wheel openings and J-truck-like flares. The hood is straight from Nukizer files. The front clip, hood, and grille were laid out in carbon fiber and the headlight trim rings and pie plates are custom aluminum pieces. The aluminum parts and carbon fiber grille got dunked in chrome. For the cab, a proper windshield brow was laid out in carbon fiber and the window height was reduced at the top to visually thicken the roof. The roof is from a JK8 pickup kit that's been shortened in length by chopping out the side windows and cleaned up by shaving the roof drip rails. Out back, the team wanted to be able to run a full-size spare under the bed like a real J-truck, so it used two JK8 bed kits to get the additional 18 inches in length required for the effect. The bed floor comes from a Ram 1500 and the bed is a JK tailgate that was hinged at the bottom and covered with a carbon fiber outer piece complete with Kaiser-era Jeep font.
The interior is fully Walter Matthau from the movie Grumpy Old Men. First, there's a bench seat modded from a couple of JK buckets. Like the Mighty FC concept, ski resort apparel was sourced for affect. A plaid snowboarder's shirt gave its life for the seat covering, complete with buttoned breast pockets. The shirt inserts are flanked with white vinyl and black suede. According to Mopar Underground chief headhunter, Mark Allen, "Plaid is the new plaid." We can't argue. Like any good pickup, there's a gun rack, but this one holds a fly rod. The tranny shifter was lengthened and topped with a genuine 8-ball from (we assume) the executive break room, and as Allen says, "was modified to accept a highly inaccurate bubble compass just like Grampa Joe had in his ol' truck." The dash was sprayed red to match the exterior.
Underneath, it's mostly Unlimited Sahara…to a point. The 3.6L Pentastar does a more-than-admirable job of motivating the little retro rocket. Those who cried foul that a diesel or V-8 wasn't used in this thing probably haven't driven a Pentastar V-6. They're pretty fierce, especially when paired with the A580 five-speed auto. The standard 2.72:1 NV241 splits power to a pair of Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts hooked to Dynatrac axles. Up front, a ProRock Dana 44 was stuffed with 4.10 gears and an ARB Air Locker. Out back, a 35-spline ProRock Dana 60 with 4.10s and an ARB is on hand for gnarly trail use or heavy towing—it cares not which. The axles are located below a 4-inch Mopar suspension system with Fox reservoir shocks. Between the lift and generous fender openings, there's just enough clearance for the 36-inch-tall 9.00-16 Super Lug retro tires from Universal Tire mounted on 16x8 Wheel Vintiques steelies. It's funny to us that months before anybody knew about the J-12, Jp Feature Editor Verne Simons chose nearly identical wheels and dog dish hubcaps for his Ground-Up early CJ project—although everything about the J-12 including its custom Jeep stickers in the wheel centers are admittedly way cooler. Allen says he'll send Simons some stickers for his rig, so at least we've got that going for us.
The truck is comfortable, looks like it'd be obscenely useful in the real world, and is beyond drop-dead gorgeous. We can't tell you how hard we're leaning on Mopar to make the front clip and hood a reality that JK owners can buy at their local dealership. During our time behind the wheel and on the trail with the J-12, not one single person we drove past failed to ask, "When are they actually gonna build this?" Sadly, right now the answer seems to be never. But it sure is nice to know they built at least one.


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