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Atlanta Falcons
William Moore - #25 - S
|6' 0"/ 221 lbs.
|Hayti, MO
|Years played
|2009, 2nd round, 23rd pick by Falcons
Who is the Falcons' most underappreciated receiver?
The Falcons believe Harry Douglas is sometimes the forgotten man in their receiving corps.
Falcons promote Vital to director of player personnel
The Falcons promoted Lionel Vital to director of player personnel, the team announced on Friday.
Friday injury report for divisional playoffs
Here is the Friday injury report for the divisional playoffs, showing to what degree injured players participated in their teams' practices.
Are White-Jones NFL's best WR tandem?
WRs Roddy White and Julio Jones hope to lead a Falcons team that has exited the playoffs without a win in three of the past four seasons to Super Bowl XLVII.
Key matchup: Falcons WRs vs. Seahawks CBs
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Seahawks sign DE Chukwurah, place Clemons on I.R.
The Seahawks signed DE Patrick Chukwurah on Wednesday and placed DE Chris Clemons on injured reserve.
Looking back, thinking ahead
Tom Danyluk delivers some final thoughts on last week's wild-card action, and gives his forecast on the upcoming divisional round.
Ryan, Falcons understand situation they're in
The Falcons and QB Matt Ryan are aware of the pressures they face this weekend in what should be a strong divisional slate of games.
Seahawks DE Clemons has torn ACL
Seahawks DE Chris Clemons suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's wild-card win over the Redskins, an MRI reportedly confirmed Monday.
Koetter staying with Falcons
Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will remain with the club and not interview for other NFL jobs, the team confirmed.
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Falcons fall to Bucs in season finale
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OLT Baker rewards Falcons for faith
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NFC South Spin cycle: Falcons earn top seed, Bucs keep sinking
The Falcons clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC with their win over the Lions in Week 16. Meanwhile, the Bucs continued to implode.
Falcons top Lions 31-18 for NFC home-field playoff advantage
The Falcons have earned home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs with their 31-18 win over the Lions.
The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms with Moore on a five-year contract.||||||| Moore was a Pro Bowl alternate with Atlanta last season, when he had four interceptions and 105 tackles. He was one of the top names on the team's list of unrestricted free agents.
Atlanta's starting lineup includes defensive end John Abraham (ankle), Moore (hamstring) and cornerback Dunta Robinson (concussion) in Sunday's divisional playoff game against Seattle.||||||| Falcons backup safety Charles Mitchell (calf) also is active.
Moore played in Sunday's 30-28 win over Seattle.||||||| Moore had missed fourth straight games with a hamstring injury.
Moore said he was fined by the league $7,500 for a hit on Tampa Bay's Earnest Graham.||||||| "It was called a late hit,†Falcons coach Mike Smith told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Again, whether he was a defenseless player, that will be something that I'm sure the League will determine but that was a personal foul, late-hit penalty is what they called it, not helmet-to-helmet.â€
Atlanta has placed Moore on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.||||||| Williams, a second-round pick from Missouri, is latest Falcons defensive back to suffer an injury. Brian Williams suffered a season-ending knee injury against Chicago.


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-Staff was friendly and worked hard
-Ship and stateroom kept very clean
-Our balcony stateroom 8588 had an extra large balcony with a lounger since it was on the "hump"
-Ports were fantastic; we took no ship excursions, but did use the shuttles to the city centers twice
-Excellent fitness center
-Expensive, but good spa experience
-Lack of adequate seating at the Windjammer buffet. Nearly every meal we ate there, we had trouble finding an open table. Often we were forced to eat outside, which was rather cold at times.
-Overall the food lacked flavor and creativity. Other cruisers made the same comment. Even after only 7 days, the food got old. Navigator food was much better.
-Our stateroom still had a shower curtain rather than a shower door. Given the tiny size of the shower, this was not a good showering experience.
-Our stateroom had a flat screen tv (not all do) but many channels were very dark and hard to watch.
-Shows were uninteresting
-Solarium got closed for an entire day for maintenance - this was disappointing on a Sept cruise in the Baltic where it was too chilly for the regular pool.
-Parts of the ship are really showing its age. Layout/design, railings, walls, floors, pools, etc. It's in need of another refurbishment.
-Lots of noise in our stateroom due to being directly off the Centrum. Loud music until wee morning hours.
We will likely cruise on RC again, but not the Brilliance unless it gets a MAJOR overhaul like many other RC ships are getting.

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In Walter Benjamin's, "The Storyteller," Benjamin laments the gradual decline of the story as oral practice and narrative form in modern society. He remarks, "[b]y now almost nothing that happens benefits storytelling, almost everything that happens benefits information" (4). By "information," Benjamin is referring to the news that people receive and share through a variety of mediums. Benjamin's argument is that people rarely feel the need to tell stories, as modern society is more concerned with the dissemination of information, not an oral recitation of an old myth or epic, as the Ancient Greeks and other cultures used to practice and perform. According to Benjamin, the only way a story retains its influence is by withholding key pieces of information. Good stories, such as those given to us by ancient poets and writers, have a "geminative power" that seeds in the brains of readers, making them curious of what the true meaning of the stories is (5). In order to do this, time is needed to allow the story to be told, the reader to be affected and interpretive, and the storyteller to perform his/her tale with effectiveness. Benjamin laments the loss of time in the modern era and he notes how our concept of time affects how we view death (at least when he wrote this piece – ed.). He is not just being morbid, he is making a valid point that I will expand on. Death now occupies the usual places separated from everyday life: hospitals, hospices, battlefields, the newspaper, the graveyard – and also morbid sites that post images of accidents and autopsies. But in these digital depictions, the smell and immediacy of death is absent. Death was an important factor in oral performance because the desire to pass on a story became similar to passing on a lineage – necessary before one dies. However, in modern times death is viewed as an interruption to progress:
Dying was once a public process in the life of the individual and a most exemplary one; think of the medieval pictures in which the deathbed has turned into a throne toward which people press through the wide-open doors of the death house. In the course of the modern times dying has been pushed further and further out of the perceptual world of the living. There use to be no house, hardly a room, in which someone had not died . . . Today people live in rooms that have never been touched by death, dry dwellers of eternity, and when their end approaches they are stowed away in sanatoria or hospitals by their heirs (6).
We seemingly cannot communicate death anymore. No longer are we experiencing the desire to speak against the reality of death. A spoken poem is in itself an art and this performance, even if the subject of the poem is death, denies death, since speech requires such life and force, especially if the poem is to be performed well. In the absence of death from our lives the need to remember how to live becomes less important. We are also living in an age where our existence is structured by the concept of time. Modernity brought about clock time and along with the ever ticking clock came the invention of the modern work day. As modernity moved forth there seemed less time for remembering myths and performance (4). As Benjamin notes, social conditions transform how and why we narrate life and its experiences. The need for information in the modern age requires factual information, not myths about gods, the romance of the epic, or the honesty of a poem. Industrialism led to late capitalism; hence, the story's economic value is now a factor. Therefore, the oral performer must have an economic worth to make capital. The "gods of industry" hold strong sway over what we now read and watch.
Since Benjamin focuses so much on oral performance, he tends to put print stories aside. He places the spoken word on a platform far above the novel. The novel, he states, is a product of print culture, which parallels the advents of modernity, from the post-Medieval era to the post-modern era (2). The novel was (and is?) the dialogic voice of an industrial age, an epic age, and an era of continuity; of non-stop action and change; of resignation to our industrious fates. The decline of oral performance may be regarded as a natural occurrence, if one considers that time did not permit oral story telling to occur. We are simply too busy (too "important?") to tell stories and, hence, the art was lost for more efficient communication. Storytelling as an oral form does not make money in the way a mass-market print text can: end of story. As Benjamin elegantly laments, once again, even the short story – the closest successor of the oral story – has become abbreviated.
Benjamin's essay becomes poetical when he explains the desire to renew the oral story. He is nostalgic for orality and is troubled with the age that surrounded and the culture that expanded from the invention of the printing press and the commercial value that this invention bestowed. It made the art of storytelling into a commodity that others, including booksellers, publishers, editors, and readers, all had equal shares in. Whereas oral performance involved two parties, the speaker and the audience, reading, in particular reading a novel, is a silent, solitary activity. Benjamin makes a pointed argument that storytelling requires community and builds community, as well. It is an art that, similar to poetry, works to find certain 'truths,' or local values. Hence, the storyteller becomes a sort of prophet, or, as Benjamin asserts, an "authority" over values and beliefs. When I stop to think about it, there are so many authorities that give us information (with or without the moral of the story). Our information age does not seek meaning, but more information.
But perhaps all is not lost. If we invoke Walter Ong's work in orality and literacy, then we do not need to lament but consider that changes that are expected to occur when a new communicative technology comes along. In fact, Ong states that print production requires a text be performed in many ways, not always directly to an audience. Print culture may encourage indirect performances, such as through a taped or recorded performance, or from one reader to another. This is where digital story-telling comes in: digital story-telling encourages oral performance and many are taking advantage of the internet to record readings and performances of texts. Digital/social media may very well be the medium for a new era of oral performance. Whether the performance of old epics, poems, lectures, or personal stories, digital story-telling is a new way to practice storytelling and share it with an interested audience. What is important is that digital storytelling is encouraging the participation of individuals from every walk of life. The individual becomes capable of sharing and, in fact, the bottom-line of profit margins do not guide performance. On youtube, digital storytelling has taken off. Performers get feedback and can edit or perform their stories in different ways accordingly.
The relationship between ancient oral performance and modern digital storytelling is quite simple: digital storytelling requires the speaker to perform a native story, or scripted performance, which is persuasive and confessional. Both rely on the creative energies of the performer and the skill of creating a narrative. Online video, video games, lectures online, etc, all are grouped within performance. Specifically, digital storytelling usually requires a performance of a personal piece of writing by a performer, but sometimes this is not the case; rather, the performer performs stories ancient and new. Both Benjamin and Ong reflect on the evolutionary process of telling stories this process is continuous and a necessary aspect of human social evolution.
Edited by Sara Humphreys – all quotations have been verified and linked to a pdf file found at Slought.org, a non-profit arts oriented think-tank based in Philadelphia.


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David Wilson - #22 - RB
|5' 9"/ 205 lbs.
|Danville, VA
|Virginia Tech
|Years played
|2012, 1st round, 32nd pick by Giants
Giants sign OG Boothe; line returns for '13
The Giants on Monday announced that OLG Kevin Boothe has re-signed after spending time on the free-agent market.
New York Giants: 2013 team needs
We highlight the top three needs on offense and defense for the New York Giants, and take a look back at their 2012 draft class.
Giants re-sign OT Beatty
The Giants signed OT Will Beatty to a five-year deal, the team announced Wednesday.
Giants owner's nephew arrested in Conn.
The nephew of Giants owner John Mara has been charged with felony assault in Connecticut.
Reese: Giants' Tuck wants to regain form
Giants GM Jerry Reese has spoken to DE Justin Tuck about him regaining his form of two seasons ago.
Lattimore hopes to inspire during incredible comeback
South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore isn't letting a gruesome knee injury slow him down en route to his path to the NFL.
Giants re-sign DT Rogers
The Giants re-signed DT Shaun Rogers on Thursday, the team announced.
Giants release RB Bradshaw, DT Canty
The Giants released RB Ahmad Bradshaw and DT Chris Canty on Wednesday, the team confirmed.
Giants release LB Boley
The Giants released LB Michael Boley on Tuesday, the team announced.
Is Canty a cap concern for Giants?
DT Chris Canty carries a high salary-cap figure and a balky knee. Is that enough for the Giants to cut him?
Eli Manning added to NFC Pro Bowl roster
Giants QB Eli Manning will replace Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers on the NFC roster for the Pro Bowl.
Giants could seek more pass-rush help
The Giants' pass rush fell way off this season, which could lead them to seek more DE help from the draft.
Panthers name Gettleman general manager
The Panthers announced Wednesday that Dave Gettleman has been hired as general manager.
Expanding the playoffs a bad idea
Expanded playoffs? Bad idea if the wild-card games were a clue. Plus, how Leslie Frazier and Mike Shanahan handled QB decisions.
NFC East Spin cycle: Redskins claim first division title since 1999
The Redskins are in the playoffs and everyone else is home for the rest of the holidays. Surprised? So are we.
Giants coach Tom Coughlin kept open the possibility that Wilson could start against the Falcons (11-2) with Ahmad Bradshaw uncertain to play.||||||| Wilson owners need to keep an eye on Bradshaw's status leading up to Sunday. Wilson could prove to be a top-10 option with a heavy workload.
Wilson sprinted 97 yards on a kickoff return for one touchdown, ran for 100 yards and two more scores and piled up a team-record 327 all-purpose yards in a 52-27 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.||||||| Wilson broke out in a big way and may have earned himself a prominent role in the Giants' offense going forward. He's certainly worth snatching up if still available on the waiver wire.
The New York Giants no longer have the time to groom rookie running back David Wilson. The first-round draft pick is going to have to start contributing as Ahmad Bradshaw's backup in the final five games of the regular season, starting Monday against the Washington Redskins.||||||| Wilson was thrown into the backup job Sunday, when Andre Brown broke his left leg in the fourth quarter of New York's 38-10 win over the Green Bay Packers. On most teams, the backup role might mean a couple of carries a game. For the Giants (7-4), though, the role is different because of Bradshaw's foot problems. He has dealt with them for years, usually playing in pain. One bad step, and Wilson becomes the No. 1 back ... in the middle of a playoff race.


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Bryggman (Broadway's Proof, "As the World Turns") stars as Lyman Wyeth, with Carey (Broadway's London Assurance) as Polly Wyeth in the Tony Award-nominated Jon Robin Baitz family drama, set in Palm Springs, CA.
The Kyle Donnelly-directed production also features Hayes Award winner Emily Donahoe (Shakespeare in Hollywood, Broadway's 33 Variations) as unstable daughter Brooke; Scott Drummond (Arena's Well) as TV producer-son Trip; and Martha Hackett (a veteran of South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum and Ford's Theatre) as alcoholic Aunt Silda.
Playwright Baitz is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for A Fair Country. His other plays are Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "schmucks," The Film Society, The Substance of Fire, The End of the Day, Three Hotels, A Fair Country, an adaptation of Hedda Gabler, Ten Unknowns and The Paris Letter.
The Other Desert Cities production team includes Kate Edmunds (set designer), Nan Cibula-Jenkins (costume designer), Nancy Schertler (lighting designer) and David Van Tieghem (original music/sound designer). Martha Knight is stage manager; Kurt Hall is assistant stage manager; Tara Rubin Casting handled casting.
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She is survived by her son, Jim Decker (Brenda) of Fairdale, Kentucky, sisters, Clara Bell Turner and Ivy Jo Horn, grandchild, Jamie Decker (Donna)and great-grandchildren Dustin Lee Decker and Heather Decker. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Decker.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 21st, 2013 at the Watson & Hunt Funeral Chapel in Leitchfield with Bro. Delmer Williams officiating. Burial will be in the Antioch Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held after 5:00 p.m. on Friday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the Watson & Hunt Funeral Chapel.


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A straight Eagle Scout with two lesbian mothers on Wednesday will deliver more than a quarter-million online petitions to the Boys Scouts of America, demanding they allow gays as members and masters.
This isnt a gotcha moment. We arent trying ambush the Boy Scouts. Its to encourage one of the great cultural institutions in this country to change a policy that many of us feel are out of date, said Zach Wahls, 20, of Iowa City, who will urge the Scouts to reinstate Jennifer Tyrrell as a den mother near Bridgeport, Ohio. Scouts policy prohibits gays from being members and adult leaders and Tyrrell, a lesbian, was ousted in April.
Wahls will speak Wednesday with Scouts spokesman Deron Smith in Orlando, where the BSA is holding its national meeting this week.
Yes we will respectfully meet with him. However, the BSA does not plan to change its policy, Smith told The Miami Herald in an email on Tuesday.
Wahls became well known in 2011 when he spoke to the Iowa legislature on behalf of his family. He opposed a resolution that would end civil unions in Iowa. The YouTube video of Wahls speaking to the legislature went viral and has been viewed more than 2.5 million times.
In April, Wahls published a memoir, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family. It recounts his life being raised by Terry Wahls and Jackie Reger, a lesbian couple who married three years ago in Iowa.
Terry and Jackie both were Scout moms, said Wahls, who spent a decade in the organization from Tiger Cub to Eagle Scout.
The Iowa scouts didnt disqualify Wahls mothers, he said.
Once my moms explained who they were, and they were very honest and very open, there was a little bit of hesitancy, Wahls said. Once they got to know my moms on a meaningful level, it became a nonissue. They were just two parents who wanted their son to have an enjoyable and enriching experience in the Boy Scouts.
Once we got past the myths and misconceptions and stereotypes, we began to engage on a person-to-person level, he said.
The Scouts have had a long history of disallowing children and adults who identify as gay or lesbian. In 2001, United Way of Miami-Dade stopped funding the South Florida council over the issue.
On April 10, Tyrrell started a petition on the website Change.org after her 7-year-old sons Cub Scout troop removed her as den leader because of her sexual orientation. Since then, more than 275,000 people have signed the petition, including celebrities Josh Hutcherson, Benicio Del Toro, Julianne Moore, Fran Drescher, Ricky Martin, Kelly Osbourne and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
After it was announced that Wahls deliver the petitions to the national scout leaders, the BSA issued a statement:
Scouting values the freedom of everyone to express their opinion and teaches it members to treat everyone with courtesy and respect at all times. The BSA sets polices that are best for its organization and membership. The BSA welcomes all who share its beliefs but does not criticize or condemn those who wish to follow a different path.
Wahls acknowledges that although the petition campaign is trying to put pressure on the Boy Scouts to change their policy ... we wouldnt want to force the Boy Scouts to change its policy.
We want this to be organic, he said. We want it to be authentic and be real.


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|Rita Jane (Bertling) Daley
|Friday, December 27, 2013 9:05 PM
Sept. 22, 1919-Dec. 27, 2013
She was born Sept. 22, 1919, in Muntanna to George William & Mabel (Kestley) Bertling, who preceded her death.
On Feb. 22, 1946, Rita married Gerald P. Daley, who preceded her in death on April 19, 1995.
Surviving are two children, Kevin M. (Janis) Daley and Sr. Kevin Patrice Daley, both of Lima; three grandchildren, Brian Patrick Olsen, Michael G. Engberg and Audrey M. (Toby) Adams; and two great-grandchildren, Arick and Gunner Engberg.
She is also preceded in death by her daughter, Kathleen Olsen; sister, Rosemary Miller; and her two brothers, James F. Bertling and William J. Bertling.
Mrs. Daley was receptionist for Foy Johnston Paints for 14 years and then H & R Block for 25 years. She was a 1938 graduate of St. John's High School. She was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church, its Altar Rosary Society, Knights of Columbus #2661 Loyalty Ladies and a past president, Daughters of Isabella, Our Lady of Perpetual Help and a past president, Women's Democratic Club, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, #54, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 370, Moose Lodge #199, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275 Auxiliary all of Lima and the Amity Bridge Club, Delphos. She was an avid card player.
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Rose Catholic Church, Lima, Fr. David Ross officiating. Burial will follow in Gethsemani Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home, Lima, where a Parish Wake service will be held at 4 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose School or to her family.
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DETROIT -- Kwame Kilpatrick says he never took a cent from a charity fund meant for kids and voter education, but testimony Friday said otherwise.The Kilpatrick Civic Fund was supposed to help improve Detroit's image and its neighborhoods, but federal prosecutors said all it did was further Kilpatrick's political career.Kwame Kilpatrick once swore during a debate that not one penny of his nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Find would be used for political purposes. "I wouldn't mess with the IRS," he said.On Friday, pollster David Gotoff testified that his political research firm received tens of thousands of dollars from the fund from work it did on Kilpatrick's 2001 mayoral campaign.Defense attorney Jim Thomas tried convincing Gotoff that some of his research was used to help Detroiters. The political operative didn't seem to buy it.Prosecutors contend that Kilpatrick committed fraud by using money that was donated by people who wanted to help the city. Fundraising requests explicitly said the money would not be used to help elect a candidate, but in this case it did and the candidate was Kilpatrick himself.
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The idea behind One Eleven Chop House was to establish a Chicago-style steakhouse right here in Worcester. The elegance and sophistication of the decor complements some of the best-tasting steaks and chops you'll find anywhere. All of our cuts are either certified prime-grade or in the top 10% of the choice grade. And they're all expertly prepared. Choose from traditional steaks done right or less traditional favorites, such as Long Island Duck Two Ways, Sirloin Encrusted in Black Pepper with a Shallot Brandy Cream Sauce, or a Mixed Grill of Filet Mignon, Confit of Duck and Blackened Shrimp.Continued
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- LuvgoodfoodDined on 8/19/2014I ordered the King Crab and instead of telling me they were out, they had some brought over from the Sole Proprietor (another restaurant with the same owners on the other side of the city) so they could satisfy my order. Then because I had to wait a little longer (I didn't even notice the delay!) they didn't charge us for our appetizers and dessert. Food was delicious. Staff was excellent! This is an excellent restaurant for food, service and ambiance. Highly recommended.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/18/2014Service was excellent and food was great. Upscale in ambience but fun place.Special Features:
- Very good food.OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/18/2014We went with a party of 5. All 5 entrees were quite good, in recipe as well as in preparation and presentation. All the entrees included a salad and enough vegetables to make for a meal. This made the overall cost quite reasonable, since we didn't have to order salads or sides. We ordered three desserts. The chocolate mousse was good, and it would be perfect for kids. The presentation is fancy, but the flavor is straight forward and sweet. The blueberry sorbet was also good: subtle. The blueberry cobbler, however, was not good. Several of us tried it, and it remained completely uneaten. It should be removed from the menu. It blemished an otherwise exceptional meal. We will definitely return, and we definitely recommend it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect place to celebrate birthdayJenniferDined on 8/17/2014My husband, teen-aged son, and I celebrated my husband's birthday here and were delighted. The service was friendly and professional; it is refreshing to see a restaurant dedicate clear effort in training servers and hosts. We all had appetizers, salads, steaks, and shared two desserts; having dined at top steak houses across the country, this was absolutely in the top tier (puts Ruth's Chris Boston to shame!). Food was fresh, inventive, and flavorful, each steak was cooked to the perfect, specified temperature (amazing how difficult that seems for so many places), and the wine list was outstanding. The only downside is that the bar area, which is open to the dining room, is dominated by 2 big TVs and is a bit noisy.Special Features:
- First, and likely, only timeOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/17/2014Overall the food was good. I had swordfish that was perfectly prepared and my wife's pork chop was also good. However, we specifically went here because my son wanted a nice steak for his birthday. While his 30-day aged New York strip was flavorful, it was on the dry side, and it was not tender but very chewy. Bottom line, the food was good but not the steak, which is really the reason for going to a chop house...
- Always a TreatOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/16/2014This restaurant never fails. Great food. Hot food is always piping hot. Attentive service. Terrific desserts. A+.Special Features:
- go2worcesterDined on 8/16/2014The food is excellent and so is the service. Two waiters per table (on average) and attention to detail Overall, very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lived up to their reputation!!!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014This place came highly recommended by several friends and rightfully so! Very attentive staff, looking proper in their white coats. Just because you serve steak doesn't make you a steakhouse (i'm looking at you Texas roadhouse and Outback). You want a proper cut of meat perfectly prepared, the Chop House is the place to go.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- First timersDebhitchDined on 8/16/2014We arrived and were seated right away. Excellent service. Food very good to excellent. But within 20 minutes the restaurant was full and we found ourselves almost yelling. That would be our only complaint the noise levelSpecial Features:
- Excellent and TastyOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/16/2014The service was great. They were friendly, made sure that you had what you needed without being there too often. Just right. The food was very good, the deserts were awesome too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not what I rememberTheWaughsDined on 8/14/2014Maybe it was a mistake going during Worcester restaraunt week, but the food by far below par compared to what it was two years ago. My dry aged steak lacked any flavor and my wife's meal was horrible. The head server, Alex, disappeared after our meals were served and never came back to check on us or deliver the bill. Very disappointed in a place I had previously recommended comparing them to Capital Grille.Special Features:
- DiningHappyPatronDined on 8/13/2014Above is a list of why I would recommend this Restaurant to others but there are so Many other reasons why Not listed. One Huge point that Impressed Me was how Informative the Waiter was on explaining to Us other options to think about regarding Our choice of Dinners. It wasn't in a Bad way but Meant nearly to let Us know on other Choices As Good or Better to try. We took Advise and Found Dinner to be Exactly what was Explained. It Was An Awesome Meal! I Rate This A 10.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Restaurant WeekOpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 8/13/2014Great selections! I have a gluten-issue and had many options. Very happy with experience....everything was delicious!Special Features:
- disappointingsimplymeDined on 8/12/2014I was there for restaurant week. I ordered a 12 oz rib steak ( no bone) that was half fat, and nothing notable as far as taste was concerned. The bag-bang shrimp was totally delicious however and I'm glad it was a generous portion, because the steak was really mediocre. The wine was also excellent. The service was excellent. This is not the first time I've been disappointed in the steak at the Chop House, and for the price, it was certainly not worth it. I'm not likely to go back any time soon. TheSpecial Features:
- Great night outOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/12/2014Went during restaurant week, limited restaurant week menu, however it was all great. Waitstaff was wonderful. Food was delicious, just the right amount.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/10/2014Steaks and side vegetable dishes were very good. Service as always was excellentSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- celebration46celebration46Dined on 8/10/2014We so enjoyed our dinner with you. It was our 46 wedding anniversary and you made it special by asking if we were celebrating anything and then decorating our dessert with candles. Thank you so much. Your staff was wonderful and most attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just OkayUberSmackDined on 8/8/2014Every day I drove by the 111 and finally decided to go for my anniversary. Upon arriving I was pleased with the valet and also my first impression. We were seated immediately. The two servers came over within 5 minutes and introduced themselves as well as stopped over regularly throughout the night, great service! This is where the issues start though, the noise level was insane, my girlfriend and I were sitting 2 feet apart from one another and we couldn't hear each other talking, the wait staff could not hear us ordering, we had to resort to pointing to the menu to order to keep ourselves from yelling. What I expected to be an intimate, well dressed, high end restaurant felt more like the 99 on a busy night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointmentLove2DineDined on 8/8/2014Service and ambiance was great. Food was less than desirable. I had one of the toughest cuts of meat I have ever had the misfortune of eating. For the price of the meat of the menu I expected better. I would not waste my money there, I have had far better cuts at other restaurants for a fraction if the cost.Special Features:
- All around great mealWidowDined on 8/4/2014111 Chop House has a high standard of food and service in very pleasant surroundings.Special Features:
- first choice for special occasionsMrsL1234Dined on 8/1/2014We love going here for special occasions. Very tasty food from app to dessert. Waiters/waitresses are always phenomenal. Very professional and attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Attentive serviceDontGetOutMuchDined on 8/1/2014Probably the best service I have ever received. After telling waiter of a seafood allergy, all of my food was hand delivered by the chef! My short ribs were a little dry (should have had a steak) and I was offered a new entree! Fantastic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great SteaksknightoutDined on 7/26/2014This restaurant never disappoints......Great food...good wine list..attentive serviceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Evening!KathyDined on 7/26/2014Our table was ready when we arrived - a great corner location for our party of six. The dining room is divided into sections so that you have a feeling of upscale intimacy. The wait staff was extremely attentive and knowledgable. Every meal that was ordered was cooked perfectly and exceeded expectations. A fabulous steakhouse doesn't have to be in Boston!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 111 chop houseDandanDined on 7/25/2014111 Chop House has a nice classic steakhouse ambience. Food was average steakhouse fare, nothing special. Service was OK. Expensive for what it is. $70 per person w/o booze.
- Great for special occasionsAzeeDined on 7/23/2014Dined in here with my girlfriend on her 21st birthday, we didn't want a big scene so we didn't really tell the waiters that it was her birthday till we ordered some wine and they noticed that she'd just turned 21. At the end of the meal when the dessert was served the plate came out with "Happy 21st birthday" written all around it and a small lit candle in the middle of the chocolate lava cake. It was just something that showed that the staff cared about their customers who dined in. Amazing service.Special Features:
- Excellent friesFoodieDined on 7/23/2014I enjoyed my steak frites - the truffle oil, Parmesan fries were fabulous and my 5 oz fillet was tender and tasty. Seems like I had the best experience, though. Comments from my friends included that the lamb was fatty, the cod special over cooked, and the rib eye tough. But the restaurant is lovely and the service was good and very friendly. We lingered over coffee and dessert for a long while and felt no pressure to give up our table. Overall, though, we all thought it over priced. Still, I'd go back for the fries.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 7/23/2014Great Food Excellent service. A bit noisey on the lower levelSpecial Features:
- Great steaksSharonVIPDined on 7/21/2014My husband and I ate at 111 yesterday after not having been there 4 several months. Our steaks were excellent, as they always are; cooked rare just the way we like them. The frites were also super. The service wasn't as excellent as it's been in the past. The 2 servers were slow to get our salads and beverages & didn't pay much attention to us. They did have a large party to serve at a nearby table, but that's often the case at 111, & even when it's much busier than it was last night, our servers have always been very attentive. e parties. The profiteroles we shared for dessert were not as good as in the past--the dough was very heavy & hard to chew. We'll definitely go back soon & hope the service will be like it's been in the past.Special Features:
- JEPJEP213Dined on 7/20/2014Very friendly staff, very accommodating, super quick service. The food was delicious! My hubby and I went for our anniversary and they even surprised us with a free happy anniversary dessert! We even showed up a half our before our reservation and got seated immediately. No complaints!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great first experienceyummyDined on 7/19/2014My husband and I went for our anniversary. I was pleased with the menu offerings and we had a nice meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Impeccable service great food.OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/18/20141st time. Wish it was sooner. Friendly staff. We will be going back soon. We had two servers who took great care of us,Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent Meal and ServiceAnotherJimDined on 7/16/2014Not the first time we've been to the Chophouse. Service is excellent and the food is wonderful. We were seated right away. Bread and drink orders were taken and filled quickly. Dinner order was taken and ready not long after we finished our salads. Service was brisk, but not rushed. Very good timing. Dinner runs $20 to $30 a plate, so not a place I would bring the kids. Definitely a place for a date night, special occasssion or to just enjoy good food and drink. We went for our anniversary and were surprised with a dessert on the house.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/12/2014Had a great time. Staff was courteous and prompt. My wife loved the mojitos and our friends were delighted with the food and ambiance. Thanks for a great night. Reviewed by Taty for MarcSpecial Features:
- Enjoyable in every wayMrTVDNRDined on 7/11/2014Great food, service and wine list. Always love coming here for any occasion or just because.Special Features:
- one year wedding anniversaryOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 7/11/2014We went out to celebrate our anniversary. The food was fantastic and the service was outstanding. The wait staff was very knowledgeable about the menu and anticipated our every need!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Relaxing and deliciousbillandpam3Dined on 7/9/2014We celebrated our wedding anniversary at the 111 Chop House and it was a wonderful experience! We were treated like royalty and the meal was delicious! Thw wait staff was very attentive and helped to make the evening a truly special event! Thank you so much!Special Features:
- Perfect eveninglks0723Dined on 7/5/2014The service, food, wine and atmosphere were all outstanding. Love this place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- date nightnursekellyandxrayjayDined on 7/3/2014We chose the chop house for our monthly date night and were not disappointed. We found the ambience lovely, and the service prompt and efficient. My husband raved about the maryland crab cake and we both loved the oysters on the half shell, which had the perfect taste of the sea without a speck of grit. Our cocktails were expertly prepared and our server was helpful with a wine selection for our entrees. My husband devoured his bone-in ribeye, which was cooked to medium rare perfection, and my skirt steak and frites was just as delectable. We also had the amazing raspberry creme brulee to finish our perfect meal. Thank you again for a lovely experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Cannot wait to go back!BirthdaydinnerDined on 6/29/2014I had the lobster with steak tips, THE BEST! Loved the food, loved the service.Special Features:


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Two main applications of stem cells in regenerative medicine involve cell replacement therapies and building human "disease-in-a dish" models to reveal underlying cellular and molecular events and to enable drug screenings. One of the major challenges of using "disease-in-a-dish" models is to reveal physiologically-relevant phenotypes and to use the phenotype for drug screening. Over the past several years, our laboratory has been working actively towards using human stem cell–based "disease-in-a-dish" models to study human neurological disorders. We have found that at least for neurological diseases, two universal assays can be applied. One is electrophysiological analysis for sensitive detection of abnormalities in synaptic transmission , as vast majority of neurological disorders involve abnormalities in neural transmission, and the other is alterations in transcriptome. Since it is increasingly acknowledged that the transcriptome of a cell to a large extent, represents the biological/physiological state of that cell, it is becoming meaningful to utilize the transcriptome as a general readout that marks the epigenetic state of a cell, which may reflect its pathological state, identity, differentiation and physiological state. Once the whole genome-wide transcriptome is reduced to a core/signature program of a handful of genes, there is a highly sensitive and quantitative medium-throughput screening platform, which can be used for core-transcriptome reversal screening that can also be considered as an universal phenotypic reversal screening. This application is aimed at testing the validity of this approach and if successful, it will greatly accelerate the drug discovery process using the human disease-in-a-dish models for neurological disorders, paving the way from disease genes all the way to therapeutic development.
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Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by primarily loss-of-function mutations in the X-linked MeCP2 gene. It mainly affects females with an incidence of about 1 in 10,000 births. After up to 18 months of apparently normal development, children with RTT develop severe neurological symptoms including motor defects, mental retardation, autistic traits, seizures and anxiety. RTT is one of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) that affects many children in California. In this application, we propose to use our hESC-based Rett syndrome (RTT) model as a proof-of-principle case to define a set of core transcriptome that can be used for drug screenings. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold great potential for cell replacement therapy where cells are lost due to disease or injury. For the diseases of the central nervous system, hESC-derived neurons could be used for repair. This approach requires careful characterization of hESCs prior to utilizing their therapeutic potentials. Our findings will not only benefit RTT and other ASD patients, but also subsequently enable broad applications of this approach in drug discovery using human pluripotent stem cell-based disease models to benefit the citizens of California in a broader spectrum.
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The goal of this proposal is to develop drug targets for Rett syndrome (RTT) by identifying a core set of genes whose expression is altered in a disease-specific manner and to validate this approach as a generalized strategy for drug discovery. RTT syndrome is an autism spectrum developmental disorder caused by a mutation in the MeCP2 gene and associated with abnormal synaptic function in neurons. The applicant has developed an in vitro model for RTT syndrome in which the MeCP2 gene is knocked down in neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs); these neurons display an abnormal synaptic phenotype. The applicant has utilized microarray technology to identify a set of genes whose expression is modified in the MeCP2 knock-down neurons. In Aim 1 the applicant will define a core set of relevant genes (core transcriptome). In Aim 2 they proposed to assess the role of these genes as mediators of the aberrant phenotypes in the RTT in vitro model. Finally, in Aim 3, the hESC-derived MeCP2 knock-down neurons will be used to screen a small molecule chemical library to identify compounds capable of reverting aberrant core transcriptome profiles to the normal state. Reviewers found that the concept of a core signature transcriptome responsible for RTT syndrome phenotypes to be novel and interesting and acknowledged that the discovery of a potential therapeutic candidate for this disorder would be of high impact. However they considered the approaches outlined in the proposal to lack innovation and found the rationale obscure. Additionally, reviewers agreed that the lack of feasibility of the experimental plan limited any potential impact of the proposed research. The experimental plan was abbreviated and lacked sufficient experimental detail for the reviewers to discern how the applicant would conduct the proposed studies. For example, quantitative criteria for selecting candidates for the core transcriptome were not provided, criteria for assessing the effect of one gene on another were absent, and a functional index was not described for determining the hierarchy of the core transcriptome candidates in a transcriptional signaling network. Given this lack of information, it was difficult to assess whether or not core transcriptome genes would be identified using the approaches outlined in the proposal. A similar lack of detail in the description of the approaches for small molecule screening rendered assessment of the proposed screening experiments challenging. The applicant proposes to use commercially available chemical libraries, however, no details were provided about these libraries, preventing reviewers from assessing their value. Further, the applicant did not describe how screens would be performed or how hits would be identified. The preliminary data supporting the feasibility of the proposed experiments was weak, and the applicant did not clearly describe how the provided preliminary data supported the proposed experiments. Furthermore, rationale for the experimental design was lacking. The presented timeline was non-specific and unrealistic, and a discussion of milestones was absent from the proposal. The principal investigator (PI) on the proposal is an accomplished, senior neuroscientist with a strong track record and the expertise to perform the experiments described in the proposal. Reviewers considered the overall research team to be inadequate and inexperienced, particularly in drug screening expertise. Overall, although the PI is strong and the proposed research is in an area of great interest, reviewers considered the proposal to be weak and poorly written. The complete lack of experimental detail or scientific rationale for the proposed experiments led reviewers to doubt the feasibility and, therefore, the impact of the proposed research. This application was not recommended for funding.


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Your mountain home cottage just 15 minutes from Albuquerque in Albuquerque
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Cedar Crest Country Cottage & Stables offers charm and hospotality.
A completely private three bedroom,two bath,very comfortable large
living area and self sufficent kitchen, with all you need awaite you.
Kitchen has everything you need to cook ,stove,microwave, refrigarator. There is a large grocery store just a mile down the road.
Or if you don't feel like cooking,
there are several restaraunts within five minutes.
Relax at your home away from home located on the grounds of
the ranch,with a large redwood deck in front overlooking the ranch
and horses, and the trailhead in backyard to hike, or ride your cares
away and go on a beautiful relaxing trail ride, on one of our quiet
gentle horses great for first time riders.
In the beautiful Sandia mountains,adjacent to Cibola National Forest.
Vacationers can enjoy all the attractions of Albuquerque only fifteen
minutes away or Santa Fe fortyfive minutes away,plus the historic
sites,galleries and shops at Madrid and Cerillos along the national
scenic biway of the Turquise trail.
Take a beautiful drive to Sandia Peak Ski Area,Ski in the winter,ride
the mountain bikes in the summer.Only a fifteen to twenty minute
drive.Keep going to the top of Sandia Crest 10678' and overlook down
to Albuquerque, one mile high.
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One hour fire break ride, two hour beautiful scenic top view or canyon rides, three hour teppee top ride, Or four hour spectacular waterfall ride, with great views, up
and down canyons,wilderness areas, cross spring, and check out the top and bottom of the waterfalls.
Paa-ko ridge golf club and course is only five miles away.
One of the top rated courses in the country.
Sandia Ski area only fifteen minutes up the road.
Stop and check out Tinkertown museum along the way.
Turqouise trail museum of Archeology across the st.
What a way to play, in the mountains.
It's beautiful.
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Rates start at $75.00 a night.
$75.00- 1 bedroom 1 bath suite double accupancy 1 night
$110.00-2 bedrooms 2 bath suite accommodates 4 1 night
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RALEIGH — Jeff Skinner was a 50-goal scorer in junior hockey and now twice has had more than 30 goals in four NHL seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Put the puck on his stick and Skinner can find the net. The forward is part of a rare breed: a pure goal-scorer.
But what about 40? Is Skinner, who scored his 31st of the season Saturday, ready to take the next step and reach that elite status in the coming seasons?
I think he can, yeah, coach Kirk Muller said Saturday. Hes had a few stretches where he didnt have production and I think because hes young that affects guys who score goals. When youre not scoring, you evaluate your game that way, and I think through maturity you learn that when you dont score you work to keep the other things in your game. You just keep level-headed.
When he does that and gets a little more consistent, he has the capability of scoring 40.
Since the franchise relocated to North Carolina in 1997, just two players have notched 40 during a regular season Jeff ONeill and Eric Staal, who has done it twice. ONeill had 41 goals in 2000-01. Staal had a career-high 45 in 2005-06 when the Canes won the Stanley Cup and 40 in 2008-09.
Skinner, 21, wont say hell be the next 40-goal guy for the Canes, but he doesnt rule it out, either.
I think as a player you always want to keep improving, he said. For me, Ive scored 30 goals. If you want to be a guy who produces offensively, obviously taking that next step is to be a 40-goal scorer.
Youre always trying to improve parts of your game and I want to become more all-around and improve all facets of my game. For me, that includes goal-scoring. It would be nice to take that next step, and produce more and help the team win more.
Skinners goal during Saturdays 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils tied a career high set in his 2010-11 rookie season. It came on a shot from the right circle, the puck entering and exiting the net so hard and fast that it initially was not ruled a goal.
While the Canes surely will go through some offseason changes, Skinner is one of the team cornerstones. He leads the Canes with 10 power-play goals and six game-winning goals, and according to the Elias Sports Bureau is the first in franchise history to have two 30-goal seasons before age 22.
Former Carolina teammate Erik Cole said Skinners belief in himself is what drives him. At 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, Skinner isnt the biggest guy and had some scouts questioning his skating ability leading up to the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
But Skinner scored 50 goals for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League in 2009-10. He added another 20 goals in 20 playoff games that year, causing a lot of scouts to change their minds.
Skinner said it was easy to be the finisher on a Kitchener line with Gabriel Landeskog and Jeremy Morin, but his 70 goals werent overlooked. The seventh overall pick of the 2010 draft, Skinner in 2011 became the first player in franchise history and the youngest in NHL history to win the Calder Trophy.
My first year, a lot went right for me to have that success early on, he said. There are so many variables. You have to be playing in the right situations with the right guys. At the same time you need to believe in yourself and put in the work.
Skinner played all 82 games as a rookie, showing durability. But concussions in each of the next two seasons sidelined him a number of games and he missed 11 games this season with a hand injury. But he had the hottest run of his career during December, scoring 12 goals, then started the new year with a hat trick his second of the season against the Washington Capitals.
More recently, Skinner found success on a line with center Riley Nash and Elias Lindholm, the Canes first-round pick in 2013. Now, hes topped 30 goals again.
Its nice to get back to that number, Skinner said. It is just a number but its a nice achievement. We havent had the team success we would have liked but its nice to help out in that way.
But everyones No. 1 goal is the playoffs and its something I havent experienced. I want to make that happen.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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My first Broadway show as an audience member, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It cemented my desire to be a Broadway performer.
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15 Apr 2013
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Charles Randolph-Wright directs Motown, which is brimming with songs made famous by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five. Previews began March 11.
Gordy, who also authored the book to Motown, is producing the musical along with Tony winner Kevin McCollum (Rent, In the Heights, Avenue Q) and Sony Music CEO Doug Morris.
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Talk to the Gallagher brothers about how they made it that far and you get no romanticisation, because while their tale might read like a fairy story now, that's not how it began, and you don't have to delve far to find echoes of rock's origins in the Delta. The details of their early lives in the tough Manchester, UK district of Burnage are well documented, but fortunately there were compensations in the form of an old guitar their father brought home one day - in which Noel found refuge for hours at a time - and regular trips to the local Maine Road Stadium to watch Manchester City play football. In the case of the latter, what fascinated the boys was not so much the action on the pitch, but the 'stands full of crowds singing together, something you never saw (and still seldom see) anywhere else. And what they sang was so uplifting. Noel had been born three days before the release of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper, but football provided his first real experience of music and it may be coincidence that songs like "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Champagne Supernova" seem to come fully alive in a stadium; that Oasis are one of the few bands you'd rather see in that environment than in a sweaty club. But there again, it may not. Critics who dismiss Oasis's songs as populist fail to recognize the core emotion behind them, which is yearning.
So in their different ways, the songs are mostly about transcendence and it's arguable that what we have here is a form of English soul music... which also explains the uniquely intimate relationship between Oasis and their fans - why their audience not only remains constant, but constantly renews itself, regardless of whatever vogues are playing elsewhere.
Liam formed the band. Noel never played in one until he came home from roadying for Inspiral Carpets and managed to persuade the four friends from the original lineup that he should join forces with them. Liam appears to have been born to his destiny as a rock star - his mother tells a story of him covering dropped lines in a nativity play with a spontaneous impression of Elvis - but Noel expected to be a builder like his dad. None of his mates were into music, but a first sighting of local boys The Smiths in 1984 turned his world upside down, with Liam equally besotted by The Stone Roses' legendary early Manchester shows, setting the seal on the brothers' musical ambitions a few years later.
We often assume the rise of Oasis to have been instant and unchallenged, but it wasn't: the first review in Britain's NME was noncommittal and the second scathing. Nevertheless, by the time that blistering debut album Definitely Maybe arrived, most observers had no trouble recognising it as a stone cold classic. The instinctive theme was the band's dream of escaping the life they'd been born to, but where a song like Rock 'n' Roll Star, with its chorus of 'Tonight...I'm a rock 'n' roll star!' could seem aloof in other hands, this song wasn't about being a rock star, it was about feeling like one; about that fleeting sense of immortality you got when you stalked into a bar knowing you looked great, felt great, were the very essence and summation of being - the sense that existence could never, ever have more to offer than this. No one has ever captured this precarious thrill better than Noel, while Liam seems its perpetual embodiment. The singer's six-syllable phrasing of the word 'imagination' in the first line of "Cigarettes & Alcohol" makes it easily the most iconic song line of the 1990s.
Everything which followed was built on this ecstatic foundation. The second album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, went over the top when "Wonderwall" became a world-wide anthem of 1995. Then there was the insanity surrounding the release of the band's third album, Be Here Now, in 1997, of a type not visited upon the British Isles since Beatlemania and which no album could hope to live up to. Notwithstanding its author's retrospective belief that Be Here Now was rushed, it springs a lot of surprises when listened to with fresh ears at this remove: at the very least, it looks like the most perfect expression of its time, which seemed to feed the inevitable post-millennial comedown, and a sense of disorientation which found focus in Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, the album made just before the sudden departure of founder members Bonehead and Guigs. All the same, a period of rebuilding both band and the brothers' personal lives culminated in 2002's Heathen Chemistry, which combined the band's best collection of songs since Morning Glory with the fresh drive provided by new members Gem Archer and Andy Bell.
The interesting thing about the story so far is that, throughout, the group's live audience continued to grow on a world-wide scale, perhaps because the brothers' triumphs and travails seemed to reflect our own as individuals. Just as they are a part of our story, we feel ourselves to be a part of theirs and perhaps the most revealing thing Noel Gallagher has ever said about the band came in response to a question concerning their lack of razzmatazz live, to which he replied simply that "if you take the emphasis away from razzmatazz, the audience gets more involved with itself." And now we seem to have entered a second phase. Their most recent album, Don't Believe The Truth, rightly heralded as a triumphant return, differs from its predecessors in that the writing is shared amongst the band. Liam continues to blossom and mature as a songwriter, while Gem Archer and Andy Bell have stepped forward with telling contributions and are making it increasingly hard to remember a time when they weren't around. Meanwhile, Noel's own tunes seem to be engaging with the world in a more direct way, almost as wry Information Age protest songs in some cases. Where this might lead, it's impossible to know, but anyone who saw 2005/06's world tour will have found Oasis looking and sounding as vital as at any time since '94.


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DENVER -- In his second start of the season on Friday night, San Diego's Andrew Cashner held the Astros hitless through 6 1/3 innings, striking out nine batters."I felt like I had better stuff when I was in the Minors and tonight I felt like I still had my fastball there in the seventh," said Cashner, who has come on in relief in 27 of his 29 appearances. "I feel like my legs are really strong right now and I can hold my velocity." The right-hander had his no-hit bid broken up in the seventh on a single by Carlos Lee and later allowed a homer by Brian Bogusevic that chased him from the game. The 6 1/3-inning outing was the longest of Cashner's career and four innings more than his season high. Cashner threw 101 pitches, more than double his previous season-high (47). "He came out good," Black said on Friday, before the Padres began a three-game series at the Rockies. "But I wouldn't pitch him today." Cashner even eagerly suggested he'd be able to run the bases Friday, if needed. "That was our conversation about how he felt, went right into pinch-running," Black said with a laugh.
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DENVER -- Padres manager Buddy Black, who started 296 games in the Majors, sees the benefits of the Rockies curious four-man starting rotation."[The other team] has to be prepared for the reliever," Black said. "If you have a heavy right-handed lineup against a left-handed pitcher, then before you know it you've got a right-handed pitcher in behind him. Those matchups might not come in play as much if they're using four to five guys a night." The exact situation was a possibility on Friday for the Rockies, who started lefty Jeff Francis. After Francis' 75 pitches are thrown -- each of Colorado's four starters are on a 75-pitch count -- then right-handed Tyler Chatwood is expected to come in. Since going to the four-man rotation on June 19, the Rockies were 4-6 entering Friday's game, with an ERA of 5.99 -- a shade better than the full-season 6.53 mark for all Colorado starters. "The Rockies know their personnel better than anybody," Black said. "I'm sure they thought this out and thought it was the best thing to do for their club."
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John Baker started Friday at catcher in place of Nick Hundley. Black listed Hundley's trouble against lefties (.108 season average) and fatigue as reasons."Nick caught three of the four games [in Houston] and I want to give him a day away from starting," Black said. "And Baker's had some good at-bats lately. You gotta use your whole roster." Baker is hitting .321 (9-for-28) in his past 10 games prior to Friday. With his go-ahead grand slam on Thursday against Houston, Alexi Amarista became the fifth Padre in team history to hit a grand slam for his first Major League homer and the first since 2002 (Ramon Vazquez). Third baseman Chase Headley entered Friday's game with a .329 batting average (25-for-76) in his last 20 games. Headley leads the Padres in hits and RBIs. The Padres were 3-3 against the Rockies this season entering Friday, with a 1-2 record at Coors Field. Sixteen games back in the National League West, the Padres trail Colorado by just two games.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware's Public Service Commission has approved a $22 million annual rate hike on Delmarva Power customers. Delmarva Power initially asked for a distribution rate increase of about $33 million last year, a request that generated more than 1,500 comments in opposition. The PSC staff recommended that Delmarva be allowed an increase of about $16 million, while the Public Advocate, charged with representing the interests of consumers, recommended an increase of $17.5 million. In August, the parties settled on an increase of $22 million, and a hearing examiner recommended last month that the settlement be approved by the PSC. Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday for the rate increase, which, among other things, would cover the costs of installing so-called "smart meters."
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