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214 games? That's it? MLB, I'm done with you. It's fairly apparent by the negotiations with others and not banning A-rod outright that the powers that be are not at all serious about cleaning up the game. I've bought my last season ticket, watched my last game.
Reports: Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez facing 214-game suspension
Major League Baseball is preparing to slap Alex Rodriguez with a minimum suspension of 214 games, according to multiple reports.
The suspension would entail the remainder of this season as well as the next. The New York Daily News broke the news first on Saturday, citing a source who said the MLBPA reached out to the commissioner's office early Saturday on behalf of Rodriguez but was rebuffed. Friday night after playing a Minor League rehab game, Rodriguez suggested Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees — who still owe the third baseman the $100 million left on his $275 million contract — were working in tandem to keep Rodriguez off the field, which would void his contract for this season. Rodriguez hasn't played with the Yankees this season because of a hip injury but is expected to join the team Monday against the Chicago White Sox.
It is believed Major League Baseball has ample evidence connecting Rodriguez to the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic, which is reported to have provided performance-enhancing drugs to a wide range of athletes, from professional baseball players to high school baseball players in the Miami area. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has already been suspended the remainder of the season.
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Rodriguez, according to media reports, has tried to negotiate a contract settlement with the Yankees, but the Daily News cites a source who said the Yankees declined.
FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports Rodriguez will appeal the expected punishment.
…baseball plans to suspend A-Rod for at least this season and next. He has told friends he will appeal and "fight to the end."—
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Was told MLB feels A-Rod has had chance to talk few times, taken 5th, not in mood now to negotiate at 11th hour—
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Typical reverse racism-MLB never suspended Barry Bonds or put an asterisk next to his name because they knew al sharpton would whine
The Latino and white players are targets all of a sudden
Ban A-Rod for life and make the Yankees donate his salary to charity. They deserve it after being dumb enough to sign him to that 10 year $275 million deal in the first place.
I don't understand all the drama to suspend a-rod!! Is he bigger than the game or are the Yankees bigger than baseball? He's getting off way too easy.
A slap on the hand for A-ROD. What about Pete Rose? It's time to forgive Rose for his mistakes. At least he wasn't all drugged up. And so what...it's human nature to make multiple mistakes during one's short life. Get it right for GOSS sake.
The only thing funnier than what a narcissist A-Rod is, is David Ortiz lecturing about how users should get punished!
Braun cut a deal and the Brewers had his back. He gets his $117 million. ARod won't cut a deal and the Yankees want to get rid of him.
The yankees are getting off WAY too easy in this deal. They should still be charged the luxery tax on his contract
If A-Rod sits out the rest of 2013 and all of 2014 could the Yankees just cut A-Rod altogether and don't spend another dime for the remainder of his contract? Was all of that $275 million contract guaranteed?
Meanwhile the cheater who won an MVP two years ago gets 65 games? There's something wrong with this picture. What, did A-Ron own Biogenesis?
This guy is done, stick a fork in him. Doesn't matter when he comes back..hes a shell of himself, and will never earn the rest of that ridiculous paycheck.
Memo to A-Rod: You cheated. You got caught. Take responsibility.
i don't understand why people only look at this through the prism of sports, only discussing how many games he should be suspended for. but if arod has done what they say he's done, he could be facing criminal charges. wouldn't that set an example?!
MLB should be fair about this, he deserves to be suspended but it should be the same for all. You cant make him the scapegoat when Bud Selig and MLB have allowed this for 15+ years. The guy with all the "evidence is not credible. He reached out to players first to see if they wanted to buy it almost blackmail style and denied players were on PED until MLB started to show the money which has been reported to be over a million bucks. This has been a which hunt from day 1. Braun lied just as much as Arod and both should get the same suspension
I remember back in the early 2000s, many fans and sportscasters were talking about Arod in the light of the McGwire/Sosa/Bonds et al hoopla. Arod was put on a pedestal for being a truly great athlete who played clean. At that time, I echoed the sentiments of the X Files' Fox Mulder, "I want to believe!" (Sigh). "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three or more times, and I am an absolute fool. Arod will rise again; he cannot be banned for life; he will miss a lot of games but will return long enough to pull all our chains. AROD WILL RISE AGAIN! WHY? BECAUSE SH** FLOATS."
This is for all you bashers. A-Rod deserves to be suspended just like Braun and the others. He's guilty of trying to be the best he can (although he used illegal substances). What a horrible crime. You idiots treat him like the guy in Cleveland who held 3 woman captive for 10 years. His crime is so minor compared with all the crap going on today especially with the Obama administration fiasco phony scandals and all their lying that to equate what he did with a lifetime ban is moronic. Every team, owner, management and the commissioner's office all knew this stuff was going on for years and turned a blind eye but you guys what to destroy A-Rod for trying to excel. I'm not defending what he did, it was wrong, but he should be fairly punished, not excessively. I hope he comes back and smashes the hell out of the ball and eventually gets elected to the HOF although I think he should have to wait 10 years as punishment for his transgressions. His numbers before PEDS are HOF and to take that away cheapens the game and it's history. How do you punish people for doing something that was either legal before it was illegal or was condoned and even supplied by their teams. Let's be fair and all you people who live in glass houses need to stop throwing stones. I'll bet the majority of you bashers have done or still do far worse drugs than A-Rod. Take a look in the mirror........
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@TullyConleth Dude, you're a freaking idiot. You should consider never writing or speaking again.
@rpbncb Rose unfortunately won't get his ban lifted! Look at Shoeless Joe who there was zero proof he was involved in the scandal. A-Rod should be banned for life.
@ngk11 Why??? That means EVERYONE that loses players to this scandal have an easy deal. The Yankees didn't say A-ROD take roids and PED's. A-Rod did that himself! SO they are not responsible for anything.
@HarshRealities They are responsible for all of the money that gayrod is owed when he is not suspended. Unless he is traded of course
@Hub25 They also have proof he recruited others. A-Roid is a fraud and I WISH there was a way the Yankees could get out of the Boss's mistake.
@Hub25 How many times is this for A-Rod? Braun?
@Hub25 A-rod obstructed justice and admitted no quilt, unlike Ryan who fessed up.
@bigdinca I don't like A-rod either, but I agree that the whole thing is very high handed. And A-Rod is right that MLB and the yankees are conspiring to get out of the rest of the money he's owed. Let's get real, The Mitchell Report showed that a lot of organizations knew guys were using -- I find it hard to believe that the Yankees were floored about A-Rod (and Clemens and Petit and. . .). They should have to pay up and I say that as someone who hopes A-Rod doesn't play again.
nothing to do with A-Rod. your name--great stuff! don't know how many readers know who that is, but I remember Gump well--in goal, no mask. nice!
@GumpsterWorsley A-Rod will be back. He'll spend the last 2 years of his career with his time evenly split between the DL/rehab assignments and the majors
@ARODFAN "His numbers before PEDS are HOF".
Ummm...first of all, you're either stupid or in denial. Benefit of the doubt based on your name is that you're in denial and that can happen to anyone.
His admitted to using PED's all the way back to his early days with the Rangers. His numbers were not HOF worthy at that point, he was simply on his way.
@ARODFAN Another moron who somehow manages to bring Obama into this discussion. But then I forgot, Obama is to blame for everything, even A-Roid using PEDs. This is typical right wing radical thinking. Please WAKE UP!
ARODFAN, I empathize with you. Your user name says it all, and your remarks make much sense. But bro - dude - you've gotta get a grip here. Have a beer and put your feet up. Don't drink? Have a tall glass of iced tea. Breathe slowly in and out. Just be.Think good thoughts. Arod will be fine. He has enough money to buy an entire law firm. He's a big guy. He can handle it.
@ARODFAN Sorry Arod fan, he tried to obtain evidence while an investigation was ongoing so that he could destroy the evidence lol
@ARODFAN "his number before PEDS are HOF"...except that you don't know when he started using PEDS, which I am betting he's been doing since high school...
@JohnHill1 @ngk11 That we know of. Yankees have had several players tied to steroids. Where there is smoke, there is fire...despite what Yankee homers like to claim.
@joe6647 So because MLB says he tried to destroy it's true?? They all lied, players and MLB. You cant believe one over the other in this matter
Thanks, psychprof. My "handle" betrays my age. The Gumpster was/is my all-time NHL hero. A great story of true redemption. 10 years dying with the hapless Rangers, then sent to the Habs who knew his true worth. 4 Lord Stanley cups! 4! I never could believe how he could be a living example of guts, perseverance, and yes, redemption at last. His story affected my life tremendously! By the way,are you really a psych. prof??? I'm a retired pastor and was/am a therapist. Long story. Always loved my work. Good to chat. Hope we keep in touch.
@GumpsterWorsley Some sh** sinks like a stone! @joe6647 sounds like a prison sentence, no time served!
@bravesfandp @ARODFAN You're the MORON. I was referencing Obama's crimes and The severity of them compared to what A- Rod did. I am not right wing or Tea Party. I don't believe in any party as they are all 99% corrupt and the worst criminals this country has. YOU NEED TO WAKE UP!
ARODFAN, you forgot to include the Northridge earthquake in California in your list of things for which the Obama administration is responsible. Oh yeah, famine in Ethiopa too.
@GumpsterWorsley Thanks, I am good and very relaxed. I just can't stand people trying to crucify someone unfairly and there are a lot of them out there. I know he can live a grand life on the money he has but I truly believe he loves to play and that's what drives him. Why else would he put himself through such public scrutiny if he didn't have pride in himself and a great desire to compete.
@1cubfan2002 @ARODFAN I don't believe he did them so long because if he had he would have turned into a behemoth like Bonds and McGwire. They became monsters in size while A-Rod looks like he has all along except for normal growth as one ages and matures. Beside that you can't find someone guilty of what they might have done.
Well MLB is the Yankees farm system but two actual fails in their "farm system" and one's a Mariner now.
@ngk11 @JohnHill1 Well..... what hasn't been traded.
@salvaje50 @JohnHill1 @ngk11 Two Yankees! Remember there's a list of at least 12 looking at bans. No one knows who is on the list. Ortiz has a lot to do with it, and now he is running his mouth about users and he's one of them. And of course they were big names because they juiced. Ortiz, Manny, A-Rod, Clemens, Pettitte (even MLB acknowledged) bought and used it one time. But there have been A LOT more failed Sox users than Yankees. So there must be a five alarm fire in Boston.
@JohnHill1 Yankees-farm system??? Kind of an oxy moron
@JohnHill1 Maybe they became big names because they were juicing
@JohnHill1 @salvaje50 @ngk11 What does Ortiz have to do with multiple Yankees being linked to steroids? Typical Yankee fan, always bringing up the Red Sox to take heat off off of them. Like I care about the Red Sox. This article is about A-Rod and the Yankees.
All the "Yankees" (but a few farm system players) came to the Yankees. The Red Sox had more failed players than the Yankees. The issue is The Yankees players were all big names. The Red Sox were just Manny and Big Papi, and a ton of nobodies.
@salvaje50 @JohnHill1 @ngk11 Yeah they were and all were recruited by Clemens and his trainer. A-Rod has been doing this for LONGER than he was a Yankee and Clemens was prior to being a Yankee. The problem is even if you were a Yankee a short time, you're ALWAYS labeled a Yankee for life. Ortiz and a few Sox failed so then where there's smoke there's fire, right?
@JohnDThorpe @joe6647 @bigdinca Which means none of that "Evidence" would not stand up in a court of law as the defense would say it was fabricated. Now if they have UPS shipping documents to back the evidence up that would be different. But from what I have read all the evidence is from one guy that MLB coerced and bribed.
@JohnDThorpejust stop...you make no sense.
@bigdinca @joe6647 um, they have evidence of him texting the Biogenesis founder to try to acquire the records linking him to biogenesis so that he could destroy it. The Biogenesis founder wanted a certain amount of money for the evidence and A-Rod wasnt willing to pay up.
A-Rod is also linked to buying PEDs from the guy since 2009.
MLB bought the records off the Biogenesis founder and will now use it against A-Rod. The same evidence that was used against Braun.
If none of the evidence was true, then why did Braun cave in to MLB and accept his suspension
The truth is I'm not a Yankee fan, but I've always had a soft spot for Arod. All the twistings and turnings of the Biogenesis PED mess seem like too little, too late anyway. When I calm down (as I advised you to do) the truth here seems to be sorely lacking for public scrutiny. Selig comes off as being in bed with Yankee management. Before this MLB season began, articles were written about how Steinbrenner Jr wanted to initiate an austerity campaign in terms of dumping big salaries and hiring players on the cheap. Funny how Arod's salary was seldom mentioned then, but now that he seems to be linked to the Fla clinic, Arod has become a pariah to the Yankees. What on earth could all this really mean??? Salary dump! Get rid of Arod forever and get rid of his huge salary. And let's remember that Selig works for the owners. Arod's only real hope is the Player's Association and what legal forces he and they can muster. There is NO WAY he can be banned for life. NO WAY! This is all about smoke, mirrors, a BIG salary dump for the Yankees and saving face for a very unlikeable MLB commissioner. OK. I'm done with my rant. Time to chill.
@ARODFAN --Turned into a behemoth like Ryan Braun?


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Though starters David Santos, Jared Afalava and Zaire Anderson combined to make 28 tackles, they struggled to make stops at the line of scrimmage in a 34-23 loss to the Gophers.
"That's a very physical offense that we played," Els said. "The response isn't what we hoped."
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Take refuge in a small interior room, closet, or hallway on the lowest level.
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From humble beginnings, Co-Founders Jere Thompson, Jr. and Chris Chambless have brought Ambit Energy to the brink of one million Customers and $1 billion in sales. More importantly, they've built a business – with the help of an incredibly dedicated team – that upholds their motto, "Never sacrifice integrity for growth."
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In June, CFO.com followed its popular article Spreadsheet "Worst Practices" with a collection of reader feedback we called Sloppy Spreadsheets: Readers Speak Up. That second column, with annotations by our original writers, drew almost as much interest.
Today we offer another sequel based on reader response, in the form of tips that you have developed for spreadsheet readers, and traps that continue to trip up even savvy users.
As before, our spreadsheet sages from Babson College comment on these reader reactions, with thoughts that can enhance some of the tips, and can render some of the traps avoidable. The experts are accounting professor Janice Bell, who holds the Weiner Family Term Chair at Babson, and Richard Block, an adjunct professor of management accounting, who also is a CFO Leadership partner at Tatum LLC.
Tip: Color-coded Tabs
To CFO.com:
I wanted to emphasize the horror of receiving a 20-tab or greater spreadsheet that does not delineate which tabs I, as the reader, should focus on. It is okay to send the data and support information that is used to prepare the information, but not okay to fail to note which worksheets I should focus on.
What I do is color code the tabs as green or red, etc., telling the reader which are the tabs that are printer friendly, and which should be read, with the rest being "backup" or support material. —William Nicolai
Comment from Richard Block: This is a great tip, drawing attention to a practice that is too infrequently used. I use tab color-coding also as a way of documentation. A large spreadsheet (as you suggest with 20 or more tabs) often is multi-purpose or has multiple sections. A few are typically used for data; a few are used to analyze that data; a few present results and reports; and finally, a few involve recommendations. Making each section a different color just makes navigating the spreadsheet easier.
Trap: Not Deleting Data
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My pet peeve is spreadsheets that are over one meg in size. Most contain a few pages of information, but at one time were very large. For one reason or another, through editing the data is reduced to a page or two of information, but the author never properly deletes the unneeded data. In companies (like mine) where you inbox size is limited, a few giant spreadsheets can have you cleaning up E-mail before reading/analyzing the spreadsheet. —Jerry Ballanco
Comment from Janice Bell: I totally agree with this point. I find that I often receive spreadsheets that are much larger than they need to be because they contain all the raw data the previous person analyzed. But, let's not stop there; I'd like to tell readers to consider their recipient's inbox size and not send cards with animations and sound!


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DobberHockey is done.
I regret giving this kind of news, but I have fought as long and as hard as I could. In the end, running this site just cannot continue.
I quit my job last October to take a stab at my true love, but in the end it is just not financially feasible. My wife cannot continue to shoulder the load with the bills and mortgage and so I have to go back to work. I may decide to keep the site running and occasionally update that fantasy player rankings and throw up the odd thought, but for all intents and purposes it is done effective April 15.
I want to thank everybody for your support. I've met some fantastic people here over the last year and a half - some guys I have talked to since back in the old "FrontPage" days. Hell, some still click my old "geocities - rotohockey" site to lead them here!
Anyway, at least I got you most of the way through the season. I'm sure more than half of you either won or came damn close thanks to my advice, and I'm sorry I can't do the same for you next year.
Those that bought my Ultimate Fantasy Pack - I will return your money. The Playoff draft lists will still be sent out, don't worry.
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Acromioplasty is considered a technically simple procedure but has become controversial with regard to its indications and therapeutic value.
Two complementary databases were used to ascertain the frequency of acromioplasty over a recent span of time. In Part A, the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) ambulatory surgery database was searched from 1996 to 2006 to identify all ambulatory surgery acromioplasties as well as all orthopaedic ambulatory surgery procedures. In Part B, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) database was searched from 1999 to 2008 to identify all arthroscopic acromioplasties as well as all orthopaedic procedures.
Part A revealed that in 1996 there were 5571 acromioplasties in New York State, representing a population incidence of 30.0 per 100,000. In 2006 there were 19,743 acromioplasties, representing a population incidence of 101.9 per 100,000. Over these eleven years, the volume of acromioplasties increased by 254.4%, compared with only a 78.3% increase in the volume of all orthopaedic ambulatory surgery procedures. In 2006, as compared with 1996, patients were 2.4 times more likely to have an acromioplasty compared with all other orthopaedic ambulatory procedures (p < 0.0001). Part B revealed that, in 1999, a mean of 2.6 arthroscopic acromioplasties were reported per candidate for Board certification. In 2008 a mean of 6.3 arthroscopic acromioplasties per candidate were reported. Over these ten years, the mean number of arthroscopic acromioplasties reported increased by 142.3%, compared with only a 13.0% increase in the mean number of all orthopaedic surgery procedures. In 2008, as compared with 1999, candidates were 2.2 times more likely to report an arthroscopic acromioplasty compared with all other orthopaedic procedures (p < 0.0001).
There has been a substantial increase in the overall volume and the population-based incidence of acromioplasties in recent years on both the state and national levels in the United States. The reasons for this increase have yet to be determined and are likely multifactorial, with patient-based, surgeon-based, and systems-based factors all playing a role.
Line graph showing the volume of acromioplasty procedures by year in New York State.
Line graph showing the mean number of acromioplasty procedures per candidate by year as reported by candidates taking Part II of the ABOS certification examination.
We commend Dr. Schneider for his thoughtful review of our manuscript and careful consideration of factors which may contribute to the increasing frequency and population-based incidence of acromioplasty procedures over the past decade as documented independently by both CPT codes (in the ABOS database) and ICD-9 procedure codes (in the SPARCS database). Dr. Schneider points out that while the incidence of coding of acromioplasty by ICD-9 procedure and CPT codes has increased, this may not necessarily reflect a true increase in the incidence of the procedure over this period, as there are other reasons to explain the increased coding, including "unbundling†of procedure codes for shoulder surgery, increasing pressures for coding documentation by the ABOS and growing financial incentive to bill for multiple codes given decreasing reimbursements from insurers.
We did, however, use a control group for the possible confounder that we are measuring increases in codes rather than procedures. In part A we compared all acromioplasties (open or arthroscopic) as identified by an ICD-9 procedure code with all other orthopaedic procedures as identified by ICD-9 procedures codes performed in hospital or free-standing ambulatory surgery centers on an outpatient basis. In part B we compared all arthroscopic acromioplasties as identified by a CPT code with all other orthopaedic surgical procedures identified by CPT codes performed in hospital or free-standing ambulatory centers on an outpatient basis. If the increase in documentation of procedures merely represented an increase in coding and not an increase in the actual execution of procedures, one would expect similar increases in the codes for acromioplasties and other outpatient orthopaedic procedures (such as knee meniscectomies, carpal tunnel releases, hallux valgus realignments and other commonly performed outpatient procedures) since there are presumably the same phenomena of "unbundlingâ€, pressures of documentation by the ABOS and increasing financial pressures to bill for multiple codes across different types of outpatient orthopaedic procedures.
This was not the case, as in part A there was a 254.4% increase in the frequency of acromioplasties compared to only a 78.3% in other outpatient orthopaedic procedures in New York State and in part B there was a similar 142.3% increase in the mean number of arthroscopic acromioplasties compared to only a 13.0% increase in the mean number of all other outpatient orthopaedic procedures reported nationally by candidates taking part II of their orthopaedic board examination. It would be difficult to explain why there would be a preferential increase specifically in the reporting of ICD-9 procedure codes and CPT codes for acromioplasties but not other open and arthroscopic outpatient orthopaedic procedures.
Additionally, the ICD-9 procedure code (not to be confused with ICD-9 diagnosis codes) for acromioplasty – code 81.83 – has not undergone modification to allow for unbundling in the way that CPT codes for shoulder surgery have over the past decade; there is today and has been for many years a single ICD-9 procedure code for open or arthroscopic acromioplasty.
Furthermore, the codes entered in the SPARCS database each year are not ICD-9 or CPT codes reported by the physician for billing purposes, but rather this is hospital administrative data compiled by medical record coders who review physician written operative notes and produce the ICD-9 procedure codes from the medical records for transmission to the state Department of Health and insurance companies; while the operative notes are physician driven, the codes which are then documented in the SPARCS database are derived from independent medical coders who presumably do not have the same possible incentives that surgeons may have to report an increasing number of procedure codes.
A second reason that Dr. Schneider offers to explain the observed increase in the frequency of acromioplasties in both parts of our study is a shift in the technique of acromioplasties from open to mini-open to all-arthroscopic procedures over the last decade, the later being performed on an outpatient basis in recent years in contrast to open acromioplasties in the earlier years of the study which may have been performed on an inpatient basis; Dr. Schneider speculates that since both the SPARCS and ABOS ambulatory databases only examined procedures performed on an outpatient basis the observed trend of increasing frequency and incidence of acromioplasty may reflect an increase in outpatient all-arthroscopic procedures but not an true increase in the number of procedures overall. While an increasing tendency to perform outpatient procedures may play some role in the overall increase in the documentation of acromioplasties observed, one would expect to therefore see an increase in the number of procedures performed at ambulatory centers over this period. This was not the case, as in the SPARCS database there was a similarly dramatic growth in the number of procedures performed in 1996 compared to 2006 on an outpatient basis at inpatient hospitals (262.9%) compared to ambulatory surgery centers (242.5%).
While our goal of our manuscript was not to identify why there was an increase in the observed frequency and population-based incidence of acromioplasty, we speculate that this is due to a number of factors highlighted in the discussion, which include a combination of patient-based, surgeon-based and systems-based factors. The challenge for the future will be to further elucidate precisely why this has occurred.
To the Editor:
As Vitale et al. suggest in the discussion of their article, "The Rising Incidence of Acromioplasty" (2010;92:1842-50), the reasons for an increased number of acromioplasties is likely multifactorial and may not represent a true rise in the "incidence" of this procedure.
This paper does indeed show there has been a rising incidence of CODING for acromioplasties over the last decade. However, a combination of factors, including advances in shoulder surgery and anesthesia, changes in ICD- 9/CPT codes and requirements by the ABOS and insurers have all played an influential role.
In part, a shift in the surgical technique for repairing the rotator cuff has occurred in the last decade - "all open" to "combined open/arthroscopic" to "all arthroscopic." The data acquired from the SPARCS database only included hospital and free standing ASC's. In the late 1990's and early 2000's many open rotator cuff repairs were done on an inpatient or "observation" basis. Therefore the SPARCS data has been disproportionately impacted by this fact when compared to the ABOS data.
Additionally, through the late 1990's and 2000's changes in CPT coding for shoulder surgery "unbundled" acromioplasty (arthroscopic and open) from the previous global open codes for "rotator cuff repair". This fact alone may have led to a dramatic "increase" in the coding for acromioplasties over the study period.
Finally, as insurance reimbursements have decreased and the ABOS has required more stringent record keeping, there may be more pressure on orthopedic surgeons to bill multiple codes for a given procedure.
Through ongoing research and increased subspecialization of young orthopedists via fellowship training, the indications for acromioplasty will be better defined.
The author did not receive any outside funding or grants in support of his research for or preparation of this work. Neither he nor a member of his immediate family received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity.
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Please join us at the Education Abroad Fair on Wednesday, October 16. Come find out about study, work, and volunteer abroad program options from universities and companies from across the nation and around the world.
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Whitetail deer season in over, bringing with it an end of the fourth hunting season since the state began limiting the number of bucks that could be killed to three.
The limit was put in place to allow bucks to grow older, meaning they are likely to have larger racks of antlers. And chasing big bucks means big bucks in Alabama, where hunting generates an annual economic impact of about $840 million a year, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Whitetail deer is the state's most popular game animal.
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Gain LEED project experience and meet the requirement for pursuing a LEED AP with Specialty credential! This course will explore project requirements in greater depth and introduce students to LEED Online. Take a moment to review this short video to learn more about Everblue's LEED Project Experience course.
Course Description: During this class, students will learn how to manage the LEED project process. This includes project demonstration requirements, project calculations, and software tools. Students will also learn how to register a LEED project and submit LEED credits. This course was designed to keep students actively engaged while participating in real life experiences on a LEED-registered project.
Prerequisites: Students must have completed the LEED Green Associate Training or passed the LEED Green Associate Exam.
Format: This 2-day course is available in live classroom and live webinar training formats. The live webinar is 10 hours in duration.
Audience: This course is ideal for LEED Green Associates who want to put their knowledge to the test and get experience working on a LEED project. It can be difficult to find a registered LEED project in your geographic area and schedule time to work on it; this course brings the experience to you and exposes you to a greater portion of the LEED Certification process than you may have received on your own. Participation on a LEED project is required for LEED Green Associates who want to become a LEED AP with Specialty.
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I am so pleased to have been given the opportunity to try out Ink Effects by DecoArt. It's a new fabric-transfer ink that is so very easy to use and the possibilities are seriously endless! The paints are new to the market and will be hitting stores soon, but! you can purchase them online now, here!
When I first got the paints, I knew I wanted to have my kids help me with this project - and I'm so glad I did because they had a lot of fun with it and I think our pillow turned out quite cute!
What you will need to make your own personalized kid-painted pillow:
* A variety of different sized paint brushes
* A glass of water to rinse your brushes
* Plain white copy paper
* Iron
* Air-erasable fabric marker
* About a half a yard of white synthetic jersey-knit fabric for the front of your pillow
* Half a yard of any kind of coordinating fabric for the back of your pillow
* Poly-fil to stuff the pillow
Steps to create the pillow:
First, PAINT! Simply paint your designs onto white copy paper. Let your imagination go free! I knew that I wanted to create some sort of flower design for the pillow, so I told my kids to paint shapes and designs, knowing I would cut up their work to fit into a design.
We ended up with a bunch of designs! Fun!
Let your paintings dry for about one hour.
Next, figure out how you want your pillow to look. I cut out the different design elements I wanted to use and arranged them onto the white jersey fabric - I cut out circles and the little spirals and sun that my daughter painted.
Set your iron to its hottest dry setting. Do not use steam!
Place your pieces painted side down onto the white fabric, and place a piece of plain white paper over top, then iron. Keep the iron moving and apply constant pressure for a minute or two.
Peel off the painted piece to reveal your design!
I was very pleased with how the paintings transferred to the fabric! These paints are really cool!
Transfer all of your painted pieces onto the fabric as you choose, keeping in mind the shape of your pillow and your desired overall design.
Since my circles were to become flowers, I traced a circle around them with the eraseable marker, then sewed on the line using a zig-zag stitch. Embellish your pillow design how you choose.
I added ribbons for flower stems.
I embellished it by hand, too, stitching around the smaller circles and adding stems.
The really cool thing about the Ink Effects paints is that you can use the painted pieces of paper over and over. I decided at the last minute to add in 'grass' to the bottom of my design.
I cut up a green zig-zag design my daughter painted and positioned it onto the bottom of the pillow and ironed each piece where I wanted it. Using just two pieces of the design repeatedly I was able to fill up the bottom of the fabric with the 'grass'!
Next, cut off the access white fabric around your design to your desired pillow shape.
Pin your backing fabric right-side-up to the front of your design. Your pieces will be right side together. Sew together all four sides of your fabric, leaving about a four-inch gap so you can turn it right side out. Once you're done sewing, cut the access fabric off with pinking shears - leaving about a quarter of an inch from the seam. Clip your corners closely. Do not trim the gap you will use for turning the pillow.
After you've finished trimming it up, turn the pillow right-side-out, poking out the corners with the eraser-tip of an un-sharpened pencil. Then, stuff the pillow!
Sew closed the hole - I pinned together the hole securely while sewing to prevent any puckering. Use a tight hand stitch with white thread to close the hole.
Now your child's artwork will be preserved forever as an adorable pillow!
My daughter loves to draw suns so I had to include her Mr. Sun at the top corner of the pillow! After all, flowers need sun to grow!
Connect with DecoArts to learn more about this amazing product!
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SKLZ Pro Basketball Mini-Hoop
Pro-grade, spring-action break-away rim for slammin'. Foam padded side on door mounts. Includes 5" diameter Pro Mini Hoop Basketball, 9" diameter spring-action break-away U-steel rim. 18 x 12" clear polycarbonate shatter-proof backboard. Perfect for the basketball fanatics in your family. Easy assembly and mounting over-the-door or wall.
Note: Wall mounting hardware is not included. Please visit your local hardware store to determine proper screws needed for the materials used to construct your wall. Weight: 5 lbs.
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- Break- away rim
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- Flimsy back board
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its fun to use for shooting but if u use the backboard alot it breaks. i returned mine and got anew one with no problem. the basketball is hard even though it sounds weird. it works best on hard flooring not carpet(to dribble) in the end it is very fun to play with.


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Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, and political activist. Fonda, who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, describes herself as a liberal, and more recently, as a feminist and a Born-again Christian.
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On Saturday April 13, 2013 the Merrill Fire Department will participate in a "Live House Burn" training through North Central Technical College. The house used for the valuable training is located at 905 S. State St. in the City of Merrill. The training burn is scheduled to begin at 08:00 on that Saturday morning and continue throughout the day. Beside Merrill's involvement, fire personnel from around the area will be participating in this valuable training experience. Numerous emergency apparatus will be visible in the area and on site, as well as smoke from the burn. However, it will all be part of training and is not a real emergency event.
The public is requested to go about their daily business and keep their distance from the training area, as fire personnel warn that even though it is a realistic training it is still dangerous for personnel and bystanders.
Merrill fire personnel will be involved in the training in order to better their technique for the future yet on-duty personnel will be staffing all emergency needs within Merrill's jurisdiction coverage areas.
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TELLURIDE – With airlines placing new restrictions and fees on checked baggage, Dave Doemland is looking forward to an increase in his five-year-old Telluride business.
"I recognized a long time ago that people were coming to town and they were mad because they weren't getting their luggage," said Doemland, who started High Country Shipping, a private shipping company that delivers luggage to residences or hotels throughout the Telluride region. "The smaller planes just can't fit all that ski gear on there."
And he expects it to grow especially in the summer.
"This has been mainly a winter time business," he said. "But I think it might start growing in the summer just because of the airlines now. It all revolves around the extra baggage charges that the airlines are doing. Some airlines are charging a hundred bucks for a ski bag. Well I can ship anywhere in the country for under a hundred bucks."
Doemland is looking to expand his business to Vail, Aspen, Steamboat, and Jackson Hole. The service offers customers the chance to forego the hassle and cost of lugging their luggage through airports, and instead shipping them to the High Country Shipping storage facility in Mountain Village, from where they will be delivered to their door.
"It's been working. I can virtually guarantee that people get their luggage," Doemland added. "Most of the time I have it waiting for them in their rooms, and they're basically tripping over their bags as they walk through the door.
"I'm just trying to get the word out. Once people realize what I'm doing they're just kind of like, 'Oh my God. Why wasn't I doing this before?'"
Find more information at www.highcountryshipping.com.
Doggy Spa Opens in Montrose
MONTROSE – Camp Bow Wow, a doggy cay care and overnight camp, has opened in Montrose. The camp boasts three indoor/outdoor play-yards, with a pup pool, play bridge, watering hole, and one camp counselor per 15 dogs.
The camp offers the chance for dog owners to ditch their pets either just for the day, or overnight. Each dog is given a cabin with a raised cot and a fleece blanket, and the option to house more than one dog together. Overnighters are also given a pre-bed, campfire treat, and can doze off to low, soothing classical music. Owners also have the option to check in on their pets via Internet webcams installed in each of the three yards.
In order to become a Bow Wow camper, dogs must be over 4 months old and up-to-date on their Rabies Distemper and Bordatella vaccines. Dogs older than 6 months must also be spayed or neutered. Dogs that fit those qualifications are invited for an interview day, including a three-hour observation session with two other dog campers of a similar size and temperament.
Camp Bow Wow also offers a spa service, "specializing in baths and manicures for doggies in need," according to a press release. There are also two luxury suites on site, "with custom dog furniture to sleep on, private upscale dining and televisions featuring dog friendly programming," as well as private webcams to be installed.
Those who are interested are welcome to stop by Camp Bow Wow for a tour at 330 Denny Ct. in the North Townsend Industrial Park, or online at www.campbowwow.com/montose.
A Healthy Dose of Style
The born-in-Telluride clothing company Horny Toad will continue its commitment to innovative, sustainable clothing, with the unveiling of the company's spring 2009 collection at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Tradeshow in August. The collection will include 68 new sustainable styles, including one of the company's favorites Dri-Pulse, made from recycled polyester and organic cotton.
The theme of the new line is "sustainable fabrics, innovative style and a little bit of fiesta," according to a press release.
"The collection this season really builds upon Horny Toad's strength historically of employing intriguing blends of fibers that have a sustainable component" said Tami Snow, the company's Marketing and Communications Director. "We begin with soft, dynamic fabrics like the new VooDoo à la Mode that have the feel of a favorite sweatshirt, give them an active cut and add a healthy dose of style so that every piece can be worn all the way from your morning hike to happy hour."
The new styles include skirts, dresses, shirts, hoodies and bottoms, striving to create a wardrobe that has a balance of function, comfort and style. The new line's look is inspired by the annual Fiesta celebration in Santa Barbara – a week long celebration of parades, Mercado's, dancing and partying. The spring collection is composed of rich and lively colors inspired by the intricate Mexican tile patterns throughout Santa Barbara, and the clothes' inside labels include directions to mixing your own margaritas and making your own mariachi band.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's 20th anniversary edition of Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park was once again a live, breathing, three-day mixtape featuring star artists (Coldplay, Eminem, Foo Fighters), established performers, cult heroes and up-and-comers. Local writer Leyla Shokoohe attended her very first Lollapalooza this past weekend and agreed to write about the experience for CityBeat. Below is her report on Day 1 as well as video from some of the performances mentioned, mostly from Lollapalooza's YouTube page. Keep an eye on this space for Day 2 and 3 dispatches soon.
After months of rising anticipation and weeks of weirdly intermittent and torrential rain, Bunbury's first day looked to be a winner. A great announced lineup, no precipitation in the forecast and nothing but sunshine expected for the day; against all odds, that's exactly what we got. But it wasn't the rain to come that presented a problem, it was the rain that had already fallen; the area on the Serpentine Wall that had perfectly pocketed the Rockstar Stage last year was completely swallowed by the rising Ohio River, and the stage had to be moved to the opposite end of the field housing the all important Main Stage. It turned out to be a pretty decent fix, all things considered.
After securing my Level Three media pass (which, in the hierarchy of accessibility, I think meant that if any band needed help moving equipment, I was obligated to roadie for them), I headed for the Bud Light stage for Public. I had done a story on them back in January; they were home for Christmas so given their proximity, they came to my house and we did the interview in my basement. My daughter had answered the door and let them in, and for weeks afterward she was telling her friends about the cute guys I had interviewed at the house. Public's teenage girl effect was fully evident at their Bunbury appearance, as squealy females shrieked their appreciation for every song, and randomly shouted "I love you!"s arced over the rather sizable crowd. The trio did songs from their self-titled EP, a new tune called "Honey Bee" and, taking a page from the infinitely talented and creatively twisted Richard Thompson, offered a thunderously blazing turn on Britney Spears' "Toxic." In the studio, Public has the sound of a ramped up Modest Mouse, but in the live arena, they definitely blister and kick a little closer to the Led Zeppelin vibe they claimed as inspiration during our conversation, adding a dollop of harmonic Pop to sweeten the deal. If teenage girls are any indicator — and they usually are — Public could be headed for Walk the Moon territory pretty quickly.
Next up, it was Alone at 3AM at the Lawn Stage. I love these guys; super solid, crunchy heartland Indie Pop/Rock that states its case without a lot of unnecessary flash or padding. The band had plodded along for close to seven years before solidifying a dedicated line-up behind vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Max Fender and bassist Joey Beck and moving forward; a good deal of growth occurred with the additions of Sarah Davis on keys and Chris Mueller on drums (and business savvy). That in turn lit a fire under Fender, leading to a pair of albums in the last three years — 2010's Cut Your Gills and last year's Midwest Mess.
For A@3's Bunbury slot, the quintet was showing off their new guitarist; Clay Cason's recent departure left a gap which has been admirably filled by Jake Tippey, taking a busman's holiday from his howling duties in the Frankl Project and proving every bit as valuable in a Pop/Rock context. The band roared through songs from their most recent albums, introduced a couple of new songs (Chris mentioned after the show that A@3 would be working on an EP, and then tracking a new full length for imminent release) and even dipped back into their debut album, City Out of Luck, for a spin through "Mexico." Max's gruff voice sits comfortably in the Paul Westerberg/Bruce Springsteen range and it's the perfect vehicle for expressing his blue collar love-and-life songs. Can't wait to hear the new stuff in the studio, kids.
Before setting out for the Rockstar Stage, I caught the opening of Ohio Knife, one of Cincinnati's brightest new entities. Initially a side project for the Chocolate Horse, vocalist/guitarist Jason Snell, guitarist Andrew Higley and drummer Joe Suer — who all played together in Readymaid as well — ultimately put the Horse in the stable to concentrate on the Punk-scrubbed Blues of Ohio Knife, and with good reason. The trio is a sweat-soaked hurricane in the studio (their 2012 EP was a marvel), but the live translation hits with the force and heat of a flamethrower in an ammunition dump, and it won't be long before the CEA nominees for Best New Artist wind up taking home some bling. Where are we with the full length, guys?
After a quick shot of Ohio Knife, it was time to motor to the other end of the festival to check out the Dunwells. The UK outfit fronted by, logically enough, the Dunwell brothers, has found a good deal of success with their debut album, Blind Sighted Faith, and its ubiquitous single "I Could Be a King." When they played the single, frontman Joseph Dunwell thanked Q102 for their support, but it bears pointing out that, WNKU has been beating the drum for the Dunwells for quite some time now (just as they had for the similarly Folk/Pop toned Mumford & Sons). That being said, the age of the crowd seemed to indicate that Q102's demographic was probably best represented here today, so perhaps the win should be scored in their column after all. However the commissioner decides to rule, the Dunwells put together a crisp and wonderfully vibrant set that pays homage to the West Coast sounds of the Eagles and CSNY. The one exception to that sonic blueprint is the aforementioned "I Could Be a King," which offers an irresistable Pop edge that shimmers like the best of Crowded House. When brother David Dunwell strapped on the old five string to play the hit, he noted wryly, "I think every Englishman should at some point come to America and stand in front of an American audience holding a banjo with no idea how to play it." I think he was being graciously self-deprecating. The Dunwells seemed to go down a storm and I think they would find a large and enthusiastic audience if they returned outside of the auspices of the Bunbury Festival. Quick note: If you see a Dunwells album titled Follow the Road in stores (for you youngsters, a building where your parents buy music) or online, it is actually a re-sequenced and remixed version of Blind Sighted Faith, with a few alternate versions tossed in for flavor.
I briefly considered heading over to the Bud Light Stage to see some of Everest (a pick from Bunbury worker bee extraordinaire Jacob Heintz), but opted to check out a bit of Tegan and Sara at the Main Stage before making a definite decision.
I've interviewed both Quin twins over the years — most recently, I talked to Sara the year after the release of 2009's Sainthood — and while I lean toward their early work as far as my personal taste is concerned, their last trio of albums have been fairly well stacked with radio-friendly Pop songs with the potential to reach a massive audience. The enormous turnout for their Bunbury set would seem to support their decision to go the pure Pop route, but the fact is that Tegan and Sara have been cultivating a large and diverse audience for the past decade and a half, and their synth-driven Pop direction was not enough of a departure to alienate any portion of their slavishly loyal fan base. Predictably, the bulk of their set was devoted to Heartthrob, along with faves from The Con and Sainthood; they also reached all the way back to 2002's If It Was You for "Living Room" and they threw in a cover of Tiesto's "Feel It in My Bones," on which they originally guested. As expected, the adrenaline and volume of the live experience ferments Tegan and Sara's sugary Pop confections into something with a little more bite. Even for those who weren't completely sold on their recent work (my hand is up), Tegan and Sara's live presentation could make you see the light.
After T&S, it was time to hit the Amphitheater Stage to see Buffalo Killers. If you missed seeing the James Gang in 1971, here's your chance. Because I'm old enough to have actually missed the James Gang (with Joe Walsh, that is; I was lucky enough to see the even rarer sight of the James Gang with Tommy Bolin. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls …) that joke is only marginally funny. Luckily, Buffalo Killers have approximated the trio's fuzzy guitar assault and maniacally furious rhythm section here in the 21st century to give an indication of what Joe and the boys might have sounded like if they had stayed together a little longer and gelled a little better. And even though Buffalo Killers have managed to inject a bit of poppy sunshine into their bunker-busting sound, in the live arena the band still rumbles and shoots like a rhythmic Sherman tank. The Killers hit all of my teenage buttons (which were installed long ago and have never been fully deactivated, same as every man on the planet, I suppose) and any opportunity to witness their feedback-through-an-elephant-gun glory is a chance to time machine back to the days when electric dinosaurs roamed the earth and their squalling racket could be heard from sweaty and sparsely attended auditoriums to densely populated arenas. I love Buffalo Killers. They remind me that there is wisdom in remembering the past, joy in celebrating the present and excitement in anticipating the future.
After a brief stroll around the grounds to grab something to eat, it was back to the Amphitheater Stage for a healthy dose of Rock hard Americana with Those Darlins. The Nashville outfit has been down a Darlin since early last year when Kelley Anderson opted out of the band to pursue other musical projects (her new group, Grand Strand, got a good buzz after touring with Richard Lloyd last year), and her amicable departure has obviously changed the group's dynamic, particularly the absence of their signature three-part harmonies. The remaining Darlins — Jessi (Wariner), Nikki (Kvarnes) and drummer Linwood Regensberg — are carrying on with the-show-must-go-on determination; new bassist Adrian Barrera seems to be slotting in quite well and Those Darlins' core sound, along the lines of the Pandoras if they'd been influenced by Wanda Jackson and the Ramones, remains largely intact. Their Bunbury set did display a good deal more Rock and a good deal less twang than you'll find on their first two albums — 2009's Those Darlins and 2011's Screws Get Loose — and it's a safe bet that the new album they're currently working on will follow that blueprint as well. No one at the Amphitheater seemed too dismayed at the shift, particularly the hyperactive dance contingent in front of the stage. Two Darlins is clearly enough Darlins to make Those Darlins.
I bailed out of Those Darlins a bit early to make the long walk back to the Rockstar Stage to take in the Gypsy Jazz goodness of DeVotchKa. I've long been a fan of the Denver-based outfit (I came to them through 2004's How It Ends, fell in love with their version of the Velvets' "Venus in Furs" from the Curse Your Little Heart EP and adored their work in Little Miss Sunshine) but have never had the opportunity to see them in the flesh, and when I saw them on the Bunbury schedule, I knew there was little that could draw me away from their show. Luckily, their 9 p.m. slot meant they weren't programmed against anyone else, so the way was cleared for my first live DeVotchKa experience.
DeVotchKa lived up to and surpassed all advance billing with a set that walked the wire between frenetic and atmospheric but maintained high energy from start to finish. Even when they slowed the pace, there was an electric tension in their presentation that made clear something explosive could happen at any moment. And it usually did. All four members of the band — Nick Urata, Jeanie Schroder, Tom Hagerman, Shawn King — play multiple instruments so almost any sound is available to DeVotchKa, including theremin, boukouki, accordion, trumpet and Melodica. And Schroder does the heaviest lifting, either plucking with power and subtlety on her enormous upright bass or blowing away like Dizzy Gillespie on steroids into a gigantic sousaphone that looks as though it would be the punishment instrument for getting bad grades in high school band ("Okay, Baker, D in Orchestra, 10 solos with the death tuba..."). It wasn't a performance to analyze or interpret, it was a Gypsy Jazz soundtrack for a magic show, a feeling to wash over you like cool waves on warm sand, a Slavic Rock and Roll dance party. More than a few people on DeVotchKa's Facebook page declared it the best show of Bunbury's three-day weekend. It was most assuredly one of them.
Finally, it was time for fun. Not the fun that we'd been having all day at Bunbury, but the fun. that's topping the charts and recently played Saturday Night Live and won a couple of Grammys this year. Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of the band. I like their sound to a certain extent, it's energetic and entertaining and I really like Nate Reuss' voice. I actually interviewed him a decade ago when he was fronting the Format; ironically and perhaps presciently, he used the word "fun" a half dozen times to describe his band at the time.
At any rate, I hung around to see the show to be able to report how it was to my daughter, and because the band clearly doesn't take itself too seriously. When they accepted their Record of the Year Grammy for "We Are Young," Reuss said, "I don't know what I was thinking, writing the chorus for this song. If this is in HD, everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young." All in all, I was expecting a pleasant if unassuming concert experience.
And that's pretty much how it started, with the "Some Nights" intro, the title track to their sophomore album (it would show up in its entirety during the band's two-song encore, leading into "One Foot" from Some Nights). In fact, fun. performed almost all of Some Nights (save for "All Alright"), and over half of their debut album, 2009's Aim and Ignite, perhaps best represented by "At Least I'm Not as Sad (as I Used to Be)" and the nearly eight-minute closer, "Take Your Time (Coming Home)." Of course, they saved their anthemic signature singles for the second half of the set, first "Carry On" and then, two songs later, the epic Grammy-winning Pop of "We Are Young." Sandwiched in between though was a very charming version of The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," an interesting lead-in to "We Are Young," a song that would seem to sport a diametrically opposed message. By the time fun. concluded with "Stars" as the second song of their encore, they had fired a confetti cannon (there was still yards of fun. confetti on the field when The National played Sunday night), performed the majority of their two studio albums and put on a show that proved they were worthy of their first-night-closing status. While I think they should remove the rather severe punctuation from their name, I have to say I was at least slightly converted toward a fun. lifestyle.
One of the more popular features at this year's MidPoint Music Festival isn't a band or singer/songwriter — it's a truck. The "Rolling Record Store" used by (and stocked with releases from) Jack White's Third Man Records will be at MPMF Sept. 28 and 29, between visits to the Muddy Roots Festival and New York City's CMJ conference/fest.
An extension of White's tiny Third Man record store in Nashville (connected to his label's HQ), the record truck stocks all kinds of Third Man releases, including limited edition vinyl, as well as various Third Man merch. There is also reportedly a DJ station so visitors can spin tunes and a sound system was installed so that bands/musicians can plug in and play. White himself has performed a few times along the Rolling Store's travels (but it's not a guarantee).
The Third Man Records Rolling Record store — which debuted last year at South By Southwest in Austin, Tex. — will make a great addition to the growing MidPoint Midway, the outdoor area featuring vendors, a side-stage, poster exhibitions and other cool "pop up" projects. The bright-yellow truck even has local ties — it was built by Erlanger, Ky.'s C. Cook Enterprises, a car restoration and metal fabrication shop.
I visited White's Third Man headquarters in Nashville a few weeks ago and got to check out the cool merchandise on sale in that closet-sized shop. The Rolling Record Store was parked in the parking lot. I didn't get a tour, but even from the outside, it's a pretty striking vehicle (and I took a few photos, like the one above). Can't wait to see inside at the end of next month!
Here's White playing a "B show" (side gigs on his current solo tour) next to the truck during the recent Outside Lands Festival.
An impressive and eclectic roster of local bands will transform an otherwise stark Loveland VFW hall into an artsy, flashy, sorta hippy-ish Rock 'n' Roll venue for this year's third annual Adjust Your Eyes Music and Arts Festival, June 26 and 27. The two-day, two-stage, multimedia extravaganza, which is the brainchild of Grasshopper Juice labelmeister and Wonky Tonk/Chick Pimp band member Nick Mitchell, will feature not only upwards of 28 bands but also art by Jacklyn Howard and CincyStar Glass and stage lights and visualizations by Bunk News.
The members of Kentucky's Black Stone Cherry take pride in their closeness. They are still just four guys rocking out and living their dream. BSC's just-released third studio album, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, reached the Top 30 in the Billboard 200 and the group is currently on the Carnival of Madness tour with Alter Bridge, Theory of a Deadman, and Emphatic. The tour hits Dayton's X-Fest, at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, this Sunday (click here for concert details). CityBeat recently spoke with Black Stone Cherry lead singer Chris Robertson in depth about the band and the personal issues he has dealt with over the past few years.
This year the weather was beautiful and the bands did not disappoint. Dust storms formed in mosh pits as fans enjoyed the show.
Leading up to the show we sat down with Jacoby Shaddix, the lead singer from Papa Roach, to discuss the festival, their new record, and how to keep a marriage strong.
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These artists will join previously announced MPMF.13 performers like The Breeders, The Head and The Heart, Warpaint, Shuggie Otis, Youth Lagoon, Cody ChesnuTT and many others. Visit MPMF.com and follow MPMF's social media accounts for the latest artist additions and other MPMF news.
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When it was announced that Cincinnati native Bryce Dessner would be one of the curators of the huge Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tenn., at the end of March, some wondered if his annual hometown avant/Indie/Chamber MusicNOW festival would happen in 2010, considering the similarities in programming and timing. So it was good news to hear that MusicNOW is on schedule for March 30-April 1 at Memorial Hall (next to Music Hall), just after Big Ears and featuring some of the same artists.
It's time to get liquored up on whiskey, slog through the humid summer heat and make that deal with the devil down at the river again. Yes, the Cincy Blues Fest itinerary has officially been announced for 2009. The summer celebration of America's original musical art form has been going strong for 17 years.
The Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati falls on the same weekend as two other big regional music fests, one 100 miles to our south and the other about 300 miles northwest of the Queen City. Like Bunbury, the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and the 10th annual Forecastle fest are happening July 13-15.
In theory, the proximity (geographically and time-wise) should lead to some crossover, as artists from one event might run their tour route to the other cities to score some of those big festival performance fees. (MidPoint's 2011 fest in Cincy, for example, shared some acts with the somewhat nearby Pygmalion Music Festival in Urbana-Champaign, Ill.) But so far that hasn't happened with Bunbury, which seems to be focusing on more mainstream "Alternative" artists, as opposed to Pitchfork's more esoteric lineup and Forecastle's endearing mishmash of styles.
Louisville's Forecastle previously announced that hometown heroes My Morning Jacket would be curating the event and performing. This morning organizers announced that joining them will be Dubstep superstar Bassnectar and Dad Rock champs Wilco, plus Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, Atmosphere, Neko Case, Sleigh Bells, A-Trak, Dean Wareham (playing Galaxie 500 songs), Galactic, Clutch, Flying Lotus, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mike Doughty, Real Estate, Deer Tick, Charles Bradley, JEFF the Brotherhood and Cincinnati's Walk the Moon, among others. Click here for ticket info and the the full lineup so far.
Meanwhile, here is who Pitchfork announced yesterday for this year's event in Chicago's Union Park: Vampire Weekend, Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, AraabMUZIK, A$AP Rocky, The Field, Liturgy, Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, Cloud Nothings, Tim Hecker and Willis Earl Beal. Thirty more artists will be announced later.
Pitchfork tickets go on sale next Friday, March 9, at noon via the Pitchfork fest's site here.
So if you could go to any of the three festivals, based on the info available so far (and not counting travel costs and lodging arrangements) which one would you attend — Cincinnati's, Louisville's or Chicago's?