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EAU CLAIRE — Assistant professor of kinesiology Lance Dalleck and a team of student researchers have conducted a number of fitness studies over the past several years, but according to Dalleck, the most recent one, conducted with menopausal women aged 45-75, yielded some of the most exciting results yet.
The group started with 21 volunteers aged 52-74, with an average age of 58, and of those, 16 actually completed the entire program. The volunteers were divided into two groups, with one group exercising for 30 minutes at a time, and the other group exercising for 45 minutes each time. Dalleck's students supervised the exercise programs at the university's indoor track every weekday morning for 12 weeks. The women were monitored for blood pressure, aerobic or cardiovascular fitness, cholesterol and changes in body composition.
The most significant changes were in cardiovascular fitness and body fat composition. The group of women who exercised for 30 minutes five days a week showed a 10 percent increase in cardiovascular fitness and 2 percent decrease in body fat. But the women who added only 15 more minutes to their routine showed a 30 percent increase in cardiovascular fitness and a 5 percent decrease in body fat.
"This time, the biggest surprise was in what a difference just a little more time invested could make in the overall results," Dalleck said, noting that for an extra 15 minutes per session — half again as much as the other group — the women got almost triple the health benefits.
"Cardiovascular fitness is a really important health outcome," Dalleck said. "It has been shown to be a better predictor of longevity than heredity, not smoking, hypertension and other risk factors usually cited as important in improving health."
Freshman Sondra De Lap, De Forest, and junior Mary Erickson, Lindstrom, Minn., were two of the students who participated in the study.
De Lap said she thought it was interesting that the participants could actually see the increase in health benefits they could obtain from doing 6 to 7 laps around the track instead of just 4 or 5.
"I really liked putting the theory we learn in class into practice and being there to answer questions for the women in the study," said Erickson.
The series of exercise intervention studies Dalleck and his students have conducted also have been providing other opportunities for the students to experience the professional world of health and fitness. An earlier study that Dalleck and his students conducted with pre-menopausal women has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2007) and senior Erica Borresen, North Mankato, Minn., and junior Jeanna Wallenta, Lake Lillian, Minn., received a first place award for their research paper summarizing that study at the Northland American College of Sports Medicine Spring Tutorial Meeting March 30.
Dalleck and his students receive support for their studies from UW-Eau Claire's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and presented a poster about their study at the annual Student Research Day in April. They say they would like their next study to involve children, another group not often studied.
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29th August 2007, 06:55 AM #1
-Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
By Johnny Tse (tse727)
Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review
Reasons for buying:
Absolutely none! I saw the Infinite at a computer convention in Hong Kong and also saw the amazing special price ($24USD, $185HKD, £12 GBP). So... I bought it! I had a ordinary NotePal before this.
Specifications and a few pics:
Material Aluminum and plastic
Dimension (W / H / D) 380x300x10~50 mm
Fan Dimension (W / H / D) 90mmx90mmx25mm
Fan Speed High, Middle, Low
Bearing Type Rifle bearing
Fan Life Expectancy 50,000 hours
Fan Noise Level (dB-A) 15~20.5dBA
USB Port USB2.0/1.1 x2
Power USB 5VDC
Weight 700g
Connector USB2.0/1.1 (Max current:300mA)
Compatibility Supports all 12"-16" notebook as well as 17"
Operation degree 8.5 degree
Bird's eye view
USB power connector, extra USB port and Fan speed control
On/Off button
Build & Packaging
As mentioned above I had the original NotePal (also by Cooler Master). The NP is made from aluminium which meant it was very well build and strong (see the NP W1 review for more details my NP was the 2 fan version).
The Infinite is made mostly from plastic except for the mental mesh. There is a certain amount of flex on the mesh itself, I wouldn't recomment putting a heavy weight on it. Notebook is fine just don't try to stand on it, or whatever floats your boat. There are minimal amount of flex on the outer plastic shell.
Out of the box the ∞ is held in place and protected by 2 foam blocks similar to the ones used in laptop packaging. A 50cm cable is provided for powering the ∞. Also a user guide which included basic instructions and warranty info is also provided, and in 17 languages.
''NotePal Infinite ∞, the latest achievement in the NotePal series, as the first notebook cooler with a truly comprehensive cooling mechanism in the market: increases the cooling area by 150%, thus managing to cool down multiple heat sources at once.
It perfectly meets the need of those notebook users who require the ultimate thermal solution to be able to enjoy a stable yet comfortable environment. Additionally, its uniquely designed air intake at the rear side allows convenient usage anywhere, on the sofa or in bed, without blocking airflow.''
Thats what they all say...
Cooling area is increased by 150% really means that the cooler can actually cool the majority of the notebook rather than 2 or 3 spots when compared to the older models by CM.
One problem with my old NP is that I can't really use it on my lap or on a couch because the air intake is from the bottom, and so killing the point of ''laptop''. on the other hand the ∞'s bottom is not open, and the air intake is from the back of the cooler as shown a picture above, and so I can now use it on my lap !
The CM website also claims that it can cool you notebook up to a amzing 17C. NO would be the answer to that, unless you used your notebook on a bed where all air intakes are blocked.
The 8.5 degree tilt is very nice to type on, the amount of tilt is also similar to the NP. The 4 ''anti-slip'' rubber strips works very well in holding my notebook in place. The old NP is curved at the front to stop your notebook from slipping, which brought another problem. As mention in the NP W1 review it has some very sharp edges which is dangerous to you as well as to the aesthetics of your notebook.
As you can see from the picture my notebook is scratched because my notebook was slightly wider than the NP and so whilst moving it it was scratched. Since the ∞ does not hold the notebook in place using the front ''curve'' this is not a problem.
The fan speed could be adjusted which reviously can't be done on the NP. It is helpful for cound management (differences mentioned below is next part). The fan speeds are High~2000rpm, Mid~1500rpm, and Low~1000rpm.
Since the ∞ is larger than the NP and also my notebook, my notebok now actually fits on the cooler. The cable management hooks were mentioned as a feature on the website. I found them of no use what so ever, but it might come into use for some of you.
Size comparision
The noise levels are claimed to be 15~20.5dBA compared to the NP's 21dBA. But the noise level when the fan speed is set to high is very noticeable, without any background noises (ie. music) the fan noise could get annoying. on the other hand when the fan speed is set to low the noise is almost inaudible which surprised me. At medium speed th fan is audible, and is slightly louder than the NP.
Test - Old V New (CPU & HDD temp.)
Room temperature was 24C as shown by my AC remote
Temperatures and monitored using Notebook Hardware Control and HD tune.
Stress test and HD bench mark is done by CPU Stability Test 6.0 and HD Tune.
HDD temps (Hitachi Travelstar 80GB 7200rpm)
Idle with -
No cooler = 33C
Clearly the HDD is cooler with the ∞. But with the NP the temp is same as without any cooler, I think this is because the fan is located is the upper half of the NP, but the HDD is in the bottom right corner of my notebook and so the NP does cool it effectively. But in the bench mark the temp difference is minimal, as shown below.
HDD temp after HD Tune bench mark with -
No cooler = 37C
CPU idle & test
Idle with -
∞ Max fan spd = 38C
∞ Mid & Min spd = 42C
No cooler = 45C
Stress test with -
∞ Max fan spd = 58C
∞ Mid & Min spd = 61C
No cooler = 68C
For some reason the Mid and Min fan speed didn't really make a difference in the temperature.
From the results it is safe to say that the ∞ does a better job at cooling my notebook than the old NP. And also making a large difference when the CPU is under load .
The old NP had the ''stability'' problem which meant that the notebook can tilt backward quite easily which obviously isn't a good thing. The Infinite on the other hand is lager tha the NP and th eback doesn't slop off like the NP therefore solves the problem. The cooling is also more effective as seen from the results. Having used the NP for over a year I have to say that Cooler Master have came up with a excellent product with many improvements over the original NotePal.
But one thing I am not too sure about is whether a 17'' wide screen notebook would actually fit properly on the Infinite, my Compaq is a 15.4'' 4:3 which has the depth of a 17'' widescreen but not the width obviously.
- Adjustable fan speed
- Lighter than the NP
- Effective overall cooling
- 15.4'' fits wonderfully
- Can be used on surfaces other than a desk (sofa, bed, etc)
- No sharp edges
- Not as well build as the NP
- Fan noise can get irritating on max fan speed
- Currently unavaliable in the US and Europe (from what I can find in Google)
Sorry for any spelling error!
Any mistakes please PM me and I will correct them!
Thanks for reading!
Last edited by Johnny T; 5th October 2007 at 04:19 PM.
29th August 2007, 07:12 AM #2
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
Great review. I hope I can buy this one onlineMy first Laptop
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29th August 2007, 07:40 AM #3
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
Id like to see a head 2 head of this vs the ever so popular zalmans and see wich performs better. The zalmans is supposed to do alot of the same stuff and looks better in my opinion so it all comes down to performance!
I guess you dont have a video card to try comparing gpu temps with?
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29th August 2007, 07:44 AM #4
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
No for some reason I can get any temps from my Mobility Radeom 9700, I tried ATItraytool, ATI tools, and NHC....no good.
29th August 2007, 08:01 AM #5
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Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
its actually a pretty good review. better then i was expecting i have to admit johnnyI like summer. I sit back, relax take the phone off the hook and enjoy a nice cold beer. Then when i get home from work I also enjoy a dip in the pool.
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29th August 2007, 08:19 AM #7
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
Good review.
As far as I know a lot of ATI's GPU can't monitor the temperature (I can't monitor my GPU temperature either).Life is a sexually transmitted disease
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29th August 2007, 10:07 AM #8
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
It looks bigger than the Zalman, which is good for anything above 15.4"Samsung R65
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Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
I might just make a review of my own of the zalman nc-1000 for comparison reasons!
29th August 2007, 10:51 AM #10
Re: -Cooler Master Notepal Infinite∞ Review- Lots of pics:D
but then again we dont have the same notebook.....
Oh well! BRING IT ON! lol
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I dont have the money to replace anything and I got the ok to do what I want from landlord. I want to do a makeover.I have no idea where to start.Metal cabinet under sink is painted white. And the metal hutch is painted white with blue doors.The top part has 1 door on left side(which popps open all time),in between there are shelves and then to the left is door missing.Below that,the middle is opened counter space below that is right and left blue drawes below that is shelves in middle(that one shelve is bent and rust is starting on the bent part) and blue door on left side and missing door on right side.I like the old country look.Any ideas on what to do with it? This is the only thing I have to put pans and food in.
Limited on what you can do.
A picture would sure help.
Those cabinets should have been replaced 40 years ago.
assuming the landlord is not maintaining the property and ready to replace those with wood cabinets, the proper attack is to remove them, take them to an auto body shop, to clean, prep, and paint them with a hard enamel like the one that has lasted 40 years or more.
the problem with the door that pops open is the catch on the cabinet is weak. don't know where you'd go for that, but I'd start with Rockler. the catch should be held on with two screws. it's either two spring metal contacts in a solid piece of metal, or a squirrelly-looking spring.This message has been edited. Last edited by: swschrad,
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Hello Galia,
I've been a renter and I have now been a homeowner for 20+ years. My wife really wanted a house to raise our kids in, but, at the time we were looking to buy, I really preferred the apartment. I had a lot of activities going on and I really liked being able to pick up the phone and call the rental office whenever something went bad in the apartment.
The house we bought had very similar metal cabinets to the ones you described. We were in the house for around 12 years before we could afford to have our kitchen remodeled and replace those old clunker metal cabinets.
So, what's your point SturdyNail? My wife and I put up with the metal cabinets because it was our place and we couldn't call the rental office to have someone take care of them. When we finally afforded to replace them, it was an investment in our property. As Joe said, your landlord should have replaced those cabinets 40 years ago (not you!).
If your landlord is willing to shell out some money to spruce things up a bit, find out how much he/she is willing to spend. You may have more options than you think.
We tried painting our metal clunkers a few times. It never looked very good and didn't hold up at all. If you're set on keeping the metal cabinets, then I think swschrad's suggestions for getting a top-notch finish sound really good.
Best of luck.
we did that with a goshawful gold fridge, and it turned out well. probably cost in the end a quarter of what a new one would cost, not counting the repair to the defrost heater that broke on the truck.
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Thank you all.Well the landlord dont care.If its the roof,plumbing or electric he is on top of it.Anything eles he dont do crap.Im on a fixed income and want a nice place.So I have to work with what I got,cant afford to buy cabinets oh and the bath r. is good size but there is no medican cabinet,mirror or any cabinets or shelves to put bathroom stuff in.This place is the only place I can afford right now.So I decided to fix this place up the cheapies way I can.I dont have anyway to take pictures.I notice someone put a big headboard by the dumpster,it is really nice.Gona go out there in a sec.and get it.Gona make a bench out of it.I better go get it before someone eles does.Any thing eles you can think of please let me now.Thanks
good luck. Nicole Curtis basically stages all her houses off the curb, so it can be done.
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According to this site (link below) you may have a better chance then you think at getting something done.
I've personally picked up about 9 sets of cabinets at yard sales for less then $125.00 each set. Maybe you could sell the collector items and purchase more modern ones.?This message has been edited. Last edited by: ron45,
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A polite round of applause could be heard recently at a community meeting in Hamilton Heights. Well, they really call it a house meeting. Many in the room have come a long way from being behind bars.
"If it wasn't for this place, to be honest, I think I would be dead somewhere. 'Cause I already did institutions and jail. Only thing I haven't experienced is death," said Natalie Joyce, a former inmate.
She's happy to be here at the Fortune Society. The organization helps people avoid jail or gets them back on their feet after they've served time. And that includes providing temporary housing at The Castle facility in West Harlem and then on to possible permanent housing at Carol Gardens next door.
Gregorio Cruz arrived after doing 27 years behind bars.
"The best way to do this is to slowly assimilate and slowly get back. And this gives me the opportunity. Anywhere else it would be totally chaotic," Cruz said.
And sometimes it is chaotic there, but that's a part of the process of trying to turn lives around through counseling and services.
"And almost everyone who is locked up comes home. And how do they come home?They either come home as a builder of their community, or they come home as someone who does damage," said Fortune Society President JoAnne Page.
Ervin Hunt says it's been over 10 years since he's been locked up, but being addicted to drugs has led him back to Fortune's doors three times. Now he has become an inspiration to others to change their lives. "Your desire to change has to be stronger than your desire to stay the same. And that is what it was for me," Hunt said.
William Olivio agrees. While serving two years in prison he says he envisioned a better life once he was out. And his apartment at Carol Gardens is clearly an image he's proud of.
"Be humble, number one. Second is change your attitude, most important," Olivio said.
The Fortune Society says it's working to change attitudes people have about former inmates who've done their time and deserve another chance at a productive life.
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Stephen Lawrence – 1993 to 2013 and continuing… Trayvon Martin – 2012 to 2013 and continuing… So, who will guard and police the guards? Who and what are those guards protecting and on whose behalf?
When does 'neighbourhood watch' morph into vigilantism, with vigilantes exercising what they see as their moral and God-given right to determine who is acceptable in a neighbourhood and who is not; who could go visit residents without fear of challenge and who should just know that, if they do, they are eligible to be challenged by those who appoint themselves as gatekeepers to exclude people like them?
Who has the inalienable right to walk the street and go wherever they like, irrespective of their dress code and who does not? Who are immediately identified with those of their ethnic or social group who commit crime and engage in anti-social behaviour and from whom the same could be expected automatically and who are not?
Who can presume to have the protection of the law and the services of the police when their rights have been infringed and their person or/and property violated and who cannot?
Why should any society presume that it is held together by liberal democratic values and principles and can export those to, if not impose them upon, others when from childhood every African heritage person born in that country learns that they carry an ethnic penalty that restricts their freedom of movement and access to opportunity and that they forget that fundamental fact at their peril? Read the rest of this entry →


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I saw a black opal in a jewelry store several years ago. It was a good quality stone and it was beautiful. It was black, yes, but also had the classic opal iridescence that you want. It looked like the stone was on fire inside.
Apparently, these are not common stones, and I have not seen one in a store in several years, although I did find that some were available online.
I'm not much of a ring wearer, but I would love to have a black opal in a pendant, since I do wear necklaces. It's an unusual stone with a heck of a lot of "wow" factor.


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Planetary gear set of carrier, worm planet, and sun wheels with adjustable gear ratio, worm thread type, and friction losses
The Sun-Planet Worm Gear block represents a two-degree-of-freedom planetary gear built from carrier, sun and planet gears. By type, the sun and planet gears are crossed helical spur gears arranged as a worm-gear transmission, in which the planet gear is a worm. Such transmissions are used in the Torsen type 1 differential. When transmitting power, the sun gear can be independently rotated by the worm (planet) gear, or by the carrier, or both.
You specify a fixed gear ratio, which is determined as the ratio of the worm angular velocity to the sun gear angular velocity. You control the direction by setting the worm thread type, left-handed or right-handed. Rotation of the right-handed worm in positive direction causes the sun gear to rotate in positive direction too. The positive directions of the sun gear and the carrier are the same.
C, W, and S are rotational conserving ports. They represent the carrier, worm (planet), and sun shafts, respectively.
Gear or transmission ratio RWG determined as the ratio of the worm angular velocity to the gear angular velocity. The default is 25.
Choose the directional sense of gear rotation corresponding to positive worm rotation. The default is Right-handed. If you select Left-handed, rotation of the worm in the generally-assigned positive direction results in the gear rotation in negative direction.
Select how to implement friction losses from nonideal meshing of gear threads. The default is No friction losses.
No friction losses — Suitable for HIL simulation — Gear meshing is ideal.
Constant efficiency — Transfer of torque and force between worm and gear is reduced by friction. If you select this option, the panel expands.
Absolute angular velocity threshold above which full efficiency loss is applied. Must be greater than zero. The default is 0.01.
From the drop-down list, choose units. The default is radians/second (rad/s).
|Gear, or transmission, ratio determined as the ratio of the
worm angular velocity to the gear angular velocity.
The ratio is positive for the right-hand worm and negative for the left-hand worm.
|Angular velocity of the sun gear
|Planet (that is, worm) angular velocity
|Carrier angular velocity
|Angular velocity of the sun with respect to the carrier
|Normal pressure angle
|Worm lead angle
|Worm lead
|Worm pitch diameter
|Torque applied to the sun shaft
|Torque applied to the planet shaft
|Torque applied to the carrier shaft
|Torque loss due to meshing friction. The loss depends on the
device efficiency and the power flow direction.
To avoid abrupt change of the friction torque at ωS = 0, the friction torque is introduced via the hyperbolic function.
|Instantaneous value of the friction torque added to the model to simulate friction losses
|Steady-state value of the friction torque
|Friction coefficient
|Efficiency for worm-gear power transfer
|Efficiency for gear-worm power transfer
|Absolute angular velocity threshold
|Sun-carrier viscous friction coefficient
|Worm-carrier viscous friction coefficient
Sun-planet worm gear imposes one kinematic constraint on the three connected axes:
ωS = ωP/RWG + ωC .
The gear has two independent degrees of freedom. The gear pair is (1,2) = (S,P).
The torque transfer is:
RWGτP + τS – τloss = 0 ,
τC = – τS,
with τloss = 0 in the ideal case.
In a nonideal gear, the angular velocity and geometric constraints are unchanged. But the transferred torque and power are reduced by:
Coulomb friction between thread surfaces on W and G, characterized by friction coefficient k or constant efficiencies [ηWG, ηGW]
Viscous coupling of driveshafts with bearings, parametrized by viscous friction coefficients μSC and μWC
The torque transfer for nonideal gear has the general form:
τS = – RWG(τP – μWCωP) + τinstfr ,
τinstfr = τfr·tanh(4ωSC/ωth) + μSCωSC .
The hyperbolic tangent regularizes the sign change in the friction torque when the sun gear velocity changes sign.
|Friction Torque τfr
|ωSCτS > 0
||τS|·(1 – ηGW)
|ωSCτC ≤ 0
||τS|·(1 – ηWG)/ηWG
Because the transmission incorporates a worm gear, the efficiencies are different for the direct and reverse power transfer. The following table shows the value of the efficiency for all combinations of the power transfer.
|Driving shaft
|Driven shaft
|No loss
|No loss
In the contact friction case, ηWG and ηGW are determined by:
The worm-gear threading geometry, specified by lead angle λ and normal pressure angle α.
The surface contact friction coefficient k.
ηWG = (cosα – k·tanλ)/(cosα + k/tanλ) ,
ηGW = (cosα – k/tanλ)/(cosα + k·tanα) .
In the constant efficiency case, you specify ηWG and ηGW, independently of geometric details.
If you set efficiency for the reverse power flow to a negative value, the train exhibits self-locking. Power can not be transmitted from sun gear to worm and from carrier to worm unless some torque is applied to the worm to release the train. In this case, the absolute value of the efficiency specifies the ratio at which the train is released. The smaller the train lead angle, the smaller the reverse efficiency.
The efficiencies η of meshing between worm and gear are fully active only if the absolute value of the gear angular velocity is greater than the velocity tolerance.
If the velocity is less than the tolerance, the actual efficiency is automatically regularized to unity at zero velocity.
The viscous friction coefficients of the worm-carrier and sun-carrier bearings control the viscous friction torque experienced by the carrier from lubricated, nonideal gear threads. For details, see the Nonideal Gear Constraints section.
Gear inertia is negligible. It does not impact gear dynamics.
Gears are rigid. They do not deform.
Coulomb friction slows down simulation. See Adjust Model Fidelity.
The sdl_torsen_differentialsdl_torsen_differential example model uses a Sun-Planet Worm gear to model a Torsen differential gear set.


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JOHNSONBURG – What the 2011 Johnsonburg golf team lacks in depth, it appears it will make up for it in talent this season with early-season success.
The Rams have just six players on their roster but the Rams went out and shot a blistering total of 199 in its first match against Brockway. Johnsonburg coach Matt Myers said the team lost two players to injury during the off-season and two players who decided to play football.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg volleyball brings a senior-laden group into the 2011 season, a group which experienced reaching the District 9 Final Four last season.
"Things are going well, they're a coachable bunch," Johnsonburg coach Bill Shuey said. "They're eager to learn and get better at their skills. I think we're going to surprise some people this year."
After a 2010 derailed by injuries, Ridgway boys soccer looks to make a comeback this fall.
One positive that head coach John Ogden took out of the injuries was seeing younger players get a chance to play at the varsity level.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg boys soccer will field an experienced and still relatively young team entering the 2011 season.
"We return quite a few lettermen," Johnsonburg coach Lance Rezmerski said. "We have three seniors this year and probably around nine or 10 juniors. A lot of experience coming back. We're working on the basics right now. Things are going smoothly."
Coming off of a district semifinal appearance in Class AA last season, the Ridgway Lady Elker girls soccer team comes back with optimism for the 2011 season.
"We have a total of 22 girls this year which is about the same as last year," Ridgway coach Greg Maddalena said. "Good numbers, very good numbers for the co-op. This year, I got five girls from Johnsonburg. It's really working out, I'm really loving the co-op, both schools are great to work with. I really think we're going to make it back to where we were last year."
With 26 golfers on the roster, the Ridgway golf team is already having a banner year in terms of participation.
JOHNSONBURG – Looking to improve on a 6-7 mark from last season, the Johnsonburg girls varsity tennis team will have "new faces in new places" this year but also a picture of consistency in lone senior Taylor Scida.
"She is, in my opinion, the best single player in Class A, the No. 1 player on our roster, and she has to go out and prove that she's the best, not just to everyone else but to herself as well," said fifth-year head coach Gregg Dauber. "I know she can do it, she just has to be mentally strong-- she really has every part of the game except for the mental part.
The Borough of Ridgway held a special council meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the option of contracting CSG Consulting, LLC out of Clarion to market the borough's water supply to drilling operators.
CSG Consulting officials propose to market and sell the borough's water on a commission basis at 12.5 percent of gross sales for a period of no less than five years.
Elk County Recycling/Solid Waste Coordinator Bekki Titchner announced during Tuesday afternoon's Solid Waste Authority meeting that she was successful in obtaining a grant from the Stackpole Hall Foundation to aid in the purchase of a new baler for the Community Recycling Center, which is located at the Stackpole Complex in St. Marys.
The county's recycling program stands to lose a significant amount of state funding during the upcoming grant cycle, according to Elk County Recycling/Solid Waste Coordinator Bekki Titchner.
"They are going to be cutting the amount of 904 funding that we can expect to get by about 40 percent and we're looking at losing at least $5,000," Titchner informed members of the Elk County Solid Waste Authority on Tuesday afternoon.


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My Good Deed Yesterday…
Since yesterday was the day of the year where I HAVE to be good, I decided to lift all curses I've put on Mandy over the last few years. There were more than a few:
- Bigger breasts and, in general, a killer body
- Sex parts that gets aroused at the first hint of flirting
- The inability to sleep with the same man twice in a row
- "Magnetic" boobs (attracted to other big boobs)
- "Amen" keyword that causes orgasms
She's earned all of these things through repeated bad behavior, but I think, now, she's learned quite a bit about herself. I'm curious to see how she'll behave if she goes back to being a "clean slate," so to speak. Will she confess to these things she did, or will she keep up the lies?
Time will tell. Stay tuned…


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I'm bored, frustrated, angry...
Mum's at work, dad and jen are DIY shopping, and have been for hours. I'm alone.
Jennifer rang, said we were going to the park this aft. I don't think i can face it, but I have to force myself to. Its so hard. I thought we were going swimming this afternoon instead. I need the exercise. Hopefully I can go this evening.
I'm supposed to be thinking through next year, whats gonna happen on thursday etc. but I can't be bothered, it hurts too much.
Claire rang too, lots of awkward silences, and she's ignored my text messages. Never mind.
I can't be bothered anymore. It seems so hard to fight all the time. Why do I have to fight for her aswell?
Its lunchtime, I'm not hungry, and feeling too fat, will probably just skip it. Unless I can face a piece of fruit.
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Startup World
Started by : Veena Gupta, Analyst, Blackstone Group 08 31 2010 06:16:21 +0000
Industry : Hedge Funds/VCs/Private EquityFunctional Area : Getting Started(Entrepreneurship)
Keywords : entrepreneur startups indian entrepreneurs vc funding investing in startups entrepreneurial wave
Activity: 51 views; last activity : 09 06 2010 13:56:21 +0000
There is no dearth of ideas in India, and we have potential entrepreneurs in the form of experienced middle management, serial entrepreneurs and first-generation 'jugaadu'entrepreneurs. Globally, home-grown family-owned conglomerates and companies like Infosys have kept the Indian flag flying high.
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1 Risk taking appetite is not there
2 We Must Believe in our Capabilities
3 Time is yet to come
4 Purple color and its effect.
Risk taking appetite is not there
idea posted by
Veena Gupta Analyst, Blackstone Group
To kick-start the next wave of entrepreneurship, we need to put our own capital to work, money should be a means to improving our lives and not be an end in itself. Most Indians have believed in capital preservation and hence, have had to forsake a multiplier in the form of capital growth. Among high net worth Indians, wealth is passed down generationally. This creates a disparity between the rich and the poor, which only gets wider, while simultaneously curbing our overall risk-taking appetite. So, people should learn to take more risks.
Easy going is hereditary in our life. The family and society will not allow you to take risk until you are very headstrong. The banks can play a major role in creating entrepreneurs and the managers should be credited who is able to create more entrepreneurs through his personal effort.
A good idea Veena. The risk taking appettie is absent. What I feel under the circumstances a group of like minded Managers should float an organisation since I feel all most all the Managers's contribution to their present work profile is that of an enterprenure and in this case they will have to do it for themselves and will probably become an eyeopener for many such enterprises that will over a period of time will close the gap between rich and poor.
We Must Believe in our Capabilities
idea posted by
Dilip Kumar Pandey RF Engineer, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
Dear Venna,Its true that no new entreprise has become a success story like Infosys Wipro but its not true that there is any lack of wave....in the last decade only around 40 new indian origin telecom companies have been launched and 80% of them are doing very well,in softawre segment also this the story....we have to understand that due to recession and market saturation in few segments these companies could not find the suitable atmosphere as Infosys,Wipro had.....we must believe in our capability i can say it because you can take the example of GTL, Airtel which have become Telecom major globally in recession period itself...every plant needs a suitable atmosphere to grow....one more factor i would like to mention here is Indian govt policies which are quite supportive for software Industry but obstacles for many other Industries to grow eg Telecom.Agriculture,horticulture,fertiliser,mining
Time is yet to come
idea posted by
Tanmay Gaur Freelance Software Developer
In the era that we are Today, for any person with Entrepreneurial aptitude in India, find it more convenient to earn by serving the multinationals. That person is slowing reaching the point where he now knows what is required to turn the market. The new generation of this person will reap its benefits. Next Entrepreneurial wave is just around. I know a couple a people who are on a threshold of Entrepreneurial venture. I am sure, you know someone as well. Its just that threshold energy which is building up.
Purple color and its effect.
idea posted by
Mohammad Bakhsh Consultant(Civil), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
Thanks Veena for referral.i find no idea other than the above one.The full energy in India is being utilized for promoting retails which are controlled and regulated by MNCs.The purple color significantly controls the psychic of a person to stay energetic within shell,once out, the person develops entrepreneurship .India is awaiting the moment.
idea posted by
s.baalu Consultant, XYZ LTD
Veena,So many companies from various parts of the world are coming to India,because they have identified the various benefits like,opportunities to grow higher and faster,vast untapped potential,availability of various resources.WhenRolling out to other countries can be taken up later after encashing local potential. This being the situation what is the necessity to go to other countries and allow other countries to grow in your own country?
B-Schools are producing Slaves
idea posted by
Raunak Jain MBA/PGDM student, Isb&m
I came across with thousand of students even we hav a batch of 360 here but only 2-3 of them want to start their own business else luking for a job in multinationals,all B-schools are not teaching Business they are placement agencies for MNC's they train them to how to do a job,Second lot is the engineering lot those people only focus on job so two big chunk of think tanks are diverted for slavery.
habit of comfortable life!!!!
idea posted by
Sahil Nitin Samant HR Associate , Cipla Ltd
Usually, todays days tendency of people is changed. There is limitation for a hard work in the minds people and since employers are getting higher salaries and nice facilities they are getting used to of this comfortable life.
india is still immature...but things will happen soon....
idea posted by
Zeeshan Akhtar B.Tech/B.E. student, United College of Engineering and Research
<p>...india is still developing...and i am sure people in colleges are serious about new technologies and research and confident in taking forward to their enterprise..It is just we were more following the west rather than thinking on our own. But things will happen soon ....and who knows may be me and my friends would create history soe day :P..................</p>
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I second MR.Saket jain here. There is no monopoly in any field if we take the global prospective.
Budding business owners should go virtual wherever and whenever possible. In a fledgling startup, the last thing you need to worry about is excessive infrastructure or expensive overhead. It's already a difficult enough task to generate income...


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TRAIN YOUR BRAIN! Alpha Brain wave Therapy is used in morning Tappermation Sessions, Theta Brain Wave Therapy is used in evening sessions. When your mind in an Alpha or Theta state you are most receptive to autosuggestion, affirmations, and visualization. HOW DOES A TAPPERMATION SESSION CREATE AN ALPHA OR THETA STATE? During a Tappermation Session, Alpha or Theta Binaural beats and Isochronic Tones are played in the background, these sounds are a powerful type of brainwave entrainment proven to affect brain wave patterns to induce positive effects, […]Read more →
Body Tapping has been practiced since the 1980′s, since then thousands of Doctors, Coaches and Psychologists have adopted this powerful technique for use on their clients. This simple technique, which involves "tapping" on the meridian points of our body while saying certain statements, provides uniquely powerful results. Tapping is very simple and will help you: Remove Negative Emotions Release Financial Blocks Grow Spiritually Increase your Creativity Create better sleep habits Relieve Stress / Calming Effect Increase Confidence, Positivity & Clear Thinking Shift you from limiting beliefs to […]Read more →


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We all know what Batman looks like when he's fighting villains and saving Gotham City, but what about on an ordinary day? Artist Sarah Johnson offers some suggestions with her hilarious GIFs of Batman doing mundane tasks like scooping up kitty droppings, eating breakfast, and using the men's room. Her inspiration to pursue illustration came from her adoration for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at age 11 and she has been doing it ever since, receiving a degree in Animation & Film from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009. See the entire hilarious collection on Sarah J's Ordinary Batman Tumblr and why not check out some of her other fun animations while you're at it? [Read more…]
Punchy, Paper Cut Action Silhouettes
From scenes of western bar brawls to trigger-happy zombie hunters delivering headshots, the silhouette art of David Reeves covers broad-spectrum action scenes. Halifax-based artist / designer / photographer David Reeves re-creates action landscapes borrowed from movies and video games using paper, an x-acto knife, some clever lighting techniques and his trusty Cannon camera. [Read more…]
Cosplay Characters with a Playful Twist
When it comes to worshiping your favorite characters from books or film, few go so far or have so much fun as those in the world of cosplay. The costumes are often highly imaginative and even more often, completely accurate in portraying each tiny detail of the famous fictional characters. These portraits by photographer Kevin Knight capture the essence of cosplay well, but they also do much more. [Read more…]
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Minimalist Dark Knight Character Posters
As the Christopher Nolan Dark Night Trilogy has come to an end, graphic designer David Ryan Andersson has created a series of minimalist posters to highlight it's key players. Each poster features a shadowed figure of each on a solid colored background along with a quote representative of each character. See your favorite hero along with the villains from Nolan's Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises in a minimalistic fashion. David Ryan Andersson is a Chicago native currently attending the University of Illinois for advertising. [Read more…]
Like a Sir: Superheroes Go Super Classic
Just take a look at these classically themed superhero portraits! It's hard to imagine the protagonists of our favorite comic books and cinema looking any more dapper: surrounded by ornate gold frames and dressed in elegant suits, complete with frilly dress shirts from days long gone. There is a pocket hankerchief here and there, at least one monicle, and wait… is Batman sporting a daring mustache? Yes he is, yes indeed. [Read more…]
Rockin' Reddits- Re-Styling Your Favorite Characters
It's always fun to see a cartoon character re-vamped by an artist in a way that you'd never expect. Wilma Flintstone as a pin-up girl, Smurfette as a sexpot, Iron Man Pixar style, and the Nightmare Before Christmas' Jack & Sally as realistic people are just a few of the clever pieces that you'll find in our Sub-Reddit of the week AlternativeArt. [Read more…]
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Visit Your Favorite Superhero's Hometown
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WASHINGTON - The way forward in addressing power outages may be to look down.
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has already called Pepco's response to the latest storm "unacceptable," and he opened the door to burying power lines in the city.
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Hey Everybody! It's been a while since I've been on but I figured it was time to get back and say hello and wish everybody a great summer! The Olympics are on and so is the planning for the next book tour which is scheduled for October 18-31. I'll start out in Chicago and then go to the East Coast and finally on to Canada. A little later on, when all of my sites are confirmed, I'll list them all here so that you can stop by and say hello!
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Animal Collective / Grouper
Fox Theatre; Oakland, CA
Oakland's Fox Theatre is probably the most perfect venue to see Animal Collective. Futuristic Jedi-Buddhas sit on either side of the stage, their eyes glowing like hot embers as they watch all the indie kids spaz out to a couple of boys playing machines on top of what look like three giant pieces of day-glo ice and a projector casting moving images of stencil art onto a giant white ball that dangles above the stage. And there's a purple and gold ceiling, too, with stars shining like operatic pieces of glitter. It's what a theater on Jupiter might look like.
The show is sold out, but most fans are waiting to pile in after the opening act, Grouper — a one-woman showcase of bullshit. Imagine Enya making airport symphonies for hipsters. I try to salvage something from the fuzzy reverb and her long, lonely wails, but I can't stop picturing her masturbating in front of a full-length mirror. Self-indulgence, indeed.
Grouper plays a 30-minute set, and then it's time for Animal Collective. A good thing, too, because the place is packed. Usually, I opt for seats in a theater setting — my 20s are starting to feel like my 60s — but I knew I'd want to dance, and so I went with the general admission floor. I wasn't sorry. Oakland knows how to throw down. I haven't seen so many white people dancing since Bonnaroo. It was joyful.
Like a good lover, Animal Collective take their time opening the show with "Chocolate Girls" (from Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished) — a gorgeously eerie love song that's also a coming-of-age story, complete with images of death and salvation. The song gallops softly until Avey Tare interrupts with a deafening scream. The Geologist nods his head with mathematical precision, as he charges the song forward behind Avey Tare's public bloodletting, and Panda Bear exudes an affecting coolness as he harmonizes the song into something sweetly sinister — like a bunny dripped in blood. "Chocolate Girls" blends seamlessly into the opener from Sung Tongs, "Leaf House." The song is transformed from a three-minute opener into a 15-minute tribal meltdown, the song drenched in melancholy — "This house is sad" — but also pulsating like a heart that feels too much. The dancefloor explodes.
I briefly consider the notion that Animal Collective is a postmodern jam band, but wonder if their studio albums are too good for the group to be considered a "better live" band. Of course, the albums are too good, but in concert, Animal Collective transcend the limitations of recorded material in ways that are very similar to some kind of jam band, maybe one from the future. I'm further convinced of this when they play "Fireworks," and I'm still dancing 10 minutes later to the same song. Later, "My Girls" brings out the lovely quirkiness of Avey Tare and Panda Bear's voices — both guys incredibly in sync and on key the entire show — and they seem comfortable playing with one another's voices, bouncing yelps and grunts off each other like echolocation.
They end the night with "Brothersport," and we are dancing as fast as we can to catch up with the shape-shifting chaos of a song that is like electronic reggae. Welcome to the pastiche that is Animal Collective.
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Wolves in the Throne Room / A Storm of Light / Thrones
Club Europa; Greenpoint, NY
Memorial Day weekend started off with a bang this year, as an early egress from work led to a full afternoon of cartoon-watching before dragging myself off the couch to jet over the Pulaski Bridge for a night of ambient black metal. Of course, the Pulaski was drawn to allow for the passage of some bullshit freightliner, arousing fears I would not get to Club Europa in time for opener Thrones, but alas the drawbridge quickly descended and I made it to the venue with time to spare; in fact, I wound up standing in line for quite a while just outside the Greenpoint police precinct, where three canine officers eyed me curiously. Eventually, I was let in by a man wearing a mauve ascot and directed to the end of yet another line until finally I was admitted. For those who checked out of the hardcore and metal scene decades ago, Club Europa has emerged as New York's premier punk, hardcore, and metal venue, holding shows that in a different era might have been held at CBGB's or Coney Island High -- that is, when it's not being used in its intended role as a Polish disco.
This would be my second Friday in a row seeing Thrones. Fresh off the previous Friday's set at No Fun Fest (and a show later in the week with Blues Control), Joe Preston walloped the crowd with his one-man juggernaut. Tying his hair in dual braids like Pocahontas, Preston worked through a set largely similar to his No Fun set. He bookended his romp with tracks off 2000's Sperm Whale, beginning with "Ephraim," a moody dirge that sounds like humpbacks mourning the loss of a fallen leader, and ending with the epic "Obolus," which, when sung through a vocoder, sounds like The Melvins (of whom Preston has been a member) covering Neil Young's Trans. In between those tracks, Preston worked through a few less sprawling and more pummeling grind-influenced tracks, providing a couple head-bangers to please the hair- and tat-heavy crowd.
A Storm of Light was up next and their post metal stylings felt like a watered-down Neurosis (Neurosis Lite). The interlocking and sometimes harmonized male and female vocals, delivered by Josh Graham and Nerissa Campbell, were transcendent at times but painfully off key at others. Although the bassist thrashed around with brutish force, A Storm of Light's sound had less of a tough exterior, coming off like a slightly heavier Slint or a less tongue-in-cheek Swans. The swirling visuals provided some eye candy, but soon enough, I had drifted towards the back bar, where a heavily siliconed Polish waitress poured me a drink.
Wolves in the Throne Room capped the night off with their distinct brand of trance-inducing thrash. As they adorned the stage with their aromatherapy candles, I perused the merch table, pet the small skull, and handled the piece of fool's gold that were laid out there. The band's core, brothers Aaron and Nate Weaver, were flanked by former tour bassist-turned-guitarist Will Lindsey, Ludicra, and Impaled member Ross Sewage, who stood lankily and mustachioed to the side of the stage. Aaron led the group rhythmically through infinite spirals of transcendent darkness and never ending tempo changes, while brother Nate screamed and bellowed away, a beam of blue light emanating from his guitar and through the fog-covered stage.
Working through material mostly from the new Black Cascade album and a few from the previous album Two Hunters, the Wolves' brand of unrelenting, cathartic black metal transformed the crowd's sense of foreboding and pain into a triumphant wail. Musically, their sound borrows most from the earlier waves of BM -- Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone all could be named as musical touchstones, but the group generally shirks BM-purist tendencies, opting for a more organic feel, one informed more by the natural forces of the universe than church-burning and corpse paint. Some audience members banged their heads as others stood humbly in a satanic trance, but few prostrated themselves and wept into the floorboards, which is the band's preferred method of taking in their live shows. In the end, which ever way you choose to take in WITTR's sound, whether physically or spiritually, their bottom line effect is the same: cleansing metal for the blackened soul.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Old Calf
Fry Springs Beach Club; Charlottesville, VA
"You're a good man, Charlie Brown," quipped the bartender as I left a tip on my tab and headed out of the nearly empty Fry Springs Beach Club. The venue, with its art deco glow and pleasant '50s musk, had a time capsule vibe, so a vintage Peanuts reference didn't seem like a very strange way to cap off the night. Will Oldham and his crew were some of the few faces still lingering, as they packed up their gear and loaded it into the van out front.
Earlier, though, Fry Springs had been far from empty. A sold-out crowd filed past the front lounge's outdated couches and into the venue's spacious ballroom. Will's brother Ned, of Anomoanon and Palace Brothers, teamed up with accordionist Matty Metcalfe to kick off the night under the clever moniker Old Calf. The duo boasted expertly crafted tunes as well as sidesplitting t-shirts depicting an elderly bovine walking with a cane.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy's ensemble soon took the stage and chugged through a lengthy set, adding momentum with each riff and refrain. Tunes from Oldham's latest album, Beware (TMT Review), were interspersed throughout, but the evening felt more like a continually blossoming musical moment. As things heated up, Oldham wished aloud for the room's old disco ball to be turned on and, just as the switch was flipped, the night really hit its peak. The energy was palpable, from those sweating at stage front to those peering from the wings.
For the encore, Ned returned to the stage and joined his brother's band for a couple more songs. The brothers belted together into the microphone, channeling the unbridled spark and spirit of their familial bond. It was a special moment and a perfect conclusion to the night's sonic progression. The crowd spilled out into the Virginia night and Oldham and company prepared to descend deeper into the South.
93 Feet East; London, UK
While I should have been at 93 Feet East watching the support bands, I missed the opening acts because I was at an Indian restaurant eating Lamb Vindaloo. It was delicious, but probably not the most ideal pre-show bite given Telepathe's propensity for massively heavy bass. Sure, Dance Mother, their meticulously produced debut full-length, is big on the low-end as much as the high melodies and percussion, but live... good grief, I was certainly feeling the lamb in my tummy.
Telepathe's skewing of hip-hop sounds lets the bass propel their pop/dance ballads like a heartbeat, and although the sheen of Dance Mother was slightly lost in a live setting, the group's semi-detached fervor was in full force, with beats plodding and vocals soaring just slightly above. Their sound exudes a particularly sensual feeling, taking dance music's overt sexuality (that often ends up either cringe-worthy or kitschy) and subverting it, enjoying the small emotive flights and club aesthetics as much as the pop romanticism.
I was never sure how 'danceable' their stuff was, though, and this full-to-the-brim venue didn't make that any clearer: you could barely move, let alone flail. But the performance did shed light on their paradoxic bedroom vs. club dichotomy; it's a bit of both, deftly combining respective feelings for something warm and in between. Working on a couple of synths and samplers and playing pretty much all the songs from the album, there was always a distinct and audible passion. And even if, like these two, it's stylized, dressed up in white, and surrounded by smoke, the music resonated and felt especially real.
Music Hall of Williamsburg; Brooklyn, NY
When it was announced that Mastodon would play the Music Hall of Williamsburg, one thing came to mind: this show would sell out fast. MHW seemed way too small to house an act as popular as the 'Don. Well, my initial fears turned out to be correct, as I sat online for about four hours, constantly refreshing Ticketmaster's web page to try to purchase tickets, only to be blocked out each time until the damning words "Sold Out" finally appeared. Needless to say, I was crushed, as the Atlanta metal group was at the top of my live wishlist for some time. A month of deep sadness and despondence set in, but it was finally the good folks at Warner Bros. who hooked me up with a ticket to the show and, subsequently, a ticket to my salvation.
The show fell on Mother's Day, and as I spent the obligatory time with the family out on Long Island, I kept thinking about how I would finally get to see my favorite metal band, in all their fleshy glory. As I helped pick up the dishes from lunch, I couldn't help but thrust one foot upon the dishwasher, strapping on my air guitar and gesticulating wildly a medley of Crack the Skye tunes, even going so far as to croon the words of album closer "The Last Baron" to my mother. "I guess they would say, we could set this world ablaze" I sang whilst inviting her to jump into the wormhole with me, only to be met with a confused and semi-saddened "What did I do wrong that my son wound up like this" look on her face.
I arrived back from the Island too late to catch openers Intronaut and Kylesa, though word was that the double drum stoner stylings of Kylesa were something to behold. I walked into the antechamber of MHW as Kylesa played their last note and decided to check out the mightily stocked merch table. On the table was a tip jar that invited all to drop any "Tips or Drugs or Tips for Drugs." I perused the t-shirt collection, and my eyes fell on one particularly appealing design: a crackled prog-looking design that you would think was an authentic shirt from Rush's 1974 tour if it didn't say Mastodon. In addition to the shirt, I procured a handsome tour poster depicting a group of extraterrestrial mind's eye psychonauts wading in a sea of consciousness. A quick depletion of my wallet later, I stuffed the shirt in my pocket, rolled up the poster, and headed inside.
The room inside was definitely packed, not oversold though, and the steady stream of A/C pumped into the Hall made things crisp and cozy. I ambled onto the elevated platform to the left of the stage, staked out a safe spot with a good view, and planted my feet firmly. Mastodon soon took the stage and immediately belted out the first transcendent notes of Crack the Skye's lead track "Oblivion." They proceeded to play the entirety of Crack the Skye from start to finish, without missing a note. Enlisting the help of a keyboard player, tracks like "Quintessence" broke the terrestrial boundaries that once held Mastodon in check. The synths bubbled and churned as superimposed videos of exploding nebulae and drifting stargates meshed with stern faces and martial scenarios from filmed depictions of Tsarist Russia.
After the 13-minute epic "The Last Baron" closed out their first set, the band left the stage, leaving the keyboardist alone to provide some otherworldly sonic soundscapes to match the trippy animation sequence on the video screen. Within minutes, the group was back on stage and the keyboard player had left. With a booming note, the video screen changed to the tri-headed forest beast from Blood Mountain, and they raged into
"Bladecatcher," as Brent Hinds whistled and shredded his Flying V through the track.
They played four more songs off Blood Mountain, which provided a stark contrast to the songs off Crack the Skye, since the latter album primarily features bassist Troy Sanders on vocals rather than Brent Hinds. Ripping through "Colony of Birchmen," "The Wolf is Loose," "Crystal Skull," and "Capillarian Crest," the group hardly missed a beat, and as they went further into their back catalog, the songs became increasingly intense along with the crowd. The animation switched once again to a gigantic ocean sea with an enormous white whale cresting the top of the water. They played "Seabeast," "Megalodon," and "Iron Tusk," all from 2004's Leviathan, which drove the crowd into a mosh-heavy frenzy. Finally, they closed out their set with one of the breakout tracks from 2002's Remission, "March of the Fire Ants." Its pummeling lead riff capped a near-perfect performance, as the group raised their guitars in triumph and exited the stage.
Mastodon had played an hour and a half of pure metal mayhem, shredding solos, and intricate interplay. The performance confirmed Mastodon as true workhorses who don't skimp on the live energy, giving their fans every penny's worth.
Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 3 (A Tribute to Steve Reich)
Issue Project Room; Brooklyn NY
So, Glenn Branca is debuting a piece in what used to be a Brooklyn can factory -- an old brick building complete with cool metal clad doors that are like two-feet thick. The temptation is to see this as an opportunity to catch a latter-day glimpse of New York's past life as the home of dirty art rock. But as it turns out, the Issue Project Room is as equally clean as it is cavernous, and the appearance of the audience, seated in metal folding chairs, conjured fears that established society has finally reached its creepy tentacles into the sacred halls of punk rock.
Luckily, Branca, perhaps sensing this fear himself, imposed his will on whatever stuffiness lingered in the air by prefacing his piece with a personal "fuck you" to the Village Voice, on account of them having the balls to accuse his Lesson No. 3 as nothing more than a suck-up move in the direction of Steve Reich (to whom the piece is dedicated).
And a "fuck you" well aimed it was, as Lesson No. 3 is anything but empty Reich worship. The first few minutes of the performance were, above all, funky. Not almost funky: there was an actual groove in there. And just in case anyone was resisting a groove, Branca, while conducting the four guitarists and drummer making up the ensemble, added visual verification, suggestively wagging his knees the way you do only when you're conducting music that's actually funky.
Once established, though, the groove was systematically abandoned over the course of the rest of the piece. Change came on relatively slowly, as the guitarist's interlocking figures opened up, moving from distinct rhythmic elements, through the gradual addition of harmonics, and into a collective roar that managed to be equal parts rhythm and drone. When the figures dissolved into tremolo, it was hardly noticeable. While it's primarily an entertaining listen, the piece would also function pretty well as a sonic diagram of entropic decay.
At least if you discount the drum work. Paranoid Critical Revolution's Libby Fab somehow had enough left in the tank after her band's set -- which, at its best, brought to mind lightning bolts and Lightning Bolt -- to maintain a tight, heavy backbeat, leading the slight acceleration and dynamic build that occurs throughout the piece.
Let's not turn this into a formal analysis though. Lesson No. 3 is a pretty weighty title for a piece from which pleasure largely involves the feelings of being gradually enveloped in sound and losing yourself in the overtones and rhythm. There's enough meaty intellectual content in Lesson No. 3 to encourage study, but the real lesson here has more to do with the body than the mind.


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The following story made headlines today. Its poignant.
Principal Sorry for 'School Prayer' Poem
Tommy Craft said he wanted not to promote religion but to provoke thought and discussion among students about the changing political climate in school when he read the poem the Tuesday before the Thanksgiving break.
Here is the full prayer:
New School "Prayer"
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate, God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!


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Do you have a lot of stuff in your mailbox? Never clean it out? Well, if you leave too much stuff in there you might find yourself saying, "My stuff! It's... GONE?!"
Don't worry, all those things you had in Mail are not history. Your email messages haven't really gone anywhere, but the Mail mailbox may appear empty if you let several hundred MB of messages and attachments (or more!) pile up, regardless of how much free space is on your hard disk.
How large does the mailbox have to be for this to happen? With Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 2.0 GB or larger. With Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.3.9, there's not a specific size where this will always occur--the mailbox could be anywhere from a few hundred megabytes (MB) to over a gigabyte (GB) large. However, the bigger your mailbox (or combination of mailboxes) is, the more likely it is this could occur.
When this happens, Mail might display this alert: "Message has not been downloaded from the server, take this account online to view."
Tip: If you're not affected but want to minimize the chances of being affected later, check out the tips in 'How can I prevent it from happening again?' section below.
Great, so how can I get to my stuff?
Try these tips:
- Update to the latest version of Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4. Even if this works, check out "How can I prevent it from happening again?" below.
- From the Mailbox menu, choose Rebuild.
- Quit Mail and open it again. If Mail had been open a while, this might help. Even if this works, check out "How can I prevent it from happening again?" below.
- If you use more than one account, for example "Account 1" and "Account 2", instead of clicking on the "In" mailbox, click on either "Account 1" or "Account 2" that appear beneath "In" (as well as beneath Sent and Trash, for example). That way you'll only see messages related to that specific account. If your two account mailboxes are big individually, but not big enough to cause this issue, when viewed together (by just clicking "In" for example), the issue may occur.
How can I prevent it from happening again?
Follow these two main tips: First, use more mailboxes to sort your mail. Second, clean things up a bit (delete or save stuff elsewhere).
- Make some mailboxes of your own and drag some stuff out of the ole' In box into your new creation. You might make a custom mailbox named "Mails from my sweetie," for example, and another named "Mails from my mother-in-law," and perhaps one called "Project planning" if you're ambitious. You can name them whatever you want--be creative.
Once you've done that, learn how you can make Mail rules to help sort it all out for you. Mail can apply your rules to new incoming messages or to messages you've already got. Nice, huh?
- You can also save space by deleting old messages that you no longer need, especially ones with large attachments. If you have attachments you want to keep, consider saving them elsewhere on the computer (in the Documents folder or on your desktop, for example). After saving the attachment, you could remove the attachment from the message (by selecting one or more messages, then choosing Remove Attachments from the Message menu). Old messages can also be automatically deleted.
Tip: You can easily see how large each message is by doing this--in the View menu, choose Columns > Size. A size column appears next to your messages. Messages that have "KB" (or kilobytes) next to them are smaller than messages that have "MB" (or megabytes) next to them. After you do this, the total size of all messages in the mailbox appears above the top message, similar to this:
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How to Unpublish
Unpublishing an item (e.g., page, folder, or file) removes it from the website servers (e.g., cms-staging, www.cmu.edu) so that it is no longer accessible by the public. If you would like to delete an item, move an item, or change an item's system name, it is crucial that you unpublish it first. Items that have been deleted, moved, or renamed in the CMS without having been unpublished first become "orphans" on your website. Orphans are items that are publicly accessible on your website but have no corresponding counterpart in the CMS, therefore they un-editable. Learn more about orphans and how to remove and prevent them.
To Unpublish an Item
- Select the item in the folder structure on the left, then click on the Publish tab.
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