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One-on-One with the Latest Star Contestant to Go Home
by Sarah De Heer in Interviews, July 16, 2013Every Sunday, Bobby, Giada and Alton take on the difficult task of eliminating one finalist in the quest to help guide fans to vote for Food Network's next sensation. And this is no easy task. Check back here every week to read Star Talk's exclusive exit interview with the latest Star hopeful to leave Food Star Kitchen.
If you missed the show and recorded it, don't read any further — Star Talk is about to chat with the latest finalist to go home.
A Pennsylvania-based chef passionate about all things barbecue, Chad Rosenthal survived seven weeks of competition before ultimately being sent home. During his run, he served several winning dishes, but his inability to prove his progress thus far forced his exit.
Do you think he deserved to go home? Tell Star Talk in the comments below.
You seemed to gravitate toward Memphis-style barbecue in the beginning of the competition. Is that what you're known for at your restaurant?
CR: Yes. My first place was a Memphis-style BBQ joint — it was all about pork, smoked low and slow over hickory wood smoke, with beans and slaw, just like you find in Memphis.
What's your favorite style to cook at home?
CR: If you're referring to barbecue, I favor the Memphis, dry rub style of true BBQ. I love to taste the meat and smoke — the sauce can always come later. Beyond barbecue, I love comfort food. What's comfort food, you ask? Anything that makes you happy when eating it or cooking it. I can cook it all!
After working so closely together with the same group for seven weeks, you must have formed strong friendships with the cast. Any funny behind-the-scenes stories you can share?
CR: All 12 cast members are awesome and unique in their own way, especially The Barbecue Guy (if I may say). We all have huge personalities and are all used to being the "talkers" in our own settings, so when we were all together, getting a word in wasn't easy. It was actually pretty funny at times! Rodney, Chris, Viet and I started a whiskey club, outside by the pool at the hotel we were staying in near the studio. I became pretty tight with Rodney when Viet and Chris went home. Rodney had a blender by his toothbrush — that's all I can tell you!
What was your favorite moment of the competition?
CH: I won't name names, but during an interview on the 4th of July Live episode, someone told me that Bob Tuschman told him that my Philly to Texas Grilled Veggie BBQ Sandwich was the best of the day and that he actually took a sandwich back to his hotel room. That was a huge compliment!
Who do you think was the most intimidating judge/mentor? And which judge's mentoring style was most beneficial?
CH: Alton was the most intimidating and, at the same time, made the biggest impression on me in so many ways. He's very scientific and I'm not. He's a straight shooter and taught me a lot about not only cooking, but on-camera presence. He seems to really care about the show, the outcome and teaching us as much as he can, in the short period of time that he has with us. It doesn't hurt that he likes bourbon either.
As "The Barbecue Guy," do you have any tips for your fans who want to make authentic barbecue at home but may not have a grill or smoker?
CH: No [laughing]. My tip would be to make or go buy a smoker if you're going for authentic barbecue. No shortcuts here. You saw what happened to me when I tried to make barbecue in 30 minutes.
Watch Chad compete for a shot to re-enter the competition on the final episode of Star Salvation now by clicking the play button below.
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I was sorry to see Chad go also, but who would have been the other alternative. I see a few struggling with the live tv aspect as that is difficult if you have never done it before. But for some don't mistake their being comfortable in front of the camera for confidence as it can be arrogance instead. I just loved how Stacy managed to not finish her dish and had the nerve to ask for help! WOW! Well we all know who the hero in this was NIKKI ! Stacy shows her arrogance but by cutting everyone else down-using words like -lackluster- to describe other people's dishes. Who made her an authority! Notice she never mentioned how lackluster she was in her delivery of her dish! In my opinion she needs to go! The pie guy is ruff in his delivery but has made some good pies. Personally I think the winner should be Nikki or Damaris. Still missing the humble and adorable Viet!
I like Damaris and Nikki. They are both outgoing but if I had to choose between the two, I'd say Damaris because she's more reliable with her cooking. She knows more and I like her humor.
I wonder why when so many people like Damaris (like me) and have such positive things to say about her, that her numbers on the poll are so amazingly low.
Her competiton is running scared. What I wonder about is why so many who don't like Damaris can't say why who they like deserves to win more. All they do is just bash. Someone on here called Rosie doesn't like Damaris or the Pioneer Woman. Maybe she doesn't like southern food. Besides Damaris, I see the word "annoying" used to describe different people online but no one says how they are annoying. Somehow, they just are. God forbid they could show how who they want would make a better star.
First off they shouldn't let people vote 10 times per day. Only once. And when people go onto other browsers they can vote another 10 times. If you have several browsers loaded you can lean the vote a certain way. I got tired of voting because it looks like Rodney and Stacey fans are doing just that. There no way with what they have been cooking that they are getting those number of votes.
Yes Shannon, that poll always seems to be phony and completely not indicative of the preferred ones according to the comments/blog section.
And I prefer Damaris over Nikki too! Damaris even got the auction crowd laughing. That was something pie man purposely tried to do and couldnt. You either got it or you don't.
You can add me to the list--of people who prefer Damaris. Yes, she got the Auction crowd laughing. That's good. And, I remember weeks ago, there was a challenge where even Justin had mentioned in his recap that Damaris (at the time) "had them in stitches." So...while some folks are going on about how Stacey and Nikki are good on camera, they are not the only ones. In this recent Auction challenge, didn't Bobby Flay say (to Damaris) something very close to: "tonight, you showed the selection committee what we've been wanting to see..or looking for..."...to that effect. Nice! I think that what may have happened is, early-on when the judges wanted her to tone it down, she was seriously making an effort to follow what they want (and no one has followed their advice with more conscientiousness) and people may have
seen Nikki and Stacey be (i almost wanna say loud-ER), but none of the three of them are extreme that way. Damaris DOES have a NATURAL radiance or bubbliness (and I know its natural because I saw it in her video and I think everyone, is most natural in their own video)--and then there was the "in stitiches" thing AFTER her audition video...and now again in the Auction, she was connecting beautifully again with the people. Its there! Perhaps the judges clamped-down on her a bit tight, earlier. But now, when they let her be herself...it comes out very well. Hence, Bobby's good words. (my opinion). -
Crouton40 - you may as well add me to the list as well of Damaris' supporters - she's got my vote already now. I am all in favor of allowing HER brand of Southern culinary genius to be all the more the reason for the NFNS. But I hope that she will showcase her homeland's culinary expertise both on the road and at home, as that would be the icing on the cake, so to speak.
The episode where Damaris was on the judging panel clinched it for me. If I had never watched Food Network before and tuned in just to that scene, I would have thought Giada was the contestant and Demaris was the star.
I was amazed. She was professional and fair, as if she had already been doing it for a long time.
I liked Damaris from her initial video, along with a couple other competitiors. When I saw that she is great fun, humorous and can cook too I liked her even more. When I saw that she can switch to being professional and communicate effectively..well that was the deciding moment for me too. Even if there are bad days, (everyone has them) I know she has the ability. I just hope that FN recognizes that. I would without a doubt watch her show.
I was sorry to see Chad go also he appears to be. Great BBQ guy
I wouldn't mind Chad if he wasn't just a BBQ guy with a sweet tooth. FN already has enough BBQ shows. Chad is Jewish, I'd love to see some Jewish food, he has to do something in addition to BBQ. Right now Damaris is the only one I might watch. If Chad broadened his POV, I might watch him. Stacey is the absolute worst, you couldn't pay me to watch her. Can someone tell her to back off on the amount of grease she puts in her hair? It just looks greasy and dirty and plastered to her head. Sorry for the negativity.
And give Viet a show!!!
Myra - I admit that Jewish food would be worthwhile promoting on the FN, but if it were me, I would first decide to immerse myself in it up front! I'm a Jewish food lover and my mother's side of the family has its Jewish side in Waukegan/Zion, IL - north central Chicago, although I experienced it more up front in New York City via their famous delicatessens. It would be WONDERFUL if the FN were to have a show that showcases our country's Jewish culinary expertise up front - and maybe at the Carnegie Deli in NY, which is famous for their chicken matzo ball noodle soup - reportedly worth getting SICK for!!
Russell is a pure phoney. All this hype about his special sins and his unique food, he has not presented a strong plate of food since this series began. He is far from creative, he tries to talk a strong culinary game but in reality even Bobby sees through him but for some reason they keep giving him another chance? Come on people get real he will not be a TV draw, you know it, just make the right decision. I also agree there are enough BBQ shows out there, probably the least qualified field of contestants so far.
Too many posers. The southern girl or the BBQ dude got it.
I think you all made a BIG mistake in letting Nikki go. Rodney is so inconsistent and should have gone.


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UPDATED 5:18 PM CST Feb 21, 2014Half of the people who attended a staff meeting got sick in Ames.
Video TranscriptA Norovirus outbreak forced the Ames library to close for two days -- after more than 30 employees started showing symptoms including nausea and dizziness. Our Vanessa Peng shows us what the symptoms are and the best ways to avoid it. She joins us live from the Ames Public Library... Where officials have given the all clear now. Kevin, Stacey yes, it is safe now -- the library finally opened this morning and library staff assure me the place is disinfected and the books are okay to touch. Two days after a staff Norovirus outbreak at the Ames Public Library-- patrons can once again enjoy a good book. Lynne Carey, Ames Library Director 2:25 "WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE IT'S THE BUSY PLACE THAT IT USUALLY IS." 30 And employees are back after a two-day hiatus. Tanvi Rastogi, Team Services Librarian 6:54 "IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE SHOWERED AND CLEAN AND TO HAVE BRUSHED MY TEETH." 57 More than 30 employees called in sick Wednesday -- the library was understaffed so they closed and sent the pros in to disinfect every nook and cranny-- but it really began two days ago during a Monday staff meeting. Lynne Carey, Ames Library Director 4:30 "WE HAD A VERY HIGH ATTENDANCE WE HAD 61 PEOPLE THERE AND HALF OF THOSE GOT SICK." 35 Tanvi Rastogi, Team Services Librarian 7:30 WE WERE ALL IN PRETTY CLOSE QUARTERS 32 7:39 "WE'RE JUST A PRETTY FRIENDLY BUNCH." 40 So on Tuesday -- Tanvi Rastogi, Team Services Librarian 6:10 JUST STARTED VOMITING 6:11 Lynne Carey, Ames Library Director 0:32 "SEVERE STOMACH CRAMPING SEVERE NAUSEAU, DIZZNESS 37 WEAKNESS VOMITING 39 Test results confirmed it was Norovirus. People catch it when they come in contact with an infected person, eat contaminated food or touch contaminated surfaces. Story County Public Health Nurse Terri Olinger says the library did the right thing and patrons have nothing to worry about. Story County Public Health Nurse Terri Olinger 32:37 "YOU'RE NOT AT A HIGHER RISK GOING TO THE LIBRARY THAN YOU ARE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR TO SCHOOL." 42 And her advice for avoiding the virus? Story County Public Health Nurse Terri Olinger 32:49 "GOOD HAND WASHING AFTER YOU USE THE BATHROOM AND BEFORE YOU EAT. KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH." 56 Olinger also says people who have Norovirus should stay home until... .... at least 24 hours after the Diarrhea stops. Thanks, Vanessa Peng.
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Did or didn't she? Beyonce questioned on lip sync We know she can sing...but can she sing LIVE?! Mmmmmm...rumor has it Beyonce sang to a pre-recorded track on Monday at Obama's innauguration. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Marine Band told news outlets Beyonce lip synced the national anthem at the inauguration. She had not rehearsed with the band, because of time constraints. By late afternoon, the Marine Corps backed off the statement. Hmmmm....either way I thought she was awesome! And looked gorgeous.
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Casting news alert! 'The Walking Dead' has made some changes to the cast for season 4. Find out who made the cut!
Now that the third season of The Walking Dead is over, the cast for season 4 is being set — is your favorite returning?
Our sister site, TVLine, reports that Chad L. Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green, who appeared on season 3 as Tyreese and Sasha, will both be returning to season 4 as series regulars. Also making the jump to series regular in the fourth season is Emily Kinney, who plays Herschel's youngest daughter.
Are you excited for these characters to becomes series regulars on The Walking Dead?
'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Spoilers: The Governor Will Get Much 'Darker'
HollywoodLife.com caught up with The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus, and he gave us the scoop on what's to come on season 4!
"I think [the governor's] evolution of a bad guy is not dead yet. To reach the comic book status, like in the comic book, the guy is so ferocious, he's on the precipice of becoming that guy. So the last episode wasn't about the war, it was about who is becoming what in that world. Carl, what he has become, Rick what he has become, what Daryl has become. That's the intro into season 4."
Norman also revealed the governor isn't the only character going down a dark path, "[Carl's] dark right now. I think he's going to get much darker. I think all of us are real dark right now."
HollywoodLifers, which character are YOU most excited about staying? Vote below!
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Hope they dont spemd the whole season in one place. I love this show, but I hate how they willspend an entire season in one place, A true zombie story should be where they dont stay in the same places for months at a time. Be nice to see other places to! Show seems more about drama that zombies, and thats fine, but you think after 3 seasons kinda want to move away from doing the same ol same ol. What work in thsoe seasons might not work in season 4 and on. I just like to see them change it up, all shows do this after awhile!
I never watch english series before, because I slightly I don't understand english but when I saw walking dead in my tablet I'm being hooked up. For short I love walking dead so much than my mommy. I study english harder because I'm excited to the next season of walking dead.
Pinoy ako! Mabuhay ang mga naglalakad na patay:-) :-) :-)
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I admit that when the show first started I did not like it and would not watch it. Recently however; my son got me to watch a couple of episodes with him in season 3. I was hooked right away. I had to find all the other seasons and within a day and half I was all caught up. I love the show, more than I have ever loved any show. I am having a hard time dealing with the death of so many main characters. Usually when that happens that is when a show is not worth watching again. I agree with another, if Daryl dies I to will STOP watching the show. I just read also that season 4 will be back till October, I was bummed about that but will be looking forward it even if it means winter is returning.
I am not sure how I feel about the way that Carl is turning out, starting to turn out like Shane was acting before he lost it. Something better get done before it is to late, if it isn't already.
Although Meryl was a mean guy, I was very surprised at how that turned out and was heartbroken for Daryl when he found him and had to kill him. I think Daryl is a very good looking man would love to be his partner in season 4 and on :-). Keep dreaming right.?
Keep up the great work with walking dead and so look forward to season 4 even though it is so far away.
Posted at 12:36 PM on April 5, 2013
This type of show is not my thing, I have a wayyy to over active imagination. That being said I LOVE this show. I just have to deal with my irrational thinking afterwords because I just love this show to much to miss it. I admit there were some episodes that were not my favorite in season 3, Heather, but going down hill is a bit more than a stretch. I think the show is still great.
If Daryl dies though I admit that I am out, I just won't be able to watch it anymore. Also if the baby dies, as a mother of a 19 month old, I am not sure I could handle that.
Some of these things are really taking a twist, like Carl getting so dark. It's sad but not all that surprising…
Keep up the amazing show!!
Posted at 11:07 AM on April 5, 2013
Yes Heather – your opinion respected, but c'mon, you really think the show is going downhill?? Why don't you say why you think so instead of just saying "Walking dead is dead" – back it up with something. A few were disapointed with the finale, especially because the previews made it appear a big battle was coming…yet, no battle happened (or a mini one did) – I for one am glad the show ended on a slightly less destructive tone – I loved this season, but the death and everything was wearing me down. To have the finale end with a ray of hope was inspiring and definately secured my spot in front of the tv this up coming october.
Posted at 1:52 PM on April 5, 2013
Uh, yeah, that would be why I just said itd going downhill. They're spending the first half of each season gearing up for something big and it never happens. Their shootout scenes are pitiful, completely pathetic. They talk about and compare it to the comic book when on fact they have gone in such a different direction nothing is the same. Sophia died in the first few episodes and she's still alive in the comic. And that's why the baby died in the comic as well, there's no way in holy hell that baby isn't constantly crying and hungry attracting walkers. Like I said, show went downhill
Just realize that this show is a horror tradgedy, there won't be a happy ending. As someone who has read all the comics to date, if you feel that Ricks group has suffered enough and do not wish to see any more pain and suffering cast upon our survivors stop watching and do no research into the subject. There is only more pain and suffering layered over more pain and more suffering to come.
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because the season finales ALWAYS get the highest ratings of the season? finales and premieres. everybody and their mother knows that. it had the about the same ratings/viewings as the February premiere. just because i believe that the show is dead doesn't mean you have to, you people seriously can't handle opposing opinions.
Posted at 9:53 PM on April 19, 2013
Okay, what if the baby grows up and become half walker and have human? . I love all the episodes of the Walking Dead and looking forward to the dark side of Carl,
Do you think that the governor is somehow immune to walkers bite? Because when he was inside that barn with all them walkers he had to get bitten in order to escape?
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From concussions to suspensions, this has already been one of the more interesting seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans. Although the injuries to Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal, Zybnek Michalek, Kris Letang, and many others has meant that the Penguins once again resemble the hard-working 2010-2011 squad, there has still been a number of pleasant surprises this season, and of course disappointments.
Matt Niskanen – After taking heat after a great rookie season in Dallas, Niskanen came to Pittsburgh as part of the trade that sent Alex Goligoski to Dallas and James Neal to Pittsburgh. Criticized in Dallas as a poor positional player with offensive skills that seemed to have disappeared overnight, Penguins fans were skeptical of what they were receiving. This year, Niskanen has been asked to step into a huge gap in the defensive squad left by injuries to Kris Letang, Zybnek Michalek, Ben Lovejoy, and Paul Martin and he has started to show the offensive talent that made him a rookie sensation. With Martin and Letang out, Niskanen has been leading the top powerplay unit at the point for the Penguins and has really started to improve on the defensive side of his game as well, but is still prone to the occasional mistake.
Pascal Dupuis – Another trade throw-in, Dupuis came to town in the notorious Hossa deal that sent Colby Armstrong and Eric Christensen down to the late Atlanta Thrashers. Since that trade Dupuis has found a home on the team's top line alongside Sidney Crosby, when healthy, but this year, with Crosby out and the lines shuffled, Dupuis has found his offensive touch. Currently, Dupuis is 3rd on the Penguins with 23 points in 34 games and has been a key component to the 4th ranked penalty kill, while also seeing some time on the 2nd powerplay unit.
The Powerplay – Yeah, you just read that right. The Penguins powerplay has been a pleasant surprise for the Penguins this year. Clicking at 19.6% the Penguins powerplay is currently ranked 8th in the entire NHL. Unbelievable when it seems that the Penguins still have trouble managing the puck on some man-advantages, while looking like the Globetrotters on others. What matters is that with the 8th ranked powerplay in the league and the 4th ranked penalty kill, the Penguins are now putting themselves in a position to win the special teams battle every night.
Joe Vitale – In his 3rd year with the Penguins organization, Vitale has shown the Penguins that they no longer have a need for overpriced superstar talent to play on the checking lines. Although Vitale's offensive upside is limited (7 points in 30 games), his hard work and strong play on and off the puck has made a difference to the Penguins ability to roll four lines throughout the game.
Injuries – When will the madness end? Only 6 Penguins have played in all 34 games this year. Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Letang, Orpik, Michalek, Martin, Park, and Tyler Kennedy have all missed significant time this year due to varying injuries.
Brooks Orpik – Over the last 6 games, I've been watching Brooks Orpik much more closely than usual, because I started to notice something happening with his game. I don't know if it's the pressure or the unusually high amount of ice time that he is receiving due to injuries, but Orpik has not looked like the top-pairing defenseman that we need him to be to succeed. Orpik has begun to play what I like to call "Gonchar defense,†which former Pens defenseman Sergei Gonchar made famous during the 2009-2010 season, especially during the playoffs. "Gonchar defense†is when an attacking forward is coming down the ice and the defender continues to back off the forward while screening the goaltender, or even backing up into the goaltender. The first goal by the Blackhawks is a perfect example of Orpik playing "Gonchar defense†and so is the goal Vanek scored against the Pens the other night. As a veteran, I expect more out of Orpik, especially having seen what he's done in the past.
Brent Johnson – When most writers discuss goaltending issues, it's usually about the starting goalie of the team, but the Penguins have been fortunate enough to have a dependable leader in net with Marc Andre Fleury. Unfortunately, the Penguins have seen a drop in play from their back-up goaltender Brent Johnson, who was instrumental in keeping the Pens afloat during Fleury's early season struggles last year. With a record of 2-4-2 in 8 games this season, Johnson has not been the dependable veteran presence that the Penguins expect to play when needing to give Fleury a night off. The Penguins will need a better performance out of Johnson in the next few months, or we could see the potential for Brad Thiessen, who's been looking great in the AHL, to steal a few starts from him.
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Police are appealing for information about the shed fire in Reepham last Wednesday
Martin George
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A shed fire in Reepham last week may have been started deliberately, police said.
The incident happened between 1pm and 2.10pm on Wednesday September 19.
Neither police nor firefighters are certain about the exact cause, but police asked for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area last Wednesday lunchtime, or anyone with information, to contact PC Ian Reed at Aylsham Police Station on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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text: The fish skin lanterns that were the set were wonderful, and the costumes nice. But I had a mixed reaction to the piece itself. The idea was great, the execution problematic. The stories were mostly silly, or puerile, at best. The movement was somewhat interesting, and certainly well-performed. But was this dance or was it dance theater or was it physical theater? The choreography was definitely limited. A man who came on stage, sometimes with a guitar, struck stiff poses and looked ridiculous. A woman, wearing a tee shirt with a picture of herself on it, ran across the stage several times and adding nothing. Near the end, a few dozen people came out of the audience and stood on the stage for a few minutes, obviously prearranged. They seemed to represent those who have come before us and those who will follow. One thing I didn't like at all was that several members of the audience were given boxes with fur on them, from which sounds emerged. This was a distraction for the people that had to hold them and for those immediately around them.


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Rhythm, Chords and Back-Up: the Art of Second Fiddle When you play in a 'concert' band, or to accompany a singer, you may need to create a fiddle 'part' that is something other than the tune itself. It could be a harmony line, for example, or sustained chords, or a rhythm pattern based on the chords. But how do you go about constructing it?
Let's start with some chord basics. Chords are made up of the notes of an arpeggio played together at the same time. An arpeggio consists of the first, third and fifth notes of the relevant scale, the key-note itself counting as the first. Thus, the chord of D consists of the arpeggio notes, D, F# and A (also referred to as the 'triad' of D). In the case of the fiddle, a 'chord' will consist, for practical purposes, of just two of these notes played on adjacent strings. The two lower strings are particularly suitable, since the tune itself tends to occupy the higher range of the instrument. My own standard two-note chord of D consists of the open D-string, together with a first-finger A on the G-string below it. Bow the two strings with long, even strokes, and listen to the interval. Playing two notes at once will expose any dubious intonation. To ensure that the A note is really in tune, you could practice sliding the first finger up to pitch from a semi-tone below, while also playing the open D, and listen for the exact point where it sounds true. (A finger slide like this, as well as being a helpful intonation guide, can sound quite appropriate in many folk styles).
You may have heard of the 'three-chord trick.' Thousands of songs and tunes in major keys can be played with only three chords, known to folk and jazz players as the 1-chord, 4-chord and 5-chord, and to classical musicians as the tonic, subdominant and dominant. For example, in the key of D, our 1-chord is D itself, our 4-chord (counting up from D, E, F#...) is G, and our 5-chord is A. To play these chords on the fiddle, remember that each is based on the notes of the relevant arpeggio, so for G we select any two notes from the triad, G, B and D. By playing a two-octave arpeggio you'll enter 'the house of G' and realise how many combinations of these notes are available across the four strings. The easiest, and often best-sounding, G chord is simply the open G and D-strings. In the same way, for a chord of A, play the arpeggio and select your two notes from the triad A, C# and E. My personal default setting for an easy, effective A-chord is first finger across the bottom two strings. All of the chords I've described omit the 'third,' the note that makes them sound either major or minor, so they can work equally well for either. If you want to emphasise the 'major' quality of D, include an F#; for D minor, include an F natural.
Get familiar with these chord 'shapes,' so that you can go to them instantly, as a guitarist does, and move fluently from one to another. Over time, add further chords to your repertoire, using the arpeggio construction method. In a fiddle music context, the most useful chords to know are Bb, F, C, G, D, A and E, and their so-called 'relative minors,' G minor (Gm), Dm, Am, Em, Bm, F#m and C#m. The 'root' of the relative minor chord (also called the Minor Sixth) can be found six notes up the major scale: the relative minor of D, for example, is (D, E, F#, G, A...) B minor. At a later stage, as you gain confidence, you can explore a wider range of harmonic colours by substituting the occasional relative minor for a major chord.
Learning to think harmonically, as well as in terms of 'the tune,' is not as common as perhaps it should be when learning a 'melody' instrument like the violin, though fiddlers who've followed the classical route will probably have learned at least some rudimentary music theory. To progress beyond Grade 5 in the Associated Board practical exams, for example, students must pass Grade 5 theory. When I learned violin as a youngster I found harmonic theory bafflingly abstract, and just got through the exam by rote. Learning the piano, guitar or some other 'chord' instrument - and the mandolin, of course, recommends itself as having the same fingering as the fiddle - certainly makes it easier to feel, as well as understand, the musical effect of a particular chord progression.
So how do you know when to change from one chord to another? In practice, most people have a reasonably good sense of when a chord sounds 'wrong,' even if they can't immediately tell you what would sound 'right.' You can always try the chord suggestions given in song and tune books. Alternatively, find your own solution by trial-and-error. For tunes in major keys, the three-chord trick narrows the search. If the tune's in G, expect to encounter the chords of G, C and D. If it's in A, check out A, D and E. My own apprenticeship in this stuff was playing fiddle in American-style country bands, where the 'changes' soon become fairly predictable, especially if you can 'read' the guitarist's left hand. When the guitar goes from, say, C to C7 (the triad of C plus Bb, ie the seventh note of the C scale flattened a semitone), the effect is one of tension and imminent change, and the next chord will be the fourth above (C, D, E...) F. Every genre has its own distinctive style of chord changes. Scott Skinner, in his major-key tunes, often gets to the 5-chord by way of a 2-chord, while countless ragtime tunes employ a 1-6-2-5-1 progression.
Composing a harmony is not so hard once you've sorted out the chord pattern. Generally a harmony line follows the contours of the melody, but lower in pitch so as not to obscure the tune itself. It may have exactly as many notes as the tune, or shadow it more skeletally. The most commonly used interval, for example in Northumbrian or Swedish fiddling, is a third below, or sometimes a fourth or fifth. When the chord changes, make sure that the harmony note is either the root, third or fifth of that chord. Writing 'vertical' harmony like this is most easily done on paper until you get the hang of it, and the whole process can be quite mechanical. Obviously the harmony needs to sound good, as well as following the rules, so if the fiddle part you chanced upon while noodling about sounds great, even if you can't explain why, go with it anyway. For performance, you'll need to memorise your harmony line (and indeed the chord sequence you've decided on, if you're playing chords) in the same way as you would learn the tune. So ideally it should be memorable and pleasing in its own right.
What about tunes in minor keys? What chords do we use there? Well, it depends. A variant of the 1-4-5 sequence will sometimes work, in which the 1 and 4 become minor chords, while the 5 stays major. For a tune in D minor, for example, you'll encounter D minor, G minor and A major. It's a very classical-sounding harmonic framework, however, based on the diatonic musical system, and usually sits ill with English, Irish or Scottish 'minor' traditional tunes. Strictly speaking, these tunes are often 'modal' in character, usually in the Dorian (minor third, major sixth) or Aeolian (minor third, minor sixth) mode. Modal scales are originally based on a constant drone, as in much bagpipes repertoire, and need a different harmonic approach. In many Scottish and Irish minor tunes, for example, you get a bar or two of Am, say, alternating with a bar or two of G major, and returning 'home' to Am. This progression from the minor, then down one step to the major, and back, is very common. For a tune in Em, the 'other' chord will likely as not be D. If you're after a third chord as well, take one further step down, to C. The C-D-Em progression has been a harmonic cliché of celtic music since the 1970s.
Back-up playing should reflect the style of the piece. To accompany, say, a lyrical, free-flowing English folk song, a few well-chosen, understated drones, or even a unison melody line, will probably provide better support than, let's say, choppy, bluegrass-style, off-beat chonks! Similarly, for an Irish ballad, fit your playing style to the song, and use the same kinds of ornamentation and bowing as you would for an air. Traditional singers may vary the melody or rhythm slightly from verse to verse, for the sake of the words, so be prepared to follow. As a musician you should also defer to the singer when it comes to deciding on the key of the song, as even trained singers don't have a physically unlimited vocal range. (What do you mean, you can't play in Eb? Practice more!)
Pete Cooper © 2004
Playing with Others This article first appeared in FiddleOn magazine as Cooper's Fiddle Corner - 5.
Fiddle music cultures have always been open to the participation of newcomers, especially the young, who are not only the life-blood of tradition but can also be quite interesting people. But in past centuries fiddle traditions were often extremely localised. If you didn't grow up in that particular region or village, or even that family, with a father or uncle or neighbour to teach you, the local repertoire and playing style would be very hard to learn… Today when traditional 'folk' cultures are both fragmented and globalised, you can indeed hear CDs of music from all over the place at home. But ironically, depending on where you live, you may have to travel some distance to meet up with fellow members of what could be termed your chosen 'home' fiddle community.
A magazine like [FiddleOn] publicises a wide range of fiddle workshops, residential weekends and summer schools going on around the country through most of the year. In fact these events are an international phenomenon. Workshop weekends and the like have become ever more popular as aspiring fiddlers discover that, while CDs, downloads and live concerts are a great way to hear performances by their favourite artists, fiddle music is also much more than a spectator sport.
Workshops give participants a chance to meet and learn directly from some of the very musicians whose playing they admire, many of whom are also excellent teachers. Insights gained with their help can extend your playing skills and inspire you to work towards a higher level of achievement - you not only go home and amaze your friends and loved ones with new tunes and improved technique, but feel motivated to practice for weeks to come. Most fiddle events include open sessions that anyone (who can pluck up the courage) is free to take part in. These are probably just as important as the classes themselves for many participants, especially those who are otherwise musically isolated. Simply the fact of playing music with other people can be a life-changing experience if you're new to this kind of thing. Although I say 'simply,' approaching your first session may not feel simple at all. On the contrary.
Every folk session has its etiquette - Who starts the tunes? Can you join in if you don't know them? What types of tunes can you play? etc - and I'd like to tackle the details of that interesting subject in a later column. But I'd say that the basic requirement for any effective shared music making - and in my view the most important musical skill you can develop - is the ability to listen and play at the same time. It may sound blatantly obvious or it may strike you as a novel idea. But believe me, whatever your level of proficiency and whatever your style of music, that's what separates the musicians from the tune murderers: being able to play your own instrument while also listening to the others.
Try this experiment with just one other musician, maybe another fiddle player. Decide on something you can both play - a jig, a hornpipe or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, it doesn't matter what. While the two of you are playing the tune together, listen to the sound of the other person's instrument. And they should be listening to you with equal attention. If they can't hear you perhaps you're playing too softly. If you can't hear them, could it be because you're drowning them out? Try to match your sound levels so exactly that you're hearing both fiddles equally clearly. To an outside listener they'd be sounding almost as one instrument.
What about the rhythm? Are you both feeling the basic pulse of the tune in the same way? Listen to the other player's rhythm, which may be slightly different in emphasis, but without losing your own. It requires a sort of diffuse, free-floating attention, so that you can also take in, for example, details of the intonation (like, are you both really hitting that fourth finger top B on the button?) without getting hung up on it and thrown off the tune. If you do fall off the tune, don't panic, just let it go and jump on again at the next convenient phrase.
You obviously need to know a tune well before you can play this closely with someone else. If you're still scrambling around trying to remember the sequence of notes, you probably won't have much spare capacity for listening. Go and practice more. But if you're confident that you can play a tune OK on your own, that's a great start. And if you can listen at the same time, well, there's nothing to stop you. Of course all sorts of irrational anxieties may creep in when you're playing with people you don't know very well, like 'Are the others of a high enough standard to appreciate what a genius I am?' or 'Am I about to be utterly humiliated?' or even 'Who's buying the next round?' But that's life. Discuss it with your therapist.
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As the complexity of business ventures increase and the essential roles of IT-alignment processes and service coherency receive increasing attention, managerial exchange and coordination across the executive board become all the more pivotal. Enterprise Web 2.0 is particularly affording in this respect, as the deployment of the involved web-based applications and services in core build on the realization of overarching, holistic business conceptions; i.e., strategic consensus among chief executive (CEO) and chief IT (CIO) must be seen as core prerequisites for successful future corporate IT-development. Based on results from the Enterprise 2.0-Survey FIN08, administered to Finnish enterprise leaders, this paper reports on the contents and degrees of consensus between these two managerial populations regarding the 4 interest areas of familiarity and basic conception, evaluation and attitude, sense-making and deployment objective, as well as deployment manner. Generally we found CIOs and direct IT-managing officers to be more knowledgeable and experienced, as well as more ready to invest than CEOs and officers with mere decision-making competences. However at the same time, CIOs displayed also a higher degree of critical realism and caution about the prospects and enterprise Web 2.0-deployment.
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Greetings! For more than a decade Heidelberg has benefitted from the generous support of FOHM (Friends of Heidelberg Music) and Heidelberg is grateful. FOHM has been faithfully assisting the School of Music and the University with making significant improvements to the School of Music, from facilities to equipment to programming. Our primary mission is to support, promote and help maintain the high level of music education at Heidelberg University.
Highlights of our efforts include the following:
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It's a 20 second clip of the music you commonly hear in game trainers, keygens and the like.
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Warren Woods Tower High School sophomore Chris Elle sprays the worm bed Feb. 20 inside the school's aquaponics classroom. The aquaponics students supply water to the worm bins on a daily basis to provide moisture.
WARREN — Each morning before the first bell, Warren Woods Tower High School freshman Michael Manczuk heads over to the school's aquaponics classroom.
Prior to the start of class and even during his lunch hour, Manczuk fills up the fish tanks, dechlorinates the water, cleans up fish pellets and organizes the plants. He is one of 45 special-needs students who help maintain the aquaponics program on a regular basis.
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Sophomore Chris Elle said the wastes from the fish travel up a water pump from each tank. The wastes are converted into a usable form of nitrogen that expands into the expanded clay.
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The clay is light and allows the roots to flow, and it does not affect the PH of the water.
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Through that and proper maintanance, including lighting for 12 hours a day, basil, parsley and lettuce are produced. Fish food is the fuel the tilapia use to create the nutrients.
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"They take samples of the water and use pH to make sure the water is healthy so the fish won't die or get really ill," Elle said. "I like looking at all the different fish."
Through a bio-filter, the water then goes back down to the fish. It usually takes a month for a crop to fully grow.
"Romaine lettuce really likes the aquaponics system," Morgan said. "The produce is amazing. The intensity of the basil and parsley is stronger. It tastes better."
The aquaponics system developed a partnership between the special-needs students and the school's culinary arts department. The student chefs use the aquaponics herbs and lettuce when cooking for the school's restaurant, the Titan Terrace. Fish that expire go to the culinary students to use in filet lessons.
"The collaboration between special education and the commercial foods department has been the highlight of the program, bringing programs that are traditionally separate together to serve all students," Morgan said.
Also inside the aquaponics classroom is a vermiponics system with approximately 2,500 worms that makes worm composts inside a "worm bin." Carlton said the culinary students deliver food scraps. The special-needs students then process the food scraps and break them down into smaller pieces for the worms to more efficiently break down and convert into usable composts inside the worm bins. The special-needs students also shred newspaper to place in the bins for bedding.
The worms eat the food scraps, and their waste is used in the potting soil used in the program's greenhouse, where plants are in a soil-based garden. The aquaponics students also supply water to the worm bins on a daily basis to provide moisture.
The worm composts "will be used to amend potting soil to be used in house plants throughout the district," Morgan said. The pesticide-free worm composts will be used in place of commercial fertilizer.
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By Chris Hardwick on October 19, 2009
John Boswell, the madly brilliant sound-chemist who Auto-Tuned his way into our hearts with "A Glorious Dawn" featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, has launched the laud-worthy project "Symphony of Science" which is "designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form." You couldn't ask for a better goal than that.
The second track (on what I hope is an album's worth of material) is entitled "We Are Connected" and features a returning Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill "50 Cent(iliter)" Nye.
I have also had the pleasure of striking up an email correspondence with Mr. Boswell, and have found him to be a top notch chap. As long as he keeps making these videos, I'll keep posting them. It's a much more noble use of this digital enhancement feature than some pop music assclown trying to mask his/her inability to hold a note.
While I stand and applaud this project, you may download the songs here. They are free of charge, but I highly recommend kicking in a small donation on his page to support this kind of artistic geekery.
love the rap part haha amazing
Even more fun than the first one.
So that is where Bill Nye went! After the cloning accident and all…
Bill Nye lives down the street from me in Studio City, he is always 1 up'ing Ed Begley in eco-trends.
this fucking rocks XD
Just a wonderful mix of music and science.
Seriously Chris,
Thank you for this update. REALLY looking forward to more songs from John. There's something so great about how Sagan talks and anunciates. Its amusing to try to duplicate.
A glorious dawn is definitely a jump off. Tip of the hat, sir.
I'm speechless in the supernova of win that is this video, which has swallowed me.
This is better than the last: the song aspect is more noticeable. Thanks, Chris, for your continued posting.
Hardwick, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…1. You are awesome 2. You are funny 3. You post the best stuff like this video and the previous one with that total babe Sagan and his road dawg Hawking. Could you spoon me now, please?
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Soooooo amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this.
This is great! My wife, Connie Barlow, a science writer is on a crusade to get the national media in America to report on this phenomena – and John Boswell's new genre of sacred science music videos. See here: http://thankgodforevolution.com/node/1947 where she'll culled her favorite comments.
Unlike every pop star on the charts, Carl Sagan (and company) doesnt need this crap to be interesting. His message is the most important thing anyone's said in ten thousand years. Listen and know.
We as a society, and I mean global society, don't do enough to promote science. This helps, although I don't think it'll bring any kids to think science is the awesome thing it is that didn't already think so. Good dig at Kanya "I'mma Let You Finish" West too.
Please tell me you'll be in the Rock of Ages film they just announced. =)
Bill Nye is my hero.


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Realizing information technology (IT) decisions and implementations are consistently seen as major challenges of business management faced with increasingly complex IT environments.
This article seeks to increase the awareness of the multiple attributive decision making (MADM) methodology in the context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects and provides empirical insights based on 209 datasets originating from a primary, national and industry independent survey. The given MADM topics comprise strategic alignment, attributes with associated importance weightings, considered and chosen systems, methodical utilization, follow-up controlling, and finally MADM relevance in terms of a possible connection between MADM and ERP success.
The results in particular show that while the ERP decision problem seems to be structured based on the MADM principle, the minority of decision makers rely on a formal MADM method. The empirically tested measurement model indicates that success according to expectations was achieved at a greater level of magnitude in firms supported by a formal MADM method, especially in terms of financial firm level impact and service quality.
Keywords: multiple attributive decision making, madm, enterprise resource planning, erp, information systems success, empirical survey, erp software selection, erp software acquisition, erp software evaluation, erp software comparison, enterprise resource planning, madm-based software selection, multi-criteria decision making, mcdm, mcdm-based software selection.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are comprehensive packaged
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aspects of ERP, and ERP in information systems curricula. This research targets
the first dimension proposed, in particular method application and relevance.
Literature reports extensively on diverse problems associated with information
system (IS) especially ERP system evaluation (Irani, 2002). Those problems can
be derived from the difficulty of understanding the complex factors involved in
IS, decision making, such as scope and impact of the decision, the concept of
value and its multi-dimensional facets, natures of IS, benefits and costs,
associated risks, strategy alignment, human and organizational mechanics or
political issues. The evaluation of IS investment proposals has been a
recognized research area for a long time resulting in a large number of
evaluation techniques available today, e.g. (Irani, Sharif, Love, & Kahraman,
2002; Sassone, 1987). Research exists helping to assess the wide spectrum of
methodical aids through classifications (Farbey, Land, & Targett, 1992, 1993) or
selection aids (Olsen, 1996).
IS decisions have the propensity to operate under multiple, often conflicting
criteria. The decision space is discrete, meaning that a limited number of
alternatives and attributes need to be assessed. This is the typical setting in
which Characteristics of Multiple Attribute DM in ERP Edward W. N. Bernroider &
Johann Mitlöhner Communications of the IIMA 50 2005 Volume 5 Issue 1 the
discipline of Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) is grounded. In terms of
complex IS in particular ERP decisions, their intuitive, simple and cost
effective application should help to comprehend the decision making task at
hand. They are relatively transparent, allowing others to see the logic of the
results and enabling the inclusion of the full range of intangible consequences.
Furthermore, by following a MADM based methodology the decision maker should be
able to strengthen his decision outcome in terms of justifiability,
accountability, and reasonability, which are regularly seen as pre-requisites of
complex and risky IS decisions. The amount and depth of methods available in
literature seems to be in contrast to the method application in IS appraisal
practice. Since IS and their environmental embedding is becoming increasingly
complex due to continuously evolving demands on IT related capabilities, the
defiance of common grounds of IS decision making remains problematic. This
research seeks to increase the awareness of the MADM methodology in ERP projects
and to link its application to project
success. With respect to ERP projects at various stages of the system's
lifecycle, the targets of this research can be summarized as follows:
In the empirical data analysis, this research controls for organizational size and branch of business. The remainder of this article is structured as follows. First, we provide more information on the empirical survey and on the acquired data sample. To avoid redundant information and improve readability, theoretical MADM based considerations were given together with empirical insights in the subsequent section. Thereafter, an ERP success measurement model is given with an empirical validation, followed by an assessment of the effect of MADM on ERP success. Finally, the last section concludes results and sketches on-going research.
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