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Sue and Ray Brown practice the classical and jazz methods they teach on a new album from top contemporary jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove
By Rob Pratt
THE MEMBERS OF THE Brown family, all gentle and soft-spoken, possess a remarkable intensity for music. As we sit down in the living room of their modest Santa Cruz home to chat about classical violinist Sue and jazzer husband Ray's work on jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove's new album of ballads, daughter Karin--just graduated from the Juilliard School of Music--warms up on the violin in the next room. Even sounds echoing into the room from the backyard patio come on melodies from a boss blue jay musically declaring his dominance of the lawn and shrubs.
When they take the stage with the Roy Hargrove Quintet in a showcase spot on Saturday's lineup at the Monterey Jazz Festival (Hargrove's Quintet will also perform Sept. 25 at Kuumbwa), most of the family will be there--Sue as concertmaster and coordinator of the Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra; Karin in the violin section; Karin's new husband, Dan Levitov, with the cellos; and Ray conducting.
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It's a spotlight moment for Sue and Ray Brown. Both music teachers (at Cabrillo College and UC-Santa Cruz) and much in-demand in concert halls and onstage, the two are lynchpins of the Monterey Bay classical and jazz music scene, almost universally recognized by musicians and performers even if their modest demeanor and rare commitment to ensemble playing means that they have little audience recognition.
With Moment to Monent, Hargrove's new album, though, they have ended up on one of the most high-profile jazz releases of the year, a landmark that critics have placed in a league with jazz classics like first-of-the-genre Bird With Strings or orchestral ballad albums by Clifford Brown and Chet Baker. It's an album, says Ray, that marks a return in mainstream jazz to standard repertoire and to a style of playing more concerned with melody and crisp, soulful phrasing than with experiments in form or harmony.
"There's been a trend in the last five years to come back to standard tunes," he says. "This is, I think, a continuation of that. A lot of the tunes are old tunes--'You Go to My Head' and stuff like that. That was nice to hear--that these players can do a lot of things outside [of traditional jazz harmony], but they still seem to end up coming back to nice tunes."
THOUGH RAY HAS performed, composed and arranged jazz for more than 30 years (as soloist for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, arranger for the Count Basie Orchestra and leader of his own group, the Great Big Band), it was Sue's connection with the Monterey Jazz Festival that first interested Hargrove's agent and manager in working with a Monterey Bay-based orchestra on a jazz-with-strings album. Sue had formed the Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra for a 1994 festival performance with pianist Billy Childs, reconvening the performing group for a set at last year's festival with trumpeter Terrence Blanchard.
"That was brass and strings, which was a very nice feel, and it was a nice set--a sharp show." Sue says. "Larry Clothier [Hargrove's manager and producer] had attended with great interest ... at least a three- or four-hour rehearsal. He was there the entire time, and he spoke with me about doing the album. At the time, not knowing who he was, I showed lukewarm interest. But Tim Jackson [Monterey Jazz Festival and Kuumbwa Jazz Center executive director] and a few other people said it was a great idea, and Larry was very persistent."
From performing at Santa Cruz's Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Big Sur Jazz Festival and Big Sur's Esalen Institute, Hargrove and his band had developed a passion for the dramatic setting of the Central Coast. They decided that it would be the perfect spot to record an all-ballad effort--if major label Verve would sign on to release it.
What sold the idea to label execs was finding that former Beach Boy Al Jardine had a well-appointed recording studio in the hills behind Pfeiffer State Beach and that the Monterey Jazz Festival had a capable chamber orchestra that could do the sessions. But with a recording date set for mid-October 1999, that left Sue Brown with only weeks to organize 20 top players who could commit to the gig.
"What happened is when they got the OK from Verve, I had to scramble to get through working with a bunch of different unions and put the whole thing together--but we did it," she says. "To make it work, it was really an L.A.-type of union contract that we had to conform to our unique area, which is not used to doing major-label work. I hope to have more opportunities, though, because this is now an ongoing group that I've affiliated with the Monterey Jazz Festival."
Ray explains that he got the call to conduct the recording session at the last minute. Ray's years-long association with session recording engineer Phil Edwards, who had engineered sessions Ray conducted for the Bay Area's Full Faith & Credit Big Band and Ray's own Great Big Band--not to mention Sue's lobbying to Hargrove's management, earned him the nod to lead the orchestra.
"Sue was all set up but [Clothier]
didn't know who he was going to use [to conduct the strings]," Ray says. "[Clothier] was thinking of Cedar Walton, because he wrote two of the tunes. Then Cedar had an illness in the family and couldn't leave Texas, so [Clothier] called me the night before ... and sent up with Tim [Jackson] the dub [of the tracks Hargrove's quartet had recorded so far] so, the night before, we could listen to what was going on."
AS LEADER OF chamber music ensembles at Cabrillo College and UCSC, Sue is primarily a classical violinist. Though she occasionally crosses into jazz, as with a featured Kuumbwa performance with Ray's Great Big Band last November, she is careful to point out that she doesn't really play jazz.
"Except when I took [Ray's brother] Steve Brown's improv class at Aspen--and they thought I was pretty cool--I know my limitations," she says. "I think Ray and I work on each other's strengths. I think I'd be too corny and I'd laugh too hard to play improvised solos. I think Ray would just laugh hysterically at me. That's not my thing."
"I think that the best written stuff takes advantage of the way the strings play and doesn't put them out of their idiom," Ray adds. "The smart writer knows how to write strings and doesn't ask them to swing. Like [Gil] Goldstein on this album--he knows how to write them so that they're doing the things that they're normally doing, but it's put inside a jazz context and it sounds beautiful."
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I'm only 5 weeks along and he already asks if he is smashing the baby. I have told him that the baby is well protected. He says he knows all that logically but it does not change his feelings. He said he really wants this baby to be healthy and strong. We are very open with eachother. So far he will still have sex with me but he has warned me that he is already uncomfortable with being on top of me and he will probably stop wanting it all together in a few more months. I am so glad we are already talking about it because I know what to be prepared for. I'm not happy about it and will try to talk him into sex anyway but at least I know its the baby and not me!!! He says he is gonna be freaked out like the guy on the movie Knocked up. He doesn't want to poke the baby in the face!!! I laughed at him and he laughed at himself. He knows its silly but all he can think about already is that there is a baby in there. Its gonna be a long pregnancy for me!!! lolposted 06/07/2009 by 7yearslater#3
I'm 26 weeks pregnant and my husband doesn't want to have sex with me. He understands that he can't hurt the baby but he says that he can't have smth as pure as a baby being associated with sex. It is driving me crazy, my hormones are out of control but there is no way I can make him have sex with me, he offered everything except intercourse. I guess it is just a weird thing that they have, don't know how to explain it but after the ultrasound he is just too careful. It is sweet that he is so worried and thinking about the baby but it makes me feel like he is not attracted to me anymore. I wonder if there is a way to change his mind?posted 03/26/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
I am on my second pregnancy. My first pregnancy was with a man what did not stay faithful and I always thought that it was b/c I was pregnant and unattractive that he started to cheat. I found out later that he was like this before I got pregnant and is still like this (a cheater) with his current wife. I was glad to know that it was his character- not my pregnant body that made him stray. I am with someone that is genuinely good to me now and we are married. This pregnancy has been better in the sense that he wants to take care of me and is faithful yet we went from having sex at least 4 times a week to maybe once a month if I'm lucky. I don't think he is a cheater like my ex b/c I can see that he is a wonderful step-dad and husband in so many ways but I can relate to feeling hurt when you are neglected. Everyone else says I am so beautiful but he won't even kiss me or cuddle at night. I have tried to talk to him, be sexy, etc. and nothing has worked- cry myself to sleep sometimes.posted 10/12/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
I found this article on baby center it may help some of you understand what your husbands are feeling. Hope this helps! http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-your-sex-life-will-change-as-a-dad-to-be_1291080.bcposted 09/13/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
Hate to be crass but porn could help. Get one (let him pick something he likes) and watch it with him. If it's the body and the idea of the baby being inside you freaking him out, he will be too distracted to be worried about those things. You might even enjoy it too, you never know.posted 02/28/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
Okay, sorry, I don't know how to post a question anyway. I'm about 5 weeks maybe 6 but about a week ago I had a period .. I think.. but before that I had a brown discharge and my "period" only lasted 4 days but after it ended my boyfriend came over and we messed around a biot he fingered me , but we didn't have sex .. and after that I started bleeding and had a yellowish discharge this morning .. can anyone help me ? Is something wrong should I be worried?posted 05/27/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
Well you should talk to him . And it might depend on how along you are but if you are far along on your pegnancy then you might be too big and he might find you un atractive he might tell you all the bull shot about how you look beatifil but he might not be atcacte to or he could be gayposted 12/28/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
I am so glad to hear that I am not alone. I feel like since I have been pregnant (26 weeks now) I need to be more intimate with my fiance. I do not feel the same about myself and need that connection with him. My fiance has stated that he loves me and his lack of sex drive has nothing to do with me being pregnant. However, I can not help but realize that our sex life has changed dramatically since we found out. After a big fight about it, we finally sat down and just point blank talked about what was going on. We agreed that the majority of the issues were because of our completely opposite schedules, but also we agreed that this intimacy is not something that can be jeopardized. I know it sounds funny, but we agreed to have sex at least once a week, even if we have to schedule it! Hope things get better for everyone else!! COMMUNICATION IS KEY!!posted 04/21/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
I feel for everyone in this situation. My husband didn't have sex with me much durning my first pregnancy with your son. When I talked to him about it and told him that my needs weren't being met, he said it was because I bitched to much and he didn't feel like having sex with me that it was like a job he didn't get paid for??? Now I am 37 weeks pregnant with your second child and it was okay in the beginning we would have sex 1 a week if I was lucky. Since I have turn 35 weeks he pretty much stopped having sex with me again. I asked him what the problem was this time, since I have not been bitching & he agreed with me on that, but had nothing to say what was the issue this time. I feel lonely and unattractive even though I have tons of people telling me how beautiful I am and that my husband should appreciate my looks and my beauty. When I tell him this he just laughs at me. I just live with it and know that I won't be pregnant much longer and will be back to myself again.posted 10/06/2009 by removed_18-feb-2010 10:22:34 am
I joined JUST so I could put my thoughts in the ring here. I am a dad 2 be (first child, had 1 miscarry). I love my wife, it has NOTHING to do with looks. Actually when it comes down to it the turn off is knowledge. I know exactly what is going on in there and "down there". And frankly it grosses me out. And if I was having the same happen to me I wouldn't make my partner have sex with me. I know what comes next "you know you are going to have to deal with gross stuff like diapers and spit-up". You are right, and I can GUARANTEE that after or during any of those I won't be wanting to get groovy with my wife. So in clear, no bull. I love, am amazed by, and adore my wife. It is the fluids and other secretions that I have been educated in that are the turn off for intercourse and only intercourse.posted 01/11/2012 by xDadx
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Chapter One
I flew from class like a bat out of hell.
Dullsville High's bell rang its final year-end ring and I was the first student to arrive at my locker. Normally the sound of the bell grated on my nerves like a woodpecker hammering on a sycamore, but this time the buzzing was as melodious as the sound of a harpsichord. It signaled one thing: summer vacation.
The two words rolled off my tongue like the sweet-tasting nectar of the blossoming honeysuckles. Aren't all vacations sweet? Given. However, summer vacation beats out its sister vacations—spring and winter break. Summer vacation surpasses them all with its incomparable advantages—two and a half months of freedom from textbooks, teachers, and torment. No detentions, lectures, or pop quizzes. No more spending an eight-hour day in the confines of Dullsville High, being the only goth in the preppy-filled school, or trying to lift an overslept pre-caffeinated head off my wooden desk. And most important, I could sleep in late. Just like a vampire.
My red and white school-colored handcuffs had been slipped off my wrists.
I was so pumped I even beat model student and my best friend, Becky, to her locker. It was the last time I'd have to remember, or forget, as I often did, the lock's random coordinates. Unreturned textbooks, notebooks, candy wrappers, and CDs filled the tiny metal closet. Forever the procrastinator, I waited until the final moment to clean it out. Unlike other lockers that had actual photographs of couples, staring back at me were oil-based pictures of me and Alexander that he'd painted and surprised me with, by hanging them in my locker. I gazed at them adoringly and carefully untacked one when I became distracted by the huge mess in front of me. I figured I needed a wheelbarrow to haul the load to Becky's truck but instead dragged out a dented garbage can and tossed out anything that I hadn't paid for.
"Summer's here! Can you believe it?" Becky said, catching up to me. We clasped hands and shrieked like we had just won tickets to a sold-out concert.
"It's finally here!" I exclaimed. "No more tardy slips or calls to my parents about dress codes."
Becky opened her locker, which had already been cleaned out. Photos of her and Matt presumably had been placed in a scrapbook with colorful captions, beautiful borders, and funky heart-shaped stickers. She examined the empty locker for anything else she might have forgotten.
"It looks like you even dusted it," I teased.
"This is going to be the best summer ever, Raven. This is the first summer we both will have boyfriends. To think, we'll be lying poolside with the hottest guys in Dullsville."
I spotted a painting of Alexander and me in front of Hatsy's Diner that still hung on the inside of my locker door. The stars twinkled above us and we were lit by the glow of the moon.
"Well, one of us will be," I said. And I wasn't referring to the fact that my boyfriend wouldn't be able to worship the sun.
I had a bigger problem—he wasn't even in Dullsville.
Becky must have read my wistful expression. "I bet Alexander will be back anytime now to have graveside picnics with you," Becky offered with a bright smile.
Alexander and his creepy-but-kind butler, Jameson, had driven the ailing tween vampire, Valentine Maxwell, to Hipsterville in hopes of reuniting him with his nefariously Draculine siblings, Jagger and Luna. After Valentine tried to sink his tiny fangs into my little brother, Billy Boy, my sibling and his best friend, Henry, began questioning his possible nocturnal identity. While Alexander was upstairs in his attic room saving the sickly boy with Jameson's Romanian concoctions, I figured out and confirmed Jagger's and Luna's location—the Coffin Club. And with that, Alexander was forced to leave me behind in Dullsville as he reunited Valentine with his older siblings. Alexander had promised me that he would return to Dullsville shortly. However, what we thought would be an overnight visit to Hipsterville turned into two, then three days. Then longer.
The sultry homeschooled Romanian vampire Alexander had brought life into my already darkened one. As the lonely old Mansion remained empty of its unearthly inhabitants, I began to miss specific things about him—the way he softly brushed my hair away from my face or traced the lace of my skirt with his ghost white fingers. I missed his dreamy chocolate brown eyes, his bright, sexy smile, his tender lips pressed to mine.
I managed to remove myself as the third wheel from Matt and Becky's go-cart of fun. In the moonlit evenings, instead of reluctantly cheering on the school's soccer team, I often visited the empty Mansion, sitting beneath its skeletal trees, by its wrought-iron gates, or on its uneven weed-filled cracked cement front steps. Other times, I'd hang out in the gazebo where Alexander and I'd shared romantic desserts and stolen kisses.
I assured myself that at any moment I'd see the headlights of Jameson's Mercedes beaming up the winding driveway, but every night I went home alone, the driveway devoid of any hearse-like vehicles.
I crossed each passing day off my Emily the Strange calendar with a giant black X. It was starting to look like a one-sided tic-tac-toe game. Occasionally the doorbell rang, and when it did, I'd race to the front door in wild expectation of Alexander wrapping his pale arms around me, scooping me up, and planting me with a passionate kiss. Instead of being greeted by my boyfriend, I was met by the Flower Power delivery woman holding a bouquet of roses. My already darkened bedroom was beginning to resemble Dullsville's funeral home.
With each passing day, I wondered what could be taking him so long. Was he once again protecting me from something dangerous and underworldly? My boyfriend, always shrouded in a bit of mystery, only made me love him more.
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so much time away... but now im back. Some time creativity just dont give a fuck of yourself and just doesn´t apear in ages... but ok.
after so much time, finally i can show you something decent. Hope you like it NG.
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I gave much less points because author comment didn't list WHAT GAME IT IS FROM.
"video game music" is listed on the link page here on Newgrounds, but these shouldn't be allowed to be posted without saying WHAT IT IS FROM.
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Here we tested the ability of a juvenile marine fish to simultaneously learn the identity of multiple previously unknown predators. Individuals were conditioned with a 'cocktail' of novel odours (from two predators and two non-predators) paired with either a conspecific [from its own kind] alarm cue or a [meaningless] saltwater control and then tested for recognition of the four odours individually and two novel odours (one predator and one non-predator) the following day.
The three damselfish predators whose scent was used in the research were, from top to bottom:
- Pseudochromis fuscus, brown dottyback
- Synodus dermatogenys, clearfin lizardfish
- Coris batuensis, batu coris
These results demonstrate that individuals acquire recognition of novel odours and that the responses were not due to innate recognition of predators or due to a generalised response to novel odours.
On the real reef, obviously, some baby fish won't learn fast enough and will get eaten. Others will learn false associations.
Studies on associative learning have demonstrated that any unknown stimulus can be recognised as a predation risk through associative learning. In natural environments, fishes are constantly exposed to multiple chemical odours. This study highlights the potential for ecologically irrelevant odours to be learned by association when present during a predation event. Responding to irrelevant cues will negatively impact an individual's fitness.The lucky ones will live long enough to unlearn the false associations.
It may pay at first to be overly cautious and learn all odours associated with an alarm cue as a predation risk when entering a new environment and then slowly learn which of those actually do not represent a threat.
Coral Reef Fish Rapidly Learn to Identify Multiple Unknown Predators upon Recruitment to the Reef. PLoS ONE. 2011. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0015764
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Notes for Matilda Rachel Northup Alexander
The Family of Stephen Monroe Northup & Harriet Eliza Gilbert
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sent from Marie Fox to Charles W. Northup (year? Latest date on descendant out
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Stephen M. Northup moved to Iowa in the spring of 1853 and settled
in Jefferson County near Abingdon. He also lived in Keokuk and Wapello Counties.
state census Polk, Jefferson, Iowa
Stephen Northup, age 37, b. Ohio, Farmer
Northup, age 36, b. Ohio
Mary A., age 11, b. Ohio
Elisabet E, age 10, b.
Missouri C., age 8, b. Ohio
Daniel T., age 7, b. Ohio
Abram G.,
age 5, b. Ohio
Syrus W., age 3, b. Ohio
Rachel N, age 1, b. Ohio
census Lancaster Twp., Keokuk Co., IA July 31, 1860 page 1030
Northup, age 40, b. OH, farmer, $800 real estate and $600 personal estate
E., age 41, b. OH
Mary A., age 15, b. OH
Elizabeth E., age 14, b. OH
age 12, b. OH
Daniel F., age 11, b. OH
Abram G., age 9, b. OH
Cyrus W.,
age 8, b. OH
Matilda, age 7, b. IA
Charles, age 5, b. IA
Nancy, age 2,
b. IA
V.W. Darling, age 22, male, occupation Miller, b. Vermont
is not listed as blind although according to family papers he became blinded at
age 8 or 9.
1870 census Competine Twp, Wapello Co., IA page 104a
N. Northup, age 51, farmer
Harriett, age 50, b. OH
Missouri, age 23, b.
Daniel, age 21, b. OH, Huckster
Abraham, age 19, b. OH, farm laborer
age 17, b. OH, blind
Matilda, age 15, b. IA
Charles, age 13, b. IA, farm
Nancy, age 12, b. IA
Emma, age10, b. IA
1880 United States
Census Lowell, Rooks, Kansas Page Number 478D
Joseph ALEXANDER Self M Male
W 30 WI Farming IN OH
Matilda ALEXANDER Wife M Female W 25 IA House Keeping
Cora ALEXANDER Dau S Female W 7 IA At Home WI IA
1900 census
Lowell, Rooks Co., KS
Joseph H. Alexander, head, June 1850, age 49,
md 29 yrs, WI/OH/OH, farmer
Tilda R., wife, Oct 1855, age 44, md 29 yrs, 2
births, 1 surviving, IA/OH/OH
Floyd Wells, servant, Sept 1885, age 14. KS/PA/OH,
at school
Rose E. Hornish, niece, Aug 1883, age 16. KS/OH/OH
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Lowell, Rooks Co., KS
Matilda Alexander, head, age 55, widowed, 2 births,
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Sixers are 7 1/2 point favorites.
Over/under is at 198 1/2.
I guess the spread is where it should be... I thought 5 would have been adequate. The over/under seems a bit high to me.
With Thad out, the pace will drop right?
Less early hoops, so yeah, I'd think so. Better defensive rebounding should increase the pace, though. Assuming playing a "big" lineup improves defensive rebounding.
That's a very high over/under, IMO.
With Evans in the starting lineup, I'd bet the under tonight. If I was a betting man, that is.
Evans is starting. Just became official. No big surprise (in my eyes).
Yup, seemed to be heading down that road. Hopefully his minutes will be under 20.
Yeah. Who do you see getting more minutes?
Gadzuric starting... I swear this guy plays more minutes against the Sixers than anyone elese. Seems like every time they play the Bucks, he plays, which isn't normally the case right?
He kills the Sixers on the offensive glass, always has.
What's bogut's status been recently - i think gadzuric's appearances/starts are inversely proportional to Bogut's minutes
I agree, Brian. I'd say 20 is plenty.
Stefanski on the possibility of signing somebody (likely a small forward) to a 10-day contract: "We are still discussing bringing someone in, but no decision has been made."
I wonder if they could catch lightning in a bottle. Anywhere to find 3pt% in the NBADL online? I'll have to look later.
Found it
Here we go. Reggie w/ an offensive board and putback. And then Gadzuric grabs an offensive board.
what's with the t-shirts the bench is wearing?
2 early ones on Jefferson. 9 points for Evans in the first 5 minutes!
Evans on pace to score 60+
hahaha Villanueva stepping over the line. That guy is such a joke.
These guys foul on every play. Willie's off tonight, his jumper looks horrible.
The team looks like they won't be down double digits though at the end of the first...
Sessions has 6 assists already.
That did not look like a walk to me.
Tied at 24 after one. Too much penetration after Sammy went to the bench. Sessions was a monster in that first quarter: 6 points, 7 dimes, 3 steals, 0 turnovers.
Speights is so painful to watch. How about boxing someone out every once and awhile?
7 assists in one quarter
Just saying :)
Theo channeling Sammy with that pass.
Shouldn't Thad have his foot elevated instead of sitting down or does the air cast take care of the swelling?
Well, this is exactly how you would've expected them to come out against Milwaukee. So much for my extra motivation in Thad's absence theory.
If we need Reggie to replace Thad's points, we're done. Where's Marshall?
10 freaking turnovers already - what the hell
I think it's actually 11.
This is just a horrible lineup. Why didn't he put Miller back in at that break?
How about this -- Evans only surpassed the nine points he scored in the first 4:22 four times in the season's first 73 games.
This is probably the best lineup they can put on the floor right now. Dalembert, Speights, Iggy, Lou, Miller
Was that a play to Iguodala there?
Speights is trying on D. The problem is that he is failing miserably. Good sub to bring reggie back IMO.
I don't think the defense has been too bad. The Bucks are draining 20-foot jumpers left and right.
Speights 2 fouls have been uncalled for - hedging way too far out on the perimeter on a guard and just bowling into Mbah A Moute coming to help.
I kinda liked that last one. A little payback for Brand, even if Brand's injury wasn't a dirty play, still deserves a little payback in my book.
Theo and Dalembert both have 3, Speights has 2. This is not good. Here comes Donny.
What does Donyell have to do? Really... honestly... what more could he have possibly done in his time to earn more playing time?
This game feels eerily similar to the Memphis game at home and the Minnesota game at home. If they only can turn it on in the 2nd half...
I thought the under was good too... haha. 109 at half haha.
I was going to say something about Mil. not being able to shoot like this in the second half, but every time I say something like that it happens.
I'll just say I expect 60 points from the Sixers in the second half. And we better see more minutes from Donyell.
There was a really odd sub in the second quarter. With 6:31 left, DiLeo sent Green in for Iguodala, so the lineup was Ratliff, Speights, Ivey, Green, Williams. 23 seconds later, he sent Miller in for Green.
Either he's really managing minutes and he wanted to get Miller a precise amount of rest, Miller wasn't ready to go in at 6:31, or DiLeo made the sub, looked at the team he had on the floor and realized he'd just made a silly substitution.
Not sure which of the three options scares me the most.
Sammy looking good on the defensive glass to start the third. Reggie still leading the team in scoring...awesome.
Iggy has to knock down his trips to the line this half.
There needs to be some payback for those hard fouls they're giving on Iggy. And he needs to keep going to the rack.
Man, I'm glad he put Lou in earlier b/c Willie had nothing tonight.
Miller's 7th turnover, then a stupid frustration foul on the other end. They're going to need him to be better than this.
42 personal fouls called so far.
Just starting to watch, but
1. Miller is horrible w/ the ball.
2. The refs are call everything, last foul on Speights was called by the ref that could not see the touch.
How about a little more Donyell here to end the quarter....
There we go Donyell.
Donyell knows how to play the game... and shoot. Amazing!
Ask and ye shall receive.
you ask, you shall receive donny ice
Anyone want to give me a summary of the first 8 minutes of the quarter?
I wasn't watching.
Foul, Foul, foul, foul, foul, turnover, foul, foul, foul, turnover, turnover, Marshall comes in, Sixers come back, foul, foul, foul.
I think that sums it up.
Speights making plays.
Sp8's with 2 nice hustle plays to end the quarter. A poke-in and a steal resulting in free throws for Ivey and a rebound on Ivey's miss with subsequent foul sending him to the line.
Alright, 1-point lead heading into the fourth.
Check this out, Marshall played 2:42 that quarter, the Sixers scored 11 points with him on the floor. That's 22 points in 5:23, if anyone's counting.
Pretty surprising they are competing with Miller being so thoroughly outplayed.
Green is so bad of a defender, dumb, dumb foul at the eoq. He gets me so mad so often and then he does good and I feel bad. But, those times are becoming less and less.
I didn't get to see that play really. (crappy stream)
Looked like the problem was that he didn't try to box out AS ALWAYS with him...
Let's Goooooooooooooo!! Pad this lead.
Roy-al I-vey!
Offensive shortcomings aside, would like to see Ivey stop Sessions penetration for the rest of this quarter.
Miller has EIGHT turnovers???
Ivey's making some big plays here. Block on the break, just battled for that board. Good run for him.
Stealing time for Iguodala to rest with every second that passes.
Sick pass from Marhsall to Speights for the jam.
I think it's time to get him back in there now.
indeed. I don't know what lineup I would go with if I was DiLeo though. Just make sure both Andres are out there probably.
This is too close for comfort.
I hope ones that love Marshall remember this game w/ his misses. I like him but he is far from perfect. He had 2 wide open shots that he rimmed. Not a problem other than when all I hear is Marshall like he does not miss. I think we need Iggy back!
Of course he does miss. It's a big ask to expect him to make most of his shots. But he shoots much better than anyone else on the team this season.
But it's not all that he does on the court. He is savvy and makes smart plays.
That block by Marshall was huge, he has a couple of assists and 4 boards too.
I think the main argument you'll get from Marshall supporters is that he can stretch the floor AND help in other areas as well. And he's played well whenever he's gotten a chance.
well they are +18 with him on the floor tonight
Atta boy Sp8s.
Nice block Marshall. Great to see w/ Sammy have no blocks tonite. And he is rebounding! Great job. Don't want you to think I don't like Marshall, just think he needs to do more than shoot 3's, like tonite!
Come on guys, stops...stops.
Guard the 3 point line and close this puppy out.
Did Marshall block that last one too?
Since Evans sat (3:28 to go in the third) 32-15 run for the Sixers.
Speights has ice in his veins.
Shit. Reggie back in. 8 point lead w/ less than 3 to go. Come on, play smart defense.
Game. Set. Match. HUGE game for Lou tonight, we needed that.
Miller really recovered tonight... closed this one out very well.
Big contributions tonight from every single player collectively getting Thad's minutes.
Resilient win.
Sp8ts has been awesome tonite, guys. Did you see that rebound between 2 green shirts? Awesome. And Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Yes! Congrats, I came to watch and caused them to win????
Maybe with Thad's injury, Speights knows that he has to step it up. He has certainly brought it to another level today.
It's great for the second game in a row, to see the other players step it up. Lou had a good game. Marshall and Dalembert were rebounding machines.
High-water mark again, 4 games over. Very good job closing it out.
Did you hear Lou on the post game? Talking to Speights, I had a bad week, Speights - I have had a bad month! Lou, then its time to step it up! And they did! And great to hear both say I have had a bad time. That is great!
That's actually the first time I've heard Lou have any kind of perspective on his own poor play. Good to hear.
Stat of the night?
17. The number of minutes from Willie.
Ivey got the back up minutes at the 3 tonight huh? He did a solid job.
Random observation.
Reggie shot 56% from the field last month and shot 4/6 from the field tonight.
He seems like he is jump stopping and going to his left over and over to me. Has he always done this?
58% last month sorry. Don't want to shortchange Reggie when he is actually making shots.
That play they're showing on the playoff commercials, with LeBron dunking on the Celts. That wasn't really a great play by him, it was a horrible play by Posey on the help. He went way too far to the middle, left the lane wide open.
Anyone want some "Thad won't be missed much if at all" Kool Aid. I've been drinking it a day or so now. It tastes pretty good right now.
In all seriousness, Thad didn't appear to be missed too much unless you can blame the 20 TOs on him not being there and I don't think that is really a valid point. The sample size is too small to really ever come to any conclusion, but I definitely think the increased size of the lineup was a major factor tonight on the glass and was a major reason why the team won.
I really want to see how we fare against the Pistons on Sat. and see how well we hold up in that one. Should be a rather tough one.
our depth is sunk w/o Thad. That showed itself in the second quarter.
Small sample size against a crappy team at home - yup - give me some of that kool aid
Did not really enjoy watching this one (fouls aplenty, TO's and poor FT shooting) bit have to be happy of the result.
That's 2 poor games where they pulled out the win against lottery teams. Those are big wins when you get a W on an off night.
Oh, this had to be the ugliest game of the season. I'm just glad they outlasted the Bucks. This would've been a tough loss to swallow.
Remember OK City, now. That one is hard to beat when taking ugliness into account.
Have you forgotten about the first month? God, every single game was incredibly ugly. 20 turnovers night in and night out it seemed. Brand, Miller, and Iguodala all struggling.
The first month was so damn hard to watch.
This was a damn ugly game though. But when Reggie starts the game you should know it isn't going to be roses and puppies all night.


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Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
Scientific Name: | Seychellum alluaudi |
Species Authority: | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893) |
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Deckenia cristata Rathbun, 1894
Taxonomic Notes: | This taxon was originally assigned to the genus Deckenia in the family Deckeniidae Ortmann, 1897. Ng et al. (1995) transferred this taxon to the genus Seychellum in the Gecarcinucidae: Gecarcinucinae. This genus is now assigned to the Potamonautidae: Deckeniinae: Deckenini (Cumberlidge et al. 2007). |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Date Assessed: | 2008-01-01 |
Assessor(s): | Cumberlidge, N. |
Reviewer(s): | Cumberlidge, N. and McIvor, A. |
Justification: This species is still currently known only from less than 10 specimens from six locations in four different islands in the Seychelles group in the Indian Ocean. However it is reported to be abundant and is present in a protected area. Therefore it is listed as Least Concern. If there was a decline in habitat quality, it would qualify for EN under B because the extent of occurrence and area of occupancy are less than 500 sq km (EN B1a and B2a) due to its restriction to mountain streams draining rainforest habitats within its range. There is insufficient information on population size and trends and on the number of mature individuals to assess the species under criteria A, C, and D. No quantitative analysis of the probability of extinction has been carried out to assess the species under criterion E. No regional adjustment is necessary because this species is a year-round breeding resident (and not a non-breeding visitor), and its population does not experience any significant immigration. |
Range Description: | Seychelles: Mahe, La Digue, Silouette, Praslin islands in the granitic Seychelles. Endemic to the Seychelles. |
Countries: | Native: Seychelles (Seychelles (main island group)) |
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Population: | This species has been collected recently and appears to be locally abundant but the populations are severely fragmented (it is found on four separate islands). |
Population Trend: | Unknown |
Habitat and Ecology: | Found in streams in the rainforests of mountains in the centre of the islands. |
Systems: | Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | Habitat loss. |
Conservation Actions: | None in place. It is found in a protected area. |
Citation: | Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Seychellum alluaudi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2015. |
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"This was the first time I've been allowed to eat with my fingers, and I loved it," joked Rose Queen Vanessa Manjarrez, when asked about her Medieval Times experience.
Medieval Times has a longstanding partnership with the Tournament of Roses. Medieval Knights and their Andalusian horses, which have marched in the Rose Parade since 1988, will return in 2013. Medieval Times also will be at Equestfest, a horsemanship exhibit that features participants of the 2013 Rose Parade. It will be held at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Saturday, December 29, beginning at noon.
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament's California Castle is located at 7662 Beach Blvd. in Buena Park, CA. Medieval Times is North America's No. 1 dinner attraction and Orange County's Celebration Destination.
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How to Make Crushed Pepper Resin Charms
Every month Kathy Cano-Murillo, a.k.a. The Crafty Chica, dishes crafty tips and tricks in La Vida Crafty on Jackalope Ranch. Photo by Kathy Cano-Murillo. Use crushed peppers and resin to make a necklace.
You know you are an obsessive crafter when it hurts to throw things away. Straws, chopsticks, gum ball toys, old purses -- anything. One of my favorite crafts is working with two-part resin. I'm always looking for fun things to embed in it.
So when I came across crushed pepper packets while cleaning the kitchen recently, I knew what my next project would be! Crushed pepper resin charms!
See also: Bienvenidos a La Vida CraftyPhoto by Kathy Cano-Murillo. Finished piece. Cool, huh? I'll show you how to make them!
Resin is fun to work with because there are so many variations. Many people are scared of it because of the mixing of the components. Bust that fear -- it's really easy!
Two-part resin (found at the craft store)
Crushed peppers
Silicone mold/ice cube trays (found at the dollar store)
Plastic cup, chopstick, straw
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Items you could substitute for crushed peppers: Small candies, gold foil flakes, sand, small beads, etc.
Resin tips: Always measure exactly what the directions call for. Mix thoroughly.
1. Work on a flat piece of cardboard and tape down a piece of wax paper. Follow the directions on the package of resin. I use a brand that requires equal parts. Pour a capful of Part A in a small cup. Use a chopstick to scrape out every last drop from the lid. Then repeat for Part B. Stir vigorously for about a minute. It's okay if there are bubbles, they will pop.Photo by Kathy Cano-Murillo Mix the resin.
2. Now add your crushed pepper (don't get it in your eyes!) to the resin in the cup and mix. Photo by Kathy Cano-Murillo. Add peppers.
3. You do not have to treat the mold beforehand, just make sure it is free of dust. Pour a thin layer of the resin and pepper mixture into the mold. Let this set for an hour before going on to the next step.Photo by Kathy Cano-Murillo. Pour in mold.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that states could define benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal health care law enacted in 2010, by choosing one of several state and federal health care plans as a reference. The plan each state chooses could have significant impact on the coverage of autism interventions.
HHS is encouraging public input on its intended approach. To help the autism community respond, Autism Speaks has analyzed the HHS proposal as it relates to autism coverage. Comments should be directed to HHS by January 31, 2012, to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Under the HHS proposal, the health care plan a state chooses would serve as its standard for all health care plans, whether they operate inside the health insurance exchange created in the state, or in individual and small group health care plans offered outside the exchange. The benchmark plan would set benefits for all health care services, including autism interventions.
The ACA directs HHS to define essential health benefits (EHB) – a set of core health services. Certain health plans would then have to cover those benefits beginning in 2014. Those plans include: individual and small group health plans that were not in effect the day the law was signed in 2010; Medicaid benchmark and benchmark-equivalent; and Basic Health Programs (optional state programs for individuals and families with incomes between 133 and 200 percent of the federal poverty limit).
The law provides that the EHB include items and services within the following 10 benefit categories:
1. Ambulatory patient services
2. Emergency services
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4. Maternity and newborn care
5. Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
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8. Laboratory services
9. Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
10. Pediatric services, including oral and vision care
States must pay the cost of any benefits required by state law that go beyond the EHB. In a challenging economy, states may be reluctant to assume the cost of additional services, so what is covered in the EHB really matters.
With the stated aim of balancing "comprehensiveness, affordability, and state flexibility while taking into account public input throughout the process of establishing and implementing EHB," HHS for 2014 and 2015 gives states a choice of four benchmark plan types:
1. the largest plan by enrollment in any of the three largest small group insurance products in the state's small group market
2. any of the three largest state employee health benefit plans by enrollment
3. any of the three largest national Federal Employees Health Benefits Program plan options by enrollment
4. the largest insured commercial non-Medicaid health maintenance organization (HMO) operating in the state
If a state chooses a benchmark subject to state mandates, that benchmark would include those mandates in the state EHB package. HHS intends to assess the benchmark process for 2016 and beyond and may exclude some state benefit mandates from the state EHB package.
HHS will require states to supplement coverage if a benchmark plan is missing one of the 10 categories of benefits. For example, if a state's benchmark plan does not cover habilitative services, such as speech therapy for a child with autism who is not talking at the expected age, HHS could require the plan to add that care.
HHS is considering two specific options for benchmark plans that do not include coverage for habilitative services:
1. requiring habilitative services to be offered at parity with rehabilitative services, or
2. letting plans decide which habilitative services to cover
Under the second option, plans would report their coverage decisions to HHS, which would evaluate them and further define habilitative services in the future. This option might give plans discretion to refuse coverage for autism.
Another concern is applied behavior analysis (ABA). All plans must cover mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment, and HHS acknowledges that mental health parity applies in the context of EHB. Many of the benchmark plans will follow state law that makes ABA a covered benefit. But what if a benchmark plan does not cover ABA? HHS has provided no guidance, even though the ACA demands this care. (Reference A, B)
HHS intends to require that a health plan offer benefits that are "substantially equal" to the benefits of the benchmark plan selected by the state and modified as necessary to reflect the 10 coverage categories. In other words, HHS will allow insurance companies some flexibility to adjust benefits, including the specific services covered. Allowing substitution within or across coverage categories introduces more uncertainty – it could either enhance or dilute autism services.
To respond to the HHS proposal, send your comments by January 31, 2012, to email@example.com.
Collapse of 'Super Committee' Could Trigger Major Cuts to Disability, Autism Programs
The collapse this week of the Congressional "Supercommittee" to come up with a deficit reduction plan could lead to automatic cuts in the federal budget totaling at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. Unless Congress acts, the cuts will begin to take effect in January 2013. Medicaid and Social Security will not be cut, but autism activities at the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health Resources and Services Administration could be cut by as much as 9.3 percent.
Autism Speaks is a member of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, which released the following statement on the deadlock of the Super Committee from Donna Meltzer, CCD Board Chair:
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations, shares its disappointment today that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has failed to come up with a deficit reduction package that addresses the nation's debt in a manner that is balanced and fair. While the CCD is very pleased that members of the Super Committee worked to protect entitlement programs that are critically necessary for people with disabilities such as Medicaid and Social Security, the failure to complete a comprehensive package leaves consortium member organizations very concerned about how sequestration will impact the nation's 54 million Americans who live with disabilities and their families.
CCD knows that people with disabilities and their families depend on a safety net of programs that include both entitlement and discretionary spending. Because the Committee was unable to enact a thoughtful, balanced and collaboratively developed deficit reduction package, we now face devastating mandatory cuts to many critical programs serving people with disabilities in sequestration. The nation's budget cannot be balanced on the backs of those with disabilities and chronic health conditions.
A new report released this month by the Census Bureau shows that 49.1 million Americans are poor. People with developmental and other disabilities, who continue to face the highest unemployment rates, are overrepresented in that number. Especially in times of a weak economy and high unemployment rates, programs that support people with disabilities – such as supported employment, family supports, food stamps, Medicaid and other community based supports and services – must continue and be protected from across-the-board budget cuts.
CCD urges the Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to enact balanced reforms while investing in its most valued resource – the American people.
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New York Becomes 29th State to Adopt Autism Insurance Reform
Autism Speaks has applauded Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing one of nation's strongest autism insurance reform measures into law and defended his action in letters-to-the-editor published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
We are excited that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law one of the most comprehensive autism insurance reform measures in the nation, Assembly Bill 8512. This new law requires insurance companies to provide coverage of critical autism therapies for both children and adults. Autism Speaks Co-founders Suzanne and Bob Wright and representatives from New York's autism community gathered for the bill signing at the Governor's Office in Albany. For a fact sheet on the new law, go here.
Sponsored in the New York Assembly by Assemblymember Joseph Morelle (D-Monroe) and in the Senate by Sen. Charles Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Nassau,) the new law will provide coverage of evidence-based, medically necessary autism therapies, such as applied behavior analysis (ABA). It will take effect in 12 months – on November 1, 2012 – and allow up to $45,000 a year in ABA treatments with no limits on age or number of visits.


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In early September, Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman Trophy candidate Manti Te'o—just days after learning of the death of his girlfriend—led the Fighting Irish to an emotional upset of then-#10 Michigan State. However, in one of the most bizarre twists we've seen in college football, it now appears that the whole story about a dying girlfriend was a hoax.
It's always a sad moment when you realize that college football's regular season is more than halfway done, but it should still be a fun week with lots of exciting games on tap. Six of the top 10 teams in the country play ranked opponents, and 13 top 25 teams face challenges on the road.
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The Church of Christ Congregational aspires to be "a home of extravagant welcome where friends and strangers alike encounter God's love" (our
Mission Statement
Our heritage goes back more than
250 years
as the village church for the people of Norfolk, Connecticut. Today we stand as
Open and Affirming
to all people.
Come just as you are (bring little ones if you have them) and encounter
people who are seeking to build a better, more loving world.
Holy Week 2015
Sunday Worship 10am
Sunday School 10am
2nd Sunday Bible Study 8am
Wednesday Prayer Circle 7pm
Church Office o
pen Tuesday 10-12, Wednesday 10-2, Friday 10-2
Phone 860-542-5721 Email email@example.com
Don't miss these coming events -
Scientist comes to church April 19th for Earth Day-- Be there!
Fitness classes
Haystack Quilters
Tuesdays 5:30-7:00pm
Volunteer for Open Door Soup Kitchen
4th Saturday of each month
Second Sundays: Bible and Coffee at 8 AM (Next is May 10, 2015)
Karibu Kenya Safari (Soteni) July 26-August 7, 2015
News of Recent Activities -
Christmas Pageant 12/21/2014
Potluck Supper 10/24/2014 choir members sing "It's My Desire"
Clothing Sale 8/23/2014
Annual Meeting 6/22/2014
"A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" drama production 6/22/2014
Life Stewards recognition 6/15/2014
Celebration of Rev. Bruce Anderson's Ministry
Silent Auction/Wine Tasting 5/31/2014
Members take note -
Behavioral Covenant draft to be discussed May 3rd
The 2014 Pictorial Directory is available
Complete your Skills and Interests Survey
See the April 2015 issue of
CTUCC This Month
Annual Budget Report January 18, 2015
Pledge Support for 2015
, Annual Budget Meeting 1/18/2015
Information and Registration for Sunday School
Construction on Dare to Dream Chapel rear entry
New Team leaders elected
Annual Report June 22, 2014
"A New Way Forward" reorganization plans
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