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Trevor Bayne had never met Pat Summitt, but growing up in Knoxville, he learned the name and how synonymous it was with the University of Tennessee.
Jerry Caldwell had never met Pat Summitt, but the general manager of Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway saw how she had embodied her motto "Fierce Courage" since her diagnosis last August of early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.
Brandon Flynn, co-owner of a fan sponsorship company, had never met Pat Summitt, but some of his fondest childhood memories are of riding on his father's shoulders into Neyland Stadium on majestic autumn afternoons. The Volunteers mean a lot to him, too, and Summitt, he said, had represented them beyond well before retiring after last season with eight women's basketball national championships and a record 1,098 victories.
|Legendary coach Pat Summitt retired in April; now she's becoming a NASCAR fan.
So there they stood with Summitt at a news conference in Knoxville this July, unveiling plans for Bayne's Roush Fenway Racing team to contest Friday night's Nationwide Series race at Bristol in a "We Back Pat"-themed car sponsored by Flynn's company. They arrived there together after a series of well-intentioned acts synchronized in a short period of time.
Caldwell and his marketing team initiated the idea of a tribute to Summitt, calling Roush Fenway, which was seeking sponsorship for Bayne's entry this weekend. Roush Fenway directed Caldwell to Flynn, who contacted the Pat Summitt Foundation and elicited the help of a national claims adjusting company to bolster his fan sponsorship company's effort to fund the car. Once the plan was set, Bristol Motor Speedway announced that Summitt would make her first visit to a NASCAR race as grand marshal.
It's a Tennessee story. But it's also a story for everyone as Summitt and her foundation attempt to raise awareness for Alzheimer's research. The Volunteer orange paint scheme is just a bonus.
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Summitt said she was "very thankful for the support in my fight. I welcome the NASCAR community to the team we are building through The Pat Summitt Foundation to fight Alzheimer's on a national level."
Bayne became the youngest to win a Daytona 500 in 2011 when he captured NASCAR's biggest prize at 20 years, one day for the Wood Brothers, one of the sport's bedrock teams.
Personable, marketable and pious, he should have been cued for a launch as a major new NASCAR star, a Tim Tebow with fireproof britches. But circumstances have conspired against him. Farmed out to the Wood Brothers for partial Sprint Cup campaigns since 2010 because Roush has had no room or no sponsorship for him in its Sprint Cup stable, he remains a driver with the most coveted trophy in the sport but without a full-time ride.
Bayne, who joked with Summitt that her next NASCAR race would be anticlimactic after such a ceremonious debut this weekend, called the Lady Vols' coach emeritus "Tennessee's icon."
"She was an awesome lady," he said. "She was friendly as can be, and really nice, seems levelheaded, doesn't go too high or too low. I think that's what makes her such a good coach, is she can stay cool through it all. I told her she needed to come sit on my box and help the crew chief with the pit crew. Maybe she'll come hang out with us."
As grand marshal, Summitt will give the command, "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines." Due to the difficulty of getting up the tower, she will not be waving the green flag.
Summitt said she is "quickly becoming a fan of NASCAR."
Bayne is quickly becoming a fan of wearing his Vols hat around the track and shop without incurring the wrath of his mechanics, many of whom root for other SEC teams and have vandalized his Tennessee license plate holder and wired his truck's horn to sound each time he applied his brakes.
"Even the guys in the shop that are Alabama fans, Florida fans, they're stoked about it," Bayne said of the Summitt car. "They give each other heck about it, but I wore that Tennessee hat the first time I went there because I'm a Vols fan, and Tennessee being Bristol and it's my home-track race, I think the fans will love it when we roll it on the track."
Caldwell said the idea originated as "one of those, what if, wouldn't it be neat if, things."
"You never know," he said. "You pass along ideas when you have them, especially if you feel like they have some merit. With this one, my background is from the sales side of things, so a lot of times when you've got a gut feeling on something like this, if it makes a lot of sense, it probably does and will work for other individuals. I felt like it was one that had a solid chance, but you never know what other factors will play in."
Flynn said Summitt "wouldn't know me on a first-name basis," but he feels a connection to the coach because of how she represented his state. The co-owner of a company of a nationwide adjusting firm, he also runs yourracecar.com, which sells fans space for their names or photographs on cars they sponsor for fees from $20-$1,900. Space for roughly 500 names and more than 50 pictures were purchased, he said, after the Summitt promotion was announced. His company is selling "We Back Pat" memorabilia, with 25 percent of proceeds benefitting her foundation and its support of Alzheimer's research. The race car also will be auctioned, with proceeds benefiting the foundation.
"Pat Summit has been Lady Vols basketball coach ever since I was born. I'm 33 years old," Flynn said. "It's been great knowing we're doing it for a good cause in general, but doing it for the basketball coach from the University of Tennessee has made it even more special."


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NEW YORK--Oil futures finished higher Wednesday after a government report showed a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stockpiles, as refiners ramped up operations.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery settled 48 cents, or 0.5%, higher at $106.48 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest finish in a week. September Brent crude on the ICE futures exchange settled 47 cents, or 0.5%, to $108.61 a barrel.
Oil inventories fell 6.9 million barrels in the week ended July 12, the Energy Information Administration said, as refineries boosted utilization rates and removed crude from stockpiles. Domestic crude stocks were at their lowest level since Jan. 18, the EIA said.
Wednesday's rally, however, was damped by a big jump in gasoline inventories. The EIA said gasoline stocks rose 3.1 million barrels, bucking expectations for a decline.
"The gasoline build definitely mitigated some of the bullishness of the crude draw," said Andy Lebow, senior vice president of energy futures at Jefferies Bache.
Wednesday's rise extends the recent rally in the crude-oil market. Prices have risen more than 10% so far in July, fueled largely by falling domestic oil stockpiles. Analysts say crude stocks have fallen as pipelines and railroads are finally able to connect the Midwest oil glut with refiners on the Gulf Coast.
Also accelerating the inventory decline has been a recent shift in the structure of the oil futures market, analysts said. For several weeks, crude oil for delivery in the near term has been more expensive than in later months. That discourages oil companies from storing or importing crude because it loses value over time, and instead encourages them to draw down from domestic stockpiles.
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The Henrico Citizen turns 10 years old with this issue – a reality that amazes me for conflicting reasons.
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Since Sept. 20, 2001, I've attended more than 100 Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and School Board meetings, taken photos at dozens of youth baseball and softball games, high school football games, community festivals and fundraisers. I've covered more than 50 high school graduations, interviewed hundreds of people and designed (and proofread) more than 4,800 pages. I've met with hundreds of business owners, advertising agents and public relations officials, sold and designed hundreds of advertisements, uploaded thousands of articles and photos to our website and delivered tens of thousands of copies of the paper to distribution points throughout Henrico County.
I've attended and covered events in all but two or three of the 60-plus public school buildings in Henrico, every recreation facility, public park, government building and several playgrounds. I've covered two hurricanes, a 100-year flood, two earthquakes, a sniper spree, a handful of parades and a half-dozen NASCAR races. I've attended dedication ceremonies for new roads, new schools, new shopping malls and new neighborhoods. I've met and written about hundreds of people who amazed me, inspired me and became my friends.
I've traveled to virtually every corner of the county, committed to memory the names and paths of hundreds of roads and five magisterial districts. I can associate nearly every portion of the county with a person, event or article.
My e-mail inbox contains exactly 75,102 messages, and those are just the ones I've saved since July 27, 2006. I've read each one at some point.
I've written more than 700 articles, taken more than 20,000 photos and written more than 9,000 headlines.
In the course of a decade, some moments stand out.
The sad ones do. When Tropical Storm Gaston dropped a foot of rain on Central Virginia in 2004, I raced out of our office to take photos of a daring rescue attempt by firefighters in front of our building. A quiet stream had turned into a raging river, threatening to wash away a minivan with a woman inside. I snapped a dozen or so shots, then ran back inside to continue working on deadline. I didn't witness the heartbreaking outcome: the rescue was impossible, and the woman was swept to her death moments later. For years, I couldn't bring myself to develop the film. I wrote a column about the experience.
The happy moments stand out, too. I covered the return of military members from Afghanistan to Richmond International Airport, where hugs and smiles seemed to be all that mattered. Earlier this year, I watched as a high school gymnasium erupted with genuine joy and excitement as a special needs student hit a game-winning buzzer-beating basket during the All-Star basketball league for students with physical and mental disabilities. I wrote about that, too.
There have been heated moments. Someone is always upset at the outcome of a school redistricting case. Someone almost always argues passionately against the next development or land rezoning case that threatens to disturb an existing neighborhood. I've witnessed it time after time, and I can relate to those who object: my childhood neighborhood in Northern Virginia – our quiet, tree-covered section of town with several dozen modest homes – no longer exists. It was bulldozed entirely years ago to make way for hundreds of apartments. But today, as a businessman seeking the next key opportunity for my own company, I don't fault those developers for chasing their own goals.
There have been inspirational moments. Earlier this year, we published our first annual Top Teachers issue and told the stories of 20 Henrico educators who make a daily difference in the lives of dozens of students. The input we received from readers, who described in great detail the impact each teacher had on their children and grandchildren, was touching. So too were the reactions of the teachers upon learning they'd been named to our list.
There have been moments of pure wonderment. I stumbled onto a story years ago about the efforts of several African-American educators who helped fund the Henrico education of one young girl from Prince Edward County more than 50 years ago, when her school district closed rather than integrate. Their efforts – and the difference they made in one woman's life – will inspire me forever.
Days before our first issue was to roll off the presses, two planes sliced through the World Trade Center, another dove into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, changing our nation forever. In the aftermath, I suddenly wondered whether anyone would care to read about a plans for a new road or details about a bond referendum. Would photos of a championship Little League team, coverage of local elections or features about community volunteers hold any value to readers?
I was 24 years old, had no formal business training and was about to start a free newspaper whose first issue had one advertiser. Was I crazy?
But in retrospect, my fears were unjustified. I believe as strongly today as ever in the future of true community journalism. Ultimately, the things that matter most to most people are those they can see, touch, hear and feel. And those things happen right here – in their community.
Much has changed in 10 years. Nearly as many people now read this newspaper online, connect with us through Twitter and Facebook or read our e-mail newsletters as those who read us in print. A decade ago, the fax machine and scanner were critical components of our small newsroom. Today they are obsolete.
What all these numbers, recollections and thoughts amount to, I'm not exactly certain. But I'd like to believe that somewhere inside the web they've spun is part of the story of Henrico County during the past decade.
Those who read this are the reason we exist. You are the people who care about this county, who work and volunteer to make it a great place to live. You are the small business owners who risked all to pursue your dreams and provide for your families. You are the teachers who have invested hundreds of your own hours and dollars because you care what paths your students take in life. You are the police officers and firefighters who protect and serve your neighbors. You are the mothers, fathers and grandparents who take children to baseball practices, dance recitals and drama rehearsals and who cheer at high school football games and third-grade plays. You are the Boy Scout Troop leaders, the tutors and mentors.
You are the true Henrico citizens – and we are truly proud to have told your stories for the past 10 years. Today, we begin looking forward to the next 10.
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EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - A bride's worst nightmare came true when she was forced to miss the most important day of her life.
Instead of walking down the aisle on her wedding day, Macee Whitton found herself in the hospital on her wedding day.
..."My heart started racing, my leg got really swollen. I couldn't move my leg," Macee said. She called 911 and was flown to Sutter Roseville Medical Center via a helicopter
"They said she got a really bad dose of venom, the fang marks were [wide]," Justin Whitton said.
Justin stood by Macee's hospital bed, hoping she would pull through.
She was given bags of anti-venom but the poison kept traveling up her body.
"It was one of the worst things we ever had to experience. There was a few times when I got rushed out of the ER, I was wondering if I was going to come back in to my wife being there or not," Justin said ...
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a new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children
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My avatar is my most recent, but all uploaded are from this year. :)
Correction, all the new images I've uploaded are from this year.
thank you, some of these are def old though.
Thank you so much. Such a warm welcome on this site.
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Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten.
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If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable.
Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
Points A, B and C are the centres of three circles, each one of which touches the other two. Prove that the perimeter of the triangle ABC is equal to the diameter of the largest circle.
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A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?
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Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy
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There are four children in a family, two girls, Kate and Sally, and
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Here are three 'tricks' to amaze your friends. But the really
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Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?
Find some triples of whole numbers a, b and c such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 is a multiple of 4. Is it necessarily the case that a, b and c must all be even? If so, can you explain why?
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Arrange the numbers 1 to 16 into a 4 by 4 array. Choose a number.
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Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
These formulae are often quoted, but rarely proved. In this article, we derive the formulae for the volumes of a square-based pyramid and a cone, using relatively simple mathematical concepts.
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This jar used to hold perfumed oil. It contained enough oil to fill
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Eight children enter the autumn cross-country race at school. How
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A, B & C own a half, a third and a sixth of a coin collection.
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ABC is an equilateral triangle and P is a point in the interior of
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A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
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The story gained national attention as Jessica Linscott and Roland Dow eluded authorities for nearly two weeks. The pair was apprehended by U.S. marshals on Nov. 28 in Orlando, Fla., days after doctors at Exeter Hospital concluded that James Nicholson had been severely abused, police said.
Linscott, 23, will return to court Wednesday to argue why she should be released on bail prior to her own trial, slated for June 3. She is being held on charges of endangering the welfare of a child at the Strafford County jail in Dover.
Prosecutors say Dow beat and burned 3-year-old James Nicholson between Nov. 1 and 16 while his mother did nothing to report the injuries as the child suffered seizures and a traumatic brain injury.
Prosecutors acknowledged that Linscott will become a state's witness in a court filing disclosing an expert witness they intend to use at Dow's trial. Dow could face 30 to 90 years in state prison if he is convicted on all eight charges.
The state's expert, Dr. Scott Hampton, will be asked to explain to jurors how people react to "intimate partner violence," Assistant County Attorney Michael Zaino said in court papers. Hampton is expected to testify about how victims of domestic violence are hesitant to disclose abuse and are sometimes dishonest, "in discussing the extent and nature of the violence even when suffering serious injuries," court papers say.
"The state will call Dr. Hampton to assist the jury in understanding (Linscott's) behavior and evaluating the credibility of (her) testimony," Zaino said in a court motion.
Linscott's bid for freedom was made public through a jail transport order filed in Rockingham County Superior Court. No written argument supporting Linscott's attempt to be freed was made public. The defense filed a sealed court motion three days prior to a judge setting a date for Wednesday's bail hearing.
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Wang, Dingsheng and Xie, Ting and Li, Yadong (2009) Nanocrystals: Solution-based synthesis and applications as nanocatalysts. Nano Research, 2 (1). pp. 30-46.
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Nanocrystals are emerging as key materials due to their novel shape- and size-dependent chemical and physical properties that differ drastically from their bulk counterparts. The main challenges in this field remain rationally controlled synthesis and large scale production. This article reviews recent progress in our laboratory related to solution-based synthesis of various nanostructures, including zero-dimensional (0-D) nanocrystals, 1-D nanowires and nanorods, hollow structures, and superlattice materials. On the other hand, the essential goal for nanoresearchers is to achieve industrial applications of nanostructured materials. In the past decades, these fascinating materials have been widely used in many promising fields such as nanofabrication, nanodevices, nanobiology, and nanocatalysis. Herein, we focus on their applications as nanocatalysts and try to illustrate the main problems and future directions in this area based on our recent endeavors in catalytic applications of nanocrystals.
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Department of Gender Studies Speakers' Series
The Advisory Committee on Speakers, Department of Gender Studies, organizes public talks by local and visiting speakers on topics of interest to the university and St. John's communities.
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All lectures are open to the public and unless otherwise noted are held in the Sally Davis Seminar Room, SN 4087.
The following speakers are confirmed for the Fall 2014 Department of Gender Studies Speakers' Series.
Tuesday, 16 September, 1:00 p.m. - Megan Morrison, PhD Candidate, Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
Care-full Pieces of Creativity
With the help of photographs, painting, poetry, film, music, comic strip, felted-wool, transparencies, embroidery, short-story, and play-dough, care-full pieces of creativity compose multiple scores for care-giving roles. Allow yourself to experience this exhibit recreated for you through photographs. Ten creative art pieces and ten unique care-givers express the complexities of caring for a loved one living with dementia. The exhibit demonstrates the depth of understanding, which can be invoked by arts-informed research. The doctoral project illustrates the components of conducting research with care.
Friday, 17 October, 1:00 p.m. -- Zaren Healey White, Master of Gender Studies Candidate
Surgical Shape-Shifting: Transgender Embodiment in Nina Arsenault's The Silicone Diaries
My work examines transgender experience and embodiment through an analysis of Canadian transgender performance artist Nina Arsenault and her autobiographical one-woman stage play The Silicone Diaries (2012). I will use Arsenault's multivalent performances – through life writing, stage plays, and self-portraiture – to explore theories of transgender embodiment and experience as imagined by those who have experienced it. Arsenault's extensive cosmetic surgery has transmogrified her body into a living art canvas and forms the basis for her artistic work. Considering Arsenault among other self-styled, hyperfeminine art subject-objects, I will explore how her practice involves the pursuit of an exaggerated, hypersexual, feminine ideal of beauty while simultaneously subverting essentialist or naturalized notions of what it means to be a woman
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Annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival
Over 80 films with workshops and panels on the film and broadcasting industries, with appearances by guest filmmakers and producers.
For more information on Festival passes and tickets, call 754-3141 or email email@example.com.
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Tuesday, 4 November, 1:00 p.m. -- Gina Snooks, Master of Gender Studies Candidate
Scripted Skins: Women's Tattoos as Embodied Life Narratives
What motivates women to have their skin permanently inked? By using an auto/biographical approach to storytelling as a feminist practice, I study tattoo stories as embodied life narratives through which women perform subjectivity. Thus, framed within feminist scholarship that thinks of the body as a powerful symbolic form and as a site marked with cultural, social, and political meaning, I examine tattoos as social billboards. More specifically, I theorize ways in which tattoos function as scripts that communicate the gendered performances of everyday life that are entangled with broader sociocultural and political discourses about women and spirituality. In other words, I am interested in the ways that tattoos tell stories about women's lives.
Tuesday, 2 December, 1:00 p.m. - Gabriela Sanchez Diaz, Master of Gender Studies Candidate
Re-Mapping the Body: Feminine Experience in Music Performance
This research seeks to intertwine classical music performance and Body Mapping with feminist thought. Its purpose is to study how the characteristics that define normative gender affect the lived body and its movement; the body as the site where a patriarchal society constructs gender roles, more specifically femininity; and consequently the effects that these may produce in music performance. Body Mapping is a method to help to reduce pain and avoid injuries related to the practice of a musical instrument. Drawing on interviews of women classical musicians and autoethnography work, I seek to answer how the practice of Body Mapping impacts the bodily performances of women classical musicians and what the potential of Body Mapping is to disrupt traditional gender roles in classical music performance.
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It's against the law to steal. And it's Miami cop Vicki Thomas' job to make sure people obey this law and every other one on the books. But when the middle-aged cop came across a desperate mother of three stealing groceries at a Publix in Cutler Bay last month, she didn't handcuff her; she took the ... More >>
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Written by Jim Lewis
The house at 336 Lawrence St. in Middletown has been an eyesore for years. Empty, condemned, a blight on the neighborhood.
Fortunately, the borough has found an agency willing to rehabilitate it, and sell it to a family – the Tri-County Housing Development Corp., which receives federal funds to buy run-down properties and restore them for resale to low to moderate income families.
Tri-County has done this twice before in Middletown. A Wood Street house that was vacant for years was gutted and restored, and the work that went into the project was impressive. It was sold, making the project a complete success.
Middletown Borough Council has voted unanimously to donate the 336 Lawrence St. property to Tri-County for another restoration. The borough had a $22,000 municipal lien placed against the property to recoup costs to clean up the house and collect unpaid municipal bills. In fact, the property has cost the borough about $30,000 to date, according to borough manager Tim Konek.
But the borough is unlikely to recoup that cost, and the house would have sat empty and run-down for who knows how much longer.
The decision to donate the property is a good one. It will put the house back on the tax rolls, and provide a home for a family.
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There are several noble professions, but few truly heroic ones. How many of us put our life on the line in our work? Police officers, firefighters, emergency responders do. And, of course, soldiers, sailors, airmen and women, military personnel who serve our country, defend our freedom and keep us safe.
These people have earned, through their dedication, our respect and gratitude. So when we learned that we published the incorrect name of a former infantry officer who spoke during a Veterans Day observance at Middletown Area Middle School, we decided to do more than run a short correction. We decided to reprint the article in its entirety.
It is an unusual step for a newspaper to take. And all newspapers make mistakes – as long as they are produced by human beings, who are imperfect, they will make them. All good newspapers correct errors. The Press And Journal corrects any factual error it publishes, as do other papers.
By reprinting the article with the speaker's correct name, we believe we accurately share his accomplishments and words. It seemed right to us: As chroniclers of history, among our other functions as a newspaper, we should accurately tell the story of someone like Eric Fegley, the speaker at the middle school program, for posterity, and a correction appearing separately from our article about his accomplishments and speech seemed lacking.
You can find the reprinted article on page A2 in this edition.
Fegley, of Middletown, spent eight years as an infantry officer in the Army, serving in Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina during his military career. A 1991 graduate of Middletown Area High School, he earned the Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman Badge and Meritorious Service Medal.
His Veterans Day speech on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the middle school was part of what has become a very impressive observance of the holiday. The program included an impressive video that showed the faces, one by one, of every veteran from Middletown who has been killed in action in conflicts from World War I on.
It wasn't the only Veterans Day celebration at a Middletown school: Seven Sorrows School provided a pancake breakfast to veterans and active military personnel associated with the school and Seven Sorrows BVM Church. Students created thank-you cards for participants.
Honoring our veterans is a great opportunity to teach history – and respect. Schools seem to be observing Veterans Day more and more. As a nation, our respect for our heroes seems to have swelled as we've better understood what they have done for us in their service. We hope our reprint is in that same spirit of respect.
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Credit it to a resurgence in the Republican Party, or blame it on gerrymandering, but the success of GOP candidates statewide in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5 gives the party continued control of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
And it begs the question: Can we get something done on some of the state's burning issues?
Sure, under Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and a Republican legislature, the state budget was approved on time. But Corbett failed to get a pet project – the privatization of liquor sales – passed. And the legislature ignored his demand last summer that the General Assembly stay in session to resolve the pension crisis that already has been felt by school districts and the taxpayers who support them.
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf is a Democrat with his own agenda, and it should be interesting to see how he and the legislature work together to resolve the state's pressing problems.
We hope they can.
In a time when heated rhetoric seems to drown out reason and compromise, and trump good governance, we wonder if genuinely good leadership can pull us through. The knock against Corbett was that he didn't provide leadership, even in his own party. He certainly did not inspire the notion that he was a leader among voters, whose decision to toss him out of Harrisburg on Nov. 5 was historical. Corbett was the first incumbent Pennsylvania governor to lose re-election in 44 years.
Now we will have a Democratic governor and a Republican legislature. Well, why not? No doubt it will be interesting; we hope it will be successful, too.
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The Middletown Public Library is a community asset that is worth more than we could imagine. It inspires children to read, through kids' programs and its mere existence, and a more literate child will likely become a more successful adult.
After years of existing mostly on Middletown Borough funds, the library is operating as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, counting on donations to stay open – though the borough continues to provide a reduced amount of funding.
So fundraising efforts such as the Fall Book Sale, held by the Friends of Middletown Public Library, are more important than ever.
The sale continues this week, on the following days:
• 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5;
• 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6;
• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8;
• 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day – and a day where the books will be offered at the low price of $2 a bag.
The library is located at 20 N. Catherine St.
Bargain books? Who doesn't like that? And each dollar goes to a worthy cause.
A borough library is not only a nice perk, but also a vital force in the welfare of Middletown's future.
Every dollar counts toward its continued existence.
Think of it as an investment in Middletown's future.
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Your favorite Campari drinks.
What's your favorite drinks that made with Campari?
Negroni, I discovered it after someone brought some Campari over with no idea what to do with it.
thanks chaps. I will tried them tonight. I like Campari + Soda + Sprite + Lime. Bitter as it maybe, its vintage posters are good.
Mmm, a good negroni is hard to beat.
This doesn't really highlight the Campari flavor, but I like to add a little to a mimosa. It tones down the sweetness of the OJ, and makes the drink a nice pinky-orange dusk color. My friends and I have dubbed them midnight mimosas.
re: wontonton
I hated it the first time, and that wasn't long ago and I have an adventurous palate. I revisited Campari and soda (with a squeeze of lemon) this year after hearing somebody recommend it, and suddenly it worked. It now strikes me as a great, thirst-quenching starter for the warmer months.
re: wontonton
I loved it immediately and typically drink it with soda.
re: wontonton
I now love Campari. However, it wasn't until I was 40 that I liked it. I tried it every 2 or 3 years after I was 21. I have learned to like more bitter flavors in general as I aged (and taste buds died?).
re: dkmbuzz
I just tried Campari w/ soda and fresh lime for the first time last night, and I loved it immediately. It reminds me of grapefruit pith.
gin and tonic with a liberal dose of campari over it, bitter lemon is a good substitute for the tonic, wedge of lemon tastes better than wedge of lime with this one.
I discovered an Americano as an apertif while in Paris. I love it so and it reminds me of being on holiday.
Equal parts Campari and red vermouth, muddled with an orange slice. Delish!
To the earlier poster about how long it takes to acquire a taste for Campari--it was my first time and I have enjoyed it ever since. I only drink it with a sweet juice like pineapple or orange--the mixture of sweet and bitter work well for me. I don't drink it with food. Prefer as a cocktail before dinner with salty snacks. Also, not something I can drink quickly and alot of so good when I am pacing myself. Thanks for reminding me I have a bottle open. Cheers.
True story, and I don't know if it's factually true. I used to frequent the inn/restaurant of a Dutch restauranteur who was the nicest man you'd ever want to meet. One day, on a slow evening, we were sitting in the inn's bar. I was drinking a Campari with ice and a splash of OJ (the other way I drink it is over ice, twist of lime). He sat next to me and told me that about fifteen years ago, he and his wife were having difficulty conceiving a child. One of his then-patrons was a general practitioner, who suggested that he switch from his after-work martinis to after-work drinks with Campari in them.
He did, and in the years to come, had a son and a daughter. Is there any truth to Campari's powers? I don't know. I'm just a girl with a story. But I've always loved the drink.
Gin Campari: gin and soda with a splash of Campari and an orange slice. Like a very dry Gin and Tonic. Vodka Campari is nice too.
For Campari neophytes, try a light Campari and soda with a big wedge of orange squeezed in. I liked it the first time I tasted it, but not undiluted. Taken "neat" it's pretty potent!
My favorite cocktail is a Negroni (gin, Campari, red vermouth). Optional but preferred by me: splash of soda. Bittersweet, sophisticated and satisfying. If I'm looking for something not quite as potent, I'll go for an Americano: Campari and red vermouth, also with a splash for me. Both of these benefit from an orange wedge or a shake of orange bitters if you have it.
Campari on the rocks with a twist of lemon or, for variety, orange, in a snifter or wine glass with a large bowl is as simple as it gets. A splash of soda for those who want something lighter. Sometimes a tall cooler with orange juice or grapefruit juice, a shot of Campari with ice and a twist. This also applies to Punt y Mes, Cynar and similar bitter-based aperitifs.
re: Divamac
Yes, Campari and the Pellegrino orange soda is wonderful.
The Negroni is among my favorite shaker cocktails. When I want something a little lighter, the Americano is a terrific highball. For a brunch eye-opener, Campari and fresh grapefruit juice with a little ice is very nice.
Hey, Thanks guys for the suggestion. So far, I have tried the Soda+OJ, Soda+Lemon. They are all good.
My girlfriend likes to doctor her root beer with a splash (probably an ounce, as she's not a big drinker) of Campari. Don't do it with a fancy root beer such as Boylan's. It works wonders for a cheap artificial root beer.
I like the idea of Campari with root beer! My favorite is the classic C&Soda with an orange slice and of course, a Negroni. Campari/Soda was a favorite (along with Metaxa...!) on my husband's and my first trip to Greece - we had one at Franco's Bar while watching the sun set over the caldera in Santorini. They're now a summertime favorite, whether or not we're in Greece.
No one has mentioned Campari as an after-dinner drink yet, but I tend to like Campari and soda after a big dinner out. I find it refreshing and soothing in comparison to many after-dinner drinks, especially sweet ones. Makes a nice digestif.
The negroni is definitely my favorite cocktail to order at bars. It's interesting to see each bartenders' take on it. Recently though, at a fairly nice lounge I ordered a negroni. When I tasted it, it was weird and terrible. I asked the bartender what his recipe was, and it turns out he didn't use any campari at all, but rather (a LOT of) bitters! Has anyone ever heard of this before? He acted like it was my fault, saying "next time, if you want it with Campari, be sure and say so." Uhhh....
There's a recipe on chow.com for a sparkling Campari cocktail. It's somewhat involved, but delicious. I made it for a Christmas party and it was a big hit, even with people who'd never tried Campari before. http://www.chow.com/recipes/10413
re: dandelion
That bartender is dead wrong. As I think I mentioned before, the classic recipe, from Caffe Giacosa in Florence where the cocktail was invented, is equal parts Campari, London dry gin (not the genever style), and sweet vermouth (I think they used Cinzano, though I'm told that Carpano's Antica Formula is superior, which I'll verify if I can ever find it). I've seen many versions done as a lowball (served in a double-rocks glass over ice), garnished with an orange slice, but the version I prefer, and which La Giacosa served to me without my specifying so, is straight up, with a twist of orange.
re: MC Slim JB
That's the version I make myself, too; 1/3 of each, served up with an orange twist. I couldn't BELIEVE that bartender... he simply refused to be wrong.
I've also noticed a lot of bartenders who "go easy" on the Campari, to the extreme of just added a splash, because they think that you won't like it. Seriously, would I be ordering a negroni if I didn't like it? No!
re: dandelion
Like the idiot who thinks "bitters is bitters", so freely substitutes Angostura for Campari, some bartenders can't seem to wrap their minds around shaker drinks that don't approximate modern Martini proportions: a boatload of a primary ingredient, a little bit of something else. They make lots of Vodka Martinis and Cosmos, and assume every other drink that gets strained into a cocktail glass must follow that model. The Negroni recipe is so simple, yet even when I spell it out, they still pour something that looks like a Pink Gin.
I'm starting to believe I can size up my chances of getting a proper one just by looking at the bartender. Do they look like they might drink a Negroni, or at least taste one? If not, they probably pour a pink Negroni; you'd better order something else. (But in reality, I give everybody at least one chance.)
Part of the problem in Boston is that there are scores of places with good barware, twenty yards of super-premium liquors, and an elaborate specialty cocktail menu -- but absolutely zero cocktail craft. It's very easy to spend $10 or $12 on an awful drink.
Outside of the better hotels, you can count the places with real cocktail artisans behind the bar on your fingers. It's a shame the town doesn't seem ready to sustain a place like Manhattan's Flatiron Lounge, a haven of real cocktail cheffery not hurt at all by great service and atmosphere. One can dream.
In honor of the late great Cinnabar in Glendale (oh, how I miss them), try the Cinnabar Negroni, which is a great Campari blast!
2 ounces Campari
1 ounce gin
1 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Stir with ice for 30 seconds and strain, orange slice garnish.
We also like one called the La Rosita, created by Robert Hess (http://www.drinkboy.com/). It never occurred to me to blend tequila and Campari, but the flavors complement one another marvelously.
1-1/2 ounces reposado tequila
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce Campari
Stir with ice for 30 seconds and strain, no garnish.
re: Sazerac
Thanks, I tried La Rosita last night...I have always sipped my reposado at room temp, so chilling it was interesting. The smoky flavor did start to shine through and mingle well with the other elements, but really only as it warmed up a bit. A nice change of pace. I still love gin with campari, though...next I am gonna make a jasmine!
re: ponyboy
That sounds pretty good, actually. Pink doesn't always means girly: see the Jack Rose. I also make a drink called a Pink Lemonade, made with Bacardi Limon, that is not sugary at all, quite pink, delicious, and lethal.
What are your preferred proportions for a Jasmine? I found this recipe on the Mise En Place blog:
1 1/2 Ounces Gin
1/4 Ounce Campari
1/4 Ounce Cointreau
3/4 Ounce Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
re: MC Slim JB
That's it right there.
re: ponyboy
This being a modern classic created by Paul Harrington, there is no dispute on the recipe. Kind of a nice change of pace for cocktail traditionalists. And MC Slim JB is dead-on about the color. Pink has its connotations, but it can certainly be deceiving. As Mr. Harrington said of his own creation:
"Put a pink drink on the bar, and everybody wants one. They think it's a Cosmopolitan — then they make a face when they taste it."
Making faces notwithstanding, the Jasmine is perhaps a good vehicle for introducing Campari to the tastebuds. The flavor's there, just not quite so forward as in, say, a Negroni.
re: gromit
I noticed that the recipes (proportions) for Jasmine and Pegu Club differ widely between www.drinkboy.com and www.vintagecocktails.com ... and those given above. Drinkboy cites an old recipe for Pegu Club that used Rose's lime juice instead of fresh...and his Jasmine has much more Cointreau than the 1/4 oz in MC Slim JB's recipe.
Having no lemons or Cointreau on hand, I improvised and concocted a hybrid drink I call the Jaslime, as follows:
1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Campari
3/4 oz Grand Marnier
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
re: kenito799
Just made your Jasmine -- mighty nice. A bitter, but highly pleasant finish. Great balance of flavors. A bit strong, but not that that's a bad thing. :)
Thanks for the recipe.
re: kenito799
I will rejuvenate this thread by adding my optimized Jas-limon recipe. I am quite addicted:
1 "overflowing" shot Plymouth gin (a bit more than 1.5oz)
3/4 oz Cointreau (definitely better here than Grand Marnier)
3/4 oz Campari
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
re: Alcachofa
At 48 proof, I highly doubt it; I don't think Campari even needs to be refrigerated. You might want to protect it from direct sunlight, though, which might lead to discoloration over time.
There's nothing I like better than a well made negroni, but I had an excellent non-negroni campari drink last night, crafted by Frank at Anise (one of Boston's best bartenders). In a large lowball glass over ice: galliano, campari, almond liquer (not amaretto in this case, but I'm not sure what he used instead), and fresh oj. I usually hate galliano, but it added a nice base note to the drink, and the heady sweetness of the first part of each sip gave way to the bracing bitterness of the campari. It was totally addictive.
I had forgotten how much I love Campari until I went through this thread. Several years ago my friends and I would drink Campari and Ginger Ale or sometimes Campari, Bourbon and Ginger Ale
we just had a champagne cocktail with grapefruit juice and a splash of Campari. Really nice, perfect mimosa alternative.
I'm not sure of the exact proportions, but I created a drink over the summer that's delish. I take about three parts Stoli Peach and one part Campari, shake them over ice and serve up, with an orange twist.
Does anyone know the name of the drink made with light/white beer, gin & campari? I've had it in Italy and the US, but in the US I usually receive a perplexed look when I order "beer gin and campari," but the occasional bartender does know it, and makes it for me. (They don't know the name, either, I always ask). It's really strong, but can be quite tasty in the summer.
Titian's Temptation from Salvatore Calabrese.
1 oz Campari
1 oz Sambuca
1 oz lemon juice
Shake with ice & strain. Great mix of bitter, sweet and tart.


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The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights is a Christmas light display at Walt Disney World, in Disney's Hollywood Studios. For 2014, the Osborne Lights run from November 7, 2014 until January 4, 2015. When it comes to the Osborne Lights, "light display" is severely under-selling it. More like, amazing, light-up-the-entire park epic dancing light extravaganza! That's right, the lights dance to awesome Christmas songs by the likes of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (if you're going to have a dancing light show, you better include music from TSO!) and many other legendary Christmas artists. The lights are so vibrant and plentiful that even Clark Griswold would be proud.
Approximately every 10 minutes, the lights dim and then begin their "show" as they start rocking out (dancing) to holiday music. The songs include:
Most people know the story of the Osborne Lights by now, but if you don't, here goes. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights began in Arkansas when Jennings Osborne put up a lot of lights one year for his daughter, Breezy. Every subsequent year, he added more and more. Some of these light displays were just plain crazy (you can still find some of these odd items on display at the Studios), but crazy in a good way.
In the mid-1990s, Jennings was sued by his neighbors for the spectacle and traffic problems the lights were solving. A settlement was reached that seemingly ended the situation, but after violating the terms of the settlement, Jennings was sued again. Ordered to dismantle his awesome display (as Sam the Eagle would say, the judge must have been distinctly un-patriotic), the Osborne family decided to share their lights, and offered the display to Walt Disney World Resort.
The display first ran on Residential Street, but when that was eliminated for Lights, Motors, Action!, the display was expanded and moved to the Streets of America. The Osbornes were special guests for the lighting ceremony of the lights at Walt Disney World numerous times throughout the years. In 2011, Jennings Osborne passed away. It remains to be seen whether Disney will tribute him in some way with the lights Jennings created that shine so brightly on the World.
Before I get ahead of myself with the review, here are some tips.
In the way of tips, there really aren't many. When The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights are running, the Streets of America can get packed. This is especially true right when the lights are turned on. For the first hour or two of operation, it's really difficult to move. Although this can be one of the best times for photography since you will have the deep blue dusk sky to compliment the colorful lights, you will find crowds to be much lower if you wait. As far as photography goes, in general, the lights actually aren't much of a challenge.
It's so bright back here that most cameras should be able to handle photographing the lights fairly easily in an auto mode. If you shoot in manual modes, consider opening up the aperture a bit (wide open isn't necessary). You might also have to lower the shutter speed a tad and raise your ISO a tad. All in all, though, it's probably the single-easiest setting for nighttime photography at Walt Disney World from a technical perspective. The real challenge is avoiding the crowds to take the photos!
In years past, the lights have not been turned off until one hour after the park closes. Heading over to the Osborne Lights around a half hour before park closing will give you time to explore the display, and avoid the crowds.
Definitely make sure you give yourself enough time to see the lights, as there are a lot of "Easter Eggs" to look for within the Osborne Lights. Sarah and I typically spend around 4 hours per trip, spread out across a couple nights, wandering around the lights.
As far as a review goes there isn't really much to say. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights are one of the highlights of Christmas at Walt Disney World, and are absolutely not to be missed. I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this display, other than that it makes the Streets of America really underwhelming the rest of the year. We could stand around and stare at those lights for hours, and hours, and hours. If you want to learn more about the Osborne Lights, you should definitely listen to WDW Today Episode 802, an interview with John Phalen, Show Director, The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.
For comprehensive tips for planning your Christmas-time trip to Walt Disney World, check out our "Ultimate Guide to Christmas at Walt Disney World."
Are you a fan of the Osborne Lights? What's your favorite Osborne Lights fun-fact or hidden "Easter Egg"? Share your thoughts in the comments!
Amazing as always! How in the world were you able to get pictures with no people in them?
Thanks for all the work you've put into this website- it's great!
Been there done that. GOING BACK AGAIN!!!
I've always loved going here! My first time was last 2009 and it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen! I've never felt so happy, and it's the only time I've ever seen anything that dropped my jaw! Such a great experience!
I'm from Arkansas. Saw the Osborne Family lights in Little Rock several times. The traffic snarls were legendary! Although we were sad to see them go (obviously we were NOT neighbors) I have to say, with his creativity and Disney's "magic" – this display is Fantastical! Not to be missed!
Another wonderful article and absolutely beautiful photos. I love going every December. I hope to get to see you this December and thank you in person for all of your articles and photos that you share here.
Thank you ever so for you blog post.Thanks Again. Really Great!!!
Are the lights on for all of the Extra Magic Hours and then an additinal hour? Do they shut off when Extra Magic Hours start? I want to make sure I don't miss it!!!
Last year we visited during extra magic hours. So they're definitely on during. Not sure how long they stay on after, though.
I agree that the Streets of America seem underwhelming without the lights. First time seeing the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights this year and loved it! The snow was especially magical. But it does make me wish they did something more with the streets during the year. Have the Streets of America ever been used for anything else?
Hey Tom,
Thanks for the camera settings advice. Heading down next week for a conference, and have never seen them in person before.
Look forward to experiencing Xmas photography in Disney for the first time!
Based on lots of online love, I made sure to walk over to see the Osborne Lights at the end of a long day on a plane and in DHS. I found my way to what seemed like would be a good spot and waited a few minutes…then the show started…and I thought to myself "oh right… I'm not really a fan of Christmas lights…" I watched for about 30 seconds, shrugged, and trudged away. I understand that other people love these things (there were park hoppers entering the park as I left who were coming specifically to see the lights), and they are impressive in their own way, but I'd have to list them as one of the more overrated Disney experiences. But me saying that is sort of like a person who doesn't like drop rides criticizing Tower of Terror.
Your photos are beautiful, as always!
I am hearing from some sources that they will be dismantling Osborne Lights and moving some of them to Epcot. Please tell me this isn't true. We had to cancel our trip this year and it was going to be our first time when it was decorated for Christmas. We had to reschedule for next year. I don't think it would look right at Epcot.
We are planning on going the week before Christmas. We can only stay one night and would like to know where the best place to stay. We would like to see the Osborn light display and also spend the day in one of the parks. Should we just plan on spending the day at Disney Studios and not go to another park? We are going with all adults. What hotel would be best for us to stay at if? We were thinking of downtown Disney but not sure if that is close to Disney Studios and easy to get to the park from there.
Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
We have just returned from Disney and it's our third visit there this time of the year. Fascinating as ever and would never get tired of watching the spectacle of the dancing lights. It's just amazing and MAGICAL.
I would love to get one tenth of the spectacle displayed at my home. It would be MAGICAL as well!!!! Keep up the good work!!
We were there in Nov. last year and loved the light display. It was truly magical!! We had dinner and Mama Melrose…excellent by the way. We walked out and I think there is a Christmas shop right near there with a snow man and some fake snow on the street so seeing that before the lights kinda set the mood. I'm hoping they continue to do this year after year. Any news on 2014 if they are going to have the light show?
oi estou programando minha viagem pra ir ai em novembro 2014 quando exatamente comeca esse show ????
Thanks for the wonderful pictures! I never tire of the lights, even though I have seen them many times now. I love showing them for the first to guests I bring to the park. Another amazing place for Christmas lights is the Moody Gardens show in Galveston. Among other features, it is a mile of non-stop lights on the waterfront. You can visit just to see that, or stay at the hotel and have it included in a package, which lowers the overall (already a bargain) price.
We stayed there before and after a DCL cruise that included a day at WDW, so both sets of lights were there for the taking in one trip. DCL is returning to Galveston, and I wish they would do a repeat of the cruise that makes the stop for WDW.
I might add that the hotel was particularly kind to us when we couldn't make it back home did to the Ice storms and told us we could stay (at a very reasonable rate) until it was safe for us to make the drive.
I love the tip about going after closing, as we have always gone with the crowds. It will be nice to take it in slowly. Again, thanks for the great write up!
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Here's a question. Is it exactly one hour after park closing that they turn off the lights? I have an 8:05 dinner reservation at Sci-Fi Dine In and am wondering if I need to see them before dinner, or can I go after dinner.


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I heard of the isb from a friend in 1971.after hearing this album I was totally hooked by a band who has infuenced popular music since the sixties. They have consistently played to packed houses At many university towns and cities robin heron has created some very original sounds over the years with mike heron any modern song maker could not go wrong studying them Ian if you ever read this thank you for introducing me to such a great band
A cut above heaven... | Reviewer: Cressida Gaukroger------ About the album Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air performed by The Incredible String Band
This is possibly one of the greatest albums released by one of the most influential, beautiful, and originally talented bands ever formed. Robin Williamson and Mike Herron moved their music even further with their later releases, still keeping the originally hippie and almost psycadelic sounds that made their first releases great, but with a new complexity of sound partly due to an even bigger range of instruments which create even more layers to an already unique and moving form.
I strongly suggest that when listening to "Tree", a re-recording of an earlier song that has been improved upon with a new utter fierceness that it emits from every point, you turn the volume up to full during the chorus.
-Buy the album, and you'll have no trouble knowing what I mean.
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