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On second thought, 'hiatus' felt wishy-washy and indecisive. I meant 'closed' and should have said so: Whale Sound is now closed. Feeling a bit sad, but it's time.
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'Whale Sound' hiatus
It's been a terrific year at Whale Sound but it's time to take a break. Going forward, we may occasionally solicit a poem for reading, but we will not be accepting submissions for the foreseeable future. Activity on this blog and on Facebook/Twitter activity will slow down as well.
A few highlights from the Whale Sound year:
- Whale Sound started up a year and one month ago in August 2010
– Published readings of poems by 212 poets
– Published 7 audio chapbooks in multiple formats – website, e-book, PDF and print – most of them free
– Coordinated and participated in 8 group readings
– Established Voice Alpha, a group blog focusing on the art of reading poetry aloud for an audience (I will continue to post here occasionally and hope my fellow contributors will do the same)
– Collaborated on two videopoem tryptich projects with film-maker Swoon – Night Vision and Propolis (the latter also with Kathy MacTavish)
– Established videpoetry channels on You Tube and Vimeo (videpoetry is an area that continues to fascinate us and we will continue to post at these channels)
Meanwhile, these are the 20 Whale Sound posts receiving the most listener clicks – check them out!
- 'If You Were A Bird' by Aditi Machado
- 'Infinity' by Tess Kincaid
- [a group of jellyfish is called a 'smack.' a group of lapwings is called a 'deceit.'] by Chella Courington
- 'Something Brighter Than Pity' by Carolina Ebeid
- 'A Different Leaving' by Terresa Wellborn
- 'A Week Before You Die, You Are Singing' by Erin Elizabeth Smith
- 'Sometimes I Still Dream About Their Pink Bodies' by Kelli Russell Agodon
- 'Lament' by Jill Alexander Essbaum
- 'The Trains' by Adele Kenny
- 'A Bigfoot Poem' by Dave Bonta
- Group reading: 'The Slender Scent' by James Robison
- 'Ode to Drunkenness and Other Criminal Activities' by Rebecca Loudon
- 'At Ruby's Diner' by Sherry O'Keefe
- 'Sink or Float [quick fix witch]' by Juliet Cook
- 'How To Fall In Love' by Susan Elbe
- 'The Way Back' by Kathleen Kirk
- 'In Which Christina Imagines That Different Types Of Alcohol Are Men And She Is Seeing Them All' by Christina Olson
- 'For The Woman On The Boulevard' by Emma Trelles
- Group reading: 'Acceptance is to her a phenomenon' by Ann Bogle
- 'About a Fish' by Ana Božičević
Call for submissions or your poems are dying to be a videopoem triptych
Whale Sound, Cello Dreams and Swoon are looking for poems with which to create a videopoem triptych.
Do you have a group of three poems you'd like to have published as videopoems? They could be three of your own poems, a set of three separate-but-related poems by you and two other poets, or a set of three poems written collaboratively by two or more poets.
We are a trio of artists — Nic Sebastian, poet/reader; Kathy McTavish, musician; and Swoon, film-maker — who have come together to pioneer this novel method of poetry publication.
Flight, a videopoem based on a poem by Helen Vitoria, is an example of our collaboration.
To get a sense of how your videopoem triptych would look and sound after publication, visit Night Vision.
Send 3 to 5 poems in the body of an email to Nic at nic_sebastian at hotmail dot com or Swoon at swoonbildos at gmail dot com.
Update: Deadline is this weekend – Sunday September 4.
religious texts as love poetry?
I started off this NaPo intending to write 30 prayers and charms. The prayer bit sort of took over and as I wrote, I began thinking more and more about relations with the divine (however defined) and the imperatives and texture that go into those relations. I recently hit something of a wall with the prayer-writing and so have decided instead to read religious texts, with an emphasis on finding text that strikes me at the same time as poetry. (Read them with voice, I mean – which is not at all the same thing as reading them with one's head.)
Starting with what is most familiar to me seemed like a good idea. I was raised a Christian in the Anglican tradition and, text-wise, just happen to be most familiar with (and fond of from a poetry perspective) the King James Version of the Bible. I noted in a blog post yesterday that one thing I did realize while thinking about writing prayers is how similar to a (dysfunctional, co-dependent..?) romantic relationship one's relationship with the divine can be, which made starting with the KJV version of the Song of Songs an immediate no-brainer. I've posted the first half of the Song at Whale Sound today (just under 10 minutes worth of audio), and may or may not get to the other half. Partly because I also want to research and voice religious texts from other traditions that approach the divine in roughly similar fashion — ie essentially as love poetry, in whatever form.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions others may have for any texts, from any and all religious traditions.
Love this at Moving Poems – Text by Peter Stephens, voice by Nic Sebastian, video by Dave Bonta. Thanks, Dave!
bad blogger!
Poor Very Like A Whale is getting short shrift these days, with all my online poetry communications energy going into Whale Sound, Voice Alpha, Facebook and Twitter.
Some bits of frabjous from the last week or two that haven't made it here yet:
Five poems up at Escape Into Life. I was thrilled with this publication — EIL is doing great things and not just with poetry. Recommend you get in and browse around. The artwork accompanying my poems by Ruud Van Empel was just stunning. I was particularly pleased to have the poem 'Thirst & Decay' selected. It was written many years ago in response to a KJV Bible verse prompt (Leviticus 25:35):
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Really what I wanted to use was the phrase 'a stranger and a sojourner' but the second half ended up falling out, as often happens with spark quotations. And the whole, rather surprisingly (or maybe not), ended up being about dysfunction and co-dependence, a perennial Nic Sebastian theme. (More recently, my poem Yew, in this group at Eclectica, tells more or less the same story).
In other excellent news, Whale Sound was featured at the Best American Poetry Blog by Emma Trelles, a Whale Sound poet herself. One of the terrific side effects of being interviewed about what you do is that it forces you to actively think about what you do (as opposed to just doing it) and articulate those thoughts. I find it is the articulation of those thoughts that helps me discern the 'next step' for a project. So, with Whale Sound, the idea of audio chapbooks, the idea of group readings, the idea of Voice Alpha – all grew out of being questioned about the project and having to respond to those questions. In that vein, in addition to Emma, I must thank Dave Bonta and J.P. Dancing Bear for also taking the time to interview me about Whale Sound.
Lastly on the frabjous front: I have begun writing poetry again, after a long hiatus (intensified by starting up the Whale Sound and Voice Alpha projects). I think of them as post-Whale Sound poems, because they are different in genesis and (at least, I think) in style from pre-Whale Sound poems. Getting into the skin of someone else's poem close enough to read it aloud for Whale Sound five days a week is inevitably going to change (has changed) my 'poet-ness' – how I hear, feel, apprehend and write poetry. So far, one new poem has been accepted by Anti- and three by Canopic Jar. Onward!
Whale Sound on the radio
Whale Sound interviewed on J.P. Dancing Bear's Out of Our Minds radio show.
Whale Sound audio chapbook #2 – 'Studies in Monogamy' by Nicelle Davis
The second Whale Sound audio chapbook is live – Studies in Monogamy by Nicelle Davis. Nicelle is a terrific poet and I know you will enjoy her heady, visceral language and relentless imaginative exploration of the risks and pain inherent in relationships. Nicelle is also a thinker. I hope you will appreciate the linked & spooling ideas and textured thought in her treatment of the subject of monogamy, which includes an arresting study of an ugly-beautiful pubescent middle school scab eater; the vulnerability of bereavement after a long marriage; the mysteries of conjoined twinhood and deep primal bonds between people; the decisive role of hormones and chemical signals in our attachments; and the terrible ways in which we, as ordinary people and as celebrities, both maim and survive each other.
How do you like your poetry served?
There's something for all types of poetry-consumers here. Some people like to tackle a chapbook slowly and methodically, beginning at the first entry and ending at the last. The main page is for you – it allows you to click your way through the poems, viewing text and hearing audio, one by one.
Some people want the whole text at their disposal all at once, to be able to skim forward, backwards, stop here and avoid there, with audio options when they choose. The 'all text and audio on one long page' option is for you.
Some people just want the text – forget the audio! And they want text that is printable, physical, holdable. If that's you, the PDF version of Studies in Monogamy is for you.
Some people don't want any text, they just want a chapbook they can hear, and they want to listen to it on their iPod. The MP3 download is for you.
And some people want some or all of the above at different times – the text, the audio, the text and the audio, either, both, any. Just click on your choice, people – any time.
How do you like your poetry served?
Poetry is like steak, isn't it? Everyone wants it served in a particular way.
We realized this at Whale Sound only a little bit after realizing that we have suddenly become a poetry-deliverer. Thanks in major part to the conversations at Voice Alpha and backroom exchanges with our, um, backroom consultants for Whale Sound . (You know who you are, guys – thanks!!).
So some tweaking has occurred at the site of Whale Sound's first audio chapbook publication – Heather Hummel's Handmade Boats.
Some people like to tackle a chapbook slowly and methodically, beginning at the first entry and ending at the last. The main page is for you – it allows you to click your way through the poems, viewing text and hearing audio, one by one.
Some people want the whole text at their disposal all at once, to be able to skim forward, backwards, stop here and avoid there, with audio options when they choose. The 'all text and audio on one long page' is for you.
Some people just want the text, forget the audio. They want text that is printable, physical, holdable. The PDF version is for you.
Some people don't want any of the above, they just want a chapbook they can listen to on their iPod. The MP3 download is for you.
And some people want some or all of the above at different points in time – the text, the audio, the text and the audio, either, both, any.
Is there anything we haven't thought of?
Whale Sound is accepting audio submissions
Whale Sound is now accepting audio submissions for occasional guest-reader slots. If you would like to be considered for a guest-reader slot, please send in a 1-2 minute MP3 recording of yourself reading another web-active poet's work. Guidelines here.
Whale Sound audio chapbook: 'Handmade Boats' by H. K. Hummel
Whale Sound is very happy to announce the publication of the audio chapbook Handmade Boats by H.K. Hummel. Please go over and have a look-listen!
Here are some process notes from the poet and the editor:
Heather's experience: I have the habit of tinkering with poems for decades. The poems in Handmade Boats have been in metamorphosis for some time. All that is to say that working back and forth with Nic Sebastian as we did the final shaping of Handmade Boats for Whale Sound was both pleasurable and surprising, because the poems underwent subtle new transformations that I didn't anticipate.
When I sat down at my desk each morning with a cup of tea, I looked forward to the penetrating questions I'd find in my email inbox. I'd tinker, she'd question, and we'd continue taking turns like that as we fine-tuned the pages. She tucked into the work with such insight it felt as if she was inside the poems with me. At moments, it seemed like we were in one of those plexiglass aquarium tubes where people can walk through and watch hammerhead sharks swimming overhead and on all sides. While I am used to being in the imaginative space of the poem by myself as I watch blue whales and toucans darting past, I don't know that I've ever been in that artistic flow with another person.
As the narrative arc of the chapbook fell into place, the different poems' narrators began to speak in chorus. I am in love with characters of Handmade Boats–the bagpiper, the bartender and the rubber boot man; I am close to the woman stranded on an island, the girl trapped in the 'Automat' and the women bathing in the mineral pools. The characters make up a small town now, a town filled with mythological figures and edged in wilderness.
Listening to the recordings of the poetry is a rare treat for me. The vocal performance reveals the everyday music that exists in our speaking life. Exploring the collection with Nic Sebastian as she gave her skillful voicing to the poems was like participating in a thrilling old-fashioned radio-theater program.
Nic's experience: I knew as soon as I started reading her chapbook manuscript that Heather's would be Whale Sound's first audio chapbook. Knew it with my body rather than my head – with a visceral, physical reaction that I'm sure is familiar to every editor. A reaction based purely and immediately on the words and images presented – before I began to intellectualize about the ideas and themes that ran in her work.
There were basic initial things I knew easily and right away about the manuscript with just eyes & brain: the core work was solid and beautiful, and all that was required to tighten the poems up was the tweaking of a few words or lines here and there, the elimination of a stanza or two.
The deeper story that connected them I did not – could not – know until I had voiced the poems. Very early on, I made draft recordings – nothing good enough to share with Heather, but enough to get me into the skin of the poems (or get the poems into the skin of me). It was making these recordings, and listening to them, that brought me information, not just about the actual sound of the poems and their rhythm, but also about the bigger story – the emotional journey on record, the cross-tracking and cross-hitting themes and memes running through the poems. This in turn gave me very specific ideas about poem order, poem inclusion and poem titling.
It sounds like hocus-pocus, but this really was substantive information voice brought to the process for me. At one point, Heather suggested adding three new poems to the group and asked whether I thought they would work in the group. I said (feeling very lame in my response) that they looked like good additions on the face of it, but I could not really tell until I had voiced the poems. And when I did, I knew quite certainly – and quickly – that two were good additions, while the third was best left to another collection.
I've said previously that voice is an organ of investigation – a sense like touch or sight that brings you information – and believe that all the more strongly after this experience.
I've loved working with Heather – much enjoyed her maturity and range as an artist, her openness as a human being and the vibrant exchanges we have had as author and editor – and am honored to have had even a small role in bringing these wonderful poems of hers to a wider audience. Thank you, Heather!
Whale Sound audio chapbook submissions are now closed
Lots of terrific material received – thank you all so much! The first Whale Sound audio chapbook will be published shortly.
On looking (or not) at your audience when you read poetry
Subject of a new post I just put up at Voice Alpha.
Voice Alpha is a companion site to Whale Sound. It grew out of the Whale Sound experience, which underlined the fact that there are very few resources online specifically focused on assisting poets to build or hone their ability to effectively read poetry aloud for an audience.
Voice Alpha is a repository for thoughts, theories, suggestions, likes and dislikes and anything else related to the art and science of reading poetry aloud for an audience. It's meant to be a community effort. If you would like to guest-blog at Voice Alpha, or have any material you think might be a useful addition to the site, please email nic_sebastian at hotmail dot com.
reading-as-performance – tradecraft for poets?
I've been comparing poets to musicians/composers, noting that the latter undergo rigorous formal training for two complementary aspects of music-craft – a) how to create a score on paper – essentially, a visual artefact – and b) how to master the musical instrument (s) that turn the score into an aural artefact.
Now I'm wondering why it is that for poets, the vast majority of tradecraft emphasis goes to the first part only — mastering the craft that creates the poem-as-text, the visual artefact — while very little attention goes to the second part: mastering the instrument (voice/body) that turns the poem into poem-as-voice, the aural artifact?
This is very obviously not to assert that existing poetry tradecraft does not consider sound. Far from it. We all know from workshops, reading and study what careful emphasis should ideally be placed on addressing the sound element while composing poetry – including the importance of reading work aloud as it is written – and many (many!) books have been written containing formal wisdom on sound and how to manipulate/understand it in poetry.
What I'm talking about, though, is the physical tradecraft associated with reading-as-performance for poets. Starting up the Whale Sound project and lacking such formal training myself, I spent a lot of time looking for reading-as-performance wisdom for poets on the internet. It seems there's almost nothing out there. (If I've overlooked anything, am happy to stand corrected.)
There's a ton of information out there for other voice performances – for singers, actors and speakers. How to warm up and protect your voice; how to breathe correctly; how to stand correctly; how to project your voice; how to find the right singing or speech coach for you; how to relate to your audience. Much of it is relevant and/or adaptable for poets (although some of it is actively wrong for poets, in my view), but almost none of it is directed specifically at poets.
What does that mean? Do we poets as a community assume that honed poetry-writing skills automatically translate into honed poetry-reading skills – that the ability to write good poems comes packaged with the ability to read them aloud well? Or do we simply not care enough about the value of reading-as-performance for poetry and are collectively ok with a wing-it/seat-of-the-pants/take-it-or-leave-it approach when it comes to reading poetry for an audience? There are certainly many naturally-talented performers/readers out there, but surely there are also many many more poets who would really benefit from a discussion of different approaches and key considerations for the poet reading-as-performer.
I'm cross-posting this at Voice Alpha, a new blog that will focus only on reading-as-performance tradecraft for poets and hopefully in time grow into a some sort of resource for the community.
If you would like to guest-blog at Voice Alpha on any topic related to reading-as-performance for poets, please email nic_sebastian at hotmail dot com.
(Note: This is a topic I discussed with Dave Bonta during the recent Woodrat podcast in which he interviewed me about Whale Sound. I'll be writing one or two more posts that pick up on other topics we discussed.)
David Tomaloff convinces Whale Sound
There is the poem-as-text/page and the poem-as-sound/voice. How do they relate to each other? When I started the Whale Sound project, I was feeling pretty anti-text (in fact, it was one of the reasons I embarked on the project, I should acknowledge) and for me it was all about taking the poem off the page and into the realm of just-sound. This conversation with David Tomaloff (reproduced here with his permission) helped sharpen my thinking in this regard, and am reproducing it below as part of the Whale Sound process notes. It is also referenced in the Woodrat Podcast on Whale Sound posted today at Dave Bonta's Via Negativa. (Thanks, Dave!)
The conversation started when poet David Tomaloff (who writes in the experimental vein) submitted poems – here, here and here – to Whale Sound as part of the regular submissions process. I was intrigued, but flummoxed, by the submissions, as you will read below.
David to Nic — I have just come across Whale Sound and would be very interested in your reading any one of my poems. Whale Sound is an incredibly interesting idea to me. I am a musician who has more recently been focusing more and more on poetic works. A small amount of my work has been represented through print media but I have been somewhat selective, much preferring to submit to on-line journals.
I have found that many poets tend to shy away from anything that does not resemble the paper and staple format, though, many of these poets will often complain that it is difficult to get people to read their poetry. This seems contradictory to me, as I believe that anyone who wishes to connect with people (particularly concerning things that people are not especially aware of), will find it most beneficial to use those means of communication that are most commonly used by people on a daily basis. In modern terms, we are talking about the internet and, more specifically, social networking.
That said, much of my recent published work has been of the more experimental persuasion but I'd love for you to have a look at a few examples and decide if you might be able to make any of it work for you. Particularly, I could imagine you taking on the first poem in the first link above, American Vernacular.
Nic to David - One of the reasons I started this project was to push my own poetry boundaries and understanding, so I am very glad and interested to hear from you. That said, I have to admit I am very much at a loss vis a vis your poems. To me they seem wedded to the page in a way more mainstream work is not. One of the things I enjoy most about Whale Sound is that it takes the poem off the page and reliance on text, and constructs (re-constructs?) it separately in the realm of just-sound. And generally it is a straightforward process to create an audio poem entity – poem-as-sound/voice – that stands independently of poem-as-text/page. Looking at your poems, however, I find myself somewhat flummoxed. The page and the text arranged on the page just so seem in essential ways to be the poem. How to separate the poem from page/text without destroying it?
I think what I am saying is that I don't understand enough about experimental poetry yet to tackle your work. But I am interested and willing to learn. Are you able to point me to any audio of experimental poetry readings I might learn from (including any of your own)?
David to Nic – I totally understand if you don't feel comfortable tackling the work. This sort of work might seem a bit "personalized." That said, one of the many things that draws me to this sort of work is that it is often able to speak in a language that is altogether its own.
Regarding the text being wedded to the page….I don't necessarily see it that way at all. I do agree that it might be one aspect, but the interpretation can be done in almost any way one might feel the words "translate" for them. One could choose to read simply in strings of words as they would appear conventionally, one could dramatically sound things out for purposes of implication, or one could even leave certain aspects out of the reading altogether. For instance, in the first link I gave you (from ditch poetry), I think the first poem, "American Vernacular," reads pretty well straight through. EXCEPT! I wouldn't read the "bulleted" bits (a. b. a. b. 3. ). I would interpret those as pauses….as I might the en dashes.
As a rough example, I am attaching to this email a new poem along with a "trial" reading I gave it. I think it might serve to illustrate how the text and its reading can be interpreted very differently.
David's reading of what is tense:
As far as some of my favorites, I'm a big fan of the works of poets like Andrew Zawacki, Felino A. Soriano, and J.D. Nelson. I believe they all do varying degrees of "experimental" quite well and can be found pretty easily around the internet. Andrew Zawacki exudes a particular confidence and sense of implication that I greatly admire in his reading style.
I should point out I'm no expert on any of this by any means….I just do what appeals to me and sort it out later. ;)
Nic to David – Thanks for sending me your audio for what is tense. I realize, of course, that there are as many interpretations of any one poem as there are readers of that poem, but here's my own reaction: It felt to me that you took this at a galloping pace in your vocalization, while the text, in my view, is not laid out that way – my personal sense was that there is nothing 'galloping' about the text. My take is that to match your reading, the text would have to be squished up tight against itself and all running together — not long drawn out and lazy/deliberate as it is. How does that strike you?
Here is the Nic version, as I heard the instruction of the text:
The reading is somewhat stilted but quite inevitable, in my view — I did this three times and for me the timing, pauses and extensions were about equivalent in all three versions. For me, there are definitely strong audio imperatives in the text as presented on the page, even though am not yet sure how they come together as a cohesive emotional narrative.
David to Nic – I really appreciate your taking the time to share with me your take on the poem. Frankly, I was more than a little impressed with it. I can understand where you might not have agreed on my reading of the piece. Your points are well taken….and my response is simply that, for me, while I can absolutely respect that there is a school of thought that says reading and presenting should be closely intertwined, I still believe in the idea that it does not have to be necessarily so.
I believe in a sort of duality to this work. In one sense, this type of poem could be thought of as a piece of visual art. While in another, it is still a collection of words I believe can live beyond any single medium. I think of it in terms of how someone like Bob Dylan interprets his own songs from record to stage – the two can differ quite vastly and someone will almost always inevitably say, "that's not how it's supposed to go." They are both right from their particular standpoints. I guess that's part of what I love about art.
When I read the poem, I was working off of the idea that it read something like a letter to someone – a letter one might write out of a sense of duty in an almost guarded fashion, hence the way in which I approached the word "ambiguous"— as if it were an antithesis to "with love" or "yours truly." That said, I absolutely admit it was a bit rushed…damn my over caffeinated lifestyle!
Not surprisingly, your rendition of it brought out another dimension for me. I remember reading on your site a comment about how one reader didn't understand the full potential of his poem until he heard you read it. I can completely relate to that. You brought out all of the nervous "ticks" in this poem. What you call stilted in this case, I call a certain "uneasy tension" or trepidation. The irony might be that, for you, despite your reading, the piece did not come together as a cohesive emotional narrative, whereas, for me it finally did.
Nic to David – I do understand what you mean and in general, I have to say I agree with you. In many cases I find that the imperatives of the vocalized narrative simply override the presentation of text – stanzas and linebreaks that work well on the page often actually turn out to be either meaningless or actual stumbling blocks in the context of vocalization. In fact, sometimes, for reading purposes, I actually rearrange the text of a poem to suit the way I feel the narrative is asking to be read, and in those cases the poem-as-page on which I base my reading often ends up looking like nothing the original text. But I ask myself why this 'text override' function (which you employ in your reading) didn't kick in for me with what is tense. I'm guessing it's a function of my unfamiliarity with reading poems such as yours, where there is such a high degree of deliberation and precision in the placing of each letter on the page. Could be it's the focus on letters that has thrown me and somehow disabled the 'text override' function for me, putting the piece on a different level, in my view as a reader. And having broken it down to that extent, I begin to wonder whether differentiating between whole words and individual letters is in fact a helpful way to go at all.
David to Nic – I should reiterate that I do not in any way claim to be an authority on any of this. I can speak only for myself and my own work. I should also point out that, while I do love a heavy dose of the surreal, I do not necessarily label myself an experimental poet in any strict sense. The fact is that this particular type of work tends to present itself to me much in the fragmented fashion it appears on the page and my sense is simply to follow its lead.
That said, I believe we are both right and can still stand to learn a great deal from the factors that shape our respective takes on this subject. As I said earlier in this correspondence, that's part of what I love most about art.
Nic to David – Thanks for your patience, David! This has been a complicated submission for you! Whale Sound will be happy to take a shot at your poem, American Vernacular and we'll put it on the slate. Thanks again!
Introducing: Whale Sound Audio Chapbooks
Next week will be the last week of two-poems-a-day on Whale Sound . The week of November 29, we'll start publishing just one poem per weekday. Mainly because we want to free up some time to work on the new Whale Sound project — audio chapbooks! More details here – go ahead and submit!
let me speak it
These are the things you say when you are trying to gather information about something – let me see it; let me touch it; let me taste it; let me smell it; let me hear it.
Here's another one: let me speak it.
Voice is sense, an organ of investigation, just like fingers, ears, tongue, eyes, nose. Voice brings you information not otherwise available to you.
Top 20 Whale Sound posts for Oct & other stats
1. 'Infinity' by Tess Kincaid 165
2. 'Something Brighter Than Pity' by Carolina Ebeid 137
3. 'If You Were A Bird' by Aditi Machado 130
4. 'A Different Leaving' by Terresa Wellborn 123
5. 'The Trains' by Adele Kenny 123
6. 'Lament' by Jill Alexander Essbaum 116
7. 'Sometimes I Still Dream About Their Pink Bodies' by Kelli Russell Agodon 107
8. 'At Ruby's Diner' by Sherry O'Keefe 100
9. 'Ode to Drunkenness and Other Criminal Activities' by Rebecca Loudon 98
10. 'A History of Stone and Shadow' by Carolyn Guinzio 97
11. 'The Way Back' by Kathleen Kirk 95
12. 'And Her Name Was I Am Not Staying' by Corey Mesler 94
13. 'A Hole In My Name' by Amy King 92
14. 'Vestment' by Sarah J. Sloat 85
15. 'The Astronomer and the Poet' by Jessica Piazza 84
16. 'They Seek An Inky Elixir' by Christine Boyka Kluge 80
17. 'Miniatures' by Mary Biddinger 77
18. 'Sink or Float [quick fix witch]' by Juliet Cook 75
19. 'Something Circled the House While We Slept' by James Midgley 73
20. 'For The Woman On The Boulevard' by Emma Trelles 72
This time I've included the number of views each post has had since it was posted. This captures the number of views of the current existing posts, using the Top Posts of All Time WordPress function (as opposed to Today, This Week or This Month), so it's not really fair to more recent posts, which haven't had the time to garner the hits older posts have been able to rack up. The ranking overall is probably a week or two behind reality, I'd say. I've included the number of views each post has had overall. Here's a top views screenshot from today.
Overall, for the month of October Whale Sound had 6,873 views, compared to 3,824 views in September – a nearly 80% increase. The daily average number of views increased from 127 in September to 222 in October. Here's that screenshot.
Whale Sound listed at Duotrope
A nice surprise out of the blue. An email from the folks at Duotrope saying:
"Dear Editor (me?!): We are writing to inform you that we have added a listing for Whale Sound to our free, online resource for fiction writers and poets."
Here's the Whale Sound listing. Do go over and report your responses from Whale Sound, O best and beloved submitters.
alea jacta est
New submission guidelines posted at Whale Sound. A little bit of material to work through the pipeline still, but from here on out, it's web-active poets at Whale Sound.


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A Travelers Rest doctor accused of fondling patients had his license to practice medicine temporarily suspended, according to the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners website.
FOX Carolina reported that more charges were filed against Dr. Titus Daniel Caddell, 53, who Travelers Rest Police said turned himself in to authorities on Nov. 23 after he was told three more warrants had been issued for his arrest.
The board's website does not list a reason why his license was suspended but the suspension is currently in effect.
Caddell was arrested Nov. 14, after two patients accused him of inappropriately touching them, police said.
According to arrest warrants, both current patients and former patients of Caddell told investigators that he touched their private parts under and over their clothing to gratify himself.
Caddell has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault and battery and three counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
The doctor has been released from jail on bond.
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text: All is resolved in this fan's house, but still the Blues are losing some pretty important games without making any effort to make ourselves better. I don't honestly know if there is anyone really available out there that will make this team a playoff maker/contender by the end of the year. I just get so upset watching other teams making deals to get better when we are sitting back. But I suppose the management is doing what they can to ensure the long term greatness of this team. BTW sealed the deal tonight. Ha.


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Another busy day in the NHL with 12 games on the schedule for Saturday, with the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils meeting on NHL Network to start the day off.
Four other games will be played in the afternoon, including a showdown between the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers and a Pacific Division matchup between the Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens highlight this evening's action, which concludes with the Calgary Flames taking on the Vancouver Canucks.
Here's a full look at today's schedule:
Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils
1 p.m. ET | TV: NHL Network, MSG+, ROOT Sports
Goalies: Marc-Andre Fleury, Martin Brodeur
Blog coverage: Pensburgh, In Lou We Trust
Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers
1 p.m. ET | TV: FS-CR, CSN-PH
Goalies: Cam Ward, Ilya Bryzgalov
Blog coverage: Canes Country, Broad Street Hockey
Winnipeg Jets at Ottawa Senators
2 p.m. ET | TV: CBC, RDS
Goalies: Al Montoya, Craig Anderson
Blog coverage: Arctic Ice Hockey, Silver Seven Sens
Edmonton Oilers at Detroit Red Wings
2 p.m. ET | TV: CBC, FS-D
Goalies: Devan Dubnyk, Jimmy Howard
Blog coverage: Copper & Blue, Winging It In Motown
Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks
4 p.m. ET | TV: FS-A, CSN-CA
Goalies: Mike Smith, Antti Niemi
Blog coverage: Five For Howling,Fear The Fin
Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins
7 p.m. ET | TV: SUN, NESN
Goalies: Mathieu Garon, Tuukka Rask
Blog coverage: Raw Charge, Stanley Cup of Chowder
Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
7 p.m. ET | TV: NHL Network, CBC, RDS
Goalies: James Remier, Carey Price
Blog coverage: Pension Plan Puppets, Eyes on the Prize
Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders
7 p.m. ET | TV: MSG-B, MSG+
Goalies: Ryan Miller, Evgeni Nabokov
Blog coverage: Die By The Blade, Lighthouse Hockey
Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
7 p.m. ET | TV: FS-F, CSN-DC
Goalies: Jose Theodore, Braden Holtby
Blog coverage: Litter Box Cats, Japers' Rink
Anaheim Ducks at St. Louis Blues
8 p.m. ET | TV: PRIME, FS-MW
Goalies: Viktor Fasth, Brian Elliott
Blog coverage: Anaheim Calling, St. Louis Game Time
Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
8 p.m. ET | TV: FS-TN, FS-N, FS-WI
Goalies: Chris Mason, Niklas Backstrom
Blog coverage: On The Forecheck, Hockey Wilderness
Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks
10 p.m. ET | TV: CBC
Goalies: Leland Irving, Cory Schneider
Blog coverage: Matchsticks & Gasoline, Nucks Misconduct


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Featuring: Casey Veggies , Mac Miller
Producer: Cardo
Album: Lap Of Lux
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Have you heard Sir Michael Rocks' new album? If I had to describe it in one word, that word would be Great. A standout from his afformentioned new project, Great finds the Cool Kids member and #JetLife representer grabbing a beat from Cardo that's tailor made for the strip clubs, or maybe just your local out of control house party. It's the kind of instrumental that Rocks' relaxed flow was destined for, and the same holds true for his fellow wild and young emcees Casey Veggies and Mac Miller (who drops one of rap's first Greg Ostertag references). For even more…wait for it…great hip-hop be sure to cop Mikey Rocks' new Lap of Lux album, available for free stream and download right here on The DJBooth.
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A lifeless entity frozen in solitude. The frailty of fashion cradled within the rugged textures of sand and sea. Alive, but still.
Photographed against the cliffsides in Malibu, California, "Still Life" is a collection of photographs which explore the beauty standard set against the relentless landscape of sand and sea.
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is Mario Van Peebles' dramatized chronicle of father Melvin's shooting of breakthrough 1971 Afro-American feature Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The younger Van Peebles' film is a lot more entertaining than I expected, given his directorial track record on trashy movies like New Jack City. Given his obviously low budget, he reproduces the look and feel of the period to a remarkable degree, perhaps because he was there (he appeared in Sweetback as the title character at age 13; here, he portrays his father). DP Robert Primes, working in HD, captures some of the era's vibrancy and grit, though Baadasssss! looks a lot slicker than Sweetback does, at least in the cruddy video copies that are available. Costume designer Kara Saun works in a Day-Glo palette that stands in nice contrast to the shabby L.A. interiors and locations production designer Alan E. Muraoka recreates; kudos also to hair stylist and makeup designer Kokeeta Douglas, who reminds us of the various and outlandish forms Afros could take.
Baadasssss! Michael O'Connor/Sony Pictures Classics
Though it too has an exclamation mark in its title, the milieu of the gently satiric Saved! could not be further from that of Baadasssss!. Brian Dannelly's smart but not wholly satisfying debut feature is about the travails of a pregnant student (Jena Malone) at a Christian high school. Pastel blandness (to a sometimes surreal degree) is the order of the day in Wendy Chuck's costumes and Tony Devenyi's production design, and the suburban Vancouver location is exploited by DP Bobby Bukowski for its Anywhere, USA quality, even if it is Canada. Mandy Moore, cast as the school's goody-two-shoes bitch, exemplifies the unsettlingly well scrubbed atmosphere, while bad kids Eva Amurri, Patrick Fugit, and Macaulay Culkin (playing a smart-ass paraplegic) inject some more colorful elements. Ultimately, Dannelly backs away from his incendiary subject matter with a feel-good message of tolerance and understanding, but I suppose there are worse things given the state of the world today.--John Calhoun
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Seen in Washington D.C.: The current production of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. has been billed as a family-friendly musical, but that shouldn't scare away any interested theatergoers who fear a theatre full of children. While the show has the simplified feel of a scaled-down national tour of a Broadway hit, that by no means detracts from the story of Genesis that is surprisingly moving under David H. Bell's direction.
The set design by James Joy is remarkable not only in its simplicity but also when one considers the challenges for designing in this particular space. Ford's Theatre is a designated landmark and museum so the theatre is hands-off for designers. However, Joy's setting for the creation of humankind is simple to its very core. A giant curved staircase is the most prominent set piece but it is a far cry from Norma Desmond's ornate monolith in Sunset Blvd.. The set's simplicity works in the production's favor. Let's face it, when life on Earth was first created, there just weren't that many set pieces, save for a few trees, mountains, fig leafs, etc. The lower part of the set is comprised of two giant rounded platforms where the majority of the action takes place. Behind the stairs is a backdrop that first "splits" open creating a giant curve during the opening number that is amazingly effective at conveying the dawn of mankind as well as a physical representation of mountains and the horizon beyond. Joy has created a series of wings or ribs that line the outermost reaches of the stage that are most effective during the scenes set on Noah's Ark in the second act as they resemble the interior supports of a massive ship. The other major set piece is a 15' diameter sun/moon that resembles a gigantic drum head that casts a warm glow over the entire set.
Father (aka God) coaches Adam and Eve as they name the animals in Children of Eden. Photo: Stan Barouth.
The lighting by Diane Ferry Williams was detailed in the June issue of Entertainment Design, but it should be noted that the LD has done an exemplary job of lighting a show whose venue has so many restrictions. There is no rig to speak of over the largest part of the rounded stage. Instead, Williams had to rely on carefully placed automated fixtures in the space behind the proscenium as well as a series of racks set up in the theatre's upper balcony. Williams' vivid use of color in the form of washes along a scrim at the rear of the set is effectively underplayed and provides a vital contribution to setting the various scenes whether it is the Garden of Eden, the wilderness beyond, or the storm before the great flood. The designer lets loose, however, once Noah and his brood hit dry land and the rear of the set is illuminated in a colorful rainbow.
The costumes by Mariann Verheyen are rich with color and texture. The thematic thread running through them is seemingly based in African cultures judging from the patterns and colors. The characters are outfitted in muted earth tones that are vividly accessorized with multi-colored accents in the forms of scarves, sashes, or embroidery. During the sequence when the chorus is representing various animals the costumes incorporate masks, head dresses and other props that show a definite influence from The Lion King. However they are simpler and create a representation of the beasts on stage rather than an exact, cartoonish duplicate that works even better as the florid costumes do not pull focus. When the animals come to the ark in the second act, the costumes are stripped to the bare essentials, as are the chorus members. The beasts are represented by the chorus performing an amazing amount of acrobatics that take the shape of various creatures culminating in virtually the entire chorus stacked and entwined upon itself as an elephant. It is an awe-inspiring display that was a definite crowd pleaser. --Mark A. Newman
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A little-known, Boston-area startup is beta-testing technology designed to let users quickly configure "virtual" multiprocessor systems out of inexpensive PC machines. Called Katana Technology, the 30-person company has not yet revealed details of its upcoming product, but appears to have developed a novel approach to consolidating data center resources.
Founded in 2003, Katana has developed software that runs directly on computer hardware, beneath the operating system. The software can run a number of virtual machines on a single server. A virtual machine is a self-contained operating environment consisting of software that appears, to an application or an operating system, as though it's an entire computer.
Software from rival developers also accomplishes the feat of managing multiple virtual machines on servers, but Katana's technology can also be used to make a large number of smaller PCs appear to be a very large, symmetric multiprocessing machine, said Scott Davis, Katana's president and chief technical officer.
Katana's approach to virtualization is similar to that pioneered by Digital Equipment's VAX clusters, but the technology is designed to work with hardware and software that is much more widely adopted than Digital's proprietary products, said Davis, who once served as the technical director for VAX clusters.
The initial release of the Katana product, expected in April, will work with Red Hat and Novell's distribution of the Linux operating system and with hardware based on Intel's x86 microprocessors, he said.
One of the key benefits of the Katana technology is that it can be used to take applications that are normally installed on large multiprocessor systems and run them on a number of smaller, less expensive dual-processor machines, according to Davis. Such applications include database or enterprise resource planning systems.
"Trying to split an application across multiple systems is hard," Davis said. "We've done that through virtualization, and that's one of the key differentiators that we have that nobody else has."
More details on the Katana products will come during an official company launch in February, by which point Katana expects to have changed its name to VirtuOS Computing.
The technology, currently being tested in a number of pilot projects, will only work with computers that use network-based storage, Davis said. Servers in a Katana-managed system will start up a virtual machine instead of an operating system. That virtual machine will be managed by special hardware that will pool data center resources into "virtual computers" that will, in turn, start up the operating system, according to Davis.
"They are really virtualizing the hardware below the operating system, which makes them different," said Dana Gardner, an analyst with The Yankee Group in Boston briefed by Katana. Because Katana makes it possible for users to gradually add more processors to their virtual server environment it will be particularly appealing to users who are looking for a flexible way to add computer power to their applications, and who are looking for a way to make more efficient use of their data center resources, he said.


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Rumours suggest that Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin has had a falling out with club captain Antonio Di Natale. With Toto left on the bench again this afternoon against Genoa, the zebrette looked just as weak as they did in their midweek draw with Torino. That's six points from five matches thus far for Udinese, and with the side having fallen out of the Champions League at the qualification stage, there's not much left to commend it. Should Guidolin want to keep his job, it might be time for him to put aside this petty rivalry and put Di Natale back where he belongs.
As for Genoa, at this point, they simply need to play well enough to avoid having their supporters demand the players' shirts mid-match. Considering the rossoblu managed to climb above AC Milan in the table with this point, unrest in Genoa should be tempered for a bit.
As for the match, well, Danilo hit the woodwork with a header in the first two minutes. Then nothing much of anything occurred.


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The question of sex after surgery is a common one, yet it is one that many patients hesitate to ask. The answer is this: it depends on you and the type of surgery you are having. Some patients may able to have sex the day after surgery, for others a wait of weeks or months may be advisable.
General Guidelines For Sex After Surgery
After relatively simple surgeries, you should be able to have sex when you are able to return to work and full physical activity. Most surgeons provide this time frame for patients, they just don't specifically mention sex. "You should be able to return to your normal activity in ___ days/weeks" is an excellent guideline for resuming your sex life. For an outpatient surgery, that may be within a few days of surgery, for extensive inpatient surgery, it could be four to six weeks or longer.
One suggestion is to let pain be your guide. You may feel like you have recovered from surgery, but pain is present when you attempt to have intercourse. This is your body's way of saying you are not ready, that you need to heal more before having sex. However, in some cases, pain can be avoided with some minor changes. For example, a patient who has had breast surgery may be particularly sensitive to bouncing type movements. For her, the woman on top position may cause too much movement and pain, but alternative positions may be pain free.
Types of Surgery That May Require a Longer Wait Before Sex
After some surgeries, such as open heart surgery, you may feel fully recovered but you are at risk when you exert yourself too much. If your doctor cautions you against strenuous activity, such as running, brisk aerobic activity or shoveling snow, you should consider that a caution regarding having sex.
Surgeries that affect the reproductive organs, such as inguinal hernia repairs, hysterectomies, prostate surgeries or any surgery directly involving the penis or vagina may require additional healing time prior to engaging in sex. Childbirth can also delay the return to sexual intercourse, with or without a caesarian section. In these cases, it is best to consult your surgeon and ask specifically "when is it safe to have sexual intercourse?"
Questions For You and Your Partner Before Having Sex
- Do I feel like having sex? Do I have the energy at this time?
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- Are there certain positions that may be more comfortable than others?
- Do I need to avoid putting pressure on a certain areas, such as an incision line?
- Will we need to take any special measures? Some surgeries, such as vaginal surgeries, may cause dryness and make a lubricant necessary. Other surgeries, such as prostate surgery, may make an erection difficult to obtain and/or maintain, and may require medication or an additional procedure in order to maintain an erection.
- Is there any reason to avoid pregnancy? Does my surgery, medications I am currently taking or my condition make contraception important?


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Raton, New Mexico – Suspect Dies in Officer Involved ShootingBy admin • May 18th, 2010 • Category: NM
DISCLAIMER - Any Charges Reported in these Press Releases are Merely Accusations and the Defendants are Presumed Innocent Unless and Until Proven Guilty.
Raton — Domestic Dispute turned deadly after Anthony Higareda, 43, of Chicago, Illinois fired upon Raton Police officers.
State Police were called just before 9:00 PM yesterday evening by Raton Police Department, to investigate an officer involved shooting.
Criminal Investigations Bureau Agents arrived at the crime scene and began piecing together the evening's chain of events at 300 North 3rd street in Raton.
The Agents learned that just after 3:00 PM yesterday afternoon Juanita Armijo-Gallegos called Raton PD reporting a domestic dispute between her and known felon Higareda.
Upon arrival of Raton PD officers and after several hours of attempted negotiations Raton PD officers made entry into the residence.
Anthony Higareda fired upon officers and shot veteran employee Sergeant B.J. Holland of the Raton Police Department, officers fired back and struck Higareda.
Sergeant B.J. Holland and Higareda were transported to Miners Colfax Medical Center for medical attention, Higareda later passed away and Sergeant Holland was later released from the hospital.
Agents will complete their investigation and submit it to the District Attorney's office in Colfax County for their review.
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Jason Lyle Miller
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VAN - Jason Lyle "Bird" Miller, 28, passed away on Monday April 29, 2013. He was born in Victoria on October 16, 1984.
Jason was a catholic, a loving son and father. Jason loved spending time on the water, fishing and listening to music. He loved his family and time spent watching ESPN sports, basketball and sports of all kinds. Bird had worked for 8 years as an electrician
In addition to his parents, Sylvia and Robert Cuellar, Jr. of Van; "Bird" is survived by his wife, Jessica Powell Miller of Van; son, Jathon Javier Miller; daughter, Jadiss Rhianne Miller, both of Van; sisters, Michelle Lee Miller and Jennifer Lynn Cuellar, both of Victoria; brother, Robert "Bob" Cuellar, III of Victoria; grandfather, Porfirio Garza Ramirez, Jr.; grandmother, Maria Montez Ramirez, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cuellar, Sr., all of Victoria; two nieces, Kyleigh Harrison and Emmie Nicole Garcia of Victoria and many special aunts, uncles, cousins, family and friends. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Porfirio and Lucia Ramirez, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Montez, Sr.
A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:00 am at Grace Funeral Home with Deacon Ed Molina, officiating. Friends and family may visit after the service from 10-11 am at Grace Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date.
In lieu of usual rememberances, the family request that memorials be made in Jason's name to the Jason Miller Children's Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank.
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Flash slab lab blab: NVMe-friendly PCIe spotted on HGST's cards
Intel and EMC fashionably late to solid-state cache party
Posted in Storage, 24th July 2013 08:30 GMT
Blocks and Files Samsung and Micron have announced NVMe-compatible PCIe flash storage cards - and now hardware from WD subsidiary HGST has been certified as conformant to the specification.
The emergence of the three products signals that new tech spec NVMe is becoming the standard way for software to control and efficiently access PCIe-connected solid-state drives: the standard allows the host operating system to run one driver that manages all NVMe-compatible devices fitted. The alternative is loading various drivers specific to particular pieces of flash hardware, which is a mess.
The HGST and Samsung cards were given the thumbs up by the University of New Hampshire's interoperability testing laboratory in May. But HGST hasn't announced any PCIe flash products with or without NVMe compatibility.
It does have a line of 12Gbit/s SAS-interface Ultrastar solid-state drives, though. It is also getting the VeloBit HyperCache flash caching technology as a result of WD buying VeloBit.
On top of that HGST will get sTec's caching software and line of Kronos and S1120 PCIe products if WD's sTec acquisition goes ahead. The lab results indicate that HGST already has a PCIe flash card product with an NVMe interface. The addition of sTEc and VeloBit technologies will make that offering, when it goes on sale, even stronger.
We can surely look forward to Intel, LSI and SanDisk NVMe-conformant hardware shortly; all three are in the NVM Express organisation and have PCIe flash card interests. So too is EMC and it's likely that its VFCache product will become NVMe-conformant. PCIe flash suppliers are going to be jostling to get customers' attention. ®


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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gets another main card match-up for its upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 2 fight card, the second entry into the cable television network's live mixed martial arts (MMA) programming on April 14 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hard-hitting middleweight Brian Stann will try to get back into the win column when he takes on former Italian boxer Alessio Sakara, according to a report from MMA NYTT.
Stann (11-4) saw his three-fight win streak come to an abrupt halt at the hands of Chael Sonnen, who cut off the oxygen at UFC 136: "Edgar vs. Maynard 3" back in October 2010.
Sakara (15-8) is also coming off a loss, a three round beatdown at the expense of Chris Weidman last March as part of the UFC on Versus 3 event in Louisville, Kentucky.
Here's how the UFC on FUEL TV fight card is shaping up:
170 lbs.: DaMarques Johnson vs. John Maguire
185 lbs.: Francis Carmont vs. Magnus Cedenblad
170 lbs.: Papy Abedi vs. James Head
185 lbs.: Alessio Sakara vs. Brian Stann
205 lbs.: Cyrille Diabate vs. Jorgen Kruth
170 lbs.: Besam Yousef vs. Simeon Thoresen
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The Port Commission approved the three agreements with Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company, a joint venture between Kinder Morgan and TransMontaigne Partners. Alec Dreyer is CEO for the Port of Houston Authority.
"The bulk storage facility will employ about 75 people full time. The current estimate is they'll pay somewhere over $7 million a year in property taxes. So it's just a good economic story for Houston, and I think it's reflective of what's going on with all the shale plays in the United States, and this facility will clearly be taking advantage of moving product because of the shale drilling that's going on."
The agreements include a 25-five year lease agreement for 55 acres of Port Authority-owned land adjacent to Peggy Lake and on Barnes Island. They also include a marine construction permit and a dredged material agreement. The new terminal is expected to go into operation sometime after 2012.


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Rockford's electric aggregation plan is designed to reduce customer's power bills, but, many people want their questions answered before deciding to opt-out.
A community meeting at St. Anthony of Padua church brought reps from ComEd, FirstEnergy Solutions, the city of Rockford, and the Citizens Utility Board, to explain the plan to potential customers.
"It's really no different than if you go to a clothing store, and in one store you've got one pair of jeans, and in another you have the exact same pair of jeans, and they're a different price. It just depends on what they're choosing their mark-up to be." -says FirstEnergy rep Denise Berolatti.
Rockford ComEd customers received a letter last week, most likely from an Akron, Ohio address, outlining the terms of the agreement they'll be entering into with FirstEnergy. If you received the letter, you're automatically qualified to participate in the program. If you're signed up with an alternate supplier, no letter was sent. Terry Tandy, a resident at the meeting who uses an alternative supplier, said this point should have been more clearly explained.
"They said if you have an alternative energy supplier, you're not automatically signed up, and I said 'But, I want to be signed up,' and they said 'Well, then we have to sign you up,' and I don't think people know that." -says Tandy.
If you got a letter, and don't want to participate, complete the form at the bottom of the letter, and mail it back by August 6th. But, if you stay in the program, watch for results soon.
"Their September billing, they should see a change in their bill." -adds Berolatti.
If you're signed up with an alternative energy supplier, didn't get a letter, but want to switch, there are a few steps to follow. First, check the terms and conditions of the agreement you signed, to make sure there's no termination fees or other penalties. Then, contact FirstEnergy directly and enroll by phone. The number to call is 1-866-636-3749.
If you missed Tuesday's meeting, there's another one Thursday night, at the Booker Washington Center, at 6 p.m.
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A divided federal appeals court has ruled that federal regulators went too far with new rules to control air pollution in parts of the eastern United States.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate will have the opportunity to put a stop to one of the most expensive Environmental Protection Agency rules in history: the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards rule. This is the centerpiece of President Obama's war on coal.
Even though there's been little change in gas prices recently, drivers could soon see changes in the look of the pumps they use to fill up.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office in Dallas has resigned over comments he made in 2010 that became the focus of political condemnation last week.
Facing an onslaught of condemnation for comments made in 2010, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office in Dallas, Texas, was notified Friday that Congress is preparing to call him to testify.
The White House and the Environmental Protection Agency are distancing themselves from controversial remarks that surfaced this week by a regional administrator attacking the oil and gas industry.
The Supreme Court gave an Idaho couple another chance Wednesday to challenge a government ruling barring construction of their "dream house," an important property rights defeat for the Obama administration.
In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.
A school system in upstate New York, where more than a dozen female high school students are suffering from uncontrolled verbal outbursts and twitching, said it has hired a company to review environmental testing within the school and community.
The way some Republicans talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, you would think it was created by a bunch of pot-smoking hippies communing at a nudist camp in northern California -- when in fact, the EPA was created by one of their own, Richard Nixon, in 1970.
LZ Granderson looks at calls by Republican candidates to limit or shut down the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chantell and Mike Sackett call their legal challenge against federal regulators a "David vs. Goliath" fight over property rights.
The tactic du jour for environmentalists trying to sell a skeptical public on tighter regulations is this: spin the thing as a job creator.
The statement: "They were worried that the plowing of a cornfield would leave dust to go to another farmer's cornfield. ... They were planning to issue a regulation. In Arizona, they went in on the dust regulation and suggested to them that maybe if they watered down the earth, they wouldn't have these dust storms in the middle of the year. And people said to them, 'You know, the reason it's called a desert is there's no water.' Now this is an agency out of touch with reality, which I believe is incorrigible, and you need a new agency that is practical, has commonsense, uses economic factors and, in the case pollution, actually incentives change, doesn't just punish it."
The Environmental Protection Agency recently finalized a rule that for the first time requires U.S. coal and oil-fired power plant operators to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
The EPA unveils new standards on toxic pollutants from coal power plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized new federal standards on toxic pollutants and mercury emissions from coal power plants Wednesday, a move being praised by environmentalists but criticized by others, who predict lost jobs and a strain on the nation's power grid.
"Sleepy" hasn't been the right word for the electric utility industry in many years, but the business has felt particularly strong zaps lately. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami rewrote the future of nuclear power, which had been in the midst of a renaissance. The Environmental Protection Agency wants to impose the most stringent emissions rules the industry has ever faced. And the rapid development of shale gas in the U.S. could revolutionize electrical generation. These are tense times for any utility -- especially one like Southern Co., which is building a major new nuclear power plant near Augusta, Ga., and generates most of its electricity by burning coal. Running the enterprise since last December has been Tom Fanning, 54, who joined the company right out of Georgia Tech. He's well prepared: Among his 14 previous jobs at the company have been CFO, CIO, strategy chief, and CEO of one of Southern's operating companies, Gulf Power. It helps that Southern is the world's most
The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that chemicals from "fracking," a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the ground, have polluted groundwater in Wyoming.
New federal gas mileage rules proposed Wednesday will add thousands of dollars to the cost of new cars. But in the long run, regulators say, drivers will spend less on gas, outweighing the additional cost at the dealership.
I just read something on the Internet that omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent depression. Is there any truth to this?
This November, the Obama administration is expected to move forward with long overdue safeguards that would finally protect our families from mercury pollution. As the mother of four children, I can only say it's about time.
Video shows a number of explosions going off in the middle of a fast-moving fire at a chemical manufacturing plant.
Preliminary air quality tests show "no threat to the public" from a massive fire at a Texas chemical plant Monday, city and federal officials said.
Despite easing off on one particular clean air regulation last week, there's every indication President Obama plans on tightening a half-dozen other environmental rules in the months ahead.
Calling it "the most important step we've ever taken in reducing our nation's dependence on foreign oil," President Obama announced a proposed new round of fuel economy standards for cars and trucks sold in the United States that would double the average mileage by 2025.
President Obama plans to announce an agreement tomorrow on a new round of fuel economy standards for cars and trucks that would require mileage gains through the year 2025.
A new bill could alter the landscape of chemical regulation in the United States by empowering researchers to take swift action against the most potentially harmful chemicals in use today.
The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously tossed out a massive lawsuit brought by several states against private power companies whose greenhouse-gas emissions are accused of presenting a "public nuisance."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it would work to ban the sale of some mouse and rat poisons in a bid to better protect children and pets.
Antibiotics are often prescribed for children with asthma, when the need is not justified, as Ninette Sosa reports.
If you spend time around children these days, you can tell that summertime is rapidly approaching. Kids get that frenetic, school-is-almost-over energy, and we adults get ready to organize campouts and swimming trips.
Potential car buyers will see new designs for fuel economy labels, reflecting the increased use of alternatives to gasoline such as electric and diesel.
The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Tuesday to allow a massive lawsuit by several states to proceed against private power companies whose greenhouse-gas emissions are accused of presenting a "public nuisance."
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it had reached a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at 11 of its coal-fired power plants in three states.
As the mother of a 10-month-old daughter, I love watching her figure out new things, be it crawling or giving a high-five. I often wonder which of my personality traits little Hazel will have, and I hope that just like her father and me, she will be a lover and a defender of our environment.
Fish is good for you, but beware of mercury in some larger species. HLN's Christi Paul reports.
Targeting social service agencies that serve low-income, minority and immigrant neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $550,000 in bed bug-control education and prevention grants, the agency announced Thursday.
Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp came out swinging at this year's FORTUNE Brainstorm Green conference, forcefully calling out Exxon, Big Oil, the coal industry and lawmakers on Capitol Hill for their efforts to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency's power.
There is no health risk from consuming milk with extremely low levels of radiation, like those found in Washington state and California, experts said Thursday, echoing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is increasing its nationwide monitoring of radiation in milk, precipitation, drinking water, and other outlets in response to the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan.
The Senate energy committee hears testimony about the possible impact on the U.S. of radioactive releases from Japan.
Minuscule levels of radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant incident have been detected in a widening number of U.S. states, but the Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed this week that the levels represent no threat to public health.
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux asked Martin Savidge about the soil contaminated by plutonium in 5 different locations at Japan's Fukushima plant.
Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, officials say.
A Japanese family contemplates moving, while struggling to provide their baby with non-contaminated food and water.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new national guidelines on Wednesday for mercury and air toxics released from power plants.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why EPA will start regulating a chemical found in water systems around the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency will set a limit on the amount of the chemical perchlorate, as well as other "toxic contaminants," in drinking water, it announced Wednesday.
The business lobby, derided by environmentalists for opposing last year's climate change bill, put out an energy plan Tuesday that drew praise from fossil energy industries and threw a few bones to the renewable sector.
Chrysler Group is working on a new hybrid minivan that doesn't use batteries or electric motors to drive it, the automaker announced with the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday revoked a permit for one of the nation's largest mountaintop removal mining projects, saying it would destroy water, wildlife and Appalachian communities in West Virginia.
The federal government is recommending changing the amount of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in 50 years.
Activists in Damascus, Pennsylvania are calling for stricter drilling regulations in Pennsylvania and New York.
New York Gov. David Paterson has signed an executive order halting the controversial natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing until July 1. The process --- also known as "fracking" -- has come under scrutiny because of its alleged harmful effects on underground drinking water and the environment -- although industry leaders have insisted it's safe.
New York could be the first state in the country to impose a limited ban on a controversial method of drilling for natural gas.
Even if they aren't always terribly accurate, EPA fuel economy estimates have at least made it easy to compare the gas mileage of one car to another. But now that plug-in cars are entering the market, things are about to get much more complicated.
The Nissan Leaf electric car will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon according to its official EPA fuel economy label rating.
It's no secret that many Republicans are deeply skeptical of global warming.
Wednesday is the six-month anniversary of the BP blowout that continues to devastate Gulf communities and remind us of our need to find new clean energy sources for our cars, homes and businesses.
(This article is part of Fortune's series on fracking .)
(This article is part of Fortune's series on fracking .)
The Environmental Protection Agency has only recently had a face. That face has taken the form of Lisa Jackson -- the first African-American EPA administrator, appointed by Barack Obama in 2009. The landmark appointment caused a media stir, not for her race, but for the clean break with the recent past EPA administrators that her appointment represented.
In Binghamton, New York on Wednesday, hundreds of locals filled the Broome County Theater to speak their minds, two minutes a time, to four members of the Environmental Protection Agency. They voiced opinions about a controversial process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to tap into huge reserves of shale gas thousands of feet below ground. New York sits on one of the largest known reserves of natural gas, which many people, including President Obama, have called a new, crucial resource for the country.
Hundreds of people packed an upstate New York auditorium Monday, many of them fearful of new natural gas drilling that's spreading to states around the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold its final public hearings on hydraulic fracturing to access natural gas on Monday and Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency is formally requesting the chemical composition of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing during natural gas extraction, senior agency officials said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigating drinking water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, found benzene and methane in wells and in groundwater, agency officials said.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation proposed two new designs for fuel economy labels Monday that would be used on all new vehicles.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on the hunt for a new location to hold its final public hearing on a planned study of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process used to extract natural gas from underground, agency officials say.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a meeting Tuesday night to update the public on efforts to clean an oil spill in Michigan creek.
The "static kill" of the ruptured oil well is scheduled to commence Tuesday pending repairs on drilling equipment.
Testing has found that eight dispersants, including one used in combating the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are no more toxic when mixed with oil than the oil alone, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who is overseeing the federal response to the BP oil spill, said Sunday that he is "satisfied" with the amount of dispersants that have been used to clean up the disaster, saying crews have used them only when needed.
Officials discuss oil cleanup efforts following a pipeline break in a creek that feeds into the Kalamazoo River.
Michigan's governor and the boss of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday they believe "significant progress" has been made on cleaning an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River, but the spill remains a serious situation.
A Canada-based energy company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have doubled their resources in their bid to contain and clean up a Michigan oil spill, officials said Wednesday.
As the Environmental Protection Agency vans roll from one home to the next, each one marked with a red dot on a map, Dorothy Felix tags along like a proud parent.
Over 1.8 million gallons of dispersant chemicals have been added to the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil flowing from the Deepwater Horizon's ruptured well. And in the 100 days since the rig's explosion, little more has become known about the effects of those chemicals.
Chemical dispersants keep flowing into the Gulf of Mexico at virtually unchanged levels despite the Environmental Protection Agency's order to BP to "significantly" scale back, according to a CNN analysis of daily dispersant reports provided by the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command.
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A cap on BP's ruptured undersea well appeared to be bouncing in the water Friday, raising the possibility that BP has been capturing less oil than in past days.
CNN's Randi Kaye teams up with Gov. Bobby Jindal to sees how Hurricane Alex affected the Louisiana coast.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that removes limits on financial damages that can be awarded for accidents off the U.S. coastline, such as the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 workers.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Julia Reed and John Young about why more skimmers have not been deployed to the Gulf.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency have issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and waste recovered in cleanup operations from the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The dispersant used on the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill appears to be breaking up within weeks and is less toxic than similar products, according to preliminary testing by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The multibillion-dollar market for dietary supplements is filled with products that claim to boost mood or improve depression. Some products are even billed as an alternative to prescription antidepressants.
A controversial bill that would have stopped the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon emissions was defeated in the Senate on Thursday, falling four votes shy of the 51 needed for passage.
The U.S. Senate engaged in a heated debate Thursday on an issue at the heart of the fight over energy reform: whether the Environmental Protection Agency should have the authority to impose clear limits on the emission of greenhouse gases.
A growing body of research is linking five chemicals -- among the most common in the world -- to a host of ailments, including cancer, sexual problems and behavioral issues.
Final rules for new fuel economy standards were unveiled by the government Thursday, placing the national average for all vehicles at more than 34 miles per gallon, well above current levels.
The Copenhagen climate talks went nowhere. The Senate's attempt to pass a global warming bill appears stuck. But that's doesn't mean greenhouse gas laws aren't coming.
A Senate committee Thursday approved a major climate change bill despite a boycott by all of the panel's seven Republican members.
If Congress won't get the job done on climate change, President Obama has a way to do it himself. But is he strong-arming the legislative branch?
A final proposal for new fuel economy standards was unveiled Tuesday in a joint announcement by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Forget Madison Avenue's claims about the cleaning power of household detergents. Steward Advanced Materials, a 30-employee company in Chattanooga, promises to mop up mercury, lead and even nuclear waste from soil and water.
As the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson wears many hats: environmentalist, upholder of anti-pollution policy and toxic chemical regulator, to name a few.
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Storage firm Network Appliance has inaugurated a development centre in the city, with an investment of Rs 50 crore.
The $2-billion company expects to spend $150 million on capital equipment, employees and other resources in India over the next two years, said Mr David Hitz, Co-founder and Executive Vice-President, Network Appliance.
The facility can seat up to 750 people (to be hired in two years), and can be extended to seat 1,200.
It will house a customer support centre, partner and product engineering, product management, partner certification and global IT infrastructure support. Development in NetCache and VTL (virtual tape library) domains will be undertaken out of the Bangalore centre, said Mr Shekar Nair, President, NetApp India.
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Operation BLUE Lights Highlights for Calloway County
Date of News Release: 07/02/2012
(Hickory, KY) - As part of Operation B.L.U.E. Lights, the Kentucky State Police in Mayfield will be highlighting each individual county within its post district. The Mayfield post district is comprised of Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, and Trigg counties. Each of these counties has its own high crash areas. Each area has a time of day when crashes are most prevalent. The data that will be provided is intended to provide local citizens with useful information to assist them in avoiding a crash while traveling in their home area.
During the past 12 months, Calloway County has had 424 collisions take place within its borders. An overwhelming majority of these collisions occurred on US Highway 641, KY Highway 80, and KY Highway 94. The crashes are in direct correlation to the number of vehicles which travel on these roadways. Generally, as traffic volume increases, so do the chances of a collision. However, the cause for most crashes in Calloway County is driver inattention which can and should be avoided. Inattention can simply be described by a driver taking their eyes off of the roadway for even a few seconds. This can often be attributed to the use of a cell phone, GPS unit, or preoccupation with items or other passengers in the car. Even while looking at the roadway, a driver can fail to see dangers around them. This is why it is important for all motorists to drive defensively and pay close attention to what other motorists are doing around them. Another causation factor for many of the crashes in Calloway County is for failure to yield the right of way. These types of collisions are seen mostly on the divided highways of US Highway 641 and KY highway 80. Many of the collisions stem from drivers crossing a portion of the divided highway unaware of other vehicles in their path. Drivers along these roadways are reminded to be especially cautious for all vehicles operated along these routes.
Of the 424 crashes in Calloway County over the past 12 months, 93 caused injury and six resulted in fatalities. Statistics indicate that seatbelt usage can dramatically reduce the risk of serious injury or death as a result of a car crash. The last survey of seatbelt usage in Calloway County (2011) indicated that approximately 81% of drivers and passengers in the county utilized a seatbelt. Although this represents over three quarters of those surveyed, it is below the 84% national usage rate and well below the desired usage rate of 100%.
The Kentucky State Police pledge to improve the safety of Calloway County by continuing a concentrated enforcement on US 641, KY 80, and KY 94. Troopers will be conducting stationary and mobile patrols observing for drivers who are violating the posted speed limits, driving impaired, and texting while driving. Additionally, an emphasis on occupant restraint violations to include seatbelt, child safety seat, and booster seat violations will be a high priority during patrols.
The information provided above is in an effort to reduce fatal and injury collisions in Calloway County. Motorists in Calloway County can contribute to highway safety by reporting reckless and impaired drivers to KSP at 1-800-222-5555.


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Roberto or Cory, Roberto and Cory? Lockout, strike or new deal. All of these things are tied together and we won't have answer to the important Vancouver issue until the league issue is addressed. But when I say addressed I don't necessarily mean solved.
Every year after the Stanley Cup has been handed out to some miserable team that isn't Vancouver, the NHL puts out a press release in the last week of June. The statement lets everyone know what the salary cap and ceiling will be for the following year. It's like clockwork. This one little release will be the first indicator of what is to follow.
If the NHL comes out with the same cap information this year it doesn't mean there won't be a strike or a lockout, but it does mean that GM's have a number with which they can work under. I have heard it will be anywhere from $69-72 million. Now what about that pesky work stoppage that could happen on Sept 15th? Most GM's will have all their contracts for that year worked out so that the team fits between the cap and floor. If a work stoppage comes and the owners get their way again, there will be a universal rollback of salaries.
So if I was GMMG, but I am better looking, I have to first wait to see if the league announces a number at the end of June. If the NHL does not make that announcement I know that Armageddon is coming and everyone is fucked. But if they do come out with a cap number and the Aquilinis agree, I go spending. I don't have to trade Roberto or Cory. I can even sign Cory for a couple years. (or take him to arbitration) I can say bye-bye to Sammy (Pahlsson and Salo) and MayRay and go after Suter or Parise and still have some money in the bank. And if there is a lockout, so be it.
I believe GMMG when he says he wants to keep both goalies. Teams will be interested in either of them and the Nucks may benefit from signing Cory first and then trading him during the year.
So I will be waiting for that announcement in June.
My Custom Lineup
Daniel Sedin ($6.100m) / Henrik Sedin ($6.100m) / Alexandre Burrows ($2.000m)
David Booth ($4.250m) / Ryan Kesler ($5.000m) / Zach Parise ($6.500m)
Chris Higgins ($1.900m) / Manny Malhotra ($2.500m) / Jannik Hansen ($1.350m)
Andrew Ebbett ($0.600m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.000m) / Dale Weise ($0.650m)
Zack Kassian ($0.870m) /
Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m) / Dan Hamhuis ($4.500m)
Keith Ballard ($4.200m) / Alexander Edler ($3.250m)
Andrew Alberts ($1.225m) / Chris Tanev ($0.900m)
Aaron Rome ($0.750m) / Sami Salo ($2.000m)
Roberto Luongo ($5.333m)
Cory Schneider ($3.000m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $421,667